Conference: 2026-03-27

75 cases — 1 granted, 72 denied/dismissed, 2 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
25-465 Timothy Barton v. Securities and Exchange Commission Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (10)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) asset-seizure constitutional-limits due-process equitable-relief fifth-circuit securities-law The United States Government brought parallel crim-inal and civil enforcement actions against Petitioner Tim-othy Barton, alleging violations of the s… 19.0
24-672 Erma Wilson v. Midland County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus section-1983 statutory-interpretation 1. If a person never had access to § 2254 to impugn the constitutionality of her state criminal proceeding, is § 1983 presumptively available (as in s… 16.5
25-1 James Skinner v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Amici (7)Relisted (9) brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence-withholding judicial-precedent post-conviction-relief Did Louisiana courts err in refusing to apply Wearry to Mr. Skinner's Brady claims? 16.5
25-352 Jasmine Younge v. Fulton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, Georgia Eleventh Circuit Granted Response RequestedRelisted (3) affirmative-defense civil-procedure federal-rules judicial-discretion pleading-rules summary-judgment Where a defendant has filed an answer without pleading an affirmative defense, may the defendant nonetheless assert that affirmative defense as the ba… 16.5
25-732 Amos Wells v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (4) capital-sentencing constitutional-rights expert-testimony future-dangerousness habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance Whether trial counsel provides constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel at the sentencing phase of a capital trial by presenting evidence th… 14.5
25-582 Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. v. Enbridge Energy, LP, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) ex-parte-young federal-court real-party-in-interest sovereign-immunity sovereign-lands state-officials Whether a State is the real party in interest, and therefore entitled to sovereign immunity, where a private plaintiff sues state officials in federal… 14.0
25-948 Upsolve, Inc., et al. v. Letitia James, Attorney General of New York Second Circuit Denied Amici (5)Response Waived content-neutrality first-amendment legal-advice nonprofit-speech speech-restriction unauthorized-practice-of-law Is a law whose application is triggered by communicating about a particular topic nonetheless content-neutral so long as the law can be described as a… 13.5
25-759 Amber Lavigne v. Great Salt Bay Community School Board First Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 12b6-motion circuit-split constitutional-rights gender-transition parental-rights plausibility-standard school-policy In December 2022, Petitioner discovered a chest binder in her 13-year-old child's room. After speaking with her child, she learned that a social worke… 12.0
25-728 United States and Georgia, ex rel. Barbara Senters v. Quest Diagnostics Inc. Eleventh Circuit Denied circuit-split false-claims-act fraudulent-billing government-claims qui-tam rule-9b Whether a qui tam complaint satisfies Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b) when it alleges detailed firsthand knowledge of a fraudulent billing scheme… 10.5
25-570 Agilent Technologies, Inc. v. Synthego Corp. Federal Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) anticipation burden-of-proof enablement patent-validity printed-publications prior-art 1. Should printed publications be presumed to be enabling when a party challenging the validity of issued patent claims asserts that a printed publ… 9.0
25-937 Linda Cabello Garcia v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 8.5
25-954 Seville Industries, L.L.C. v. Small Business Administration, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived independent-contractor loan-forgiveness payroll-costs ppp-loan sba-interpretation small-business Congress enacted the Paycheck Protection Program to fund "payroll costs," defined to include "the sum of payments of any compensation with respect to … 8.5
25-956 Veltor Underground, LLC v. Small Business Administration, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived covid-19-relief independent-contractors payroll-costs ppp-loan small-business statutory-interpretation Congress enacted the Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") to fund "payroll costs" in order that small businesses stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandem… 8.5
