| 25-6724 |
Diamond King v. United States Postal Service, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-02-04 |
Pending |
due-process fifth-amendment judicial-review procedural-dismissal service-evasion whistleblower-claims |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit violated
Petitioner 's Fifth Amendment right to due process by affirming dismissal o… |
| 25-6719 |
Rolando Heriberto Sanches-Raudales v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-02-04 |
Pending |
case-law criminal-appeal fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 25-6716 |
Ramon Manuel Ortega-Borunda v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-02-04 |
Pending |
case-law criminal-appeal fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 25-6653 |
Randy Campos v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-01-22 |
Pending |
appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation supervised-release |
Did the district court obviously err by considering the retributive factors under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(2)(A), in violation of Esteras v. United States,… |
| 25-857 |
Joshua Yarbrough, et al. v. SlashSupport, Incorporated, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-01-20 |
Pending |
circumstantial-evidence civil-rights employment-discrimination judicial-doctrine stray-remarks summary-judgment |
Whether discriminatory remarks categorized as stray under a judicial doctrine may be excluded from the mix of circumstantial evidence of discriminatio… |
| 25-663 |
Alan Headman v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-12-08 |
Pending |
color-of-law constitutional-rights due-process involuntary-servitude trial-by-jury unconstitutional-avoidance |
IL CONSTITUTIONAL RIPENESS
Whether the Supreme Court, in this age of
equality, should consider gender-based servitude ripe for correction.
II. UNCONS… |
| 25-6304 |
John Henry Clemons, III v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-12-05 |
Pending |
constitutional-deprivation due-process first-amendment policy-implementation prisoner-rights property-interest |
1) When considering the suppression of a prisoner's First Amendment right to
freedom of expression and association by a prison policy, is it possible… |
| 25-6188 |
Abel Vargas-Maldonado v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-11-20 |
Denied |
case-law certiorari fifth-circuit judicial-precedent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 25-6152 |
Melvin Alberto-Velasquez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-11-18 |
Denied |
case-law criminal-appeal fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 25A552 |
Gregory Johnson, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-11-12 |
Application |
appeal-waiver career-offender circuit-split criminal-procedure plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a criminal defendant can knowingly and voluntarily waive the right to appeal a district court's sentencing errors as part of a plea agreement,… |
| 25-6009 |
Jorge Armando Varela-Angel v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-10-31 |
Denied |
case-law criminal-appeal fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 25-530 |
James C. Wetherbe v. Texas Tech University System, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-10-31 |
Denied |
None |
1. This is a First Amendment retaliation lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Around 1950, this Court first asked whether the common law in 1871 would have… |
| 25A477 |
Amos Wells v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-10-27 |
Application |
death-penalty future-dangerousness genetic-evidence ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment strickland-standard |
Whether defense counsel's introduction of genetic predisposition evidence constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment when… |
| 25A469 |
Cedric Ray Jones v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-10-24 |
Application |
appeal-waiver circuit-split collateral-review constitutional-vagueness plea-agreement section-924(c) |
Whether a defendant's general appeal waiver in a plea agreement can preclude challenges to a conviction based on an unconstitutionally vague statutory… |
| 25A438 |
Demond Depree Bluntson v. Texas |
Texas |
2025-10-16 |
Presumed Complete |
capital-murder certiorari death-row due-process eighth-amendment indigent-defendant |
Whether the Eighth Amendment and due process protections prohibit the imposition of a capital murder conviction and death sentence where there are sub… |
| 25-5905 |
Antonio Valle-Ramirez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-10-16 |
Denied |
case-law criminal-appeal fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 25A429 |
Tilon Lashon Carter v. Texas |
Texas |
2025-10-15 |
Application |
constitutional-rights death-row exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance postconviction-relief texas-criminal-procedure |
Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals violated a death-row inmate's constitutional rights by denying postconviction relief without adequate cons… |
| 25-407 |
Scott Breimeister v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-10-06 |
Pending |
double-jeopardy government-misconduct implied-consent mistrial prosecutorial-misconduct strict-scrutiny |
