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25A916 Katrina Parker v. Rosalie Johnson, in Her Official Capacity as Acting Chief Administrator, New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, et al. Third Circuit 2026-02-13 Application americans-with-disabilities-act commercial-drivers-license disability-discrimination essential-eligibility hearing-impairment reasonable-modification Question not identified. The petition text provided is an "Application for Extension of Time to File a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari," not a peti…
25A840 Ryan P. Givey v. Alicia A. Givey Pennsylvania 2026-01-22 Application constitutional-due-process court-jurisdiction custody-dispute first-amendment parental-rights psychological-evaluation Question not identified.
25A767 Dawaun Dupree Carson v. Tina Walker, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. Third Circuit 2026-01-02 Application brady-claim constitutional-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-default sufficiency-of-evidence Question not identified.
25-6426 In Re Tamas Hampel 2025-12-23 Pending appellate-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-process petition-for-rehearing third-circuit Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is required to docket a timely filed petition for rehearing submitted pursuant to Fed…
25A732 Anastasios M. Smalis v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Third Circuit 2025-12-22 Application asset-seizure collection-action due-process iRS-notice jurisdictional-challenge tax-court-jurisdiction Whether the Tax Court's jurisdictional requirements for challenging IRS notices and collection actions violate a taxpayer's due process rights when th…
25-6388 James W. VanDivner, Jr. v. Laurel R. Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2025-12-16 Pending certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus heat-of-passion ineffective-assistance-counsel suppressed-evidence voluntary-manslaughter Should a certificate of appealability have issued, where the suppressed evidence, considered cumulatively, would have placed a burden on the Commonwea…
25A680 MFN Partners, LP, et al. v. New York State Teamsters Conference and Retirement Fund, et al. Third Circuit 2025-12-09 Application agency-overreach erisa multiemployer-pension-plans pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation statutory-interpretation withdrawal-liability Whether the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation can impose 'reasonable conditions' on multiemployer pension plans that deviate from the express statu…
25A615 Tessa Needham, et al. v. Merck & Company, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-11-25 Application constitutional-challenge delegation-of-power non-severability presentment-clause separation-of-powers vaccine-act Whether the Vaccine Act's delegation of power to the Secretary of Health and Human Services violates the separation of powers and presentment clause o…
25-6177 Jesse D. Pellow v. Presbyterian Homes, Inc., dba Presbyter Third Circuit 2025-11-20 Denied americans-with-disabilities-act constitutional-rights eeoc-complaint employment-discrimination judicial-misconduct pro-se On September 18th, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the numbered civil complaint filed in the …
25A533 James W. VanDivner, Jr. v. Laurel R. Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2025-11-07 Application capital-case certificate-of-appealability circuit-court federal-public-defender habeas-corpus post-conviction Whether a federal habeas petitioner may obtain a certificate of appealability when two complex areas of law intersect in a post-conviction review
25A528 Fulton County, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Dominion Voting Systems, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2025-11-06 Application breach-of-warranty constitutional-authority election-administration election-contract subject-matter-jurisdiction voting-systems Whether a county election board and county commissioners have standing to bring a breach of contract claim against a voting machine vendor for alleged…
25A380 William Scott v. Howard Hanna Third Circuit 2025-10-02 Presumed Complete appellate-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure jurisdictional-defect mandatory-deadline notice-of-appeal time-limit Whether the federal appellate courts properly dismissed an appeal for untimely filing under the mandatory 30-day notice of appeal deadline
25A261 William Housman v. David W. Sunday, Jr., Attorney General of Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2025-09-04 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure federal-review habeas-corpus state-conviction third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit improperly denied a certificate of appealability for a federal habeas corpus petition challenging a state criminal convictio…
25A254 Michael Broomer v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2025-09-03 Presumed Complete antiterrorism-act federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default statute-of-limitations timeliness Whether a federal habeas petition filed by a state prisoner is timely under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's statute of limitations
25-172 Mark Mazza, et ux. v. Bank of New York Mellon, fka The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the CWALT, Inc., Alternative Loan Trust 2006-0A10 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2006-0A10 Third Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied appellate-review counterclaims due-process ejectment rooker-feldman summary-judgment Whether the Third Circuit applied incorrect standards in affirming summary judgment and dismissing counterclaims, and whether the Rooker-Feldman doctr…
25A150 Maurice Cruz-Webster v. Brian Emig, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2025-08-05 Presumed Complete cumulative-error habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct strickland-standard Whether a state court's denial of a criminal defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim constitutes an unreasonable application of clearly es…
25-5256 Leroy A. Garrett v. PDV Holding Third Circuit 2025-08-01 Denied appellate-review court-procedure equal-protection judicial-discretion legal-technicalities procedural-fairness Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit improperly managed proceedings by prioritizing technicalities over substantial justic…
25A80 Dimitry Kuperschmidt v. Jeff Angradi, Chief Probation Officer, et al. Third Circuit 2025-07-21 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right due-process ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment strickland-standard Question not identified.
