Conference: 2026-02-27

81 cases — 0 granted, 79 denied/dismissed, 2 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
22O141 Texas, Plaintiff v. New Mexico and Colorado Denied CVSGAmici (26)Relisted (17) None 64.5
25-523 United Water Conservation District v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Amici (7) fifth-amendment government-appropriation physical-taking property-rights regulatory-taking water-rights Whether the government's appropriation of water that a person had a property right to use is analyzed as a physical taking, rather than a regulatory t… 17.5
25-379 Public Interest Legal Foundation v. Al Schmidt, Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law article-three-standing election-integrity public-records statutory-interpretation voter-registration Congress enacted the National Voter Registration Act ("NVRA") to increase and enhance registration and voting by "eligible citizens," "protect the int… 17.0
25-368 Hal Taylor, Secretary, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency v. Jonathan Singleton, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-rights constitutional-protection first-amendment injunction law-enforcement public-begging Whether the First Amendment protects begging. 16.5
24-1155 Melynda Vincent v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General Tenth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Relisted (8) circuit-split constitutional-challenge firearm-disarmament historical-analysis nonviolent-felony second-amendment Whether the Second Amendment allows the federal government to permanently disarm Petitioner Melynda Vincent, who has one seventeen-year-old nonviolent… 16.0
25-437 Public Interest Legal Foundation v. Jocelyn Benson, in Her Official Capacity as Michigan Secretary of State, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) deceased-registrants election-integrity national-voter-registration-act public-records standing voter-registration Congress enacted the National Voter Registration Act ("NVRA") to increase and enhance registration and voting by "eligible citizens," "protect the int… 16.0
25-203 Johanna McGee, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jacqueline McGee, et al. v. Alger County Treasurer, et al. Michigan Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) claims-process due-process government-taking just-compensation property-rights takings-clause When government takes and sells private property to collect a tax debt, it must return the surplus proceeds from the sale to the former property owner… 14.0
25-457 Topaz Johnson, et al. v. High Desert State Prison, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (5) civil-procedure court-fees filing-fee in-forma-pauperis incarcerated-plaintiff statutory-interpretation Does 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) require each incarcerated plaintiff filing in forma pauperis to pay the full amount of a filing fee whether or not he is f… 13.5
24-858 Kari Beeman, et al. v. Muskegon County Treasurer Michigan Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) constitutional-law due-process just-compensation property-rights takings-clause tax-foreclosure The Muskegon County Treasurer foreclosed and sold homes and land belonging to Petitioners to collect unpaid property taxes. The County sold each prope… 13.0
25-427 Walid Abdelaziz, in His Individual Capacity as a Police Officer for the City of Oakland, California, et al. v. Estate of Decedent Lolomania Soakai, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (3) due-process fourteenth-amendment police-liability qualified-immunity state-created-danger substantive-due-process 1. Whether bystanders injured when a fleeing criminal suspect lost control of his car and crashed into them have a Fourteenth Amendment substantive du… 12.5
25-416 Cangrejeros de Santurce Baseball Club, LLC, et al. v. Liga de Béisbol Professional de Puerto Rico, Inc., et al. First Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) antitrust-law baseball-exemption federal-baseball flood-case sports-litigation toolson-precedent Ordinarily, there would be no question that collusion among ostensible adversaries to expel a competitor from a market would give rise to federal anti… 12.0
25-449 Stephen Thaler v. Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and Director of the United States Copyright Office, et al. District of Columbia Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) ai-generated-works artificial-intelligence authorship copyright-law creative-works intellectual-property 1. Whether works outputted by an AI system without a direct, traditional authorial contribution by a natural person can be copyrighted. 12.0
24-1095 Chelsea Koetter v. Manistee County Treasurer, et al. Michigan Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) constitutional-law due-process government-action just-compensation property-rights takings-clause The Manistee County Treasurer foreclosed and sold Chelsea Koetter's home for $106,000 to collect $3,863.40 in taxes, interest, and fees. The Takings C… 11.5
25-417 Francis Nielsen v. Kekai Watanabe Ninth Circuit Pending Relisted (2) alternative-remedies bivens-remedy damages-action eighth-amendment prison-conditions special-factors Whether the Ninth Circuit here erred in recognizing a Bivens cause of action. 11.0
