Massachusetts

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Case Title Docketed Type Status Tags
25-6779 Sasho Stantchev v. Bunker Hill Community College 2026-02-11 IFP Pending 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection personal-injury procedural-deadlines state-court
25A881 Ngozi Odimegwu v. Gregory Long 2026-02-04 A Application constitutional-rights criminal-complaint due-process fourth-amendment judicial-misconduct law-enforcement
25A793 Pamela Julian v. Dhurata Ametaj, et al. 2026-01-08 A Application None
25-6472 Roberto Lopez-Ortiz v. Massachusetts 2026-01-02 IFP Pending criminal-offense direct-review due-process felony-murder retroactive-application substantive-change
25A747 Justin Page v. Massachusetts 2025-12-23 A Application caniglia-v-strom community-caretaking emergency-aid fourth-amendment search-and-seizure warrant-requirement
25-6312 Fred Baskin v. Massachusetts 2025-12-08 IFP Denied arrest evidence-suppression fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure warrantless-search
25-636 Rahul Chaturvedi v. Siddharth Siddharth 2025-12-03 Paid Pending confidentiality federal-preemption interlocutory-appeal statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause trade-secrets
25A639 Stanley Donald v. Carol Micci, et al. 2025-12-02 A Application appellate-review certiorari legal-assistance pro-se supreme-court time-extension
25-6258 Pamela S. Julian v. Dhurata Ametaj, et al. 2025-12-01 IFP Pending None
25A630 Rahul Chaturvedi v. Bridge Over Corporation, et al. 2025-12-01 A Application confidentiality conflict-preemption dtsa export-controlled licensing-agreements trade-secrets
25-6012 Julia Dixon v. Medhost Dispatcher, et al. 2025-11-03 IFP Denied access-to-courts constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection indigent-plaintiff medical-malpractice
25A470 Chase Hunter v. Joanne Auclair 2025-10-24 A Application appellate-review constitutional-question due-process extraordinary-circumstances pro-se-litigation state-court
25-455 Thanh C. Tran v. Liberty Mutual Group Inc., et al. 2025-10-15 Paid Denied appellate-review due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment petition-clause trial-errors
25A307 Rahul Chaturvedi v. Siddharth Siddharth 2025-09-17 A Presumed Complete court-rules judicial-discretion procedural-deadline supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari
25M25 Thanh C. Tran v. Liberty Mutual Group Inc., et al. 2025-09-17 M Presumed Complete None
25A259 Rahul Chaturvedi v. Arvind Kumar Jay Jaiswal 2025-09-03 A Presumed Complete certiorari court-procedure final-judgment petition-deadline supreme-court-rules time-extension
25A220 Roberto Lopez-Ortiz v. Massachusetts 2025-08-26 A Presumed Complete appellate-review criminal-procedure discretionary-review due-process state-court time-extension
25M16 James Todino v. X Corp., fka Twitter, Inc., et al. 2025-08-21 M Presumed Complete None
25-189 Ron J. Waterman v. Robyn B. Waterman 2025-08-15 Paid Denied due-process federal-law-interpretation fourteenth-amendment judgment-modification state-court-jurisdiction variable-separation-incentive
25-138 Margo Roman v. Massachusetts Board of Registration in Veterinary Medicine Amici (1) 2025-08-05 Paid Denied constitutional-scrutiny first-amendment licensing-board occupational-speech professional-licensure speech-regulation
25-5280 Philip J. Marquis v. Massachusetts Amici (3) 2025-08-05 IFP Denied constitutional-rights firearms-licensing interstate-travel nonresident-travelers police-discretion second-amendment
25-5267 Antonio B. Nascimento-Depina v. Massachusetts 2025-08-04 IFP Denied appellate-review confrontation-clause due-process forensic-evidence harmless-error jury-determination
25-87 Kevin F. MacDonald v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. 2025-07-23 Paid Denied due-process estate-law foreclosure pro-se-litigation property-rights standing
24-1312 James J. Decoulos v. Board of Registration of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Professionals, et al. 2025-06-25 Paid Denied administrative-law agency-deference due-process fourteenth-amendment professional-disciplinary-proceeding statutory-interpretation
24-7498 Dasahn Crowder v. Massachusetts 2025-06-25 IFP Denied bruen-decision constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy ex-post-facto second-amendment
24-7468 Donald Perry v. U.S. Bank Trust N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust 2025-06-18 IFP Denied asset-transfer fdic-transfer judicial-scrutiny mortgage-assignment operation-of-law stare-decisis
24-7437 Kaveh L. Afrasiabi v. President and Fellows of Harvard College 2025-06-16 IFP Denied conflict-of-interest due-process harvard-university judicial-ethics judicial-recusal procedural-fairness
24-1258 Peter Judson v. Robert I. Friedman 2025-06-09 Paid Denied 14th-amendment estate-planning fiduciary-duty irrevocable-trust property-rights uniform-principal-and-income-act
24-7373 Natnael Zemene v. Massachusetts 2025-06-06 IFP Denied burden-of-proof criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment second-amendment
24A1180 Philip J. Marquis v. Massachusetts 2025-06-02 A Presumed Complete None
24-7329 Nicco-Kawon Pledger v. Massachusetts 2025-05-30 IFP Denied due-process expert-testimony hearsay-evidence ineffective-assistance jury-instructions trial-procedure
24A1168 Richard W. Gannett v. Board of Bar Overseers 2025-05-30 A Presumed Complete None
24-7287 Anthony Michael Branch v. Aidan T. Kearney, et al. 2025-05-27 IFP Denied actual-malice defamation media-publications public-figure summary-judgment
24-7293 Alexander Soto v. Massachusetts 2025-05-27 IFP Denied arizona-v-gant criminal-procedure drug-trafficking fourth-amendment search-incident-to-arrest warrant-requirement
24-7025 James Todino v. X Corp., fka Twitter, Inc., et al. 2025-04-17 IFP Denied criminal-harm due-process internet-immunity platform-liability section-230 user-generated-content
