Conference: 2026-04-24

69 cases — 0 granted, 6 denied/dismissed, 63 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
25-703 Calvary Chapel San Jose, et al. v. California, et al. California Pending Amici (7) church-autonomy covid-restrictions excessive-fines free-exercise-clause religious-liberty strict-scrutiny At issue in this case is the ability of government to referee religious services in a house of worship. Government officials in California imposed COV… 17.5
25-701 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. Board of Trustees of the Bakery Drivers Local 550 and Industry Pension Fund Second Circuit Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) critical-declining-status mass-withdrawal multiemployer-pension pension-plan-termination special-financial-assistance statutory-interpretation Whether a multiemployer pension plan that terminated through mass withdrawal before the 2020 plan year is eligible for Special Financial Assistance un… 14.0
25-767 Daren K. Margolin, Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review v. National Association of Immigration Judges Fourth Circuit Pending Amici (2) csra-preclusion district-court party-presentation personnel-actions summary-reversal supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether the decision below should be summarily reversed for violating the party-presentation principle. 2. Whether the decision below should be su… 12.5
25-845 Greg Abbott, in His Official Capacity as Governor of Texas, et al., Appellants v. League of United Latin American Citizens, et al. Texas Pending Amici (1) None 11.5
25-1001 United States v. Briani L. Doucet Fifth Circuit Pending constitutional-challenge drug-offense felon-in-possession firearm-possession predicate-conviction second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable b… 10.5
25-551 United States v. Shaheem Johnson Fourth Circuit Pending criminal-procedure district-court extraordinary-reasons sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the district court permissibly found "extraordinary and compelling reasons" to allow reduction of respondent's sentence under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c… 10.5
25-983 Société Générale De Banque Au Liban, S.A.L. v. Ester Lelchook, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of David Martin Lelchook, et al. Second Circuit Pending asset-acquisition due-process-clause forum-contacts general-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction Whether the Due Process Clause allows courts to exercise personal jurisdiction by imputing an unaffiliated nonparty's forum contacts to a defendant wi… 10.5
25-757 Matthew Borges v. United States Sixth Circuit Pending Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bribery campaign-finance first-amendment official-act political-contribution quid-pro-quo The First Amendment protects soliciting for, and contributing to, political campaigns based on policies that a candidate agrees to take while in offic… 10.0
25-724 Unified Life Insurance Company v. United States Fire Insurance Company Fifth Circuit Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-common-law insurance-law reinsurance state-law Whether a federal court exercising diversity jurisdiction exceeds its authority under Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) by creating a new st… 9.0
25-756 Larry Householder v. United States Sixth Circuit Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) campaign-finance extortion first-amendment honest-services-fraud political-speech quid-pro-quo The First Amendment's protection of political speech ensures that a political contribution will not constitute extortion under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 or h… 9.0
25-1063 Steve Ferguson v. Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Florida Pending Response Waived domestic-injury foreign-plaintiff private-right-of-action racketeering RICO treble-damages Whether the Third District Court of Appeal misapprehended federal law by holding that a foreign plaintiff's RICO injury arises domestically solely bec… 8.5
25-939 James Garfield Broadnax v. Texas Texas Pending Amici (2)Relisted (2) confrontation-clause due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection expert-testimony fourteenth-amendment 1. Whether the State's use in a capital sentencing proceeding of rap lyrics composed by a Black defendant to argue to a nearly all-White jury that the… 8.0
25-699 Amaplat Mauritius Ltd., et al. v. Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation, et al. District of Columbia Pending Amici (1) arbitral-award circuit-split foreign-sovereign-immunities-act implied-waiver international-arbitration new-york-convention When a foreign sovereign that is a party to the New York Convention agrees to arbitrate a dispute governed by the Convention, does it impliedly waive … 6.5
