| 25-6730 |
Daniel Carlos-Ramos v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-02-05 |
Pending |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation criminal-law judicial-precedent precedent-overruling recidivism supreme-court-review |
Whether this Court should overrule its decision in Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998). |
| 25-6715 |
Cristian Chaverra Moreno v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2026-02-04 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
congressional-power constitutional-interpretation define-and-punish-clause high-seas international-jurisdiction maritime-law |
Under the Define and Punish Clause and the Founders' understanding of sea zones, does Congress have the authority to punish felonies that occur in ano… |
| 25-899 |
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. O. Doe, et al. |
First Circuit |
2026-01-30 |
Pending |
|
citizenship-clause constitutional-interpretation executive-order fourteenth-amendment immigration-law statutory-construction |
Whether President Trump's Executive Order No. 14,160, 90 Fed. Reg. 8449 (Jan. 29, 2025), which identifies circumstances in which a person born in the … |
| 25-6655 |
Kerry E. Silvers v. Indiana |
Indiana |
2026-01-23 |
Pending |
IFP |
circuit-split constitutional-interpretation federal-question ineffective-assistance state-court strickland-standard |
1. Whether the Indiana Court of Appeals, as a state court of last resort, has decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with two d… |
| 25-6595 |
Hugo Ivan Macias-Ordonez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-01-15 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-rule constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure prior-convictions sixth-amendment stare-decisis |
The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right "to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation." U.S. Const. amend. VI. "[F]act[s] that increase[]… |
| 25-6490 |
Gary Crawford v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2026-01-06 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split constitutional-interpretation felony-regulation firearms-possession historical-tradition second-amendment |
I. Consistent with the Second Amendment, may Congress bar
all felons from possessing firearms under 18 U.S.C. §
922(g)(1), as five circuit courts have… |
| 25-6482 |
Arianne Alexys Myles v. Florida |
Florida |
2026-01-06 |
Pending |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation due-process florida-constitution indefinite-imprisonment judicial-oath rule-of-lenity |
1. What were the Framers' of the Florida Constitution trying to do when they wrote Article I, Section 17 that prohibits "indefinite imprisonment "?
2… |
| 25-723 |
Rowland Marcus Andrade, et al. v. Internal Revenue Service |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-12-19 |
Pending |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
appellate-jurisdiction article-iii constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-power statutory-construction |
1. Should the district court have held an evidentiary hearing to address Petitioners' allegations that pieces of paper purporting to be summonses lack… |
| 25-6342 |
Sergio Zamora-Rios v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-12-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres apprendi-rule constitutional-interpretation criminal-sentencing precedent-review sixth-amendment |
The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right "to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation." U.S. Const. amend. VI. "[F]act[s] that increase[]… |
| 25-675 |
Lawrence Rudolph v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-12-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-interpretation federal-prosecution forum-shopping prosecutorial-discretion tenth-circuit venue-statute |
Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in interpreting a federal venue statute enacted by the First Congress to mean the government can prosecute a federal c… |
| 25-615 |
Shane Vinales, Individually and as Next Friend of L. V. and S. V., et ux. v. AETC II Privatized Housing, L.L.C., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-11-26 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Response Waived |
constitutional-interpretation federal-enclaves legal-borrowing legislative-authority military-servicemembers state-law |
Whether federal law on federal enclaves borrows current state law, rather than state law only as it existed when the enclave was created. |
| 25-6206 |
Brett Talmadge v. Alaska |
Alaska |
2025-11-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bill-of-attainder constitutional-interpretation federal-questions heck-v-humphrey judicial-error supreme-court-procedure |
I. DID THE ALASKA SUPREME COURT MISAPPLY HECK V. HUMPHREY.
II. DOES THE ALASKA SUPREME COURT'S ERROR UNDERMINE THE BILL OF ATTAINDER PROHIBITION
III… |
| 25-6055 |
Tamori Morgan v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
arms-classification constitutional-interpretation firearm-regulation historical-tradition second-amendment statutory-prohibition |
Whether a handgun and handheld pistol that fire automatically constitute "arms" under the Second Amendment's plain text, thus requiring the government… |
| 25-545 |
Julia M. Robinson v. FedEx Inc., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-11-05 |
Denied |
|
appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation federal-law judicial-review monetary-relief |
Why didn't The Northern District and The Appeals for The Eleventh Circuit court in Atlanta Georgia follow and properly apply The law, The Constitution… |
| 25-456 |
Capital Health Regional Medical Center, et al. v. New Jersey, et al. |
New Jersey |
2025-10-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-interpretation due-process economic-burden government-regulation physical-taking property-rights |
This case presents two important questions concerning
protection of private property rights under the Fifth and
Fourteen Amendments. These questions… |
| 25-5885 |
Vasquez D. Hayes v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction |
Arkansas |
2025-10-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment-principles constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-review legislative-intent statutory-construction |
(1) Isn't it true and/or fact, the due process embodied in the Constitution is guaranteed to criminal defendants?
(2) Isn't it true and/or fact, no j… |
| 25-5875 |
Christopher Deonta Hemphill v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-10-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (5)IFP |
circuit-court-reasoning constitutional-interpretation due-process firearm-possession rahimi-precedent second-amendment |
1) Whether the Fifth Circuit correctly applied the reasoning of the Supreme Court's opinion in United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. 680 (2024), in decidi… |
| 25-5836 |
James Shelly Taylor v. Texas |
Texas |
2025-10-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-review legal-precedent statutory-provisions trial-rights |
Question not identified. |
| 25-420 |
Joseph Daryll Rued, et al. v. Jaykumar Jayswal, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-10-08 |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (3) |
case-law constitutional-interpretation federal-rights fifth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-doctrine |
Do Fifth Amendment requirements apply to actions determining facts or applying judicial doctrines and caselaw affecting protected rights?