25A83 Jonathan Voorhis v. Cindy Digangi, et al. Third Circuit 2025-07-21 Presumed Complete absolute-immunity child-protective-services civil-rights due-process fabricated-evidence investigative-misconduct 1. This case is about whether absolute immunity shields Child Protective Service (CPS) Workers from allegations of fabrication of evidence within an i…
25-5082 Jake Bylsma v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2025-07-10 Denied appellate-review bankruptcy-fraud judicial-misconduct real-estate-fraud state-corruption third-circuit Is a Real Estate and Bankruptcy Fraud racket operated by the Pennsylvania Judicial Elite a compelling reason for Supreme Court review?
24-7377 Jay J. Lin v. Hudson City Savings Bank, et al. Third Circuit 2025-06-06 Denied appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-review district-court judicial-procedure legal-error supremacy-clause Whether the Third Circuit erred in failing to review a potential violation of the Supremacy Clause by the District Court of New Jersey
24A639 Heon Jong Yoo v. Brian Barker, et al. Third Circuit 2024-12-30 Presumed Complete bivens-action due-process federal-database firearms-rights mental-health-designation second-amendment Whether the Second Amendment and Due Process Clause protect an individual's right to purchase firearms and enlist in the military when erroneously des…
24A379 Londell Bond v. Jasen Bohinski, Acting Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Third Circuit 2024-10-22 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction sixth-amendment Whether a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was violated by counsel's deficient performance during the pos…
24A329 Robert Wharton v. Joseph Terra, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Phoenix Third Circuit 2024-10-04 Presumed Complete capital-sentencing counsel-performance ineffective-assistance mitigating-evidence prison-behavior sixth-amendment Whether a capital defendant's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel is violated when counsel fails to present mitigating evidence o…
24-5130 Devon Nunes v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Third Circuit 2024-07-23 Denied administrative-law equitable-tolling immigration-law ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review numerical-limits statutory-motion statutory-motions-to-reopen immigration-law
24-65 Tony Ping Yew, as Executor of the Estate of John Y. Wei v. Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2024-07-19 Denied civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60b en-banc-review federal-jurisdiction judicial-immunity procedural-defect rooker-feldman-doctrine sovereign-immunity summary-judgment void-judgment Whether the Third Circuit have any jurisdictional power to rule to begin with; and even if the lower courts have jurisdictional power, Whether it is v…
24-5037 William J. Kemp v. John Rivello, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit 2024-07-10 Denied 5th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process griffin-v-california habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-instructions miranda-rights prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Whether the prosecutor's actions and trial court's instructions violated due process and warrant independent habeas review under Griffin v. California…
23-7622 Angel Luis Concepcion-Rosario v. United States Third Circuit 2024-06-03 Denied 4th-amendment criminal-procedure district-court-error due-process exclusionary-rule impeachment judgment-of-acquittal miranda-rights motion-for-mistrial physical-evidence sentencing suppression-of-evidence Did the district court error in not suppressing the physical evidence and the statement?
