Conference: 2024-09-30

942 cases — 0 granted, 942 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-1003 Jesus Figueroa Ochoa v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied None
23-1004 Moises Sandoval Mendoza v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied capital-punishment capital-sentencing due-process federal-court fifth-circuit habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance merits-adjudication section-2254 state-court Whether a federal claim is 'adjudicated on the merits' in state court under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)
23-1007 Casey Cunningham, et al. v. Cornell University, et al. Second Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (10)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split erisa fiduciary-duty party-in-interest pleading-requirements prohibited-transaction statutory-interpretation Whether a plaintiff can state a claim by alleging that a plan fiduciary engaged in a transaction constituting a furnishing of goods, services, or faci…
23-1016 William Facteau and Patrick Fabian v. United States First Circuit Denied Amici (1) arbitrary-enforcement fda-regulations fifth-amendment first-amendment interstate-commerce medical-device off-label-use truthful-speech Whether FDA's intended use' regulations violate the First Amendment and Fifth Amendment
23-1034 Tony Love v. Ron Neal, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-rights due-process penological-needs prison prison-disciplinary-proceedings procedural-due-process superintendent-v-hill wolff-v-mcdonnell Whether courts should determine the procedural due process protections that apply in prison disciplinary proceedings by balancing ordinary due process…
23-1039 Marlean A. Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services Sixth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (12)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) burden-of-proof civil-rights discrimination disparate-treatment employment employment-discrimination majority-group pleading-standard standing title-vii Whether, in addition to pleading the other elements of Title VII, a majority-group plaintiff must show 'background circumstances to support the suspic…
23-1044 Juan Balderas v. Texas Texas Denied abuse-of-writ brady-violation competency-to-stand-trial constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-review Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' summary dismissal of Juan Balderas's subsequent habeas petition violated due process
23-1045 835 Hinesburg Road, LLC v. City of South Burlington, Vermont, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) or whether a property owner is required to submit development-restrictions due-process exhaustion final-decision land-use land-use-permit property-rights regulatory-taking ripeness ripeness-doctrine takings takings-claim Whether a takings claim is ripe when a city makes a final decision under existing ordinances denying a land use permit, or whether a property owner is…
23-1050 Luis Sanchez, et al. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) amendment circuit-split civil-forfeiture criminal-procedure due-process forfeiture pleading pleading-deficiency statutory-interpretation Whether a timely-filed 21 U.S.C. § 853(n) petition may be amended to cure a pleading deficiency after the 30-day filing period has run
23-1056 Joseph Brent Mattingly v. R.J. Corman Railroad Group, LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure common-carrier corporate-law federal-procedure fela parent-company subsidiary summary-judgment veil-piercing Whether the veil-piercing provisions of FELA compel disregard of state corporate charter laws
23-1069 Public Utilities Commission of Ohio v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. Third Circuit Denied administrative-law agency-action agency-deference energy-regulation federal-power-act ferc ferc-review judicial-deference majority-vote statutory-interpretation wholesale-electricity Should courts apply the same deferential standard of review that they apply to rules that become effective by order of the Federal Energy Regulatory C…
23-1072 Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul v. United States District of Columbia Denied Amici (3) 28-usc-455 circuit-split federal-judges federal-judiciary government-service impartiality impartiality-standard judicial-recusal legal-ethics recusal statutory-interpretation Does §455(b)(3) require recusal when a federal judge is assigned to a case involving the same parties, same facts, and same issues as a case in which …
23-1076 Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) emergency-medical-treatment federal-preemption health-care healthcare-law labor-act medical-emergency patient-stabilization preemption reproductive-rights state-law Whether the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act preempts state law in the narrow circumstance where terminating a pregnancy is required to stabi…
23-1084 Jill Hile, et al. v. Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) blaine-amendment constitutional-amendment equal-protection nonpublic-schools political-disenfranchisement religious-animus school-choice school-vouchers Whether Michigan's constitutional amendment barring direct and indirect public financial support for parochial and other nonpublic schools violates th…
23-1085 Kava Holdings, LLC, dba Hotel Bel-Air v. National Labor Relations Board Ninth Circuit Denied 8(a)(3) anti-union-animus burden-of-proof circuit-court-split employment-discrimination labor-relations national-labor-relations-act nlrb-standard unfair-labor-practice Whether the NLRB may rely solely on 'generalized' evidence of anti-union animus, without a causal nexus to the specific adverse employment actions at …
23-1093 Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., et al. v. Zachary Silbersher, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) false-claims-act federal-administrative-hearing federal-report inter-partes-review public-disclosure-bar qui-tam Whether a relator can avoid the public disclosure bar by stitching together public disclosures
23-1095 Patrick D. Thompson v. United States Seventh Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (2) circuit-split criminal-law false-statement federal-agencies financial-institutions materiality misleading-statement statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1014 prohibits making a misleading statement that is not false
23-1099 Innovation Ventures, LLC, et al. v. U.S. Wholesale Outlet & Distribution, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) antitrust-injury circuit-split consumer-behavior price-discrimination robinson-patman-act secondary-line-discrimination volvo-standard volvo-trucks-v-reeder-simco Whether a secondary-line plaintiff must prove competition with allegedly favored firm
23-1105 National Press Photographers Association v. Kelly Higgins, in His Official Capacity as District Attorney of Hays County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) article-iii-standing civil-rights content-based-restriction content-based-restrictions drone-surveillance due-process first-amendment free-speech intermediate-scrutiny standing vagueness void-for-vagueness Do journalists and news organizations have standing to bring a void-for-vagueness due process challenge?
23-1108 Daril Foose, et al. v. Sherelle Thomas, Administrator of the Estate of Terelle Thomas, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-rights constitutional-violation custody drug-toxicity due-process fourteenth-amendment law-enforcement law-enforcement-custody medical-care qualified-immunity Whether the police officers' decision to transport a detainee who they suspected had ingested drugs to a nearby prison where he was evaluated by the p…
23-1111 Glenn Laird v. United Teachers Los Angeles, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) compelled-speech consent first-amendment nonmember-employees public-sector-labor public-sector-unions union-dues waiver-of-rights Do nonmember public employees who have rescinded their prior consent to union dues deductions enjoy the same right to freedom from compelled speech as…
23-1112 Ryan Cram, et al. v. Service Employees International Union Local 503, Oregon Public Employees Union, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 1st-amendment campaign-contributions campaign-finance civil-rights compelled-speech first-amendment free-speech labor-union labor-unions public-employees public-sector union-political-funds Do public employees who are former union members possess the First Amendment right to refuse to contribute to union political campaign funds?
23-1113 Atishma Kant, et al. v. Service Employees International Union, Local 721, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) affirmative-consent collective-bargaining compelled-speech first-amendment labor-union labor-unions public-employee public-sector waiver-of-rights Can a public sector labor union and government employer unilaterally waive public employees' First Amendment rights through a collective bargaining ag…
23-1117 James A. Crowe, et ux. v. Savvy IN, LLC Indiana Denied administrative-law civil-procedure covid-19 due-process mail-notification property-rights signature-protocol tax-sale Whether due process requires additional notification efforts by a tax sale purchaser when the return mail receipt is returned with only notations by a…
23-1130 Uber Technologies, Inc., et al. v. California, et al. California Denied Amici (1) arbitration-agreements eeoc-v-waffle-house federal-arbitration-act individual-relief litigation-claims monetary-relief preemption state-law state-officials Does the FAA allow state officials to litigate claims for monetary relief on behalf of people who agreed to arbitrate those claims?
23-1132 Lyft, Inc. v. California California Denied arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act individualized-monetary-relief monetary-relief preemption public-officials state-law Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts state law
23-1134 Mark Habelt v. iRhythm Technologies, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appeal case-dismissal civil-procedure dismissal financial-stake judicial-procedure legal-redress litigation-appeal plaintiff-standing redress standing Does a named plaintiff who initiated a suit from which he was never dismissed or removed, who retains a financial stake in the litigation's outcome, a…
23-1135 Saline Parents, et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General District of Columbia Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) chilling-effect domestic-terrorism first-amendment free-speech government-surveillance reputational-harm standing Standing-to-challenge-government-policy
23-1141 Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos First Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (45) aiding-and-abetting drug-cartel-violence drug-cartels firearms-industry firearms-trafficking international-tort legal-causation plcaa proximate-cause trafficking Whether the production and sale of firearms in the United States is the proximate cause of alleged injuries to the Mexican government
23-1142 Tarun Surti v. Fleet Engineers, Inc. Federal Circuit Denied attorney-fees cease-and-desist compensation doctrine-of-equivalents non-infringement patent-compensation patent-rights tortious-interference Whether the Court erred in denying proper compensation, including 'Cease and Desist order', requested by the patentee
23-1146 Jade Joseph Nickels v. Drew Evans, Superintendent, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Minnesota Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-penalty criminal-procedure due-process due-process-clause liberty-interest personal-information-disclosure sex-offender-registration stigma Whether a registration scheme that requires a person to provide detailed information about every aspect of his life, where failing to provide the info…
23-1149 Stephen M. Calk, aka Sealed Defendant 1 v. United States Second Circuit Denied bank-bribery commercial-value corrupt-intent criminal-intent due-process felony felony-statute statutory-interpretation thing-of-value Whether something with no commercial or objective value can constitute a 'thing of value' that 'exceed[s] $1,000,' the receipt of which is punishable …
23-1153 Cesar Romero, et al. v. Li-Chuan Shih, et al. California Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-law due-process eminent-domain land-use private-property property-rights takings takings-clause Whether a court order that excludes landowners from their real property and allows other private parties to permanently physically invade and occupy t…
23-1159 Roland Huff v. BP Corporation North America, Inc. Tenth Circuit Denied employee-benefits erisa group-life-insurance group-policy information-disclosure insurance-rates life-insurance policy-contract rate-increase transparency Do employees and retirees have the right under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to obtain information and documentation from their …
23-1162 Dawn Keefer, et al. v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (11)Response Waived civil-rights coleman-precedent due-process election-law elections judicial-review legislative-process legislative-standing separation-of-powers standing vote-nullification Whether state legislators have standing to challenge executive actions that nullify their votes on specific legislation
23-1164 Battle Born Investments Company, LLC, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied burden-of-proof circuit-split civil-forfeiture ownership-interest ownership-standing property-claim standing statutory-interpretation summary-judgment Where a claimant asserts an ownership interest, does the claimant's standing at summary judgment require only some evidence of ownership, or also an e…
23-1165 Raymond H. Pierson, III v. CSAA Insurance Services, Inc., et al. California Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process duty-to-settle fourteenth-amendment good-faith-dealing insurance insurance-law public-interest standing third-party-liability tort Whether injured third parties can directly sue an insurer for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, even without obtaining a …
23-1168 Dearnta Lavon Thomas v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied 18-usc-1959 18-usc-924c categorical-approach crime-of-violence mens-rea predicate-offense racketeering-enterprise vicar VICAR-statute Whether a court must apply the categorical approach to the predicate offense supporting a VICAR conviction to determine if it is a crime of violence u…
23-1169 Michael H. Ponder v. Hans-Peter Wild Sixth Circuit Denied appellate-review circuit-precedent contract-law contract-specificity legal-interpretation oral-agreement precedent sixth-circuit specificity standard-of-review Whether this Court should grant certiorari review where the Sixth Circuit departed from established precedent regarding the required specificity of te…
23-1170 Franck William Yao v. Tamara Yao Missouri Denied best-interest-of-child best-interest-standard child-custody civil-procedure dual-citizenship expert-witness family-law judicial-consideration state-court testimony Whether the state courts erred in using Petitioner's dual-citizenship-status as consideration in their final-judgment
23-1173 April D. Gallop v. Cameron Bay Homeowners Association Virginia Denied 14th-amendment civil-procedure due-process fraud fraud-in-judicial-proceedings motion-to-vacate subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment Can a state court constitutionally deny a Motion to Set Aside/Vacate a judgment acquired through fraud and a court lacking subject matter jurisdiction…
23-1174 Peter Kleidman v. Hilton & Hyland Real Estate, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied circuit-split evidence-rule expert-testimony federal-rule-of-evidence-704(a) federal-rules judicial-interpretation legal-duties ninth-circuit petition-for-writ-of-certiorari Does Federal Rule of Evidence 704(a) allow an expert to opine on a person's compliance with legal duties?
23-1176 Sean Houston, et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims district-court due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction sixth-circuit standing sua-sponte-dismissal subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the court of appeals and district court made erroneous judgments in sua sponte dismissing the complainant's cause of action for lack of subjec…
23-1178 First Floor Living, LLC v. City of Cleveland, Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure discovery discovery-rights due-process evidentiary-standards federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-procedure motion-to-dismiss summary-judgment trial-court-discretion Whether a trial court may enter summary judgment against a party without allowing that party to conduct discovery
23-1179 United States, ex rel. Regie Salgado, et al. v. TruConnect, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied civil-procedure fact-issue litigation-strategy self-serving self-serving-testimony summary-judgment testimony uncorroborated uncorroborated-evidence Whether a party's own testimony can create a fact issue to defeat summary judgment when the testimony is uncorroborated and self-serving
23-1180 Palani Karupaiyan v. United States, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law alternative-relief civil-procedure extraordinary-relief extraordinary-writs judicial-review legal-standard mandamus standing writ-of-mandamus writ-of-prohibition Whether the lower court erred in denying the requested writs of mandamus, prohibition, or alternative relief
23-1181 Gail M. Ritchey v. Ohio Ohio Denied Amici (1) autopsy-report confrontation-clause criminal-investigation criminal-procedure evidence hearsay-evidence medical-examiner medical-examiner-testimony sixth-amendment Does the admission of an autopsy report and testimony from a doctor who neither participated in the autopsy nor prepared the report violate the Sixth …
23-1182 Kenneth Jones v. County of San Diego, California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process equitable-tolling excessive-force law-enforcement race-discrimination standing Whether equitable tolling should apply in this case?
23-1183 California Herbal Remedies, Inc. v. Sara Perez California Denied attorney-client-confidentiality cannabis-employees cannabis-employment class-action controlled-substances discovery-sanctions due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-integrity privacy privacy-rights Does the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause vindicate third-party privacy rights in State class action proceedings?
23-1184 Eolas Technologies Incorporated v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-101 alice alice-test computer-network distributed-computing functional-claiming patent-eligibility patent-subject-matter section-101 specificity-of-description Whether claims drawn to solving specific problems restricting the usefulness of an existing computer-network technology recite patent-eligible subject…
23-1187 Food and Drug Administration, et al. v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co., et al. Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (9) administrative-law circuit-court civil-procedure fda fda-authorization federal-courts judicial-review product-distribution standing statutory-interpretation tobacco-regulation Whether a manufacturer may file a petition for review in a circuit (other than the D.C. Circuit) where it neither resides nor has its principal place …
23-1190 Alexsey Predybaylo v. Sacramento County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied civil-rights due-process excessive-force municipal-liability pre-trial-detainee qualified-immunity strip-search Is an officer's intentional use of substantial and aggressive force against a pre-trial detainee in response to mere passive resistance to a strip sea…
23-1195 Brad Johnson v. PennyMac Loan Services, LLC North Carolina Denied Response Waived chevron-doctrine due-process force-placed-insurance property-rights regulatory-interpretation servicer-prohibitions statutory-construction takings-clause Did the North Carolina Court of Appeals commit reversible error in interpreting 12 C.F.R. § 1024.37(b) and ignoring 12 C.F.R. § 1024.37(a)(1) and 12 U…
23-1196 Christopher Ryan Martin v. Tom Lawson, Chief, Nevada Division of Parole and Probation, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied apprendi certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim habeas-corpus jones judicial-enhancement jury-trial ninth-circuit prior-conviction prior-convictions Whether Petitioner is entitled to a Certificate of Appealability (COA)
23-1200 Gregory Garmong v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-claims due-process federal-law fifth-amendment ninth-circuit private-right-of-action property-interest Did the Ninth Circuit err in affirming dismissal of, and declaring frivolous, constitutional due process claims pursuant to an express private right o…
23-1202 Ellingson Drainage, Inc. v. South Dakota Department of Revenue South Dakota Denied Amici (1)Response Waived commerce-clause constitutional-challenge external-consistency fair-apportionment movable-equipment sales-tax state-tax-credits state-taxation use-tax Whether South Dakota's imposition of an unapportioned use tax on the fair market value of Petitioner's movable construction equipment violates the fai…
23-1203 Terpsehore Maras v. Mayfield City School District Board of Education, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction minors mootness mootness-doctrine parental-rights pro-se-representation pro-se-rights statutory-interpretation pro-se-rights,parental-rights,minors,mootness,civil-rights,due-process
23-1204 Daniel Kinsinger v. Sherelle Thomas, Administrator of the Estate of Terelle Thomas, et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arrestee-rights civil-rights constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference due-process law-enforcement medical-care qualified-immunity summary-reversal Whether law enforcement officers' decision to transport an arrestee they believed had ingested drugs to a nearby prison with medical staff constituted…
23-1205 Wayne Johnson for Congress, Inc., et al. v. Jeremy C. Hunt, dba Jeremy for Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure dismissal eleventh-circuit federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure mail-fraud pleading-requirements pleading-standards wire-fraud Did the Eleventh Circuit err in affirming the dismissal of Petitioners' suit due to the purported failure of Petitioners to comply with the heightened…
23-1206 Elite IT Partners, Inc., dba Elite IT Home, et al. v. Federal Trade Commission Tenth Circuit Denied change-in-law civil-procedure consent-judgment decisional-law equitable-monetary-relief equitable-relief federal-trade-commission injunctive-relief rule-60(b)(6) Whether Rule-60(b)(6) relief based on a post-judgment change in decisional law is categorically unavailable
23-1208 David Do v. County of Santa Clara, California California Denied administrative-regulations civil-procedure civil-rights contract-law due-process fraud judicial-estoppel labor-dispute labor-relations statutory-interpretation Does rule of law exist in California, where the US. Constitution is just a piece of paper, statutes are ignored and MOU/CBA/contract is not contract, …
23-1212 In Re Justin Mahwikizi Denied Response Waived arbitration-exemption ending-forced-arbitration-of-sexual-assault-and-se equal-protection equal-protection-clause federal-arbitration-act judicial-review section-1 section-3 Whether section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act should be used to shield the Federal Arbitration Act's Section 1 exemption claim denials from judicia…
23-1214 Tanishia Hubbard v. Service Employees International Union Local 2015, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights compelled-speech due-process first-amendment free-speech government-deduction janus-v-afscme labor-union labor-unions public-employee state-action union-dues Does the First Amendment protect a nonmember public employee against government deduction of union dues when the employee's union forged her membershi…
23-1215 Christopher Deering v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived color-of-law compelled-speech dues dues-payments first-amendment free-speech political-speech public-employee union union-membership Whether the First Amendment protects a public employee's right to disassociate from a union
23-1216 Moliere Dimanche, Jr. v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived article-iii article-iii-constitution civil-consent-jurisdiction civil-procedure election-interference federal-magistrate-act federal-magistrates-act judicial-conflict-of-interest magistrate-judge thompson-v-clark void-conviction writ-of-prohibition Did the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals err in holding that the Writ of Prohibition was frivolous?
23-1217 Chestek PLLC v. Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit Denied Amici (5) administrative-law agency-rulemaking federal-circuit notice-and-comment patent-office patent-trademark-office rulemaking statutory-interpretation Whether the PTO is exempt from notice-and-comment requirements when exercising its rulemaking power under 35 U.S.C. § 2(b)(2)
23-1219 Colton Matthews v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied chambers-precedent chambers-v-mississippi constitutional-rights due-process evidence-exclusion fair-trial gun-evidence right-to-present-defense self-defense Constitutional right to present a defense
23-1223 Jennifer L. Cooper, et al. v. US Dominion, Inc., et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived article-iii-standing cease-and-desist civil-rights defamation due-process equal-protection free-speech precedential-opinion standing Whether recipients of a cease-and-desist letter have Article III standing
23-1225 Maryland Shall Issue, Inc., et al. v. Anne Arundel County, Maryland Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 303-creative-llc-v-elenis commercial-speech compelled-speech content-based-regulation expert-testimony first-amendment nifla zauderer zauderer-standard Whether the court of appeals impermissibly allowed the County to violate Petitioners' First Amendment right 'to remain silent,' as reaffirmed in 303 C…
23-1226 McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure district-court fcc fcc-interpretation hobbs-act legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation telephone-consumer-protection-act Whether the Hobbs Act required the district court in this case to accept the FCC's legal interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act
23-1228 Mason Murphy v. Michael Schmitt Eighth Circuit GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-rights first-amendment free-speech nieves-exception probable-cause retaliatory-arrest selective-enforcement selective-prosecution Whether the Nieves probable-cause exception allows courts to consider allegations that no one else has been arrested for the same crime
23-1231 Cellect, LLC v. Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit Denied Amici (11) equitable-doctrine good-faith-procurement investment-backed-expectations judicial-doctrine obviousness-type-double-patenting patent patent-invalidation patent-term-adjustment statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Whether a patent procured in good faith can be invalidated on the ground that statutory Patent Term Adjustment, which requires lengthening a patent's …
23-1232 Estate of Allan George, et al. v. City of Rifle, Colorado, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights due-process factual-findings interlocutory-appeal jurisdictional-limits qualified-immunity scott-v-harris summary-judgment Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in expanding this Court's decision in Scott v. Harris to swallow the rule of limited jurisdiction on interlocutory app…
23-1233 In Re Pedro Javier Torres Martinez Denied Response Waived None
23-1234 Konstantinos Zografidis v. Vanessa Richards, Assistant United States Attorney, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived bivens bivens-action civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process evidence-fabrication federal-courts federal-procedure judicial-bias standing Did the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals act with bias in failing to reverse the District court's ruling on the Petitioner's civil-rights complaint?
23-1235 Florida Department of Juvenile Justice v. Lawanna Tynes Eleventh Circuit Denied circumstantial-evidence comparator-analysis convincing-mosaic employment-discrimination McDonnell-Douglas prima-facie-case title-vii Whether the prima facie case and comparator analysis set forth in McDonnell-Douglas-Corp-v-Green-remains-the-correct-legal-test-in-proving-employment-…
23-1236 Law Office of Rogelio Solis PLLC, et al. v. Catherine Stone Curtis Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law debtor-interest erie-doctrine federal-common-law legal-determination property-ownership property-rights state-law Whether a transfer of property, in which a debtor has no interest recognized under applicable state law, may be avoided pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 547
23-1237 County of Fulton, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Al Schmidt, Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. Pennsylvania Denied Response Waived article-i-section-4 constitutional-authority county-boards-of-elections due-process election-integrity election-law elections judicial-sanctions pennsylvania-general-assembly pennsylvania-supreme-court voting-equipment voting-machines Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court err in allowing a special master to order voting machines owned by the County of Fulton to be placed in custody of …
23-1239 Janice Hughes Barnes, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ashtian Barnes, Deceased v. Roberto Felix, Jr., et al. Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (36)Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor moment-of-threat-doctrine police-use-of-force totality-of-the-circumstances Whether courts should apply the moment of the threat doctrine when evaluating an excessive-force claim under the Fourth-Amendment
23-1240 Alma Sofia Centeno-Santiago v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied None
23-1241 Jeffrey Fay Pike v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived conflict-of-interest counsel-of-choice disqualification due-process ex-parte ex-parte-proceeding fifth-amendment prosecution-witness right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Does it deny a defendant due process of law to disqualify trial counsel based on a purported conflict of interest following the ex parte consideration…
23-1242 Taurean Jerome Weber v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived digital-property digital-trespass exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception government-intrusion search terms-of-service trespass warrantless-search Did the Court of Appeals err when it determined Instagram's boilerplate Terms of Service delineated Petitioner's Fourth Amendment rights and held no s…
23-1244 Samuel Collin Robinson v. Katherine Lyman Freeman, fka Katherine Lyman Robinson Colorado Denied Relisted (2) best-interest-of-the-child best-interest-standard child-custody constitutional-rights divorce-law due-process equal-protection family-law parental-rights parenting-time Does disparate allocation of parenting time under a best interest statute violate equal protection when both parents are equally fit?
23-1245 David Timothy Johnson, Sr. v. Urvashi Foster, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion judicial-power jurisdiction pro-se-litigation procedural-defect shotgun-pleading Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit's questioned Orders amount to an unlawful denial of due process, an oppressive exe…
23-1246 Shell Offshore Inc. v. Palfinger Marine USA, Inc. Fifth Circuit Denied contract-law maritime-commerce maritime-law outer-continental-shelf platform-operations procedural-history statutory-history tort tort-law Whether oil and gas exploration from a fixed platform on the Outer Continental Shelf qualifies as 'maritime commerce' triggering maritime law, when th…
23-1249 Timothy Patrick Guilfoy v. Brandon Watwood, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus jury-misconduct right-to-confront testimonial-evidence Whether a DVD recording containing testimonial evidence of the accusers, admitted as an exhibit, but never played during the trial, may be viewed by t…
23-1250 Carlos Vega v. Terence B. Tekoh Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administration-of-justice circuit-split coerced-confessions confession-admissibility criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony fifth-amendment miranda-rights miranda-warning ninth-circuit Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by establishing a categorical rule requiring the admission of expert testimony on the allegedly coercive circumstances…
23-1251 Paula Bourne, et vir v. Banner University Medical Center Phoenix, LLC Arizona Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-bias medical-malpractice standing vexatious-litigant Did the Arizona Court of Appeals errantly affirm and allow Arizona Superior Court to designate Bourne's vexatious litigants and dismiss their case?
23-1252 Bill Gaede, et ux. v. Michael Delay, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied copyright-act copyright-infringement false-designation false-designation-of-origin intellectual-property lanham-act origin-clause scientific-priority usurpation Whether usurpation of scientific priority constitutes a violation under either the 'false designation of origin' clause of the Lanham Act or the copyr…
23-1253 McLaughlin Freight Services, Inc. v. ContiTech USA, Inc. Eighth Circuit Denied civil-procedure claim-processing claim-processing-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judgment judgment-amendment nutraceutical-corp-v-lambert remittitur rule-59 sua-sponte time-limitation Can a district court disregard Rule 59's claim-processing rule by sua sponte remitting and amending a judgment more than nine months after Rule 59's t…
23-1254 Stephen Ollar, et al. v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived bodily-integrity evidence-fabrication fabricated-evidence fifth-amendment fourth-amendment medical-procedure parental-consent parental-rights seizure state-action Whether the Fourth Amendment assures parents that, painful-and-medically-unnecessary-procedures-of-their-child-will-not-be-undertaken-for-investigativ…
23-1255 Dephne Nguyen Wright v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied certificate-of-appealability federal-habeas fourth-amendment habeas-corpus harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel probable-cause search-warrant Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and district court applied too demanding of a standard governing issuance of a certificate of …
23-1256 Donna Davis Javitz v. Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied civil-rights confrontation confrontation-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel first-amendment-retaliation free-speech judicial-misconduct mistrial trial-fairness Whether the Petitioner was denied the constitutional right to a fair trial in a First Amendment retaliation case
23-1258 Royce Wade Lander v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus jurists-of-reason motion-to-vacate standard-of-review threshold-showing Whether the Order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit holding that Petitioner failed to make the threshold showing for a certi…
23-1259 BLOM Bank SAL v. Michal Honickman, et al. Second Circuit Judgment Issued Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) amendment-standard civil-procedure district-court extraordinary-circumstances federal-rules-of-civil-procedure finality-of-judgments judgment-finality rule-15(a) rule-60(b)(6) second-circuit Whether Rule 60(b)(6)'s stringent standard applies to a post-judgment request to vacate for the purpose of filing an amended complaint
23-1260 Douglas Bruce v. Ogden City Corporation, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process municipal-action property-rights section-1983 standing statute-of-limitations takings takings-claim Whether the statute of limitations for a Section 1983 takings claim for the unconstitutional deprivation of private property can begin to run before t…
23-1261 Gussi S.A. de C.V. v. Voltage Pictures, LLC Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-award circuit-split federal-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure foreign-parties international-law marshal-service nonresident-service service service-of-process statutory-interpretation Have the Marshal service requirements of 9 U.S.C. § 9 on an application to confirm an arbitration award on a nonresident foreign adverse party been im…
23-1262 Ikemefuna Stephen Nwoye v. Barack H. Obama, former President of the United States, et ux. Second Circuit Denied civil-claim civil-liability continuing-wrong factfinding insufficient-pleading jurisdictional-conflict presidential-immunity pro-se-litigation scope-of-employment statute-of-limitation statute-of-limitations Whether the 2>4 Circuit erred in law
23-1263 Ibrahim Donmez v. New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, et al. Second Circuit Denied administrative-law civil-procedure complaint-screening dismissal due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure screening standing statutory-interpretation Does 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(b)(ii) allow screening or dismissal of non-frivolous non-prisoner complaints before service of process and defendants' ans…
23-1264 X Corp., fka Twitter, Inc. v. United States District of Columbia Denied Amici (2) communications-provider electronic-communications executive-privilege first-amendment nondisclosure-order service-provider strict-scrutiny user-privacy warrant-service Whether an electronic communications service provider can be compelled to produce potentially privileged user communications before adjudication of th…
23-1265 Catherine Antunes v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al., Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived bodily-integrity constitutional-rights due-process economic-coercion emergency-authorization employer-coercion equal-protection jacobson-v-massachusetts prep-act vaccine vaccine-mandate Does the Constitutional right to bodily integrity encompass the right to decline a vaccine?