Does a peti… |
| 25-421 |
National Association for Gun Rights, et al. v. Ned Lamont, in His Official Capacity as Governor of Connecticut, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-10-07 |
Pending |
Amici (2)Relisted (2) |
common-use-test constitutional-interpretation firearms-regulation gun-rights heller-precedent second-amendment |
Whether a ban on the possession of AR-15-style rifles and firearm magazines with a capacity in excess of ten rounds—both of which are possessed by mil… |
| 25-5808 |
In Re David C. White |
|
2025-10-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law constitutional-interpretation dam-removal judicial-discretion loper-bright pro-se-litigation |
1. Shall any hydroelectric dam be removed in the United States without express consent of Congress, when the simple, scientific solution is dam mainte… |
| 25-364 |
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Washington, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-09-29 |
Pending |
Relisted (2) |
birthright-citizenship citizenship-clause constitutional-interpretation executive-order fourteenth-amendment immigration-law |
The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provides that those "born * * * in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof," are… |
| 25-365 |
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Barbara, et al. |
First Circuit |
2025-09-29 |
Pending |
Amici (22)Relisted (2) |
birthright-citizenship citizenship-clause constitutional-interpretation executive-order fourteenth-amendment immigration-law |
The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provides that those "born * * * in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof," are… |
| 25-5611 |
Daquan Carey v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-09-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-iii constitutional-interpretation district-court judicial-discretion sentencing-authority sentencing-requests |
Whether a district court's sentencing authority is constrained by the parties' sentencing requests under Article III, Section 2, of the United States … |
| 25-5596 |
Ardy Merritt v. Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-09-10 |
Rehearing |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-interpretation due-process fourth-amendment ninth-circuit-jurisdiction property-rights statutory-definition |
Does the U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit have the right to redefine words - (frivolous) - as noted in Webster's Third New International Dictionary… |
| 25-243 |
Wes Allen, Alabama Secretary of State, et al. v. Marcus Caster, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-09-03 |
Pending |
|
constitutional-interpretation equal-protection legislative-redistricting majority-minority-district racial-gerrymandering voting-rights-act |
Alabama's 2021 congressional districting plan was preliminarily enjoined under §2 of the Voting Rights Act because it splintered one community of inte… |
| 25A252 |
Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. v. Enbridge Energy, LP, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-09-02 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certiorari constitutional-interpretation federal-law michigan-officials sixth-circuit state-action |
Whether the Sixth Circuit's ruling on a Michigan state action improperly interpreted or applied federal constitutional or statutory law |
| 25-5510 |
Monte Barry v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2025-08-29 |
Denied |
Relisted (4)IFP |
as-applied-challenge constitutional-interpretation felon-possession firearm-restriction historical-tradition second-amendment |
Section 922(g)(1) of Title 18 of the United States Code makes it a crime for a person convicted of a felony to possess a firearm at any time thereafte… |
| 25-5495 |
Perteacher Drone v. Robert J. Conrad, Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-08-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law constitutional-interpretation due-process employment-rights judicial-accountability procedural-fairness |
Should the Court provide the plaintiffs attorney?
Is there not a guaranteed right to counsel in cases regarding indigent people? Without the benefit … |
| 25-5485 |
Taylor Dan Truex v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-08-27 |
Denied |
Relisted (4)IFP |
constitutional-interpretation criminal-conviction firearm-prohibition historical-tradition second-amendment statutory-analysis |
Below, petitioner challenged the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which makes it a crime for a person convicted of a felony to possess a fi… |
| 25-5476 |
Leigh Valorie Ford v. Florida |
Florida |
2025-08-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation florida-constitution indefinite-imprisonment judicial-oath life-sentence rule-of-lenity |
1. What was the Framers' of the Florida Constitution trying to do when they wrote Article I, Section 17 that prohibits "indefinite imprisonment "?
2.… |
| 25A188 |
Jessica Arong O'Brien v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-08-15 |
Presumed Complete |
|
bank-fraud constitutional-interpretation ex-post-facto financial-institution prosecutorial-misconduct subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the Ex Post Facto Clause prohibits prosecuting a defendant under an expanded statutory definition of 'financial institution' that did not exis… |
| 25-177 |
Vito Manente v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Third Circuit |
2025-08-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-interpretation direct-taxation internal-revenue labor-taxation sixteenth-amendment sovereign-person |
The U.S. Const., art. 1, sec. 2, cl. 3 states that "Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States ..." The U.S. Const… |
| 25-5344 |
Elliot Maurice Browning v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-08-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-criminal-act constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure harmless-error jury-determination sentencing-enhancement |
DOES THE COURT'S DECISION IN ERLINGER V. UNITED STATES , 602 U.S. 821 144 S.CT. 1840 _ L.ED.2D_(2024) REQUIRING THAT A JURY PASS ON THE THREE SEPARATE… |
| 25-166 |
Jose Joya Parada, Oscar Armando Sorto Romero, Milton Portillo Rodriguez, and Juan Carlos Sandoval Rodriguez v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-08-12 |
Denied |
Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure jury-size jury-trial-right nonunanimous-jury sixth-amendment |
Whether the Court should overrule Williams v. Florida, 399 U.S. 78 (1970). |
| 25-5318 |
Deago Lee Eddings v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2025-08-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
as-applied-challenge constitutional-interpretation felon-possession firearm-restriction historical-tradition second-amendment |
Section 922(g)(1) of Title 18 of the United States Code makes it a crime for a person convicted of a felony to possess a firearm at any time thereafte… |
| 25-163 |
Corrigan Clay v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2025-08-11 |
Denied |
|
constitutional-interpretation criminal-statute extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause missouri-v-holland optional-protocol |
1. Whether the Foreign Commerce Clause empowers Congress to criminalize private, non-commercial conduct that occurs entirely abroad.
