Conference: 2025-06-05

65 cases — 3 granted, 62 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-1055 William Becker, et al. v. City of Hillsboro, Missouri Eighth Circuit Denied appellate-review constitutional-law land-use-regulation property-rights regulatory-taking takings-clause Whether the Court of Appeals improperly declined to recognize an unconstitutional regulatory taking under Nollan, Dolan, and Lucas precedents
24-1060 Leticia T. Moreno, et al. v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, Division Seven, et al. California Denied alien-registration confidentiality federal-preemption immigration-law regulatory-authority standing Whether a state may create a private cause of action allowing a non-aggrieved, non-governmental entity to regulate federal practitioners
24-1079 Geoffrey Gray, et al. v. Washington State Department of Transportation, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure ex-parte-young injunctive-relief qualified-immunity sovereign-immunity Should this Court grant certiorari to correct errors by the Court of Appeals regarding Ex Parte Young claims, complaint amendment opportunities, and c…
24-1087 David B. Porter v. F. Tyler Sergent, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived disciplinary-hearing due-process federal-funding procedural-fairness state-action title-ix May a private college which receives federal funding always rely upon a 'no state action' defense in denying its employee due process or procedural fa…
24-1125 ISS Aviation, Inc., Wyoming, et al. v. Bell Textron, Inc. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure contract-breach good-faith independent-representative quantum-meruit summary-judgment Did the district court misapply Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12 and 56 in ruling on Bell's contract breach and good faith obligations, and did the…
24-1129 Joan Carol Lipin v. Arthur Dodson Wisehart, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived district-court-discretion prefiling-judgment res-judicata rooker-feldman-doctrine rule-41-dismissal voluntary-dismissal Whether a district court can reopen a case and issue a partial prefiling judgment on some claims after a plaintiff's voluntary dismissal without preju…
24-1135 Sara González Flavell v. Jim Young Kim, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process functional-immunity international-law judicial-discretion subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the District of Columbia Court of Appeals erred in determining subject-matter jurisdiction and creating a new absolute immunity for IBRD offic…
24-311 Protect Our Parks, Inc., et al. v. Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2) agency-deference environmental-review federal-action nepa-compliance public-trust-doctrine segmentation Whether the Obama Presidential Center project constitutes a major federal action under environmental laws when roadwork is federally funded, and wheth…
24-584 Annette Chambers-Smith, Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction v. Kayla Jean Ayers Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) aedpa due-diligence factual-predicate federal-review habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations Whether obtaining new support for a previously available claim constitutes a new 'factual predicate' that restarts the one-year habeas petition filing…
24-6124 Bradley Dorman v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP court-access equal-protection first-amendment prison-litigation-reform-act three-strike-rule younger-abstention Whether the Prison Litigation Reform Act's 'Three-Strike' Rule is unconstitutionally applied to a prisoner's prior Younger abstention dismissals and v…
24-6222 Donat Caleb Porter v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights controlled-substance exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment pro-se-litigation state-police-powers Whether North Carolina's Controlled Substance Act and Federal Substance laws violate constitutional rights regarding marijuana possession and use
24-6275 Johnny Hamilton v. Georgia Georgia Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady-violation constitutional-protection due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-emergency reckless-conduct Does Georgia's reckless conduct statute provide adequate notice of prohibited conduct and raise constitutional concerns under due process and Brady v.…
24-6318 Marcus Crowder v. Georgia Georgia Denied Relisted (2)IFP acquittal constitutional-law criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy fifth-amendment malice-murder Whether the state of Georgia violates the Fifth Amendment's Double Jeopardy Clause when indicting in multiplicity offenses arising from a single act o…