24A475 Ruel M. Hamilton v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied ashe-standard double-jeopardy fifth-amendment issue-preclusion jury-verdict preponderance-of-evidence Question not identified. 10.5
25-343 CashCall, Inc., et al. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Ninth Circuit Denied circuit-precedent constitutional-rights jury-trial legal-restitution seventh-amendment waiver This Court has held that equitable restitution can be awarded without a jury but is capped at "a defendant's net profits," Liu v. SEC, 591 U.S. 71, 87… 10.5
25-760 Hamdi A. Mohamud v. Heather Weyker, St. Paul Police Officer Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response Waived bivens-action cross-deputization fourth-amendment law-enforcement qualified-immunity section-1983 state-action state-action-doctrine 1. Whether a local police officer wielding both state and federal authority can act under color of state law for purposes of 42 U.S.C. 1983. 2. If no… 10.5
25-255 Dion Horton, et al. v. Bruce R. Beemer, Administrative Judge, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) due-process government-interest judicial-finding liberty-deprivation morrissey-v-brewer procedural-safeguards Whether the Due Process Clause requires a judicial finding that depriving a person of physical liberty pending a probation-revocation hearing is neces… 9.0
25-577 Chaldean Coalition, Inc. v. San Diego County Independent Redistricting Commission, et al. California Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) district-design equal-protection fourteenth-amendment population-deviation racial-gerrymandering redistricting During the summer of 2020, the term "BIPOC"— "Black, Indigenous, and People of Color"—emerged as the preferred moniker for the theory that all non-wh… 9.0
25-451 Faytima Howard v. Macomb County, Michigan Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) constitutional-challenge just-compensation property-rights state-procedure takings-clause tax-foreclosure 1. Does the government violate the Takings Clause's "categorical duty" to pay just compensation for property taken in excess of the taxes, fees, and p… 6.0
25-558 John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections v. Michael Sockwell Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2) batson-challenge equitable-remedy federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-deference state-prisoner 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit violated 28 U.S.C. §2254. 2. Whether a federal court may grant habeas relief to a guilty state prisoner upon identify… 6.0
25-562 Mahfooz Ahmad v. Colin Day, et al. Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2) appellate-jurisdiction case-finality civil-procedure direct-review retroactivity supreme-court-precedent Whether a civil case dismissed without prejudice, in which appellate review was prematurely terminated and certiorari previously denied, remains "pend… 6.0
25-517 Maryland, et al. v. 3M Company Fourth Circuit Denied 28-USC-1442 federal-officer-removal injury-causation liability-basis removal-statute state-court-remand Must an action removed under the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1442, be remanded to state court when the conduct the defendant asserts … 5.5
25-603 Wenbin Que v. Lihua Song Ninth Circuit Denied arbitration-fairness arbitrator-misconduct due-process foreign-award-enforcement fundamental-fairness panel-integrity Do arbitration proceedings held by a three-member panel lack fundamental fairness if one arbitrator has functionally abandoned his post? 5.5
25-750 Calvin M. Costanza v. Florida Marine Transporters, LLC Louisiana Denied causation-standard daubert-standard jones-act maritime-law scientific-evidence toxic-tort Whether under 46 U.S.C.A. § 30104 (The Jones Act) relaxed causation standard, requiring only that the employer's negligence play "any part, even the s… 5.5
25-754 Rodney Woodland v. Montero Lamar Hill Ninth Circuit Denied burrow-giles-precedent circuit-split copyright-law feist-decision legal-standard photography-copyright 1. Whether, on an acknowledged Circuit split, copyrightability is a pure question of law, as the Ninth Circuit held below, or includes considerations … 5.5
25-768 Charity Mainville v. United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit Denied circuit-court extraordinary-writ judicial-review legal-remedy mandamus procedural-standard 1. Whether the Fourth Circuit may impose "undue delay" as a standalone prerequisite to mandamus relief when this Court's three-part test includes no s… 5.5
25-771 Joe Carollo v. William O. Fuller, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied appellate-review eleventh-circuit judicial-precedent jury-tampering presumption-of-prejudice trial-integrity Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals' narrow application of the presumption of prejudice standard when evaluating unrefuted evidence of jury … 5.5
25A171 Robert Monteiro v. United States First Circuit Denied drug-conspiracy due-process evidence-admission prior-bad-acts rule-404b sufficiency-of-evidence Question not identified. 5.5