I. What constitutes implied consent to a mistrial when determining if a defendant has forfeited a Double Jeopardy claim?
II. Does strict scrutiny app… |
| 25A375 |
Jeremiah Vance v. Jeffery Mims |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-10-01 |
Presumed Complete |
bankruptcy-appeal federal-rules jurisdiction notice-of-appeal pro-se time-bar |
Whether a pro se litigant's untimely notice of appeal from a bankruptcy court order can be excused or tolled due to unique procedural circumstances |
| 25-5724 |
Arnulfo Martinez-Fajardo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-09-24 |
Denied |
case-review certiorari criminal-law fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 25-5706 |
John Allen Rubio v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-09-23 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure false-testimony fifth-circuit-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance napue-claim |
1. Did the Fifth Circuit err in refusing to certify the Napue claim, when it failed to reach punishment-phase harm and when it conflated the question … |
| 25-5662 |
Martha Jane Ford v. Bank of New York Mellon, Trustee, for CWABS, Incorporated Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-2 |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-09-17 |
Denied |
access-to-justice attorney-misconduct due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-integrity mediation-agreement |
1. Whether the enforcement of a mediation agreement procured through fraud, coercion, and attorney misconduct —despite a prior court order barring for… |
| 25A292 |
Larce Spikes v. Lesley Wheat, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-09-12 |
Presumed Complete |
constitutional-minimum deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-care prisoner-rights qualified-immunity |
Whether the Eighth Amendment requires a substantive inquiry into the adequacy of medical treatment provided to prisoners, or if the mere provision of … |
| 25A265 |
Timothy Barton v. Securities and Exchange Commission |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-09-05 |
Presumed Complete |
asset-seizure due-process equitable-relief preliminary-injunction receivership securities-law |
Whether the Securities and Exchange Commission can obtain a prejudgment receivership seizing entire companies without demonstrating clear necessity an… |
| 25A215 |
Gary David Green v. Texas |
Texas |
2025-08-22 |
Presumed Complete |
certiorari death-row death-sentence due-process indigent-defendant texas-criminal-appeals |
Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' affirmance of a death sentence violated the defendant's constitutional rights to due process and effectiv… |
| 25A202 |
Kevin Frymier v. Dianne Curvey, Judge, in Her Individual and Official Capacity, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-08-20 |
Presumed Complete |
civil-rights dismissal-as-frivolous fifth-circuit first-amendment judicial-immunity pro-se |
Whether a pro se civil rights plaintiff can overcome judicial immunity and First Amendment barriers to challenge a state court judge's actions in fede… |
| 25A196 |
Gustavo Tijerina Sandoval v. Texas |
Texas |
2025-08-19 |
Presumed Complete |
appellate-review capital-murder criminal-procedure due-process life-sentence texas-criminal-law |
Whether a state appellate court's affirmance of a criminal conviction and life sentence comports with due process when the underlying trial may have i… |
| 25-5391 |
Jose Guadalupe Marquez-Floriano v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-08-18 |
Denied |
case-law criminal-appeal fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 25-5363 |
Edras Reyes-Salinas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-08-14 |
Denied |
case-law criminal-appeal fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 25-5348 |
Hector Cristobal Mejia-Estrada v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-08-13 |
Denied |
constitutional-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-commission standard-conditions supervised-release |
Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer? |
| 25A176 |
James Dondero, et al. v. Stacey G. Jernigan, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-08-12 |
Presumed Complete |
abuse-of-discretion de-novo-review judicial-bias judicial-recusal mandamus-petition standard-of-review |
Whether a judge's recusal decision should be reviewed under an abuse of discretion standard or de novo review when reviewing potential judicial bias |
| 25A142 |
Ronnie Coleman v. Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, L.P. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-08-05 |
Presumed Complete |
age-discrimination employment-discrimination performance-evaluation summary-judgment title-vii workplace-harassment |
Whether an employer's multiple evaluation attempts and termination of an employee after failed performance assessments constitute unlawful race and ag… |
| 25A101 |
John Allen Rubio v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-07-24 |
Presumed Complete |
capital-murder eighth-amendment false-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment |
Whether the Eighth Amendment and Sixth Amendment require reversal of a capital murder conviction where trial counsel provided constitutionally ineffec… |
| 25-5178 |
Pablo Martinez-Lara v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-07-23 |
Denied |
case-law criminal-law fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 25A50 |
Alfonso E. Chavez Ayub v. Alfonso Chavez Pacheco |
Texas |
2025-07-11 |
Presumed Complete |
due-process fourteenth-amendment international-law probate-law property-rights treaty-obligations |
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause prohibits a state court from rejecting a foreign will that was validly executed and probated in … |
| 25A15 |
Ali Awad Mahmoud Irsan v. Texas |
Texas |
2025-07-03 |
Presumed Complete |
capital-conviction constitutional-review death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment texas-criminal-procedure |
Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals applied constitutionally adequate standards of review in affirming a capital conviction and death sentence |
| 24A1293 |
Bart Wade Reagor v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-06-30 |
Presumed Complete |
fifth-circuit jurisdiction petition supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari in a Fifth Circuit case |
| 24-1283 |
Jack R. T. Jordan v. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-06-16 |
Denied |
attorney-conduct disbarment due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment judicial-misconduct |
Whether the U.S. Constitution delegated power to federal courts to disbar an attorney for statements in court filings challenging judicial misconduct |
| 24-7300 |
Jorge Arturo Nanez-Lopez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-05-28 |
Denied |
almendarez-torres case-law certiorari fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 24-7307 |
Eblin Omar Ardon-Amaya v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-05-28 |
Denied |
case-law certiorari criminal-appeal fifth-circuit judicial-precedent supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 24-7271 |
Cristian Javier Chevez-Solano v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-05-22 |
Denied |
almendarez-torres certiorari criminal-law fifth-circuit precedent supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 24-7261 |
Adrian Hermosillo-Lujan v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-05-21 |
Denied |
almendarez-torres-precedent certiorari criminal-law fifth-circuit judicial-review supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 24A1056 |
