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25-6770 Heath W. Gray v. Pennsylvania Department of State Pennsylvania 2026-02-10 Pending first-amendment government-redress suffrage supreme-court-certiorari taxation-without-representation voting-rights Would this Honorable High Court, please REMAND this suffrage rights appeal to the Pennyslvania Supreme Court to adjudicate my "No Taxation Without Rep…
25-6039 Allan Douglas Wilson v. Department of State, et al. District of Columbia 2025-11-05 Denied citizenship-rights compensatory-damages due-process evidence-preservation mootness-doctrine statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the D.C. Circuit's reliance on mootness doctrine to avoid addressing a case of first impression regarding temporary deprivation of citizens…
25A269 Department of State, et al. v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, et al. District of Columbia 2025-09-08 Presumed Complete administrative-procedure-act agency-discretion congressional-appropriations executive-branch funding-restrictions judicial-review Whether the Administrative Procedure Act permits judicial review of executive branch funding decisions that potentially conflict with congressional ap…
24A831 Department of State, et al. v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, et al. District of Columbia 2025-02-26 Presumed Complete None
24A427 Cornel West v. Pennsylvania Department of State Third Circuit 2024-10-30 Presumed Complete administrative-action ballot-access constitutional-rights election-law third-circuit voter-registration Whether a state election official's administrative actions in managing ballot access and voter registration can constitute a violation of federal cons…
23-998 Melanie Jerusalem v. Louisiana Department of State, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-03-12 Denied article-iii civil-rights constitutional-standing due-process election-law electronic-voting federal-elections standing voting-rights Did the Fifth Circuit err in ruling a registered Louisiana voter for a federal election sustained insufficient injury in fact under Article III of the…
23-868 Charles Flynn v. Department of State Federal Circuit 2024-02-12 GVR active-duty civil-service civilian-employee differential-pay federal-employment national-emergency statutory-interpretation Whether a federal civilian employee called or ordered to active duty under a provision of law during a national emergency is entitled to differential …
23A666 Charles Flynn v. Department of State Federal Circuit 2024-01-22 Presumed Complete active-duty differential-pay federal-civilian-employees military-reserves national-emergency reservist-compensation Whether a federal civilian employee called to active duty under a provision of law during a national emergency is entitled to differential pay when th…
23-5715 Taquan Rahshe Gullett-El v. Internal Revenue Service, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-05 Dismissed civil-rights constitutional-interpretation consular-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-notice national-identity sovereign-status standing state-law treaty-rights Whether the petitioner has standing to challenge the court's judicial notice of certain facts under Federal Rule of Evidence 201 and Florida Statute §…
23-348 Kristen H. Colindres, et al. v. Department of State, et al. District of Columbia 2023-10-03 Denied civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-limitations consular-nonreviewability due-process equal-protection free-speech immigration immigration-law judicial-review standing Whether the doctrine of consular nonreviewability insulates from judicial review a consular decision
23-334 Department of State, et al. v. Sandra Muñoz, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-09-29 Judgment Issued constitutional-rights consular-nonreviewability consular-officer due-process immigration-law immigration-nationality-act standing statutory-interpretation visa-application visa-denial Whether a consular officer's refusal of a visa to a U.S. citizen's noncitizen spouse impinges upon a constitutionally protected interest of the citize…