25A549 In Re Henry L. Klein Fifth Circuit Denied business-qualification debt-collection debt-purchaser henson-v-santander special-purpose-vehicle supremacy-clause IS HENSON V. SANTANDER ENTITLED TO BE ENFORCED AS THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND ON THE SPECIFIC TENET THAT "...IT'S NOT DEBT COLLECTION IF YOU OWN IT...… 5.5
25A773 Katherine London v. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Seventh Circuit Denied appellate-procedure due-process first-amendment professional-sanctions rico-litigation zealous-advocacy Question not identified. 5.5
25M62 Chantel Mitchell v. Office Depot, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied None 5.5
25-506 Stroma Medical Corporation, et al. v. Samuel Blumberg California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review due-process economic-harm punitive-damages statutory-malice substantial-evidence 1. Whether the Due Process Clause requires California appellate courts to review punitive damages awards de novo, as this Court held in Cooper Industr… 4.0
25-5434 Christian Lamont Thompson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (8)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,… 4.0
25-769 Lorillard Tobacco Company v. Marita R. Sciarrotta, Director of the New Jersey Division of Taxation New Jersey Denied Response Waived commerce-clause corporate-taxation due-process interstate-commerce royalty-payments tax-deductibility (1) Whether New Jersey's scheme for taxing royalty payments, that conditions the deductibility of related-party royalty payments on the extent of t… 3.5
25-777 Christopher L. Thompson v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response Waived None 1. Whether a court conducts an adequate inquiry into juror racial bias where it discounts evidence of racial bias as "off-hand" remarks, relies upon t… 3.5
25-865 Perles Law Firm, P.C. v. Qatar National Bank, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived circuit-split discovery-application foreign-tribunal forum-shopping protective-order section-1782 The question presented is whether a district court may grant an application under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 when it would amount to a modification of a binding… 3.5
25-911 Laura Gaddy, et al. v. The Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived first-amendment institutional-fraud mail-fraud religious-organization rico wire-fraud Does the First Amendment bar application of the federal mail and wire fraud statutes, as RICO predicates, to a religious organization's intentional co… 3.5
25-929 Joseph Sheely, et al. v. Harold R. Feezle, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived 6th-circuit appeal-bond appellate-procedure due-process equal-protection statutory-rights Issue I: Whether a district court's imposition of an appeal bond for the express ed purpose of inhibiting appellants ' pursuit of their statutory righ… 3.5
25-6218 Kenleone Joe Nyandoro v. United States Fifth Circuit Pending IFP appeal-waiver controlled-substance firearm-possession ineffective-assistance second-amendment statutory-maximum 1. Whether the only permissible exceptions to a general appeal waiver are for claims of ineffective assistance of counsel or that the sentence exceeds… 0.5
25-6450 Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Carlos Rosado, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment court-access due-process indigency legal-proceedings procedural-rights Did the lower Court wrongly dismiss the Petitioner's appeal because it effectively prevented the Petitioner from having access to the Court as a resul… 0.5
25-6664 Freddrick Reed v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None Some sentencing judges routinely assert that they would have selected the exact same sentence regardless of any error in applying the Sentencing Guide… -1.5
25-6677 John Wayne Morgan, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. 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… -1.5
25-6698 Dalando T. Garner v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban 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… -1.5
25-6701 Eskender Getachew v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure defendant-presence jury-verdict sixth-amendment trial-court-duty Both the Constitution (through the Fifth and Sixth Amendments) and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (Rule 43) provide that a defendant "must be… -1.5
25-6703 Pedro Cesar Villalobos-Espinoza v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law-review constitutional-law judicial-interpretation legal-precedent statutory-analysis supreme-court-precedent Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), be overruled? -1.5
25-5642 Tonnerrious Jamarcus McGee v. Texas Texas Denied Relisted (2)IFP due-process fourteenth-amendment government-code judicial-appointment misdemeanor-sentencing trial-judge 1. Whether the Trial Court 122nd District Court (Galveston County) Texas use of a visiting trial judge who was not properly appointed nor noted on the… -4.0
25-5715 In Re Daniel E. Hall Denied Relisted (2)IFP all-writs-act judicial-conduct judicial-review magistrate-appointment mandamus-relief misconduct-complaints 1. Whether the Judicial Council of the First Circuit may disregard mandatory provisions of the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act and the Rules for … -4.0
