Conference: 2025-05-22

75 cases — 1 granted, 73 denied/dismissed, 1 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-7541 Tommy Duane Barnes v. Roberto Felix, Jr., et al. Fifth Circuit GVR Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-rights conspiracy conspiracy-to-murder constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-misconduct jurisdiction pro-se-representation standing texas-jurisdiction tyranny Was the petitioner's constitutional rights violated by the denial of a telephone hearing after being granted pro se representation?
24-1002 Steven C. Fustolo v. The Patriot Group, LLC Massachusetts Denied automatic-stay bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-stay judicial-enforcement legal-remedy state-court-injunction Does an automatic stay in bankruptcy prevent a state from enforcing a pre-stay state court injunction against a bankruptcy petitioner during the perio…
24-1005 Nathan Young v. Burton W. Wiand, As Receiver for Oasis International Group Ltd., Oasis Management, LLC and Satellite Holdings Company Ninth Circuit Denied jurisdiction non-party personal-communications receiver standing subpoena Does a sole member and shareholder of a nonparty LLC, who specially appeared in the lower court proceedings, have standing to appeal a federal receive…
24-1006 Lisa Antoine v. Oxmoor Preservation/One, LLC Alabama Denied 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection property-rights state-law water-drainage QP: Does the 14th Amendment allow Alabama to deny Lisa Antoine equal protection and due process by imposing drainage restrictions and property access …
24-1007 Thomas J. Ayers v. Joseph Markiewicz, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived arbitration-agreement breach-of-contract constitutional-rights due-process fiduciary-duty tortious-interference Whether the denial of dispute resolution and arbitration by Defendants constitutes a breach of contract, violation of due process, and infringement of…
24-1008 Justicia Rizzo v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sixth Circuit Denied civil-procedure court-jurisdiction default-judgment federal-rules judicial-discretion service-of-process Whether the Petitioner is entitled to Default Judgment and whether the Eastern District Court abused its discretion in multiple procedural rulings
24-1012 Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company v. Martin J. O’Leary, et al. Montana Denied choice-of-law legal-malpractice multi-jurisdictional-practice personal-jurisdiction professional-liability specific-jurisdiction Is a lawyer with a multi-jurisdictional law practice subject to specific personal jurisdiction for a legal malpractice claim in a state where the lawy…
24-1013 In Re Louis B. Antonacci Dismissed Response Waived bar-admission civil-procedure due-process judicial-review racketeering subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Fourth Circuit must exercise jurisdiction and rule on Antonacci's appeals involving RICO claims and procedural challenges
24-1014 Pedro Ortiz Romero v. Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority, et al. First Circuit Denied age-discrimination burden-of-proof disparate-impact eeoc-regulation employment-law reasonable-factors Whether an employee alleging disparate impact under the ADEA bears the burden of persuasion on the 'reasonable factors other than age' defense
24-1019 Kurt Kanam v. Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior, et al. District of Columbia Denied administrative-law declaratory-relief federal-indian-law injunctive-relief mandamus tribal-recognition Whether the Supreme Court can review administrative tribal recognition under the List Act and determine the appropriate judicial remedy for lack of ad…
24-1029 Abram J. Harris v. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure district-court jurisdictional-requirements removal-jurisdiction state-court statutory-interpretation Whether an action may be removed to the district court after it has been dismissed in the state court and a notice of appeal filed; Whether the remova…
24-1038 Sarsvatkumar Patel v. Long Island University Second Circuit Denied Response Waived discrimination due-process fmla retaliation seventh-amendment title-vii In a Title VII and FMLA discrimination and retaliation case, does denying a jury trial to a plaintiff who knowingly and voluntarily chose trial over s…
24-1045 City of Los Angeles, California v. Jesus Pimentel, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 burden-of-proof eighth-amendment excessive-fines gross-disproportionality prima-facie-case Does a government defending against an Eighth Amendment excessive fines claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 bear a burden to produce affirmative evidence tha…
24-1076 John Sigley v. ND Fairmont LLC Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived americans-with-disabilities-act dischargeable-misconduct employment-discrimination fourth-circuit medical-condition-disclosure post-offer-questionnaire Whether an individual's decision not to disclose a medical condition on a post-offer questionnaire receives protection under the ADA?