25-957 Baoming Chen v. Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived None 1. Whether a claim alleging unreasonable agency delay under 5 U.S.C. § 706(1) becomes nonjusticiable when the Government takes the delayed action whil… 8.5
25-987 Flying T Ranch, Inc., a Washington Corporation v. Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, a federally recognized Indian Tribe Washington Denied Response Waived immovable-property-rule indian-tribes quiet-title state-court-jurisdiction tribal-sovereign-immunity trust-land Under the immovable-property rule, may a party sue an Indian tribe, without the latter's consent, in a State court to quiet title to real property loc… 8.5
25-210 James Synnott v. Paul Burgermeister, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2) children-rights circuit-conflict due-process family-integrity pro-se-representation pseudonym-privacy Whether using pseudonyms for parents and children —in cases involving children, especially with sensitive information —is appropriate and outweighs th… 6.0
25-512 Jibril Adamu v. United States Second Circuit Denied confrontation-clause criminal-procedure drug-trafficking extraterritorial-application sixth-amendment testimonial-hearsay 1. Whether the crime of possession with intent to distribute under 21 U.S.C. §959(c)(2) applies extraterritorially. 2. Whether a non-testifying analy… 5.5
25-878 Todd Jeffrey Rogers v. Ohio Ohio Denied constitutional-right impartial-jury ineffective-assistance juror-bias rehabilitation voir-dire Whether a prospective juror who admitted bias can be rehabilitated through silence or group answers in response to group questions. 5.5
25-881 Christopher Hadsell v. Catherine Isham California Denied constitutional-challenge court-access due-process fundamental-rights judicial-procedure vexatious-litigant 1. Are States'! Vexatious-Litigant Law ("States' VL Law'), and specifically, California's VexatiousLitigant Law ("CA VL Law', Cal. Code Civ. Proc.? §§… 5.5
25-1000 Adrienne L. Clark v. United States Armed Forces Denied Response Waived None 1. Whether the Fourth Amendment is violated when evidence seized outside the scope of a search warrant is admitted in a military trial? 2. Whether th… 3.5
25-1010 Lee Michael Tomko v. Bruno Martin Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived bivens-action federal-employee-liability fourth-amendment motion-to-dismiss pleading-standards rule-12b6 Is my complaint frivolous or otherwise insubstantial, when applying the motion to dismiss standard of accepting all allegations in the complaint as tr… 3.5
25-1025 Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review brady-violation due-process prosecutorial-misconduct rule-33-motion witness-recantation 1. Whether due process and this Court's precedents (Napue v. Illinois , Giglio v. United States , Kyles v. Whitley ) require a federal trial court to … 3.5
25-1032 Anthony Dwayne Williams v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived apportionment constitutional-taxation excise-tax income-tax sixteenth-amendment tax-law Whether the Sixteenth Amendment authorizes Congress to tax compensation for labor not arising from the exercise of a federal privilege (i.e., an "exci… 3.5
25-1033 NRA Group, LLC v. Nicole Durenleau, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived computer-fraud-and-abuse-act defend-trade-secrets-act rule-of-lenity scienter-requirement trade-secrets unauthorized-access In Van Buren v. United States, 593 U.S. 374 (2021), the Court articulated a "gates up/gates down" formulation for determining whether an employee exce… 3.5
25-1034 Adam J. Sherman v. United States Armed Forces Denied Response Waived appellate-review complete-record-review criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-trial-hearings statutory-interpretation Does statutory text imposing a duty for an appellate court to review the "entire record" require consideration of all the evidence from a post-trial f… 3.5
25-892 Robert James Cornett v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived court-of-appeals judicial-procedure mandamus petition-for-rehearing procedural-due-process supreme-court-rules 1. Whether a court of appeals may, by clerk correspondence rather than judicial order, refuse to accept for filing or to docket a timely petition for … 3.5
25-903 Sandra J. Bezanson, as Executor of the Estate of Dennis G. Bezanson v. Exeter Hospital, Inc. New Hampshire Denied Response Waived administrative-error court-system due-process electronic-filing fourteenth-amendment procedural-due-process 1. Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permits a state supreme court to forfeit a litigant's rights based on an administrative … 3.5