25-938 James Garfield Broadnax v. Texas Texas Pending Amici (1) batson-violation constitutional-law equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-strikes race-discrimination Whether the State's considering race as a basis for striking prospective jurors, shown by its listing prospective jurors by race on a spreadsheet used… 6.5
25-1009 National Association of Immigration Judges v. Daren K. Margolin, Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review Fourth Circuit Pending administrative-jurisdiction civil-service-reform-act federal-employee-speech first-amendment judicial-review prior-restraint One year after this Court's decision in Thunder Basin Coal Co. v. Reich, 510 U.S. 200 (1994), the Court exercised jurisdiction over a pre-enforcement … 5.5
25-1014 Laith Saud v. DePaul University Seventh Circuit Pending adverse-employment-action but-for-causation pretext race-discrimination summary-judgment title-ix-investigation 1. Whether a discriminatory Title IX investigation— whose findings are relied upon by a decisionmaker to impose concrete employment consequences—can … 5.5
25-1016 Dmitry Kruglov v. Federal National Mortgage Association Pennsylvania Pending discovery-violations due-process equal-protection judicial-bias summary-judgment unconscionability I. Due Process and Equal Protection Questions (Fourteenth Amendment) 1. Whether the trial court violated procedural due process and equal protection… 5.5
25-1023 James Marshall Shoemaker, III v. Leslie R. Moore, Esq., as Personal Representative and Trustee of the Estate of James Marshall Shoemaker, Jr., et al. South Carolina Pending appellate-jurisdiction attorney-malpractice due-process judicial-conflict-of-interest judicial-recusal vacatur 1. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of due process is violated when a judge knowingly rules on the merits of a case while maintaining an u… 5.5
25-1024 Frank Faillace v. Zoe Hollis Ninth Circuit Pending employee-status fair-labor-standards-act misclassification private-right-of-action retaliation statutory-interpretation The Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") prohibits retaliation by an employer or "any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer… 5.5
25-1062 Jessica Pitts, Officer, et al. v. Taylor Burke, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Thomas Gay, Deceased Tenth Circuit Pending Amici (2)Response Waived clearly-established-law excessive-force fourth-amendment interlocutory-appeal qualified-immunity summary-judgment Despite this Court's repeated interventions— including its unanimous decision in City of Tahlequah v. Bond , 142 S.Ct. 9 (2021)—emphasizing that clea… 5.5
25-719 Stanley Battat, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eleventh Circuit Pending administrative-procedure initial-determination irc-section-6751 managerial-approval tax-assessment tax-penalty Internal Revenue Code Section 6751(b)(1) provides that "[n]o penalty under this title shall be assessed unless the initial determination of such asses… 5.5
25-973 Ray Leonerdirt Díaz-Santiago v. José Sánchez-Acosta, et al. First Circuit Pending due-process-clause fifth-amendment government-contracts promesa property-rights ultra-vires 1. Whether the First Circuit erred in holding that Petitioner's contractual and constitutional rights were discharged under PROMESA's Title III Plan o… 5.5
25-993 Vincenzo Oppedisano v. Lynda Zur Second Circuit Pending choice-of-law diversity-jurisdiction federal-courts partnership-formation state-law summary-judgment Whether a federal court sitting in diversity may treat a single factor as dispositive in assessing partnership formation, contrary to this Court's pre… 5.5
25-814 Assata Acey Hackman v. Inductev Third Circuit Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-review evidence-review judicial-procedure pro-se supreme-court-oversight Does the oversight of the US Supreme Court permit its lower courts to ignore submitted evidence in order to refuse pro se petitions? 4.0
25-841 Henry Troy Wade v. United States Eleventh Circuit Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2) brady-violation constitutional-procedure due-process grand-jury sixth-amendment wire-fraud 1. Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. §1343 must be vacated where the Government obtained a verdict under a theory materially broader than the indic… 4.0