22A568 Department of State, et al. v. Sandra Munoz, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-22 Presumed Complete None
22-5806 Jessica Lynne Gould v. Isaiah Ben Johnson Missouri 2022-10-12 Denied 4th-amendment child's-passport due-process fourth-amendment international-travel parental-rights passport-restriction state-court-authority state-courts warrantless-seizure Does the 4th Amendment protect parents against the warrantless seizure of their child's passport by state courts
21-1546 Caroline S. Alasagas v. Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Fourth Circuit 2022-06-09 Denied administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction court-procedures due-process federal-agency federal-rules legal-standing petition-for-rehearing standing Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred in denying the Petitioner's request for justice under the law, contrary to the court's …
21-1401 John Doe v. Colonel Gary T. Settle, Superintendent, Virginia Department of State Police Fourth Circuit 2022-05-02 Denied 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment punishment punishment-analysis sex-offender-registry smith-v-doe state-restrictions Whether a state sex offender registry that imposes restrictions on individuals beyond mere registration with state or local law enforcement constitute…
21-7141 In Re Taquan Rashe Gullett-El 2022-02-17 Denied alien-status civil-rights constitutional-violations dred-scott due-process habeas-corpus international-law pro-se-petition sovereign-citizenship standing unlawful-detention Whether the Petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the unlawful detention and denial of habeas corpus relief
21-7140 Taquan Rashe Gullett-El v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-02-17 Denied administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction international-law jurisdiction-challenge pro-se-petition sovereign-immunity standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the government's actions
21-6965 Lawtis Donald Rhoden v. Brandon Price, Executive Director of Coalinga State Hospital Ninth Circuit 2022-01-26 Denied civil-commitment civil-rights dangerousness due-process fourteenth-amendment involuntary-commitment mental-disorder mental-health sexually-violent-predator state-hospitals unconditional-discharge Whether the current version of the California SVP law violates the due process clause
21-912 Jeffrey T. Maehr v. Department of State Tenth Circuit 2021-12-21 Denied administrative-action civil-rights constitutional-rights debt-collection due-process government-sanction passport passport-revocation tax tax-debt travel Whether the federal government may collect tax debts by revoking citizens' constitutional right to travel internationally
21-6483 Robert A. McNeil v. Department of State, et al. District of Columbia 2021-12-02 Denied administrative-procedure appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure due-process irs judicial-review passport-revocation standing tax tax-law Do courts of appeal nationwide exhibit a pattern and practice of refusing to adjudicate EVERY issue presented by the Class of disrespected, unrepresen…
21-381 Tzvi Weiss, et al. v. National Westminster Bank, PLC Second Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied 18 U.S.C. § 2333(d)(2) aiding-abetting civil-liability civil-rights due-process foreign-terrorist-organizations free-speech material-support standing substantial-assistance terrorism terrorist-organizations Whether a person who knowingly transfers substantial funds to a designated FTO aids and abets that organization's terrorist acts for purposes of civil…
20-8117 Russell Arrington v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2021-05-25 Denied N.A. is exempt from various statutory regulations bank-foreclosure constitutional-rights debt-collection fair-credit-reporting fair-credit-reporting-act fair-debt-collection-practices-act power-of-attorney promissory-note sheriff-deed statutory-exemption uniform-commercial-code warranty-deed Is WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. exempt from the Uniform Commercial Code?