24-1101 Ali Bahreman v. Allegiant Air, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived collective-bargaining duty-of-fair-representation employee-rights labor-organization railway-labor-act union-representation Do a union and employer violate the Railway Labor Act by requiring non-members to financially support a union in a manner not authorized by statute, a…
24-1103 Caleb D. Glick v. American Bar Association Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived antitrust-statutes constitutional-law contract-interpretation stare-decisis state-immunity supremacy-clause Whether the U.S. Constitution and Texas Constitution constitute binding contracts between parties, and whether an unenumurated immunity exists to anti…
24-205 Michael Alan Weiss, as Executor of Estate of Jane L. Marsh v. Peggy Pei Lin, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) 9th-circuit constitutional-procedure due-process federal-appellate-procedure judicial-misconduct property-rights Whether the 9th Circuit panel and its staff have used unconstitutional procedural or substantive means to deprive petitioners of their contractually v…
24-410 L. M., a Minor, By and Through His Father and Stepmother and Natural Guardians, Christopher and Susan Morrison v. Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit Denied Amici (13)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (12) first-amendment ideological-speech personal-identity school-censorship student-speech tinker-standard Whether school officials may presume substantial disruption or a violation of the rights of others from a student's silent, passive, and untargeted id…
24-556 Joe Fernandez v. United States Second Circuit Granted Amici (9)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-reasons judicial-discretion sentence-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether the Second Circuit erred in recognizing extra-textual limitations on what information a court may consider when determining whether there exis…
24-6126 Joel S. Elliott v. United States Tenth Circuit Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP circuit-split discretionary-sentence extraordinary-compelling-reasons federal-criminal-law sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a combination of 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) can include reasons also alleged as grounds for vacatu…
24-6158 Elden Don Brannan v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-prosecution destructive-device firearms-regulation military-ordinance statutory-interpretation weapon-design Whether the National Firearms Act's language regarding 'destructive device' defines an essential element of the crime or an affirmative defense
24-616 Officer Benjamin M. Bauer v. Ethan Daniel Marks Eighth Circuit GVR Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) fourth-amendment law-enforcement medical-evacuation protest seizure use-of-force Whether the use of a less-lethal projectile during a violent protest to repel an attacker and protect officers and civilians constitutes a Fourth Amen…
24-6248 Kenneth Brown v. Robert Adams, Jr., Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-homicide due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance proximate-causation sixth-amendment Whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request a jury instruction on proximate causation in a criminal homicide case and whether conflic…
24-6300 Pablo Gutierrez v. Florida Florida Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment interpreter-rights sixth-amendment Whether Petitioner was deprived of his rights to due process and confrontation under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, where the interpreter was pr…
24-6397 Mahfooz Ahmad v. Colin Day, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split civil-procedure dismissal-standard judicial-consistency procedural-fairness rule-12b6 Does the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) require a consistent standard across circuits, or may courts apply varying criteria leading to unpre…
24-6449 Belinda Jones v. Jeremy Howard, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP due-process false-testimony fourteenth-amendment legal-conflict napue-standard trial-fairness Whether the Fourteenth Amendment is violated when lower courts' legal standard for false testimony claims conflicts with the Supreme Court's standard …
24-6726 Jason Krumback v. Amber Pirraglia, Acting Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP court-jurisdiction habeas-corpus innocence-claim procedural-default sentencing-review witness-testimony Whether a pro se petitioner can challenge multiple procedural aspects of a habeas corpus petition and court proceedings
24-6791 Ladarrell C. Washington v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
24-6808 Quovadus Mahomes v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP None Question not identified.