23-1166 VSHPHH Trust v. United States, et al. Third Circuit 2024-04-29 Denied asset-transfer bankruptcy civil-procedure debtor debtor-obligations nominee nominee-theory third-circuit-ruling third-party-beneficiary trustee-liability trusts Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err in concluding that a trustee of a trust established for the benefit of third parties …
23A864 Manuel Sepulveda v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2024-03-27 Presumed Complete capital-case death-penalty habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance penalty-phase post-conviction Whether ineffective assistance of counsel during a capital case's penalty phase warrants federal habeas relief when state post-conviction proceedings …
23-1008 Gwyneth K. Murray-Nolan v. Scott Rubin, et al. Third Circuit 2024-03-14 Denied appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law context due-process expressive-conduct first-amendment free-speech judicial-precedent legal-interpretation standing Whether conduct must convey a particularized message to be protected as expressive under the First Amendment
23-6962 Vernon D. F. Robbins v. John E. Wetzel, former Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2024-03-12 Denied administrative-remedy-exhaustion circuit-split due-process equal-protection stare-decisis administrative-exhaustion equal-protection prison-litigation-reform-act pro-se-litigation stare-decisis third-circuit-court Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has entered a decision in conflict with the decision of the same United States Court …
23-965 Jin-Pyong Peter Yim v. National Institutes of Health Third Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied administrative-law agency-records agency-response foia-request freedom-of-information-act government-transparency non-exempt-records record-request record-specification responsive-records Must an agency specify which non-exempt records are responsive to a request?
23-6730 Bryant Calloway v. United States Third Circuit 2024-02-13 Denied appellate-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial grand-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review material-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility witness-testimony Whether the fundamental fairness of the criminal trial was violated by the district court's denial of the petitioner's motion to dismiss the indictmen…
23A731 Public Utilities Commission of Ohio v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. Third Circuit 2024-02-07 Presumed Complete administrative-law agency-action capacity-auctions ferc judicial-review state-subsidies Whether a federal agency's deadlocked vote constitutes final agency action subject to judicial review and, if so, how courts should evaluate and resol…
23-6593 Larry Rush, aka Leroy Thomas v. Michael Zaken, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al. Third Circuit 2024-01-26 Denied appeals appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction petition-denial third-circuit Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err in affirming Mr. Rush's Denial of Habeas Corpus?
23A605 Robert Holton v. Robert Henon, et al. Third Circuit 2024-01-02 Presumed Complete appellate-review disability legal-counsel third-circuit time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether the Third Circuit's prior appellate decision in favor of the petitioner warrants Supreme Court review given the unique circumstances of counse…
23-6200 Courtney Green v. LG Electronics USA, et al. Third Circuit 2023-12-08 Dismissed civil-rights consumer-privacy data-collection defamation electronic-surveillance invasion-of-privacy racketeering telecommunications Whether the respondent LG Electronics Inc. aided in corrupt intent and racketeer influenced acts
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…
23A265 Jaswinder Singh v. Uber Technologies, Inc. Third Circuit 2023-09-26 Presumed Complete arbitration-exemption circuit-split federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation transportation-workers Whether the Federal Arbitration Act's exemption for 'any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce' applies to rideshare driver…
23-254 Sean Guilday v. Crisis Center at Crozer-Chester Medical Center, et al. Third Circuit 2023-09-15 Denied 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process involuntary-commitment overrule psychiatric-examination slaughter-house-cases standing Is involuntary examination and involuntary commitment unconstitutional?
23-114 Sharon A. Finizie v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Third Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied appellate-review civil-procedure factual-findings judicial-procedure legal-error legal-errors misapplication-of-law rule-of-law standard-of-review third-circuit Did the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit constitute erroneous factual findings and/or misapplication of a properly…
23A94 Michael Boresky v. Jeremy Graber Third Circuit 2023-08-01 Presumed Complete bivens-claim collateral-order-doctrine false-arrest fourth-amendment qualified-immunity separation-of-powers Whether the collateral order doctrine permits immediate appellate review of district court rulings denying motions to dismiss based on the non-cogniza…
23A67 Robert Henke v. Tribune Media Company Third Circuit 2023-07-25 Presumed Complete None Question not identified.