23-1266 Tonya Parks v. Affiliated Bank, et al. Texas Denied campaign-finance constitutional-fairness due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-integrity judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal recusal Does the Texas judicial system's approach to recusal, in conjunction with judges' collaborative fundraising and expenditure activities, violate the Fo…
23-1267 David W. Murphy, Individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Kathleen J. Murphy v. Medical Oncology Associates, P.S., et al. Washington Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-selection medical-negligence patient-relationship patient-treatment standing voir-dire Whether the plaintiffs Fourteenth Amendment right to due process was violated by seating a juror whose brother had been successfully treated by, and w…
23-1268 Jigar Babaria, et al. v. Ur M. Jaddou, Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied None
23-1273 Catherine Brennan v. Cass County Health, Human and Veteran Services, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-commitment civil-rights due-process heck-precedent heck-v-humphrey psychotropic-drugs section-1983 willful-indifference Is Heck v. Humphrey precedent to require persons subject to civil commitment proceedings not related to a criminal proceeding to vacate the commitment…
23-1274 Brian Philip Manookian v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee Tennessee Denied Response Waived attorney-discipline disbarment due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech notice retaliation Does the disbarment of an attorney for truthful out-of-court statements about other attorneys violate the First Amendment?
23-1276 Young Israel of Tampa, Inc. v. Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (5) circuit-split first-amendment free-speech government-forum public-forum religious-speech rosenberger-precedent viewpoint-discrimination Whether a public transit agency's ban on advertisements that 'primarily promote a religious faith or religious organization' violates the First Amendm…
23-1278 Tsai-Fen Lee v. Washington Washington Denied Response Waived appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel guilty-plea ineffective-assistance personal-restraint plea-bargaining right-to-counsel voluntariness-of-plea Whether the trial court erred in accepting defendant's guilty plea when the plea was equivocal
23-1279 NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital v. National Labor Relations Board, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law circuit-split labor-law labor-relations nlra nlrb-review standard-of-review substantial-evidence taft-hartley-act Whether the application of the 'substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole' standard of review for Board determinations, 29 U.S.C. §160(…
23-1283 Doris Lapham v. Walgreen Co. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived adverse-employment-action causation causation-standard circuit-split department-of-labor department-of-labor-regulation employment-law employment-retaliation family-medical-leave-act fmla retaliation Whether 29 U.S.C. § 2615(a)(1) prohibits an employer from retaliating against an employee who has exercised her rights under the FMLA
23-1285 Shawn T. Swindell v. Kenneth Bailey Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 4th-amendment civil-rights exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment law-enforcement-entry misdemeanor misdemeanor-arrest payton-rule payton-v-new-york probable-cause qualified-immunity Was the entry into the home to arrest the misdemeanant clearly established as unconstitutional?
23-1287 Ian Brenner v. Randy Irwin, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Forest, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure confrontation-clause consent due-process ineffective-assistance jurisdiction magistrate magistrate-jurisdiction standing strickland-standard surrogate-expert Whether denial of a Certificate of Appealability is proper when the magistrate judge who entered judgment lacked jurisdiction because the Petitioner d…
23-1288 Nicholas Newman v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied actual-innocence assault-federal-officer collateral-attack-waiver criminal-law-procedure criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law habeas-corpus plea-agreement statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether assault on a federal officer under 18 U.S.C. § 111 can be committed by reckless contact with another p…
23-1289 Machele L. Goetz v. Victor Felix Weber, Chapter 7 Trustee Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived 11-usc-348 11-usc-541 bankruptcy-estate chapter-13 chapter-7 legislative-history legislative-intent post-petition-interests statutory-interpretation Whether post-petition interests in assets are included in the bankruptcy estate upon conversion from Chapter 13 to Chapter 7
23-1290 Michael Binday v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response Waived 598 U.S. 306 (2023) requires retroactive effect constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process fraud habeas-corpus retroactive-effect retroactivity section-2255 standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether Ciminelli v. United States
23-1291 Gazul Producciones SL Unipersonal v. Sheddf2-FL5 LLC Florida Denied corporate-disclosure covid-19 foreclosure general-appearance non-litigation-counsel pandemic-procedure service-of-process waiver zoom-hearing Whether a Spanish entity waived service of process
23-1292 Judy A. Brannberg v. Colorado Civil Rights Division, et al. Colorado Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure-act antitrust charter-school-regulation constitutional-review domestic-terrorism due-process employment-discrimination federal-rules-civil-procedure injunctive-relief school-district-authority whistle-blower civil-rights
23-1293 United States, ex rel. Adam Hart, et al. v. McKesson Corporation, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) anti-kickback-statute circuit-split criminal-intent criminal-law federal-health-care-program health-care-fraud mens-rea statutory-interpretation willful-conduct To act 'willfully' within the meaning of the Anti-Kickback Statute, must a defendant know that its conduct violates the law?
23-1294 Debra A. Charles v. Anna-Jonesboro National Bank, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure-12b6 civil-rights due-process private-right-of-action rooker-feldman-doctrine standing statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether Charles fails to state a cause of action upon which relief can be granted?
23-1295 Linnzi Zaorski v. Nicholas Usner Louisiana Denied child-custody civil-contempt civil-procedure contempt-of-court criminal-contempt criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment preponderance-of-evidence purge-clause reasonable-doubt suspended-sentence suspension-of-sentence Due-process-clause-violation
23-1296 Randstad Inhouse Services, LLC, et al. v. Adan Ortiz, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1) commerce-clause contract-exemption employment-law exemption federal-arbitration-act foreign-commerce interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation transportation-workers Are employees who handle goods that travel in interstate commerce—but who do not transport those goods across borders and whose work does not directly…
23-1297 Michael Roane v. Tina Ray Fourth Circuit Denied clearly-established-law fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-seizure objective-reasonableness personal-property qualified-immunity self-defense summary-judgment unreasonable-seizure Whether Roane's act had to be the 'necessary' or 'unavoidable' act, rather than within a range of objective reasonableness, to be considered an act of…
23-1298 United Therapeutics Corporation v. Liquidia Technologies, Inc. Federal Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law chevron chevron-deference civil-procedure inter-partes-review judicial-review patent patent-review standing statutory-interpretation Whether the IPR statute and SAS require the Federal Circuit to review de novo, or only for an abuse of discretion, the PTO's reliance on new grounds a…
23-1299 Ade Olumide v. Minnesota, et al. Minnesota Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process mandatory-decertification open-court open-government police-misconduct press-freedom risk-of-harm transparency Question not identified.
23-1300 Nuclear Regulatory Commission, et al. v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued administrative-law agency-authority agency-review atomic-energy-act hobbs-act nuclear-regulatory-commission spent-nuclear-fuel standing statutory-authority Whether the Hobbs Act allows nonparties to obtain review of claims asserting that an agency order exceeds the agency's statutory authority
23-1302 Kevin Hardaway v. Dwight Hamilton, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied 42-usc-1983 eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-rights eleventh-amendment-immunity monell-claim monell-v-department-of-social-services official-capacity section-1983 use-of-force Whether existing Eleventh Circuit precedent of Manders v. Lee, 338 F.3d 1304 (11th Cir. 2003), holding that a Georgia sheriff is an 'arm of the state'…
23-1303 Craig Malin v. Lee Enterprises, Inc., et al. Iowa Denied actual-malice civil-rights defamation due-process first-amendment free-speech jury-trial publication-law summary-judgment Does grant of summary judgment to Respondent Lee Enterprises conflict with requirements for a jury trial per Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S.…
23-1304 Edward L. Clark, Jr. v. Deborah L. Clark California Denied appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review civil-procedure due-process judicial-authority legal-procedure rule-enforcement subject-matter-jurisdiction summons void-judgment Question not identified
23-1305 Jade Schiewe, et al. v. Cessna Aircraft Company Oklahoma Denied aircraft-manufacturer-liability aviation-law general-aviation general-aviation-revitalization-act maintenance-manual manufacturer-liability negligence product-liability statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Whether a maintenance manual is part of an aircraft under GARA
23-1306 Linda Smith, et al. v. David R. Heilman, Trustee of the Ralph A. Siddell Living Trust, et al. Michigan Denied Response Waived beneficiary-rights estates-and-trusts fourteenth-amendment limitations-period notice-requirements statutory-interpretation trust-validity trust-validity-challenges trustee-duties trustee-duty Whether the Michigan Courts committed plain legal error construing and applying §700.7604(1)(b) by declining to apply the relevant statutory definitio…
23-1307 RAC Acceptance East, LLC v. Shannon McBurnie, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arbitration-agreement article-iii article-iii-standing claim-for-relief federal-arbitration-act lamps-plus mitsubishi-motors public-injunction severability standing viking-river Whether the Federal Arbitration Act permits courts to refuse to sever and compel arbitration of individualized and divisible components of a claim mer…
23-1308 Daniel Phillips, as Administrator of the Estate of Melvin L. Phillips, Sr. and as Successor Trustee of Melvin Phillips, Sr./Orchard Party Trust v. Oneida Indian Nation Second Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights equitable-defense federal-authority indian-law land-claim partition-agreement remand-for-discovery rule-60 state-ratification treaties treaty-interpretation tribal-sovereignty Effect-of-SCOTUS-ruling-on-Indian-and-non-Indian-titles
23-1309 Karnail Singh v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived breach-of-plea-agreement coram-nobis corum-nobis due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement relief sixth-amendment Whether the denial of corum nobis relief was erroneous given that Petitioner suffered ineffective assistance of counsel
23-1311 Charles W. Washington v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied affidavit drug-activity fourth-amendment oral-testimony probable-cause search-warrant sgro-precedent time-delay warrant-application Whether the mandates announced in Sgro v. United States were violated in the issuance of the search warrant
23-1312 Interim Storage Partners, LLC v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued administrative-law agency-action hobbs-act jurisdictional-limitations nuclear-regulation nuclear-regulatory-commission spent-nuclear-fuel standing ultra-vires Whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's exercise of authority to issue a license to a private party to temporarily possess spent nuclear fuel at a…
23-1314 Jennifer Harris v. FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act contract contractual-limitation court-of-appeals due-process intangible-damages lawsuit-filing maximum-recovery standing statute-of-limitations Whether a contractual provision reducing the limitation on filing a lawsuit under the Civil Rights Act of 1866 from four years to six months is enforc…
23-1315 Maxwell Jones v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure arbitrary-and-capricious arbitrary-capricious conflict-of-interest dfas-denial forged-documents judicial-immunity military-pay military-records records-correction wrongful-discharge Whether the military pay and records correction case involves issues of wrongful discharge, forged documents, and conflict of interest
23-1317 Jean Dufort Baptichon v. Department of Education, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights federal-courts federal-jurisdiction forum-non-conveniens personal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction transfer venue venue-transfer Personal-jurisdiction-versus-forum-non-conveniens
23-1318 Arthur Lopez v. MUFG Holding Corporation, et al. California Denied civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process emotional-distress judicial-recusal recusal self-representation standing due-process-clause
23-1319 B. B. v. Florida Department of Children and Families, et al. Florida Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-challenge court-interpretation due-process fourteenth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause Whether Florida courts are refusing to consider that their interpretation of Statute § 39.8155 is unconstitutional as applied when it contradicts the …
23-1320 GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, et al. v. Superior Court of California, Alameda County California Denied Amici (1) can the consumer's home state assert specific per brand-name-manufacturer due-process generic-drug generic-drugs innovator-liability personal-jurisdiction preemption product-liability specific-jurisdiction warning-label-liability When a plaintiff alleges injury from the consumption of a generic drug
23-1324 Thomas Perttu v. Kyle Brandon Richards Sixth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (7) administrative-exhaustion administrative-law civil-procedure exhaustion-of-remedies jury-trial merits-of-claim prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-rights procedural-merits prisoner-rights
23-1327 Paulette Barclift v. Keystone Credit Services, LLC Third Circuit Denied article-iii article-iii-standing circuit-split civil-rights-standing common-law-tort due-process intangible-harm judicial-interpretation standing-article-iii-harm-intangible-tort-common-l transu nion-precedent transunion-v-ramirez Whether under TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, a plaintiff alleging an intangible harm need only allege one that is similar in kind, and not degree, to a ha…
23-1328 Yuval Golan v. Daily News, L.P., et al. New York Denied Response Waived anti-slapp constitutional-rights defamation first-amendment jury-trial public-figure public-figures seventh-amendment Is the New York anti-SLAPP statute unconstitutional?
23-1329 Francisco De Aragon v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived aedpa certificate-of-appealability habeas ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington Does Strickland require cumulative-effect-of-errors evaluation,does-AEDPA-deference-apply-to-state-court-findings-favorable-to-petitioner,does-actual-…
23-1330 Michael Stern, et ux. v. Mark Mcdonald Washington Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction certiorari constitutional-review due-process equal-protection federalism judicial-procedure judicial-review state-courts supreme-court Did the Supreme Court of Washington's order to deny review violate the United States Constitution?
23-1331 William Christopher Schroeder v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived congressional-apportionment constitutional-interpretation electoral-representation equal-representation-in-house political-question-doctrine population-based-apportionment standing standing-doctrine us-constitution-amendment-14-section-2 us-constitution-article-1-section-2 vote-dilution voting-power-dilution Do U.S. CONST. amend. XIV, § 2, and U.S. CONST. art. I, § 2, require that each Member of the House of Representatives be elected from constituencies c…
23-1332 Jarius Brown v. Javarrea Pouncy, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (4) 28-usc-1658 civil-rights civil-rights-claims federal-interests owens-v-okure personal-injury section-1983 state-law statute-of-limitations Is a one-year state statute of limitations period consistent with federal interests underlying Section 1983?
23-1333 Sami Azmi, et al. v. John Sylvester Penny Ninth Circuit Denied civil-rights clearly-established excessive-force law-enforcement ninth-circuit qualified-immunity summary-judgment undisputed-evidence video-evidence Does a court's obligation to view the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff allow it to ignore undisputed clear video evidence that wo…
23-1334 Centennial Resource Production, LLC v. Northern Natural Gas Company Nebraska Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment based exclusively on actions taken by the non-res federal-preemption minimum-contacts over a non-resident defendant personal-jurisdiction purposeful-availment violates the constitutional due-process 14th-amendment due-process federal-regulatory-requirement non-resident-defendant personal-jurisdiction state-court Whether the exercise of personal jurisdiction by a state court
23-1335 Harley Marine Financing, LLC v. Tug Construction, LLC Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review bareboat-charter clearly-erroneous contract-breach evidentiary-support findings-of-fact maritime-law trial-record vessel-condition Whether the Ninth Circuit violated the fundamental principle of appellate review that a finding of fact is clearly erroneous if there is no evidentiar…
23-1336 Noel West Lane, III v. Matthew Curtis Witt, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure due-process fair-hearing fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion manifest-fraud pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation procedural-error Should the Supreme Court provide guidance on mandatory accommodation of judicial discretion to ensure fair hearings for pro se litigants and clarify i…
23-1337 Baldwin County, Alabama, et al. v. Mike Bordelon, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived due-process economic-use fair-market-value fifth-amendment just-compensation penn-central property-rights regulatory-taking takings temporary-prohibition temporary-taking Does the temporary prohibition of a specific project or use constitute a compensable regulatory taking, regardless of the availability of other econom…
23-1338 Martin Shkreli v. Federal Trade Commission, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived affiliate-liability civil-procedure disgorgement equity equity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction sec sec-enforcement traditional-equity-practice unlawful-gains Does a district court's exercise of its federal equity jurisdiction, as defined and cabined by traditional equity practice, include the power to order…
23-1339 Frank R. DiFranco v. Patricia M. Fallon, Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County, et al. Illinois Denied Response Waived election-contest election-law mandatory-or-directory mode-of-procedure state-court statutory-deadlines statutory-election-contest statutory-procedure subject-matter-jurisdiction unauthorized-party vote-counting Whether a State Court has subject matter jurisdiction in a special statutory election contest proceeding
23-1340 Waples Mobile Home Park Limited Partnership, et al. v. Jose Dagoberto Reyes, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) burden-of-proof civil-rights-litigation defendant-liability disparate-impact fair-housing-act legitimate-business-purpose prima-facie-burden statistical-disparity Whether a plaintiff relying on a disparate-impact theory of liability under the Fair Housing Act carries her prima facie burden by showing only a pree…
23-1342 David W. Foley, Jr., et ux. v. Orange County, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment administrative-injunction constitutional-provision due-process federal-courts fourteenth-amendment judicial-determination state-courts state-law Whether the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments require federal and state courts to answer the question of state law that the c…
23-1343 Darwin Quinones-Pimentel, et al. v. Nicholas W. Cannon, et al. First Circuit Denied Response Waived bivens-action civil-rights constitutional-tort federal-agents fourth-amendment frank-v-delaware monetary-damages search-warrant Whether a Bivens action can be maintained against federal agents and actors when a search warrant is obtained in violation of the doctrine established…
23-1344 Maria Guadalupe Leiva, et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived None
23-1346 The Golub Corporation v. Elaine Bart Second Circuit Denied burden-of-proof burden-shifting employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas mixed-motive pretext summary-judgment title-vii Is the McDonnell Douglas framework applicable to mixed motive discrimination cases, and if so, how are the three stages of that framework to be formul…
23-1347 Fang Zeng v. Mingan Chen, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied burden-shifting civil-procedure civil-procedure 23-1346" default-judgment default-judgments due-process employment-discrimination foreign-defendant foreign-defendants Is the McDonnell Douglas framework applicable to m mixed-motive personal-jurisdiction pretext service-of-process substituted-service summary-judgment title-vii Due process-requirements-for-service-of-process-on-foreign-defendants
23-1348 In Re Charles Simon Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act all-writs-act civil-rights civil-rights-act-1964 due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure first-amendment judicial-impartiality judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation Whether the Three Judge Panel's order denied and rubber-stamped the Mandamus All Writs Act 28 U.S.C. section 1651, consolidated with the appeal, ignor…
23-1349 Provisur Technologies, Inc. v. Weber, Inc. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived confidentiality federal-circuit inter-partes-review on-sale-bar patent-law patent-law-35-usc-311-b printed-publication prior-art public-accessibility Did the Federal Circuit err in holding that a product manual distributed with an on-sale product constitutes a printed publication that can be asserte…
23-1350 Robert Korman, et al. v. Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco, et al. California Denied appellate-review civil-procedure court-order due-process extrajudicial-evidence judicial-bias judicial-bias-and-prejudice judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics legal-procedure recusal Whether proof of a judge's commission of bias and prejudice against a litigant in a case alone mandates his immediate disqualification and reversal of…
23-1351 Torrey Lynne Henderson, Amara Jana Ridge, and Justin Royce Thompson v. Texas Texas Denied Amici (2)Response Waived criminal-conviction first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech obstruction-of-passageway obstruction-statute peaceful-assembly peaceful-protest public-forum public-sidewalks Do the First and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit the government from convicting individuals for obstructing a passageway based solely on their particip…
23-1355 Kris V. Zocco v. Wisconsin Wisconsin Denied Response Waived cell-phone-search criminal-procedure enumerated-crimes evidence evidence-seizure fourth-amendment particularity-requirement search-and-seizure search-warrant Does a warrant to search the entire contents of a cell phone for unspecified 'evidence' of enumerated crimes violate the Fourth Amendment's requiremen…
23-1356 Justin K. Holder v. Mark Duvall Thomas Fourth Circuit Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-statute injunctive-relief pro-se standing sua-sponte subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the District Court judge error in law, or abuse his discretion when he sua sponte dismissed Petitioner's pro se complaint for lack of subject matt…
23-1357 Country Oaks Partners, LLC, dba Country Oaks Care Center, et al. v. Mark Harrod California Denied Amici (3) advance-directive agent-authority arbitration-agreement contract-statutes federal-arbitration-act health-care-decisions health-care-providers power-of-attorney state-law state-law-preemption Whether the FAA preempts state law contract statutes and regulations by singling out for disfavored treatment arbitration agreements entered into betw…
23-1358 George Stephenson, Warden v. Lafayette Deshawn Upshaw Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived clearly-established-federal-law federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review-28-usc-2254 ineffective-assistance plurality-opinion plurality-opinions state-courts statutory-interpretation supreme-court-holding unreasonable-application Does a rule announced in a four-Justice plurality opinion constitute a holding of this Court, and therefore 'clearly established Federal law' under § …
23-1359 Fucich Contracting, Incorporated, et al. v. Shread-Kuyrkendall and Associates, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review diversity-jurisdiction federal-courts judicial-federalism legal-reasoning reasoned-opinion state-law supervisory-authority Should a federal court of appeals sitting in diversity be required to issue a reasoned opinion in disposing of a case when that case involves signific…
23-1362 Robert Kreb v. Integra Aviation, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure administrative-procedures-act appointments-clause article-iii due-process freedom-of-information-act privacy-act sua-sponte-dismissal subject-matter-jurisdiction whistleblower-protection Is it appropriate for courts to sua sponte dismiss actions for want of subject matter jurisdiction despite Congress' intent to allow enforcement of es…
23-1364 Troy Kendrick, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability court-of-appeals habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard procedural-review standard-of-review supervisory-power Whether the Court of Appeals' repeated misapplication of the standard for issuing a certificate of appealability warrants another exercise of this Cou…
23-1366 Jenny Jing, et al. v. Joseph Womack, et al. Montana Denied adversary-rights constitutional-rights domestic-partner first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech petition-to-redress-grievances privacy probate-court unauthorized-practice-of-law Did the Montana Supreme Court overlook a violation of First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, specifically concerning free-speech, petition-to-redress-…
23-1367 Pamela Quinlan v. Joseph P. Lopinto, III, Sheriff, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied civil-rights due-process fair-warning fifth-circuit malicious-prosecution qualified-immunity section-1983 thompson-v-clark Whether the United States Fifth Circuit cases of Guerra v. Castillo and Wallace v. Taylor, which stand for the proposition that qualified immunity req…
23-1369 John Rust v. Diego Morales, Indiana Secretary of State, et al. Indiana Denied Response Waived election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment political-association primary-election primary-elections state-election-laws voter-registration voting-rights Whether the Affiliation Statute violates Indiana citizens' right to freely associate with the political party of their choosing pursuant to the First …
23-1371 Smokemasters Ribs'n Pollo Inc. v. Lilburn Center, LLC Georgia Denied and the superseded complaint is a nullity; Whethe amended-complaint civil-procedure civil-procedure,pleadings,amendments,superseding-c judicial-hearing operative-complaint procedural-rights Whether a timely filed amended complaint becomes the only operative complaint in the proceeding, and the superseded complaint is a nullity. Whether a …
23-1372 Dave Wayne Erlanson, Sr. v. Environmental Protection Agency Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 9th-amendment bill-of-rights cause-of-action civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process environmental-protection-agency federal-mining-claim ninth-amendment section-1983 Can 42 U.S.C. § 1983 be considered a tort-claim-action
23-1373 Capital Cartridge, LLC v. J. Michael Issa, as Trustee of the HMT Liquidating Trust Ninth Circuit Denied avoidance-provisions bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-courts bankruptcy-litigation creditors-committee derivative-standing judicial-interpretation statutory-authority Under the Bankruptcy Code's avoidance provisions, whether a creditors' committee has 'derivative standing' to bring suit on behalf of the estate, and …
23-1374 Keyvon Sellers v. Jerry Nelson, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Eddie Lee Nelson, Jr., Deceased, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (2) civil-rights constitutional-duty deliberate-indifference due-process equal-protection jail-intake procedural-guideposts procedure qualified-immunity racial-segregation Whether a jail intake officer had a clearly-established constitutional duty to inform others about an inmate's alleged racial animus in underlying cha…
23-1375 Anthony Italo Provitola v. Dennis L. Comer, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived color-of-state-law constitutional-rights federal-jurisdiction litigation-privilege rooker-feldman-doctrine section-1983 Whether the lower courts' decisions should be vacated and the case remanded for reconsideration in light of Supreme Court precedents regarding jurisdi…
23-605 Erich M. Martin v. Raina L. Martin Nevada Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) collateral-estoppel due-process federal-preemption federal-supremacy judicial-convenience preemption res-judicata statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits May state law doctrines of judicial convenience be raised against a preemptive federal statute?
23-6732 Seth Conner Wells v. Florida Florida Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-challenge cost-of-incarceration due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fine fourteenth-amendment incarceration-cost statutory-interpretation timbs-v-indiana united-states-v-bajakajian Whether the imposition of a $401,500 cost of incarceration is an unconstitutionally excessive fine
23-6848 Stewart Smith v. Laurel Harry, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, et al. Third Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP bias certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance-of-counsel partial-pcra-jurist pro-se procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct Was petitioner's guilty verdict obtained and sustained in violation of due process, prosecutorial misconduct, ineffective assistance of counsel, bias,…
23-6903 Glenn Albright v. Will Roberts, Volusia County Tax Collector, et al. Florida Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-law due-process ex-post-facto financial-penalty former-offenders judicial-review statutory-interpretation statutory-requirement takings trial-court Whether the trial court erred by finding that a statutory requirement that former offenders must pay $31.25 did not constitute an ex post facto violat…
23-6939 Jaime Dean Charboneau, aka Jaimi Dean Charboneau v. Tyrell Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence admissibility-of-evidence circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review statutory-interpretation whether-28-usc-b-2-b-ii-actual-innocence-standard
23-6995 Rosaura Strous v. Superior Court of California, Yuma County Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights disability-discrimination disability-rights due-process employment-law judicial-procedure sexual-discrimination sexual-harassment standing What claims did you raise to the court below?
23-7005 Simon Chan v. Maura Tracy Healey, Governor of Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment ashcroft-v-iqbal civil-rights class-of-one due-process engquist-v-oregon equal-protection government-discrimination judicial-review Should the US Supreme Court allow government officials to engage in discriminatory conduct without consequence?
23-7011 Irina Collier v. Superior Court of California, Contra Costa County, et al. California Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process free-speech jurisdiction legal-document petition standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Writ of Writ of Certiorari has been properly granted to speak on the topics of public interest at mandatory gag order of the year for US f…
23-7050 David Phillip Ryan v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury jury-composition jury-trial sixth-amendment standing Whether the jury guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments is a 12-person jury?
23-7063 Ryan P. Givey v. Department of Justice, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-complaint criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment government-accountability petition-clause standing Can the Department of Justice refuse to take a criminal complaint of federal crimes from Givey?
23-7101 Deborah A. Redman v. United States, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process ethical-lapses free-speech judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation procedural-trap standing May federal judges reframe and distort Petitioner's arguments?