24-6809 Ali R. Muhammad v. Lone Star Funds, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process federal-court judicial-bias rooker-feldman-doctrine sherman-antitrust-act Does CAPERTON v. A.T. MASSEY COAL CO. allow a plaintiff to sue in federal court by claiming a due process violation due to an unconstitutional potenti…
24-6820 David C. Lettieri v. Broome County Sheriffs, et al. Second Circuit Dismissed IFP case-reopening constitutional-rights false-charges imminent-danger in-forma-pauperis legal-intervention Does a case reopen when the reasons for no insurance are unclear, and do false charges constitute an imminent danger warranting legal intervention?
24-6825 Jane Doe v. Jack Dwosh California Denied IFP anti-slapp constitutional-rights federal-courts first-amendment petition-clause state-courts Whether anti-SLAPP statutes used in state and federal courts violate First Amendment rights of plaintiffs to petition the courts when even meritorious…
24-6828 Eric W. Strong v. Chris S. Buesgen, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-claims due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus indigent-defendant no-merit-appeal Whether an indigent defendant is entitled to his attorney-client file and state court transcripts during a no-merit appeal to preserve constitutional …
24-6829 Timothy Dasler v. Jennifer Knapp, fka Dasler Vermont Denied IFP due-process evidentiary-standards judicial-review pro-se-litigant procedural-safeguards retroactive-restrictions Does a state violate the Due Process Clause when retroactively imposing litigation restrictions on a pro se litigant without specific findings, height…
24-6834 Kimeo Delmar Conley v. Tami J. Schult Seventh Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-default Whether a state court's denial of a habeas petition based on procedural default can be overcome by a showing of actual innocence
24-6835 Sean Shelton v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP None Question not identified.
24-6840 In Re Lolonyon Y. Akouete Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy-appeal bankruptcy-procedure due-process finality-doctrine irreparable-harm judicial-review Whether the First Circuit and Bankruptcy Appellate Panel erred in dismissing Petitioner's appeal for lack of finality by narrowly interpreting the For…
24-6843 Albert J. Townsend v. Jerry Spatny, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-due-process Whether petitioner sufficiently demonstrated a substantial denial of a constitutional right to require the issuance of a certificate of appealability …
24-6844 In Re Gayle George Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-procedure congressional-oversight constitutional-authority dc-home-rule judicial-review Whether the Superior Court of the District of Columbia is an agency subject to congressional oversight under the DC Home Rule Act, and whether the DC …
24-6846 Gayle George v. U.S. Bank National Association, as Legal Title Trustee for Truman 2016 SC6 Title Trust District of Columbia Denied IFP banking-regulations due-process federal-enforcement judicial-taking jurisdiction property-rights Whether District of Columbia courts have jurisdiction to adjudicate claims involving judicial taking of private property without due process and just …
24-6851 Irving A. Harned, Jr. v. Office of the Clerk, Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP absolute-immunity court-order georgia-law interested-parties judicial-immunity legal-jurisdiction Can Georgia law grant 'ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY' to any party other than a judge without a court order?
24-6852 Eric William Diaz v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied IFP double-jeopardy legal-counsel plea-negotiation sentencing sexual-offense sixth-amendment Whether the Pennsylvania State Courts violated the Double Jeopardy Clause and Sixth Amendment Rights during sentencing and plea negotiations involving…
24-6853 Brett A. Sinkevitch v. Jamie Miller, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance insufficient-evidence ninth-circuit Did the Ninth Circuit err in denying a COA where a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right was demonstrated because reasonable jur…
24-6854 Austin Roger Carter v. Genesis Alkali LLC, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights judicial-misconduct sarbanes-oxley statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit whistleblower-protection Did the Tenth Circuit err in disregarding the unanimous findings of the United States Supreme Court in regard to the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 1514A?