23-5126 Farkhan Mahmood Shah v. American Airlines, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2023-07-18 Denied arbitration civil-rights collective-bargaining diversity-jurisdiction due-process employment employment-discrimination first-amendment misrepresentation religious-discrimination summary-judgment Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit erred by explicitly relying on American Airlines' misrepresentation of the terms of t…
23-12 John Kowal v. Ferndale Area School District, et al. Third Circuit 2023-07-05 Denied age-discrimination but-for-causation employee-benefits equal-cost-or-equal-benefit equal-protection medicare-eligibility older-workers-benefit-protection-act takings-clause Whether the prerequisite in Ferndale's 'Sick Leave Incentive' violates the ADEA and OWBPA
22-7085 Rodolfo Godinez v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied criminal-procedure-miranda due-process fair-trial gang-evidence gang-expert-testimony ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence media-exposure miranda-rights sixth-amendment Whether the Appellant's Pre-Miranda Statements was obtained in violation of Miranda v. Arizona
22-7101 Charles Eugene Nolden v. United States Third Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-sentencing federal-statute sentence-reduction sentencing third-circuit Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit abused its discretion in denying Nolden's Motion for Compassionate Release/Reduction …
22-6584 Meghan M. Kelly v. United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Third Circuit 2023-01-20 Denied case-or-controversy civil-rights constitutional-rights disciplinary-proceedings due-process equal-protection reciprocal-discipline religious-beliefs self-incrimination standing whether-the-third-circuit's-rule-r.a-d-e.-16-violates-equal-protections
22-658 Victor Gates v. United States Third Circuit 2023-01-18 Denied certificate-of-appealability due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit abuse its discretion and commit an error of law in not issuing a Certificate of Appealabi…
22-6469 In Re Kenneth Crawford, Jr. 2023-01-05 Denied bill-of-rights civil-rights constitution constitutional-limits due-process enumerated-powers federal-government jurisdictional-elements legislative-power legislative-powers territorial-jurisdiction Does the Constitution limit the federal government and define the powers of the legislature?
22-6312 Kristian Jones v. United States Third Circuit 2022-12-15 Denied 4th-amendment circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-procedure fourth-amendment hotel-guest hotel-guest-rights privacy reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure standing Whether there is a reasonable expectation of privacy in the hotel room of a non-registered guest
22-6293 Dkyle Jamal Bridges v. United States Third Circuit 2022-12-13 Denied 4th-amendment automobile-exception confrontation-clause confrontation-right fourth-amendment franks-hearing plain-view sentencing-factors sex-trafficking testimonial-hearsay Did the automobile exception to the Fourth Amendment justify the warrantless search of Petitioner's vehicle?
22A478 Meghan M. Kelly v. United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Third Circuit 2022-11-30 Presumed Complete None
22-6030 In Re Jason Paul Maple 2022-11-09 Denied abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-trial-error due-process free-speech jurisdictional-power manifest-disregard pro-se-litigant standing third-circuit-court Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit acted in excess of its jurisdictional power
22-5880 Sixing Liu v. United States Third Circuit 2022-10-20 Denied appellate-review certificate-of-appealability confidential-information constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection pro-se-petition proprietary-information science-and-technology Did the Third Circuit err in denying a certificate of appealability for a claim of denial of constitutional rights?
22-322 Zia Shaikh v. Madeline F. Einbinder, et al. Third Circuit 2022-10-06 Denied access-to-courts civil-rights de-novo-review due-process first-amendment judicial-immunity section-1915 standing vexatious-litigant Did the Third Circuit err in not doing a De Nova Review
22-5641 Jay Eugene Reed v. United States Third Circuit 2022-09-21 Denied charging-instrument constitutional-rights conviction due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sentencing-reasonableness sixth-amendment Has the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit violated the Fifth and Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution by allowing an i…
22-5229 Gwendolyn Wilson v. Hillsborough Township Construction/Building Department, et al. Third Circuit 2022-07-29 Denied civil-rights equal-protection fair-housing fourteenth-amendment municipal-services property-assessments racial-discrimination retaliation Whether the Equal Protection Clause is implicated by allegations of racial discrimination in municipal services and policies
22-5090 Michelle C. Cantatore v. United States Third Circuit 2022-07-13 Denied certificate-of-appealability criminal-history district-court-discretion evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel section-2255 sentencing sentencing-counsel sentencing-disparity Whether the Third Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability
21-8264 Ashley Georges v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied aedpa aedpa-statute brady-v-maryland brady-violation court-of-appeals due-process equitable-tolling exculpatory-evidence fundamental-rights state-disclosure Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit improperly applied the AEDPA statute of limitations is subject to equitable tolling
21-8218 Ramik Banks v. Bernadette Mason, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, et al. Third Circuit 2022-06-23 Denied circuit-conflict due-process federal-appellate-review habeas-corpus jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia legal-precedent standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence third-circuit Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit entered a decision in this case that conflicts with its decision in Travillion v. Sup…
21-8053 Ron Delano Kuntz v. United States Third Circuit 2022-06-03 Denied concurrent-representation conflict-of-interest crime-of-violence critical-stages cuyler-v-sullivan district-court jury-trial sentence-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether a conflict arises when trial counsel's concurrent representation ends prior to trial