23-7128 Harvey Windsor v. Steven T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP accomplice-liability capital-murder certificate-of-appealability death-penalty discovery-limitation habeas-corpus head-injury ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel postconviction-relief Whether a habeas petitioner is entitled to a certificate of appealability when the state trial court and federal district court agree that the petitio…
23-7158 Russell Dean Alford v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-law due-process first-amendment free-speech overbreadth political-expression protected-speech secret-service statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether 'disorderly' and 'disruptive' in 18 U.S.C. § 1752(a)(2) and 40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(D) narrow the types of conduct criminalized, or refer only …
23-7165 Emiliano Emmanuel Flores-González v. United States First Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP article-iii article-iii-jurisdiction circuit-court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process en-banc en-banc-procedure judicial-review sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation Did the court's fealty to ministerial en banc procedures justify abdication of its constitutional and statutory obligations to adjudicate an as-of-rig…
23-7172 JB Nicholas v. Judy A. Camuso, Commissioner, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife First Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burford-abstention civil-rights due-process evidence first-amendment government-restrictions judicial-review occupational-liberty rational-basis Should the Court require Government-imposed restrictions on the 809-year-old personal right to occupational liberty, long-recognized by this Court as …
23-7174 Richard Lee David Brown v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure defense-instruction drug-convictions due-process evidence jury-instructions plain-error prior-convictions propensity-evidence Whether the admission of prior drug convictions constitutes impermissible propensity
23-7187 Leslie Galloway, III v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-defense death-penalty ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation-standard mitigation post-hoc-strategy post-traumatic-stress-disorder procedural-history sixth-amendment whether-post-hoc-speculation-about-strategy-can-excuse-a-failure-to-conduct-reasonable-investigation
23-7206 David Eugene Matthews v. Laura Plappert, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP abuse-of-the-writ abuse-of-writ aedpa equitable-powers habeas habeas-corpus initial-petition sixth-circuit successive-petition unexhausted-claim unripe-claim Does limiting second-in-time initial habeas petitions to only petitions that raise (a) a claim that was unripe when the first petition was filed, or (…
23-7227 Richard Lee Tabler v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)IFP agency-relationship habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel maples-v-thomas martinez-v-ryan procedural-default sixth-amendment state-post-conviction Where counsel's renunciation of representation leads to a procedural default in state post-conviction proceedings that provide the initial opportunity…
23-7249 Robert Gandy v. Glenn Hegar, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Texas Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-practice-and-remedies-code civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations thompson-v-clark tim-cole-act wrongful-conviction Whether the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Thompson v. Clark, Cert No. 20-659 renders Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code unconstitutional
23-7252 Mychal Andra Reed v. California State Prison, Los Angeles County, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights covid-19-impact due-process judicial-bias medical-emergency medical-incapacity standing stare-decisis Can the district court lawfully dismiss petitioner's valid Civil Rights complaint (violation) case because he failed to appear due to 'EXCEPTIONAL CIR…
23-7262 Eric D. Sweet v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal conviction-review criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process florida-supreme-court fundamental-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-timeliness post-conviction-relief standard-of-review statutory-time-limit whether-the-tolling-statute-for-filing-a-timely-post-conviction-review-was-properly-applied
23-7272 Matthew Michael Albritton v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP 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?
23-7279 Charles K. Wallace v. Louisiana Fifth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP authentication civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-court-filings fraud habeas-corpus jury-trial standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Is the U.S. Department of Justice under a duty to enforce accurate federal court filings therein federal district courts to comply with 18 U.S.C. §102…
23-7293 Shawn Thomas Borne v. United States Tenth Circuit GVR IFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment
23-7295 Glen Taylor Helzer v. California California Denied IFP criminal-procedure evidence exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment plain-view-doctrine probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant-requirement warrant-scope Does the plain view doctrine apply where police enter and seize a home under a warrant to search for evidence of specified crimes, and forego getting …
23-7301 Reginald Burrell v. Sharon Langham, Warden Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP circuit-conflict civil-rights due-process equitable-relief federal-courts federal-procedure fraud-on-the-court fraudulent-judgments habeas-corpus judicial-discretion supervisory-power Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in denying equitable relief against a fraudulent judgment
23-7306 Ronnie Y. Conrad v. Rob St. Andre, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 6th-amendment conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel presumption-of-prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct retroactivity sixth-amendment Whether the presumption of prejudice applies to conflict-of-counsel claims when the defense attorney is being prosecuted by the same agency prosecutin…
23-7311 Holly Harvey v. Allen Dillis, Warden Georgia Denied IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights court-filing criminal-procedure due-process employment-history financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income-sources poverty-affidavit search-and-seizure standing Whether the lower court erred in its application of the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures
23-7316 David James Lack v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California Ninth Circuit Denied IFP case-document civil-rights court-filing due-process judicial-process juror-misconduct jury-selection legal-document new-trial petition prosecutorial-misconduct related-cases Whether a juror who concealed material information during voir dire should be disqualified from serving on a jury, and whether a juror's improper cond…
23-7318 Michael P. Crenshaw v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process equal-protection executive-power individual-rights intellectual-disability judicial-review separation-of-powers state-sovereignty Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits the execution of a prisoner who was intellectually disabled at th…
23-7321 Bentley Streett v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied IFP exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception inevitable-discovery probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant warrant-defect warrant-requirement Whether the good-faith exception applies to save evidence obtained through an unconstitutional warrant because, hypothetically, if the magistrate had …
23-7322 Gabriel Paul Hall v. Texas Texas Denied IFP attorney-conduct capital-appointments capital-punishment due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pecuniary-incentive sixth-amendment state-statute Whether a state statute that makes an attorney ineligible for future capital appointments if found to be ineffective creates a pecuniary incentive for…
23-7330 Jessica Graulau v. Credit One Bank, N.A. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP arbitration-agreement arbitrator-powers counterclaim diversity-jurisdiction federal-arbitration-act jurisdiction manifest-disregard time-limitations Whether arbitrator exceeded his powers by awarding on a matter not submitted to him
23-7339 Philip Shane Young v. Texas Texas Denied IFP appeal criminal-procedure deadly-weapon evidence-sufficiency jury-finding jury-instructions standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Is the evidence sufficient to sustain the jury's finding that a deadly weapon was used?
23-7340 Kelton Vondre Yates v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-court-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-court-jurisdiction jurisdictional-dismissal procedural-grounds standing statute-of-limitations Whether Petitioner is entitled to equitable tolling of the statute of limitations
23-7341 Ronald Leon Thompson v. Colorado Colorado Denied IFP appellate-review consent constitutional-error constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure harmless-error judicial-definition jury-instructions legal-standard trial-court-discretion Whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding the trial court's error in failing to define the term consent was constitutional harmless error
23-7343 Dalevonte D. Hearn v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process first-degree-murder ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-trial mistrial sentencing trial-rights Can an American citizen be punished for exercising the right to a jury trial?
23-7345 James Joseph Bryant v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation jury-trial prior-convictions reasonable-doubt sentencing-enhancement Whether the elements of a prior conviction can be determined using current judicial interpretations
23-7346 Oksana Marinaro v. Zimmer & Lewis, Attorneys & Counselor at Law Virginia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-law due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-appointment judicial-appointments judicial-authority judicial-procedure procedural-rights separation-of-powers state-statutes Can a retired judge preside over a case without an appointment required by a state statute?
23-7348 Oksana Marinaro v. Cheryl Eddy Benn, PC Virginia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP case-mootness civil-procedure court-order due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-appointment procedural-notice retirement standing state-statute Can a retired judge preside over a case without an appointment required by a state statute?
23-7349 Scott Zirus v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Fifth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-challenge due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure housing-assistance mandamus property-rights regulatory-taking standing venue-transfer whether-mandamus-relief-is-available
23-7359 Elvert S. Briscoe, Jr. v. Annette Chambers-Smith, Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied IFP confidential-informant constitutional-rights due-process prison-management retaliation rule-50 state-actor transcript Can a prison confidential informant be described as a state actor for retaliation
23-7367 John E. Garrett v. Richard Clouse Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bail bail-revocation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment judicial-proceedings liberty liberty-interest standing Is notice and a hearing required, prior to depriving one of his liberty pending trial and does said liberty qualify as a substantive and/or procedural…
23-7370 Sammie Davis King, Jr. v. Gregory Sampson, Warden Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process false-confession judicial-review jurisdiction legal-standing standing statutory-provisions Did He Distick Lourk err by ouerlookns hebhonr Pu cera! Dehalt clsins thon Pedbiboner wes level Lfoctive. assichae of louse) ta hi's OWAD
23-7371 Laron Darrell Carter v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-court jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue mandate mandate-rule procedural-law waiver Whether the rule requiring a district court to follow the mandate of a court of appeals is jurisdictional
23-7377 Christopher J. Barnett v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bias judicial-discretion legal-procedure local-court procedural-fairness recusal standing whether-a-biased-judge-must-recuse-themselves
23-7381 Larry Donnell Dunlap v. Arizona Office of the Attorney General, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights clemency constitutional-claims constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection executive-clemency habeas-corpus special-action special-action-relief Whether the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency violated the petitioner's due process rights by denying his request for a commutation hearing without …
23-7383 Kenric Ledbetter, et al. v. Religious Practice Committee, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process filing-fees legal-document petition prison-litigation-reform-act standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Prison Litigation Reform Act requires per-plaintiff filing fees in a multi-plaintiff lawsuit
23-7389 Brad Evans v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigants Whether the State of Florida has created rules of criminal and appellate procedure that arbitrarily and unreasonably encroach upon the personal rights…
23-7391 Markeith D. Loyd v. Florida Florida Denied Relisted (2)IFP capital-punishment death-penalty eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment individual-responsibility jury-instructions sentencing-phase Where the court in a capital case allows the State to argue that the jury should, or must, try its best to reach a unanimous penalty phase verdict, is…
23-7395 Wesley Carl Panighetti v. California California Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech judicial-review legal-precedent privacy standing statutory-interpretation Whether the state courts' determination of the facts of this case was objectively reasonable?
23-7396 Francisco Manuel Padilla v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion legal-standard standing superior-court Whether the superior court has the authority to debase the constitutional rights of a defendant
23-7397 Diamond L. Barnes v. Felicia Adkins, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure concealed-carry constitutional-right due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure procedural-rule second-amendment standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Question not identified
23-7404 William Maxwell v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process firearm-transfer money-laundering obstruction-of-justice rico-conspiracy wire-fraud Whether this case should be granted certiorari for full briefing on issues already decided in Maxwell's favor by this Court or whether a G.V.R. would …
23-7415 Carlos Gomez v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions pinkerton-liability predicate-offense rosemond-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis vicarious-liability Whether a jury instruction on 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) charge based on invalid or valid predicate prejudiced the Petitioner
23-7417 Nersius Adonliel Artisani, aka Roger Joseph Hoffert, Jr. v. Iowa, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment heat-exposure prison-conditions Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment protects prisoners from being subjected to extreme heat and inadequate cool…
23-7422 Charles Talley, et al. v. Housing Authority of Cook County, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eviction-procedure hud-regulations preemption-doctrine standing supremacy-clause void-order Did the court's violate the Preemption Doctrine of the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution in their failure to rule on disabled Appellant's 'MOT…
23-7426 Saye Henry Gofan, Jr. v. Cameron C. Gustafson, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-issue court-of-appeals district-court due-process free-speech habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge legal-procedure standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's constitutional challenges to the government's actions
23-7429 Todd Giffen v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus prisoner-rights standing Whether the District Court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
23-7434 Samuel T. Whatley, II v. Waffle House, Inc. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP agency-oversight civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights declaration-of-independence due-process employment employment-law federal-jurisdiction wage-payment wages Does the Founding Father's documentation of individual rights provide protective measures against lack or delayal of employment wage payment(s)
23-7437 Overille Denton Thompson, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-process certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-procedure fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-discretion legal-precedent procedural-review sanctions standard-of-review Whether the Fifth Circuit failed to engage in the COA process
23-7441 William F. Kaetz v. United States Third Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-jurisdiction legislative-history official-duties separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation Whether the use of legislative history as law, despite this Court's precedents that it is not law, is a separation of powers offense
23-7443 Irvin Thomas v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-rights due-process excessive-sentence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review procedural-errors provocation sentencing trial-procedure video-evidence Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated when several arguable issues apply to why the petitioner's sentence was excessive given the …
23-7446 Erika Jacobs v. Quest Diagnostics Fourth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process employment free-speech jurisdictional-issue legal-standing standing statutory-provisions supreme-court-procedure writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court erred in its judgment on the petitioner's claims
23-7447 Azaniah Blankumsee v. Maryland Maryland Denied IFP actual-innocence circuit-court civil-rights criminal-procedure discretionary-review due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion standing writ-of-error Did the lower court abuse its discretion by denying appellant's petition for writ of actual innocence without looking at the totality, or assessing wh…
23-7448 Gabriel Paul Hall v. Texas Texas Denied IFP capital-murder due-process fair-trial false-testimony fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel When a state habeas applicant makes a prima facie case that the state knowingly presented false and material testimony in the punishment phase of his …
23-7450 Jihad A. Spann v. Missouri Missouri Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights counsel-abandonment due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel liberty-interest post-conviction-proceeding post-conviction-relief rule-29.15 state-court state-court-procedure state-law May the due process clause require the State Courts to provide a full and fair post-conviction proceeding, if authorized by state law and as such cons…
23-7453 William Garrido v. Florida Florida Denied IFP 10-20-life-statute criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-authority statutory-interpretation trial-court-authority What authority does the trial court have to sentence beyond the selected mandatory minimum of 25 years under § 775.087 (2), (the 10-20-life Statute)?
23-7454 Jennifer L. M. Sendzul v. Jay C. Hoag, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeals-court civil-rights covid-19 district-court due-process indigent-rights judicial-access judicial-discretion remote-proceedings writ-of-certiorari Whether a writ of certiorari is appropriate when a district court denies any other form of meaningful access other than in-person for scheduled hearin…
23-7457 E. R. v. Colorado, In the Interest of S. M. and E. M., Children Colorado Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-standard due-process equal-protection judicial-bias parent-child-rights racial-bias racial-prejudice standard-of-review termination-of-parental-rights Whether this Court's precedents on judicial racial bias bind the Colorado Supreme Court
23-7460 William Burton v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-stipulation fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana plea-rights sixth-amendment strickland-standard Was Petitioner's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel violated?
23-7463 Maria Meeker v. Marrison Family Law, LLC Colorado Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 7th-amendment certificate-of-review civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act judicial-procedure legal-standing Does a court's requirement for a Certificate of Review defeat a citizen's Seventh Amendment, Fifth Amendment, and Fourteenth Amendment rights?
23-7465 Tremane Wood v. Christe Quick, Warden Tenth Circuit Denied IFP federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance rule-60b state-court-decision state-postconviction strickland-standard strickland-v-washington tenth-circuit Whether a federal habeas court's failure to review the last reasoned state court decision under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) is a defect under Rule 60(b)
23-7467 Joseph Thomas Saari v. Kris Rish, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa certificate-of-appealability constitutional-error first-amendment mootness retroactivity right-to-jury-trial sixth-amendment Question not identified
23-7468 Joe Ernest Robinson v. Texas Texas Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process free-speech judicial-procedure legal-review scotus-petition standing statutory-interpretation Can a defendant be convicted under laws that are vague and overbroad?
23-7469 Kenneth Del Signore v. Nokia of America Corporation, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights discovery discovery-rules due-process false-claims-act medical-records pro-se pro-se-plaintiff standing summary-judgment whistleblower-retaliation Should a Pro Se Plaintiff be granted special considerations by Federal Judges based on their lack of experience with the Federal Rules?
23-7475 Steve Podkulski v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP 4th-amendment cell-phone-data civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction legal-document petition privacy search-and-seizure supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the government's warrantless seizure and search of a person's cell phone data violates the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable …
23-7478 Dylan Gregory Kerstetter v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach constitutional-indictment criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-finding jury-trial prior-felony-conviction sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the Constitution requires an indictment to allege, and a jury to find (or a defendant to admit), the extra facts necessary to impose an ACCA s…
23-7479 Ronald Lee Howard v. Texas Texas Denied IFP appeal appellate-procedure constitutional-rights discretionary-review douglas due-process evitts fourteenth-amendment griffin state-court texas-court-of-criminal-appeals Is procedural due process violated regarding the constitutional requirement of a meaningful or effective appeal of right under Evitts, Griffin and Dou…
23-7488 Jose Eliso Zavala v. Texas Texas Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment actual-bias constitutional-rights fair-trial fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury juror-bias prejudice sixth-amendment structural-error Whether the petitioner was deprived of his constitutional rights to a fair and impartial trial
23-7492 Trezith Rashad Smart v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP federal-rules-of-evidence findings fourth-circuit-court judicial-error motion-to-dismiss prior-inconsistent-statement speedy-trial-act witness-impeachment zedner-v-united-states whether-the-fourth-circuit-appellate-court-commit-clear-or-plain-error
23-7493 Lisa Marie Perez, fka Lisa Marie Belyew v. Captain Duch, et al. Ninth Circuit Dismissed IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions genuine-issues-of-fact judicial-review jury-trial legal-interpretation precedent standing statutory-construction summary-judgment Whether summary judgment for the defendant was proper where genuine issues of material fact existed and a jury trial was warranted
23-7494 Ohio, ex rel. Soleiman Mobarak v. Jeffrey M. Brown, Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Franklin County, et al. Ohio Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto retrospective-legislation subject-matter-jurisdiction void-for-vagueness Is it repugnant to convict a US citizen for innocent acts not criminalized by statute?
23-7495 In Re Grace Woodham Denied IFP administrative-law certiorari civil-rights court-procedure deliberate-indifference due-process judicial-review legal-petition standing summary-judgment supreme-court Whether the New Hampshire Supreme Court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims on summary judgment despite findings of fact indicating the state …
23-7498 Lawrence Byron Watson v. Pamerson Ifill, Commissioner of Probation, et al. First Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP abuse-prevention-order civil-rights constitutional-deficiency custody due-process in-custody legal-standing matthews-v-eldridge parental-rights Whether an individual who is a defendant of an abuse prevention order and whose parental rights are restricted or terminated is 'in custody'
23-7499 Russell William Tucker v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky burden-of-proof disparate-treatment equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-strikes prima-facie-case prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination Whether the Supreme Court of North Carolina was free to reject evidence of disparate treatment and impose on Petitioner the crippling burden of showin…
23-7501 Maurice Farris v. United States Tenth Circuit GVR IFP 18-usc-922 bruen-standard constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law gun-rights new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether Mr. Farris's conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment
23-7503 Christopher Michael Bullins Croce v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process felony first-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-trial sixth-amendment stalking-statute 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?
23-7504 Sergio Antonio Hood v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights due-process jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing Whether the Sixth Amendment, other than the Negatively Absolute Prohibition, allows for any fact that increases a reasonable doubt to a power before a…
23-7507 Kenneth Allen Washington v. Deputy Rayl, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-of-appeals due-process judicial-discretion motion-to-extend ninth-circuit standing time-extension Did the United States District Court Judge Abuse his discretion in denying the Plaintiff's motions?
23-7509 Thomas J. Moore v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof capital-case criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct religious-arguments testimonial-evidence trial-counsel Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
23-7510 Tidiane Kone v. Justin Brown, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus indian-law judicial-procedure procedural-default standing state-court Whether a court applied the correct standard in dismissing a complaint alleging a violation of the Indian Civil Rights Act
23-7511 Rodney Johnson v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure Whether the issuing authority failed to comply with the rules of court to exclude the judge's signed order of the AEE and deny a writ of probable caus…
23-7514 Christopher E. Glass v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial government-misconduct ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miranda-rights trial-counsel Whether the Court should allow into evidence, over Petitioner's objection, statements made by Petitioner during interrogation by police, where Petitio…
23-7516 Anthony Roy Spain v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP creek-nation criminal-procedure direct-appeal flores-ortega ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction mcgirt-decision mcgirt-v-oklahoma sixth-amendment Were trial counsel ineffective for failing to consult with Mr. Spain about taking a direct appeal from his conviction, where doing so would not have b…
23-7518 Kelly McGoffney v. Matthew Kincaid, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 7th-amendment access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process estate-closure federal-appellate-review rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-jurisdiction state-court-transfer Can the Court exercise jurisdiction to remedy violations of the petitioner's constitutional rights?
23-7519 Willie J. Williams, aka Willie Joe Williams v. Kelvin Malher, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure court-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts legal-error procedural-due-process standing summary-judgment Did the Federal Court(s) and the Appellate Court(s) error by altering and omitting the Petitioner's first allegation and denying the second docketed a…
23-7520 Toran Peterson v. Esmaeili Emami, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-remedies civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment exhaustion juvenile-sentencing mandatory-life-sentence mental-health prison Whether Michigan's involuntary mental health treatment hearings comply with the mandatory language of the statute and prison policy directive, and whe…
23-7521 Keith Lamar Rodgers v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP 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?
23-7523 Kurt A. Benshoof v. Freya Brier, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None
23-7524 Antoinne Lee Washington, aka Antionne Lee Washington v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process eighth-circuit habeas-corpus standing Did the panel of the Eighth Circuit err by deciding the merit of an appeal not properly before the court to justify the denial of a certificate of app…
23-7525 Stanley Waldron v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-punishment due-process equal-protection hard-labor involuntary-servitude state-liability thirteenth-amendment Is the State of Louisiana barred by the Thirteenth Amendment from punishing involuntary servitude at hard labor for a class of offenders without due c…
23-7527 Larry Williams v. Warden Kelly, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its application of the relevant legal standards
23-7529 Reginald Andrew Paulk, Sr. v. L. Benson, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights counsel due-process federal-law judicial-review probable-cause qualified-immunity racial-animus sovereign-immunity standard-of-review Did the District Court and the Eleventh Circuit use the incorrect standard to review the issues and thus incorrectly apply the law?
23-7530 Deandre Lenier Neal-Hill v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-right due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus meaningful-review merits-denial procedural-denial reasonable-jurists standing whether-certificate-of-appealability-denial-requires-explanation
23-7531 Tiffany P. Range v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discrimination hostile-work-environment legal-representation pro-se settlement sexual-harassment standing How can I settle out with the courts or negotiate an agreement to be made whole?
23-7532 In Re Keith Hager Denied Response WaivedIFP charging-instrument criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-authority mandamus mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation writ-of-mandamus Whether this court must issue a writ of mandamus where a federal court lacked authority to sentence petitioner upon an offense for which Congress did …
23-7533 Chadwick Wright v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-review legal-procedure standing state-collateral-proceedings state-law Does the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution mandate the appointment of counsel by indigent prisoners in state collateral proceedin…
23-7535 Deqwon Saquod Lewis v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 10th-amendment certificate-of-appealability constitutional-vagueness due-process federal-enforcement overbreadth procedural-default tenth-amendment vagueness Whether a COA should issue due to federal enforcement of §1591 to local pandering and prostitution cases
23-7536 Donna M. Brown v. Thomas U. Brown Louisiana Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure due-process ex-parte-proceeding fraud fraud-on-the-court judicial-fraud standing subpoena-duces-tecum void-judgment Whether a person has a constitutional right to impugn a judgment procured by fraud and fraud on the court?
23-7537 Mike Austin Anderson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process judicial-procedure jury-instructions jury-verdict motion-to-revoke recusal-motion standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the district court erred by finding that the prosecution produced sufficient evidence at trial for a reasonable jury to return a guilty verdic…
23-7539 Eddie Lamar Thomas v. Don Langford, Warden Tenth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process fifth-amendment investigative-detention miranda-warnings self-incrimination Whether the district court violated Mr. Thomas's Fifth Amendment rights by admitting his statements to detectives and evidence derived from those stat…
23-7540 Oscar Catalan Ruiz v. California California Denied IFP abstract-statutes appeals civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendants-rights due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-interpretation procedural-due-process sentencing Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated by the sentencing court's failure to consider mitigating evidence and impose an appropriate …
23-7542 Anthony Obute v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-rights appellate-waiver controlled-substance criminal-procedure pharmacy-operations plea-agreement sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Does a defendant's waiver of appellate rights in a plea agreement remain enforceable when the Presentence Investigation Report applies an enhancement …
23-7543 Jeryme Morgan v. DeAnna Brookhart Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-interpretation precedent-setting prior-crimes-evidence standing statutory-construction Whether the Martínez-Treviño Exceptions should be extended to Illinois prisoners
23-7544 Rodolfo Morales-Cortez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof closing-argument criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process objection-standard prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct Does a defendant who timely objects to a prosecutor's misconduct during closing argument nevertheless bear the burden to show that it caused him preju…
23-7545 Bobby Tatum v. Darren Galloway, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence child-victim-testimony civil-rights confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel video-evidence Whether the district court erred in denying the petitioner's motion for a new trial
23-7546 Enrique Zacarias Diaz v. Oregon Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant statutory and constitutional provisions
23-7547 Branden Tyler v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2 5th-amendment aiding-and-abetting criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment interstate-commerce person principal statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant can be charged with aiding and abetting when the principal was not another actual person
23-7548 In Re Kinley MacDonald Dismissed IFP child-custody child-welfare civil-rights due-process family-law hearsay hearsay-evidence judicial-misconduct jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge parental-rights state-statute Can a trial court open and remove children in a 'protective custody' case based solely on hearsay accusations prohibited by state statute and in absen…
23-7549 In Re Kinley MacDonald Dismissed IFP child-custody child-welfare due-process family-rights hearsay hearsay-evidence judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction parental-rights standard-of-review state-court-procedure Whether a state court can remove children from a parent's custody based solely on hearsay allegations prohibited by state statute, in the absence of j…
23-7551 In Re Kinley MacDonald Dismissed IFP best-interests child-custody constitutional-rights due-process family-law judicial-discretion Would a state court's refusal to intervene on behalf of a child in a custody dispute violate due process rights and the child's best interests?
23-7553 Francisco Joseph Arcila Ramirez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2339b criminal-procedure foreign-terrorist-organization material-support sentencing terrorism-enhancement When a defendant has entered a plea of guilty to the offense of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, in violation of 18 U.S…
23-7554 Rawtavious Moore v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard circuit-split constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process exceptional-importance federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23-7555 Rickey Lynch v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appearance-of-impropriety civil-procedure due-process federal-defender judicial-ethics judicial-recusal procedural-review right-to-counsel standard-of-review Should a court of appeals review a judge's denial of a motion to recuse de novo or for an abuse of discretion?
23-7556 Nathan O. Beal v. Washington Washington Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-trials daubert-standard due-process evidence-rule expert-testimony federal-evidence-rule firearm-ballistics frye-standard scientific-evidence trial-procedure Should Washington State use the Daubert standard for criminal trials, or is the Frye standard sufficient?