24-6857 Maria Herta v. Superior Court of California, San Diego County, et al. California Denied IFP constitutional-rights custody-proceedings due-process first-amendment judicial-immunity jurisdictional-challenge Whether the Superior Court of San Diego County violated Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment right to due process by issuing and enforcing a custody orde…
24-6858 Deon D. Colvin v. Superior Court of the District of Columbia District of Columbia Denied IFP intrajudicial-claims judicial-bias judicial-disqualification mandamus-relief objective-observer statutory-interpretation Whether the D.C. Court of Appeals applied an overly vague and undefined standard for determining judicial bias and mandamus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 4…
24-6859 Cecil Ray v. Angela Phams, Warden, et al. Georgia Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment right-to-counsel state-courts Whether the Georgia State Courts violated the petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment due process rights by denying access to case records for direct appeal…
24-6860 Mitchell S. Sanderson v. Kari Agotness, Judge, District Court of North Dakota, Northeast Judicial District Five North Dakota Denied IFP constitutional-law due-process judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct oath-of-office supremacy-clause Whether a County District Judge can systematically ignore or violate multiple legal standards and constitutional protections
24-6864 Darren Latodd Houston v. Texas Texas Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-fairness judicial-error jury-instructions Whether a state court's failure to properly instruct the jury on the elements of a criminal offense constitutes a violation of due process and fundame…
24-6866 Adrian Lee Guzman v. Colorado Colorado Denied IFP case-statement constitutional-provisions jurisdiction statutory-provisions supreme-court-procedure writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24-6889 Benjamin LaCount, II v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure-act due-process judicial-review subject-matter-jurisdiction va-procedural-violations veterans-judicial-review-act Whether the Veterans' Judicial Review Act (VJRA) bars judicial review of procedural due process and APA violations by the Department of Veterans Affai…
24-6906 Reginald Mack v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion expert-witness jury-intelligence medical-malpractice spoliation summary-judgment Was the layman's intelligence gravely discounted in this medical malpractice case without determining the base of that common knowledge of a Virginia …
24-6919 Pablo Enrique Rosado Sanchez v. Travis Kalanick, et al. First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP algorithmic-harassment employment-discrimination independent-contractor-rights non-disclosure-agreement tip-stealing uber-ai-manipulation Whether Uber's use of generative artificial intelligence to manipulate driver earnings and employment status constitutes an unlawful labor practice th…
24-6940 Tam Q. Le v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP allen-charge constitutional-rights fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment non-unanimous-jury sixth-amendment Whether the trial court committed reversible error by providing an Allen charge to a deadlocked jury and whether Mr. Le was convicted by a non-unanimo…
24-6944 Andrew Isaacs v. Interplex Sunbelt, Inc., et al. Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP fourteenth-amendment judicial-jurisdiction labor-law osha-regulations workers-compensation workplace-safety Whether a Judge of Compensation Claims' jurisdictional ruling over an employee's Fourteenth Amendment claim creates an unconstitutional judicial void …
24-6975 Samuel T. Whatley, II v. T-Mobile USA, Inc. Fourth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP federal-judges governmental-immunity misconduct privacy-rights property-rights stock-equities Are private entities invested with stock equities of assigned federal judges exceeding $10,000 subject to federal law prosecutions, review, lawsuits, …
24-7005 Alsham M. Laster v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure evidence-seizure fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause warrantless-search Whether the warrantless seizure of a phone during a murder investigation violated the Fourth Amendment when police lacked probable cause, failed to li…
24-7037 Marlon Edgardo Siguenza v. Fidencio N. Guzman, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-review post-traumatic-stress-disorder Did the Ninth Circuit's unreasoned denial of even a COA here so clearly misapply Buck's modest standard as to call for summary reversal?
24-7049 Michael Fimbres v. O'Brian Bailey, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-court-decision statutory-interpretation Did the Ninth Circuit step outside the bounds of § 2254(d) by considering reasons not found in the CCA's reasoned opinion to determine the reasonablen…
24-7061 David Michael Jones v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP None Question not identified.
