Conference: 2025-05-02
71 cases — 0 granted, 70 denied/dismissed, 1 pending
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-683 | Energetic Tank, Inc., as Owner of the M/V Alnic MC v. United States, et al. | Second Circuit | Denied | Amici (1) | admiralty-law federal-jurisdiction military-liability sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation tort-claims | The Federal Tort Claims Act waives the immunity of the United States for money-damages claims based on the negligence or wrongdoing of its employees a… | 11.5 |
| 24-685 | Susan McBrine, et al. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | Denied | Amici (1) | camp-lejeune justice-act mandamus-relief statutory-right trial-by-jury united-states | 1. Whether plaintiffs who bring actions against the United States under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 have the right to trial by jury. 2. Whet… | 11.5 |
| 24-920 | Keith Pardue, Vice President, Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, et al. v. Ronald S. Hines | Fifth Circuit | Pending | Amici (1) | constitutional-law first-amendment heightened-scrutiny professional-conduct speech-regulation veterinary-medicine | (1) Whether professional conduct regulations that incidentally burden speech are subject to heightened First Amendment scrutiny. (2) Assuming heighte… | 11.5 |
| 24-987 | Kingston Kohr, LLC v. City of Irvine, California | California | Denied | Response Waived | demolition-permit due-process local-government ministerial-duty property-rights takings-clause | 1. Whether owners of property in abatement have due process or property rights to conduct self demolition or whether this authority lies solely with l… | 8.5 |
| 24-944 | Cellspin Soft, Inc. v. Fitbit LLC, et al. | Federal Circuit | Denied | Relisted (2) | conflict-of-interest due-process investment-disclosure judicial-ethics judicial-recusal statutory-interpretation | 28 U.S.C. § 455 outlines the grounds for disqual ification of judges and magistrates due to potential biases or conflicts of interest. This Honorable … | 6.0 |
| 24-1024 | Clarence Cocroft, et al. v. Chris Graham, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Revenue, et al. | Fifth Circuit | Denied | Amici (2)Response Waived | central-hudson commercial-speech constitutional-law first-amendment regulatory-speech state-law | Under this Court's four-part Central Hudson framework, truthful speech promoting a commercial transaction is protected under the First Amendment. Sinc… | 5.5 |
| 24-1051 | Michael Nissen v. Javier Ambler, Sr., Individually and on Behalf of All Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Javier Ambler, II, the Estate of Javier Ambler, II, and as Next Friend of J. R. A., minor child, et al. | Fifth Circuit | Denied | Amici (2)Response Waived | deadly-force excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement qualified-immunity use-of-force | After a crash filled 20-minute high-speed car chase— caught on video by police helicopter—Javier Ambler II died while resisting being handcuffed due … | 5.5 |
| 24-701 | Douglas B. Moylan, Attorney General of Guam v. Lourdes Leon Guerrero, Governor of Guam | Guam | Denied | attorney-general executive-authority organic-act prosecutorial-discretion separation-of-powers territorial-law | 1. Whether the Supreme Court of Guam violated the Guam Organic Act's designation of the Attorney General of Guam as the "Chief Legal Officer of the Go… | 5.5 | |
| 24-937 | Miguel Adan Cayetano v. Texas | Texas | Denied | confrontation-clause constitutional-violations due-process fraud-on-court prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court-authority | 1. Since the District Attorney/State orchestrated fraud with (4) four witnesses assuring the Elements of the Crime were buttressed so that the jury wo… | 5.5 | |
| 24A862 | Jason Krumback v. Amber Pirraglia, Acting Warden, et al. | Eighth Circuit | Presumed Complete | None | 5.5 | ||
| 24A864 | Kelsey Schier, Administrator of the Estate of Guenter Werner Schier v. Matthew Anderton | Ninth Circuit | Presumed Complete | None | 5.5 | ||
| 24A902 | Michael Prete v. Rhode Island | Rhode Island | Presumed Complete | None | Question not identified. | 5.5 | |
| 24M79 | Andrew Bell, et al. v. Karli Swift, et al. | Georgia | Presumed Complete | None | 5.5 | ||
| 24M80 | Andrew W. Bell, et al. v. Karli Swift, et al. | Georgia | Presumed Complete | None | 5.5 | ||
| 24M81 | Benjamin Dykman v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System | Seventh Circuit | Presumed Complete | None | 5.5 | ||
| 24-1052 | Open Justice Baltimore, et al. v. Baltimore City Law Department, et al. | Fourth Circuit | Denied | Amici (1)Response Waived | alternative-explanation burden-of-proof civil-procedure motion-to-dismiss plausibility-threshold pleading-standard | Whether a defendant who offers a competing alternative explanation for conduct alleged in a plaintiff's complaint bears the burden of showing that the… | 4.5 |
