| 25-735 |
Floyd D. Johnson v. United States Congress |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-12-22 |
Pending |
congressional-acts constitutional-challenge district-court-jurisdiction judicial-review statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits |
Did the Veterans' Judicial Review Act strip district courts of the jurisdiction, recognized by this Court in Johnson v. Robison, 415 U.S. 361 (1974), … |
| 25A502 |
Floyd D. Johnson v. United States Congress |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-11-03 |
Application |
bill-of-attainder constitutional-challenge equal-protection judicial-review sovereign-immunity veterans-benefits |
Whether the Veterans' Judicial Review Act precludes federal district courts from hearing constitutional challenges to federal statutes governing veter… |
| 25-5661 |
In Re Ronald Freeman |
|
2025-09-17 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights due-process federal-detention habeas-corpus liberty-interest strict-scrutiny |
Tens of millions of persons have been deprived of their liberty for violating marijuana criminal and civil laws that proscribed marijuana. All detaine… |
| 25-19 |
Laura Loomer, Individually and as a Candidate for United States Congress, et al. v. Mark Zuckerberg, Individually and as CEO of Meta Platforms, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-07-07 |
Denied |
circuit-split ninth-circuit post-judgment-facts res-judicata rico-claims social-media-censorship |
1. Does the Ninth Circuit's application of res judicata, barring claims based on new material facts arising after prior judgments, conflict with this … |
| 24-6238 |
In Re Daniel Felix |
|
2025-01-08 |
Denied |
animal-rights constitutional-personhood due-process equal-protection hate-crime-classification religious-freedom |
Whether non-property animals possess constitutional rights as individual plaintiffs and victims of cruelty in United States courts |
| 23-6835 |
R. Allen Stanford v. Ralph S. Janvey, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-27 |
Denied |
civil-enforcement district-court-jurisdiction equity-receiver equity-receivership federal-civil-procedure federal-venue general-jurisdiction securities-enforcement securities-regulation ultra-vires venue-laws |
Whether the SEC properly construed and applied federal venue laws |
| 23-6541 |
In Re Ronald Freeman |
|
2024-01-23 |
Denied |
4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-policy due-process federal-detention habeas-corpus marijuana-offense |
Whether being in federal detention, custody is a substantial denial of Ronald Freeman's constitutional right of liberty, without sufficient cause, wit… |
| 23-6284 |
David Pontier v. Joseph Dang, dba Law Office of Joseph Dang |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-12-18 |
Denied |
civil-procedure conflict-of-interest fdcpa federal-interpleader federal-jurisdiction interpleader judicial-ethics standing statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Question not identified. |
| 23-556 |
Ramey & Schwaller, L.L.P. v. Zions Bancorporation NA, dba Amegy Bank |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-22 |
Denied |
arrest criminal-law due-process formal-charge indictment united-states-v-marion |
Whether the Fifth Circuit misconstrues Texas criminal law by equating an arrest without indictment as a formal charge for a felony |
| 23-355 |
Donnie T. A. M. Kern v. Board of Supervisors of Alleghany County |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-10-03 |
Denied |
appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act civil-rights-act-of-1964 civil-rights-removal district-court-remand due-process removal section-1443 section-1447d standing |
Whether the Fourth Circuit has appellate jurisdiction when a District Court remands a case that was removed pursuant 28 U.S.C. §1443, whereas the Peti… |
| 23-263 |
Barry J. Smith, Sr. v. United States Congress, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-09-18 |
Denied |
circuit-court-review civil-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-authority rule-60(b)(4) standing subject-matter-jurisdiction thirteenth-amendment void-judgment |
Is there a time limit to file a Rule 60(b)(4) motion to vacate a judgment order as void for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction |
| 23A225 |
Jeremie Saintvil v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-09-08 |
Presumed Complete |
bank-fraud-statute duplicitous-indictment fifth-amendment sixth-amendment surplusage venue-rights |
Whether a duplicitous indictment charging two distinct bank fraud subsections conjunctively as a single offense violates the Fifth and Sixth Amendment… |
| 23A190 |
Thomas Massie, Individually and in His Official Capacity, et al. v. Nancy Pelosi, in Her Official Capacity, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2023-08-30 |
Presumed Complete |
congressional-discipline justiciability member-pay separation-of-powers speech-or-debate-immunity twenty-seventh-amendment |
Whether Congress may impose fines on individual members enforced through salary reduction for violations of House rules enacted without an intervening… |
| 22-7593 |
In Re Edwin W. Rubis |
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2023-05-18 |
Denied |
4th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-custody habeas-corpus liberty marijuana-prohibition |
whether-rules-14-g-and-h-are-applicable-to-habeas-corpus-petition |