23-7558 Marcus Jones v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court-ruling judicial-review merits-denial merits-determination procedural-denial reasonable-jurists whether-court-of-appeals-denial-of-certificate-of-appealability
23-7560 David Darnell Whitehead v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alien-smuggling border-crossing criminal-intent criminal-procedure designated-port-of-entry illegal-immigration immigration-law mens-rea port-of-entry statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the petitioner's conduct constituted bringing aliens to or entering the United States at a place other than a designated port of entry, and wh…
23-7561 Charles Hyde v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence standing supreme-court Whether the Appellate Court erred in denying Hype's petition for a writ of certiorari
23-7563 Sanford Benjamin Gloster v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa brady-doctrine brady-violation constitutional-rights due-process giglio-doctrine habeas-corpus procedural-default Does the admission of false evidence constitute Giglio/Brady violations under Due Process Clause
23-7564 Ricky T. Jackson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confidential-informant criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-hearsay due-process evidentiary-sufficiency sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment sixth-circuit Whether the Sixth Circuit's determination that uncorroborated and unreliable double hearsay statements of an unreliable confidential informant was suf…
23-7565 Juan Aguiera-Guzman v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-reasoning mitigation-arguments plain-error sentencing sentencing-discretion silent-record Whether the holding in Molina-Martinez applies to sentencing-errors, such as the clear Rule 32 violation here
23-7566 Brendon Tyre Garner v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment acquitted-conduct criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prohibit a federal court from basing a criminal defendant's sentence on conduct for which a jury has acquitted …
23-7567 Michael David Carruth v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP alabama appellate-counsel constitutional-right criminal-procedure death-penalty exhaustion ineffective-assistance procedural-bar right-to-counsel state-procedure writ-of-certiorari Whether a defendant-appellant has a right to counsel through the filing of a petition for a writ of certiorari
23-7568 Malek Lassiter v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-conviction criminal-procedure federal-statute section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court united-states-v-taylor Whether The Court Of Appeals Erred By Holding Lassiter's Convictions Under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) On Counts 25 And 28 Remain Lawful After United States v.…
23-7569 Raymond Woodley v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance multiple-representation sixth-amendment strickland-prejudice strickland-standard sullivan-standard trial-court When counsel alerts the trial court to a conflict of interest not involving multiple representation, and the trial court fails to resolve the conflict…
23-7571 Corey Goings v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-rights appeal-waiver constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining racial-discrimination sentencing Whether the Plea Agreement's general waiver of appeal rights included a waiver of appealing a sentence based on the impermissible factor of race
23-7572 Jerry A. Smith v. John Galipeau Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment search-and-seizure standing Whether the lower court erred in its application of the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable searches and seizures
23-7573 Ryan Edward Offineer v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts,equal-protection,right-to-counsel collateral-attack-waiver conclusory-pleadings,vague-pleadings,precedent constitutional-rights disparate-plea-terms,sentencing,eighth-amendment due-process equal-protection inaccurate-information,administrative-remedy,prese ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance,defensive-strategies,guilty meritless-appeal,futile-appeal,right-to-appeal plea-agreement warrantless-search,computer-evidence,search-warran Plea-agreement-violation,contract-law,conflict-of-interest
23-7574 Marcus Donte Middlebrook v. Kelly M. Wellman, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process free-exercise judicial-discretion medical-needs rluipa summary-judgment Did the US District Court judge abuse its discretion in adopting the magistrate's report and recommendation, granting the defendant's motion for summa…
23-7576 Solomon A. Jones v. Georgia Department of Labor, et al. Georgia Denied IFP civil-rights due-process employment-law in-forma-pauperis minimum-wage pandemic service-of-process sovereign-immunity unemployment-benefits unemployment-insurance Can unemployment insurance benefits be denied to persons whose employment is terminated through no fault of their own?
23-7577 Chuong Duong Tong v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP capital-case capital-punishment due-process good-cause ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief postconviction-counsel potentially-meritorious rhines-standard rhines-v-weber voir-dire Did the Court of Appeals err in holding that ineffective assistance of postconviction counsel cannot establish 'good cause' under Rhines v. Weber? And…
23-7578 Milton Mauricio Tachin Ortiz v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None
23-7580 Joseph Moraga v. Texas Texas Denied IFP 4th-amendment advisory-opinion contemporaneous-to-arrest custodial-arrest fourth-amendment possession probable-cause reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-incident-to-arrest warrantless-search Whether the warrantless search of luggage stored in a motel closet was valid as incident to arrest
23-7581 Glenn D. Odom, II v. Scott Jordan, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-counsel conflict-of-counsel constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-rights due-process jury jury-questioning pro-se-defense waiver witness witness-testimony Does a criminal defendant have a constitutional right to fully present himself / herself as a witness
23-7582 Manna Massaquoi v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidence judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure standing Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court err in finding that the FORA Consent Decree entered by the Pennsylvania Governor was not violated by the granting o…
23-7583 Shawn Hill v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure mental-health plea-bargaining remorse sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness supervised-release Was petitioner improperly denied credit for acceptance of responsibility?
23-7584 Quentin M. Salmond v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-claim conspiracy criminal-law due-process newly-discovered-evidence pcra-time-bar retroactivity sentencing third-degree-murder Is Conspiracy to Commit Third Degree Murder a Non-Cognizable Offense?
23-7585 Wilfred H. v. Josh Ward, Interim Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex West Virginia Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-charges criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process factual-allegations legal-procedure multiple-convictions multiple-counts Does a state violate due process or double jeopardy principles when it charges and convicts a defendant on multiple, identical counts, with none conne…
23-7588 Ruben Mendezsales v. Florida Florida Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure felony felony-charges fourteenth-amendment jury-trial overrule sixth-amendment williams-v-florida 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?
23-7592 Ynedra Diggs v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bruton-rule bruton-v-united-states co-defendant-statements confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fifth-amendment fifth-circuit testimonial-evidence testimonial-statements unavailable-witnesses Was Ms. Diggs's constitutional right to confrontation violated?
23-7593 Kaleel Hinton v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-standard petition-for-writ post-conviction-relief procedural-due-process standing time-limitations Whether the PCRA court erred in dismissing the PCRA petition as untimely, where the petitioner was abandoned by plea counsel who failed to file a moti…
23-7594 Felipe Matias-Miguel v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres-v-United-States Apprendi-v-New-Jersey case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-7595 Daniel Levi v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-waiver criminal-appeal due-process liberty-interest ninth-circuit plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines voluntary-consent Is an appellate waiver knowing and voluntary when the waiver's scope includes a sentence contrary to law and unauthorized by the United States Sentenc…
23-7596 Andre Tayson Boone v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied IFP appeal civil-procedure constitutional-analysis due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-interpretation procedural-rules standing statutory-provisions time-extension Whether the courts erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeal of the district court's denial of their motion for an extension of time to file a notic…
23-7597 William Hill v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied IFP appellate-court appellate-review california-v-champman constitutional-review conviction conviction-reversal due-process first-amendment harmless-error trial-procedure When an appellate court concludes that a conviction for one offense violated the First Amendment, is the appellate court required to apply the harmles…
23-7598 Arnaud Paris v. Heidi M. Brown Oregon Denied IFP custody-dispute due-process equal-protection family-law federal-statutes fourteenth-amendment international-custody international-law national-origin state-statutes uccjea Does a state court's decisions and actions violating both Federal Statutes (UCCJEA) and State Statues in a custody dispute, which appears to favor an …
23-7599 Jorge Ortiz-Juarez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure overruling precedent-overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-7600 Keith Anthony Rosario v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process minimum-sentence north-carolina-v-pearce pearce-presumption presumption-of-vindictiveness resentencing sentencing-vindictiveness Whether increases in minimum sentences upon resentencing, when no new objective information since the previous sentencing exists to justify the increa…
23-7601 Khari Devon Coley v. Correctional Officer Wayne L. Garland, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-remedies civil-rights custody-challenge due-process exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus judicial-process prison-litigation-reform-act prison-transfer prisoner-rights procedural-review standing Whether the petitioner's prison grievance procedures were rendered unavailable to the prisoner upon his transfer to the custody of the New York Office…
23-7602 Melina Darzzete Guillen-Perez v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit GVR IFP None
23-7603 Anthony Tyrone Brown v. James Corrigan, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law agency-determination civil-rights constitutional-interpretation counsel-of-choice due-process fraud fraud-statute judicial-review misconduct transcript Whether the court committed fraud on the court when it changed the trial transcripts of the petitioner's case without notice to counsel and the petiti…
23-7604 Sheila Halousek v. Verizon Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appeal-denial arbitrary-dismissal civil-rights court-of-appeals district-court first-amendment judicial-discretion petition-clause petition-government redress-grievances Was Petitioner denied her explicit constitutional civil right under the First Amendment to petition the government for a redress of grievances when th…
23-7606 Tommy Tate Collins v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure district-court fair-and-just-standard government-breach judicial-discretion plea-agreement remedy santobello-v-new-york sentencing-remedy What is the appropriate test or what factors should a district court consider when determining the appropriate remedy, after an appellate court has fo…
23-7608 Carney Turner v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion life-sentence sentencing standard-of-review Whether, in federal criminal cases where the district court has imposed a discretionary life sentence, the courts of appeal should employ a de novo st…
23-7609 Donald Washington, Sr. v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief procedural-due-process right-to-appeal Did the Defendant have the Right to Appeal his Conviction 48 years Ago as a Right?
23-7611 Steve Van Horne, et al. v. Central Appraisal District of Taylor County Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process government government-authority religious-freedom sovereign-immunity standing tax taxation Does the Central Appraisal District of Taylor County have standing to sue Petitioners?
23-7612 Wade Lay v. Christie Quick, Warden Tenth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process execution-delay federal-review federalism habeas-corpus standing state-prisoner Whether the federal courts erred in denying petitioner's request for a stay of execution despite the serious constitutional violations and irreparable…
23-7613 Tre' Anthony James v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied IFP appellate-review due-process factual-sufficiency jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia law-of-the-case legal-sufficiency new-trial Is an appellate court's reversal of a trial court's grant of a new trial reviewable?
23-7614 Melvin Bonnell v. Bill Cool, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence bad-faith brady-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence federal-habeas habeas-corpus state-misconduct youngblood youngblood-claim When bad faith is uncovered years after the petitioner fully litigated his initial habeas petition, should a Youngblood claim be considered newly ripe…
23-7615 Randall Crater v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process criminal-procedure fair-trial sixth-amendment structural-error touhy-regulations trial-subpoenas witness-testimony Whether the district court's decision to quash three trial subpoenas because defendant did not comply with Touhy regulations violated defendant's Sixt…
23-7616 Jacob Ray Owens v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof co-conspirator-evidence criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-purity drug-quantity ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel methamphetamine-purity sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether the purity of methamphetamine, linked to Owens's conspiracy solely by personnel, permitted an inference that Owens's methamphetamine was simil…
23-7619 Brandon Gibbs v. Texas Texas Denied IFP closing-argument constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination Did prosecutor improperly comment on Petitioner's failure to testify during closing argument, in violation of the Fifth Amendment?
23-7620 Donald Kie, Jr. v. Garrett, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-conviction due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit plea-bargaining sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence sufficient-evidence Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying a Certificate of Appealability
23-7622 Angel Luis Concepcion-Rosario v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure district-court-error due-process exclusionary-rule impeachment judgment-of-acquittal miranda-rights motion-for-mistrial physical-evidence sentencing suppression-of-evidence Did the district court error in not suppressing the physical evidence and the statement?
23-7623 Estephen Castellon v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence-preservation exculpatory-evidence law-enforcement sixth-amendment speedy-trial warrant-execution Whether the failure to preserve potentially exculpatory evidence under the Trombetta and Youngblood standards, coupled with delays in trial proceeding…
23-7624 Daniel Geter v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing Whether the petitioners' due process rights were violated by the court of appeals when it failed to find that the petitioners' substantive rights were…
23-7625 Henry Sowers v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP ada-accessibility americans-with-disabilities-act criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection hearing-impairment judicial-accessibility pro-se pro-se-defendant structural-error voir-dire Does the State violate the ADA and Equal Protection Clause by failing to provide accessibility accommodations for a hearing-impaired pro-se defendant …
23-7626 Jasper Frazier v. Robert E. Carter, Jr., et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law breach-of-contract civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation contract contract-law damages federal-damages standing state-services Whether the receiving state is liable for damages caused by the breach of a contract for new border security services
23-7627 In Re Tonya Knowles Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights collective-defense constitution due-process free-speech international-organization military-alliance monarchy nato sovereign standing treaty Whether a monarch can be removed from the US Constitution due to an individual 'discreating' on the monarch's image
23-7629 Robert Randall Ziegler v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP constitutional-rights conviction-relief criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review post-conviction-relief right-to-counsel state-court-appeal whether-the-oklahoma-court-of-criminal-appeals-holding-that-the-oklahoma-current-post-conviction-procedure-act-has-precluded-the-conviction-relief
23-7630 Jamaal Elwood Dance v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appellate-procedure constitutional-law contract-law criminal-procedure judicial-enforcement jurisdiction plea-agreement Was the appeal barred by the appeal waiver in the plea agreement?
23-7631 Julie C. Abril v. Colorado Colorado Denied IFP americans-with-disabilities-act colorado constitutional-protections crime-victim-act crime-victims crime-victims-rights due-process justice-system mental-health mental-health-justice-system public-law-98-473 victim-accommodations Do crime victims have the right to full participation in the confidential mental health justice system proceedings within the State of Colorado, as th…
23-7632 Cordero Passley v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute deliberate-intent deliberation first-degree-murder malicious-conduct mens-rea premeditation second-degree-murder willful-killing Whether the defendant committed a 'willful, deliberate, malicious, and premeditated killing' under 18 U.S.C. § 1(a)
23-7633 Deanne R. Upson Giese v. William Earl Wallace, III Maryland Denied Response WaivedIFP child-custody civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process equal-protection equal-rights-amendment free-speech interstate-jurisdiction interstate-relations parent-child parental-rights Have the states of Maryland, District of Columbia, and Virginia violated the rights of this Mother and Child under the United States Constitution?
23-7634 Claudio Salas-Bautista v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discrimination-analysis due-process equal-protection immigration judicial-review legislative-intent racial-discrimination racist-statute statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment
23-7636 Russell Davis v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure sworn-testimony warrant-affidavit Does the Leon good-faith exception apply to salvage a barebones affidavit?
23-7637 Andres Nixon Gonzales-Catagua, aka Nexon Gonzalez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure drug-enforcement drug-interdiction jurisdiction jurisdictional-limit law-enforcement maritime-drug-law maritime-law military-law-enforcement miranda-warnings sixth-amendment Whether the jurisdictional limit in the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act relates to legislative reach or subject matter jurisdiction
23-7638 In Re Dean C. Boyd Denied IFP barbara-dunnam civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process hinds-county-circuit-court judicial-review legal-precedent merit-health-group statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation tolling Whether the statute of limitations in this case were tolled
23-7640 Devin Fischer v. North Dakota North Dakota Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process due-process-clause fair-trial guilty-plea judicial-discretion legal-standards Is a defendant denied due process when the court ignores legal standards and relies solely on their discretion?
23-7641 Steven Vernon Bixby v. Bryan P. Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP counsel-abandonment federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-defect rule-60b Whether there is any remedy under Rule 60(b) for functional abandonment by counsel in a federal habeas proceeding, or whether there is no remedy for e…
23-7642 John A. Beatty v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standards precedent precedent-validity standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Is McCarthy V United States, Ex Parte Milligan, Greenholtz V Nebraska Penal Inmates, Oregon v Hass, Vitak v. Jones still good law
23-7643 Thomas Antonio Stuart v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alien-smuggling criminal-penalty criminal-procedure legislative-history mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-interpretation textualism Whether the five-year mandatory minimum penalty of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(2) can be applied to first-time offenders
23-7645 Antrell Teen v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing voting-rights Whether the standards used by the Ninth Circuit in the Brouwer v. Raffensperger case violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments
23-7646 Rogaciano Demetrio-Jimenez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres case-precedent criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-7647 Michael Fred Houston v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review constitutional-right-to-counsel due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel initial-review-proceeding post-conviction-relief post-conviction-review procedural-default right-to-counsel successive-petitions Is a defendant constitutionally entitled to the appointment of counsel in initial-review collateral proceedings?
23-7648 Jennifer Dupree, et al. v. Pamela Owens, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-amendment ada congress-abrogation congressional-power eleventh-amendment retaliation sovereign-immunity title-v Did Congress validly abrogate states' sovereign immunity for retaliation claims under Title V of the ADA?
23-7649 Rodolfo Ortiz v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent constitutional-vagueness habeas-corpus harmless-error johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states procedural-default section-2255 vagueness-challenge Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether controlling circuit precedent precludes issuance of a certificate of appealability
23-7650 Samuel Cuellar v. Jeff Tanner, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-violation criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel informed-decision mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences plea-bargaining plea-negotiations sentencing Whether petitioner is entitled to reinstatement of plea offer due to counsel's failure to inform him of mandatory minimum sentence
23-7651 Gregory Scott Van Huisen v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process non-delegation separation-of-powers Whether the Separation of Powers Doctrine under the U.S. Constitution permits Congress to delegate legislative authority to the Executive Branch witho…
23-7652 In Re Anthony Brown Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process fair-preliminary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rule-59(e) sixth-circuit statute-of-limitations whether-sixth-circuit-erred
23-7653 Tayron Deshawn Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law 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, a…
23-7654 Tildren Sherron Hunter v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-standard criminal-evidence criminal-law drug-crimes evidence fourth-circuit-review intent intent-to-distribute jury-verdict methamphetamine-possession standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Fourth Circuit improperly upheld Mr. Hunter's conviction of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
23-7656 Carl Monroe Gordon v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendants-rights due-process jurisdiction legal-procedure speedy-trial statutory-interpretation trial-act Was defendants Speedy Trial Rights Act Violated?
23-7658 In Re Robert Gene Rega Denied IFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-delay standing third-circuit writ-of-certiorari due-process
23-7659 Miracle Hurston v. Indiana Gaming Company, LLC, dba Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights contract-rights due-process equal-justice intentional-discrimination prima-facie prima-facie-case procedural-due-process section-1981 summary-judgment trial Must a plaintiff prove intentional discrimination as an element of the prima facie case in a 42 U.S.C § 1981 claim?
23-7660 Michael Steven Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federalism firearm-possession interstate-commerce 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, a…
23-7661 Muhammad E. Milhouse v. New York City Department of Homeless Services, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-representation civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standing victim-rights Question not identified.
23-7662 Felix Olivas v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-power felony-restriction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause
23-7663 Sandra Denise Curl, aka Sandra Curl Jacobs, aka Sandra Curl-Jacobs El, aka Minister Sandra El v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process mental-health right-to-counsel sixth-amendment von-moltke-v-gillies waiver waiver-of-counsel Whether a defendant must understand the elements of the charged offenses for a valid waiver of the Sixth Amendment right to trial counsel
23-7664 Julian R. Ash v. United States District Court for the District of Maryland Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-circuit administrative-review agency-decision appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure judicial-procedure jury-trial mandamus pending-motions remand Question not identified.
23-7666 Brandon Washington v. Steven T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP evidentiary-hearing factual-determination factual-record federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus state-court state-court-proceedings unreasonable-determination Whether a state prisoner must dispel 'any potential justification' for a state court's factual finding, even when the prisoner was unjustifiably denie…
23-7668 Roylee Richardson v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP arthur-andersen-llp-v-united-states criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute foreseeability official-proceeding statutory-interpretation subjective-intent witness-tampering Whether the federal witness tampering statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1512, requires proof that the defendant subjectively contemplated a federal official procee…
23-7669 Anthony Bender, Jr. v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency police-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-sentence witness-testimony whether-the-government's-failure-to-disclose-the-dash-camera-video-constituted-a-brady-violation
23-7670 James Edward Young v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-analysis criminal-law due-process felony-conviction fifth-circuit firearm-possession plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation Whether a ruling in Mr. Rahimi's favor would affect the Fifth Circuit's plain-error analysis concerning the constitutionality of § 922(g)(1)
23-7671 James Chamblin v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP amendment constitutional-rights due-process due-process-clause equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indictment indictment-amendment pleading-recasting recasting-of-pleadings state-appellate-court Does a State Appellate Court violate a Petitioner's right to Due Process under the United States Constitution, when a court recast a litigants pleadin…
23-7672 Andrew Culler v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP confrontation-clause due-process medical-examination sexual-assault sixth-amendment testimonial-hearsay victim-statements The admission of testimonial hearsay violates the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause
23-7673 Aubrey Jiles Stanley, Jr. v. Bryan Morrison, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense severance sixth-amendment witness-testimony Was trial counsel ineffective?
23-7674 Eric Wright v. Kris Mayes, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky constitutional-law due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus jury-selection racial-discrimination Did the court of appeals' refusal to grant Mr. Wright habeas corpus relief in respect to his claim of unlawful racial discrimination in the selection …
23-7676 Romone Raphael Jackson v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender career-offender-enhancement circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances-act drug-distribution federal-law sentencing-guidelines state-law Whether a state conviction for distributing a drug that includes substances not regulated under the federal Controlled Substances Act qualifies as a '…
23-7677 Daniela Bowman v. Cordelia Friedman Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-production due-process due-process-clause equal-protection equal-protection-clause evidentiary-hearing fourth-amendment judicial-review motion-to-dismiss oklahoma-press-publishing-co-v-walling statutory-interpretation Whether the Tenth Circuit's ruling rejecting a person's right to a due process evidentiary hearing conflicts with the Due Process and Equal Protection…
23-7679 Thaddeus Rhodes v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act jury-instructions property-rights realistic-probability-test statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor Is Hobbs Act robbery categorically a crime of violence?
23-7680 Charles R. Murse, Jr. v. Mary L. Murse Third Circuit Denied IFP 42-usc-407 ada-rights ada-violations attempted-murder civil-rights constitutional-violations court-misconduct disability-rights due-process judicial-misconduct ssdi-protections civil-rights-violations
23-7681 Thomas George Craaybeek v. Texas Texas Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-rights grand-jury habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief suppressed-evidence Question not identified
23-7682 Daniel Loyola, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment appellate-review constitutional-analysis criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit firearms plain-error statutory-interpretation united-states-v-bruen Whether a ruling in Mr. Rahimi's favor would affect the Fifth Circuit's plain-error analysis concerning the constitutionality of § 922(0)
23-7683 Keon Lamont Lee v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-rights circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea guilty-plea-withdrawal plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing sixth-circuit Should a district court grant a pre-sentencing motion to withdraw a guilty plea if that plea was made without full knowledge of its consequences?
23-7684 Andrew W. Bell v. Brad Raffensberger, Georgia Secretary of State, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP ballot-access constitutional-rights due-process election-law first-amendment first-amendment-rights fourteenth-amendment independent-candidates rooker-feldman-doctrine signature-verification Should-the-Rooker-Feldman-doctrine-apply-to-moot-decisions-by-state-courts
23-7685 Edwin K. Davis v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure fourteenth-amendment jury-trial ramos-v-louisiana sixth-amendment williams-v-florida Whether Petitioner was derived of his right, under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged w…
23-7687 Ashley Reneé Cagle v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure due-process patent standing takings Question not identified
23-7688 Chaves Hodges v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard circuit-split constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23-7689 Ardis Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing 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, …
23-7690 Wendell Johnson, aka Lamar Hill v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias judicial-review legal-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-interpretation Question not identified
23-7691 Robert A. Espinoza v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 924c-offense attempt-offense attempt-offenses crime-of-violence criminal-law predicate-crimes statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent taylor-decision taylor-v-united-states Can an Illinois' attempt offense be a predicate crime of violence for an 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) offense?
23-7692 Angel Jesus Paniagua v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-authority federal-statute firearm-regulation firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment framework of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen
23-7693 Jonathan Jamal Bangash v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) comports with the Second Amendment?
23-7694 Juan Antonio Hernandez Alvarado, aka Tony Hernandez v. United States, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege attorney-communication due-process impartial-jury jury-impartiality law-enforcement-interaction no-contact-rule right-to-counsel waiver Whether New York's 'no-contact' rule was violated
23-7695 Gregory D. Cosby, aka Gregory D. Cosmo Crosby v. A. Ciolli, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure due-process equal-protection standing Question not identified
23-7696 Rit Tran v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecified p…
23-7697 Zachary Kelsey v. Tim Garrett, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-of-death closing-argument criminal-procedure criminal-trial forensic-pathologist forensic-pathology habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel second-degree-murder sixth-amendment Whether Zachary Kelsey was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel
23-7698 Garcia Coleman v. Dan Cromwell, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights custody custody-transfer department-of-corrections due-process free-speech guardianship legal-procedure liberty Question not identified.
23-7699 Levoyd A. Jones v. Angela Hunsinger-Stuff, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 6th-amendment brady-violation criminal-procedure direct-evidence due-process evidence ineffective-assistance jurisdiction sixth-amendment trial-counsel uncharged-crime witness-impeachment Whether evidence of an uncharged crime can be used as direct evidence
23-7700 Deon Anthony Romell Bailey v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bodily-safety circuit-court civil-rights compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process innocence-claim physical-abuse sentencing-enhancement sexual-abuse Question not identified.
23-7702 Stevie Whitehorn v. Maverick Tube Corporation, fka Tenaris Hickman Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection fourteenth-amendment pretext-evidence racial-discrimination standard-of-review summary-judgment Whether the fabrication of false evidence by the respondent is evidence of pretext to discharge the petitioner
23-7703 Walter Taylor, III v. Vermont Vermont Denied Response WaivedIFP defense-theory due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions jury-trial sixth-amendment voluntary-intoxication Is a criminal defendant denied his right to a jury trial under the Sixth Amendment and due process under the Fourteenth Amendment when the trial court…
23-7704 Michael Jarrow v. Heath H. Orr Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech legal-procedure standing takings Question not identified.
23-7705 Eric D. Johnson v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied IFP administrative-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection judicial-relief retroactivity safety-valve sentencing-calculation statutory-interpretation Whether Sohnson's sentence was improperly calculated and should be reduced under the 'safety valve' (18 U.S.C. 3553(f)) sentencing law in effect at th…
23-7706 Tia Pugh v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-obedience-act civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority due-process first-amendment interstate-commerce legislative-vagueness standing vagueness Did Pugh's prosecution under the Civil Obedience Act exceed Congress' authority to legislate interstate and foreign commerce?
23-7707 Martin Ochoa-Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey common-law-history criminal-sentencing notice-clause prior-conviction-exception recidivism sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-notice-clause Whether the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres can be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the historical p…
23-7708 Joshua Peters v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-shifting constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct new-trial presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct trial-order Burden-shifting-in-criminal-trial
23-7709 Percy Leroy Jacobs v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bradshaw-v-stumpf criminal-penalties due-process right-to-counsel sixth-amendment speedy-trial speedy-trial-act trial-counsel von-moltke-v-gillies waiver whether-defendant-must-understand-elements-of-charged-offenses
23-7710 William Anderson v. L'Oreal Snell, et al. Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP ballot-access ballot-access-laws civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process election-law first-amendment signature-challenge voter-disenfranchisement voting-rights Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court violate Petitioner's Constitutional Rights by affirming the Lower Court's order Removing Petitioner's Name from the…
23-7711 Philong Nghia Huynh v. J. Lizarraga Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure criminal-trial forensic-nurse sixth-amendment surrogate-nurse surrogate-testimony testimonial-statements testimony Whether the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment permits the prosecution in a criminal trial to present testimony by a surrogate nurse conveyin…
23-7712 C. B., Father v. Vermont Department for Children and Families Vermont Denied Response WaivedIFP balancing-test bright-line-rule constitutional-protection due-process fundamental-right fundamental-rights government-intervention parental-rights termination-of-parental-rights Whether the fundamental right to conceive and raise children without government interference requires a more objective, bright-line protection similar…
23-7714 Derek Gerrish v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bail bail-conditions circuit-split constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment individualized-suspicion law-enforcement-searches punishment search-and-seizure Does a bail condition that allows searches by law enforcement officers without probable cause or reasonable suspicion qualify as punishment for purpos…
23-7716 Donte Solomon v. Robert St. Andre, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alcohol-and-drugs constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process heat-of-passion jealousy judicial-review jury-instructions jury-selection legal-challenge mental-state provocation Question not identified
23-7717 Ledra A. Craig v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rights cross-examination due-process right-to-counsel right-to-cross-examine Can a defendant's conviction be sustained based on uncorroborated statements made during interrogation?
23-7718 In Re Christopher L. Takhvar Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-process legal-review petition-for-writ procedural-challenge standing right-to-appeal
23-7719 Justin T. Winston v. Jon Noble, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice constitutional-rights constitutional-violations federal-claims postconviction-motion procedural-default state-law wisconsin-law Did Mr. Winston procedurally default all of his federal claims?
23-7721 Darren M. Reese v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure criminal-procedure'\n\n'May a State Court of Last due-process legal-interpretation rule-of-lenity state-court state-law statutory-interpretation Is the Rule of Lenity a Constitutional Due Process guarantee that must be employed when a State Court construes ambiguous statutory language?
23-7722 Christopher Harry West v. Brian Emig, Warden Delaware Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation carter-v-illinois constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process harrington-v-richter post-conviction post-conviction-review second-challenges state-law-procedural-requirement suppression-requirement due-process-violation
23-7723 Barbara Martin v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied IFP change-of-venue civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-withholding prosecutorial-misconduct qualified-immunity standing witness-tampering Should a change of venue be granted in a civil rights case against a county prosecutor and county employees?