25-1005 Janice Hughes Barnes, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ashtain Barnes, Deceased v. Felix Roberto, Jr. et al. Fifth Circuit Pending Response Waived deadly-force fleeing-felon-rule fourth-amendment probable-cause totality-of-circumstances unreasonable-force Whether the mere "risk of flight" renders a suspect so dangerous to the public at large that police are justified under the Fourth Amendment in using … 3.5
25-1044 Princess Azizi Kuulei Kaiama v. United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, et al. Ninth Circuit Pending Response Waived federal-question-jurisdiction international-law land-title-dispute mandamus native-hawaiian-sovereignty removal-jurisdiction Whether the Native Hawaiian citizens of the Kingdom of Hawaii are entitled to remove a land title dispute from State court to federal court on the bas… 3.5
25-1045 Charles Albert Massey v. Joseph Walters, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Pending Response Waived confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination habeas-corpus preliminary-hearing unavailable-witness Does the Confrontation Clause allow the Petitioner to be convicted at trial—using preliminary hearing testimony of an unavailable witness—of an offens… 3.5
25-1072 Amanda Wood v. City of San Antonio, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Pending Response Waived 911-call fourth-amendment monell-liability qualified-immunity section-1983 terry-stop Under Florida v. J.L. 529 U.S. 266 (2000), 911 callers must provide a modicum of factual details describing criminal conduct for Police to effect a la… 3.5
25-1102 James Saylor v. Rob Jeffreys, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Eighth Circuit Pending Response Waived None 3.5
25-1114 EscapeX IP, LLC v. Google LLC Federal Circuit Pending Response Waived appellate-review attorney-sanctions patent-fee-awards rule-59-motion section-1927 subjective-bad-faith 1. The Ninth Circuit has long held that sanctions under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 "must be supported by a finding of subjective bad faith," and that bad faith … 3.5
25-1120 Michael Hild v. United States Second Circuit Pending Response Waived conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure Cuyler-v-Sullivan habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the framework from Cuyler v. Sullivan, 446 U.S. 335 (1980) —where this Court held that a defendant alleging ineffective assistance of counsel … 3.5
25-1125 Jose Ruiz v. The Bradford Exchange, Ltd. Ninth Circuit Pending Response Waived adequate-remedy-at-law equity-jurisdiction federal-judicial-authority injunctive-relief judiciary-act-of-1789 waiver-of-jurisdiction Can a defendant waive the lack of federal equity jurisdiction where it plainly does not exist, thereby compelling a federal court to exercise equitabl… 3.5
25-1137 Nicholas Honchariw, Trustee, Honchariw Family Trust v. County of Stanislaus, California Ninth Circuit Pending Response Waived land-use property-rights regulatory-taking takings-clause vested-rights vesting-tentative-map Whether an approved vesting tentative map which conferred a statutory vested right to finalize a subdivision upon substantial compliance with the cond… 3.5
25-1138 Stephen D. Herto v. John T. Murphy, Warden Fourth Circuit Pending Response Waived appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability federal-rules-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review substantial-constitutional-question A District Court failed to adjudicate a single claim from the petitioner in its final order dismissing his petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petiti… 3.5
25-6240 Joel Contreras-Aguilar v. Texas Texas Pending Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process immigration-status ineffective-assistance strickland-standard Has the State of Texas courts undermined presently established federal law in regards to the disclosure of immigration status of defendants in crimina… 1.0
25-6536 C. Holmes v. Granuaile, LLC, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP article-iii due-process judicial-procedure magistrate-review report-recommendation substantial-rights I. Motion for Affirmance of the Law of the Case on Prior Appeal in 4th Cir. App. Case No. 21-1470. II. The instant appeal contains novel questions of… 1.0
25-6038 Daniel Stewart v. United States Seventh Circuit Pending IFP administrative-law auer-deference circuit-split judicial-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction In Stinson v. United States , 508 U.S. 36 (1993), this Court held that commentary by the United States Sentencing Commission interpreting or explainin… 0.5