24-7008 Anthony Michael Branch v. Fannie Mae, et al. 2025-04-16 IFP Denied constitutional-rights due-process foreclosure non-judicial-foreclosure notice-of-default property-rights
24A967 James J. Decoulos v. Board of Registration of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Professionals, et al. 2025-04-10 A Presumed Complete None
24A958 Anthony Michael Branch v. Fannie Mae, et al. 2025-04-08 A Presumed Complete None
24-1002 Steven C. Fustolo v. The Patriot Group, LLC 2025-03-20 Paid Denied automatic-stay bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-stay judicial-enforcement legal-remedy state-court-injunction
24M70 Anthony Michael Branch v. Fannie Mae, et al. 2025-03-18 M Presumed Complete None
24A851 Kevin F. MacDonald v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. 2025-03-04 A Presumed Complete None
24-6600 Michael Boutin v. Chicopee Housing Authority 2025-02-20 IFP Denied constitutional-law due-process housing-dispute judicial-bias procedural-irregularities tenant-rights
24M58 Ron J. Waterman v. Robyn B. Waterman 2025-01-21 M Presumed Complete None
24-6339 Mark Tomas Regan v. Massachusetts 2025-01-17 IFP Denied criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process firearms-possession licensure-requirement second-amendment
24-6280 Margaly Philippe v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Trustee Amici (2) 2025-01-13 IFP Denied assets employment expenses in-forma-pauperis income poverty
24A672 Steven C. Fustolo v. The Patriot Group, LLC 2025-01-10 A Presumed Complete bankruptcy-stay constitutional-rights due-process financial-autonomy judgment-enforcement state-court-injunction
24A676 Mark Tomas Regan v. Massachusetts 2025-01-10 A Presumed Complete burden-of-proof criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process firearms-possession second-amendment
24-6183 Robert M. Joost v. Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners 2024-12-20 IFP Denied bar-admission constitutional-rights legal-education legal-practice occupational-freedom professional-qualification
24-660 Misop Baynun v. Bruce Hiltunen, et al. 2024-12-18 Paid Denied appeals-court constitutional-rights first-amendment judicial-procedure legal-fees religious-freedom
24-6098 Timothy R. Brown v. Massachusetts 2024-12-09 IFP Denied constitutional-rights criminal-resentencing double-jeopardy due-process fourteenth-amendment reasonable-doubt
24-6079 Lance Hullum v. Massachusetts 2024-12-05 IFP Denied constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard judicial-review jury-verdict legal-prejudice
24A540 Timothy R. Brown v. Massachusetts 2024-12-04 A Presumed Complete constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-resentencing due-process fourteenth-amendment retroactive-rule
24A522 Michael Boutin v. Chicopee Housing Authority 2024-11-27 A Presumed Complete appellate-review disability-accommodation due-process pro-se-litigation supreme-court-procedure time-extension
24A524 Pamela S. Julian v. Dhurata Ametaj, et al. 2024-11-27 A Presumed Complete certiorari extension-of-time health-challenges legal-assistance pro-se supreme-court
24A493 Anthony Michael Branch v. Fannie Mae, et al. 2024-11-18 A Presumed Complete due-process foreclosure intervention judicial-review mootness property-rights
24A467 Elizabeth D'Andrea v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. 2024-11-08 A Presumed Complete eviction-proceeding foreclosure-statute judicial-review predatory-lending property-transfer title-controversy
24A468 Grace Rungu v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee 2024-11-08 A Presumed Complete due-process eviction foreclosure judicial-review property-rights title-dispute
24A470 Margaly Philippe v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Trustee 2024-11-08 A Presumed Complete foreclosure judicial-review predatory-lending property-rights statutory-interpretation title-transfer
24M17 Misop Baynun v. Bruce Hiltunen, et al. 2024-08-05 M Presumed Complete None
24-101 John E. Cassidy v. Massachusetts 2024-07-31 Paid Denied 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-liability due-process firearm-licensing firearms home-possession interstate-travel licensing residence second-amendment
24-5199 Sharon Cammille Riddick v. Massachusetts 2024-07-31 IFP Denied dismissal due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment interlocutory-appeal obstruction-of-justice petition-government self-incrimination
24M14 Jane Doe v. Katie Dishnica, Director, Department of Unemployment Assistance 2024-07-25 M Presumed Complete None
24-5111 Amadi Sosa v. Massachusetts 2024-07-18 IFP Denied burden-of-proof confrontation-clause constructive-malice cross-examination due-process felony-murder perjury-protocol sixth-amendment winship-fact
23A1073 Jeremiah Wooden v. Massachusetts 2024-05-31 A Presumed Complete constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment retrial sufficiency-of-evidence
23A1001 Amadi Sosa v. Massachusetts 2024-05-09 A Presumed Complete co-defendant confrontation-rights due-process perjury severance trial-procedure
23-7250 Rian Waters v. Aidan Kearney 2024-04-18 IFP Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-complaint criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion obstruction-of-justice standing state-prosecution witness-intimidation
23-7150 Elana Gordon v. Massachusetts 2024-04-05 IFP GVR confrontation-clause criminal-procedure criminal-trial expert-testimony expert-witness forensic-evidence forensic-testimony right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel
23A817 Misop Baynun v. Bruce Hiltunen, et al. 2024-03-05 A Presumed Complete appellate-review due-process medical-disability pro-se time-extension veterans-rights
