Conference: 2026-01-23

71 cases — 1 granted, 69 denied/dismissed, 1 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
24-395 William Edward Neilly v. Michigan Michigan GVR Response RequestedRelisted (8) constitutional-law criminal-sentencing ex-post-facto legal-interpretation punishment restitution Whether restitution ordered as part of a criminal sentence is punishment for purposes of the Ex Post Facto Clause. 19.0
25-51 Christopher Klein, Superintendent, Department of Detention Facilities for Anne Arundel County, et al. v. Charles Brandon Martin Fourth Circuit Judgment Issued Relisted (11) aedpa-standard brady-violation federal-habeas judicial-deference legal-reasonableness state-court-review Did the Fourth Circuit violate AEDPA's deferential standard by overturning a state-court decision based on the supposed lack of "nuance" and "exhausti… 15.5
25-482 Julien P. Champagne v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied Amici (2) administrative-law compensation-benefits disability-claims pension-benefits va-regulations veterans-benefits Whether the VA must process a disability claim as a claim for both pension and compensation if the veteran has a possible entitlement to both benefits… 12.5
25-348 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. Third Circuit Pending drug-price-negotiation due-process government-pricing inflation-reduction-act medicare-transactions pharmaceutical-manufacturers Whether the IRA implicates an interest of pharmaceutical manufacturers that is protected by the Due Process Clause. 10.5
25-426 Karu Gene White v. Laura Plappert, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied constitutional-review federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-court-review supreme-court-precedent In connection with petitioner's capital sentencing proceeding, trial counsel failed to investigate and present voluminous, powerful mitigation evidenc… 10.5
25-607 Miami Township Board of Trustees v. Roger Dean Gillispie, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response Waived civil-rights indemnification local-government respondeat-superior section-1983 supremacy-clause Whether, as applied, Ohio Revised Code § 2744.07(B) violates the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution because it creates de facto respon… 10.5
25-459 Michael Salazar v. Paramount Global, dba 247Sports Sixth Circuit Granted Amici (1)Relisted (2) audiovisual-services consumer-definition disclosure-liability personally-identifiable-information statutory-interpretation video-privacy-protection-act The question here is whether the phrase "goods or services from a video tape service provider," as used in the VPPA's definition of "consumer," refers… 7.0
24-1279 Frank J. Anderson, Jr. v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied Relisted (2) criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment sentencing-modification sixth-amendment Does the New Jersey judicial process, by (1) preparing the judgment of conviction in the petitioner's absence, (2) departing from the orally pronounce… 6.0
25-497 Jacqueline Sterling v. Southlake Nautilus Health & Racquet Club, Inc. Seventh Circuit Denied bankruptcy-discharge contempt-hearing discharge-injunction incarceration-damages reputation-damage tort-principles The first question presented is whether Sterling is entitled to compensation for the decades long effect of this incarceration on her reputation? The … 5.5
25-507 Chang Y. Aiona, V. v. County of Hawaii, Hawaii, et al. Hawaii Denied defamation first-amendment legal-precedent milkovich-standard opinion-exception public-interest Whether the "opinion" exception can be extended to a private, non-public interest, defamation lawsuit in violation of the Court's decision Milkovich v… 5.5
25-593 Gerald Scott v. Boca Landings Homeowners Association, Inc. Florida Denied discretionary-review due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigants statute-of-limitations 1. Does a state supreme court's practice of summarily denying discretionary review of Per Curium Affirmance (PCA), involving a Statute of Limitation d… 5.5
25-610 Hansueli Overturf v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District California Denied civil-procedure default-judgment due-process fourteenth-amendment hague-service-convention service-of-process 1. Whether entry of default based on defective service of process, which failed to provide defendant with actual notice of the action, violates the Fo… 5.5