21-1151 Arthur O. Armstrong v. School District of Philadelphia Third Circuit 2022-02-22 Denied civil-rights collective-bargaining constitutional-rights due-process employment-termination fourteenth-amendment procedural-fairness property reinstatement Whether Respondent School District of Philadelphia discharged appellant without due process
21-6995 Admassu Regassa v. C. Brininger, et al. Third Circuit 2022-01-28 Denied bivens-action civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violation constitutional-rights due-process federal-tort-claims-act government-liability prison-officials standing summary-judgment Whether the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit erred an…
21-787 Gina Russomanno v. Dan Dugan, et al. Third Circuit 2021-11-29 Denied civil-rights discrimination discrimination-claims due-process material-fact new-evidence res-judicata same-claim-preclusion standing title-vii Whether the Supreme Court will consider the merits of the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third District, pursuant to res-judicata, barr…
21-6281 Mac Truong v. Rosemary I. Mergenthaler, et al. Third Circuit 2021-11-15 Denied abuse-of-authority appeal-consolidation bankruptcy-procedure barton-doctrine constitutional-rights due-process false-findings justice obstruction-of-justice subject-matter-jurisdiction trustee-immunity Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit criminally obstruct justice and/or abuse and/or exceed its legal authority
21-6213 Rosemary I. Mergenthaler v. R. Kenneth Barnard Third Circuit 2021-11-09 Denied abuse-of-discretion bankruptcy bankruptcy-appeal civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction due-process judicial-misconduct justice legal-authority Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit criminally abuse and/or exceed its legal authority
20-8338 Mark Woods v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2021-06-16 Denied abuse-of-discretion appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-court due-process final-judgment jurisdiction mandamus writ-of-procedencia Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Abused Its discretion in denying petitioner's Writ of Procedendo ad Judicium or Manda…
20-1661 Arthur O. Armstrong v. School District of Philadelphia Third Circuit 2021-05-28 Denied 14th-amendment collective-bargaining due-process employment employment-law fourteenth-amendment grievance-procedure official-discrimination procedural-rights property-rights Whether petitioner was discharged from teaching position without due process
20-1567 Marshall Abbas Khan v. Clark County Enforcement, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-12 Denied 11th-amendment administrative-capacity bill-of-attainder civil-rights color-of-law conflict-of-interest eleventh-amendment judicial-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction Does a county/state judge have authority to preside over a case when they have a conflict of interest?
20-7709 Alvin Henry v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-09 Denied brady-material brady-v-maryland due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel giglio-disclosure giglio-v-united-states prejudice-standard reasonable-probability third-circuit trial-counsel trial-procedure Whether the Third Circuit's focus on trial counsel's effective use of Brady/Giglo material at trial is consistent with this Court's uniform precedent …
20-7659 Ilma Alexandra Soriano Nunez v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-05 Denied bail-reform-act civil-detention criminal-defendant homeland-security pretrial-release statutory-interpretation statutory-time-period Whether section 3142 (d)(2) of the Bail Reform Act (BRA), 18 U.S.C. § 3141 et seq. prevents the United States Department of Homeland Security from civ…
20-7599 Kevin L. Tucker v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Third Circuit 2021-03-29 Denied administrative-law appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-conflict legal-interpretation veterans-claims Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has entered a decision in conflict with the United States Court of Appeals for Vetera…
20-1333 Roy Sheridan v. DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc. Third Circuit 2021-03-24 Denied civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judgment-on-partial-findings procedural-fairness united-states-v-james-daniel-good-real-property Does Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52(c) violate the Due Process clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
20-1064 Lloyd Allan Jones v. U.S. Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Residential Asset Securities Corporation, et al. Third Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied bankruptcy-code chapter-13 debtor-rights home-ownership modification-of-claim nobelman-v-american-savings-bank present-value property-valuation secured-claim secured-creditor Whether 11 U.S.C. § 1325(a)(5)(B) allows Petitioner to satisfy Respondents' claim secured by Petitioner's home via a Chapter 13 Plan pursuant to 11 U.…
20-995 Anthony Vetri v. United States Third Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied 4th-amendment aiding-and-abetting cellphone-data cellphone-privacy criminal-procedure digital-privacy evidence-search fourth-amendment particularity probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant-requirements Whether the Fourth Amendment requires more stringent privacy considerations in authorizing a warrant for the seizure of a cellphone and the manner its…
20-667 Antwaun Bush v. City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2020-11-16 Denied civil-litigation civil-procedure federal-action federal-procedure procedural-waiver state-procedural-mechanisms statute-of-limitations third-circuit waiver writ-of-summons Whether the failure to contest a writ of summons constitutes waiver of the statute of limitations defense in a subsequent federal action
20-5805 Ian Resnick v. United States Third Circuit 2020-09-28 Denied confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process fraud-loss overview-testimony sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment testimonial-statements Whether the Confrontation Clause permits the admission of an accuser's statement against a criminal defendant under the guise of 'overview testimony'
19-8864 Calvin D. Williams v. Samson Resources Corporation Third Circuit 2020-06-30 Denied bivens bivens-action civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-authority federal-procedure judicial-authority judicial-conduct procedural-due-process Are judges bound by ABA-Rule-2.15, Judicial-Canons-1-5, and FRCP-Rule-46 while under color-of-federal-authority?