| 24-971 | Seafreeze Shoreside, Inc., et al. v. Department of the Interior, et al. | First Circuit | Denied | Amici (1)Response Waived | administrative-law agency-deference environmental-policy judicial-review offshore-energy statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether the First Circuit's decision conflicts with Loper Lights Enters v. Raimondo , 603 U.S. 369 (2024), which requires courts to independentl… | 4.5 |
| 24-593 | William F. Kaetz v. United States, et al. | Third Circuit | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2) | bankruptcy civil-rights constitutional-rights legal-malpractice separation-of-powers treason | Can this Court, consistently with its obligations to uphold and to enforce the Constitution, trade the constitutionally guaranteed rights of millions … | 4.0 |
| 24-825 | WC Realty Group, Inc., dba Century 21 WC Realty v. Affordable Aerial Photography, Inc. | Eleventh Circuit | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2) | copyright-infringement fee-motion litigation-strategy meritorious-defense statutory-interpretation voluntary-dismissal | 1. Whether a defendant is barred from recovering attorney's fee under 17 U.S.C. §505 because a plaintiff's Rule 41(a)(1) voluntary dismissal is not a … | 4.0 |
| 24-1044 | Erroll Tyler, individually and as President and CEO of Nautical Tours, Inc., et al. v. Michael Cox, Commissioner, Boston Police Department, et al. | First Circuit | Denied | Response Waived | civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection summary-judgment void-judgment | Whether the First Circuit erred in holding that City officials decision [not] to act on Petitioners completed sightseeing vehicle license applications… | 3.5 |
| 24-1049 | Wei Qiu v. Board of Education of Bowling Green Independent Schools, Kentucky | Sixth Circuit | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights due-process equal-protection rule-59e summary-judgment title-vii | Question 1. Should a plaintiffs response to the motion to dismiss be converted to a summary motion when some of the evidence are "the matters outside … | 3.5 |
| 24-1054 | Derek Blockhus v. United Airlines, Inc. | Seventh Circuit | Denied | Response Waived | civil-procedure employment-discrimination evidence-authentication fmla-interference summary-judgment witness-credibility | 1. Did the Appellate Court properly construe all facts in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, as required by Federal Rule of Civil Proced… | 3.5 |
| 24-1058 | CloudofChange, LLC v. NCR Corporation | Federal Circuit | Denied | Response Waived | direct-use federal-circuit method-claims patent-infringement system-claims vicarious-liability | Whether the same vicarious liability analysis for direct use infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(a) must be applied to both method and system claims. | 3.5 |
| 24-966 | Responsible Offshore Development Alliance, a D.C. Nonprofit Corporation v. Department of the Interior, et al. | First Circuit | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-interpretation federal-permitting fishing-industry ocean-energy offshore-wind statutory-construction | Section 1337(p)(4) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act requires that the Secretary "shall ensure" that any approved activity under this subsectio… | 3.5 |
| 24-976 | Alaris Health at Boulevard East v. National Labor Relations Board | Third Circuit | Denied | Response Waived | collective-bargaining contract-negotiation due-process employment-terms labor-relations nlrb-authority | 1. Whether clauses in an expired collective bargaining agreement form part of the status quo that must be maintained after the expiration of the contr… | 3.5 |
| 24-6714 | David C. Lettieri v. Joel L. Daniels, et al. | Second Circuit | Dismissed | IFP | class-of-one constitutional-claim disability-discrimination ineffective-counsel section-1985 title-42 | How does a "class of one" apply? 2. Does private have more of an element to be under Title 42 United States Code 1985(3)? 3. Is disability a class a… | 0.5 |
| 24-6071 | Avontae Lamar Tucker v. United States | Eighth Circuit | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | None | Does U.S.S.G. §3E1.1 apply when a defendant has voluntary terminated from the specific conduct he has pleaded guilty to, or does it only apply when th… | -1.0 |
| 24-6736 | David C. Lettieri v. Federal Bureau of Investigation | Second Circuit | Dismissed | Response WaivedIFP | appeal-court constitutional-procedure in-forma-pauperis judicial-delay notification-requirement procedural-rights | 1. How long does an appeal court have before it becomes a violation of rights? 2. Does the plaintiff have a right to be notified of ah informa paupri… | -1.5 |