25-6636 Donnie Bryant v. United States Ninth Circuit Pending IFP 18-usc-3582 924c-convictions extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act juvenile-sentencing sentence-modification 1. Should a defendant's juvenile status at the time of the offense qualify as an extraordinary and compelling reason for a modification of a term of i… 0.5
25-6429 Georgiy Chipunov v. United States Ninth Circuit Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP as-applied-challenge criminal-procedure facial-challenge first-amendment ninth-circuit true-threats In Counterman v. Colorado, 600 U.S. 66, 73 (2023), the Court clarified that, to comply with the First Amendment's protections, prosecutors "must prove… -1.0
25-6291 Georgianna Parisi v. Estate of Jackie Jones, et al. Ohio Denied Relisted (2)IFP equal-protection fourteenth-amendment interstate-commerce judicial-oversight probate-court trustee-compensation This case presents a question of exceptional national importance because it implicates the federal constitutional limits on States' authority to regul… -4.0
25-6365 Timothy Robert Provo v. Geoffrey W. Tenney, Individually and as Judge, Tenth Judicial District, Wright County, Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP ada-retaliation due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-recusal parental-rights transcript-access 1. Recusal and Void Orders Whether the Due Process Clause and the Supremacy Clause permit a state judge to continue issuing substantive custody, cont… -4.0
25-6857 Jacob Bellinsky v. Rachel Zinna Galan, fka Rachel Bellinsky Colorado Pending IFP anti-SLAPP-statute Colorado-law defamation due-process First-Amendment public-concern 1. Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1446(d), which provides that removal "shall effect " federal jurisdiction and that state courts "shall proceed no further, " d… -4.5
25-6861 Kyuhwan Hwang v. Jerry Quezada Arita, et al. Tennessee Pending IFP constitutional-rights constitutional-violations due-process judicial-crime rule-of-law victim-protection 1. When and where both hybrid crime and judicial crime exist in such extreme cases including this case, how should the Constitution of the United Sta… -4.5
25-6863 Michael Jaffe v. Kris Doe District of Columbia Pending IFP judicial-immunity jury-trial quasi-contract seizure-without-warrant seventh-amendment unjust-enrichment Was Michael Jaffe unconstitutionally denied a jury trial as per Seventh Amendment in case 1:24-cv-01320-UNA in the U.S. District Court for the Distric… -4.5
25-6878 Imre Kifor v. Massachusetts, et al. Massachusetts Pending IFP constitutional-rights equal-protection family-law federal-funding immunity state-action 1) The Commonwealth of Massachusetts aims to "double protect "1 some citizens at the expense of revoking all protections from others, including Const… -4.5
25-6881 In Re Ryan P. Givey Pending IFP americans-with-disabilities-act appellate-procedure conflict-of-interest custody-proceedings due-process judicial-disqualification Should Chester County Court Judge Clay Cauley Sr. be restrained from presiding as judge in any further judicial proceedings in custody case No. 2015-0… -4.5
25-6882 Rojelio Estraca, Jr. v. Texas Texas Pending IFP Arizona-v-Youngblood destruction-of-evidence discovery-rights due-process Michael-Morton-Act spoliation 1. Should this Honorable Court reexamine its destruction of evidence standard set out in Arizona v. Youngblood; specifically, a reform to the 'bad fai… -4.5
25-6887 Jermel Arcilicia Taylor v. Washington County Jail Ninth Circuit Pending IFP None Question not identified. -4.5
25-6902 Alejandro Ferrer v. Florida Florida Pending IFP due-process-clause fourteenth-amendment habitual-felony-offender jury-trial-right sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether the Florida Legislature's removal of the jury from the fact finding process that authorized a judge to determine if it was necessary to protec… -4.5
25-6907 Alicia Marie Richards v. Ryal W. Richards California Pending IFP due-process-clause equal-protection federal-removal-statute fourteenth-amendment removal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether the California Court of Appeal lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over this removed action and misapplied the federal removal statute, 28 U… -4.5
25-6910 Delmart Edward Vreeland v. Colorado Colorado Pending IFP apprendi-violation armed-career-criminal-act blakely-violation fifth-amendment-due-process habitual-criminal-sentencing sixth-amendment-jury-trial Whether Petitioner's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights were violated when he was subjected to an increased maximum sentence based on the trial court's … -4.5