25-613 Marquise Miller v. Legacy Bank Tenth Circuit Denied circuit-split civil-rights discriminatory-discouragement equal-credit-opportunity-act loan-application prospective-applicants 1. Whether the Equal Credit Opportunity Act 15 U.S.C. § 1691 et seq., authorizes a cause of action for individuals who are prospective applicants or i… 5.5
25-637 Mark Hanneman, Minneapolis Police Officer, et al. v. Karen Wells, as Co-Trustee for the Next of Kin of Amir Rahkare Locke, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction deadly-force fourth-amendment no-knock-warrant qualified-immunity use-of-force 1. When the Respondents' own factual allegations, the facts assumed by the courts, and the undisputedly authentic video footage, show the officer was … 5.5
25M52 Antonia Blackwell v. Michael Boehm, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied None 5.5
25-595 James William Hall v. Anthony Board, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights court-procedure death-threats judicial-error subject-matter-jurisdiction I Now comes petitioner James William Hall. On September 20, 2023, a complaint was filed in the Barberton Municipal Court by plaintiff Anthony Board Sr… 3.5
25-601 Ralston Brown v. Mellekas, Police Officer, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process judicial-estoppel megan's-law plea-agreement retroactive-statute Weather the Respondent violated the Petitioner Constitutional Rights By acting under color of law? Whether the New York Court of Appeals, overlooked … 3.5
25-648 Crystal Stranger v. Cleer LLC, fka Greenback Business Services LLC, dba Cleer Tax Second Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review contempt-sanctions due-process legal-consequences mootness temporary-restraining-order Whether due process permits contempt sanctions to be imposed under a Temporary Restraining Order that was never reviewed on appeal, where the court of… 3.5
25-649 Tamim Shansab v. Nasir Shansab, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived continuing-violations-doctrine due-process evidence-tampering rule-12b6 statute-of-limitations supreme-court-precedent 1. On October 16, 2025, the United States Department of Justice disclosed its indictment of previous National Security Advisor (N-SA) to President Don… 3.5
25-652 Patricia J. Curto v. Erie County Water Authority, et al. Second Circuit Rehearing Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights due-process notice-requirements procedural-fairness water-service-termination Assuming the Rule of Law exist, have you ever seen a case that deviates so far from the Rule of Law? For example (including but not limited to): Plai… 3.5
25-654 Ayyakkannu Manivannan v. Department of Energy, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived agency-document circuit-split court-order judicial-interpretation privacy-act procedural-error 1) Did 3rd Circuit Court err by blatantly accepting District Court 's erroneous interpretation on a County Prothonotary-signed court order, not sig… 3.5
25-655 In Re Rayon Payne Denied Response Waived constitutional-violations due-process judicial-bias procedural-limbo statutory-interpretation venue-transfer 1. Whether a United States District Court may transfer a case under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) to a judicial district where the Plaintiff has already demonst… 3.5
25-659 Michael L. Levinson v. Social Security Administration Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bias merit-systems-protection-board substantial-evidence A. Whether the clandestine replacement of Jewish Michael Levinson 's initial Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ ") Hearing Officer with a Muslim ALF was… 3.5
25-670 James Console, et ux. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived due-process federal-tort-claims ftca-exception mandatory-duty restitution-statute victim-rights 1. Whether the discretionary-function exception of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. § 2680(a)) bars liability when federal employees violate m… 3.5
25-717 Carlos Jackson v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus incarceration judicial-order state-action Whether the State of Mississippi can effectively suspend habeas corpus and incarcerate Carlos Jackson using an invalid order. 3.5
25-738 Nick Kosmalski v. Sherrell King Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived excessive-force fourth-amendment handcuffing qualified-immunity reasonableness-standard traffic-stop Whether the Sixth Circuit's three-factor tight handcuffing test, a brightline rule as stated and as applied in this case to deny qualified immunity, f… 3.5