24-6365 Timothy M. Gemelli v. Perry Nicosia, District Attorney, 34th Judicial District Court, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady-violation constitutional-tort court-order-disobedience due-process evidence-suppression prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the 5th Circuit and District Court committed reversible error by not considering the prejudice suffered from the causal link of disobedience b…
24-6505 Jerome Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-waiver circuit-split criminal-procedure plea-agreement sentencing-error statutory-right Can a criminal defendant knowingly and voluntarily forfeit his right to appeal the district court's yet-to-be-made errors as part of his plea agreemen…
24-6570 Andrew Jeffery Helmin v. Yuemin Xu Minnesota Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-custody constitutional-law due-process equal-protection icwa-principles native-american-rights Did the Minnesota courts violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses by prioritizing Respondent's cultural background …
24-6590 John Dwayne Garvin v. Levern Cohen, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights declaratory-judgment grand-jury habeas-corpus judicial-process void-indictment Whether a South Carolina Supreme Court's Order Declining to Entertain a Complaint for a Declaratory Judgment to Determine the Legality and Constitutio…
24-6675 Pierre Cornelius Stewart v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP collateral-review constitutional-review federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-deference state-court Whether the principles of substantial limitation on collateral review in habeas corpus cases pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 apply to habeas corpus cases…
24-6704 Brian Jury v. Ohio Ohio Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression prosecutorial-misconduct Did the Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals impose an improper standard for Brady claims by requiring proof of state possession of evidence and mater…
24-6804 Lawrence White v. Office of Personnel Management Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law agency-decision judicial-review mail-notification procedural-compliance proof-of-service Whether the Court of Appeals improperly evaluated agency decision-making regarding proof of monetary receipt and mailing responses
24-6892 Johnathan Anton Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR IFP commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-conviction firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment and exceeds Congress's Commerce Clause authority
24-6897 Joshua Michael Faust v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-prohibition second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is invariably constitutional both facially and as applied to any defendant, no matter the case-specific circumstances
24-6923 Christopher M. Alexander v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP None Question not identified.
24-6925 Arthur J. Burton v. Melody Johnson, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied IFP district-court judicial-discretion motion-procedure prisoner-rights pro-se reconsideration Whether a District Judge must rule on a pro se prisoner's motion for reconsideration when filed timely after receipt of judgment
24-6929 Michael James Carson v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP custodial-interrogation due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment illegal-seizure probable-cause Did the lower courts erroneously fail to acknowledge and apply the correct laws and facts surrounding Petitioner's custodial interrogation, and did po…
24-6931 Ohio, ex rel. David E. Feathers v. Eleventh District Court of Appeals of Ohio, Portage County, et al. Ohio Denied IFP custodial-supervision due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection separation-of-powers writ-of-mandamus Whether the use of a sham legal process by the Eleventh District Court of Appeals of Ohio warrants the issuance of a writ of mandamus, prohibition, or…
24-6934 Frederick Pina v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California Denied IFP circuit-split constitutional-rights contract-clause default-judgment due-process judicial-fraud Whether the California Supreme Court's failure to enforce a fully executed contract violates the Contract Clause and Fourteenth Amendment's Due Proces…
24-6935 Billy Minh Tran v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP aedpa-limitation constitutional-procedure court-jurisdiction judicial-fraud judicial-qualification oath-of-office Whether an elected judge must personally take the oath of office and sign the document in the presence of the administering officer, and if not, does …
24-6938 Tarun Kumar Vyas v. Bryan F. Hutcheson, Sheriff, Rockingham County, Virginia Fourth Circuit Denied IFP None Question not identified.