25-914 Chris Pable v. Chicago Transit Authority, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived court-procedure generative-ai judicial-review legal-precedent standard-of-deference supreme-court-review 1. Whether it is appropriate for a standard of deference to be applied when the reviewing opinion demonstrates a clear lack of familiarity with the ca… 3.5
25-924 Tessa Needham, et al. v. Merck & Company, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law constitutional-law judicial-review presentment-clause res-judicata vaccine-compensation Did the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals err by finding that a special masters' findings in Plaintiffs' claims filed in the Department of Health and Hu… 3.5
25-930 Pimlico, LLC v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Second Circuit Denied Response Waived None 1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred in refusing to review the evidentiary error that infected the Tax Court's o… 3.5
25-964 TNSG Health Co., Ltd., et al. v. Murray Colin Clarke, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split intellectual-property lanham-act trademark-infringement trademark-registration used-in-commerce Under the Lanham Act, any "trademark used in commerce" may be registered. 15 U.S.C. § 1051. That "used in commerce" standard is more lenient than the … 3.5
25-979 Richard L. Livingston v. Douglas Curtis, Commandant, United States Disciplinary Barracks Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived None This Court ruled in Ramos v. Louisiana, 590 U.S. 83, 89-90 (2020) that non-unanimous criminal verdicts are unconstitutional. The question presented is… 3.5
25-6744 C. Holmes, aka Cynthia Elaine Collie v. James Kevin Holmes South Carolina Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction procedural-rights trial-court I. Jurisdiction Can be Raised at Any Time and Cannot Be Waived II. The Trial Court Stay Should Be Sustained Pending Resolution of Jurisdiction and De… -1.5
25-6920 Gabriel Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-rights felon-in-possession firearm-restrictions Second-Amendment strict-scrutiny 1. Do convicted felons have a Second Amendment right, or do only law-abiding persons enjoy this right? 2. Does 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) w… -1.5
25-6921 Eliseo Tello-Alvarado v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-sentencing jury-trial-rights sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
25-6924 Carlos Miranda-De La Hoya v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure jury-trial-rights sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment The decision in Erlinger v. United States, 602 U.S. 821 (2024), shows that Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), can no longer be r… -1.5
25-6927 Marquise Graham v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP beyond-reasonable-doubt fifth-amendment guilty-plea harmless-error-review sentencing-facts sixth-amendment What is the test for reviewing for harmlessness a preserved error in the case of a guilty plea, where the error is the government's failure to charge … -1.5
25-6928 Pablo Garcia-Zamora v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres appellate-review criminal-sentencing fifth-circuit sentencing-guidelines writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
25-5749 Victor Saldano v. Texas Texas Pending Relisted (2)IFP atkins-claim due-process eighth-amendment intellectual-disability procedural-bar state-court-review 1. Does the TCCA's creation of a novel and unforeseeable procedural bar in its interpretation of Article 11.071 Section 5 preclude review of Mr. Salda… -4.0
25-6411 Gregory Johnson, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Pending IFP appeal-waiver appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement Can a criminal defendant knowingly and voluntarily waive the right to appeal a district court's yet-to-be-made errors as part of a plea agreement, and… -4.5
25-6647 Emanuel Johnson, Sr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability conflict-of-interest death-penalty federal-review habeas-corpus postconviction-review 1. Under the threshold certificate of appealability standard, could reasonable jurists debate a district court's refusal to consolidate inextricably i… -4.5
25-6669 Ezequiel Rivera v. Nestle USA, Inc. Seventh Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split eeoc-charge hostile-environment pro-se-pleading retaliation-claim summary-judgment Whether federal courts violate Haines v. Kerner and create a de facto circuit split by narrowly construing pro se EEOC charges to include only checked… -4.5