23-6805 Bharani Padmanabhan v. Cambridge Health Commission 2024-02-22 IFP Denied active-concealment civil-procedure constitutional-rights fidelity-vs-united-states grounds-of-defense seventh-amendment summary-judgment trial-by-jury
23-886 Carlos Guardado v. Massachusetts Amici (1) 2024-02-16 Paid Denied burks-v-united-states change-in-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy evidence legal-sufficiency prosecution-evidence second-trial supreme-court-precedent trial-rights
23-6604 Nicole Johnson v. Massachusetts Department of Children and Families 2024-01-29 IFP Denied 7th-amendment best-interests child-custody due-process jury-trial massachusetts-rule-38 parental-rights sua-sponte termination termination-of-parental-rights
23-786 Jon Myers v. Sondra Myers, et al. 2024-01-23 Paid Denied abuse civil-rights consent-denial due-process emotional-distress family-dispute intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress judicial-procedure legal-rights standing tort-claim
23A632 Carlos Guardado v. Massachusetts 2024-01-09 A Presumed Complete criminal-procedure double-jeopardy legal-development retrial second-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence
23A589 Rian Waters v. Aidan Kearney 2023-12-27 A Presumed Complete article-iii-standing constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution fair-trial first-amendment witness-intimidation
23-669 Massachusetts Coastal Railroad LLC, et al. v. Chad Marsh 2023-12-21 Paid Denied conflict-preemption economic-regulation federal-preemption field-preemption iccta-preemption interstate-commerce massachusetts-prevailing-wage-act rail-transportation railroad-regulation state-wage-law
23A552 Bharani Padmanabhan v. Cambridge Health Commission 2023-12-15 A Presumed Complete contractual-breach due-process employment-termination fair-hearing false-reporting medical-staff-privileges
23-563 Obaida Abdulky, et al., as Parents and Next Friends of Anthony Abdulky v. Lubin & Meyer, P.C., et al. 2023-11-27 Paid Denied appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidence judicial-review legal-standards notice procedural-fairness
23A416 Robinhood Financial LLC v. William F. Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al. 2023-11-08 A Presumed Complete broker-dealer fiduciary-duty investor-protection preemption regulatory-conflict sec-regulation
23-5932 Imre Kifor v. Massachusetts, et al. 2023-11-01 IFP Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection equity-mandate executive-order legal-paradox russell's-paradox
23-5868 Nicky S. Keo v. Massachusetts 2023-10-24 IFP Denied 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-penalty due-process felony firearm-licensing licensing mandatory-minimum second-amendment self-defense
23-314 Debra Brown v. Federal National Mortgage Association 2023-09-27 Paid Denied consideration default due-process equal-protection foreclosure fraud government-instrumentality mortgage property-ownership standing takings
23A251 Obaida Abdulky, et al. v. Lubin & Meyer, P.C., et al. 2023-09-19 A Presumed Complete access-to-courts attorney-malpractice due-process expert-testimony fourteenth-amendment summary-judgment
23-5600 Richard D. Bostwick v. Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, et al. 2023-09-15 IFP Denied appeals bankruptcy bankruptcy-stay civil-procedure discretion due-process judicial-discretion motion-to-vacate standing time-limitation
23-5552 Lei Yin v. Hartford Underwriters Insurance Co. 2023-09-11 IFP Denied administrative-hearing civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-tampering judicial-bias legal-procedure pro-se pro-se-rights standing worker-compensation
23A11 Richard D. Bostwick v. Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, et al. 2023-07-06 A Presumed Complete None
22-1237 Ryan Daly, et al. v. Alexis Chechowitz, et al. 2023-06-23 Paid Denied arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements civil-procedure class-action class-action-settlement due-process federal-arbitration-act preemption supremacy-clause
22A1020 Irving F. Rounds, Jr. v. Maura T. Healey, Governor of Massachusetts, et al. 2023-05-24 A Presumed Complete None
22-7545 Maude Laroche-St. Fleur v. Board of Bar Overseers of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, et al. 2023-05-15 IFP Denied attorney-discipline constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-proceedings fourteenth-amendment judicial-immunity state-court state-court-jurisdiction
22-1109 Irving F. Rounds, Jr. v. Maura T. Healey, Governor of Massachusetts, et al. 2023-05-12 Paid Denied 14th-amendment 5th-amendment due-process evidence evidence-weighing judicial-recusal public-records recusal
22-7397 Daniel Kim v. Massachusetts 2023-04-28 IFP Denied criminal-procedure criminal-speech due-process fighting-words first-amendment free-speech jury-determination jury-instructions speech-protection state-court true-threats
22-7400 Maurice Morrison v. Massachusetts 2023-04-28 IFP Denied confrontation-clause confrontation-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment judicial-protection jury-deliberations jury-trial sixth-amendment trial-evidence
22M103 Maude Laroche-St. Fleur v. Board of Bar Overseers of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts 2023-04-17 M Presumed Complete None
22-957 Laurie A. Dermody v. Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services CVSG Amici (2) 2023-03-31 Paid Denied 42-usc-1396p annuity annuity-rules asset-transfer medicaid-eligibility medical-assistance remainder-beneficiary spousal-impoverishment statutory-interpretation transfer-penalty
22-940 Sheldon Schwartz v. Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine 2023-03-28 Paid Denied administrative-law bill-of-rights due-process liberty-right medical-license medical-licensing professional-practice professional-regulation rational-basis state-board