25-5953 Christopher Matthew Henderson v. Alabama Alabama Denied IFP adverse-inference capital-murder criminal-sentencing fifth-amendment prosecutorial-conduct right-to-silence In the sentencing phase of a capital trial, where the defendant exercises his right to remain silent and to plead not guilty, does the Fifth Amendment… -4.5
25-5964 Oladayo Oladokun v. United States Second Circuit Denied IFP agency-deference judicial-review notice-and-comment sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Sentencing Guidelines ' commentary promulgated without notice-and-comment rulemaking retains binding authority after Loper Light Ente… -4.5
25-6217 Christopher Wuchter v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-challenge controlled-substance facial-unconstitutionality firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), which prohibits firearm possession by any unlawful user of a controlled substance, is facially unconstitutional under t… -4.5
25-6443 Carmine Amelio v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee Connecticut Denied IFP appellate-review due-process judicial-bias jurisdictional-defect recusal standing 1. Whether due process is violated when a state trial judge conducts a dispositive evidentiary hearing on standing and jurisdiction while an appellate… -4.5
25-6446 David Allen Benson v. Superior Court of California, Orange County, et al. California Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance mandamus-petition sixth-amendment speedy-trial 1. Was Petitioner denied his right to speedy trial, even his criminal Trial has been delayed for six years without his consent? 2. Did Petitioner suf… -4.5
25-6467 Roberto Morales Diaz v. Florida Florida Denied IFP None 1. Given the United States Supreme Court's now long standing and clear 5th Amendment jurisprudence, do Florida Courts have authority to expand, or oth… -4.5
25-6768 In Re Mark Anthony Morris Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-violation due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus state-interference 1. Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibit Mark Morris' continued imprisonment after establishing that constitutional viol… -4.5
25-6769 In Re David J. Gottorff Denied IFP collateral-estoppel constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process first-amendment sixth-amendment Question 1. Whether the arrest and prosecution of the Petitioner in Ouray District Court case 2022 CR 8 was in criminal violation of 18 U.S.C. 1512(d)… -4.5
24-7002 In Re Clifford L. Noll Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP debt-collection due-process federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment fourth-amendment property-seizure 1.) Did the unwarranted seizure of my real properties and personal savings account by UNITED STATES violate my rights under the 4th Amendment? 2.) Di… -6.0
25-5461 Gary Eugene Maddox, II v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP clerk-obstruction document-misappropriation fraud-upon-court jurisdictional-challenge right-to-petition supreme-court-docket 1. Did National Supreme Court clerk Danny Bickel violate Maddox's right to petition the Government when he committed clerk obstruction, and fraud upon… -6.0
25-6560 Tony Daniel Klein v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-defense criminal-procedure evidence-exclusion sixth-amendment witness-bias Does a court violate a criminal defendant's constitutional right to present a defense by excluding the strongest evidence supporting the sole theory o… -6.0
25-6541 Lonzie Nichols v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process ex-post-facto liberty-interest procedural-bars sentencing-guidelines 1. whether a state 's application ano enforcement of its Procedural Bars via its highest appellate Court in Certain Cases resultin annihilation Ano … -6.5
25-6552 Angeliina Lynn Lawson v. Jonathan David Lawson Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights equal-protection fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigant removal-jurisdiction 1 Whether 28 U.S.C. §1443(1) permits removal to federal court when a pro se litigant with disabilities alleges systemic discrimination, retaliation, a… -6.5
25-6561 Joshua Demien Magee v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-relief criminal-sentencing due-process ex-post-facto mississippi-supreme-court procedural-standards 1) Whether the Mississippi Supreme Court may ignore the ex post facto clause by applying new decision rendered in Howell v. State, 358 So. 3d 613, 615… -6.5
25-6593 Jason Jones v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-fines eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment immunities-clause incarceration-costs Whether the Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment must restrict government from imposing costs of incarceration and criminal fines that are gr… -6.5
25-6610 Robert Franklin Brown v. Arizona Arizona Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process legal-access legal-assistance prison-system prisoner-rights Question not identified. -6.5
25-6662 Pierre Burns v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-of-mistake first-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the District Court's prohibition against presenting a defense of mistake of age in a case arising under 18 U.S.C. § 225l(a) created a viola… -6.5