Jack R. T. Jordan v. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-05-01 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 24-7038 |
Cedric Allen Ricks v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-04-21 |
Denied |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 24-1089 |
Feanyichi E. Uvukansi v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-04-18 |
Denied |
burden-of-proof due-process habeas-corpus materiality-standard perjured-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether the state courts improperly required the petitioner to prove the materiality of perjured testimony and disregarded precedent on prosecutorial … |
| 24A975 |
Obel Cruz-Garcia v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-04-11 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 24-6888 |
Russell Wayne Driver v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-03-31 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-error fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sentencing-claim |
Whether the Fifth Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability for a §2255 claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is irreconcilable with con… |
| 24-6815 |
Tanner Lance King v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-03-20 |
Denied |
§2255-claim appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-error ineffective-assistance plea-negotiation |
Whether the Fifth Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability for a §2255 claim of ineffective assistance of counsel during plea negotiations w… |
| 24A836 |
Cedric Allen Ricks v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-02-28 |
Presumed Complete |
capital-case certificate-of-appealability federal-habeas-corpus fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment |
Whether the Fifth Circuit properly denied a Certificate of Appealability in a capital habeas corpus proceeding involving alleged Fifth, Sixth, and Fou… |
| 24-915 |
In Re Bart Wade Reagor |
|
2025-02-25 |
Dismissed |
appellate-procedure court-of-appeals fifth-circuit judicial-delay mandamus writ-of-mandamus |
Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to issue a decision without delay |
| 24-6583 |
Gilberto Aguilar-Gutierrez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-02-18 |
Denied |
certiorari criminal-law fifth-circuit judicial-procedure precedent-review supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 24-6497 |
Jeroswaski Wayne Collette v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-02-07 |
Denied |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 24-6407 |
Samuel Tanel Crittenden v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-01-28 |
Denied |
appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court fifth-circuit jury-instruction sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether a conviction should be reversed and remanded for a new trial when a district court erroneously fails to give a jury instruction, despite suffi… |
| 24-6390 |
William Logsdon v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-01-24 |
Denied |
compulsory-process criminal-defendant fifth-amendment self-incrimination sixth-amendment witness-testimony |
Whether a district court must conduct a particularized inquiry into a witness's Fifth Amendment privilege before accepting a blanket assertion of self… |
| 24A641 |
Jose Guillermo Mendez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-12-30 |
Presumed Complete |
certiorari indigent legal-resources prison-restrictions pro-se time-extension |
Whether a pro se indigent prisoner's limited access to legal resources and prison mail restrictions constitute an extraordinary circumstance justifyin… |
| 24-6198 |
Martin Diaz-Nunez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-12-26 |
Denied |
almendarez-torres-precedent case-law certiorari fifth-circuit judicial-review supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 24-6103 |
Christopher Gonzales v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-12-10 |
Denied |
commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-law felony-prohibition firearms-possession second-amendment |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession by felons violate the Second Amendment and can Congress criminalize intrastate firearm… |
| 24-6058 |
Blaine Keith Milam v. Texas |
Texas |
2024-12-04 |
Denied |
adaptive-behavior atkins-standard clinical-assessment eighth-amendment intellectual-disability iq-testing |
Did the state court violate Atkins v. Virginia by improperly assessing intellectual disability through a single IQ score and incomplete adaptive behav… |
| 24A538 |
Anthony Medina v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-12-03 |
Presumed Complete |
capital-punishment constitutional-claims habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment strickland-standard |
Whether the Sixth Amendment requires a new trial when a defendant demonstrates ineffective assistance of counsel that potentially prejudiced the outco… |
| 24-6009 |
Christian Guadalupe Contreras-Torres v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-11-20 |
Denied |
case-law certiorari constitutional-interpretation judicial-precedent legal-standard supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 24-5866 |
Edward Moses v. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-10-31 |
Denied |
attorney-sanctions clearly-erroneous-standard constitutional-challenge federal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity tribal-recognition |
Whether Emperor Moses is entitled to an injunction barring state officials from operating within the Atakapa Indian Nation based on the constitutional… |
| 24-5783 |
Genaro Alberto Nunez Ugarte v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-10-18 |
Denied |
case-law certiorari constitutional-interpretation judicial-precedent legal-standard supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 24-5773 |
Sedric Q. Sutton v. Charlton Smith, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-10-17 |
Denied |
constitutional-violation drug-possession fourth-amendment illegal-seizure search-warrant summary-judgment |
Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in granting summary judgment denying damages for illegal search and seizure when Sutton allegedly failed to create a g… |
| 24A251 |
Darryl Carter, et al. v. James E. Stewart, Sr., in his Official Capacity as District Attorney of Caddo Parish, Louisiana |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-09-10 |
Presumed Complete |
civil-rights fourteenth-amendment jury-selection peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination summary-judgment |
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment permits civil rights lawsuits by prospective jurors challenging racially-motivated peremptory challenges when statist… |
| 24A194 |
Hector Acosta v. Texas |
Texas |
2024-08-22 |
Presumed Complete |
capital-murder death-sentence equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-selection racial-bias |
Whether racial bias in the jury selection process violated the defendant's Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection in a capital murder case |
| 24-5317 |
Jose Jimenez-Maria v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-13 |
Denied |
almendarez-torres constitutional-interpretation judicial-precedent precedent-overruling supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Supreme Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States |
| 24-5255 |
Benjamin Burciaga-Herrera v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-07 |
Denied |
appellate-procedure certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 24A134 |
Dimas Deleon Rios v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-06 |