| 24-6781 | Saud A. Alessa v. United States | Ninth Circuit | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-tax-code criminal-liability due-process evidence-preclusion tax-law willfulness | Whether the district court can preclude a defendant from presenting evidence about the complexity in the civil tax code to defend against the governme… | -1.5 |
| 24-6924 | John Gabriel Trevino v. United States | Fifth Circuit | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release | Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1), and post-conviction supervised release restrictions prohibiting possession of a firearm on any supervisee regardless of … | -1.5 |
| 24-6953 | Terrell Dewayne Johnson v. United States | Fifth Circuit | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | None | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583 comports with the Sixth Amendment? | -1.5 |
| 24-6963 | Ever Martinez-Romero v. United States | Fifth Circuit | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | None | I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei… | -1.5 |
| 23-7209 | Angela L. McCarthy v. Walmart Inc. | Seventh Circuit | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | civil-procedure denial due-process judicial-procedure petition petition-denial rehearing rehearing-request standing | I want to know why I was denied the petition for rehearing on January 17th, 2024. | -4.0 |
| 24-5927 | William Dale Watson v. William Streeter, Warden, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | criminal-procedure evidence-admissibility judicial-error jurisdictional-challenge prosecutorial-misconduct trial-fairness | 1. Mr. Watson alleged the circuit court did not have the jurisdiction to try his case or sentence him, due to his Forged waiver of arraignment by an o… | -4.0 |
| 24-6007 | Warren Dale Watson v. Dave Bergman, Warden, et al. | Tenth Circuit | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | faretta-guidelines judicial-discretion pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-court-procedure | 1. Mr. Watson alleges that the District State Court failed to follow the requirements in which Watson made a clear and unequivocal request for self-re… | -4.0 |
| 24-6212 | Raymond Anthony Lewis v. Raul Morales, Acting Warden | Ninth Circuit | Denied | IFP | capital-sentencing death-penalty extraneous-evidence habeas-corpus jury-misconduct religious-bias | 1) In a death penalty case, does post-trial evidence showing that the jury foreperson told the panel on the fourth day of sentencing deliberations tha… | -4.5 |
| 24-6396 | Ryan Perrin v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | Denied | IFP | armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-procedure prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement state-court-decisions | I. When applying the categorical approach to determine whether a prior state conviction qualifies as a predicate for the Armed Career Criminal Act (AC… | -4.5 |
| 24-6399 | Christopher Londonio and Terrance Caldwell v. United States, et al. | Second Circuit | Denied | IFP | None | I. Whether a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death but can be committed by failing to take action, has as an element the use, attempted … | -4.5 |
| 24-6420 | Stephen C. Stanko v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. | Fourth Circuit | Denied | IFP | capital-punishment expert-services habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel traumatic-brain-injury waiver-of-counsel | 1. Does 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) require a certificate of appealability for review of an order prematurely granting summary judgment against the peti… | -4.5 |
| 24-6684 | Andrew Rick Lopez v. Correctional Officer D. C. Thomas | Ninth Circuit | Denied | IFP | administrative-exhaustion constitutional-rights due-process jury-trial prison-grievance summary-judgment | UNIFORMITY AMONG THE CIRCUITS I. Definitive Guidance Is Needed on Whether The Ninth Circuit 's Decision Conflicts with Other Circuit Court Reasoning… | -4.5 |
| 24-6685 | Rodney Douglas Eaves v. Ms. Kory, et al. | Tenth Circuit | Denied | IFP | covid-19 eighth-amendment injunctive-relief mootness prisoner-rights pro-se-complaint | 1. Was the exposure to COVID-19 sufficiently serious enough to trigger an Eighth Amendment protection? 2. Does the permanent loss of the sense of sme… | -4.5 |
| 24-6696 | James R. Turner, III v. Edward Rapp | Second Circuit | Denied | IFP | appellate-procedure constitutional-protections due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion recusal | 1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals erred in denying petitioner's motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis in violation of and applicab… | -4.5 |