23-7724 In Re Shomas T. Winston Denied IFP evidentiary-hearing fair-trial fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury juror-misconduct jury-selection sixth-amendment voir-dire Whether a petitioner should be denied an evidentiary hearing to question a juror who failed to disclose information
23-7725 Jimmie Lee Walton v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion allen-charge coercion court-of-appeals criminal-procedure Did the Court of Appeals abuse it's discretion in Did the Court of Appeals abuse its discretion in a directed-verdict double-jeopardy due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus harmless-error ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judgment-of-acquittal judicial-discretion jury-instructions mistrial motion-for-acquittal right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Did Walton receive effective assistance of counsel?
23-7726 Jason Robles v. Jeffery Artrip, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP antiterrorism-act antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act civil-rights constitutional-law death-penalty due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review post-conviction-relief standing Whether should prevail, The Constitution of the United States of America, coupled with the Constitution of Virginia or the Antiterrorism and Effective…
23-7727 Everett G. Miller v. Florida Florida Denied IFP aggravating-factor constitutional-challenge constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process first-degree-murder florida-supreme-court sentencing-statute Whether the Florida Supreme Court's expansion of the applicability of the CCP aggravating factor has rendered Florida's death penalty scheme unconstit…
23-7728 Jonathan Alexander Morales-Lopez v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness unlawful-user vagueness 2nd-amendment
23-7729 Lee Antwan Johnson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-review civil-procedure court-review findings-of-fact judicial-procedure legal-standard lower-court standard-of-review What is the proper standard of review to be employed by a reviewing court examining a lower court's findings of fact?
23-7730 Thomas Richardson v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process free-speech fundamental-rights judicial-exceptions legal-precedent standing supreme-court-authority Question not identified.
23-7731 In Re Jack Carpenter, III Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-liberties competence competency-evaluation constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure legal-interpretation presumption-of-jurisdiction procedural-error Question not identified
23-7733 Thomas Richard Ward v. Virginia Virginia Denied IFP constitutional-rights coram-vobis criminal-procedure criminal-record-expungement cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process plea-bargain plea-colloquy protection-order-violation due-process-violation
23-7734 Reshod Jamar Everett v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-rights law-enforcement maryland-v-buie probable-cause protective-sweep reasonable-belief warrantless-search fourth-amendment
23-7736 Clarence Mack v. Margaret Bradshaw, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2254d2 brady-napue-claims brady-violation capital-punishment capital-trial habeas-corpus informant-testimony informant-witness napue-violation prosecutor-deal prosecutorial-misconduct unreasonable-determination When the existence of at least an informal, tacit, or unspoken deal between the prosecutor and his star informant-witness in a capital trial is self-e…
23-7737 Raul Gardea, Jr. v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process exhaustion ineffective-counsel jurisdictional-statement prosecution-costs state-habeas statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Question not identified.
23-7738 Terrill Goods v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure in-absentia presence sentencing waiver Whether a defendant who does not clearly and expressly waive his presence at his sentencing hearing may be sentenced in absentia under Fed. R. Crim. P…
23-7739 Cary Joseph Heath v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-intoxication new-trial trial-fairness witness-testimony Whether the petitioner is responsible for the deaths of the victims, given the testimony of the forensic psychologist that the petitioner was drugged …
23-7740 William H. Baker v. Angela Hunsinger-Stuff, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default sixth-amendment Whether the procedural default creates a miscarriage of justice that denies Petitioner his fundamental rights to due-process
23-7741 Rishard Amadi-Salaam, aka Richard McIntee v. Glen E. Pratt, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP caption civil-procedure judgment parties related-cases standing Question not identified
23-7742 Clifton William Batts v. North Carolina Fourth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure direct-review due-process finality habeas-corpus Question not identified
23-7743 Jensen Ken Alexander v. Territory of the Virgin Islands, et al. Virgin Islands Denied IFP civil-procedure due-process government-delay ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct speedy-trial constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standing Question not identified
23-7744 In Re William F. Laffoon Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jurisdiction mcgirt-ruling native-american native-american-rights reservation-law retroactivity tribal-jurisdiction Question not identified.
23-7745 Gustavo Galindez v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment appeal due-process michigan-constitution sentencing Does MCL 769.34(10) violate the defendant's constitutional right to due process and right to appeal?
23-7746 Robert Brumfield, III v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct brady-prejudice criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment jury-acquittal prosecution-evidence sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment Whether courts evaluating Brady prejudice are permitted to ignore a jury's acquittal when evaluating the strength of the prosecution's evidence
23-7747 Keith Hager v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rule-60b6 conviction conviction-review criminal-law criminal-statute due-process judicial-correction legal-procedure sentencing statutory-interpretation Does Federal Civil Rule 60(b)(6) empower the judiciary to correct a conviction and ensuing sentence for conduct not criminalized by the statute?
23-7748 Jacob W. Barron v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP compliance-check criminal-procedure fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-expectation-of-privacy law-enforcement privacy-expectation probable-cause probation probation-search warrantless-search Did the warrantless search of Mr. Barron's home that was not related to monitoring his compliance with his probation offend his Fourth Amendment expec…
23-7749 Carlos Enrique Lopez-Soto v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-of-appeals dismissal due-process government-objection judicial-procedure notice notice-of-judgment standing timeliness Whether the Court of Appeals could dismiss an action based on untimely notice where (1) the district court's judgment was never notified, and (2) in t…
23-7750 James Eric Moore v. Jason Koenigsfeld, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure district-court-misconduct due-process judicial-bias jurisdictional-requirement mandate-recall recusal rule-60(b) civil-procedure
23-7751 Montel Westley v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit civil-procedure-4th-amendment-search-warrant-affid due-process perjury protective-sweep search-warrant warrant-execution Question not identified
23-7752 Mark Edmond Brown, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver coram-nobis due-process guilty-plea miscarriage-of-justice sentence sentencing-rights sixth-circuit Whether a defendant's appeal waiver bars the filing of a coram nobis petition following full service of his sentence
23-7753 William Lee Boyer v. Amy Robey, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts court-access due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus legal-assistance legal-notice notice one-year-deadline prisoner-rights Equitable-tolling-doctrine-for-federal-habeas-corpus
23-7755 Anthony Raymoné Clark v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP appeal appeal-process criminal-procedure district-court due-process due-process,civil-procedure,post-conviction,appeal final-judgment impediment post-conviction post-conviction-procedure procedural-rules Whether the trial judge and state's attorney unreasonably created an impediment to the timely submission of a post-conviction application, contrary to…
23-7756 Samuel T. Whatley v. Elmore County Probate Office, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP bill-of-rights constitution constitutional-property-rights declaration-of-independence due-process founding-fathers-intent governmental-limitations individual-property-ownership jury-trial-rights property-rights takings Does the Founding Father's documentation of individual rights, such as the Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, and Constitution, provide prot…
23-7757 Pacita D. Whatley, et al. v. Oakbrook Health and Rehabilitation Center Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-rights due-process elder-care federal-jurisdiction health-care healthcare-protections protective-measures Does the Constitution provide protected elder citizen rights for health care?
23-7759 Israel Santiago-Lugo v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-reasoning procedural-error reasoned-decision-making supreme-court-precedent May the District Court and Court of Appeals ignore the Supreme Court's decision in Concepcion v. U.S.
23-7760 Samreen Riaz v. Kaweah Health Medical Center, et al. California Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review bias conflicting-issues court-procedure due-process judicial-discretion legal-error petition-for-writ-of-certiorari petition-review procedural-due-process standing Did the Supreme Court of California (S284004) err in denying the petition and application for stay on May 1, 2024, leaving unresolved conflicts of law…
23-7761 Eddie L. Hatch, Jr., et ux. v. Tom Barrett, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct mail-tampering political-corruption pro-se-litigation rule-of-law Question not identified
23-7762 Christopher McPherson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure-appeal drug-trafficking felon-in-possession firearm-possession fourth-circuit-review plain-error-standard rehaif-test sentencing sentencing-discretion sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in upholding the convictions on Count V and Count IV
23-7764 Leon Davis, Jr. v. Florida, et al. Florida Denied IFP bad-acts ballistics-evidence capital-case criminal-evidence criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns ineffective-assistance other-crimes-evidence postconviction-review prejudice strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel Whether the Strickland standard should be applied in favor of the defendant in a case with no direct evidence connecting the defendant to the crime ex…
23-7765 Leon Davis, Jr. v. Florida, et al. Florida Denied IFP capital-punishment cumulative-error death-penalty ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection prosecutorial-discretion strickland-prejudice strickland-standard Counsel's-failure-to-object-to-trial-court's-comments-during-jury-selection
23-7766 Charles Edward Luckett v. Robert Neuschmid, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process evidence exclusionary-rule fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment habeas-corpus sixth-amendment witness Whether the exclusion of evidence related to Luckett's brother's detention inside the crime scene perimeter violated Luckett's Sixth and Fourteenth Am…
23-7767 In Re Jogaak Jogaak Denied IFP bodily-injury civil-procedure criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law north-dakota-law sentencing-enhancement serious-bodily-injury standing statutory-interpretation violent-felony Question not identified
23-7768 Leonard Williamson, Jr. v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prohibit the district court from considering conduct of which Mr. Williamson was acquitted by the jury when cal…
23-7770 Jerry A. Smith v. John Galipeau Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-force judicial-review legal-procedure qualified-immunity standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified
23-7771 Stephen Lundquist v. Idaho Idaho Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-intent due-process duress evidence evidence-standard judicial-procedure post-conviction-relief reasonable-probability state-court Is the Idaho state court in violation of the Brady-v-maryland rule by changing the evidence, contrary to uncontroverted evidence, in dismissing the th…
23-7772 Christopher L. Parker v. Darren Galloway, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-prisoner habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-interpretation prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement state-court-remedies Whether the petitioner was denied due process by not being allowed to submit supplemental evidentiary arguments or be allowed to submit an amended mem…
23-7773 Christopher Marcel Esqueda v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP consent Florida-v-Jardines fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search implied-consent implied-license jardines-precedent law-enforcement property-based-test property-rights search search-and-seizure secret-recording undercover-agent Fourth-Amendment-search
23-7774 Pablo Santana Arellano v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP co-conspirator-testimony co-conspirators confrontation-clause confrontation-rights criminal-procedure sentencing-agreements sixth-amendment witness-bias Whether defendants may be prohibited from asking cooperating witnesses and former co-conspirators about their sentences and sentencing agreements to e…
23-7775 Edward Treisback v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment morrissey-v-brewer revocation-hearing supervised-release Did the District Court shift the burden of proof from the United States to the defendant in violation of 18 U.S.C. 3583(e)(3) and was defendant's righ…
23-7776 Joshua Willis v. United States Tenth Circuit GVR IFP 2nd-amendment criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce standing Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment
23-7777 Robert King Via, Jr. v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment accomplice-testimony constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-rights due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence witness-testimony Does the uncorroborated testimony of alleged accomplices outweigh a defendant's 6th Amendment right to present evidence in his favor?
23-7778 Davonte Williams-Dorsey v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-due-process-jury-trial-evidence due-process duress-defense fifth-amendment judicial-precedent jury-trial sixth-amendment trial-procedure united-states-v-contento-pancho united-states-v-paul Did the lower courts err in precluding petitioner's duress defense at trial?
23-7779 Nalerton Charles v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-rights congressional-intent constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion public-policy Whether the time has come for this Court to exercise supervision over the ever-expanding prosecutorial practice of requiring defendants to give up the…
23-7780 Mario Gonzalez-Godinez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP asylum-process asylum-seekers criminal-prosecution custodial-interrogation fifth-amendment miranda-rights miranda-warnings self-incrimination fifth-amendment-right-to-remain-silent
23-7781 Timothy Dasler v. Jennifer Knapp, fka Dasler Vermont Denied IFP best-interest-of-the-child constitutional-fairness domestic-relations due-process equitable-tolling judicial-discretion jurisdictional-limits Palmore-v-Sidoti parental-rights Troxel-v-Granville Equitable-tolling-of-jurisdictional-limits
23-7782 Jake Paul Heiney v. Heidi E. Washington Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violations certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause cross-examination-limitations expert-witness habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sufficiency-of-evidence medical-malpractice-defense
23-7784 Cornell Smith v. Nicholas Sanchez Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment ministerial-acts retaliation Retaliation-against-civil-rights-lawsuit
23-7786 Christine H. Scott v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP assembly-rights constitutional-rights contract first-amendment free-speech government-property petition-rights private-property public-access public-forum Whether the right to petition, assemble and speak freely on government-owned property held open to the public exists when the publicly held land is co…
23-7787 Enrique Martinez-Flores v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-interpretation criminal-enhancement criminal-procedure historical-analysis notice-clause prior-conviction-exception recidivism sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-notice-clause Can the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the historical practices…
23-7788 Francisco Valtierra-Zuniga v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure jury-trial precedent precedent-overruling sentencing supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-7790 Marco Cadejuste v. Florida Florida Denied IFP case-review certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure discovery-violations due-process free-speech judicial-process legal-petition standing supreme-court Question not identified
23-7793 Jesus M. Romero, Sr., Individually and on Behalf of His Minor Child, J. R. v. Bellevue Hospital, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-review circuit-court civil-rights covid-19 due-process federal-courts free-speech jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation vaccine-mandate Question not identified
23-7794 Michael T. Washington v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence perjury procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct substantial-assistance Is state-attorney-undisclosed-substantial-assistance-motion-newly-discovered-evidence-resulting-in-brady-violation
23-7795 Marc Pierre Hall, aka Marc Valeriano, aka Fella v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the sentencing court had discretion to correct or perpetuate constitutional errors in the defendant's sentence
23-7796 Stewart Bitman v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2422(b) actual-innocence criminal-statute enticement ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel minor minor-protection plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the petitioner is actually innocent of the counts of conviction
23-7797 Nicholas Brodigan v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a aiding-and-abetting categorical-analysis criminal-liability force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery statutory-elements Whether Circuits have failed to apply categorical analysis to aiding and abetting and Hobbs Act robbery's distinct elements, which do not meet the req…
23-7798 Evan C. Wilhelm v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP christeson-v-roper conflict-of-interest counsel-performance cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-ethics prejudice-presumption presumption-of-prejudice professional-reputation professional-responsibility Whether prejudice should be presumed when a conflict of interest forces Counsel to choose between denigrating their own performance on behalf of their…
23-7799 Esther Martin v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP competency competency-to-stand-trial counsel-performance due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance intellectual-disability post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings sixth-amendment Whether counsel performed deficiently by failing to investigate and challenge an intellectually disabled defendant's competency based on known red fla…
23-7800 Cleon Belgrave v. Publix Supermarket, Inc., et al. Georgia Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-review compensable-injury medical-evidence ttd-benefits workers-compensation workers-compensation,administrative-law-judge,comp Whether the Administrative Law Judge made correct judgments regarding the compensability of the claimant's injuries, the award of TTD benefits, and th…
23-7801 Festus O. Ohan v. Chimezie C. Duruhesie, et al. Ninth Circuit Dismissed IFP case-law civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process harassment judicial-bias judicial-review legal-jurisdiction procedural-rights retaliation standing statutory-provisions Question not identified
23-7802 Festus O. Ohan v. Axos Bank, et al. Ninth Circuit Dismissed IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-banking habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance investment property-rights sentencing standing Question not identified
23-7803 Michael Sean Graham v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation confrontation-clause covid-19-restrictions due-process fifth-amendment public-interest sars-cov-2 sixth-amendment trial-procedure Did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that masking trial witnesses did not violate the defendant's due process and confrontation rights?
23-7804 Juan Jesus Vargas v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-procedure judicial-discretion open-court-statement reasonableness-review sentencing sentencing-requirements statutory-interpretation Must district courts comply with the requirements of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c) to state, in open court, the reasons for the sentence imposed?
23-7805 In Re Enrique Medina Denied IFP access-to-court constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment jurisdiction search-and-seizure sixth-amendment warrantless-search Whether the petitioner's right to speedy trial was violated
23-7807 Marcus Anthony Barnes v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-procedure,due-process,criminal-trial,federal court-of-appeals criminal-trial factual-evidence fifth-amendment rule-60b Whether descriptions or summary of evidence is sufficiently accurate enough to determine a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(1) motion alleging mi…
23-7808 Michael Allen v. Fidencio N. Guzman, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit Dismissed IFP 14th-amendment due-process liberty-interest penal-code racial-justice racial-justice-act state-created-right Does the newly enacted 2020 California Racial Justice Penal Code section 1473(f) create a United States Constitution 14th Amendment Due Process Right …
23-7809 Ruben Gutierrez v. Luis Saenz, et al. Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (2)IFP article-iii-standing circuit-split declaratory-judgment due-process federal-courts redressability reed-v-goertz state-official Does Article III standing require a particularized determination of whether a specific state official will redress the plaintiff's injury by following…
23-7810 Odell Calvin, aka Julius Jones v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-fabrication habeas-corpus standing state-conviction takings witness-testimony Question not identified.
23-7812 Akohomen Ighedoise v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) abuse-of-discretion due-process judicial-discretion mitigating-factors plea-agreement post-sentencing-rehabilitation prosecutorial-conduct sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-departure substantive-rights Whether a Judge Abuses his/her discretion when there is a determination that post-sentencing rehabilitative efforts are evidence of an attempt to dece…
23-7813 John Ragin v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit Dismissed IFP administrative-law brady-violation constitutional-law due-process exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-procedure precedent prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-a-fair-trial statutory-interpretation Question not identified
23-7814 James Harmon, III v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 8th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction juvenile-justice parole sentencing Whether sentences of life without parole, as applied to juvenile offenders, violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment…
23-7815 Jesus M. Romero, Sr. v. BronxCare HealthCare System, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law agency-action child-welfare civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law free-speech standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-7817 Fernando Angel Puga v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines standard-conditions supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
23-7818 Mark Jordan v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(8)(a) categorical-approach crime-of-violence divisibility general-intent mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether a criminal offense that can be committed with a mens rea of general intent can qualify as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(8)(A)
23-7819 LaShonda O'Neill v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion alleyne-v-united-states drug-quantities fifth-amendment harmless-error judicial-fact-finding plain-error sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in its review of the District Court's fact-finding and sentencing enhancements
23-7820 Samuel Windham, Jr. v. California California Denied IFP certiorari confession-testimony conviction-vacation counsel-ineffective court-filing due-process judicial-review legal-document legislative-digest petition supreme-court trial-testimony Question not identified
23-7821 Noe Rodriguez-Adorno v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP communications constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-counsel district-court impasse right-to-counsel sixth-amendment supervised-release Should certiorari be granted where defense counsel informed the District Court he and Petitioner were at an impasse, and all communications between th…
23-7822 Nukarri Williams v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process equal-protection equal-treatment federal-code fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction petition relief state-court writ Whether the state court's failure to provide the petitioner with the relief provided to similarly situated defendants violates the Equal Protection Cl…
23-7823 Jyoti Agrawal v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-loss base-offense-level criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing fraud fraud-loss-calculation government-grant intended-loss loss-calculation sentencing-guidelines Whether the entire amount of a government grant should be used to calculate the amount of loss under U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1, even where there was a benefit …
23-7824 Kwuan Montrell Baker v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-balancing law-enforcement pretextual-stop probable-cause reasonable-suspicion traffic-stop whren-v-united-states Whether an admittedly pretextual traffic stop based on reasonable suspicion, rather than probable cause, violates the Fourth Amendment
23-7825 Eduardo Margarito Soto, aka Edwardo Margarito Soto v. Texas Texas Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim counsel-performance due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review prejudice record-development Whether the applicant was denied effective assistance of counsel in the appeal proceedings, due to the silent and undeveloped record that resulted the…
23-7826 Festus Okwudili Ohan v. Charles P. Rettig, et al. Ninth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process jurisdiction property standing takings constitutional-provisions judicial-review jurisdictional-issues legal-interpretation procedural-rights statutory-provisions Question not identified
23-7827 Gianni Montay Minners v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment fourth-amendment gang-affiliation high-crime-area investigative-detention law-enforcement prior-gun-possession probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure Is an investigative detention reasonable when there are insufficient facts to conclude the individual is a gang member or the area is a high crime are…
23-7828 Sean Moffitt v. Warden, USP-1 Coleman, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-provisions Question not identified
23-7829 Brandon Roberts v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment prisoner-rights statute-of-limitations strip-searches wrongful-death Can a prisoner state a claim for denial of access to the courts if prison officials impeded their ability to litigate a pending wrongful death suit?
23-7830 Sally Dinerman, et vir v. TravCo Insurance Company Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 1st-amendment civil-procedure-rules due-process equal-protection standing Question not identified
23-7831 In Re Olamide Olatayo Bello Denied IFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment search-and-seizure search-warrant Whether a search warrant and seizure violate the petitioner's Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights
23-7832 In Re Olamide Olatayo Bello Denied IFP 5th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing takings Whether the Petitioner's Fifth Amendment rights have been violated
23-7833 Walter Payton v. Kansas Tenth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus statutory-law waiver miscarriage-of-justice
23-7834 Willie Medina v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 4th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force judicial-review law-enforcement probable-cause search-warrant unlawful-detention Whether the officers had probable cause for the stop, whether there was a search warrant for the car, whether there was sufficient evidence to support…
23-7835 Yueseyuan Cruel v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment birth-certificate-citizenship citizenship-status civil-privileges-immunities civil-rights congress-legislation consent-governance constitution-rights-citizenship constitutional-jurisdiction legislative-power personal-jurisdiction Whether the United States and the Several States are Artificial Persons
23-7836 Thomas Joseph Brewer v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law force-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether federal voluntary manslaughter in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1112(a) qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the force clause in 18 U.S.C. § 92…
23-7837 Fidel Alcantar Soto v. Rual Morales, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP asset-declaration civil-procedure court-fees financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income-sources indigent-status legal-proceeding monthly-expenses poverty-affidavit prisoner-rights Question not identified
23-7838 Davit Davitashvili v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment mental-health-disclosure miscarriage-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Were there violations of the 5th and 6th Amendments?
23-7839 Martin William Luther Hamilton v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-analysis criminal-law deference-to-state-courts legal-interpretation state-crime state-criminal-law supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor violent-crime Whether a federal court must defer to a state's highest appellate court's 'least culpable' interpretation of a state crime and follow this Court's dir…
23-7842 Lateshia Patillo v. Iowa District Court for Scott County Iowa Denied IFP 14th-amendment access-to-courts constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection injunctive-relief state-court-procedure substantive-harm Whether the Superior Court's procedures deprived the Citizen's constitutional rights of due process, equal protection, and injunctive relief
23-7843 Luis Alfredo Nanez-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent precedent precedent-overruling sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-7844 Marcus Orlando Armstrong v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court district-court-jurisdiction forfeiture forfeiture-doctrine judicial-discretion objection sentencing sentencing-procedure standard-of-review Does a defendant forfeit a challenge to the manner in which the district court imposed sentence by failing to object after the sentence is pronounced,…
23-7846 Yair Ramirez-Aguilar v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP arlington-heights-framework civil-rights due-process equal-protection legislative-intent racial-discrimination racist-origins statutory-interpretation village-of-arlington-heights Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-7847 Matthew Gatrel v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP computer-crime criminal-procedure improper-venue insufficient-evidence jury-instruction jury-instruction-error protected-computers sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-error sophisticated-means-enhancement venue-challenge Whether petitioner Matthew Gatrel's convictions should be reversed due to insufficient evidence
23-7848 In Re Lyle R. Harrison Dismissed IFP civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process inheritance-rights judicial-misconduct police-reports probate-law speedy-trial Whether due process allows the Denial of all Unredacted Police Reports
23-828 Douglas B. Moylan, Attorney General of Guam v. Lourdes Leon Guerrero, Governor of Guam, et al. Guam Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) advisory-opinion article-iv-court federal-courts guam judicial-authority justiciability organic-act separation-of-powers Whether the Supreme Court of Guam's advisory opinion constitutes a permissible exercise of the 'judicial authority' that Congress has vested in that c…
23-926 No on E, San Franciscans Opposing the Affordable Housing Production Act, et al. v. David Chiu, in His Official Capacity as San Francisco City Attorney, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) advertising-regulation association campaign-finance compelled-speech disclosure-requirements donor-disclosure donor-transparency first-amendment free-speech political-speech Whether requiring political advertisers to name their donors' donors within their advertisements advances any important or compelling state interest
23-942 Sherman Campbell, Warden v. Stephen J. Kares Sixth Circuit Denied dna-testing federal-tolling habeas habeas-corpus judicial-reexamination judicial-review post-conviction-relief properly-filed state-postconviction-review statute-of-limitations Does Michigan's DNA testing statute toll the habeas limitations period?
23-953 Brandon Michael Council v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (3) circuit-split competency criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-death-penalty judicial-discretion mental-competence trial-competency Whether a trial court may deem a defendant competent based solely on the unexplained, unsupported opinion of a defense expert or defense counsel
23-971 Gary Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Tenth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review civil-procedure courts-of-appeals final-judgment rule-41 rule-60(b) rule-60b voluntary-dismissal Whether a Rule 41 voluntary dismissal without prejudice is a 'final judgment, order, or proceeding' under Rule 60(b)
23-972 Angela Germaine Spencer, By and Through Next Friend and Mother of A. S., a Minor v. Harrison County, Texas Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) children-in-court civil-procedure civil-rights detainee-rights detainees due-process fifth-circuit nonjury-proceedings shackling Whether the indiscriminate shackling of detainees, particularly children, in nonjury proceedings violates the Due Process Clause
23-976 Jeremy Henning v. Donald V. Snowden Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bivens-remedy civil-rights civil-rights-action due-process excessive-force federal-law-enforcement fourth-amendment implied-damages judicial-immunity warrant-execution warrants Whether the court of appeals erred in allowing a Bivens remedy in this case, where the claim arises from an arrest made outside the home, in a place o…
23-999 Michael B. Yourko v. Lee Ann B. Yourko Virginia Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) collateral-estoppel disability-benefits due-process federal-preemption federal-supremacy judicial-procedure preemption res-judicata statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits May state law doctrines of judicial convenience be raised against a preemptive federal statute?