Presumed Complete |
certificate-of-appealability district-court federal-prisoner habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2255 |
Whether a federal prisoner can obtain a certificate of appealability (COA) to challenge a district court's denial of habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S… |
| 24-5110 |
Cristobal Castillo-Velasquez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-18 |
Denied |
almendarez-torres case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion legal-precedent precedent-overruling sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 24-5087 |
Travis Wayne Lovings v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-16 |
Denied |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law federalism firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment |
Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into defendant'… |
| 24-5030 |
Lani Lucas Limane, aka Lukasz Chad Limane v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-09 |
Denied |
aggravated-identity-theft criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-error identity-theft indictment indictment-variance plain-error plea-bargaining plea-colloquy predicate-offense rule-11 |
Was it plain error for a district court to convict petitioner on his plea of guilty to a crime never charged in the governing indictment? |
| 24-5033 |
Jose Domingo Carranza-Rubio v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-09 |
Denied |
almendarez-torres case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion legal-precedent precedent-overruling sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 24-5012 |
Miguel Angel Ibarra-Mora v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-03 |
Denied |
almendarez-torres constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit precedent-overturning sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-7843 |
Luis Alfredo Nanez-Lopez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-02 |
Denied |
certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent precedent precedent-overruling sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-7817 |
Fernando Angel Puga v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-28 |
Denied |
constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines standard-conditions supervised-release |
Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer? |
| 23-7819 |
LaShonda O'Neill v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-28 |
Denied |
abuse-of-discretion alleyne-v-united-states drug-quantities fifth-amendment harmless-error judicial-fact-finding plain-error sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment |
Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in its review of the District Court's fact-finding and sentencing enhancements |
| 23-7809 |
Ruben Gutierrez v. Luis Saenz, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-26 |
Judgment Issued |
article-iii-standing circuit-split declaratory-judgment due-process federal-courts redressability reed-v-goertz state-official |
Does Article III standing require a particularized determination of whether a specific state official will redress the plaintiff's injury by following… |
| 23-7788 |
Francisco Valtierra-Zuniga v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-24 |
Denied |
certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure jury-trial precedent precedent-overruling sentencing supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-1314 |
Jennifer Harris v. FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-17 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act contract contractual-limitation court-of-appeals due-process intangible-damages lawsuit-filing maximum-recovery standing statute-of-limitations |
Whether a contractual provision reducing the limitation on filing a lawsuit under the Civil Rights Act of 1866 from four years to six months is enforc… |
| 23-7725 |
Jimmie Lee Walton v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-14 |
Denied |
abuse-of-discretion allen-charge coercion court-of-appeals criminal-procedure Did the Court of Appeals abuse it's discretion in Did the Court of Appeals abuse its discretion in a directed-verdict double-jeopardy due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus harmless-error ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judgment-of-acquittal judicial-discretion jury-instructions mistrial motion-for-acquittal right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence |
Did Walton receive effective assistance of counsel? |
| 23-7646 |
Rogaciano Demetrio-Jimenez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-05 |
Denied |
almendarez-torres case-precedent criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-1258 |
Royce Wade Lander v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-31 |
Denied |
28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus jurists-of-reason motion-to-vacate standard-of-review threshold-showing |
Whether the Order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit holding that Petitioner failed to make the threshold showing for a certi… |
| 23-7599 |
Jorge Ortiz-Juarez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-31 |
Denied |
case-law certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure overruling precedent-overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-7594 |
Felipe Matias-Miguel v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-30 |
Denied |
Almendarez-Torres-v-United-States Apprendi-v-New-Jersey case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-1241 |
Jeffrey Fay Pike v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-24 |
Denied |
conflict-of-interest counsel-of-choice disqualification due-process ex-parte ex-parte-proceeding fifth-amendment prosecution-witness right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Does it deny a defendant due process of law to disqualify trial counsel based on a purported conflict of interest following the ex parte consideration… |
| 23-7366 |
Carlos Enrique Navarro-Trevino v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-02 |
Denied |
Almendarez-Torres appellate-procedure case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-7307 |
Silvano Marroquin-Bravo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-25 |
Denied |
case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-7147 |
Margarito Cruz-Ramirez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-05 |
Denied |
Almendarez-Torres-v-United-States Apprendi-v-New-Jersey case-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-7108 |
Efren Derma-Dominguez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-29 |
Denied |
aggravating-role application-note application-note-2 criminal-organization criminal-role fifth-circuit sentencing-guidelines supervision upward-departure |
Does an aggravating role adjustment under U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 3B1.1 apply, as Application Note 2 says, only if the defendant organized or supe… |
| 23-7109 |
Edgar Garcia-Heredia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-29 |
Denied |
Almendarez-Torres constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-procedure jury-trial precedent-overruling recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23A863 |
Janice Hughes Barnes, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ashtian Barnes, Deceased v. Roberto Felix, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-26 |
Presumed Complete |
deadly-force fourth-amendment graham-standard reasonableness-test traffic-stop use-of-force |
Whether the Fifth Circuit's narrow standard for evaluating the reasonableness of an officer's use of deadly force under the Fourth Amendment impermiss… |