20-7741 Wen Dong Zhao v. Department of State Second Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied administrative-procedure civil-rights department-of-state due-process embassy-communication federal-investigation freedom-of-information government-misconduct intellectual-property judicial-review letter-disposition standing Denial-of-access-to-letters
20-7518 In Re Jack Stone 2021-03-22 Denied administrative-procedures-act custody-after-abduction damages due-process equal-protection international-child-abduction passport-issuance passport-reissuance visa-approval-denial visa-processing International-child-abduction,custody-after-abduction,passport-reissuance,administrative-procedures-act,damages,visa-approval-denial
20-931 Wynship W. Hillier v. Central Intelligence Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2021-01-11 Denied administrative-procedure agency-declaration agency-records civil-rights classified-records judicial-review privacy-act summary-judgment terrorism Shall summary judgment be awarded in favor of an agency in a Privacy Act suit to compel notice of records existence based on agency declaration
19-1137 Tennessee, By and Through the Tennessee General Assembly, et al. v. Department of State, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-03-17 Denied coerce-state-pay-federal-program commandeer-state-funds commandeering constitutional-coercion federal-commandeering federal-government federal-program legislative-standing medicaid-funding separation-of-powers standing state-funds state-legislature state-sovereignty Whether both chambers of a state legislature have institutional standing to sue the federal government
19-7402 Andrea Lee Sanders v. Hennepin County Human Service and Public Health Department Child Support, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech property-rights standing takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their constitutional rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments
19A712 Tennessee, By and Through the Tennessee General Assembly, et al. v. Department of State, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-12-26 Presumed Complete None
19-6901 Alonso Barrera-Montes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied appellate-review confrontation-clause criminal-procedure department-of-state due-process evidence evidence-admission hearsay hearsay-rule jurisdiction jury-trial Whether the court of appeals erred in upholding the admission of evidence that violated the hearsay rule and the defendant's confrontation rights
19-6596 Wylmina Hettinga v. Timothy P. Loumena California 2019-11-13 Denied administrative-sanction civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process passport passport-suspension standing state-court-jurisdiction state-courts suspension vexatious-litigant Can the state courts levy Petitioner's joint bank accounts, freeze her safety-deposit box, suspend her California clear teaching credential, and suspe…
19-518 Colorado Department of State v. Micheal Baca, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-10-21 Judgment Issued article-ii civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights due-process elections electoral-college federalism popular-vote presidential-electors standing standing-presidential-electors-state-officers state-law twelfth-amendment Whether a presidential elector who is prevented by their appointing State from casting an Electoral College ballot that violates state law lacks stand…
19-313 Neringa Venckiene v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-09-06 Denied atrocious-procedures-or-punishments constitutional-limitations due-process extradition extradition-law extradition-law-political-offense-exception international-law judicial-review political-offense political-offense-exception state-department terrorism war-like-insurrection Whether the Seventh Circuit has correctly construed the 'political offense' exception to extradition by limiting the term only to offenses committed i…
18-9718 Antoanet Iotova v. Gary Farmer, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process government-agency jurisdiction passport standing takings Whether the Department of State's denial of a passport application violates the petitioner's constitutional rights
18-7220 Pashtoon Farooqi v. California California 2019-01-03 Denied bill-of-attainder civil-commitment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process hearsay-evidence jury-instruction mental-disorder sexually-violent-predator vagueness Does the California version of its Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA) violate the precedents of this Court, and is it therefore unconstitutional?
18-7125 Refaat F. Abul Hosn v. Department of State, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied admitted-mistakes authority authority-regulation breach-of-contract civil-rights contract diplomatic-immunity foreign-sovereign-immunities fsia immunity international-law iraq-invasion legal-authority political-doctrine regulatory-compliance Was the immunity under the FSIA affected when the invasion of Iraq occurred?
18-461 Raquel Hinojosa, et al. v. Petra Horn, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-10-12 Denied administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedure-act citizenship-claim due-process immigration judicial-review passport passport-denial rusk-v-cort standing Whether 8 U.S.C. §§1503(b)-(c) preempts judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act of the denial or revocation of a passport for a United …
18-161 Detroit International Bridge Company, Inc., et al. v. Department of State, et al. District of Columbia 2018-08-07 Dismissed civil-rights due-process international-agreements separation-of-powers standing ' non-delegation' compact-clause congress-power constitutional-delegation constitutional-limits delegation-of-power executive-agency foreign-power intelligible-principle state-compact state-foreign-power Whether Congress may delegate to an Executive Agency the duty the Constitution expressly assigns to Congress to decide whether to Consent' to an 'Agre…
18-143 Sandra Lee Bart v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-07-31 Denied appellate-review conspiracy conspiracy-conviction due-process evidence evidentiary-hearing fair-trial government-witness juror-misconduct jury-misconduct precedent sixth-amendment substantial-evidence Did the Eighth Circuit fail to follow its own precedent and rule contrary to other Appellate Circuits and the United States Supreme Court when it appr…