2. Whether Misso… |
| 25-5315 |
Kayle Barrington Bates v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-08-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa-deference article-iii circuit-court-review constitutional-interpretation federal-courts habeas-corpus |
Whether Article III courts unconstitutionally abrogate their duty to interpret the federal Constitution when deferring to state courts under 28 U.S.C.… |
| 25-5248 |
In Re Quay Phipps |
|
2025-07-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
article-i-powers congressional-power constitutional-interpretation habeas-corpus subject-matter-jurisdiction tenth-amendment |
1. Is petitioner entitled to immediate relief, including habeas corpus, due to the government's lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Article I, S… |
| 25-5245 |
Zachary C. Crouch v. Tennessee Department of Human Services |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-07-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation federal-law sovereign-immunity state-law supremacy-clause |
The questions presented for review include whether state sovereign immunity can be and should be applied to federal laws of fraud and theft. This is a… |
| 25-5133 |
Alexander P. Bebris v. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children |
District of Columbia |
2025-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation federal-authority foia-applicability incorporation-status law-enforcement-powers statutory-mandate |
1. Does an entity, regardless of its method or location of its incorporation, become an "authority" of the United States when; (1) the majority of fun… |
| 25-5092 |
Hussein S. Yousif v. Susan Larson Christensen, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-07-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-review rule-41 |
Does Logic disqualify Judicial actions?
Statutory provisions Is the first and the fourteenth Amendment meaningless in the Constitution for a Citizen … |
| 25-42 |
Adolfo Sandor Montero v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-07-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
certiorari constitutional-enforcement constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-review supreme-court-precedent |
1. Whether this Court still faithfully upholds the core values enshrined in the Constitution, or whether constitutional enforcement has been reduced t… |
| 25-20 |
Ali Esseily v. Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-07-07 |
Denied |
|
appellate-review constitutional-interpretation fourteenth-amendment government-misconduct landlord-fraud legal-procedure |
1. Why the second circuit court of appeal misapprehended
and misinterpreted the Fourteenth Amendment of the
Constitution as "lacks an arguable basis… |
| 25A8 |
Jose Joya Parada, Oscar Armando Sorto Romero, Milton Portillo Rodriguez, and Juan Carlos Sandoval Rodriguez v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-07-01 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-interpretation criminal-trial jury-composition jury-size sixth-amendment williams-v-florida |
Question not identified. |
| 24-1329 |
Christopher Paris, Commissioner, Pennsylvania State Police v. Second Amendment Foundation, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-06-30 |
Pending |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
age-restrictions circuit-split constitutional-interpretation founding-era-law gun-rights second-amendment |
Do firearms laws imposing a minimum age of 21 violate the purported Second Amendment rights of 18-to20-year-olds? |
| 24-1282 |
Robert Menzer v. U.S. Bank, N.A., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-06-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-statute full-faith-and-credit ninth-circuit void-judgment |
Does the full faith and credit clause and 28 U.S.C. § 1738 require an independent court analysis of a void judgment where due process rights are alleg… |
| 24-1277 |
Pamela L. Bickford v. Alaska, et al. |
Alaska |
2025-06-16 |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedures constitutional-interpretation election-law hava-compliance state-legislature voting-rights |
Whether the failure of the Alaska Legislature to establish state-based administrative procedures violates the Constitution and the Help America Vote A… |
| 24-1254 |
City of Palestine, Texas, et al. v. Union Pacific Railroad Company |
Texas |
2025-06-09 |
Denied |
|
constitutional-interpretation iccta-preemption interstate-commerce retroactive-application separation-of-powers state-court-judgment |
Whether the Texas Supreme Court erred in retroactively applying the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act's preemption provisions to a final … |
| 24-1253 |
Darrell E. Williams, Personal Representative of the Estate of Moneena Williams, Deceased v. Promedica Health Systems Inc., et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-06-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law circuit-split cms-rule constitutional-interpretation healthcare-compliance medicare-regulations |
Whether the CMS Rule 42 C.F.R. §483.70(n) is constitutional according to conflicting Circuit Court interpretations |
| 24-1252 |
Real Property commonly known as: 11475 NW Pike Road, Yamhill, Oregon, Yamhill County and any residence, buildings, or storage facilities thereon, et al. v. Yamhill County, Oregon and forfeiting agency, on behalf of the YCINT seizing agency |
Oregon |
2025-06-06 |
Denied |
|
civil-forfeiture constitutional-interpretation criminal-punishment double-jeopardy in-rem-proceeding property-rights |
Whether civil forfeiture of property constitutes criminal punishment under the Double Jeopardy Clause and whether United States v. Ursery remains cons… |
| 24-7354 |
Seth Stewart v. City of American Fork, Utah |
Utah |
2025-06-04 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights due-process judicial-precedent jury-trial stare-decisis |
Whether stare decisis can be invoked to undermine constitutional guarantees when interpreting the Constitution |
| 24-7308 |
Zachary C. Crouch v. Braden Goddard, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-05-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation copyright-infringement due-process federal-law sovereign-immunity state-law |
Whether state sovereign immunity applies to federal copyright infringement and fraud claims under the Constitution |
| 24-7264 |
Michael Lee Sharpe v. Texas |
Texas |
2025-05-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation felony-conviction firearms-possession individual-rights right-to-bear-arms second-amendment |
Whether the Second Amendment guarantees an individual who has been convicted of a felony offense the unencumbered right to possess firearms |
| 24-7208 |
Cornell Slater v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-05-15 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review constitutional-interpretation judicial-discretion procedural-error sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review |
Whether the Court of Appeals improperly allowed district courts to nullify sentencing guidelines through inoculating statements that latent errors wou… |
| 24-7085 |
Howard Jefferson Atkins v. Guy Bousch, Warden |
Tennessee |
2025-04-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation due-process juvenile-jurisdiction legislative-intent separation-of-powers state-courts |
Did the Tennessee Supreme Court violate the Separation of Powers doctrine by granting concurrent jurisdiction to state circuit courts over juvenile de… |
| 24-1115 |
Reuben D. Walker, et al. v. Andrea Lynn Chasteen, as Clerk for the Circuit Court of Will County and as a Representative of All Clerks of the Circuit Courts of All Counties in Illinois, et al. |
Illinois |