| 22-6954 |
Juanita Burch v. Rushmore Loan Management Services, L.L.C. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-03-07 |
Denied |
bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-removal civil-procedure court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction lien-extinguishment loan-management procedural-error removal summary-judgment |
Whether the 2008 bankruptcy extinguished the lien on the property and the lender's refusal to follow the court's instructions to reinstate the loan me… |
| 22-6770 |
In Re Alphonza Thomas Bey |
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2023-02-14 |
Dismissed |
13th-amendment 14th-amendment 15th-amendment administrative-remedies constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-questions human-rights personal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction unlawful-imprisonment |
Whether the United States Constitution, the United States Congress, and/or the Constitution of the State of North Carolina have government jurisdictio… |
| 22-651 |
Kenneth Kellogg, et al. v. Watts Guerra LLP, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-01-13 |
Denied |
attorney-deceit class-action due-process fee-contract judicial-recusal mass-tort multidistrict-litigation |
Can lawyers privately contract clients and absent class members out of a Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 class action? |
| 22-6144 |
In Re Richard Daniels |
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2022-11-22 |
Denied |
amendment-violation constitutional-rights drug-policy drug-trafficking due-process exceptional-circumstances federal-custody liberty marijuana-classification |
Whether being in federal custody for marijuana-related offenses is a substantial denial of constitutional liberty without due process |
| 22-380 |
Raland J. Brunson v. Alma S. Adams, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-10-24 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equitable-maxim jurisdiction-conflict national-security national-security-breach object-principle-of-justice presidential-removal separation-of-powers standing |
Whether the trial court has jurisdiction to try the merits of this case involving a serious national security breach and the possible removal of a sit… |
| 21-1593 |
Robert L. Schulz, et al. v. United States Congress |
District of Columbia |
2022-06-27 |
Denied |
congress congressional-power constitution-power-liberty constitutional-petitioning electoral-process federal-law first-amendment first-amendment-petition judicial-proceedings jurisdiction presidential-electors |
Whether the D.C. Court of Appeals has sanctioned a 'lack of jurisdiction' decision by the District Court |
| 21-7973 |
In Re Roberto Villarreal |
|
2022-05-25 |
Denied |
4th-amendment 5th-amendment certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment habeas-corpus liberty-interest marijuana-criminalization |
Whether the Supreme Court will grant a writ of habeas corpus to review the denial of a certificate of appealability for habeas relief |
| 21-7410 |
In Re Eduardo Pineda |
|
2022-03-17 |
Denied |
constitutional-liberty due-process ex-parte-watkins fifth-amendment fourth-amendment gonzales-v-raich habeas-corpus liberty marijuana marijuana-prohibition |
Whether the federal prohibition on the cultivation, possession, and consumption of marijuana violates the petitioner's constitutional rights, includin… |
| 21A490 |
Glenn Grothman, United States Congressman, et al. v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, et al. |
Wisconsin |
2022-03-09 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21-6365 |
Anthony A. Patel v. Patricia Miller, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-22 |
Denied |
civil-rights congress-executive congressional-oversight due-process executive-branch judicial-authority judicial-discretion separation-of-powers standing vexatious-litigants vexatious-litigation |
Does a judge have the authority to deem the interests of Congress and the Executive Branch to be vexatious? |
| 21-215 |
Barry J. Smith, Sr. v. United States Congress, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-08-13 |
Denied |
13th-amendment 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-jurisdiction due-process government-consent petition-for-redress second-amendment self-defense thirteenth-amendment |
Does petitioner need the government's consent to petition the government for redress of his grievance |
| 20-1288 |
Craig Geness v. Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-03-16 |
Denied |
administrative-agency americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights constitutional-violation constitutional-violations due-process sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation statutory-violations third-circuit |
Whether the Third Circuit erred in granting the collateral appeal of Defendant, Administrative Offices of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC), where the record… |
| 20-1185 |
Douglas Edwards v. Solomon and Solomon P.C. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-02-25 |
Denied |
concurrent-jurisdiction district-court eleventh-circuit fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act federal-courts federal-district-courts inconsistent-decisions renewal-statute state-courts uniformity |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit's affirmation of the District Court's refusal to apply Georgia's renewal statute was in error |