24-6946 Logan Dyjak v. Stacey Horstman, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied IFP bodily-movement constitutional-claim due-process fourteenth-amendment procedural-rights summary-judgment Whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires individualized determinations for bodily movement restrictions and whether procedural due process requires a…
24-6947 Harry Lee Goldsboro, II v. Florida Florida Denied IFP criminal-procedure discovery-violation due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment Whether a trial court's failure to provide counsel with adequate time to review discovery materials and prepare a defense constitutes a substantial vi…
24-6948 Pamela Anai Carrillo v. Texas Juvenile Justice Department, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights federal-rules-procedure section-1981 section-2000e state-action vicarious-liability Whether the lower courts abused their discretion by failing to apply vicarious liability principles and by dismissing various civil rights claims unde…
24-6949 Kendrick Christmas v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied IFP district-attorney equitable-tolling habeas-corpus pro-se supervisory-writ warden Whether Kendrick Christmas's federal writ of habeas corpus is entitled to equitable tolling during the time he filed for supervisory writs in the Loui…
24-6998 Eric Ellis v. City of White Settlement, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP fourth-amendment passenger-arrest probable-cause traffic-stop unreasonable-seizure warrantless-seizure Whether the warrantless seizure of a suspect's children without probable cause during a traffic stop violates the Fourth Amendment; Whether an arrest …
24-7008 Anthony Michael Branch v. Fannie Mae, et al. Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process foreclosure non-judicial-foreclosure notice-of-default property-rights Did the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court err in affirming the Housing Court's decision granting possession to Fannie Mae and the third-party purch…
24-7063 Randy W. Duck v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP eighth-circuit ineffective-assistance juror-impartiality jury-bias prosecutorial-bias trial-counsel Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in deferring to lower court findings regarding trial counsel's failure to remove a potentially biased juror who serve…
24-7122 Michael Samuel Dekelbaum v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver criminal-procedure due-process miscarriage-of-justice plea-bargain sentencing Whether the Supreme Court should recognize a 'miscarriage of justice' exception to a plea bargain appeal waiver for unanticipated due process and sent…
24-7146 Anida Gilowski v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-proceedings due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment property-forfeiture sixth-amendment Whether the petitioner's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights were violated by forfeiture of real properties purchased with her own litigation income
24-7147 Idris Quintell Wilkes v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act cocaine-definition controlled-substances due-process sentencing-enhancement state-vs-federal-law Does Michigan's broader definition of cocaine under state law preclude sentence enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act when compared to feder…
24-7148 Julia Greenberg v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-statute document-fraud false-statement federal-criminal-law immigration-law statutory-interpretation Whether the first paragraph of 18 U.S.C.A. §1546(a) reaches 'authentic' immigration documents that are generated following a false statement
24-7149 Samuel James Weaver v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split federal-courts judicial-interpretation sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review What standard of review should apply when a district court applies a federal sentencing guideline to undisputed facts?
24-7150 Oscar Williams, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-conviction extortion federal-statute u.s.c.-section-2251 u.s.c.-section-875 Whether the production of child pornography by the alleged victims supports a conviction under Title 18 U.S.C. Section 2251(a) and whether Oscar Willi…
24-7155 John Fitzgerald Gayles v. Arizona Arizona Denied Response WaivedIFP arizona-rules-of-evidence fraudulent-evidence jury-trial state-evidence testimonial-statements trial-court-discretion Whether the trial court abused its discretion when it erroneously allowed the State of Arizona to admit testimonial state-ments and fraudulent evidenc…
24-7160 Prentiss Jackson v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights federal-law fourth-amendment marijuana-search state-law vehicle-search Whether it is constitutional to search a vehicle for the odor of marijuana alone in a state that has legalized marijuana, whether Illinois odorless co…
24-7161 Todd Sheffler v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law federal-investigation fowler-standard post-offense-evidence statutory-interpretation For what purposes may courts use facts or events that occurred after the offense to determine the 'reasonable likelihood' of a federal investigation a…
24-7162 Deshawn Whited v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-robbery district-court fair-trial right-to-counsel sixth-circuit uncharged-evidence Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in finding that the District Court was correct in permitting evidence of an uncharged attempted robbe…
24-7166 David Eugene Rush, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver consideration constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process plea-agreement Whether an appeal-waiver provision in a plea agreement is enforceable when the agreement provides no actual benefit to the defendant beyond what he wo…
24-7167 Derek Rogers v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance-offense ineffective-assistance section-2255 sentencing-guidelines Whether a conviction under Colorado Revised Statute for a controlled substance offense can serve as a predicate for career offender designation under …
24-7203 Michael Inzitari v. Connecticut Connecticut Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-split child-pornography constitutional-review dost-factors lascivious-exhibition sexual-conduct When the six Dost factors are read to a jury to determine 'lascivious exhibition of the genitals' under a child pornography statute, is a conviction c…
24-7207 In Re Willie C. Simpson Denied IFP constitutional-rights filing-fee habeas-corpus state-custody supremacy-clause suspension-clause Whether the state's suspension of habeas corpus privileges by imposing a $1,800 filing bar fee violates the U.S. Constitution's Suspension Clause and …
24-7234 In Re David Diehl Dismissed IFP district-court-jurisdiction federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief second-successive-claims statutory-interpretation Whether the bar in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to claims presented by federal prisoners in a second or successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. …
24-780 Anthony Blue v. New York New York Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-right criminal-trial defendant-understanding right-to-counsel sentencing-range waiver Whether a valid waiver of the constitutional right to counsel at trial requires that the defendant understood, at the time of the waiver, the 'range o…
24-786 Republican National Committee, et al. v. Faith Genser, et al. Pennsylvania Denied Relisted (2) constitutional-interpretation elections-clause electors-clause judicial-review legislative-power state-election-law What is the legal standard for determining whether a state court's interpretation of state election law exceeds the bounds of ordinary judicial review…
24-806 Audio Evolution Diagnostics, Inc. v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (4)Response Waived None Question not identified.