2025-04-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-interpretation judicial-review legislative-deference state-immunity supremacy-clause takings-clause |
May state courts ignore the Supremacy and Takings Clauses of the U.S. Constitution as interpreted by this Court based on arguably contrary provisions … |
| 24-7075 |
Christopher E. Barnes v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-04-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
as-applied-challenge circuit-split constitutional-interpretation felon-rights heller-precedent second-amendment |
Whether convicted felons retain Second Amendment rights under the Court's interpretation of 'the people' in Heller, and whether 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1)… |
| 24-7033 |
Aqudre Quailes v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2025-04-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
as-applied-challenge bruen-framework constitutional-interpretation firearm-regulation historical-analogues second-amendment |
Can a court avoid addressing under Bruen an as-applied challenge to Section 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban and corresponding punishment by looking, instead,… |
| 24-6893 |
Jonathan Taum v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-03-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment hudson-v-mcmillian prison-guard prisoner-rights |
Did the Ninth Circuit err when it disregarded Petitioner Taum's argument that Hudson v. McMillian was wrongly decided and should be overruled based on… |
| 24-6783 |
Mitchell Dinnerstein v. United States, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-03-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
citizenship-rights constitutional-interpretation equal-protection originalism title-seven title-six |
Whether the Supreme Court should correct the alleged misinterpretation of Title 6 and Title 7 and address unequal citizenship rights under the Equal P… |
| 24-6693 |
Sean Wayne Thompson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-03-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation criminal-law fifth-circuit firearms-conviction second-amendment supreme-court-precedent |
Did the Fifth Circuit err in denying petitioner's argument that his federal firearms-related conviction violated the Second Amendment, even after rece… |
| 24-6686 |
Deonta Brown v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-03-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law hobbs-act interstate-commerce substantial-effect |
In order to convict a defendant of robbery of a local business establishment under the Hobbs Act, must the prosecution prove beyond a reasonable doubt… |
| 24-926 |
John R. Stensrud, et al. v. Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority |
New York |
2025-02-26 |
Denied |
|
constitutional-interpretation expert-evidence federal-law just-compensation legal-preemption state-regulation |
Whether a state regulation that precludes essential expert evidence can override federal law governing just compensation |
| 24-6622 |
John Bradley v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2025-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appointments-clause article-two constitutional-interpretation federal-judiciary judicial-designation separation-of-powers |
Does it violate the Appointments Clause for a Circuit Judge to be appointed to sit continuously as a District Judge by another Circuit Judge? |
| 24-6507 |
Deonta Lowe v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation felon-rights heller-precedent law-abiding-citizens second-amendment supreme-court-precedent |
Whether convicted felons have Second Amendment rights based on Supreme Court precedent interpreting 'the people' and 'law-abiding citizens' |
| 24-840 |
Andrew Sablan Salas v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-02-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-interpretation federal-legislation rational-basis-test territorial-clause territorial-rights us-cnmi-covenant |
Is the application of federal legislation to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under the US-CNMI Covenant properly evaluated by means o… |
| 24-796 |
Missouri, et al. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-01-27 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
constitutional-interpretation federal-courts judicial-review standing state-sovereignty tenth-amendment |
Can federal courts second-guess a State's 'reason' for exercising Tenth Amendment authority? |
| 24A734 |
Sierra Health and Life Insurance Company, Inc. v. Sandra L. Eskew, as Special Administrator of the Estate of William George Eskew |
Nevada |
2025-01-27 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certiorari-standard civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation insurance-coverage state-supreme-court tort-law |
Whether a state supreme court's interpretation of state law in a tort case involving insurance coverage raises a federal constitutional question warra… |
| 24-6372 |
Isidro Romero-Corona v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process miranda-custody supreme-court-precedent |
Whether courts must apply the second step of Howes to determine if a person is 'in custody' for Miranda purposes |
| 24-6386 |
Richard Edward Boggs v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-income-tax sixteenth-amendment tax-law territorial-jurisdiction |
Whether the lower courts improperly disregarded territorial jurisdiction and misinterpreted the constitutional basis for federal income tax collection |
| 24-786 |
Republican National Committee, et al. v. Faith Genser, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2025-01-23 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
constitutional-interpretation elections-clause electors-clause judicial-review legislative-power state-election-law |
What is the legal standard for determining whether a state court's interpretation of state election law exceeds the bounds of ordinary judicial review… |
| 24-6314 |
David C. Lettieri v. City of Binghamton, New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-01-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
case-law constitutional-interpretation imminent-danger judicial-strike legal-standard procedural-review |
What constitutes an 'imminent danger' under legal standards, and how does Neitze v. Williams impact the interpretation of a 'strike' in judicial proce… |
| 24-712 |
Daniel Peterson v. Minerva Surgical, Inc. |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-01-03 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
arbitration-agreements article-iii constitutional-interpretation federal-arbitration-act judicial-oversight public-policy |
Whether the Supreme Court can relinquish Article III duties by deferring to arbitrators when enforcing arbitration awards |
| 24-6214 |
Jessy A. Cambel v. City of Charleston, Illinois, et al. |
Illinois |
2024-12-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation equal-protection municipal-ordinance native-landscaping property-rights religious-freedom |
Whether local landscaping ordinances that restrict native plant growth violate religious freedoms, property rights, and equal protection under the law |
| 24A620 |
Narey Perez-Quibus v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-12-20 |
Presumed Complete |
|
bruen-standard constitutional-interpretation felon-in-possession firearm-regulation rahimi-exception second-amendment |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s prohibition on firearm possession by felons remains constitutional after New York State Rifle & Pistol Asso'c v. Bruen… |
| 24-659 |
Brian D. Swanson v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law constitutional-interpretation income-tax tax-deficiency territory-clause uniformity-clause |