| 20-810 |
Mike Kelly, United States Congressman, et al. v. Pennsylvania, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2020-12-15 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process election-law elections elections-clause first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech laches laches-doctrine standing |
Do the First and Fourteenth Amendments permit Pennsylvania to bar equitable relief for constitutional challenges to election laws? |
| 20A98 |
Mike Kelly, United States Congressman, et al. v. Pennsylvania, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2020-12-03 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 20-393 |
Alex Rahmi v. Pill & Pill, PLLC |
West Virginia |
2020-09-25 |
Denied |
asset-liquidation bankruptcy-fraud class-action due-process federal-rules foreclosure-fraud foreclosure-scheme retaliation whistleblower-protection |
What legal issues are being raised? |
| 19-1398 |
Ted Lieu, United States Congressman, et al. v. Federal Election Commission |
District of Columbia |
2020-06-22 |
Denied |
campaign-finance corruption corruption-prevention federal-election-campaign-act first-amendment independent-expenditures political-committees political-contributions standing statutory-limit |
Whether the federal statutory limit on contributions to political committees, 52 U.S.C. §30116(a)(1)(C), comports with the First Amendment as applied … |
| 19-1004 |
Robert James Jaffe v. Brad Sherman, United States Congressman |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-12 |
Rehearing |
certiorari-review checks-and-balances civil-rights congressional-oversight due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-fraud judicial-misconduct summary-dismissal supervisory-power supreme-court-discretion void-judgment |
Whether US Supreme Court justices may refuse to enforce FRCP rules and precedent |
| 19-7351 |
In Re Alphonza Leonard Phillip Thomas Bey |
|
2020-01-21 |
Denied |
13th-14th-15th-amendments 14th-amendment-property 8th-amendment-cruel-and-unusual-punishment amendment-interpretation black-negro-colored-citizenship citizenship citizenship-status civil-rights constitutional-jurisdiction due-process federal-court-jurisdiction federal-questions-28-usc-1331-1332 jurisdiction moorish-american-national property racial-identity-rights standing |
Whether the United States Constitution, the United States Congress, and/or the Constitution of the State of North Carolina have jurisdiction over a Mo… |
| 19-5841 |
Shahram Shakouri v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-06 |
Denied |
due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-exercise free-exercise-clause masterpiece-cakeshop religious-discrimination religious-hostility religious-neutrality scriptural-interpretation thirteenth-amendment |
Whether district court's lack of religious neutrality violated Petitioner's right to the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment or Free Exercise Cla… |
| 19-5299 |
Samuel Rivera Rosado v. Lucid Energy, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-07-24 |
Dismissed |
civil-rights constitutional-rights copyright-infringement copyright-ownership copyright-protection design-theft due-process intellectual-property patent patent-infringement patent-registration standing takings |
Whether the U.S. Supreme Court can allow a company to steal a person's copyright ownership, design, drawing and blueprints and secure a patent for the… |
| 18-9518 |
Blayne D. Williams, Sr. v. City of Austin, Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-03 |
Denied |
7th-amendment civil-rights due-process employment federal-law federal-rules-of-civil-procedure municipal-employer municipal-government property-interest rule-12b6 seventh-amendment state-law |
Whether the City of Austin, as a municipal government employer violated the Appellant's federal and state law rights secured by the United States Cons… |
| 18-1299 |
Marie Gillispie v. Regionalcare Hospital Partners, Inc., et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-04-15 |
Denied |
anti-retaliation at-will-employment circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-ruling civil-rights common-law due-process employment-law emtala emtala-statute free-speech medical-malpractice preemption public-policy-exception retaliation statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Does the precedential ruling by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals directly contradict Supreme Court precedent and the intent of Congress regarding the … |
| 18-7922 |
Thomas Isaac LaFleur v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure eleventh-circuit federal-registration firearm-definition national-firearms-act second-amendment staples-v-united-states statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction united-states-v-freed weapon-classification |
Did the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals error in denying the Petitioner's Subject-Matter Jurisdiction claim |
| 18-7015 |
Joe Ann West v. Richard V. Spencer, Secretary of the Navy |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-13 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-employment-opportunity federal-employee federal-employee-discrimination free-speech judicial-misconduct standing |
Was petitioner a Federal Employee denied United States Citizen's Constitutional 1st Amendment Rights when denied by the judge the right to be speak, s… |