| 23A857 |
Vinicio J. Garcia v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-21 |
Presumed Complete |
appeal-dismissal fifth-circuit filing-fee pro-se procedural-due-process want-of-prosecution |
Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals improperly dismissed a pro se prisoner's appeal for want of prosecution without providing adequate notice o… |
| 23-1031 |
Deana Pollard Sacks v. Texas Southern University, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-19 |
Denied |
continuing-violations eeoc-charge hostile-work-environment pleading-standard pleading-standards summary-judgment title-vii |
Whether a federal court may reject the doctrine of continuing violations in a Title VII hostile-work-environment case and eliminate from consideration… |
| 23-6990 |
Kristopher Dean Putnam v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-15 |
Denied |
cell-phone cell-phone-search exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception probable-cause search-warrant |
Does the Fourth Amendment permit the issuance of a search warrant for a cell phone absent case-specific facts connecting the alleged crime and the pho… |
| 23-6974 |
Bartolo Damaso-Sixtos v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-13 |
Denied |
certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-overruling precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 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… |
| 23-6951 |
Jesus Barron-Bautista v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-11 |
Denied |
Almendarez-Torres criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jury-trial precedent-overruling sentencing Sixth-Amendment supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-972 |
Angela Germaine Spencer, By and Through Next Friend and Mother of A. S., a Minor v. Harrison County, Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-06 |
Denied |
children-in-court civil-procedure civil-rights detainee-rights detainees due-process fifth-circuit nonjury-proceedings shackling |
Whether the indiscriminate shackling of detainees, particularly children, in nonjury proceedings violates the Due Process Clause |
| 23-974 |
Sammy Jay Riddle v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-06 |
Denied |
aedpa criminal-procedure deferred-adjudication fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judgment judgment-of-conviction statute-of-limitations |
Whether the federal habeas corpus statute of limitations begins to run from the finality of a deferred adjudication order or the finality of the judgm… |
| 23-6878 |
Jose Luis Avalos-Sanchez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-01 |
Denied |
Almendarez-Torres court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-trial legal-precedent sentencing Sixth-Amendment supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-6845 |
Milton Martin Biester-Villeda v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-28 |
Denied |
case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-procedure sentencing sixth-amendment stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23A796 |
Leslie Galloway, III v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
2024-02-28 |
Presumed Complete |
capital-punishment constitutional-rights ineffective-assistance mitigation-investigation penalty-phase sixth-amendment |
Whether the Sixth Amendment requires reversal of a capital conviction where trial counsel provided constitutionally ineffective assistance by failing … |
| 23-891 |
Deana Pollard Sacks v. Texas Southern University, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-20 |
Denied |
civil-rights constructive-termination discrimination equal-pay-act hostile-work-environment pleading-standard retaliation title-vii |
Whether the Fifth Circuit may disregard the doctrine of continuing violations and instead adopt a discrete-act factor test requiring subjective intent… |
| 23-6714 |
Ramon Umberto Cortez-Rodriguez, aka Ramon Humberto Cortez-Rodriguez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-09 |
Denied |
Almendarez-Torres certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-appeal judicial-review jury-trial precedent-overruling sentencing Supreme-Court supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23A713 |
Richard Lee Tabler v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-01 |
Presumed Complete |
agency-duties death-penalty ineffective-assistance procedural-default state-habeas waiver-of-rights |
Whether an attorney's complete abdication of agency duties during a client's waiver of state habeas review can constitute cause to excuse a procedural… |
| 23-6594 |
Noemy Ramirez-Gomez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-01-26 |
Denied |
Almendarez-Torres case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge sentencing Sixth-Amendment supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-6545 |
Stephen Christopher Plunkett v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-01-24 |
Denied |
certificate-of-appealability circuit-split civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-recusal sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment standing |
Did the Fifth Circuit flout SCOTUS precedent in Buck v. Davis? |
| 23A674 |
Tasha Mercedez Shelby v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
2024-01-22 |
Presumed Complete |
due-process fourteenth-amendment medical-expert-testimony newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief shaken-baby-syndrome |
Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires a state court to consider newly discovered evidence of medical misdiagnosis that p… |
| 23A663 |
Brandon De McCall v. Texas |
Texas |
2024-01-18 |
Presumed Complete |
capital-case constitutional-review death-penalty due-process ineffective-assistance texas-criminal-procedure |
Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals applied constitutionally adequate standards of ineffective assistance of counsel review in a capital case |
| 23-6458 |
Mario Astudillo-Herrera v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-01-11 |
Denied |
constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-trial legal-precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23A590 |
Stephen Christopher Plunkett v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-27 |
Presumed Complete |
ineffective-assistance plea-agreement prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment |
Whether a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel is violated when multiple attorneys fail to adequately challenge plea a… |
| 23-6321 |
Barbara Johnson-Luster v. Christine E. Wormuth, Secretary of the Army |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-21 |
Denied |
appellate-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-counsel disability-rights due-process equal-protection exceptional-circumstances title-vii |
Whether an appellant in the Circuit Courts, with an invisible disability and previous court appointed attorneys in the Lower District Courts should re… |
| 23-6279 |
Ismael Robles-Perez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-15 |
Denied |
Almendarez-Torres almendarez-torres-precedent constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial sentencing Sixth-Amendment supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-6242 |
Francisco Mora-Carrillo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-13 |
Denied |
almendarez-torres Almendarez-Torres-v-United-States Apprendi-v-New-Jersey constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jury-trial precedent-overturning sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-6245 |
Donato Lopez-Arellano v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-13 |
Denied |