Did Puerto Rico become an incorporated Territory subject to the Uniformity Clause for federal income tax collection, and did the Commissioner of Inter… |
| 24-654 |
David Lesh v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-12-17 |
Denied |
Amici (9)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
article-iii constitutional-interpretation criminal-prosecution jury-trial petty-offense sixth-amendment |
Whether the Constitution's dual guarantee of trial by jury contains an unstated exception for 'petty offenses' |
| 24-6142 |
Warren Lee Weisman v. Charles E. Clark |
Washington |
2024-12-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias linguistic-drift |
Whether courts have deviated from the original constitutional intent through linguistic drift and bias, undermining due process and the self-correctin… |
| 24A580 |
Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al. v. Raymond Lofstad, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-12-13 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-interpretation fishery-management regional-council significant-authority |
Whether members of a Regional Fishery Management Council are 'Officers of the United States' subject to the Appointments Clause when they exercise adv… |
| 24-646 |
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. v. Caroline Cartwright, et al. |
New York |
2024-12-12 |
Denied |
|
ballot-access constitutional-interpretation election-law qualifications-clause residential-address twelfth-amendment |
Does New York's ballot access law violate the Qualifications Clause and Twelfth Amendment by requiring presidential candidates to publish their reside… |
| 24-613 |
Frederick Lewis Washington v. Sunflower County, Mississippi |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-12-04 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
constitutional-interpretation first-amendment judicial-review public-employee-speech summary-reversal supreme-court-precedent |
Should a court of appeals be summarily reversed for defying clear Supreme Court precedent, and should a judge or jury determine whether public employe… |
| 24A540 |
Timothy R. Brown v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2024-12-04 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-resentencing due-process fourteenth-amendment retroactive-rule |
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause requires retroactive application of a new rule of law defining a criminal offense element when t… |
| 24-6006 |
Michael Tyrone Young v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-11-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split constitutional-interpretation controlled-substances felony-disarmament gun-rights second-amendment |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment as applied to an individual with nonviolent felony convictions for distributing controlled… |
| 24-6009 |
Christian Guadalupe Contreras-Torres v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-11-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 24-5977 |
Sammy Lee Gibbs v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Florida |
2024-11-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection judicial-recusal procedural-fairness state-court-jurisdiction |
Whether all judges in the United States are bound to follow the Constitution, whether state courts can deprive persons of life, liberty, or property w… |
| 24-5942 |
Garry Wayne Wilson v. Carrie Bridges, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-11-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation declaratory-relief federal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity state-official tribal-rights |
Whether state sovereign immunity bars a tribal member's lawsuit seeking declaratory relief against a state official |
| 24A466 |
Eric Manuelian v. Jennifer Starr, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Trustee of the Laura Kirkland Trust dated 3/10/05 and in the Capacity as Trustee of the Starr Trust, et al. |
Florida |
2024-11-08 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-interpretation dissolution-of-marriage full-faith-and-credit interstate-recognition state-court-jurisdiction trust-litigation |
Whether the Full Faith and Credit Clause requires state courts to give preclusive effect to a final order of dissolution of marriage from another stat… |
| 24-5937 |
Randy Price v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-11-07 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
bruen-test constitutional-interpretation en-banc-review firearm-regulation second-amendment statutory-construction |
Whether Second Amendment protected 'conduct' under Bruen's step one consists of more than an individual's possession or carrying of a bearable firearm |
| 24-5922 |
Christopher Gabriel Allen-Shinn v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation guilty-plea judicial-precedent procedural-standard seven-factor-test withdrawal |
Whether the seven-factor test for withdrawing a guilty plea complies with the Supreme Court's precedent in Kercheval v. United States |
| 24-5913 |
Lili Zhang Tydingco v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-11-05 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
alien-harboring-act confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-prosecution cross-examination testimonial-statements |
Whether translated out-of-court testimonial statements may be admitted without violating the Confrontation Clause when the interpreter is deemed an ag… |
| 24A408 |
Republican National Committee, et al. v. Faith Genser, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2024-10-28 |
Presumed Complete |
Amici (5) |
ballot-access candidate-eligibility constitutional-interpretation election-law state-supreme-court voting-rights |
Whether a state supreme court's interpretation of state election law regarding ballot access and candidate eligibility violates federal constitutional… |
| 24-5783 |
Genaro Alberto Nunez Ugarte v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 24-368 |
Levi Rudder v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-10-02 |
Denied |
|
article-v constitutional-interpretation first-amendment judicial-review separation-of-powers unenumerated-powers |
Whether the federal government's exercise of unenumerated powers violates Article V of the U.S. Constitution and infringes upon individual rights thro… |
| 24A299 |
Martin Gonzales v. New Mexico, et al. |
New Mexico |
2024-09-27 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-interpretation criminal-convictions double-jeopardy incidental-restraint kidnapping state-law |
Whether a criminal defendant's kidnapping convictions violate double jeopardy principles when based on incidental restraint under New Mexico state law |
| 24-5611 |
Sadick Edusei Kissi v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2024-09-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review article-three constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-power non-precedential-decisions |
Whether federal courts of appeals exceed Article III judicial power by issuing non-precedential decisions and whether non-precedential orders without … |
| 24-5605 |
In Re Shannon Clark |
|
2024-09-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
all-writs-act constitutional-interpretation equitable-remedy federal-court-procedure judicial-power mandamus |
Whether the All Writs Act empowers the Supreme Court to issue a mandamus order compelling a federal court clerk to fulfill his duty |
| 24-5559 |
Daniel Salgado-Melendez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-09-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-doctrine constitutional-interpretation notice-clause prior-conviction-exception sixth-amendment supreme-court-review |