22-7115 Imre Kifor v. Massachusetts, et al. 2023-03-27 IFP Denied child-support-enforcement congressional-research-service constitutional-challenge constitutional-interpretation federal-matching-grant federal-reimbursement federal-reimbursements open-ended-program reimbursement-rate state-matching-grant
22-922 Ryan J. Welter v. Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine 2023-03-22 Paid Denied administrative-discretion capacity-to-deceive career-ending-sanctions due-process fourteenth-amendment intent-materiality-harm misleading-statements occupational-licensing
22M84 Maude Laroche-St. Fleur v. Board of Bar Overseers of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts 2023-02-28 M Presumed Complete None
22-6841 Bharani Padmanabhan v. Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine 2023-02-22 IFP Denied antitrust antitrust-law civil-rights due-process economic-freedom free-enterprise licensing-board market-participants sovereign-immunity
22-6842 Bharani Padmanabhan v. Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine 2023-02-22 IFP Denied bedrock-of-jurisprudence court-procedure federal-courts jurisprudence litigation-principle neutral-arbiter party-presentation sineneng-smith state-courts united-states-v-sineneng-smith
22A703 Maude Laroche-St. Fleur v. Board of Bar Overseers of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts 2023-02-03 A Presumed Complete None
22A665 Sheldon Schwartz v. Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine 2023-01-24 A Presumed Complete None
22-6565 Cristian Santa v. Massachusetts 2023-01-18 IFP Denied expert-opinion expert-testimony factual-investigation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel kolenovic-precedent massachusetts-jurisprudence right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel
22A640 Maude Laroche-St. Fleur v. Board of Bar Overseers of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts 2023-01-17 A Presumed Complete None
22A577 Ryan J. Welter v. Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine 2022-12-28 A Presumed Complete None
22-575 William S. Toppi v. Massachusetts 2022-12-21 Paid Denied constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias massachusetts-appeals-court-rule-23.0 plea-waiver procedural-due-process recusal waiver-of-rights
22A503 Bharani Padmanabhan v. Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine 2022-12-07 A Presumed Complete None
22A504 Bharani Padmanabhan v. Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine 2022-12-07 A Presumed Complete None
22M43 Shirley J. Eslinger v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, et al. 2022-11-14 M Presumed Complete None
22-5748 James Atkinson v. Massachusetts 2022-10-04 IFP Denied 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearm-regulation home-possession licensing-law second-amendment standing subjective-standard takings
22-5759 Andrew Robertson v. Massachusetts 2022-10-04 IFP Denied criminal-procedure due-process evidence indictment judicial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct
22-5582 Deborah Fishman v. Victor Politis 2022-09-15 IFP Denied administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing
22A139 Renee Anna Najda v. Wilmington Trust, et al. 2022-08-16 A Presumed Complete None
22-132 Carlos Ruben Ruiz v. Massachusetts 2022-08-10 Paid Denied 14th-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-procedure demeanor-evidence due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions
21-8246 Richard D. Bostwick v. 44 Chestnut Street, Wakefield, Massachusetts, et al. 2022-06-28 IFP Denied access-to-courts americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-immunity reasonable-accommodation regulatory-taking standing substantive-due-process
21-1547 Chris C. Streeter v. John D. Casey, Chief Justice, Massachusetts Probate and Family Court 2022-06-09 Paid Denied 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-delay probate-court standing
21-8086 Jeremiah F. Wooden v. Massachusetts 2022-06-08 IFP Denied criminal-procedure criminal-record guilty-plea ineffective-assistance informed-consent meritorious-defenses plea-bargaining plea-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment
21-7889 Zahkuan Bailey-Sweeting, aka Zahkuan Sweeting-Bailey v. Massachusetts 2022-05-17 IFP Denied 14th-amendment 4th-amendment fourth-amendment individualized-suspicion pat-frisk police-hunch police-stop reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop unreasonable-search
21A731 Carlos Ruben Ruiz v. Massachusetts 2022-05-16 A Presumed Complete None
21A611 Richard D. Bostwick v. 44 Chestnut Street, Wakefield, Massachusetts, et al. 2022-04-19 A Presumed Complete None
21-7406 Marek Kozubal v. Massachusetts 2022-03-17 IFP Denied criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process fair-notice lenity lenity-rule mandated-reporter statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine
21-1257 Brian K. Evans, as Administrator of the Estate of Helen Marie Bousquet v. Ronald A. Marvin, et al. 2022-03-16 Paid Denied appearance-of-impropriety conflict-of-interest due-process interests-of-justice judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct medical-malpractice recusal
21-1249 John E. Cassidy v. Massachusetts 2022-03-15 Paid Denied due-process firearm-licensing firearm-possession home-possession licensing-scheme new-residents privileges-and-immunities second-amendment strict-scrutiny
21-1233 Mark R. Joubert v. Todd Miley 2022-03-10 Paid Denied attorney-client-relationship collateral-estoppel due-process fourteenth-amendment individual-liberty legal-restriction liberty-interest non-legal-business occupational-freedom standard-of-review state-court
21-7312 Daniel Viveiros v. Massachusetts 2022-03-08 IFP Denied complaint-testimony due-process evidence evidence-admission expert-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct sexual-assault trial-error trial-procedure uncorroborated-allegations