| 24-6697 | Steve C. Chadwick v. Maryland | Fourth Circuit | Denied | IFP | None | Question not identified. | -4.5 |
| 24-6699 | Reginald Lee Clark v. Bryan Collier, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, et al. | Fifth Circuit | Denied | IFP | constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel state-action | 1. Does Equitable Tolling or the Accrual Rule apply to the application of 28 USC §2244(d), upon discovery of previously concealed material information… | -4.5 |
| 24-6701 | Michael Guisto Cromey, Jr. v. Texas | Texas | Denied | IFP | None | Question not identified. | -4.5 |
| 24-6717 | Allaquan Jackson, aka Khalif Jackson, aka Kailif Jackson v. New Jersey | New Jersey | Denied | IFP | alibi-witness due-process fair-trial judicial-bias recusal sixth-amendment | I. IS THE SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL VIOLATED BY THE TRIAL JUDGE WHO POSSESSED "PERSONAL" KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PETITIONER'S ALIBI WITNESS, A… | -4.5 |
| 24-6721 | In Re Eddie Scott | Denied | IFP | constitutional-rights federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus mandamus-writ state-proceedings younger-doctrine | Whether the chief judge can keep a case closed even after the plaintiff overcame the younger doctrine by being acquitted after a state trial on 8/1/20… | -4.5 | |
| 24-6982 | In Re Lawrence J. Gerrans | Denied | IFP | constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction statutory-interpretation | Is Petitioner being detained and imprisoned in violation of the 1. Constitution, Statutory laws or Federal Rule(s) of Criminal Procedure? Is Petition… | -4.5 | |
| 24-6251 | Daryl B. Kiddey v. Transportation Security Administration | Eighth Circuit | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | None | Does the 14th amendment apply to the Federal government, either as ordered by the Court, or via the 9th? If the question above is yes, Is the The TSA… | -6.0 |
| 24-6293 | Ohio, ex rel. John Paul Gomez v. Dan Favreau, Judge, et al. | Ohio | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | constitutional-rights court-access due-process equal-protection judicial-bias vexatious-litigator | This case raises critical questions regarding constitutional rights of parents in family and juvenile court proceedings, and the necessity for a reaso… | -6.0 |
| 24-6394 | In Re Saaed Moslem, et al. | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights judicial-fraud jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct statute-of-limitations writ-of-mandamus | Whether the Second Circuit's failure to address Petitioners' claims of prosecutorial misconduct and judicial fraud, despite multiple emergency motions… | -6.5 | |
| 24-6707 | Eddie Turner v. Department of Justice, Office of Administration, et al. | Ninth Circuit | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | access-to-courts filing-fees judicial-review mandamus procedural-technicalities sovereign-immunity | PETTIANER. YAS CLEP SUFEILIENT FAC, THAT PROVES' B (LERY PRESENT BND MINIGrE TAL puTy Owen To THE PET Toner Ufan THE RESCONDENTS PUES MCLEAN PRESENT A… | -6.5 |
| 24-6708 | Grace Wilson Marshall v. Benjamin Ryan Caudill | Kentucky | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-custody domestic-violence federal-law jurisdiction protective-order uccjea | 1. Whether a state court's failure to exercise jurisdiction under the UCCJEA, despite previously issuing a protective order, violates the Full Faith a… | -6.5 |
| 24-6745 | Robert Lee Foster v. Kim Cargor, Warden | Sixth Circuit | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | None | DID THE DISTRICT COURT IMPROPERLY GRANT SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON PLAINTIFF'S CLAIMS? DID PETITIONER-PLAINTIFF SUFFICIENTLY SATISFY THE EXHAUST OF AVAILABL… | -6.5 |
| 24-6748 | Clifford Charles Galley, II v. Colorado | Colorado | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | consecutive-sentences constitutional-proportionality cruel-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment life-without-parole sentencing | 1) Under the ever evolving standards that mark the progress of a maturing society, does the Eighth Amendments prohibition against cruel and unusual pu… | -6.5 |
| 24-6780 | Earl Felton Crago, Jr. v. Arizona | Arizona | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conviction-review criminal-procedure federal-court habeas-corpus state-court subject-matter-jurisdiction | 1. Whether a state court defendant, when a state court of conviction lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter, can appeal a conviction to a higher s… | -6.5 |
| 24-6831 | David Anthony Harris v. Elton Rogers, Warden | Fourth Circuit | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | None | Question not identified. | -6.5 |