24-10 Marecia Bell v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-2000e-16 employment-law federal-employment pay-discrimination protected-class summary-judgment title-vii title-vii-discrimination Whether a failure to follow federal rules relating to pay without credible explanation that results in a protected class receiving less pay than other…
24-101 John E. Cassidy v. Massachusetts Massachusetts Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-liability due-process firearm-licensing firearms home-possession interstate-travel licensing residence second-amendment What type of 'Arms' are protected by the Second Amendment when a state's multi-level firearm licensing scheme attaches criminal liability for in home …
24-102 Manuel Adams, Jr. v. City of Harahan, Louisiana Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response Waived career-advancement circuit-split civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment government-interference liberty-interest occupational-liberty professional-rights standard-of-review Whether a plaintiff must plead that the government 'effected [a] prohibition' of his ability to pursue his career to state a claim for a violation of …
24-104 Commerzbank AG v. U.S. Bank, N.A. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived choice-of-law conflict-of-laws contract-dispute contract-law fiduciary-obligation restatement-analysis restatement-second securities-industry securities-trade third-party-activities trustee-liability Whether the Restatement's choice-of-law analysis for contract claims is properly determined by the actions and expectations of the contract parties, n…
24-106 Patricia Fritz v. Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination first-amendment media-harassment public-employment retaliation title-vii wrongful-termination employment-discrimination
24-112 Millia Promotional Services, et al. v. Arizona, Acting Through Arizona Department of Economic Security, Division of Employment and Rehabilitation Services Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived circumstantial-evidence civil-rights contract-rights contractual-rights discrimination federal-law jury-trial racial-discrimination section-1981 statutory-interpretation summary-judgment Whether district courts may make factual and credibility determinations, weigh the evidence, and refuse to credit circumstantial evidence of discrimin…
24-113 John J. Dierlam v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived affordable-care-act civil-rights-standing-mootness-due-process-janus-v constitutional-rights mootness religious-exemption standing state-actor Is it proper for an appeals court to raise the bar for standing and mootness to an unattainable level despite evidence of continuing violations and ad…
24-116 Daniel A. Madero v. Owen McGuinness Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment material-fact probable-cause summary-judgment tolan Whether the denial of Mr. Madero's appeal to Respondent's motion for summary judgment was in error, under this Court's ruling in Tolan, as there was a…
24-117 Todd Berman v. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, dba Fedloan Servicing Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived affirmative-defense circuit-conflict federal-contractor federal-contractor-liability government-instructions merits-trial qualified-immunity sovereign-immunity Derivative-sovereign-immunity
24-122 Michael Craine v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Council 36, Local 119, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights first-amendment free-association free-speech municipal-liability public-employee state-action union-dues union-membership Whether the First Amendment protects a public employee's right to resign union membership and stop government-deducted union dues
24-127 The Center For Reproductive Medicine, P.C., et al. v. Felicia Burdick-Aysenne, et vir, in Their Individual Capacities and as Parents and Next Friends of Baby Aysenne, Deceased Embryo/Minor Alabama Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process fair-notice fourteenth-amendment punitive-damages standing statutory-interpretation due-process-clause-14th-amendment
24-129 Deadria Farmer-Paellmann, et al. v. Smithsonian Institution District of Columbia Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act article-iii-standing benin-bronzes enslaved-africans ethical-return-policy long-term-loan mootness public-hearing-process repatriation smithsonian-institution subject-matter-jurisdiction title-transfer Whether descendants of enslaved Africans in the Un Whether the courts below improperly held the matte Whether subject matter jurisdiction exists over the Smithsonian Institution's repatriation of artworks to a foreign state under an Ethical Return poli…
24-132 Mark Bambach, et al. v. Gina Moegle, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure-jurisdiction constitutional-rights due-process johnson-v-jones jurisdiction qualified-immunity section-1983 summary-judgment tolan-v-cotton Whether the Sixth Circuit lacked jurisdiction under 28 USCS § 1291 and Johnson v. Jones and its progeny to hear Defendants' appeal
24-133 Justin G. Dart v. Katrina Ahrens, as Independent Executor of the Estate of Lorne Ahrens, Deceased Texas Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process equal-protection parentage-adjudication personal-jurisdiction posthumous-parentage standing subject-matter-jurisdiction texas-uniform-parentage-act uniform-parentage-act Does the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause permit a court to deny a child the right to adjudicate his rights under the Texas Uniform Pare…
24-134 Lemon Bay Cove, LLC v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived army-corps-of-engineers economic-viability finality just-compensation lucas-doctrine lucas-v-south-carolina permitting property-rights regulatory-takings ripeness takings-clause Whether a regulatory takings claim seeking just compensation under Lucas may be defeated by the mere possibility that a permitting authority might hav…
24-135 James G. Robinson, et al. v. Armin Azod, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied arbitration-award civil-procedure contract federal-arbitration-act federal-courts forum-clause forum-selection-clause judicial-estoppel manifest-disregard venue venue-selection Whether a litigant's statement accepting 'venue' in a district court can judicially estop that litigant from later seeking to dismiss a new action in …
24-136 Eshed J. L. Alston v. Kent County Levy Court and Department of Planning Services, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment judicial-misconduct statutory-violations witness-protection Did the Third Circuit panel commit reversible error by dismissing the petitioner's claims of statutory violations and witness protection under 18 USC …
24-14 James R. Zuegel v. Marco Garcia, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-claim conviction conviction-challenge probation section-1983 spencer-v-kemna standing Does this Court's opinion in Spencer v. Kemna, 523 U.S. 1 (1998), permit an individual, who has completed his probation, to pursue a 42 U.S.C. section…
24-144 Thomas Charles Felton Jones v. South Carolina South Carolina Denied Response Waived constitutional-challenge first-amendment free-speech law-enforcement overbreadth-doctrine verbal-resistance Whether a county ordinance that criminalizes verbal acts of resistance against law enforcement is facially invalid under the First Amendment due to ov…
24-147 Levi Quintana v. Jonathan Kraut California Denied Response Waived arbitration-award arbitrator-misconduct judicial-review partnership-dissolution statutory-interpretation tax-regulations Whether the California Supreme Court erred in its ruling by failing to address an arbitrator's alleged misconduct in a partnership dissolution proceed…
24-15 Paulette Smith, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Albert Dorsey, Deceased v. Edward Agdeppa Ninth Circuit Denied clearly-established excessive-force fourth-amendment police-shooting qualified-immunity section-1983 summary-judgment use-of-force In a § 1983 action arising out of fatal police shooting involving disputed allegations of Fourth Amendment violations, did the Ninth Circuit err in gr…
24-153 James W. Tindall v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process eminent-domain national-security subject-matter-jurisdiction takings-clause Whether the lower courts improperly dismissed a takings claim involving property seized for national security purposes without providing just compensa…
24-162 Jennifer Sykes, et al. v. Office of the California State Controller, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived fifth-amendment just-compensation public-use takings-clause temporary-taking unclaimed-property Does the Ninth Circuit's decision that California's Unclaimed Property Law does not require the payment of just compensation for the temporary taking …
24-164 Aaron York Dean v. Texas Texas Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment grand-jury-indictment lesser-included-offense sixth-amendment Does Grey v. State violate constitutional due process and equal protection by allowing the State unequal procedural rights in submitting lesser-includ…
24-165 Trina Wilkins, et al. v. Genzyme Corporation First Circuit Denied Response Waived class-action equitable-tolling fairness-act federal-jurisdiction minimal-diversity relation-back-doctrine Whether the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) establishes a unique jurisdictional framework combining federal question and diversity jurisdiction for i…
24-17 Devas Multimedia Private Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd., et al. Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction service-of-process statutory-interpretation Whether the exercise of personal jurisdiction over a foreign state under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act requires satisfaction of the minimum-con…
24-170 Jake Delahney Taylor v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived child-pornography circuit-split federal-criminal-law lascivious-exhibition statutory-interpretation visual-depiction Whether the terms 'visual depiction' and 'lascivious exhibition' in 18 U.S.C. Chapter 110 refer to the same or different things in the context of chil…
24-172 Marques A. Johnson v. James Dunn Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived arrest circuit-split constitutional-rights fourth-amendment law-enforcement qualified-immunity Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits arresting a passenger in a car not suspected of any wrongdoing solely for failing to immediately provide identi…
24-174 Jack Jordan v. Attorney Grievance Committee for the First Judicial Department New York Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights disbarment due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech Whether the New York State Court of Appeals violated the Fourteenth Amendment by dismissing an attorney's appeal without addressing substantial consti…
24-175 Kathleen M. Bonczyk v. John Wardle, et al. Florida Denied Response Waived communication-restrictions due-process ex-parte-communications judicial-policy procedural-safeguards state-court Whether violations of the Due Process Clause occur when a state judicial policy allows exceptions to ex parte communication restrictions without proce…
24-18 D&T Partners, L.L.C., Successor in Interest to ACET Venture Partners, Directly and Derivatively on Behalf of ACET Global, L.L.C., et al. v. Baymark Partners Management, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit Denied h-j-inc-v-nw-bell-tel-co pattern-of-racketeering pattern-requirement predicate-acts racketeering-activity related-acts rico-statute single-scheme substantial-period substantial-period-of-time civil-rico-act
24-182 Roy Sargeant v. Aracelie Barfield Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment federal-inmates inmate-rights prison-violence Whether federal inmates may bring a cause of action against prison officials for deliberate indifference to inmate-on-inmate violence under the Eighth…
24-19 James LeBlanc v. Brian McNeal Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights confinement damages due-process habeas-corpus preiser-v-rodriguez release-date state-prisoner wilkinson-v-dotson Whether a state prisoner alleging unlawful confinement beyond his proper release date may sue for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
24-191 Bahig Saliba v. Allied Pilots Association Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived aviation-law collective-bargaining federal-aviation-act labor-representation medical-certification private-right-of-action Whether a collective bargaining agent has authority to negotiate terms impacting FAA pilot medical certification standards and whether the Federal Avi…
24-193 Yoel Weisshaus v. Steve Coy Teichelman, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights law-enforcement material-fact qualified-immunity summary-judgment Whether an official may move for summary judgment on qualified immunity without a showing that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact?
24-194 Bahig Saliba v. American Airlines, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived aviation-law employment-contract federal-aviation-act medical-certification pilot-standards private-right-of-action Whether the Respondent's demands for medical treatment impacted pilot medical certification standards and whether the Federal Aviation Act provides an…
24-197 Rose Izzo v. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., et al. Delaware Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 14th-amendment Can the Third Circuit disobey the Supreme Court's class-action disability-rights due-process educational-placement individuals-with-disabilities-education-act opt-out 24-196" opt-out-rights settlement stay-put-provision stockholder-rights supreme-court-precedent third-circuit-ruling Does the due process clause of the 14th Amendment require courts to give objecting stockholders the right to opt-out in a monetary settlement of a cla…
24-208 Thomas M. Gatz v. Thomas Zupko, et ux. Pennsylvania Denied Response Waived deed-chain judicial-code land-rights property-transfer quiet-title statutory-interpretation Whether Pennsylvania's quiet title statute Section 5527.1 can be executed despite an existing 1950 deed chain transferring property to the petitioner'…
24-211 Al Dorsey v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived accessory-offense crime-of-violence criminal-career-act physical-force sentencing-guidelines sixth-circuit-interpretation Whether an accessory offense qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under the United States Sentencing Guidelines when it lacks explicit physical force el…
24-213 Willis Franklin v. California California Denied Response Waived client-autonomy counsel-of-choice fourteenth-amendment mccoy-v-louisiana sixth-amendment trial-continuance Was petitioner denied his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to retained counsel of choice and client autonomy when the trial court failed to conti…
24-217 SFA Holdings, Inc., fka SAKS Incorporated v. 4 Stratford Square Mall Holdings, LLC Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived article-iii-standing contract-interpretation federalism lease-agreement summary-judgment waiver-doctrine Whether the Seventh Circuit improperly interpreted waiver of affirmative defenses and Article III standing in a lease dispute
24-22 Lauren N. Stone v. Theodore Worner, et al. Pennsylvania Denied Response Waived child-custody due-process fourteenth-amendment fundamental-rights grandparent-visitation harm-to-child parental-rights strict-scrutiny Does Pennsylvania's Child Custody Act violate a fit parent's due-process-rights,
24-24 Marcelo Hernandez v. Hassan Alameddine, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied 1983-claims 9th-circuit-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction religious-freedom rluipa rluipa-violation tort-claims Does the 9th circuit have power to ignore U.S. Supreme Court ruling in, Felder v. Casey, 487 U.S. 131 (1988)
24-247 Kenneth Kelley v. William S. Bohrer, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea habeas-corpus mens-rea vehicular-homicide Does this Court's clearly established precedent require an explanation and understanding of the elements of each charge to which a defendant pleads gu…
24-26 Hugh H. Baldwin, Jr. v. Maryland Maryland Denied Response Waived bad-faith collateral-consequences due-process due-process,collateral-consequences,bad-faith,lega ineffective-assistance legal-counsel post-conviction-relief Did the State commit a Bad Faith Due Process Violation resulting in outstanding legal consequences to the petitioner, to wit: Significant Collateral C…
24-27 Next Generation Technology, Inc., et al. v. Ur M. Jaddou, Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure de-novo-review district-court federal-magistrates-act federal-procedure judicial-review magistrate-judge subject-matter-jurisdiction waiver waiver-of-objections Waiver-of-subject-matter-jurisdiction
24-28 Iona Howard v. Amica Mutual Insurance Company Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived act-of-war civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fraud judicial-procedure legislative-overreach maladministration national-security standing Violation-of-constitutional-rights
24-29 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC v. Roosevelt Associates, RIGP, et al. Rhode Island Denied Amici (1)Response Waived constitutional-law due-process excess-equity just-compensation municipal-taking private-investors property-rights takings-clause tax-debt tax-sale Does the government violate the Takings Clause when it confiscates property for payment of a tax debt without allowing the property owner any means of…
24-3 City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, City Council v. Rama, Inc., dba Discount Liquor Tennessee Denied Response Waived administrative-function alcohol-license constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legislative-body separation-of-powers Whether the action of the Tennessee Court of Appeals ordering a legislative body performing an administrative function violated separation of powers w…
24-30 John Garland, et al. v. New York City Fire Department, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure discovery due-process employment-law federal-rules motion-to-dismiss plausibility plausibility-requirement pleading-standards pleadings When are pleadings sufficient to state a claim under Iqbal/Twombly standards?
24-31 Michael J. Libman, et al. v. Antwon Jones, et al. California Denied ability-to-pay attorney-fees disgorgement eighth-amendment excessive-fines professional-conduct proportionality-test Does the court-ordered disgorgement of attorney fees for violation of state rules of professional conduct fall under the 'excessive fines' clause of t…
24-32 Donavan J. White Owl, aka DJ v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy eighth-circuit implied-consent manifest-necessity mistrial waiver Whether implied consent is valid consent to waive double jeopardy protections, and if so, what qualifies as implied consent?
24-33 Reuben Neff v. Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board Iowa Denied Response Waived attorney-disciplinary-rules attorney-speech civil-rights disciplinary-proceedings due-process first-amendment free-speech professional-conduct sexual-harassment workplace-speech First Amendment-protection
24-35 Sean Eamonn Waite v. Texas Texas Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mental-health plea-bargain plea-bargaining procedural-due-process Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
24-36 Spencer Freeman Smith v. State Bar of California California Denied Response Waived attorney-suspension civil-rights constitutional-rights cross-examination due-process ex-parte-statements hearing-delay notice state-bar-discipline whistleblower due-process-clause
24-39 Christopher Glenn White v. Donald T. Sloan, Sheriff, Lynchburg, Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied booking-photo booking-photos civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment-prospects freedom-of-information government-decision-making internet-publication law-enforcement public-disclosure due-process
24-40 Leonard L. Grigsby, et al. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-agency administrative-agency-finding burden-of-proof funding-exclusion independent-review judicial-review presumption-of-correctness research-activities research-and-development-tax-credit summary-judgment tax-credit Whether an administrative agency finding should be presumed correct when the agency conducted no independent review prior to filing suit
24-42 Scott Meide v. Pulse Evolution Corporation, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure corporate-assignment due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-interpretation legal-standing procedural-rules separation-of-powers standing unbiased-judiciary Has F.R.Civ. P. been abrogated by judicial fiat?
24-45 Dwight Russell, et al. v. Harris County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-harm effectual-relief mootness prospective-relief standing Whether legislation enacted during a lawsuit renders asserted claims for prospective relief moot if the legislation does not cure all of the constitut…
24-48 Dan Giurca v. Bon Secours Charity Health System, et al. Second Circuit Denied employment-agreement employment-discrimination religious-accommodation religious-discrimination sincerely-held-beliefs title-vii undue-hardship Does an employer violate Title VII when it fails to hire a person because his sincerely held religious beliefs prohibit him from agreeing to recognize…
24-49 James E. Hitch v. The Frick Pittsburgh Third Circuit Denied adverse-action burden-of-proof causation civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination employment employment-law retaliation Whether James E. Hitch has proven a claim for retaliation under the 'but for' causation test?
24-5 Luis Gutierrez v. Gary Miniard, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2254(i) castro-v-united-states constitutional-ineffectiveness constitutional-review federal-statute habeas-corpus habeas-petition procedural-law second-in-time second-petition unexhausted-claims Whether a subsequent habeas petition, containing only claims which were unexhausted when the initial habeas petition was untimely filed, was second-in…
24-50 Marlo Helmstetter v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived 18-usc-3553a 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release concepcion-v-united-states district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons sentencing-commission sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether the procedural approach adopted by several circuit courts of considering only the 18 U.S.C. §3553(a) factors, without first determining whethe…
24-5002 Maurice P. Scott v. Mrs. Stevenson, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction standing Question not identified
24-5003 In Re Alfred Lane-Bey Denied IFP civil-rights due-process federal-courts human-rights indigenous-rights international-law judicial-review legal-petition standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24-5004 Joshua Mounts v. Ohio Ohio Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony expert-witnesses nazi-comparison personal-attacks prosecutorial-misconduct Whether violations of the United States Constitution occur where defense experts are not allowed to respond to criticism of their expert reports and w…
24-5005 Daniel Scott Robinson v. Supreme Court of Hawaii Hawaii Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-majority best-interest best-interests burden-of-proof constitutional-challenge due-process family-law federal-funding state-sovereignty How can a state enact 'best interest' laws in family courts when it has abandoned jurisdiction and sovereignty by accepting federal grant funding?
24-5006 Jason Steven Kokinda v. United States Fourth Circuit GVR IFP 18-u.s.c-2250 34-u.s.c-20913 change-of-residence chevron-deference criminal-procedure jury-instructions rule-of-lenity sex-offender-registration smart-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the district court erroneously instructed the jury regarding a crucial element of the criminal offense of failure to register as a sex offende…
24-5007 David Jimenez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment?
24-5008 Glynzo Clark v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burglary circuit-split criminal-law generic-burglary sentencing statutory-interpretation taylor-precedent taylor-v-united-states trespass Whether Texas burglary, defined to include a trespass followed by the commission of a reckless crime, constitutes generic 'burglary' under 18 U.S.C. §…
24-5009 Samuel T. Whatley, et al. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP antitrust antitrust-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process financial-fraud financial-services fraud judicial-oversight jury-trial Question not identified
24-5010 Bryon Keith Creech v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP competency due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance post-conviction withdrawal constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief sentencing-mitigation Question not identified
24-5011 Brandon Collins v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion court-discretion due-process evidence eyewitness judicial-review legal-interpretation motion-analysis reasonable-doubt speedy-trial testimony-credibility Question not identified.
24-5012 Miguel Angel Ibarra-Mora v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit precedent-overturning sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
24-5014 Aweis Haji-Mohamed v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split due-process ineffective-assistance mandatory-minimum plea-bargaining prejudice prejudice-analysis sixth-amendment sixth-circuit-error strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
24-5015 Eduardo Alvarez, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest-warrant attenuation-doctrine criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment illegal-stop search-and-seizure standing utah-v-strieff Whether an officer's discovery of someone else's outstanding arrest warrant necessarily attenuates the illegality of a defendant's own detention under…
24-5017 Aaron Abadi v. Indiana Civil Rights Commission, et al. Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP ada-standing civil-rights civil-rights-law congress covid-19-mandate damages damages-claim due-process judicial-resolution mootness mootness-doctrine standing Does denial-of-standing-and-mootness-claim-remain-appropriate-in-ADA-and-Indiana-Civil-Rights-Law-violations-case-seeking-damages
24-5019 Daniel Salgado v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi-rule certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure-sentencing notice-clause prior-conviction-exception sixth-amendment supreme-court-review Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States be overruled?
24-5021 Joyce Isagba v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility federal-rules-of-evidence-404b fifth-amendment prior-bad-acts relevance rule-404b sentencing-conditions supervised-release Is a single uncharged act 5-7 years prior admissible under Rule 404(b)?
24-5022 Angela J. Wells v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP criminal-procedure domestic-violence due-process plea-agreement plea-bargain post-conviction-relief sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation victim-rights Should a domestic violence victim be eligible for relief under 735 ILCS 5/2-1401 even if she agrees to a plea bargain?
24-5023 Willie Edward Nichols v. Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP disability-discrimination employment-discrimination long-term-employment management-misconduct part-time-employment pay-cut pay-reduction retaliation vacation-pay workplace-rights wrongful-termination Question not identified
24-5024 Timothy John Miers v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-interpretation double-jeopardy eleventh-circuit fifth-amendment miller-el-v-cockrell sentencing sentencing-authority separation-of-powers Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has so far departed from established Federal Law and the legal standards set out by this Court in MILLER…
24-5025 Delbert W. Hargis, Jr. v. Victoria A. Pritty-Pitcher New York Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights custody custody-determination due-process due-process-clause-14th-amendment family-law non-parent-custody parental-rights standing Whether the decision of the lower courts, which awarded full custody of a child to a nonparent due to the existence of a strong bond, violates the fun…
24-5026 Claudio Alvarez Rodriguez v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1326 constitutional-law discriminatory-effect discriminatory-purpose equal-protection fifth-amendment illegal-reentry racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether the illegal re-entry statute, 8 U.S.C. § 1326, violates the equal protection guarantee of the Fifth Amendment because the law was enacted with…
24-5027 Jovan Marquis Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burrage-v-united-states causation-of-harm criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution evidentiary-hearing federal-statute heroin-distribution jury-instruction jury-instructions overdose sentencing-enhancement Did the trial court err when it refused to instruct the jury that the heroin distributed by the defendant was the same heroin that caused the victims'…
24-5028 Rafael Cardona, Sr. v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure forfeiture good-cause motion-timeliness multiplicity plain-error-review rule-12 waiver Whether Fed. R. Crim. P. 12, as amended in 2014, mandates a forfeiture or waiver of a multiplicity claim not timely raised in the district court, and …
24-5029 Jurgen Marku v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP Bruton-v-United-States Codefendant confrontation-clause criminal-prosecution Cross-Examination Due-Process felony-murder fourteenth-amendment Guilty-Plea sixth-amendment Whether it is a violation of a criminal defendant's Confrontation-Clause
24-5030 Lani Lucas Limane, aka Lukasz Chad Limane v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-identity-theft criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-error identity-theft indictment indictment-variance plain-error plea-bargaining plea-colloquy predicate-offense rule-11 Was it plain error for a district court to convict petitioner on his plea of guilty to a crime never charged in the governing indictment?
24-5031 Keith White v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-u.s.c.-§-846 career-offender controlled-substance controlled-substance-offenses criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-criminal-law sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-§-4b1.2 Whether an offense under 21 U.S.C. § 846 may be included in the U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 definition of 'controlled substance offenses' for purposes of sentenc…
24-5033 Jose Domingo Carranza-Rubio v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion legal-precedent precedent-overruling sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
24-5035 In Re Lionel Bailey Denied IFP adoption adoption-rights child-custody civil-rights court-procedure due-process family-law illegitimate-child parental-notice parental-rights putative-father standing Whether the superior court of Brooks County limited the scope of the putative father's right to notice, hearing, and consent in the adoption of his il…
24-5036 Dalvon Curry, aka Dale, aka Dalo v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights combat-speech constitutional-protections deadly-force deadly-physical-force excessive-force law-enforcement penal-law retreat-duty self-defense use-of-force Question not identified
24-5038 Larry D. Ford v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas Fifth Circuit Denied IFP assisted-suicide emtala emtala-rights-1983 federal-rights fnhra medical-rights nursing-home-care nursing-home-reform-act section-1983 social-security-act spending-clause Whether the The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) gives rise to federal rights under § 1983?
24-5039 In Re James A. Wolfe Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights court-filing due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure petition standing Question not identified.
24-5043 Cortlin Reese v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen constitutional-law criminal-statutes due-process federal-statute firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) and (n) violate the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022)?
24-5045 Charles N. Belssner v. Casablanca Homeowners Association, et al. Nevada Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure due-process judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct judicial-review legal-procedure nrs-enforcement standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified
24-5046 Kyle Greene, et ux. v. Meeker County Department of Human Services Eighth Circuit Denied IFP americans-with-disabilities-act article-iii-judge civil-rights due-process eleventh-amendment judicial-transparency legal-standing sovereign-immunity standing Does the Eleventh Amendment apply to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
24-5047 Pedro Terrazas v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-prejudice jury-selection plain-error rule-431b trial-court-error was-defendant-prejudiced-and-denied-his-constitutional-right-to-the-effective-assistance-of-appellate-counsel
24-5048 Bernard Celestine v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-right criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process first-step-act resentencing sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether Congress incorporated a Constitutional right under the Due Process Clause to a plenary resentencing for an eligible Defendant under Section 40…
24-5049 Irena Shie v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied IFP americans-with-disabilities-act communication-disability deprivation-of-constitutional-rights-under-color-o equal-protection fourteenth-amendment freedom-of-speech judicial-procedure meaningful-participation-in-justice-system petition-government-for-redress-of-grievances reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations equal-protection-under-law
24-5050 Juan Marquis Holiday v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act robbery sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor Does aiding and abetting a completed robbery constitute a crime of violence?
24-5051 Richard J. Ramsey v. United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces Armed Forces Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process question-not-identified standing takings Question not identified
24-5053 Patrick Keith Hirt v. Amber Sundquist, Superintendent, Deer Ridge Correctional Institution Oregon Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts bounds-v-smith constitutional-provisions habeas-corpus lewis-v-casey prison-officials prisoners-rights procedural-default supreme-court-precedent Did the State of Oregon violate this Court's holdings in Bounds v. Smith and Lewis v. Casey when prison officials impeded access to courts and proxima…
24-5054 Amir Aqeel v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bias culpability due-process equal-justice fairness Involuntary-Plea-Agreement mandatory-guidelines nationality nationality-bias plea-agreement religion sentencing sentencing-disparity Violation-of-Policy-5H1.10 Sentencing-Disparity
24-5055 Tre'veon Demarcus Anderson v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights douglas-v-alabama due-process fifth-amendment prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination sixth-amendment sixth-and-fourteenth-amendments Whether the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to confrontation was violated when the State elicited testimony from a witness who repeatedly invoked th…
24-5057 Isaiah L. Dunbar v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus postconviction Whether an applicant can raise state postconviction claims that are procedurally barred in federal habeas review under the Antiterrorism and Effective…
24-5058 Joseph Curtis Hubman v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a)(2) 18-usc-3553a child-pornography criminal-history sentencing-guidelines sentencing-purposes upward-variance Whether an upward variance sentence nearly two years higher than recommended by the Sentencing Guidelines is greater than necessary to comply with the…
24-5059 Gregory D. Crosby v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-provisions Question not identified
24-5060 Bert Hudson v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment eighth-amendment furman-v-georgia mandatory-minimum parole parole-review second-degree-murder sentencing-guidelines sentencing-statutes Whether Pennsylvania's sentencing statutes for second-degree murder, which provide for a mandatory maximum sentence of life imprisonment with a requir…
24-5061 Joshua Isaac Martinez v. Florida Florida Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law evidence public-policy religion statutory-interpretation Question not identified
24-5062 Amanda Reynolds v. City of Sandy, Utah Utah Denied IFP birchfield-v-north-dakota constitutional-violation due-process exclusionary-rule fifth-amendment first-amendment fourth-amendment implied-consent miranda-rights sixth-amendment standing-mootness-public-interest-doctrine Does Petitioner have standing to challenge the constitutionality of Utah's Implied Consent Statute?
24-5063 Bruce Rowan v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bail-conditions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment lower-court trial-court Does a conviction for breach of bail conditions-set by lower court-violate the Fourteenth Amendment right to due process, where trial court set bail c…
24-5065 Damon John Broussard v. Lousiana Louisiana Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment proportionality sentencing Does Petitioner's sentence constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment?
24-5066 Lynual McElroy v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-counsel constitutional-amendment constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel public-defender speedy-trial speedy-trial
24-5067 Stephen Mark Picart v. Marcus Pollard, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 constitutional-claim due-process federal-law habeas-corpus hypothetical-analysis ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-record state-court-review tactical-choices Whether the federal court can 'hypothesize' about possible 'tactical choices' trial counsel might have made on the basis of facts that were unreasonab…
24-5068 Frankie Wayne Pope v. Kevin Sprayberry, Warden Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fraud habeas-corpus judicial-process post-conviction-relief state-court transcripts trial-fraud Question not identified.
24-5071 Dennis German v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 8th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance eighth-amendment fifth-amendment relevant-conduct sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the government violated the petitioner's 8th Amendment and 5th Amendment constitutional rights by using separate incidents as relevant conduct…
24-5072 Juan Rangel-Rubio v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge equal-protection juror-discrimination jury-selection peremptory-strike race-neutral-reasons voir-dire Did the district courts err in denying Mr. Rangel-Rubio's Batson challenge to the government's peremptory strike of juror number 31?