Whether the Supreme Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States and reconsider the prior-conviction exception under the Sixth Amendment's… |
| 24-5565 |
In Re Francisco Nunez Carrillo |
|
2024-09-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy punishment-limits single-act-doctrine statutory-construction |
Whether a person convicted of a single act can be subjected to multiple punishments under congressional statutes and if such punishment violates const… |
| 24-5543 |
Jose Luis Sarmiento v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-09-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-doctrine constitutional-interpretation notice-clause prior-conviction-exception sixth-amendment supreme-court-review |
Whether the Supreme Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States and reconsider the prior-conviction exception under the Sixth Amendment's… |
| 24-5523 |
Calvin Carnell Edwards, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-09-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law agency-deference constitutional-interpretation government-branches judicial-review sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the Kisor three-part test applies to agencies beyond the Executive Branch, including the United States Sentencing Commission |
| 24-5461 |
Ronald Ragan, Jr. v. Berkshire Hathaway Automotive, Inc. |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-09-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation copyright-law copyright-protection eighth-circuit feist-decision originality-standard |
Whether the correct standard of copyrightability is the Constitutional and statutory standard of originality as articulated in Feist or the Eighth Cir… |
| 24A227 |
Treniss J. Evans v. Supreme Court of New York, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
campaign-finance constitutional-interpretation election-law federal-preemption prosecutorial-discretion supremacy-clause |
Whether a state prosecutor can bring a state-level prosecution that effectively creates a localized interpretation of federal election law in potentia… |
| 24-5362 |
Gumaro Maldonado-Sandoval v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certiorari constitutional-interpretation judicial-precedent prior-conviction-exception sixth-amendment supreme-court-review |
Whether the Supreme Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States and reconsider the prior-conviction exception under the Sixth Amendment's… |
| 24-5317 |
Jose Jimenez-Maria v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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 |
| 24-5288 |
Edgar Alonso Esparza-Rodriguez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres apprendi-rule constitutional-interpretation judicial-review sentencing-precedent supreme-court-review |
Whether the Supreme Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States and clarify the scope of sentencing precedent |
| 24-5295 |
Thomas Dean Jones v. California |
California |
2024-08-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection judicial-review statutory-construction |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5253 |
Rafael Arden Jones v. Ned McCormack |
Second Circuit |
2024-08-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-interpretation legal-standards municipal-association |
Whether the Appellate Division's decision improperly applied legal standards in reviewing a lower court's determination of civil rights violations rel… |
| 24-5255 |
Benjamin Burciaga-Herrera v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 24-5258 |
Lance James Talbot v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-08-07 |
GVR |
IFP |
2nd-amendment bruen-standard civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-firearms-law gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(c)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, both facially and as applied to Mr. Talbot, in light of New York State R… |
| 24-5261 |
Miguel Tejada-Cruz v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 24-131 |
Ocean State Tactical, LLC, dba Big Bear Hunting and Fishing Supply, et al. v. Rhode Island, et al. |
First Circuit |
2024-08-06 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Relisted (17) |
2nd-amendment ammunition-feeding-devices civil-rights common-use constitutional-protection due-process property-rights retrospective-ban second-amendment takings takings-clause |
Whether a retrospective and confiscatory ban on the possession of ammunition feeding devices that are in common use violates the Second Amendment |
| 24-5229 |
Justin Levar Taylor v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-08-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment |
| 24-120 |
David Schieferle v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-08-02 |
Denied |
|
2nd-amendment atf-interpretation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms firearms-silencer national-firearms-act second-amendment self-defense silencers |
Whether items such as inline fuel filters and firearms solvent traps can qualify as 'firearms silencers' or 'firearm mufflers' under the National Fire… |
| 24-101 |
John E. Cassidy v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2024-07-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-liability due-process firearm-licensing firearms home-possession interstate-travel licensing residence second-amendment |
What type of 'Arms' are protected by the Second Amendment when a state's multi-level firearm licensing scheme attaches criminal liability for in home … |
| 24-5194 |
George Henry Purdy, III v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-31 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment burden-of-proof constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process presentence-report second-amendment sentencing standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? |
| 24-93 |
Christopher Paris, Commissioner, Pennsylvania State Police v. Madison M. Lara, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-07-30 |
GVR |
|
2nd-amendment age-restrictions civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process firearms-law founding-era gun-rights historical-analysis historical-evidence rahimi second-amendment |
Do firearms laws that restrict the rights of 18-to-20-year-olds comply with the Second Amendment? |
| 24-5151 |
Tyrone Scott Cameron v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment bruen-decision constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearms-regulation new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment united-states-v-jackson united-states-v-rahimi |
Petitioner's conviction violates his Second Amendment rights to bear arms and possess ammunition as expanded by the Court in New York State Rifle & Pi… |
| 24-5101 |
Luis Eduardo Baez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 24-5103 |
David Thomas Overman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 24-5110 |
Cristobal Castillo-Velasquez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 24-5112 |
Austin Wayne Massey v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 24-37 |
Lorenzo Garod Pierre v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-07-16 |
GVR |
|
2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-laws federal-law second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether a criminal defendant may raise an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) |
| 24-5087 |
Travis Wayne Lovings v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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'… |
| 24-5089 |