25-6680 Juan Manuel Cruzado-Laureano v. Office of the Comptroller of Puerto Rico First Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review brief-filing circuit-court due-process judicial-procedure procedural-validity Is a judgment issued by a Federal Appellate Circuit valid when the Appellant was never given the opportunity to file the Brief of Appeal? -4.5
25-6968 In Re Le'henrí Raphael Comiér Denied IFP None Question not identified. -4.5
25-6984 In Re Billy Marvin Witt, III, et ux. Denied IFP due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment habeas-corpus strip-search warrantless-arrest 1. Whether the warrantless arrest and 24-hour detention of Petitioner Billy Marvin Witt III on April 3, 2024, violated his constitutional rights under… -4.5
25-6991 In Re Justin Rossi Denied IFP None Question not identified. -4.5
25-6065 Rashid El Malik v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-delay due-process extraordinary-relief judicial-review mandamus-relief veterans-benefits 1. Whether a catastrophically disabled veteran facing imminent, life threatening harm is entitled to mandamus relief under Martin v. O'Rourke when a g… -6.0
25-6383 Wilson Ochar v. Lentegrity, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 14.1(a) - The questions presented for review: 1. HERE COMES NOW, Wilson Ochar, the petitioner in this case, hereby sub… -6.0
25-6434 Natasha T. Baskin v. Algernon M. Pitre District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-justice disability-rights due-process emergency-tolling equal-protection pro-se-litigants 1. Due Process and Access to Courts Whether the combined effect of emergency tolling restrictions, denial of disability accommodations, and additiona… -6.0
25-6917 Harlan Leroy Kelly, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP duren-test equal-protection jury-pool-composition jury-selection sixth-amendment systemic-exclusion What showing is necessary under Duren v. Missouri, 489 U.S. 357 (1979) to prove that systemic exclusion of a group resulted in underrepresentation of … -6.0
25-5908 Jean-Claude Okongo Landji v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split confrontation-clause conspiracy controlled-substances extraterritorial-prosecution sixth-amendment 1. May the offense of conspiracy to distribute or possess with intent to distribute controlled substances while on a United States aircraft, pursuant … -6.5
25-6696 Evelyn R. Benton v. Berkshire Richmond LLC Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure due-process judicial-review mandamus record-review summary-affirmance 1. The Record less Review: Whether a United States Court of Appeals violates the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause and acts in excess of its jurisd… -6.5
25-6713 Nebraska, ex rel. Isaac D. Koch v. District Court of Nebraska, Platte County Nebraska Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law contract-clause dissolution-statute freedom-of-conscience remedy void-writ What harm must a void writ burden one with before a remedy obtains? Whether unilateral dissolution statutes may be held repugnant to the contract cla… -6.5
25-6717 Alaa Elkharwily v. Kaiser Permanente, et al. Washington Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-limits due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-sanctions pro-se-litigation 1- UNCONSTITUTIONALLY BIASED ADJUDICATION (RULE OF NECESSITY/ SELF-INTEREST): Did the state appellate court violate the Due Process Clause of the Fo… -6.5
25-6733 May Chen v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure default-judgment emergency-motions judicial-conduct summons-and-complaints supreme-court-rule 1. Supreme Court Rule 20 and Rules of Judicial Conduct Rule 1.1, "a judge(s) shall comply with the law, including the Code of Judicial Conduct ". For … -6.5
25-6734 Samuel Carter v. Honolulu Police Department, et al. Hawaii Denied Response WaivedIFP None Question not identified. -6.5
25-6735 May Chen v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure default-judgment judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct procedural-rules writ-of-certiorari 1. Supreme Court Rule 20 and Rules of Judicial Conduct Rule 1.1, "a judge(s) shall comply with the law, including the Code of Judicial Conduct ". In r… -6.5
25-6772 Mario A. Manborde v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
25-6776 Carol Engen v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP claim-preclusion due-process fifth-amendment foreclosure-proceeding tax-lien tucker-act Whether a summary judgment entered in a 26 U.S.C. § 7403 lien-foreclosure proceeding — whose purpose is limited to enforcing a tax lien and where taxp… -6.5
25-6796 Carlos Martinez v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP california-law constitutional-rights criminal-law judicial-interpretation resentencing sentencing-discretion Whether or not vwsf te * j w heVh tr net f Ae s'^.rioi/s h>w <JC A v ^5 'A. jjirvK^, f cdM^cdVon fh<ff Q&pofe$ F&l'* bi&Trt&r i~o a. ter-rn <?r b bt … -6.5