21-7260 George K. Mackie v. Massachusetts 2022-03-02 IFP Denied closing-argument criminal-procedure impeachment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions miscarriage-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt
21-7198 Remel Ahart v. Massachusetts 2022-02-24 IFP Denied and whether Massachusetts's appellate review prov appellate-review collateral-review criminal-procedure equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel postconviction-review procedural-default sixth-amendment
21-7168 Ilya Liviz v. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts 2022-02-22 IFP Dismissed care-and-protection civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law judicial-procedure jury-trial parental-rights standing
21-1136 M. S. v. J. B. 2022-02-17 Paid Denied due-process equal-protection ex-parte-order ex-parte-restraining-orders false-impression-of-dangerousness fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment records-expungement restraining-order vacated-orders
21-7118 Joshua B. Davoren v. Massachusetts 2022-02-15 IFP Denied 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession home-defense racial-inequality second-amendment standing takings
21M67 Ilya Liviz v. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts 2022-01-18 M Presumed Complete None
21-6851 Joel Quiles v. Massachusetts 2022-01-14 IFP Denied acquittal constitutional-rights criminal-conviction double-jeopardy due-process felony-murder fifth-amendment first-degree-murder trial-procedure
21-6792 Pauline Leslie v. Alexander Bodkin, et al. 2022-01-10 IFP Denied 14th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection hipaa independent-medical-examiner medical-malpractice
21A303 Marek Kozubal v. Massachusetts 2022-01-10 A Presumed Complete None
21-6771 Charles Reddicks v. Massachusetts 2022-01-06 IFP Denied criminal-records equal-protection fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury jury-selection race-neutral racial-discrimination sixth-amendment
21-6612 Brian Cavitt v. Massachusetts 2021-12-15 IFP Denied appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure dna-integrity due-process fair-trial forensic-evidence misleading-jury perjury quality-assurance trial-procedure
21-6546 Jorge Delgado-Rivera v. Massachusetts 2021-12-07 IFP Denied cell-phone-privacy constitutional-rights digital-privacy evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure text-messages
21-6468 Joshua Fernandes v. Massachusetts 2021-12-01 IFP Denied age-discrimination constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-cross-section jury-selection peremptory-challenge race-neutral-reasons
21A172 Joshua B. Davoren v. Massachusetts 2021-11-23 A Presumed Complete None
21-6221 David Jackson v. Massachusetts Department of Correction 2021-11-09 IFP Denied civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech prisoner-rights protected-speech racial-discrimination solitary-confinement true-threat
21-6149 Domingo Palma v. Massachusetts 2021-11-02 IFP Denied constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment mistrial prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment
21-515 Ashley Yoo Hyang Kim v. Huong Tran, et al. 2021-10-06 Paid Denied civil-rights disability-records due-process judicial-dismissal medical-records mental-health pro-se-petition schizophrenia-claim standing wrongful-diagnosis
21-405 Emerald Home Care, Inc. v. Department of Unemployment Assistance 2021-09-15 Paid Denied constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech preemption speech-restriction supremacy-clause tax tax-law
21-5635 Jamail D. Hairston v. Massachusetts 2021-09-09 IFP Denied appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error miranda-rights miscarriage-of-justice police-testimony right-to-remain-silent right-to-silence sufficiency-of-evidence
21-5636 Peter Hurley v. Massachusetts 2021-09-09 IFP Denied civil-rights due-process evidence-preservation government-misconduct plea-bargaining sentencing
21-343 Michelle J. Smith v. Nicholas French, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Martin D. French, Deceased 2021-09-02 Paid Denied actual-malice child-athletes defamation first-amendment fourteenth-amendment libel preemption public-figure sports-governance
21-5498 Raymond Concepcion v. Massachusetts 2021-08-27 IFP Denied criminal-procedure eighth-amendment intellectual-disability juvenile-court juvenile-justice mandatory-sentencing miller-v-alabama proportionality youth youth-culpability
21-188 Eddison Ramsaran v. Candace Lapidus Sloane, et al. 2021-08-10 Paid Denied absolute-immunity administrative-investigation buckley-standard buckley-v-fitzsimmons evidence-fabrication fabricated-evidence medical-licensing medical-licensing-board pre-adjudicatory-investigation pre-adjudicatory-proceedings prosecutorial-function prosecutorial-immunity
21-145 Gordon College, et al. v. Margaret DeWeese-Boyd Amici (10) 2021-08-03 Paid Denied academic-disciplines academic-freedom christian-education christian-mission faculty-integration first-amendment good-faith-characterization ministerial-exception religious-colleges religious-organization spiritual-formation
20-1747 Erich Sorenson v. Massachusetts Amici (3) 2021-06-16 Paid Denied 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-protection curtilage due-process fourth-amendment home-privacy law-enforcement search-and-seizure standing warrantless-arrest
20-8109 Walter Crayton v. Massachusetts 2021-05-24 IFP Denied 4th-amendment assigned-counsel child-pornography civil-rights criminal-appeals criminal-procedure due-process free-speech legal-representation post-conviction search-and-seizure trial-court
20-1569 Dawn Desrosiers, et al. v. Charlie Baker, Governor of Massachusetts Amici (2) 2021-05-12 Paid Denied content-neutral covid-restrictions due-process first-amendment peaceable-assembly rational-basis time-place-manner