case-precedent constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-6252 |
Juan Antonio Guerrero-Lazaro v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-13 |
Denied |
case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure jury-trial legal-precedent precedent-overruling sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23A513 |
Zachary Greenberg v. Jerry Lehocky, in His Official Capacity as Board Chair of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-12-06 |
Presumed Complete |
anti-harassment-rule first-amendment jurisdictional-inquiry mootness pre-enforcement-challenge standing |
Whether a First Amendment pre-enforcement challenger lacks standing to challenge a vague anti-harassment rule based on a nonbinding, reversible enforc… |
| 23A496 |
Moises Sandoval Mendoza v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-01 |
Presumed Complete |
aedpa circuit-split federal-review habeas-corpus merits-review state-court-decision |
Whether a state court's decision can be considered an 'adjudication on the merits' under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) when the defendant was denied a full and … |
| 23-6106 |
Damion Edward Cruz-Benavente v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-27 |
Denied |
appellate-standard constitutional-error criminal-procedure criminal-trial cumulative-error cumulative-errors due-process harmless-error judicial-review procedural-fairness standard-of-review verdict-influence |
Whether a court should review the cumulative effect of preserved and forfeited errors to determine if they had a substantial influence on the verdict |
| 23-6041 |
Luis Alberto Hernandez-Perez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-17 |
Denied |
appellate-procedure certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-6029 |
Brianna Irene Bustam v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-16 |
Denied |
criminal-history drug-offenses first-step-act rule-of-lenity safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the 'and' in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)(1) means 'and' or 'or' for determining eligibility for the 'safety valve' provision |
| 23A444 |
David Santiago Renteria v. Texas |
Texas |
2023-11-16 |
Denied |
cruel-and-unusual degraded-drugs due-process eighth-amendment execution-protocol lethal-injection |
Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the use of degraded, unstable lethal injection drugs that pose a substantial risk of causing severe pain during… |
| 23A440 |
David Santiago Renteria v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-15 |
Denied |
capital-punishment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-review prosecutorial-discretion removal-statute |
Whether the Equal Protection Clause permits disparate treatment of capital defendants by state prosecutors in seeking execution dates without a meanin… |
| 23-5940 |
John Paul Lopez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-02 |
Denied |
constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines supervised-release |
Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer? |
| 23-5917 |
Salvador Diaz-Diaz v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-31 |
Denied |
certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent precedent-overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-5842 |
Ellis Keyes v. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-20 |
Dismissed |
8th-amendment citizen-protection civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process governmental-invasion governmental-powers state-sovereignty torture torture-prohibition |
Shall the State of Mississippi be restrained, abolished and banned from the use of torture? |
| 23-5839 |
Cesar Humberto Valencia-Terrazas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-19 |
Denied |
case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion legal-precedent precedent-overruling sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-5840 |
Alvaro Castillo, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-19 |
Denied |
border-search cell-phone-search cell-phones constitutional-rights customs-and-border-protection digital-privacy fourth-amendment search-and-seizure u.s-border warrantless-search |
Whether the Fourth Amendment permits warrantless search of cell phone at U.S. border |
| 23-5788 |
Roberto Buendia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-16 |
Denied |
appellate-review davis fifth-circuit intra-circuit-conflict molina-martinez plain-error plain-error-review rosales-mireles sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the standard the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals applied for determining if the sentencing Guidelines' error in Buendia's case was 'plain' conf… |
| 23A338 |
Christopher Kinzy v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-13 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5772 |
Cornel Jackie Drummer v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-12 |
Denied |
appellate-procedure court-records due-process federal-review habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence meaningful-appeal procedural-default statute-of-limitations tolling |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit err in sustaining the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas' hol… |
| 23-5773 |
Adrian De La Torre v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-12 |
Denied |
constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines supervised-release |
Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer? |
| 23-5777 |
Iker Fabricio Mendez-Alfaro v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-12 |
Denied |
case-law constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure legal-standard precedent-overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23A320 |
Milton Dwayne Gobert v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-12 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 23-364 |
Nima Nazerzadeh v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-05 |
Denied |
due-process fifth-circuit plain-reading rule-of-last-antecedent sex-offender-registration statutory-construction statutory-interpretation surplusage-canon tier-classification |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's reversal of the district court's order terminating petitioner's sex offender regist… |
| 23-5722 |
Armando Orozco-Calderon v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-05 |
Denied |
constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23A292 |
Kristin Guardino v. Jim Hart, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-04 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5632 |
Mario Rolando Cadenas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-21 |
Denied |
constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-appeal judicial-precedent jury-trial precedent-overruling sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-5621 |
Amado Alvarez-Alvarado v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-20 |
Denied |
constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-interpretation precedent precedent-overruling sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-5606 |
Samuel Valencia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-18 |
GVR |
alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-interpretation fifth-amendment indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment |
Do the Fifth and Sixth Amendments require facts to prove a defendant's prior convictions were for offenses committed on 'occasions different from one … |
| 23-5555 |
Alfredo Garcia-Aleman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-12 |
Denied |
Apprendi-v-New-Jersey case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23A236 |