24-5073 Billy Hammonds v. Fredeane Artis, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof fair-trial-rights ineffective-assistance judicial-bias mistrial prosecutorial-misconduct trial-court-bias witness-testimony Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
24-5074 Charles Brian O'Neill v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-exception law-enforcement probable-cause search-warrant suppression Do the deficiencies in the search warrants and their supporting affidavits merit good faith protection from the exclusionary rule?
24-5075 DeTron L. Perry v. Jacob L. Streittmatter Nebraska Denied IFP affirmative-defense civil-procedure contradictory-testimony due-process evidence fair-trial Question not identified
24-5077 Gary Davis v. Randy Irwin, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Forest, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-statement civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provision due-process free-speech habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing statutory-provision supreme-court-procedure writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24-5078 In Re Hassan Williams Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions district-court due-process grounds-for-relief jurisdiction petition-for-writ standing statement-of-case statement-of-the-case Question not identified
24-5079 John W. Patton v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence confrontation constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial grand-jury impartial-judge judicial-interference perjury pro-se-defendant sixth-amendment stand-by-counsel transcript Due-process
24-5080 Glenn Brumfield v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment civil-rights color-of-state-laws constitutional-rights due-process fraud judicial-fraud state-law-violation Whether judgments of Louisiana Supreme Court, the Appeals Court, Fifth Circuit, and the District Court are absolutely null?
24-5081 Larry Edward Webster, Jr. v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office of Colorado, et al. Colorado Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts administrative-law administrative-review appellate-procedure civil-procedure colorado-constitution constitutional-rights due-process judicial-access workers-compensation Whether 8-43-307, C.R.S. (1994 Supp) and 8-74-107, C.R.S. (1986 1994 Supp) and C.A.R. 46.4 and 46.7 unconstitutionally deny workers compensation parti…
24-5082 Adam Sprenger v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP change-in-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute legal-interpretation plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation Have the federal courts misinterpreted and misapplied 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) et. seq. to encompass conduct neither proscribed nor enumerated in 18 U.S.C.…
24-5083 Stephen B. Wlodarz v. Mike Parris, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence capital-punishment constitutional-claim due-process factual-innocence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-petition statute-of-limitations trial-by-jury Whether prosecutors and Petitioner's pretrial sheriff's department Custodians violation of a Scheduled trial by jury, which in all likelihood may have…
24-5085 Philip Layfield, aka Philip Samuel Pesin v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3161 70-day-trial-clock custodial-defendant out-of-district-arrest speedy-trial-act statutory-remedy transportation-delay trial-clock Whether the Speedy Trial Act provides a remedy for a custodial defendant arrested out-of-district and ordered removed, but whose transportation back t…
24-5086 Isaias Delgado v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial federal-law federal-sentencing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel self-incrimination Whether the government violated Mr. Delgado's right to due process and a fair trial by withholding evidence
24-5087 Travis Wayne Lovings v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law federalism firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into defendant'…
24-5088 In Re Gavin B. Davis Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction circuit-court-split circuit-split collateral-order-doctrine criminal-procedure interlocutory-appeal mootness pretrial-release speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation Appealability-of-18-U.S.C.-§-3164-motion-for-pretrial-release
24-5089 Devonte Antonio Veasley v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-rights controlled-substances due-process facial-challenge firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) facially unconstitutional?
24-5090 Gerald Wayne Timms v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-4248 attorney-general civil-commitment due-process fifth-amendment necessary-and-proper-clause procedural-due-process procedural-rights substantive-due-process Whether 18 U.S.C. § 4248, consistent with both substantive and procedural due process, can be read to permit a civil commitment order to remain in eff…
24-5091 Linda J. Feaser v. George L. Landress Connecticut Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-interpretation standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified
24-5093 David Nam v. John Rivello, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus harmless-error ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default Due-process
24-5095 Moises Gamboa v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Did the lower courts improperly interpret United States Sentencing Guideline § 4C1.1 that violated the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause of the Eigh…
24-5096 Steven C. Levi v. Anchorage School District, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure discovery discovery-rights dismissal due-process interrogatories judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss procedural-due-process standing summary-judgment Can a case be dismissed without allowing Discovery and Interrogators?
24-5099 Brandan C. Bellamy v. Chanse Houghton, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process hipaa hipaa-privacy malicious-prosecution privacy section-1983 standing summary-dismissal Whether Petitioner should be given another chance to make another amended complaint
24-51 Randall Bock v. Candace Lapidus Sloane, et al. First Circuit Denied judicial-immunity licensing-board market-participants professional-licensing quasi-judicial-immunity sherman-act sovereign-immunity state-action-doctrine state-action-immunity supreme-court-precedent antitrust-law
24-5101 Luis Eduardo Baez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment 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, …
24-5102 Alexi Hinojosa Matos v. Texas Texas Denied IFP appointment-of-counsel criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-counsel writ-application Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
24-5103 David Thomas Overman v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment 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, …
24-5104 Anthony Mungin v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appeals-court district-court due-process federal-appeals federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus notice notice-requirement opportunity-to-be-heard statute-of-limitations Whether the prohibition on a federal district court's ability to dismiss a federal habeas corpus petition on statute of limitations grounds without af…
24-5105 Heclouis Nieves-Diaz v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP agreement circuit-split conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law overt-act sentencing-guidelines Whether the United States Sentencing Guidelines' definition of a 'controlled substance offense' is limited to only those state and federal crimes that…
24-5106 Stoney Prior v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review appellate-standard-of-review circuit-split criminal-defendant-rights criminal-defense jury-instruction jury-instructions reasonable-doubt recognized-defenses third-party-culpability Is a criminal defendant entitled to a jury instruction on any recognized defense supported by the evidence?
24-5108 Karen E. Tucker v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence circuit-split civil-disability collateral-consequences coram-nobis standing writ-of-error Whether a petitioner must show 'civil disability' to obtain a writ of error coram nobis,
24-5109 Clinton Mark Lewis v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2252 child-pornography circuit-split circumstantial-evidence criminal-law evidence-standard federal-statute image-specific ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Is the charge of possession or accessing child pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B) 'image specific'?
24-5110 Cristobal Castillo-Velasquez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion legal-precedent precedent-overruling sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
24-5111 Amadi Sosa v. Massachusetts Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof confrontation-clause constructive-malice cross-examination due-process felony-murder perjury-protocol sixth-amendment winship-fact Due-process-right-to-fair-trial,confrontation-clause,perjury-protocol,felony-murder,burden-of-proof,winship-fact
24-5112 Austin Wayne Massey v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment 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, …
24-5113 Steven Alexander Mantecon v. Florida Florida Denied IFP constitutional-right criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process felony felony-offense fourteenth-amendment jury jury-trial sixth-amendment trial-procedure Whether the Sixth Amendment requires a twelve-person jury to try a criminal defendant accused of a felony offense
24-5114 Benjamin Biancofiori v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech judicial-review legal-procedure precedent standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified
24-5115 Jima Brown v. New York New York Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment investigative-suspicion law-enforcement privacy probable-cause search-and-seizure warrantless-search Question not identified
24-5116 Mohamad Jamal Khweis v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-history-category due-process federal-crime-of-terrorism offense-level sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-enhancement sentencing-paradigm terrorism-enhancement Whether the Terrorism Enhancement under U.S.S.G. §3A1.4 was properly applied when the evidence failed to prove the defendant's conduct met the statuto…
24-5119 Stacey Williams, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-sentencing sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation due-process
24-5121 Rebecca Wu v. Twin Rivers Unified School District California Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment classification due-process equal-protection misclassification motion-for-new-trial new-evidence probationary-status public-employee Due-process
24-5122 Aaron Scurlock v. Chance Jones Seventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights cover-up due-process habeas habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation procedural-defects transcript-falsification Whether the district court's actions in this § 2254 habeas case sanctioned a departure from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings
24-5124 Lawrence Christopher Smith v. Ralph Diaz, former Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law court-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-issue petition pleading standing takings Question not identified
24-5125 Corvin J. Young v. Spartanburg County Detention Facility, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment federal-custody habeas-corpus medical-treatment pretrial-detention prison-conditions prisoner-rights Question not identified
24-5126 Michael J. Brillon v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge As-Applied-Unconstitutionality Bruen bruen-decision constitutional-challenge conviction-review Due-Process facial-challenge Facial-Unconstitutionality Felons second-amendment Second-Amendment
24-5127 Lamar Z. Brooks v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253c certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealability-coa constitutional-review eleventh-circuit federal-court-litigation federal-habeas habeas-corpus miller-el-v-cockrell slack-v-mcdaniel Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals' pro forma, nonindividualized, blanket denial of a certificate of appealability (COA) complies with the …
24-5128 Selvyn Gustavo Mejia-Marroquin v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation legal-precedent recidivism sentencing statutory-analysis supreme-court-precedent Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) should be overruled
24-5129 Sergio Estrada-Maduena v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-review due-process equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation village-of-arlington-heights Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5130 Devon Nunes v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law equitable-tolling immigration-law ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review numerical-limits statutory-motion statutory-motions-to-reopen immigration-law
24-5131 John William Thomas Flechs v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt-crime criminal-statute federal-criminal-law sexual-enticement statutory-interpretation substantial-step Whether the government must establish a proposal for unlawful sexual activity to satisfy the substantial step element of attempted sexual enticement o…
24-5132 Charles Fitzgerald Branch v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split evidence-admissibility evidence-admission federal-rules-of-evidence hearsay hearsay-rule judicial-interpretation non-hearsay non-hearsay-probative-value probative-value procedural-standard Should this Court resolve a split between the Ninth and Third circuits on the admission of evidence for a non-hearsay purpose when its non-hearsay pro…
24-5133 Brian Wright v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP district-court equitable-jurisdiction exceptional-circumstances federal-insurance federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure motion-to-return person ramsden-factors rule-41g standing Did Federal Insurance Company have standing to file a motion under Fed. R. Crim. P. 41(g)
24-5134 Diana Ingrid Reismann Sexton v. Fort Bend County, Texas, et al. Texas Denied IFP alien-tort-statute civil-rights-violations convention-against-torture dual-citizenship due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction international-law international-treaties sovereign-immunity torture torture-prevention May-a-case-demanding-relief-to-a-dual-citizen-with-dominant-nationality-as-an-alien-and-her-child-injured-by-US-naturals-who-committed-tortures-fraud-…
24-5135 Timothy Kaler v. ESA Management, LLC Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 6th-amendment ada ada-violation cares-act constitutional-violation due-process federal-cares-act federal-removal fiduciary-duty jurisdictional-conflict Jurisdiction-and-removal
24-5136 John Michael Murphy v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment constitutional-violation contraband fourth-amendment pat-down plain-touch-doctrine probable-cause search-and-seizure warrantless-search Whether the plain-touch doctrine allows deputies to remove an unknown object from under a person's clothing when they do not believe it is a weapon or…
24-5137 Gerardo Ogaz v. Texas Texas Denied IFP anders-v-california appeal-process case-remand civil-procedure court-procedure due-process frivolous-appeal judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-rules remand standing Did the Court err Concluding at Frivolous was the aPpeal in accordance wilh Anders ¥. California 386 U.S, #38 C96) When it Was oresented yout a mirror…
24-5139 Lamar McKay v. Jeff Tanner, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights directed-verdict due-process first-degree-murder insufficient-evidence jury-verdict murder premeditation reasonable-doubt Does due process require reversal where the trial court denied petitioner's motion for a directed verdict on first-degree murder due to insufficient e…
24-5140 Frederick David Pina v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure claim-preclusion commissioner-of-internal-revenue-v-sunnen constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment-retaliation fraud fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court hazel-atlas-glass-v-hartford-empire judicial-misconduct kremer-v-chemical-construction naacp-v-button res-judicata Claim Preclusion and Due Process
24-5142 Thomas E. Creech v. Tim Richardson, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split competency-to-be-executed death-penalty federal-courts federal-procedure habeas-corpus late-evolving-facts second-or-successive-petition statutory-interpretation successive-petitions Is a federal habeas petition based on late-evolving facts second or successive when it is not based on a claim that the inmate is incompetent to be ex…
24-5143 Nicholas Nassif Hayek v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-statement district-court due-process evidence motion-to-suppress procedural-error sixth-circuit standard-of-review fourth-amendment
24-5144 Richard Villareal v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2d1.1(b)(1) criminal-procedure drug-offense due-process fifth-circuit firearm-enhancement sentencing-guidelines tools-of-the-trade-presumption Whether the Fifth Circuit's practice of applying a tools-of-the-trade presumption to the firearm enhancement of sentencing guidelines §2D1.1(b)(1) vio…
24-5145 Antonio Tyree Gaskin v. Kentucky Kentucky Denied IFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification law-enforcement legal-representation lineup procedural-safeguards right-to-counsel suspect-rights Whether the 6th Amendment of the US Constitution has guaranteed protections that safeguard against law enforcement showing a single photograph of a su…
24-5146 Mike Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-procedure Question not identified
24-5147 Lamon D. Boyd v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP due-process exclusionary-rule exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment issue being raised search-and-seizure term-1 term-2 term-3 term-4 term-5 term-6 warrantless-search 4th-amendment-search-and-seizure,14th-amendment-due-process,exclusionary-rule,plain-view-doctrine,exigent-circumstances,6th-amendment-fair-trial
24-5150 Toyrieon Sessions v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Due-Process fourth-amendment law-enforcement mobile-device Mobile-Devices Probable-Cause Riley-v-California search-and-seizure Seizure warrant-requirement Warrantless-Search Fourth-Amendment
24-5151 Tyrone Scott Cameron v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-decision constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearms-regulation new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment united-states-v-jackson united-states-v-rahimi Petitioner's conviction violates his Second Amendment rights to bear arms and possess ammunition as expanded by the Court in New York State Rifle & Pi…
24-5152 Leland J. Hebert v. Allied Rubber & Gasket Co. Federal Circuit Denied IFP case-law civil-procedure constitutional-law legal-issues standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified
24-5153 Jonathan Godwin v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure-rule-60(b) constitutional-rights eleventh-circuit final-order habeas-corpus habeas-petition procedural-ruling rule-60b standards-of-review timeliness Whether Petitioner's Rule 60(b) Motion for Relief from judgment filed within a year of the denial of his Habeas Petition timely?
24-5154 Joel Jacobo Sanchez v. Brandon Kelly Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-murder aiding-and-abetting burden-of-proof due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intent-standard jury-instruction natural-probable-consequences post-conviction-relief Was petitioner's post-conviction counsel ineffective for not arguing that petitioner's trial counsel failed object to a 'natural and probable conseque…
24-5155 Bradley W. Berry v. Donnie Bordelon, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure constitutional-amendment federal-case-law federal-court-of-appeals griffith-v-kentucky judicial-review retroactivity state-constitution Whether the decision by the federal court of appeals is correct as applied to the Petitioner regarding a certificate of appealability
24-5156 Rosalio Meledez-Rojas, Francisco Melendez-Perez, Abel Romero-Melendez, and Jose Osvaldo Melendez-Rojas v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-consent child-exploitation criminal-law federal-criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction intent-requirement mens-rea statutory-interpretation Must the government prove that a defendant knew that the victim was less than 18 years old to support a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2423?
24-5157 Larry D. Richardson, Jr. v. Martin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None
24-5158 Mary Elizabeth Sexton v. Martin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP None
24-5159 Luis Marin and Luis Chavez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority constitutional-power due-process felonies-clause high-seas international-law maritime-law statutory-interpretation vessel-status Whether Congress' authority to 'define and punish...Felonies committed on the high Seas,' U.S. Const. art. I § 8, cl. 10 (the 'Felonies Clause'), is l…
24-5161 Genuine Truth Banner v. Michael Stephan, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exhaustion-doctrine judicial-review prisoner-rights standing Should prisoner's claims be dismissed for failure to exhaust administrative remedies where prison officials prevented him from exhausting?
24-5162 Johnny Ho v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure fair-trial impartial-jury judicial-discretion jury-selection peremptory-challenges sixth-amendment voir-dire Defendant's right to a fair trial by impartial jury
24-5164 Joel Miles v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-waiver circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeal judicial-review miscarriage-of-justice sentencing waiver Whether appellate waivers in federal criminal cases contain an implied exception for judgments that represent a miscarriage of justice?
24-5165 Leonard W. Houston, as Beneficiary of Estate of Luis Houston Sr., Deceased v. Highland Care Center, Inc., Skilled Nursing Home Second Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process federal-court-access in-forma-pauperis indigent-litigant judicial-screening nursing-home pro-se-litigation resident-rights standing in-forma-pauperis
24-5167 John Stancu v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. Texas Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process jury-trial seventh-amendment sovereign-immunity standing state-power texas Did the State of Texas Courts involved in this case wrongly denied Petitioner Stancu's Seventh Amendment right to the United States Constitution by ma…
24-5168 Edward Nicholas Reeder v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability court-order final-order habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure motion-disposition motion-to-withdraw-plea plea-withdrawal trial-counsel voluntary-dismissal Was trial counsel ineffective for failing to object and request that the lower court to address the disposition of Reeder's motion to withdraw plea by…
24-5169 Jeremy David Spielbauer v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP challenges-for-cause constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection media-coverage trial-procedure use-immunity venue Question not identified.
24-5170 Eric Lee Smith v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony government-misconduct napue-violation prosecutorial-misconduct Where the Assistant United States Attorney's representing the Government violates a standard announced in Napue v. Illinois by gaining a criminal conv…
24-5172 Hassan Abbas v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy conspiracy-charges criminal-prosecution first-circuit money-laundering overt-acts venue venue-constitutional-protection wire-fraud venue-requirements
24-5173 Sir Mario Owens v. Colorado Colorado Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky criminal-justice-system driving-while-black equal-protection juror-bias jury-selection peremptory-strike peremptory-strikes race-neutral race-neutral-justification racial-discrimination Whether expressly linking a black juror's remark in a jury questionnaire indicating that he had an 'unpleasant experience' with police (namely, 'drivi…
24-5174 Michael D. Carver v. City of Kalamazoo, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied IFP absolute-immunity fabricated-evidence false-arrest fourth-amendment franks-doctrine investigative-conduct malicious-prosecution probable-cause qualified-immunity Whether Franks applies to material omissions, and whether probable cause is vitiated for a particular offense where the omitted information is exculpa…
24-5175 Kalamice Keson Piggee v. Gena Jones, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP competency competency-hearing due-process expert-testimony judicial-review mental-health-evaluation mental-illness retrospective-competency-determination trial-court-discretion trial-procedure Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision sanctioned a departure from this Court's precedent requiring a trial court to hold a competency hearing if substa…
24-5176 Antonio Santonastaso v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1001 criminal-law false-statements federal-prosecution judicial-review jurisdiction maslenjak-v-united-states materiality materiality-standard statutory-interpretation Does the new materiality standard from Maslenjak v. United States apply to prosecutions under 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2)?
24-5178 Keith Earl Robinson v. Jim Farris, Warden Tenth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure defense-strategy due-process ineffective-assistance jury-instructions sixth-amendment sixth-amendment,criminal-procedure,ineffective-ass Did Mr. Robinson's trial counsel's performance in preparing defense witnesses meet the standards of effective assistance of counsel, as required by th…
24-5180 Lemuel S. Whiteside v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa criminal-procedure cumulative-error habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing-review strategic-decision-making strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Arkansas courts applied an incorrect standard for resolving petitioner Whiteside's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel in sentenci…
24-5181 Dale Williamson v. University of Louisville Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP ada-compliance ada-title-ii administrative-procedure disability-accommodation disability-discrimination procedural-remedy title-ii-claim transcript-correction tuition-fees venue-transfer Question not identified.
24-5182 Kevin Fahrni v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Fifth Circuit Denied IFP certiorari civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-procedure mandamus petition standing supreme-court Question not identified
24-5183 Harshadkumar Nanjibhai Jadav v. J. Woodson, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied IFP and whether the state prisoner made a proper show actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-standard criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions schlup What constitutes as 'new' evidence
24-5184 Alexander Kates v. Julie Wolcott, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-law constitutional-validity habeas-corpus-petition ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review lackawanna-v-coss legal-procedure plea-agreement statutory-interpretation strickland-v-washington Whether the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit should have issued the petitioner a Certificate of Appealability
24-5185 George Gaio Mano v. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 10th-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 9th-amendment bank-secrecy bank-secrecy-act constitutional-privacy data-collection foreign-bank-account-report fourth-amendment privacy privacy-rights Does the US government's mass collection of private banking data violate the 4th, 5th, 9th, and 10th Amendments?
24-5186 Issa Doreh v. Unknown Rodriguez, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies civil-procedure court-of-appeal district-court due-process exhaustion-of-remedies federal-courts federal-statutes judicial-review standing Whether the district court and court of appeal erred in finding that Doreh had failed to exhaust administrative remedies in count one?
24-5187 Eva A. Nieczyperowicz v. Andrew Nieczyperowicz Texas Denied IFP certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion standing state-court-review welfare-entitlements equal-protection-clause-violation
24-5188 Patrick Wilson v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-trials non-unanimous-jury second-degree-murder sixth-amendment state-courts Whether non-unanimous jury verdicts in state criminal trials violate the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution
24-5189 Brandon Alexander v. Ohio Ohio Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof direct-appeal evidence-admission harmless-error inadmissible-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-standard sixth-amendment When a defendant asserts IAC on direct appeal in Ohio for failing to object to inadmissible evidence and is able to demonstrate deficient performance,…
24-5190 Matthew Aaron Safrit v. Mike Slagle, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied IFP aedpa civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-review state-courts statutory-interpretation Question not identified
24-5195 Maalik Alim Jones v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP collective-punishment constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process guilt-by-association organizational-liability sentencing Due-process
24-5196 Nicholas Salfi v. Amy Robey, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP counsel-duty effective-assistance habeas-corpus Lafler-v-Cooper martinez-exception plea-negotiations prejudice procedural-default sixth-circuit Effective-assistance-of-counsel
24-5197 Curtis Mitchell Paul v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-investigation empirical-evidence fourth-amendment officer-mistake probable-cause reasonable-suspicion seizure terry-stop terry-v-ohio totality-of-the-circumstances Whether a police officer violates the Fourth Amendment when he seizes for criminal investigation a pedestrian walking in the vicinity of a recent robb…
24-5198 In Re Mawule Tepe Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure corporate-disclosure parties-to-the-proceedings Question not identified
24-5199 Sharon Cammille Riddick v. Massachusetts Massachusetts Denied IFP dismissal due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment interlocutory-appeal obstruction-of-justice petition-government self-incrimination Whether 8.J.C. Rule 2:21 (2) is an adequate basis to dismiss the Petitioner's Complaint, and not a violation of the Petitioner's First Amendment right…
24-52 Gunes Biray v. Securities and Exchange Commission District of Columbia Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference agency-discretion appellate-review arbitrary-and-capricious due-process sec-enforcement securities-law securities-regulation whistleblower-protection Does the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) possess absolute immunity from appellate scrutiny when it arbitrarily or capriciously …
24-5200 Victor Tavares v. Rhode Island Rhode Island Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process indictment jurisdiction legal-jurisdiction petition sixth-amendment supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Does the case violate the Sixth Amendment Clause of the U.S. Constitution?
24-5201 Rebecca Wu v. California State Teacher's Retirement System California Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure administrative-review due-process employee-classification equal-protection erisa fiduciary-duty public-retirement-systems retirement-system Is the California State Teachers Retirement System required to review and correct contributions and credits based on employee misclassification?
24-5204 Gavin Blake Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split collateral-order-doctrine criminal-procedure interlocutory-appeal mootness pretrial-release speedy-trial-act Appealability-of-18-U.S.C.-§-3164-Motion-for-Pretrial-Release
24-5205 Carmen A. Zammiello v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus procedural-error supreme-court Question not identified.
24-5210 Jason William Dittmer v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel obstruction-of-justice plea-bargaining sentencing Question not identified
24-5211 Jerod Askew v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions statutory-interpretation Whether a jury instruction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) requires reference to 'mere presence' and allows for the jury to draw inferences from improper leg…
24-5214 Hsiu Ying Tseng v. Mona D. Houston, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation legal-review ninth-circuit prosecutorial-misconduct writ-of-certiorari due-process
24-5216 Ricky Mendoza v. William Sullivan, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process habeas-corpus habeas-relief harmless-error sixth-amendment witness-testimony Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying habeas relief on petitioner's claim that the state trial court deprived him of his Sixth Amendment right to…
24-5217 Sheldon Hannibal v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence kyles-v-whitley materiality materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony Whether the Third Circuit's Brady materiality test—under which suppressed evidence is immaterial if it contradicts the prosecution's trial evidence—co…
24-5219 Bobbie Ray Edwards v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-U.S.C.-2254 armed-career-criminal-act civil-procedure criminal-conviction due-process federal-review habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief pro-se-petition sentencing statutory-limitation Whether the district court's denial of petitioner's timely filed 2255(h) motion was erroneous and deprived petitioner of due process of law and an opp…
24-5222 Darrell D. Smith v. B. Eischen, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Bureau-of-Prisons Equal-Protection First-Step-Act first-time-credits FTC-Earnings imposed-term Liberty-Interest sentence-computation Imposed-Term
24-5223 Michael Domonic Sales v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-issue court-record due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-petition related-cases standing supreme-court takings Question not identified
24-5224 Michael Paul Gianfrancesco v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review court-proceedings criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing jurisdiction sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness Sentencing-reasonableness
24-5226 Terry Dwayne Jones v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof fourth-amendment law-enforcement pacing probable-cause search-and-seizure speed-estimation traffic-stop warrantless-search Whether an officer's invocation of 'pacing' as a basis for a traffic stop, without any ability to show how he was trained to use such a technique or w…
24-5227 James W. Johnson v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process impartial-jury impartiality jury-selection peremptory-challenge racial-bias sixth-amendment Whether a criminal defendant is denied his Due Process and Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury when the trial court determines that a potential…
24-5228 Thomas Waters v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-process amendment civil-litigation civil-procedure court-procedure due-process federal-courts judicial-discretion jurisdiction procedural-rules standing Question not identified
24-5229 Justin Levar Taylor v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment
24-5230 Victor Vargas v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP clear-error-review constitutional-rights de-novo-review mixed-questions mixed-questions-of-law-and-fact sixth-amendment speedy-trial standard-of-review Whether the Eleventh Circuit's standard of review for Sixth Amendment speedy trial rights that involve 'mixed questions of law and fact' conflicts wit…
24-5231 Dean Terry v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances-act drug-conviction federal-drug-crimes federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether prior drug convictions eligible for the career offender sentencing enhancement in 28 U.S.C. § 994(h) must involve a 'controlled substance' as …
24-5232 Christopher N. Queen v. James Phelan, et al. Kansas Denied Response WaivedIFP 11-usc-362 11-usc-524 automatic-stay-violation bankruptcy-stay circuit-court-split constitutional-violation due-process federal-injunction jurisdiction-challenge void-ab-initio void-judgment voidable Whether the five trespasser respondents with primary responsibility for their jurisdiction across 22 years acting in the complete absence of power con…
24-5235 Nohmaan Malik v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP ambiguity anders anders-procedure appellate-review circuit-split due-process guideline-commentary kisor kisor-standard Whether the appellate court should have dismissed under Anders and allowed Petitioner to challenge the Guideline commentary as violating due process a…
24-5236 Francisco German Alvarez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP boykin-v-alabama competence-to-stand-trial constitutional-rights due-process guilty-plea united-states-v-ruiz voluntariness waiver In determining the voluntariness of a guilty plea, did the Ninth Circuit improperly apply the competence-to-stand-trial standard instead of the Boykin…
24-5237 Warren Alexander v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process presentence-report sentencing supervised-release criminal-sentencing
24-5238 Robert Castle v. Daniel Akers, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 aedpa federal-courts habeas-corpus houston-v-lack post-conviction-relief prison-mailbox-rule statute-of-limitations Should Federal Courts apply the prison mailbox rule announced in Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988) to state post conviction pleadings to commence t…
24-5244 Justin G. Reedy v. California Department of Social Services, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-hearing due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment goldberg-v-kelly mathews-v-eldridge public-benefits state-regulation substantive-due-process title-ix Whether the principles of due process prohibit the Ninth Circuit Court's consideration of a new argument raised by the State Defendants' on appeal tha…
24-5245 Otis Phillips v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP coleman-v-thompson due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction martinez-v-ryan procedural-default Question not identified.
