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25A807 Dewayne Bulls v. FBI, et al. Third Circuit 2026-01-12 Application court-access defamation due-process executive-overreach first-amendment judicial-fabrication Question not identified.
25-615 Shane Vinales, Individually and as Next Friend of L. V. and S. V., et ux. v. AETC II Privatized Housing, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-11-26 Denied constitutional-interpretation federal-enclaves legal-borrowing legislative-authority military-servicemembers state-law Whether federal law on federal enclaves borrows current state law, rather than state law only as it existed when the enclave was created.
25A619 Jose M. Gonzalez v. Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2025-11-25 Application circuit-court constitutional-rights district-court en-banc-review judicial-conflict petition-for-certiorari Whether a circuit court panel's decision that conflicts with a prior United States District Court ruling constitutes a violation of a petitioner's con…
25-5830 Kortney Moore v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-10-08 Denied agency-inaction career-offender controlled-substances federal-law sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Defendants who have at least two prior "controlled substance offense" convictions qualify as career offenders under the federal Sentencing Guidelines.…
25-365 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Barbara, et al. First Circuit 2025-09-29 Pending birthright-citizenship citizenship-clause constitutional-interpretation executive-order fourteenth-amendment immigration-law The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provides that those "born * * * in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof," are…
25-364 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-09-29 Pending birthright-citizenship citizenship-clause constitutional-interpretation executive-order fourteenth-amendment immigration-law The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provides that those "born * * * in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof," are…
25A306 Shane Vinales, Individually and as Next Friend of L. V. and S. V., et ux. v. AETC II Privatized Housing, L.L.C. Fifth Circuit 2025-09-17 Presumed Complete federal-enclave landlord-tenant military-housing property-rights state-law surrogate-law Whether the Federal Enclave Clause requires courts to apply only the state law in effect at the time a federal enclave was created, or whether more re…
24-7293 Alexander Soto v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2025-05-27 Denied arizona-v-gant criminal-procedure drug-trafficking fourth-amendment search-incident-to-arrest warrant-requirement Whether the search-incident-to-arrest exception from Arizona v. Gant applies to searches of containers in buildings or only in automobiles
24-1188 Over the Line, LLC, et al. v. Christine Thompson Third Circuit 2025-05-22 Denied civil-procedure due-process fraud-allegation rule-9b summary-judgment third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit can raise and rule on a non-jurisdictional argument alleging fraud that was expressly disavowed by the benefitting party and…
24-1164 Jacqueline R. Everson v. The Coca-Cola Company, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-05-14 Denied circuit-split disability-rights due-process equitable-tolling erisa-plan statutory-violation Whether the courts are precluded from violating statutory laws affecting the rights of ERISA plan participants nationwide and whether such violations …
24-1017 Jonathan Lindsey, Michigan State Senator, et al. v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-03-24 Denied article-iii-standing constitutional-amendment elections-clause federal-elections legislative-power state-legislature Whether Article III standing exists for individual state legislators to challenge state executive usurpations of delegated powers under the Elections …
24-5473 James Williams v. United States Second Circuit 2024-09-05 Denied criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant-requirement Question not identified.
24-243 Michael Grant v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2024-09-04 Denied content-based-restriction first-amendment free-speech public-forum religious-expression solicitation Whether a public preacher can be arrested for preaching in a public park with a religious sign and collection plate without violating First Amendment …
23-7835 Yueseyuan Cruel v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-06-28 Denied 14th-amendment birth-certificate-citizenship citizenship-status civil-privileges-immunities civil-rights congress-legislation consent-governance constitution-rights-citizenship constitutional-jurisdiction legislative-power personal-jurisdiction Whether the United States and the Several States are Artificial Persons
23-7820 Samuel Windham, Jr. v. California California 2024-06-27 Denied certiorari confession-testimony conviction-vacation counsel-ineffective court-filing due-process judicial-review legal-document legislative-digest petition supreme-court trial-testimony Question not identified
23A881 Linda Baldwin v. Robert Pitman, Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Texas Fifth Circuit 2024-04-04 Presumed Complete civil-rights constitutional-challenge in-forma-pauperis judicial-bias pro-se-litigation vexatious-litigant Whether a federal district court judge's adverse rulings in prior cases constitute a cognizable constitutional violation or impermissible judicial bia…
23-6648 Anthony Christopher Mendonca v. United States Second Circuit 2024-02-01 Denied constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial first-amendment jury-selection plain-error-review public-trial public-trial-right sixth-amendment structural-error Does the plainly erroneous exclusion of the public from jury selection in a criminal trial seriously affect the fairness, integrity, and public reputa…
23-6306 Devon Austin Earl v. Brandon Harris, et al. Third Circuit 2023-12-19 Denied civil-rights dismissal-with-prejudice due-process false-arrest forma-pauperis jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge pro-se-litigation statute-of-limitations university-police issue being raised
23-6255 David Alexander Hunter v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-12-13 Denied aedpa direct-appeal direct-review due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan suspension-clause Is the AEDPA's one-year limitation period for state prisoners to raise claims of ineffective assistance of counsel triggered by conclusion of 'direct …
23A509 Melynda Vincent v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Tenth Circuit 2023-12-05 Presumed Complete bruen-test circuit-split constitutional-history firearm-possession non-violent-felony second-amendment Whether the Second Amendment permits the federal government to permanently prohibit possession of firearms by individuals convicted of non-violent fel…
23-5930 Brent Douglas Cole v. R. D. Keyes, Warden Seventh Circuit 2023-11-01 Dismissed appeal civil-rights constitutional-privileges due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-bias jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction writ-ad-prosequendum Question not identified
23-241 Joe Salazar v. AT&T Mobility LLC, et al. Federal Circuit 2023-09-13 Denied claim-construction due-process fifth-amendment investment-backed-expectations judicial-taking patent patent-rights property-rights takings takings-clause Does the Federal Circuit Panel's unforeseeable and unjustifiable construction of the petitioner's patent claim, disrupting the petitioner's legitimate…
23A213 Stan J. Caterbone v. Florida, et al. Florida 2023-09-06 Presumed Complete None Question not identified.