25-6282 Dawud C. S. Gabriel v. Department of Labor Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law due-process homeland-security labor-department osha-complaint whistleblower-protection 1. Whether or Not the Second (2nd) Cir. C.O.A. Departed Far from the Accepted & Usual Course of Judicial Proceedings, As to Call for an Exercise of th… -1.5
25-5665 Ali Awad Mahmoud Irsan v. Texas Texas Denied Amici (1)IFP constitutional-rights equal-protection judicial-discretion jury-selection race-discrimination voir-dire 1. Does the knowing judicial enforcement of defense counsel's explicitly race-based agreement to exclude a Black woman from the venire violate the Equ… -3.5
24-7128 Kenneth Carey, et al. v. Jonathan Kirk, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP contract-conspiracy corporate-liability discovery-sanctions intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress jurisdiction-long-arm music-industry 1. Are UMG and Interscope Records able to handsomely profit from their involvement and contributions to an illegal marketing scheme comprised from ill… -4.0
24-7176 Miriam Pope v. Chetan Patel, fka Hitesh Patel Alabama Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law discovery-rights due-process immigration-status undocumented-persons 1. Does a statutory rule of civil procedure. Whether- state of federal allowing for a discovery period, wherein the defendant is denied same, violate … -4.0
24-7363 Wesley-Keith Mullings v. Harriet Elaine Raghnal, et al. Third Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split due-process institutional-manipulation parental-rights pro-se-litigants rooker-feldman 1. Circuit Split: Should Rooker-Feldman bar federal review of void ab initio judgments due to jurisdictional fraud, or do Moreno/Nugent compel examina… -4.0
25-5254 Xena Ames v. Federal Express Corporation Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellant-court compulsory-process constitutional-rights district-court due-process sixth-amendment 1.) Whether the denial by the District Court and Appellant Court of compulsory process violated petitioners rights under the Sixth Amendment to the Un… -4.0
25-5290 Stacy L. Conner v. Ken Paxton, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights court-access due-process judicial-intervention liberty-interest petition-review 1. ) Does our Constitution no longer protect/serve and umbrella each American Citizen equally? or at all?? 2. ) "After assessing all the Facts and su… -4.0
25-5826 Dover Davis, Jr. v. Officer Aaron Swann Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-court-conflict fourth-amendment malicious-prosecution material-facts section-1983 statute-of-limitations 1. WHETHER THERE WAS A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ' DECISION AND THE NORTHERN DISTRICT COURT OF GEORGIA 'S DECISION REGARD… -4.0
25-5940 Stephen Elliot Powers v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied IFP brady-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial fourteenth-amendment prosecutorial-misconduct (1) Whether the State's suppression of exculpatory evidence of an alternate, original suspect with a nexus to the victim deprived Powers of his right … -4.5
25-6160 Pamela Short Powell, Individually and on Behalf of Diana Lynn Short, Margaret Julia Short, Daniel Alan Short, and Jack Warren Short, Jr. v. Anthony Decicco, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP fifth-circuit-procedure in-forma-pauperis judicial-conflict judicial-recusal procedural-irregularity sua-sponte-dismissal A. Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by not addressing whether the district court should have first ruled on a motion for recusals about several conflic… -4.5
25-6172 Quantell Williams v. Austin J. Robinson, et al. Florida Denied IFP due-process fourteenth-amendment pro-se-filing psychiatric-duress settlement state-court 1. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause is violated when a state court enforces a settlement entered over a litigant's explicit objec… -4.5
25-6175 Luis Fernando Puente v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-counsel fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance reasonable-expectation-privacy state-law supreme-court-precedent 1. THE FIFTH CIRCUIT AND THE U.S.D.C'S DECISION THAT A MANDATORY REQUIRED PIECE OF THE REPORTER'S RECORD THAT IS MISSING IS AN ISSUE OF STATE LAW AND … -4.5
25-6182 Terrance Scott Belcher v. Christopher Becker Michigan Denied IFP None Question not identified. -4.5
25-6184 Albert Jackson v. Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law due-process fifth-amendment judicial-review longshore-act subject-matter-jurisdiction I. When an Administrative law Judge ("ALJ ") issued orders to review, modify and terminate a Longshore Harbor Worker 's Act (LHWCA) claim previously… -4.5