25-6665 Tra'ven Boyer-Letlow v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest-seizure constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process miranda-rights probable-cause 1. Given the absence of probable cause to arrest here, and/or the right to seize, and/or the right to shackle here (and detain and the like, as was do… -6.5
25-6667 Alexis D. Negrón-Cruz v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process ex-parte-communication fifth-amendment neutral-arbiter probation-revocation Does a district court violate the Fifth Amendment's neutral-and-detached-arbiter requirement, as recognized in Morrissey, when it engages in ex parte … -6.5
25-6668 Matthew Evan Davis, Sr. v. Douglas Curtis, Commandant, United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP court-martial habeas-corpus judicial-bias jurisdictional-review military-justice suspensions-clause WHETHER, IN THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE, THE CLAIMS OF JUDICIAL BIAS AND IMPROPER REFERRAL OF CHARGES ARE JURISDICTIONAL IN NATURE. WHETHER … -6.5
25-6674 Justin K. Eaton v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split commission-authority congressional-review due-process sentencing-guidelines I. Can U.S.S.G. §1B1.13(b)(6) be held to be an "excess of authority" by the Commission when Congress has reviewed and ratified that guideline pursuant… -6.5
25-6675 Paul Wright v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law disability-claims judicial-review statutory-interpretation va-jurisdiction veterans-benefits Is an impacted veteran entitled to judicial review of a definitive decision by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assert jurisdiction under 38 U.S… -6.5
25-6682 Fidel Aramboles v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-possession firearms-regulation second-amendment 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) imposes a lifelong prohibition, punishable by up to 15 years' imprisonment, on the possession of any firearm or ammunition, for … -6.5
25-6691 Nedry McLean v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP article-i-powers due-process felonies-clause foreign-prosecution maritime-drug-law vessel-nationality 1. Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA) exceeds Congress's Article I powers, particularly where the MDLEA is extended to the prosecut… -6.5
25-6692 Ana Rosenda Mancio v. Lavelle Parker, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus strickland-standard 1. In applying Berger v. United States, 295 U.S. 78 (1935) to a Habeas Corpus Claim based on the State's unreasonable application of "characterized mi… -6.5
25-6694 Donny Ray Moreno v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confidential-informant law-enforcement materiality probable-cause reckless-omission search-warrant 1. Whether the "materiality " prong of Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154 (1978), is satisfied when a search warrant affidavit recklessly omits a confid… -6.5
25-6699 Martin Gutierrez-Barba v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 3553(a)-factors appellate-review criminal-procedure judicial-discretion procedural-error sentencing Is urging a sentence recommendation lower than is ultimately imposed and grounding that recommendation in the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors, sufficient … -6.5
25-6700 Aita Gurung v. Vermont Vermont Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights jury-selection peremptory-challenges public-trial sixth-amendment waller-standard Whether the Sixth Amendment's public trial guarantee applies to the cause and peremptory challenges phase of jury selection or may the court exclude t… -6.5
25-6702 Jason Steven Kokinda v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process nichols-precedent plain-error sex-offender-registration statutory-interpretation Did the lower courts commit plain error requiring summary reversal by reinterpreting the elements of 18 U.S.C. § 2250, (construed by the unanimous Sup… -6.5
25-6715 Cristian Chaverra Moreno v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-power constitutional-interpretation define-and-punish-clause high-seas international-jurisdiction maritime-law Under the Define and Punish Clause and the Founders' understanding of sea zones, does Congress have the authority to punish felonies that occur in ano… -6.5
25-6716 Ramon Manuel Ortega-Borunda v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-appeal fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -6.5
25-6724 Diamond King v. United States Postal Service, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fifth-amendment judicial-review procedural-dismissal service-evasion whistleblower-claims Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit violated Petitioner 's Fifth Amendment right to due process by affirming dismissal o… -6.5
25-6755 Robert W. Feldman v. Colorado Colorado Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law coroner-authority death-investigation district-attorney prosecutorial-discretion sub-delegation In a matter of first impression whether the district attorney may charge a person for causing a death that the coroner declines to find was a homicide… -6.5