Devonte Antonio Veasley v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment constitutional-rights controlled-substances due-process facial-challenge firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) facially unconstitutional? |
| 24-5060 |
Bert Hudson v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole |
Pennsylvania |
2024-07-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment eighth-amendment furman-v-georgia mandatory-minimum parole parole-review second-degree-murder sentencing-guidelines sentencing-statutes |
Whether Pennsylvania's sentencing statutes for second-degree murder, which provide for a mandatory maximum sentence of life imprisonment with a requir… |
| 24-5024 |
Timothy John Miers v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-07-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-interpretation double-jeopardy eleventh-circuit fifth-amendment miller-el-v-cockrell sentencing sentencing-authority separation-of-powers |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has so far departed from established Federal Law and the legal standards set out by this Court in MILLER… |
| 24-5043 |
Cortlin Reese v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment bruen constitutional-law criminal-statutes due-process federal-statute firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) and (n) violate the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022)? |
| 24-5033 |
Jose Domingo Carranza-Rubio v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 24-5019 |
Daniel Salgado v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres apprendi-rule certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure-sentencing notice-clause prior-conviction-exception sixth-amendment supreme-court-review |
Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States be overruled? |
| 24-3 |
City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, City Council v. Rama, Inc., dba Discount Liquor |
Tennessee |
2024-07-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-function alcohol-license constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legislative-body separation-of-powers |
Whether the action of the Tennessee Court of Appeals ordering a legislative body performing an administrative function violated separation of powers w… |
| 24-5007 |
David Jimenez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? |
| 23-7843 |
Luis Alfredo Nanez-Lopez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-07-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 23-7787 |
Enrique Martinez-Flores v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-interpretation criminal-enhancement criminal-procedure historical-analysis notice-clause prior-conviction-exception recidivism sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-notice-clause |
Can the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the historical practices… |
| 23-7788 |
Francisco Valtierra-Zuniga v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 23-7776 |
Joshua Willis v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-06-21 |
GVR |
IFP |
2nd-amendment criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce standing |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment |
| 23-1331 |
William Christopher Schroeder v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-06-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
congressional-apportionment constitutional-interpretation electoral-representation equal-representation-in-house political-question-doctrine population-based-apportionment standing standing-doctrine us-constitution-amendment-14-section-2 us-constitution-article-1-section-2 vote-dilution voting-power-dilution |
Do U.S. CONST. amend. XIV, § 2, and U.S. CONST. art. I, § 2, require that each Member of the House of Representatives be elected from constituencies c… |
| 23-7730 |
Thomas Richardson v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process free-speech fundamental-rights judicial-exceptions legal-precedent standing supreme-court-authority |
Question not identified. |
| 23-7689 |
Ardis Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 23-7692 |
Angel Jesus Paniagua v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-authority federal-statute firearm-regulation firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment framework of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen |
| 23-7693 |
Jonathan Jamal Bangash v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) comports with the Second Amendment? |
| 23-7682 |
Daniel Loyola, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment appellate-review constitutional-analysis criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit firearms plain-error statutory-interpretation united-states-v-bruen |
Whether a ruling in Mr. Rahimi's favor would affect the Fifth Circuit's plain-error analysis concerning the constitutionality of § 922(0) |
| 23-7688 |
Chaves Hodges v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment bruen-standard circuit-split constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)? |
| 23-7660 |
Michael Steven Smith v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federalism firearm-possession interstate-commerce standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 23-7662 |
Felix Olivas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-power felony-restriction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause |
| 23-7670 |
James Edward Young v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-analysis criminal-law due-process felony-conviction fifth-circuit firearm-possession plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation |
Whether a ruling in Mr. Rahimi's favor would affect the Fifth Circuit's plain-error analysis concerning the constitutionality of § 922(g)(1) |
| 23-7653 |
Tayron Deshawn Thomas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 23-7655 |
In Re Jovon Montell Hollowell |
|
2024-06-06 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts government-powers individual-rights jurisdiction legal-precedent standing tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
Can a non-Article III court proceed without consent of the parties? |
| 23-7599 |
Jorge Ortiz-Juarez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 23-7603 |
Anthony Tyrone Brown v. James Corrigan, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-05-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law agency-determination civil-rights constitutional-interpretation counsel-of-choice due-process fraud fraud-statute judicial-review misconduct transcript |
Whether the court committed fraud on the court when it changed the trial transcripts of the petitioner's case without notice to counsel and the petiti… |
| 23-7554 |
Rawtavious Moore v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment bruen-standard circuit-split constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process exceptional-importance federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)? |
| 23-7517 |
Christopher L. Wilson v. Hawaii |
Hawaii |
2024-05-21 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9)IFP |
2nd-amendment bruen-test civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process licensing-scheme second-amendment self-defense standing supremacy-clause |
Whether the Bruen test determines when a State's criminal prosecution for carrying a handgun without a license violates the Second Amendment? |
| 23-7466 |
Beatrice M. Uwamariya v. Enias Baganizi |
California |
2024-05-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-interpretation due-process extradition federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment judicial-authority standing state-officers supreme-court-orders unauthorized-practice-of-law |