25-6192 Carl N. Merkle v. Johnny W. Thomas, Chapter 7 Trustee Fifth Circuit Denied IFP article-iii bankruptcy civil-rights conspiracy organized-crime sanctions Is Merkle's surviving Chapter 11 bankruptcy case (in hidden 5thC 20-50025) now a ripe Article III of the US Constitution bankruptcy case ready to proc… -4.5
25-6193 In Re Gerald Nelson Denied IFP complete-preemption federal-removal labor-management-relations-act original-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction writ-of-mandamus This dispute concerns original jurisdiction and subject matter jurisdiction conferred over this action, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1331, because Pl… -4.5
25-6194 Douglas P. Pasquinzo v. Montana Montana Denied IFP constitutional-rights montana-law ninth-circuit procedural-due-process prosecutorial-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction 1) Where the State^Courts continue to disobey the Laws and Rulescof Procedure, and allow County Prosecutors to Amend complaints, v.-i without leave … -4.5
25-6201 Frank Paul Ferrara v. Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP attorney-general civil-commitment constitutional-law discretionary-action equal-protection fourteenth-amendment Question No. 1: Whether the Commonwealth of Virginia violated the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection of the laws when the Attorney G… -4.5
25-6204 Brian N. Terry v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP appellate-counsel constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourth-amendment search-and-seizure This case involves a serious of important question about fair warning to United States citizens of a collateral and direct Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and F… -4.5
25-6205 Sonny L. Thomas v. Bernadette Mason, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP None 1) Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals err when it denied petitions Certificate of Appealability, holding "jurist of reason would not debate the Di… -4.5
25-6210 Ronnie James Monroe v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP None Question not identified. -4.5
25-6214 Pasqual Andres McMurry v. Nevada Nevada Denied IFP None Question not identified. -4.5
25-6225 Alejandro Peña Salvador v. Washington Washington Denied IFP constitutional-rights counsel-representation criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance The faal JisnsqarJ fa dew &via&>ce of /rre£^Ci|^bl£cpnB' c' b^+^eeAOe^dMi amd hfc Mr Pe?Ks> rtaH4 o reDfesen^-Von a'fn'idcA.i Coothci or &4«c3-!/e > q… -4.5
25-6226 Christopher Gregory v. California California Denied IFP None Question not identified. -4.5
25-6234 Edwin Riascos Romero v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim ineffective-assistance search-and-seizure sufficiency-of-evidence 1. Whether the denial of a COA on Petitioner's sufficiency of the evidence challenge was proper? and 2. Whether the denial of a COA on Petitioner's i… -4.5
25-6248 Nathan David Black v. Ryan Flores, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction protection-order Question not identified. -4.5
25-6249 Robert Bell v. Administrator, East Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP dna-evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel sexual-assault sixth-amendment I. IS THE RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL CLAUSE VIOLATED WHEN DEFENSE COUNSEL FAILS TO INVESTIGATE, AND SEEK TO OBTAIN AN EXPERT IN OBVIOUS … -4.5
25-6252 Wayne C. Murphy v. Shannon Butrum, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-default sixth-circuit DID THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT ERRONEOUSLY DENY PETITIONERS HABEAS CORPUS PETITION BECAUSE OF PROCEDURAL DEFAULT WITHOUT REVIEWING THE… -4.5
25-5933 Willie Dennis v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure counsel-abandonment court-of-appeals-inaction deadline-extension pro-se-petition record-access 1. Whether the combined effect of (a) appointed appellate counsel's abandonment and refusal to provide the case file and (b) the court of appeals' fa… -6.0
25-5993 Robert S. Pierce v. Demetric Godfrey, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None 0 AflJi COdid Judges. Alicwed &wm/ toy faitf/H e£ &>)<■& !&&) oA g^toi bi fa /dPAcfad &2am App&d , 2) /)<e D&bzfab JpJp^ /lii&ued fe b/SAli^S //d&4S … -6.0
25-6206 Brett Talmadge v. Alaska Alaska Denied Response WaivedIFP bill-of-attainder constitutional-interpretation federal-questions heck-v-humphrey judicial-error supreme-court-procedure I. DID THE ALASKA SUPREME COURT MISAPPLY HECK V. HUMPHREY. II. DOES THE ALASKA SUPREME COURT'S ERROR UNDERMINE THE BILL OF ATTAINDER PROHIBITION III… -6.5