23A193 Alvaro Castillo, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-30 Presumed Complete border-search-doctrine cell-phone-search electronic-devices fourth-amendment riley-v-california warrant-requirement Whether the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement applies to suspicionless searches of electronic devices, including cell phones, at the international …
22-7561 In Re Christopher Vigliotti 2023-05-16 Denied constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process multiple-punishment plea-bargain probation probation-violation sentencing sentencing-scheme statutory-authority Legality of 15-year state prison sentence following probation violation
22-7187 Jody Lynn Ward v. South Carolina South Carolina 2023-04-03 Denied 14th-amendment 6th-amendment certiorari-denial due-process fair-trial judicial-misconduct juror-bias juror-impartiality remmer-hearing Was petitioner prejudiced when the South Carolina Supreme Court denied his writ of certiorari on oral arguments
22-362 Matt Huffman, President of the Ohio Senate, et al. v. Meryl Neiman, et al. Ohio 2022-10-18 GVR congressional-elections congressional-redistricting constitutional-interpretation elections-clause judicial-review ohio-supreme-court proportional-representation redistricting state-constitution state-legislature Whether state courts violate the Elections Clause by enforcing state constitutional limits on a state legislature's power to regulate congressional el…
22-5646 Fred Freeman v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-09-22 Denied 8th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights classification-error court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion procedural-review qualified-immunity sovereign-immunity standing Did Court of Appeals err in ruling on disability claims under the ADA and Rehabilitation Act?
22-5644 Kevin Griffin v. Thomas P. DiNapoli, et al. Second Circuit 2022-09-22 Denied 14th-amendment appeal appointed-counsel constitutional-rights disability-claims due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment newly-discovered-evidence Was petitioner's appeal erroneously dismissed even though newly discovered evidence supports petitioner's disability claims. U.S. Const. Amend. XIV?
21-7399 Rosalind A. Clayton v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-03-17 Denied age-discrimination civil-rights due-process eeoc-administrative-remedies employment-discrimination equal-protection exhaustion-of-administrative-remedies federal-employees subject-matter-jurisdiction title-vii Where the Courts decision egregiously conflicts with Supreme Court Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis 18-525 and 29 C.F.R. 1613.513, as amend. Was petit…
21-1221 S. U. v. C. J. West Virginia 2022-03-08 Denied biological-parenthood civil-rights due-process equal-protection family-law family-separation fourteenth-amendment gestational-surrogacy maternity-presumption reproductive-rights standing surrogacy Whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires equal protection of biological parents, and their resulting children, who utilize gestational surrogacy to p…
21-5923 Deonte Kinwan McCoy v. Michigan Michigan 2021-10-08 Denied constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance judicial-fact-finding jury-selection reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence Was the evidence insufficient to convict Mr. McCoy of each offense, and should this court reverse his convictions pursuant to federal and state consti…
21-5812 Carlos Velazquez-Fontanez v. United States First Circuit 2021-09-29 Denied 18-usc-924(c)(1)(A) actual-innocence crime-of-violence davis-precedent davis-v-us first-step-act jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge sentencing sentencing-review Whether the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals erred in failing to find that appellant Carlos Velazquez-Fontanez is 'actually innocent' of violating …
21-384 Moreh J. Buchanan v. Sony Music Entertainment Inc., et al. District of Columbia 2021-09-09 Denied access access-evidence copyright-infringement demonstration-songs dissemination entertainment-lawyer intellectual-property music-industry unauthorized-copying will-smith Whether the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit erred in dismissing the petitioner's copyright-infringement claims
21-21 Caroline Ross v. Judson Independent School District Fifth Circuit 2021-07-08 Denied administrative-law cross-examination due-process fourteenth-amendment hearsay-evidence non-renewal procedural-rules school-board school-board-non-renewal state-law-violation Due-process-violation
20-6938 Muhammad E. Milhouse v. Camba Inc. Staff Members, et al. Second Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-law due-process federal-statute freedom-of-religion freedom-of-speech prosecutorial-discretion sex-trafficking standing statutory-interpretation Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the government's actions in this case
20-5638 Stanley J. Caterbone v. Lancaster County Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2020-09-09 Dismissed civil-rights constitutional-abuse due-process free-speech intelligence-agencies judicial-misconduct national-security nsa-operations standing Is there Judicial Misconduct and Abuse of Authority and are the courts attempting to hide the fact that there are abuses by the military and intellige…
20-5425 Rasheen J. Gamble v. New York New York 2020-08-20 Denied confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cumulative-error dna-evidence due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct Was defense counsel ineffective for consenting to the prosecutor's extremely untimely request for a DNA sample?