19-1396 Richard C. Stephens v. Chad F. Kenney, et al. Third Circuit 2020-06-19 Denied 14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights due-process elder-abuse judicial-immunity property-theft real-property sixth-amendment Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit erred in affirming the Dismissal on Complaint; in violation of the Petitioner's Const…
19-8669 William M. Tyson v. United States Third Circuit 2020-06-11 Denied circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-law due-process first-amendment mistake-of-age-defense statutory-interpretation Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit erred in ruling that a mistake-of-age defense need not be read into 18 U.S.C. §2251(a…
19-1251 Arthur O. Armstrong v. School District of Philadelphia, et al. Third Circuit 2020-04-28 Denied 14th-amendment access-to-courts appeal appeals civil-rights constitutional-violation discrimination due-process employment equal-protection equal-protection-clause fourteenth-amendment official-discrimination school-district Whether School District of Philadelphia discharged the petitioner from his teaching position without due process of law
19-1231 Federal Communications Commission, et al. v. Prometheus Radio Project, et al. Third Circuit 2020-04-20 Judgment Issued administrative-law agency-deference arbitrary-and-capricious broadcast-media competition cross-ownership-restrictions fcc fcc-ownership-rules market-competition market-conditions regulatory-review telecommunications-act telecommunications-act-1996 telecommunications-act-of-1996 viewpoint-diversity Whether the court of appeals erred in vacating as arbitrary and capricious the FCC orders under review, which, among other things, relaxed the agency'…
19-8278 In Re Levar Lee Anthony Spence 2020-04-16 Denied brady-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment sixth-amendment spoliation spoliation-of-evidence writ-of-mandamus Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit properly refused review and hearing of Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment,…
19-8155 Omar Saunders v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2020-04-01 Denied appeals civil-rights court-of-appeals criminal-procedure denial due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review saunders third-circuit Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err in affirming Mr. Saunders' Denial of Habeas Corpus?