24-5247 Eric Cruz v. Officer Domingo Cervantez Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment brady-rule brady-rule-of-evidence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment evidence evidence-exclusion qualified-immunity safe-prison-act Did the U.S. District courts' failure to allow relevant evidence into trial proceedings violate the Brady Rule of Evidence under Brady v. Maryland, 37…
24-5248 Jason Wade Grant v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process individualized-sentencing mitigating-factors sentencing-discretion Whether a sentencing court's failure to consider mitigating factors and individual circumstances violates a defendant's constitutional rights to indiv…
24-5249 Farid Fata v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies berkovitz-gaubert-test circuit-split discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act jurisdictional-requirement sovereign-immunity Question not identified.
24-5252 Vaughn Alexander Cropper v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction extraordinary-review fundamental-error habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default Whether a procedurally defaulted habeas petition challenging a criminal conviction raises a fundamental miscarriage of justice that warrants extraordi…
24-5255 Benjamin Burciaga-Herrera v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
24-5261 Miguel Tejada-Cruz v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment 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, …
24-5263 Pedro Rodriguez v. Officer Fisher Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus ninth-circuit rule-of-lenity state-court timeliness timeliness-rules Did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that the California Supreme Court's summary denial of a habeas petition as untimely is beyond review by federal c…
24-5265 Fred Lee Williams v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied Response WaivedIFP None Question not identified.
24-5268 Elisa Mapson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None Question not identified.
24-5271 Claude P. Lacombe v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP guilty-plea habeas-relief ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining sentencing strickland-prejudice Whether a petitioner seeking habeas relief from a sentence imposed by a guilty plea can establish Strickland prejudice by showing that but for counsel…
24-5272 Brian Michael Waterman v. Kansas Kansas Denied Response WaivedIFP communication-restrictions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the Supreme Court should review a Kansas court's decision regarding defendant's constitutional rights and communication restrictions in a crim…
24-5274 James Arthur Ross v. Erin Reyes, Superintendent, Two Rivers Correctional Institution Oregon Dismissed Response WaivedIFP amendment-of-complaint civil-procedure judicial-error oregon-revised-statutes statutory-interpretation trial-court-discretion Did the trial court err and/or abuse its discretion by not allowing petitioner to amend his complaint and by concluding that claims were barred under …
24-5275 Terrell Jason Armstrong v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure federal-rule motion-for-new-trial newly-discovered-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct witness-recantation Whether the District Court and Court of Appeals correctly denied a Motion for a New Trial based on a key witness's recantation of testimony
24-5276 Rhoda Stahmann v. Christopher Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-law-enforcement official-misconduct statutory-violation Whether the Director of the FBI violated his duties to enforce the law and protect civil rights under 18 U.S.C. sections 242 and 1001
24-5277 Robert Scott v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions jurisdiction opinions reasons-for-writ statement-of-case Question not identified.
24-5278 Mark Manuel Angeles Marino v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP fifth-amendment fourth-amendment probable-cause search-warrant self-incrimination sentencing-hearing Whether a defendant's Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination was violated by drawing an adverse inference from silence at a sentencing h…
24-5281 Alexander A. Fels v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights deportation due-process equal-protection immigration-law legal-status Whether the Supreme Court should review the classification of an immigrant's legal status and potential constitutional violations related to deportati…
24-5284 Roy E. Terrell v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process jury-composition sixth-amendment statutory-amendment trial-rights Whether the trial court erred in instructing the jury on elements of crimes defined by a post-offense statute amendment and whether the defendant was …
24-5285 Ernesto Alba Vasquez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure factual-basis guilty-plea judicial-discretion plea-acceptance presentence-report Whether a factual basis lacking elements of the charged offense can be cured by a presentence report filed after a guilty plea acceptance
24-5286 Kenneth Rose v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-amendment criminal-law double-jeopardy judicial-review precedent-application statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court improperly disregarded Simpson v. U.S. precedent by assuming Congressional amendment of 18 U.S.C.A. § 924(c) in 1984 overrode …
24-5288 Edgar Alonso Esparza-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi-rule constitutional-interpretation judicial-review sentencing-precedent supreme-court-review Whether the Supreme Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States and clarify the scope of sentencing precedent
24-5289 Martin Robinson v. Ohio Medical Board, et al. Ohio Dismissed Response WaivedIFP constitutional-due-process judicial-misconduct jury-trial-right motion-for-counsel recusal-request supreme-court-procedure Whether the Supreme Court improperly denied petitioner's motions for counsel, jury trial, and judicial recusal despite allegations of judicial miscond…
24-5290 Kevin Duane Stunes v. Colorado Colorado Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance postconviction-review trial-counsel voluntary-intoxication When a state regulates a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel, does due process require that a defendant be allowed the opportunity to dev…
24-5293 Anthony Douglas Elonis v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction cyberstalking emotional-distress first-amendment intent-standard true-threat Whether the Third Circuit's decision affirming Petitioner's cyberstalking conviction is erroneous due to insufficient evidence of intent to cause emot…
24-5296 Joseph C. Payne v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None Question not identified.
24-5298 Jose Rosado v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge facial-challenge gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen
24-5300 Shakeen Davis, Jamal Lockley, and Dante D. Bailey v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bad-faith fourth-amendment probable-cause search-warrants warrant-clause wiretap-orders Does the Warrant Clause require a new trial when newly discovered evidence establishes that an affiant who applied for wiretap orders and search warra…
24-5301 Derek J. DeGroot v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP equitable-exception federal-court jurisdictional-limitation mootness rluipa sua-sponte Whether the doctrine of mootness remains a jurisdictional limitation given equitable exceptions and the 'capable of repetition yet evading review' sta…
24-5302 Victor Hugo Rodriguez Hernandez v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fingerprint-evidence habeas-corpus misidentification Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated due to potential misidentification and lack of due process in a criminal case involving V…
24-5303 Eric Krieg v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP deficient-performance habeas-corpus judicial-review precedent-ambiguity sentencing-review strickland-standard Could 'jurors of reason' disagree with the district court's conclusion that precedent is ambiguous when a derivative case is remanded for reconsiderat…
24-5305 In Re Babubhai Patel Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion district-court-jurisdiction habeas-corpus second-in-time-motion statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the Sixth Circuit abused its discretion by holding that a Second-in-Time 2255 Motion based on a new Supreme Court statutory interpretation rul…
24-5310 Paul Wagner v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest criminal-investigation due-process right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-attorney Whether a trial attorney's knowledge of a concurrent federal criminal investigation constitutes a disqualifying conflict of interest under the Sixth A…
24-5312 Genaro Medina-Luna v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-argument criminal-procedure guilty-plea indictment-waiver jurisdictional-error plea-validity Is Petitioner's appellate argument that his waiver of Indictment was invalid a claim of jurisdictional error that is not waived by an unconditional gu…
24-5313 Tony Carr, aka Tony Carnell, aka Tony Coronel Carr, aka T-Bone v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-general-memorandum crack-cocaine criminal-procedure fifth-amendment plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines Whether a defendant sentenced under pre-Garland memorandum crack cocaine sentencing guidelines is entitled to a remand for resentencing
24-5317 Jose Jimenez-Maria v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres constitutional-interpretation judicial-precedent precedent-overruling supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States
24-5318 Norberto Serna v. O’Brian Bailey, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process judicial-standard miranda-warning Whether the Court of Appeals imposed an incorrect standard for granting a certificate of appealability in conflict with Supreme Court precedent
24-5324 Marnell Johnson v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment circuit-split constructive-possession criminal-procedure due-process joint-possession Does the 3rd Circuit's interpretation of constructive possession doctrine, especially in joint constructive possession cases, violate the 5th Amendmen…
24-5327 Daniel Lopez, III v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-rules revocation-hearing sentencing-procedure supervised-release Whether Rule 32.1 or Rule 32 governs the procedural timing of sentencing following supervised release revocation
24-5329 Timothy Scott Hardin v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-consent categorical-approach circuit-split federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a conviction under state statutes criminalizing consensual sex between a 21-year-old and a 17-year-old qualifies as 'abusive sexual conduct in…
24-5330 Xavier Daughtry v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP carjacking crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a federal carjacking conviction qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A) post-Borden
24-5332 Armando Daniel Calderon v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure fourth-amendment law-enforcement property-rights reasonable-suspicion vehicle-seizure Does an officer violate a driver's Fourth Amendment property rights by continuing to seize a vehicle after the driver is in custody without independen…
24-5333 Jamal Mohammad Eleidy v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver deportation illegal-sentence sentencing-condition statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether an appeal waiver precludes appellate review of an illegal sentence imposing deportation as a supervised release condition for a U.S. citizen w…
24-5335 Valentino Cabral Darosa v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence fingerprint-evidence good-faith-exception search-warrant Whether the Fourth Circuit's decision in United States v. Darosa conflicts with other Circuit Courts' precedents regarding the admissibility of finger…
24-5336 Darryl Watts v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-proceeding competency constitutional-rights due-process liberty-interest sex-offender-registration Because a New York Sex Offender Registration Act proceeding implicates a fundamental liberty interest, requires complex factfinding that necessitates …
24-5337 Anderson Jose Coutinho-Silva v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None Question not identified.
24-5341 Charis Mapson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law due-process federal-procedure judicial-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5343 Victor Darnell Berry v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-right-to-defense conviction-set-aside criminal-procedure felon-in-possession knowledge-element youth-rehabilitation-act Whether a conviction set aside precludes a felon in possession of a firearm charge and whether a defendant can testify about their understanding of a …
24-5348 Tierzah Mapson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit declaration forma-pauperis jurisdiction oath writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24-5351 In Re Michael Toro El Denied IFP 13th-amendment constitutional-rights denationalization jurisdiction racial-labeling slavery Whether the use of racial labels on arrest records constitutes a violation of constitutional rights and a form of denationalization under the 13th Ame…
24-5353 Kollier Devonte Radney v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights counsel-replacement critical-stages due-process ineffective-assistance legal-representation Whether a former counsel's alleged ineffective assistance and potential due process violation impacted the defendant's right to representation during …
24-5355 Darius Leigh Gilkey v. Sherman Campbell, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-communication due-process ineffective-assistance prejudicial-error right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether a breakdown in attorney-client communication constitutes a Sixth Amendment violation of the right to counsel and whether ineffective assistanc…
24-5356 Floyd Preston Miller, III v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari constitutional-law judicial-review legal-procedure petition supreme-court Question not identified.
24-5362 Gumaro Maldonado-Sandoval v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari constitutional-interpretation judicial-precedent prior-conviction-exception sixth-amendment supreme-court-review Whether the Supreme Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States and reconsider the prior-conviction exception under the Sixth Amendment's…
24-5365 Troy Steven Richter v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-investigation erotica first-amendment fourth-amendment free-speech ineffective-assistance Does the First Amendment protect against criminal investigation initiation for materials deemed erotica and not violating criminal statutes?
24-5368 Joseph Roach v. Amy Robey, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP accomplice-liability criminal-conviction due-process jackson-v-virginia jury-unanimity sixth-circuit Whether a defendant was denied due process and a unanimous jury verdict when convicted under alternative theories of culpability and affirmed by the S…
24-5369 Tommy T. Branch v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP covid-19 imprisonment legislative-response rehabilitation sentencing-disparity term-reduction Question not identified.
24-5371 In Re Eric Martin Matthews Denied IFP aedpa-constitutionality appellate-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review plea-agreement subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Anti-Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) remains constitutional after Jones v. Hendrix and its impact on subject matter jurisdiction and p…
24-5372 Leland Corso, Jr. v. Stephen Waddell, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None Question not identified.
24-5375 Michael Antrantrino Lee v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law due-process retroactive-application sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-interpretation Does retroactive application of sentencing guidelines violate due process as construed by the Supreme Court?
24-5376 Donald Davis Gipson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession based on interstate travel and whether such statute is facially unconstitutional …
24-5377 Douglas Arcia-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi-rule certiorari prior-conviction-exception sixth-amendment supreme-court-review Whether the Supreme Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States and reconsider the prior-conviction exception under the Sixth Amendment
24-5378 Mitchell Danyell Banks v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alford-plea drug-conspiracy due-process evidence-destruction expert-testimony fundamental-fairness Whether expert testimony about destroyed drugs following an Alford Plea violates a defendant's due process rights in a subsequent federal drug conspir…
24-5379 Stephen T. Mitchell v. New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-ruling habeas-corpus hearsay-exclusion Whether the exclusion of a habeas petitioner's proffered testimony on hearsay grounds violated the petitioner's federal constitutional rights to due p…
24-5380 Leonus Stevenson Peterson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance section-2255-motion sentencing-variance sixth-amendment Did the lower courts err in conflating Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights, thereby denying both due process and effective assistance of counsel, when th…
24-5388 John Joseph Douglas v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP accomplice-liability armed-career-criminal-act criminal-liability criminal-procedure separate-offenses statutory-interpretation Whether a person can be held criminally liable under an accomplice liability statute for a separate offense under the Armed Career Criminal Act when t…
24-5392 Stephon James Whitney v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split en-banc-review firearm-possession prohibited-person second-amendment section-922g Should the Court grant the petition, vacate the judgment of the court of appeals, and remand for further consideration in light of Rahimi?
24-5393 Taddius Tyrone Woods v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is constitutional under the Second Amendment
24-5394 Nathan Brooks Manuelito v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-prosecution dual-purpose-statements evidence-reliability federal-rules-of-evidence hearsay-exception medical-treatment Whether statements made, in part, to provide evidence for a criminal prosecution can satisfy the hearsay exception in Federal Rule of Evidence 803(4) …
24-5397 Bruce Sanford v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights fourth-amendment freedom-of-movement law-enforcement probable-cause seizure Whether a citizen is seized within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment when law enforcement impedes the citizen's freedom of movement?
24-54 Palani Karupaiyan v. New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied civil-procedure extraordinary-writs mandamus prohibition relief standing test-condition writ writ-of-certiorari writ-of-mandamus writ-of-prohibition Question not identified.
24-5400 Javontae Quintez White v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split constitutional-law due-process judicial-review waiver Is a Constitutional Due Process violation triggered when an appellate court holds that an issue is waived if not specifically raised in the statement …
24-5401 Whitney Leigh Estep v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure fifth-amendment fourth-circuit sentencing-discretion witness-testimony Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in denying Ms. Estep's arguments regarding a witness's Fifth Amendment objection and the district court's sentencing …
24-5404 Mani Panoam Deng v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge drug-use firearm-prohibition guilty-plea menna-blackledge-doctrine second-amendment Whether a defendant retains the right to appeal an as-applied Second Amendment challenge after pleading guilty under the Menna-Blackledge doctrine, an…
24-5408 George Hall v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP federal-procedure investigative-process judicial-review jury-verdict legislative-pay south-dakota Whether a federal judge of South Dakota can review a jury's verdict and allow counselor legislative pay to be set by a jury in the investigative proce…
24-5409 Maxsony Coissy v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence judicial-interpretation violent-felony Whether, under the categorical approach, the elements of a prior state conviction are determined by judicial interpretations in effect at the time of …
24-5410 Joseph Miller v. Thomas Lillard Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa constitutional-rights ex-post-facto habeas-corpus legal-innocence statutory-interpretation Whether the Supreme Court's decision in Jones v. Hendrix can be applied retroactively, undermining habeas corpus review and potentially violating cons…
24-5416 Christopher Dominguez v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-rights excessive-force law-enforcement qualified-immunity use-of-force Whether the Ninth and Fourth Circuits apply different standards in evaluating qualified immunity for law enforcement officers' use of force claims
24-5419 Jonathan Fitzpatrick Koen v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause congressional-power federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 exceeds Congressional commerce authority in authorizing conviction based only upon proof that materials used to produce child…
24-5431 Jacob Valle v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure fourteenth-amendment jury-trial sixth-amendment social-science unanimous-verdict Whether Petitioner was derived of his right, under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged w…
24-5448 Karl D. Drew v. Stephen Smith, Acting Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP citizen-protections constitutional-rights due-process forensic-system incarceration maximum-state Does a forensic system that prevents an American citizen from challenging their maximum state without attenuator violate constitutional protections
24-5459 In Re Raul Chavez Denied IFP article-iii-jurisdiction constitutional-violations double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus speedy-trial Whether lower courts can delay and deny habeas corpus access while maintaining constitutional adherence to privilege guarantees
24-55 Montana v. Robert Murray Gibbons Montana Denied eighth-amendment excessive-fines-clause financial-burden financial-circumstances mandatory-fine mandatory-fines proportionality proportionality-factors sentencing sentencing-discretion Whether the Excessive Fines Clause requires the sentencing judge to consider a defendant's personal financial circumstances and the nature of the burd…
24-56 Janelle R. Polk v. California Franchise Tax Board California Denied Response Waived federal-income-tax federal-taxation gross-income income-definition labor labor-compensation source-of-income statutory-interpretation taxation united-states Whether all gross receipts paid to an individual in exchange for his or her labor or services performed in the United States of America are necessaril…
24-6 Stacy Williams, on Behalf of Her Minor Grandson, J. J. v. Andrew Williams, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights deshaney-v-winnebago due-process federal-circuit-split fifth-circuit judicial-interpretation legal-doctrine standing state-created-danger Whether the Court should end the Fifth Circuit's decades-long refusal to rule on the viability of the state-created danger doctrine by recognizing the…
24-60 Jimmie L. Bowen v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived coercive-questioning fifth-amendment fifth-amendment-violation interrogation interrogation-tactics juvenile-suspect miranda-rights secret-recording unreasonable-application Whether a detective's act of placing a juvenile suspect in an interview room with a juvenile co-suspect while secretly monitoring and recording the co…
24-61 Michael Cloud v. The Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights de-novo-review deference deferential-standard due-process erisa plan-administrator procedural-violation procedural-violations standard-of-review Whether significant procedural violations of ERISA require de novo review, strict adherence, or some other heightened standard that does not defer to …
24-62 Yan Ping Xu v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment employment-law municipal-employment performance-evaluation state-law summary-discharge Whether a permanent employee who has served for less than five years in the noncompetitive class in the City of New York could be summarily discharged…
24-63 Kalvin Schanz v. City of Otsego, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights degree-of-aid fair-housing-act interference intimidation protected-activity standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Fair Housing Act's prohibition on intimidation or interference with a person who has 'aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise…
24-65 Tony Ping Yew, as Executor of the Estate of John Y. Wei v. Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit Denied civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60b en-banc-review federal-jurisdiction judicial-immunity procedural-defect rooker-feldman-doctrine sovereign-immunity summary-judgment void-judgment Whether the Third Circuit have any jurisdictional power to rule to begin with; and even if the lower courts have jurisdictional power, Whether it is v…
24-66 United States, ex rel. Dana Johnson v. Raytheon Company Fifth Circuit Denied administrative-law civil-rights due-process government-contractor judicial-review national-security standing whistleblower Whether the standard in Department of the Navy v. Egan, 484 U.S. 518 (1988) precludes a private-sector whistleblower case
24-67 Tammie L. Terrell v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived age-discrimination-in-employment-act burden-of-proof but-for-causation causation differential-treatment employment-discrimination federal-employment personnel-action retaliation title-vii Whether differential treatment must contribute to the ultimate decision
24-68 Jian Wang, aka James Wang v. International Business Machines Corporation Second Circuit Denied americans-with-disabilities-act attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights communication-barrier due-process interpreter legal-ethics legal-misrepresentation settlement settlement-dispute sign-language-interpretation Whether $207,500 should be corrected to $207 million in the settlement term plus interest because effective and clear communication between attorneys …
24-69 Vishrut Amin, et al. v. Geico Indemnity Company, et al. Florida Denied 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-procedure-discovery constitutional-rights discovery-process due-process judicial-authority pro-se-litigants unethical-practice Whether the trial court abused its judicial power in denying the motion to compel discovery and violated the constitutional rights of the petitioners …
24-70 Ilya Kovalchuk v. City of Decherd, Tennessee Sixth Circuit Denied civil-rights discovery-standard due-process fourth-amendment monell-claim monell-liability municipal-liability plausibility-standard section-1983 twombly-iqbal Whether the Sixth Circuit's rejection of the 'plausibility' of Petitioner's Monell claim is erroneous, given its departure from the Twombly standard a…
24-75 Nicholas Yarofalchuw v. John Cabrera, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment curtilage curtilage-exception exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment misdemeanor misdemeanor-seizure reasonable-officer-standard santana-precedent search-and-seizure warrantless-arrest Is a warrantless arrest, in the absence of exigent circumstances, by physical force, for a misdemeanor, in the entrance to the curtilage of the suspec…
24-76 David Hill, Individually and dba DOH Oil Company v. Huntley Fort Gill, et al. Texas Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-notice due-process judicial-procedure notice property-rights statute-of-limitations tax-foreclosure Whether a statute can limit the time to challenge a tax sale for lack of constitutionally adequate notice to the owner, provided that the statute does…
24-78 Intelligent Waves, LLC v. Marthe Lattinville-Pace Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived adea age-discrimination but-for-causation civil-rights due-process eeoc-complaint employment employment-law equal-employment-opportunity-commission fourth-circuit Does a claim of age discrimination under 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. fail in the absence of but-for causation?
24-79 James W. A. Jackson v. Kelly K. Fitzgerald Rhode Island Denied child-custody due-process evidentiary-hearing hcch-1996 international-treaty personal-jurisdiction simultaneous-proceedings subject-matter-jurisdiction uccjea Does a defense of UCCJEA 'Simultaneous Proceedings' become moot when one and not all proceedings is dismissed?
24-8 John Meyer v. John Pellegrin Sixth Circuit Denied attorney-liability breach-of-contract civil-procedure criminal-defense criminal-defense-attorney exoneration legal-malpractice post-conviction-relief Whether a criminal defense lawyer should be held responsible for his actions and inactions even if his client is guilty of a lesser offense
24-80 Eliezer Taveras v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied claim-splitting due-process federal-jurisdiction procedural-removal removal rooker-feldman state-law state-law-claims Does the removal of a case from state to federal court, under allegations of fraudulent procedural conduct by the defendants and when the principal cl…
24-82 Christina Brown v. Amazon Headquarters, LLC, aka Amazon.com, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived course-of-business employer-liability employment medical-licensing unlawful-employment worker's-compensation workers-compensation workplace-liability workplace-safety wrongful-death Is illegal work considered legitimate work?
24-85 Merrilee Stewart v. Kim J. Brown, Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Franklin County, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights hearing-requirement housing-rights judicial-procedure procedural-due-process property-rights standing urban-housing-rights due-process
24-87 Robert Sylvester Kelly v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived child-protection criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law retroactive-legislation sex-offenses statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Whether the 2003 amendment to 18 U.S.C. § 3283 extended the statute of limitations for sex offenses against children to charges for conduct from the 1…
24-89 Cory Johnson v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment-search-and-seizure digital-evidence digital-privacy fourth-amendment gps metadata metadata-search probable-cause riley-precedent riley-v-california warrant-requirements warrant-scope Does Riley v. California prohibit the Government from searching privacy protected GPS information in the metadata of a digital video labeled contraban…
24-9 Michael Angelo v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split false-claims-act government-consent government-veto post-filing-release post-filing-settlement qui-tam relator settlement-agreement Whether a private release agreement between a relator and a qui tam defendant, executed after the filing of the qui tam action, is enforceable when th…
24-94 SC SJ Holdings, LLC, et al. v. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Third Circuit Denied Response Waived 11-usc-1127 11-usc-1144 attorney-malpractice bankruptcy-plan bankruptcy-reorganization-plan chapter-11 informed-consent malpractice-claims procedural-rules third-party-release Whether a non-consensual third-party release of debtors' attorneys for malpractice claims is enforceable when included in a confirmed Chapter 11 plan …
24-95 Jason Lou Peralta, et al. v. Worthington Industries, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied 28-usc-2072 28-usc-455 appellate-procedure certiorari court-of-appeals due-process judicial-disqualification judicial-misconduct recusal supervisory-powers Should-the-United-States-Supreme-Court-impose-a-requirement-of-mandatory-disqualification-of-Chief-Judges-of-the-Courts-of-Appeals
24-96 Xanadu Corp., et al. v. Meor Adlin, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied attorney-fees claims-administration class-action due-process judicial-review settlement-distribution unclaimed-property Whether Class Counsel and the claims administrator must turn over undelivered or uncashed checks payable to approved claimants in federal class action…
24-98 Norman Abood, et al. v. James P. Carroll, Chapter 7 Trustee Third Circuit Denied article-iii-courts article-three bankruptcy bankruptcy-court congress-power constitutional-authority judicial-council jurisdictional-challenge statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Whether the Virgin Islands Bankruptcy Court is lawfully constituted under Article III, § 1 of the United States Constitution
24A107 Jordan Powell v. JBG Smith Properties, et al. District of Columbia Presumed Complete 28-usc-1443 civil-rights remand removal statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether federal courts have subject matter jurisdiction to review a remand order under 28 U.S.C. §1443 involving a civil rights removal proceeding
24A136 In Re Dependency of M. R. Arizona Presumed Complete child-safety constitutional-rights fraud-allegations rule-60 service-of-process void-judgment Whether a state court's failure to enforce constitutional rights and alleged procedural irregularities constitute valid grounds for vacating prior jud…
24A189 Sherry Ann McGann v. Jeanne Y. Jagow, Chapter 7 Trustee United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the 1 Presumed Complete ada-violations bankruptcy-rights due-process fifth-amendment property-deprivation trustee-misconduct Whether the Fifth Amendment's due process protections require meaningful judicial review of trustee actions in bankruptcy proceedings that potentially…
24A61 Judy A. Brannberg v. Colorado Civil Rights Division, et al. Colorado Presumed Complete administrative-law antitrust-violations charter-schools civil-rights employment-discrimination state-agency-action Whether a state civil rights agency and local school district can be held liable for alleged antitrust violations and employment discrimination in den…
24M1 Christopher A. Perea v. Shane Stucker, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Presumed Complete None
24M10 Sean Reilly v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Presumed Complete None
24M11 Reginald Jackson v. E. Dustin Bickham, Warden, et al. Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete None
24M12 Bradford Metcalf v. United States Sixth Circuit Presumed Complete None
24M13 Jackson Peter Chiwanga v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete None
24M14 Jane Doe v. Katie Dishnica, Director, Department of Unemployment Assistance Massachusetts Presumed Complete None
24M15 Maritza Ortiz v. Supreme Court of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Presumed Complete None
24M16 In Re Rosalind Holmes Presumed Complete Relisted (2) None
24M17 Misop Baynun v. Bruce Hiltunen, et al. Massachusetts Presumed Complete None
24M18 Martha I. O. Mogaji v. Rosa Chan, et al. First Circuit Presumed Complete None
24M19 Oral Moore v. United States Eighth Circuit Presumed Complete None
24M2 Larry Donnell Dunlap v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None
24M20 Reginald L. Dunahue v. William F. Straughn, et al. Eighth Circuit Presumed Complete None
24M21 John Doe v. Securities and Exchange Commission District of Columbia Presumed Complete Relisted (2) None
24M22 Kariann V. v. Maine Department of Health and Human Services Maine Presumed Complete Relisted (2) None
24M23 Gerardo Farias-Contreras v. United States Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete Relisted (2) None
24M24 Sealed Appellant v. Sealed Appellee District of Columbia Presumed Complete None
24M3 Alejandro Evaristo Perez v. Disney Corporation, et al. Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete None
24M4 Ugur Tatlici v. Mehmet Tatlici Florida Presumed Complete None
24M5 Abbott Laboratories, et al. v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Third Circuit Presumed Complete None
24M6 Sealed Appellant v. Sealed Appellee Connecticut Presumed Complete None
24M7 I. M. v. Illinois Illinois Presumed Complete None
24M8 Jesse Regalado v. Town of Trion, Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit Presumed Complete Relisted (2) None
24M9 B. M. v. United States, et al. Armed Forces Presumed Complete Relisted (2) None