25-6913 Annie-Grace Kline v. Leidos, Inc. Fourth Circuit Pending IFP None 1. Appealing To The United States Supreme Court To: a) . Can The United States Supreme Court help Settle my Case with LEIDOS Inc.'s who have refused t… -4.5
25-6914 Murray Lawrence v. Alabama Alabama Pending IFP batson-discrimination brady-violation coerced-testimony effective-assistance-of-counsel forensic-evidence-suppression prosecutorial-misconduct 1. Whether the prosecution violated Brady v Maryland when it suppressed exculpatory forensic evidence concealed the absence of any Alabama autopsy and… -4.5
25-7139 In Re William J. Morra Pending IFP None Question not identified. -4.5
25-7148 In Re George Eugene Cross Pending IFP None Question not identified. -4.5
25-6634 Joseph D. Reaves v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP due-process fourteenth-amendment guilty-plea newly-discovered-evidence pcra-petition psychiatric-medical-history 1. Does the Due Process Clause of the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment entitle an Petitioner in a PCRA Petition, Notice of Appeal and Allowance of … -6.0
25-7032 Rodricus Darnell Scott v. Joshua Jones, Warden Eleventh Circuit Pending Response WaivedIFP None Question not identified. -6.5
25-7057 Dianne Michele Carter v. April Maryam Kaiser, et al. North Carolina Pending Response WaivedIFP due-process-clause fourteenth-amendment judicial-transparency procedural-dismissal right-to-be-heard state-court-jurisdiction 1. Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permits a state court to dismiss a litigant 's case on procedural grounds without affor… -6.5
25-7069 Neal Lee Minton v. Florida Florida Pending Response WaivedIFP ability-to-pay constitutional-limits-on-punishment criminal-sentencing eighth-amendment excessive-fines-clause proportionality 1. Whether the state court erred in upholding, contrary to U.S. v. Bajakajian, 524 U.S. 321 (1998), and the Excessive Fines Clause, a mandatory fine p… -6.5
25-7074 Ethan Jenkins v. Texas Texas Pending Response WaivedIFP None Question not identified. -6.5
25-7094 Eddie Joe Oglesby, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Pending Response WaivedIFP None Question not identified. -6.5
25-7098 Kevin Jean-Gilles v. United States Eleventh Circuit Pending Response WaivedIFP good-faith-and-fair-dealing mandatory-victims-restitution-act plea-agreement restitution sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights 1. Whether the Government's deviation from the agreed $65,000 restitution figure in a binding plea agreement—by recommending and securing a $125,000 r… -6.5
25-7099 Juan Jesus Chaidez v. United States Ninth Circuit Pending Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause due-process good-cause-standard parole-revocation revocation-hearing witness-production Under this Court's decision in Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U.S. 471, 489 (1972), a defendant "is guaranteed the right to confront and cross-examine adver… -6.5
25-7114 Brian Vasquez v. Colorado Colorado Pending Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargain procedural-default sixth-amendment 1) When counsel provides erroneous advice which causes a defendant to accept a plea he otherwise wouldn't have, and such misadvice does not manifest i… -6.5
25-7118 Susan Melissa Nickas v. United States Third Circuit Pending Response WaivedIFP appellate-review chain-of-inferences exculpatory-evidence jury-verdict prosecutorial-misconduct sufficiency-of-evidence When reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence to support a federal criminal conviction, must the court consider: Government evidence that exculpates … -6.5
25-7122 Trina Mae Johnson v. United States Eighth Circuit Pending Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process eighth-circuit judicial-impartiality neutrality-requirement sentencing WHERE THE TRIAL COURT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIED WITH PETITIONER'S VICTIM, EXPERIENCE AND SUFFERING AND EXPRESSED A DEEP SEATED FAVORITISM FOR HIM, WAS PET… -6.5
25-7123 Mohamed Ahmed Hassan v. United States Ninth Circuit Pending Response WaivedIFP courtroom-presence criminal-procedure defendant-demeanor evidence-admissibility fair-trial sixth-amendment The Sixth Amendment's guarantee of a fair trial requires that a trier of fact's verdict in a criminal case be based upon evidence introduced or develo… -6.5
25-7124 Jerrell Tito Bowman v. United States Fourth Circuit Pending Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-procedure evidentiary-error judicial-review standard-of-review 1. What is the ''Threshold" for Abuse of Discretion when a District Court issues a decision based on obvious Erroneously Assessed Evidence or outdat… -6.5