24-808 Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited, Inc. v. Jeanne Ann Burton, Chapter 7 Trustee for Vista-Pro Automotive, LLC Sixth Circuit Judgment Issued Relisted (2) circuit-split civil-procedure default-judgment personal-jurisdiction rule-60 void-judgment Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(c)(1) imposes any time limit to set aside a void default judgment for lack of personal jurisdiction
24-820 Daniel Rutherford v. United States Third Circuit Granted Amici (7)Relisted (2) circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider disparities created by the First Step Act's prospective changes in sentencing law when deciding if 'extraordinar…
24-860 Johnnie Markel Carter v. United States Third Circuit Granted Amici (6)Relisted (2) district-courts extraordinary-and-compelling federal-prisoners nonretroactive-law sentence-reduction sentencing-commission Whether the Sentencing Commission acted within its expressly delegated authority by permitting district courts to consider a nonretroactive change in …
24-867 IQVIA Inc. v. Superior Court of California, Alameda County, et al. California Dismissed Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure due-process employment-law noncompete-agreement personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction Whether the Due Process Clause permits a state court to exercise specific personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant in a preemptive action …
24-872 John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections v. Joseph Clifton Smith Eleventh Circuit Granted Amici (11)Relisted (3) atkins-v-virginia criminal-procedure habeas-corpus intellectual-disability iq-testing preponderance-of-evidence 1. Whether, under a proper application of Atkins , a State can require a claimant to prove an IQ of 70 or less by a preponderance of the evidence. 2.…
24-936 Andrew Hanson, et al. v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia Denied Amici (3) arms-ban common-use constitutional-rights dangerous-weapons second-amendment self-defense Whether the Second Amendment allows a categorical ban on common arms used for lawful purposes and self-defense
24-940 Timothy L. Blixseth v. Montana Department of Revenue Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1) bankruptcy-law circuit-split congressional-power eleventh-amendment involuntary-bankruptcy sovereign-immunity Whether the Eleventh Amendment prevents Congress from authorizing citizens to collect damages against states that force citizens into bankruptcy with …
24-949 Navellier & Associates, Inc., et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission First Circuit Denied anti-fraud-provisions disgorgement investor-protection materiality-standard sec-enforcement securities-law Whether the SEC can seek disgorgement for investor clients who suffered no pecuniary harm under securities law anti-fraud provisions
24-962 Autumn Adams v. Kevin Gugliano, Individually and in His Official Capacity as an Officer of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied bodily-injury civil-rights excessive-force fourth-amendment official-immunity police-misconduct Whether officers who pull a compliant citizen to the ground causing serious injury violate the Fourth Amendment and whether such malicious actions are…
24A969 Judy A. Brannberg, et al. v. Jefferson County Public Schools, et al. Colorado Presumed Complete None
24M90 Neil Cuff v. Florida A&M University & Board of Trustees, et al. Eleventh Circuit Presumed Complete None