Rodney Reed v. Texas |
Texas |
2023-09-12 |
Presumed Complete |
actual-innocence due-process habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence postconviction-relief texas-court-of-criminal-appeals |
Whether a state court's denial of postconviction relief based on newly discovered evidence of actual innocence violates the Due Process Clause or cons… |
| 23A220 |
S.B., on Behalf of Her Minor Child S.B. v. Jefferson Parish School Board, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-07 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5503 |
Roman Alvarado, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-31 |
Denied |
constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines supervised-release |
Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer? |
| 23-5487 |
Jose Humberto Hernandez-Mendez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-30 |
Denied |
alleyne-rule almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi-rule constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent-analysis sentencing supreme-court-review |
Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap… |
| 23A194 |
Ramiro Felix Gonzales v. Texas |
Texas |
2023-08-30 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5450 |
Hermenegildo Garcia-Gutierrez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-25 |
Denied |
case-law constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-5451 |
Raul Omar Rios-Hernandez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-25 |
Denied |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-appeal judicial-precedent jury-trial precedent-overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23A171 |
Jermaine Deshan West v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-24 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5391 |
Walter Raul Maguina v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-18 |
Denied |
appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court due-process evidence extrinsic-evidence harmless-error judicial-procedure prejudice prejudicial-evidence remand |
Whether a district court's failure to address the prejudicial nature of extrinsic evidence requires remand |
| 23A153 |
Dillion Gage Compton v. Texas |
Texas |
2023-08-18 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 23-118 |
Ashton R. O'Dwyer, Jr. v. Ron Carter, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-08 |
Denied |
civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment free-speech judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal recusal sanctions standing |
Whether the failure of Federal District Judge Carl J. Barbier to recuse himself prior to his summary dismissal of an underlying civil diversity action… |
| 23-5275 |
Ambrosio Nolasco-Ariza v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-03 |
Denied |
constitutional-law discriminatory-purpose disparate-impact due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment immigration-and-nationality-act immigration-law racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation undesirable-aliens-act |
Does 8 U.S.C. § 1326 violate the equal-protection guarantee of the Fifth-Amendment? |
| 23-5261 |
Everado Joe Flores-Salcido v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-01 |
Denied |
almendarez-torres case-precedent criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-5245 |
Juan Leonardo Aparicio-Martinez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-31 |
Denied |
Almendarez-Torres-v-United-States Apprendi-v-New-Jersey case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-5235 |
Hector Lares-Nunez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-28 |
Denied |
case-precedent certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-overruling precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-5221 |
Gilberto Betero-Carrillo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-27 |
Denied |
alleyne-rule almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi-rule constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation precedent-analysis sentencing supreme-court-review |
Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap… |
| 23-5229 |
Rodolfo Hernandez Roman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-27 |
Denied |
Almendarez-Torres-v-United-States Apprendi-v-New-Jersey case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23A80 |
Gustavo Tijerina Sandoval v. Texas |
Texas |
2023-07-27 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 23-5210 |
Andres Zapata-Reyes v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-26 |
Denied |
case-law certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-5181 |
Rudy Alexander Ventura-Recinos v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-24 |
Denied |
Almendarez-Torres case-precedent criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial legal-standard sentencing Supreme-Court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-5141 |
Alejandro Holguin v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-19 |
Denied |
Almendarez-Torres-v-United-States Apprendi-v-New-Jersey case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-5079 |
Genaro Perchez-Hernandez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-13 |
Denied |
case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-5058 |
Gabriel Simental-Murillo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-07 |
Denied |
Apprendi-v-New-Jersey case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-5035 |
Miguel Lux-Tum v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-05 |
Denied |
Almendarez-Torres-v-United-States Apprendi-v-New-Jersey constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-doctrine precedent-overruling sentencing supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 23-5027 |
Gabriel Gonzalez Perez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-03 |
Denied |
case-law constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-trial legal-precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7896 |
Marcelino Mendoza-Najera v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-29 |
Denied |
case-precedent constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7899 |
Enrique Lopez-Cristobal v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-29 |
Denied |
case-review constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit legal-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7875 |
J Reyes-Carrillo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-28 |
Denied |
case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-procedure statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7863 |
Osvaldo Castelan-Saucedo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-26 |
Denied |
Almendarez-Torres case-precedent court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jury-trial legal-review sentencing Sixth-Amendment supreme-court writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7854 |
Edgar Ivan Armenta-Lopez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-23 |
Denied |
Almendarez-Torres case-law-review certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-overruling sentencing Supreme-Court supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7807 |
Chayna Holguin v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-16 |
Denied |
criminal-history federal-sentencing first-step-act rule-of-lenity safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the 'and' in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)(1) means 'and' or 'or' for determining eligibility for the 'safety valve' provision |
| 22-7796 |
Jose Alfredo Perez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-15 |