20M79 Walter Crayton v. Massachusetts 2021-04-28 M Presumed Complete None
20-1413 Debra M. Brown v. Federal National Mortgage Association 2021-04-09 Paid Denied constitutional-constraints delegation-of-authority due-process equal-protection foreclosure housing-court land-court mortgage-backed-securities servicer-responsibilities state-action takings
20-1245 Pedro Vasquez v. Massachusetts 2021-03-09 Paid Denied appellate-counsel contract-obligations contracts-clause criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fee-advancement impairment indigent-defense sixth-amendment
20-1234 Marianne Baptiste, et al. v. Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, et al. 2021-03-08 Paid Denied 42-usc-1983 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process juvenile-detention juvenile-rights medical-treatment state-custody
20-7241 Rene Gosselin v. Massachusetts 2021-02-24 IFP Denied criminal-defendant evidence-law fourth-amendment medical-records privacy privacy-rights standing third-party-doctrine
20-1126 Joachim Carlo Santos Martillo, et al. v. Unknown Defendants 2021-02-17 Paid Denied 35-usc-145 35-usc-261 adverse-possession federal-circuit patent-application patent-ownership property-rights quiet-title standing-doctrine try-title uspto-procedure
20-1122 Edward B. Fleury v. Massachusetts 2021-02-16 Paid Denied 14th-amendment 2nd-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process law-enforcement second-amendment statutory-interpretation vagueness
20-7004 Camille T. Mata v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination 2021-02-01 IFP Denied administrative-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process judicial-review standing stare-decisis state-agency
20-1022 Jean Coulter v. Jamsan Hotel Management, Inc., et al. 2021-01-28 Paid Denied bias civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-review legal-procedure massachusetts-police-accountability police-accountability standing
20-6855 Stacia O'Neil v. Marisa Berquist, et al. 2021-01-14 IFP Denied 14th-amendment appellate-review arbitration commercial-disputes due-process uniform-arbitration-act
20-6731 Kevin Francis v. Massachusetts 2020-12-30 IFP Denied case-screening court-procedure criminal-procedure indigent-defendants judicial-error legal-waiver precedent public-defender sixth-amendment waiver
20-6477 Hamid Reza Ardaneh v. Massachusetts 2020-11-30 IFP Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-bias jurisdiction mental-health-detention national-origin nationality
20-6343 Ashley Fernandes v. Massachusetts 2020-11-16 IFP Denied 4th-amendment criminal-procedure digital-devices digital-search-warrant electronic-evidence evidence fourth-amendment general-warrants probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant
20-6278 Bodhisattva Skandha v. Gloriann Moroney 2020-11-12 IFP Denied abuse-of-discretion application-of-law attorney-general civil-procedure claim court-discretion facts false-statements fraud jurisdiction legal-procedure official-document parole-board representation standing supreme-court tort tort-claim Whether making false statements in an official doc Whether the defendant is allowed to represent the Whether the respondent was required to apply the l
20-6279 Bodhisattva Skandha v. Superior Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex County, et al. 2020-11-12 IFP Denied civil-procedure court-discretion due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel full-faith-and-credit full-faith-credit ineffective-assistance judicial-procedure mental-condition standing standing-doctrine
20-6128 Ilya Liviz v. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts 2020-10-26 IFP Dismissed civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law jury-trial parental-rights patent-claims state-procedure
20-501 M. Christine Shaffer, as Executrix of the Estate of Adelaide Chuckrow v. Geoffrey E. Snyder, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Revenue 2020-10-16 Paid Denied due-process estate-tax income-interest marital-deduction predeceased-spouse trust
20-6050 James Anthony Martin v. Massachusetts 2020-10-16 IFP Denied criminal-liability direct-appeal due-process federal-law legal-interpretation massachusetts-supreme-judicial-court supreme-court-decisions supreme-judicial-court
20-5899 Bodhisattva Skandha v. William Bates 2020-10-05 IFP Denied abuse-of-discretion case-dismissal civil-procedure court-jurisdiction dismissal due-process judicial-procedure pure-land-buddhism religious-rights standing trial-court trial-court-discretion
20-344 Jon Myers v. Sondra Myers, et al. 2020-09-15 Paid Denied civil-rights corruption divorce due-process emotional-distress familial-dispute intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress judicial-review legal-corruption legal-system tort-law
20-5708 Fagbemi Miranda v. Massachusetts 2020-09-15 IFP Denied criminal-defense criminal-procedure defendant-rights fundamental-decision fundamental-decisions legal-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-strategy
20-5440 Jose Tejada v. Massachusetts 2020-08-21 IFP Denied criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ethnic-bias fourteenth-amendment jury-selection sixth-amendment
20-5044 Ilya Liviz v. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts 2020-07-13 IFP Denied attorney-obligations compelled-speech constitutional-procedure first-amendment fourth-amendment free-speech government-compulsion search-and-seizure speech-rights subpoena subpoena-law warrant-requirement
19-1345 Jon Butcher v. Cady Vishniac 2020-06-05 Paid Denied defamation defamation-law due-process-clause first-amendment gertz-precedent gertz-v-robert-welch private-concern private-figure republication republication-doctrine