19-1458 Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2020-07-06 Judgment Issued administrative-judges administrative-law administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause congress due-process executive-review independence judicial-remedy patent separation-of-powers severance tenure tenure-protection Whether the court of appeals' severance remedy is consistent with congressional intent, where Congress has long considered tenure protections essentia…
19-8721 Vincent A. Argentino v. Ruanne Stamps, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-06-16 Denied civil-rights constitutional-standard deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment estelle-v-gamble legal-precedent medical-evidence prisoner-rights summary-record Whether the Precedent of Placing Nesifyire, medical evidence in the Summary Record 5 Showing Oo * aeke' mental ef Peck' Places an Unrealis-hic exfecta…
19-304 Ranger American of the V.I., Inc., et al. v. Frederick J. Balboni, Jr. Virgin Islands 2019-09-05 Denied bill-of-rights congressional-power due-process equal-protection federal-legislation federal-statute guam-v-guerrero judicial-interpretation kepner-v-united-states supreme-court-precedent territorial-courts territorial-law Is the Virgin Islands Supreme Court bound by this Court's Equal Protection decisions where Congress explicitly applied the Equal Protection Clause to …
19-5567 Delores Neely v. Georgia Department of Human Resources Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-13 Denied 42-usc-1983 amendment-xiv-section-5 civil-rights civil-rights-act-of-1871 congressional-power constitutional-immunity constitutional-provisions eleventh-amendment federal-courts fourteenth-amendment sovereign-immunity state-sovereignty Can Congress abrogate a State's immunity from being sued in Federal court without its consent, under authority granted to Congress by the Fourteenth A…
19-5472 Martin Avalos-Rico, aka Rolando Blanco-Garcia, aka Oscar Cruz-Tulum, aka Alejandro Tamayo v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied circuit-split deportable-offender due-process geographic-disparity immigration immigration-sentencing reentry-offense sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act supervised-release Whether a district court that imposes supervised release on a deportable offender must specifically tie it to a need for deterrence or protection
18-7622 Kendrick Bernard Demus v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied accomplice-witness accomplice-witness-rule criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing Whether the prosecutor engaged in prosecutorial misconduct by having the petitioner's codefendant testify that he was not promised any leniency in exc…
18-7056 David Leonard Johnson v. California California 2018-12-14 Denied california-law criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-lesser-included-offense descamps-standard due-process jury-instructions lesser-included-offense prejudicial-error prior-convictions receiving-stolen-property robbery Is the crime of receiving stolen property a lesser included offense of robbery, and if so, was the trial court's failure to instruct on receiving stol…
18-6883 Stan J. Caterbone v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-30 Denied civil-rights congressional-hearings constitutional-rights due-process government-conspiracy government-experimentation government-oversight mental-illness military-training mind-control whistle-blowing Did the United States of America err in not granting a juris prudential exception
18-6164 John B. Laschkewitsch v. ReliaStar Life Insurance Company Fourth Circuit 2018-10-01 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights claim-limitation contestable-period due-process estoppel federal-rules-of-civil-procedure insurance insurance-contract precedent precedent-review rule-60a statutes-of-limitation Whether Hurni, Enelow, Stewart and Pickering precedent from this Court; American Trust Co. and Chavis precedent from the NC Supreme Court; unanimous U…
18-5419 Kevin Griffin v. Thomas DiNapoli Second Circuit 2018-07-31 Denied 14th-amendment 6th-amendment appeal-dismissal appellate-procedure appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-appointment due-process fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis sixth-amendment standing Was petitioner erroneously denied in forma pauperis, appointment of counsel, and appeal dismissal?