19-7360 Terry Simonton, Jr. v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit 2020-01-22 Denied burden-of-proof certificate-of-appealability circuit-split constitutional-claim constitutional-substance federal-constitutional-substance habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct Did a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err in denying Mr. Simonton a Certificate of Appealability
19-7246 Keith Harris v. United States Third Circuit 2020-01-10 Denied confrontation-clause crawford-rule crawford-v-washington cross-examination hearsay informants law-enforcement-testimony lay-opinion-testimony right-to-counsel sixth-amendment witness-testimony Whether the admission of law enforcement testimony that goes to whether a defendant was a participant in a conspiracy based on information provided by…
19-558 Montville Township Board of Education v. Zurich American Insurance Company Third Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied civil-procedure coverage-evaluation diversity-action duty-to-defend four-corners-rule insurance insurance-coverage new-jersey-law sl-industries state-law third-circuit Has the Third Circuit correctly applied the law as set forth in SL Industries, and should this Court now establish a uniform standard of coverage eval…
19-530 James Kerr Schlosser v. United States Third Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-denial judicial-misconduct mens-rea reasonableness religious-beliefs restitution right-to-a-complete-defense state-of-mind statutory-authority willfulness Whether the lower courts erred regarding the denied evidence, violating the defendant's constitutional right to a complete defense
19-6305 Ilma Alexandra Soriano Nunez v. United States Third Circuit 2019-10-18 Denied bail-bond bail-release civil-rights criminal-procedure custody due-process immigration immigration-detention immigration-orders non-citizen release statutory-period unsecured-bail Whether a non-citizen defendant should be released notwithstanding any immigration orders of detention
19-5874 David Kirkland v. United States Third Circuit 2019-09-09 Denied acceptance-of-responsibility constitutional-claim evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining prejudice sentencing-reduction sixth-circuit strickland-standard third-circuit trial Whether the petitioner's attorney was ineffective for withholding information
19-5659 Anthony L. Viola v. Bradley Tate, Warden Third Circuit 2019-08-21 Dismissed actual-innocence circuit-split double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct simultaneous-prosecution Whether the government can use a joint task force and the same prosecution team to prosecute a citizen in state and federal court at the same time
19-5661 David M. Robinson v. Warden, Fort Dix FCI, et al. Third Circuit 2019-08-21 Denied 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence aedpa civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-writ jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect pro-se section-2255 standing Whether there exist a conflict between the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in this case and the unanimous decisio…
19-5354 Raheem Brown v. Jamey Luther, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Smithfield, et al. Third Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied certificate-of-appealability constitutional-ruling eyewitness-testimony habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice strickland strickland-standard strickland-v-washington subpoena Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err and abuse its discretion by refusing to grant Petitioner a Certificate of Appealabili…
19-5014 Ricardo Donate-Cardona v. United States Third Circuit 2019-07-01 GVR affidavit appointed-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-review court-filing defendant-dissatisfaction due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-redress poverty-affidavit sixth-amendment standing substitute-counsel Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel requires a court to appoint substitute counsel when a defendant expresses dissati…
18-9737 Laquan L. Kellam v. United States Third Circuit 2019-06-20 Denied constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-rights expert-witness-testimony fifth-amendment fifth-amendment-rights fourteenth-amendment fourteenth-amendment-rights fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-rights procedural-error search-and-seizure sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-rights statutory-interpretation warrantless-arrest Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit abuse its discretionary, broadly-based authority of interpretation, thus, violating petit…
18-9203 Leslie E. Thomas v. Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, Union County Third Circuit 2019-05-08 Denied appeals appeals-court appellate-review civil-procedure court-authority court-hierarchy district-court due-process federal-courts jurisdiction legal-jurisdiction procedural-standing standing state-court Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit have jurisdiction?
18-9158 Robert B. Lynn v. Theodore A. McKee, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied bias bias-standard circuit-court-procedure due-process ex-parte-proceedings federal-courts judicial-bias judicial-conduct judicial-recusal legal-standard precedent recusal recusal-standard supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals use the wrong legal standard; in conflict with the precedents of The Supreme Court and the Other Courts of Appe…
18-1193 Brandon Lee Moon v. County of El Paso, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-14 Denied absolute-immunity brady-violation circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights dna-testing due-process imbler-v-pachtman judicial-proceedings post-conviction post-conviction-DNA-testing prosecutorial-immunity prosecutorial-misconduct Prosecutorial misconduct in post-conviction DNA testing
18-7897 Larael Owens v. Maria Zucker, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violation contract-law due-process federal-question-jurisdiction immunity judicial-immunity standing state-court-procedure subject-matter-jurisdiction Question not identified.
18-7268 Christopher Berry v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied civil-procedure court-filing-requirements due-process federal-law federal-procedural-rules newly-discovered-evidence pro-se-litigant standing third-circuit-court Did the holding of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit involve an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law in …
18-6733 Laura Shauger v. United States Third Circuit 2018-11-19 Denied 28-usc-2255 aba-standards-for-criminal-justice certificate-of-appealability circuit-courts-of-appeals district-court district-court-ruling ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reasonable-jurists section-2255 sentencing-counsel supreme-court-of-idaho third-circuit Whether rulings by the district court denying relief are debatable by jurists of reason if rulings by other courts in similar situations arguably supp…
18-6123 Ameen Green v. United States Third Circuit 2018-09-28 Denied appeals appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-dismissal dismissal legal-standing notice-of-appeal procedural-error standing third-circuit Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err in dismissing Mr. Green's Notice of Appeal?