19-8522 Richard Felton v. Massachusetts 2020-05-22 IFP Denied common-law due-process fourteenth-amendment procedural-waiver retroactive-application rogers-v-tennessee structural-error
19-8174 Camille T. Mata v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination 2020-04-03 IFP Denied appellate-review civil-rights-act due-process equal-protection gender-discrimination race-discrimination race-gender-discrimination superintendent-authority title-ix title-vi
19-8088 Antonio Rodrigues v. Massachusetts 2020-03-24 IFP Denied constitutional-due-process criminal-element due-process felony-murder judicial-determination judicial-fact-finding maximum-sentence predicate-felony sentencing sufficiency-of-evidence trial-evidence
19-7932 Enrique Auch v. Massachusetts 2020-03-10 IFP Denied confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination evidence-law feigning memory-loss out-of-court-statements sixth-amendment testimonial-statements witness-testimony
19-7152 Allan M. Leavitt v. Cynthia A. Phillips, et al. 2020-01-03 IFP Denied choice-of-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation contract-enforcement contract-law declaratory-judgment due-process interstate-dispute judicial-procedure massachusetts property property-rights property-rights-deprivation standing state-interest vermont
19-781 Frank Condez v. Massachusetts Civil Service Commission, et al. 2019-12-18 Paid Denied appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights civil-service constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech massachusetts-appeals-court petition-for-certiorari standing
19-548 Joseph R. Mullins v. Joseph E. Corcoran, et al. 2019-10-29 Paid Denied civil-procedure civil-rights commercial-dispute first-amendment minority-shareholder-rights noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-doctrine petition right-to-petition sham-litigation
19-6275 Dennis Jones v. Massachusetts Amici (1) 2019-10-16 IFP Denied act-of-production compelled-decryption due-process exception fifth-amendment foregone-conclusion self-incrimination testimonial-evidence
19-6048 Franklin Pillier v. Massachusetts 2019-09-25 IFP Denied constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rights due-process government-intrusion motion-to-withdraw-plea plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal probation probation-condition probation-conditions strict-scrutiny withdrawal-of-plea
19-6044 Janice Stevenson v. TND Homes I LLC 2019-09-24 IFP Denied anti-peonage anti-peonage-act civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process housing jurisdiction low-income-housing privileges-and-immunities statutory-interpretation summary-process supremacy-clause thirteenth-amendment
19A332 Joseph R. Mullins v. Joseph E. Corcoran, et al. 2019-09-23 A Presumed Complete None
19-5997 Robert Williams, Jr. v. Massachusetts 2019-09-19 IFP Denied actual-innocence capital-murder cause-of-death constitutional-rights death-certificate due-process forensic-evidence judicial-review newly-discovered-evidence skull-injury stab-wound x-ray
19-335 Jaideep S. Chawla v. Appeals Court of Massachusetts 2019-09-12 Paid Denied appellate-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-panel notice panel-composition property-rights recusal
19-5890 Fernando Cabral-Varela v. Massachusetts 2019-09-10 IFP Denied constitutional-law constitutional-rights courtroom-access courtroom-closure criminal-procedure due-process public-trial sixth-amendment structural-error witness-intimidation
19-5893 Melissa Pfeiffer v. Massachusetts 2019-09-10 IFP Denied conscious-disregard-for-risk criminal-law felony-murder inherent-dangerousness inherently-dangerous inherently-dangerous-felony judicial-determination judicial-fact-finding jury-instructions malice-aforethought massachusetts-law presumption-of-malice sentencing
19-5895 Lavar Eady v. Massachusetts 2019-09-10 IFP Denied chemical-composition confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony forensic-evidence lab-testing substitute-analyst testimonial-hearsay truth-of-the-matter
19-223 Janice Smyth v. Conservation Commission of Falmouth, et al. Amici (4) 2019-08-20 Paid Denied character-of-government-action character-of-governmental-action economic-impact investment-backed-expectations investment-expectations land-use-regulation penn-central penn-central-test property-rights property-value regulatory-taking regulatory-takings takings-clause-5th-amendment
19A88 Janice Smyth v. Conservation Commission of Falmouth, et al. 2019-07-24 A Presumed Complete None
19-62 Michelle Carter v. Massachusetts 2019-07-11 Paid Denied arbitrary-enforcement assisted-suicide common-law criminal-conviction due-process first-amendment free-speech involuntary-manslaughter suicide-encouragement
19-51 Ben Branch, et al. v. Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations, et al. Amici (2) 2019-07-08 Paid Denied bargaining-representative civil-rights compelled-speech constitutional-rights due-process exclusive-representation first-amendment free-speech political-activity political-autonomy public-employee state-action union-representation
19-5008 Jamie B. Johnson v. Massachusetts 2019-06-28 IFP Denied digital-age digital-data fourth-amendment gps gps-tracking location-data privacy privacy-rights probation probation-conditions search warrantless-search
18A1369 Jaideep S. Chawla v. Court of Appeals of Massachusetts 2019-06-27 A Presumed Complete appellate-panel due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure jurisdiction recusal
18A1351 Janice Stevenson v. TND Homes I LLC 2019-06-21 A Presumed Complete certiorari constitutional-challenge extension-of-time pro-se statutory-interpretation supreme-court
18-9666 Jose Hernandez v. Massachusetts 2019-06-13 IFP Denied appellate-review brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment prejudice-standard prosecutorial-disclosure prosecutorial-misconduct witness-impeachment