25-6209 Rick Negrette v. Phu V. Pham, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 11-usc-110 bankruptcy-court fine-imposition judicial-discretion pro-se-litigant public-assistance The following issues are to be respectfully presented before this right honorable court: In addition to those listed below, two main issues arise bef… -6.5
25-6211 In Re Jordan Monroe Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights habeas-corpus subject-matter-jurisdiction ultra-vires QUESTION (1) Where a Court Of Appeals fails or refuses to comply with BLACK LETTER LAW--28 U.S.C. §2253—which is a statute that was duly enacted by … -6.5
25-6231 Jacob Bellinsky v. Rachel Zinna Galan, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii circuit-conflict civil-rights constitutional-claims federal-jurisdiction younger-abstention 1. Whether the Tenth Circuit's unpublished reversal—requiring federal courts to conduct mandatory Sprint analysis before invoking Younger abstention—u… -6.5
25-6246 Terrence Terrell Moore v. Piazza, Corrections Officer, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None Question not identified. -6.5
25-6251 Caleb L. McGillvary v. Michael T. G. Long, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure discretionary-appeal due-process federal-rules jurisdictional-review statutory-interpretation 1. Is the use of 3rd Cir. L.A.R. 27.4 to effectively convert an appeal as of right into a discretionary appeal, which denies an appellant the opportu… -6.5
25-6268 Arnold Conyers v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defendant felon-disarmament legal-precedent second-amendment state-split I. Whether, and under what circumstances, a state can invoke state standing law to bar a criminal defendant from invoking the Second Amendment as a de… -6.5
25-6295 Caleb L. McGillvary v. Nicholas Scutari, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure discretionary-appeal due-process federal-rules jurisdictional-review legal-standing 1. Is the use of 3rd Cir, L.A.R. 27.4 to effectively convert an appeal as of right into a discretionary appeal, which denies an appellant the opportun… -6.5
25-6312 Fred Baskin v. Massachusetts Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest evidence-suppression fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure warrantless-search I. Whether the Fourt h Amendment is violated and requires suppression of evidence, when the police conduct a warrantless search of the arrestee's ba… -6.5
25-6337 Reginald Sanders v. Fitness International, LLC, dba Esporta Fitness, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-filing appellate-procedure judicial-order local-rule petition-rejection rehearing-deadline Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 40(a)(l)'s mandatory' 14-day rehearing deadline may be nullified through administrative filing systems th… -6.5
25-6346 Corey Gaynor v. Ken Hollibaugh, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Somerset, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance jury-instruction sixth-amendment 1. Whether trial counsel was ineffective and the trial court s unconstitutional jury instruction derived from Pennsylvania's consolidated statute 18 P… -6.5
25-6362 Dan Ioan Belc v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-rights due-process ineffective-counsel jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct trial-court-discretion Six (6) District Anems of Prosecution Misconduct Alleged [Cumulative Effect Amount to Fundamentally Undermine Possibility of Getting a Fair Trial in W… -6.5
25-6364 Joshua Luckey v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-right due-process false-allegations fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment trial-evidence Did the trial court violate Luckey's Sixth Amendment right to confrontation and his XIV Amendment right to due process when evidence showing prior fal… -6.5
25-6374 Darin Lee Jones v. Moore, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP deliberate-indifference lieutenant-more log-book prisoner-housing procedural-misconduct signature-verification 1. Was LT. More the officer who housed Mr. Jones in segregation? 2. Did LT. More sign the standard log book at 1630? 3. Is the signature on the hous… -6.5
25-6437 Sean Blaine James v. Oregon Oregon Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment grand-jury-clause incorporation-doctrine sentence-enhancement Whether the Fourteenth Amendment fully incorporates the Grand Jury Clause of the Fifth Amendment? -6.5