24-7066 Hazem Garada v. District of Columbia Board of Medicine District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP agency-proceeding constitutional-rights court-of-appeal due-process evidence-exclusion legal-standard Were due process Constitutional rights violated by respondent's agency proceeding and did the DC Court of Appeal unconstitutionally exclude petitioner…
24-7107 Brandon A. Dunkleberger v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process essential-elements guilty-plea judicial-precedent plea-validity Is Illinois bound by this Court's rule that a guilty plea is not valid when the defendant is not informed of the essential elements of the crime?
24-7110 In Re Phillip James Colwell Denied IFP child-pornography-prevention commerce-clause constitutional-authority fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce Does the 'Aggregate Effects' doctrine under Gonzales v Raich expand federal prosecution powers beyond constitutional Commerce Clause limits, and can C…
24-7116 Keziah Thayer v. Vermont Department for Children and Families, DCF, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights damages-claim due-process federal-jurisdiction rooker-feldman state-court-judgment Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars a federal court from hearing a parent's claim for damages arising out of a State's violations of the parent's…
24-7134 In Re Kesean Wilson Denied IFP constitutional-rights detainment dual-sovereignty equal-protection interstate-commerce tenth-amendment Does the dual sovereignty rule conflict with the Tenth Amendment and is the petitioner's detainment unlawful?
24-717 In Re Jona B Denied Relisted (2) child-welfare civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process school-district sovereign-immunity Whether sovereign immunity permits government agencies to violate parental and children's rights through unlawful actions and harassment without legal…
24-763 In Re Bo Zou Denied Relisted (2) appellate-review conflict-of-interest court-jurisdiction judicial-recusal legal-ethics procedural-irregularity Whether district judge John D. Russell may hear his Client's Case after leaving his former law firm one month prior, and whether the Tenth Circuit Cou…
24-865 Joseph A. Fortin v. Leland Dudek, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (1) None
24-866 Converter Manufacturing, LLC v. Tekni-Plex, Inc. Federal Circuit Denied administrative-law burden-of-proof patent-enablement patent-validity prior-art statutory-interpretation Whether the patent challenger bears the burden of proving enablement of prior art under Sections 102 and 103 of the Patent Act
24-868 The Art and Antique Dealers League of America, Inc., et al. v. Amanda Lefton, in Her Official Capacity as the Acting Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, et al. Second Circuit Denied Amici (1) administrative-exception endangered-species-act federal-regulation ivory-trade preemption state-law Whether the ESA's preemption provision protects all activities enjoying an exception under the ESA, even if self-executing, or only those activities a…
24-874 Douglas A. Kelley, in His Capacity as the Trustee of the BMO Litigation Trust v. BMO Harris Bank National Association, as Successor to M&I Marshall and Ilsley Bank Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (2) bankruptcy-code eighth-circuit-ruling federal-bankruptcy-policy in-pari-delicto receiver-claims state-law-interpretation Whether the Eighth Circuit should have certified the controlling question of Minnesota law to the Minnesota Supreme Court, rather than fashion a novel…
24-902 Ruel M. Hamilton v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied appellate-review burden-of-proof constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy jury-verdict Must a defendant arguing double jeopardy preclusion prove to a virtual certainty that an issue was decided by the jury in the first trial?
24-953 Lerner and Rowe PC, an Arizona Corporation v. Brown Engstrand & Shely LLC, dba Accident Law Group, an Arizona Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied circuit-split consumer-confusion intellectual-property lanham-act likelihood-of-confusion trademark-infringement Whether the Ninth Circuit's analysis of likelihood of consumer confusion factors in trademark infringement actions conflicts with other Circuit Courts…
24M87 Rosario Y. Mendoza, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Marcos A. Hoyos Martinez v. Rush Truck Centers of Texas, L.P., d/b/a Rush Enterprises, Inc., a/k/a Rush Truck Center-El Paso Texas Presumed Complete None
24M88 William T. Hill v. United States Eighth Circuit Presumed Complete None