18-9587 Ilya Liviz v. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts 2019-06-07 IFP Denied 5th-amendment administrative-suspension attorney-discipline civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial legal-ethics professional-conduct property-rights we-the-people
18-9298 Anthony Barry and Brian Cahill v. Massachusetts 2019-05-16 IFP Denied brady-violation confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence exculpatory-information fundamental-fairness jury-trial post-conviction-evidence witness-testimony
18A1112 Michelle Carter v. Massachusetts 2019-04-29 A Presumed Complete None
18-8895 Kevin Watkins v. Massachusetts 2019-04-18 IFP Denied appellate-counsel civil-rights conflicted-jurors conflicts-of-interest criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection open-trial
18-8739 Armando Lopez v. Massachusetts 2019-04-09 IFP Denied ammunition burden-of-proof burden-shifting constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process firearm firearm-possession unauthorized-possession
18-8460 Antonio Avilez v. Massachusetts 2019-03-19 IFP Denied 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment kidnapping petitioner-rights
18A875 David Gould v. Massachusetts 2019-02-27 A Presumed Complete None
18-7947 Tyrone Garden v. Massachusetts 2019-02-13 IFP Denied constitutional-right criminal-procedure dispositive-motion effective-assistance-of-counsel guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining pretrial-motion pretrial-motions sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington
18A809 Bruce Anderson v. Massachusetts 2019-02-05 A Presumed Complete None
18-968 Andrew C. Najda v. Nikolaos J. Paterakis 2019-01-28 Paid Denied appellate-review due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment manifestly-erroneous meaningful-appeal precedent state-supreme-court
18A762 Armando Lopez v. Massachusetts 2019-01-24 A Presumed Complete None
18-7130 Matthew G. Alden, Jr. v. Massachusetts 2018-12-19 IFP Denied burden-of-proof criminal-charges criminal-charges-text-messages criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance jury-instructions preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-of-the-evidence proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt reasonable-doubt right-to-acquittal structural-error text-message-evidence text-messages
18-733 1A Auto, Inc., et al. v. Michael Sullivan, Director, Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance Amici (4) 2018-12-10 Paid Denied association campaign-finance contribution-limits equal-protection first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-association freedom-of-speech intermediate-scrutiny political-contributions strict-scrutiny
18-6849 Steven James v. Massachusetts 2018-11-27 IFP Denied appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process federal-constitutional-rights jdb-v-north-carolina jury-instructions juvenile-brain-science juvenile-homicide juvenile-justice juvenile-rights miller-retroactivity miller-v-alabama retroactivity sentencing-standards
18-6659 James Rodwell v. Massachusetts 2018-11-13 IFP Denied agency-relationship criminal-informant criminal-procedure government-agent implicit-agreement jailhouse-informant massiah massiah-doctrine sentencing-benefits sixth-amendment
18-6552 Thomas A. Woods v. Massachusetts 2018-11-02 IFP Denied compelled-testimony constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment grand-jury self-incrimination self-incrimination-protection
18M62 James Rodwell v. Massachusetts 2018-10-23 M Presumed Complete None
18-6364 Phap Buth v. Massachusetts 2018-10-17 IFP Denied barnes-v-united-states burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment in-re-winship
18-6221 Raymond P. Vinnie v. Bruce R. Henry, et al. 2018-10-04 IFP Dismissed 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983 constitutional-rights due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court litigation-privilege standing state-immunity supremacy-clause
18A312 Kevin Watkins v. Massachusetts 2018-09-25 A Presumed Complete None
18A314 Andrew C. Najda v. Nikolaos J. Paterakis 2018-09-25 A Presumed Complete None
18-366 Roberta Golden, et vir v. George Peterson 2018-09-20 Paid Denied contract due-process equitable-principles foreclosure fraud fraudulent-mortgage legal-mandates mortgage mortgage-fraud property-rights real-property standing
18-311 Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Maura Healey, Attorney General of Massachussetts Amici (2) 2018-09-11 Paid Denied commerce-clause conflict-among-courts court-compulsion due-process general-jurisdiction investigatory-document-request investigatory-request jurisdiction-basis minimum-contacts nonresident-corporation personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction third-party-contacts unrelated-subject-matter
18-251 Sheldon Schwartz v. HRI Hospital, Inc., et al. 2018-08-28 Paid Denied civil-rights constitutional constitutional-law due-process employment employment-rights equal-protection free-speech retaliation state-law whistleblower
18A196 Raymond P. Vinnie v. Bruce R. Henry, et al. 2018-08-21 A Presumed Complete None
18-5669 Peter Cruz v. Massachusetts 2018-08-20 IFP Denied constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process due-process,fifth-amendment,fourteenth-amendment,s fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment life-without-parole massachusetts-law sentencing
18-191 John Cassidy v. Massachusetts Amici (1) 2018-08-14 Paid Denied 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process firearm-possession heller home-firearm-rights home-possession intermediate-scrutiny interstate-firearm-transfer mcdonald presumptively-lawful-restrictions scrutiny-standard second-amendment state-restrictions strict-scrutiny
18A19 Sheldon Schwartz v. HRI Hospital, Inc., et al. 2018-07-03 A Presumed Complete None