| 24-6870 | Christopher Lee Marinakis v. Arizona | Arizona | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | None | Question not identified. | -6.5 |
| 24-6893 | Jonathan Taum v. United States | Ninth Circuit | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-interpretation cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment hudson-v-mcmillian prison-guard prisoner-rights | 1. Did the Ninth Circuit err when it disregarded Petitioner Taum's argument that Hudson v. McMillian, 503 U.S. 1 (1992) was wrongly decided and should… | -6.5 |
| 24-6896 | In Re Nicholas Lee Blair | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent habeas-corpus rule-60b | 1. What is the proper statutory definition of the terms "lascivious exhibition", "engaging in", and "sexually explicit", as written in 18 U.S.C. § 22… | -6.5 | |
| 24-6907 | Oscar Omar Lobo-Lopez v. United States | Fourth Circuit | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment | THE SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO COUNSEL EXTENT TO ALL CRITICAL STASHES OF A CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS LIKE COMPASSIONATE RELEASE, WHEN COUNSEL FAILED TO PROPE… | -6.5 |
| 24-6914 | Joanthony Johnson v. Michael Shewmaker, Warden | Eighth Circuit | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | certificate-of-appealability federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default state-court-procedure statutory-interpretation | Whether a reasonable jurist could debate whether 28 U.S.C. §2254(d) is applicable to a case in which the state court rejected the petitioner's claim o… | -6.5 |
| 24-6920 | Bobby B. Kirkendoll v. Warden | Fifth Circuit | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | due-process extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus interstate-agreement-detainers-act non-party-state temporary-custody | WHETHER THE INTERSTATE AGREEMENT DETAINERS ACT (IAD) 18 U.S.C. App § 2 PROVIDES AN EXCEPTION CLAUSE UNDER V(g) PROVIDING DUE PROCESS PROTECTIONS FOR … | -6.5 |
| 24-6926 | Elijah Bankston, aka Tommy Lee v. Florida | Florida | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-separation manifest-injustice | This Court's original jurisdiction to issue the Writ of Certiorari to complete exercising of its authority and jurisdiction is therefore properly invo… | -6.5 |
| 24-6927 | Bryant Cobb v. Ohio | Ohio | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review constitutional-rights excessive-bail fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment motion-to-suppress | Whether the Ohio Court of Appeals for the Fifth Appellate District's affirmation of the denial of Petitioner's motion to suppress is repugnant to the … | -6.5 |
| 24-6945 | William Eugene Mulligan v. United States | Ninth Circuit | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | None | 1. Does the mere existence of a police policy allowing the impoundment of a car obstructing traffic authorize a prolonged warrantless seizure of a car… | -6.5 |
| 24-6952 | David J. Rudometkin v. United States | Armed Forces | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | all-writs-act appellate-defense-counsel court-of-appeals-for-armed-forces jurisdiction military-justice sixth-amendment | Whether the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF) has jurisdiction to deny appellate defense counsel assigned by U.S. Army Judge Advocate Gener… | -6.5 |
| 24-6960 | Ellancer Allen McGrady v. Florida | Florida | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | None | 1. Whether the trial court's performing its gatekeeping function of questioning the child in order to determine competency in the presence of the jury… | -6.5 |
| 24-6965 | Rocco Americo Malanga v. United States | Third Circuit | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-law agency-guidance criminal-liability due-process sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | 1. Does the Due Process Clause bar criminal liability and sentencing enhancements based on agency guidance issued after the alleged conduct, especiall… | -6.5 |
| 24-6966 | Mick J. Careaga v. United States | Ninth Circuit | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | acquittal criminal-procedure due-process jury-verdict lesser-included-offense trial-by-jury | I. Whether the Due Process clause permits a court to ignore without inquiry a jury's finding of Not Guilty on a lesser, necessarily included charge, w… | -6.5 |
| 24-6984 | Tyrone Woodson v. Florida | Florida | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-regulation second-amendment state-law | Does Fla. Stat. § 790.23(1) and (1)(a), which makes it "unlawful for any person to own or to have in his or her care, custody, possession, or control … | -6.5 |