Denied |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review case-specific-facts criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court due-process fifth-circuit sentencing-guidelines sentencing-variance upward-variance |
Whether a district court's mere recitation of the sentencing statute absent any application of case-specific facts is sufficient to support a five-yea… |
| 22-1188 |
Douglas K. Smith v. Eric Terry |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-08 |
Denied |
abuse-of-discretion appellant-brief appellate-procedure bankruptcy circuit-court civil-procedure dismissal-of-appeal extension-of-time judicial-discretion procedural-dismissal |
Whether the Circuit Court's March 8, 2023 denial of a second motion for thirty-day extension of time to file appellant brief, and resultant dismissal … |
| 22-7674 |
John Paul Waldon v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-31 |
Denied |
4th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus standing |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit erred in denying Petitioner's petition for writ of certiorari |
| 22-7647 |
Nicasio Nevarez-Zamudio v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-26 |
Denied |
appellate-procedure case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial precedent sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7653 |
Jose Carlos Gallegos-Hernandez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-26 |
Denied |
case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7636 |
Jose Luis Manriquez-Gutierrez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-25 |
Denied |
case-law constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-1105 |
Carlo Giuseppe Civelli, et al. v. JPMorgan Chase Securities, L.L.C., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-11 |
Denied |
appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure fifth-circuit notice notice-requirement preservation sua-sponte summary-judgment trial-court |
Whether an appellate court may sua sponte raise grounds for summary judgment, which were not noticed or preserved in the trial court |
| 22-7526 |
Charles Edward Krupalla v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-11 |
Denied |
constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-commission separation-of-powers supervised-release |
Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer? |
| 22-1088 |
John T. Morris v. Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-09 |
Denied |
accumulated-knowledge article-1-section-2 constitutional-interpretation election-integrity first-amendment frequent-elections political-rights redistricting voter-participation voting-rights |
Are frequent elections implied in Article 1, Section 2 Clause 1 of the United States Constitution that were meant by the Framers of the Constitution t… |
| 22-7479 |
Mario Rodolfo Chairez-Avila v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-08 |
Denied |
Apprendi-v-New-Jersey case-law certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-1061 |
Jonathan B. Andry v. Lawyer Disciplinary Committee of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-02 |
Denied |
appellate-review attorney-discipline disciplinary-proceedings district-court due-process fifth-circuit legal-rationale quasi-criminal quasicriminal-proceedings |
Does an appellate court violate an attorney's right to due process of law when it upholds a disciplinary violation in a quasicriminal proceeding on gr… |
| 22-7420 |
Jose Angel Morquecho-Sanchez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-01 |
Denied |
case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7423 |
Gilberto Marquez-Calzadilla v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-01 |
Denied |
Almendarez-Torres case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge sentencing Supreme-Court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7352 |
Samuel Jesus Avila v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-24 |
Denied |
2nd-amendment constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-rule plain-error precedent second-amendment standing |
Is an error 'plain' within the meaning of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b) only if controlling precedent has recognized the exact same error i… |
| 22-7319 |
Jose Manuel Salazar-Hernandez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-19 |
Denied |
case-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7272 |
Christopher Ernest Martinez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-13 |
Denied |
criminal-procedure elements-of-crime factual-basis federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure guilty-plea plain-error plea-bargaining rule-11 sufficiency-of-evidence united-states-supreme-court |
Whether the district court's error in accepting the guilty plea under Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 11(b)(8) is 'plain' where the record identif… |
| 22-7259 |
Jose Manuel Cejudo-Mancinas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-12 |
Denied |
case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7260 |
Luis Alberto Escobedo-Duenas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-12 |
Denied |
almendarez-torres-precedent certiorari constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review overrule sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7218 |
Jaime Tomas-Antonio v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-05 |
Denied |
constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit legal-precedent precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7220 |
Geronimo Juarez-Medellin v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-05 |
Denied |
appellate-procedure Apprendi-v-New-Jersey certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7224 |
Trinidad Walter Encarnacion-Pascual v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-05 |
Denied |
case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-circuit judicial-procedure legal-precedent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7205 |
Miguel Valdivia-Gonzalez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-04 |
Denied |
case-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-trial legal-precedent precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7207 |
Ignacio Martinez-Saucedo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-04 |
Denied |
case-review court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure legal-precedent overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7209 |
Dylan Brando Ervey Macias-Torres v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-04 |
Denied |
case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7179 |
Andres Ajualip-Pablo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-03 |
Denied |
case-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-trial legal-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7183 |
Manuel Camilo Ordonez-Mendoza v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-03 |
Denied |
case-law constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 22-7114 |
Miguel Ortiz-Castillo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-03-27 |
Denied |
alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation precedent-analysis sentencing supreme-court-review |
Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap… |
| 22-866 |
John Franklin Bell, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-03-13 |
Denied |
thus requiring a COA and plenary consideration by certificate-of-appealability dna-evidence due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice standard-of-review trial-counsel |
Are petitioner's due process and ineffective assistance of counsel claims debatable among reasonable jurists, thus requiring a COA and plenary conside… |