25-6803 Joe Meyer v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None Question not identified. -6.5
25-6854 Lonny Slade Glover v. Minnesota Minnesota Denied Response WaivedIFP ex-parte-communication fourteenth-amendment pro-se-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error 1. Whether an unrecorded ex-parte communication between a trial judge and a deadlocked jury where the physical note of the communication was subsequen… -6.5
25-6900 Eliel Nunez Sanchez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-remedies appeal-waiver due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law removal-order When a person waives the right to appeal an immigration judge's removal order, but that waiver is invalid, has the person exhausted available administ… -6.5
25-6903 Floyd Hintteon Green, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Fourth-Amendment officer-safety Pennsylvania-v-Mimms reasonable-suspicion Rodriguez-v-United-States traffic-stop Does the concern for officer safety permit questioning about the presence of narcotics along with a request to search, during a traffic violation stop… -6.5
25-6904 Dawn Marie Guevara v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination harmless-error sixth-amendment witness-testimony 1. Whether a reviewing court can properly conclude a confrontation clause violation is harmless when it fails to consider the impact of the erroneousl… -6.5
25-6905 Markhel D'John Harris-Franklin v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review continuances criminal-procedure ends-of-justice federal-courts speedy-trial-act Whether ends-of-justice continuances granted under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A), may be open-ended. -6.5
25-6908 Norris Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process entrapment government-inducement habeas-corpus jury-instructions predisposition 1. Whether the federal courts of appeals are irreconcilably divided on the proper formulation of entrapment jury instructions, specifically: (A) what … -6.5
25-6919 Robert Benton, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None Question not identified. -6.5
25-6923 Marco Antonio Naranjo-Aguilar v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review harmless-error legal-standard preservation-of-error sentencing-guidelines sentencing-resentencing 1. Is remand for resentencing required when it is unclear whether the district court applied the correct legal standard in making a factual finding es… -6.5
25-6931 Paul Kenneth Cromar v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP apportionment direct-tax regulatory-deference sixteenth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction tax-assessment 1. In Moore et Ux v. United States, 602 U.S. 572 (2024), this Supreme Court held that the federal personal income tax is an indirect tax under authori… -6.5
25-6933 Ismael Camacho v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process fundamental-fairness sentencing-guidelines sentencing-manipulation vindictive-sentencing Whether the calculation of appellant Camacho's offense level at re-sentencing following the vacatur of one count of the Complaint violates due process… -6.5
25-6936 Matthew Lee Pelton v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-2259 appellate-review criminal-restitution ninth-circuit sentencing victim-compensation The question for this Court's review is whether "quality of life losses" and "productivity losses" are properly awarded as criminal restitution pursua… -6.5
25-6941 Steven Ingalls, Jr. v. Keith Vinardi, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-standards constitutional-error criminal-procedure habeas-corpus jury-instructions mandatory-presumptions Did the federal courts sow conflict in the 'debatability ' standard for a habeas corpus petitioner to appeal, where the bases for denying relief plain… -6.5
25-6944 Thomas Tso v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-abuse criminal-procedure due-process kidnapping sexual-abuse statute-of-limitations A "statute of limitations reflects a legislative judgment that, after a certain time, no quantum of evidence is sufficient to convict. Stogner v. Cali… -6.5
25-6946 Benjamin Alan Carpenter v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process-rights fatal-variance foreign-terrorist-organization grand-jury-indictment material-support-statute notice-and-pleading When the Government charges a material support offense under the prong "any service," may the defendant be convicted based on evidence of a different … -6.5