Whether state court judges can defy orders of the U.S. Supreme Court |
| 23-7451 |
Hector Patricio Galvan v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment congressional-power criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process enumerated-powers firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment? |
| 23-7455 |
Britt Jarriel Hammons v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-05-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment circuit-court-conflict civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-statute-922g1 gun-possession-rights individual-rights second-amendment standing treason |
How can the tenth circuit have a ruling on the same subject matter as the Supreme Court & other circuits courts & has a ruling that is in conflict wit… |
| 23-7419 |
Warren Ledominique Davis v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-analysis criminal-law due-process felony-conviction fifth-circuit firearm-possession plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation |
Whether a ruling in Mr. Rahimi's favor would affect the Fifth Circuit's plain-error analysis concerning the constitutionality of § 922(g)(1) |
| 23-7421 |
Demarcus Deon Staples v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-analysis criminal-law due-process felony-conviction fifth-circuit firearm-possession plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation |
Whether a ruling in Mr. Rahimi's favor would affect the Fifth Circuit's plain-error analysis concerning the constitutionality of § 922(g)(1) |
| 23-7397 |
Diamond L. Barnes v. Felicia Adkins, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-05-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure concealed-carry constitutional-right due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure procedural-rule second-amendment standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Question not identified |
| 23-7401 |
Kristopher Lee Rocco v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing takings |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 23-7402 |
Dequon Reon Stovall v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-possession due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-regulation interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any ammunition that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite pas… |
| 23-7404 |
William Maxwell v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2024-05-07 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process firearm-transfer money-laundering obstruction-of-justice rico-conspiracy wire-fraud |
Whether this case should be granted certiorari for full briefing on issues already decided in Maxwell's favor by this Court or whether a G.V.R. would … |
| 23-7374 |
David Allen v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-05-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cell-phone commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation original-meaning sixth-amendment sixth-circuit speedy-trial statutory-interpretation substantial-effects-test supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the broad rule adopted by the Sixth Circuit, that the Commerce Clause gives congress the power to regulate all conduct incidentally using a ce… |
| 23-7378 |
Frederick Herrod v. Members of the 79th Congress |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adjudication appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus liberal-construction motion necessary-and-proper-clause pro-se pro-se-litigant speech-and-debate-clause |
if-the-congressional-command-of-federal-rule-of-appellate-procedure-24(a)(5)-requires-certain-submissions-must-be-included-with-a-motion,-is-a-pro-se-… |
| 23-7366 |
Carlos Enrique Navarro-Trevino v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 23-7341 |
Ronald Leon Thompson v. Colorado |
Colorado |
2024-04-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review consent constitutional-error constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure harmless-error judicial-definition jury-instructions legal-standard trial-court-discretion |
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding the trial court's error in failing to define the term consent was constitutional harmless error |
| 23-7318 |
Michael P. Crenshaw v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2024-04-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process equal-protection executive-power individual-rights intellectual-disability judicial-review separation-of-powers state-sovereignty |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits the execution of a prisoner who was intellectually disabled at th… |
| 23-7280 |
Dontrell Lavell Thomas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? |
| 23-7303 |
Demetriaus L. Blaylock v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2024-04-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment emerging-adults juvenile-justice miller-v-alabama sentencing |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment requires the protections granted under Miller v. Alabama to be extende… |
| 23-7305 |
Ronald Jerome Davis, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 23-7293 |
Shawn Thomas Borne v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-04-23 |
GVR |
IFP |
2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment |
| 23-7288 |
Jorge Bartolomei v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process felony-conviction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether the statute prohibiting the possession of a firearm by any person who was previously convicted of 'a crime punishable by imprisonment for a te… |
| 23-1124 |
Judson Hawkins, et al. v. Ohio Department of Natural Resources |
Ohio |
2024-04-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment administrative-agency constitutional-interpretation due-process procedural-rights property-rights substantive-rights |
Does the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantee a substantive right to prevail against … |
| 23-7225 |
Leroy Hoyle v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-authority federal-statute firearm-regulation firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment framework of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen |
| 23-7229 |
Fredarius D. Jackson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment bruen-standard civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)? |
| 23-7235 |
Troy Dontae Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 23-7183 |
In Re Joshua George Nowland |
|
2024-04-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-procedure jurisdictional-challenge legal-standing procedural-mechanism separation-of-powers treason |
Whether the US Supreme Court has jurisdiction over crimes committed on its property in Washington D.C.? |
| 23-7179 |
Xavier Lamarr Jones v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 23-7181 |
Austin Drake Day v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 23-7160 |
John Michael Carrasco v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 23-7125 |
Alberto Jimenez Pastrana v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause |
| 23-7109 |
Edgar Garcia-Heredia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 23-7083 |
Orlando Kim Ferguson, II v. Missouri |
Missouri |
2024-03-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
article-i-section-19 constitutional-interpretation double-jeopardy due-process missouri-constitution oregon-v-kennedy prosecutorial-misconduct retrial |
Is the Missouri Constitution Article I; Section 19; limiting Double Jeopardy rights on retrial following intentional prosecutorial misconduct under Or… |
| 23-7050 |
David Phillip Ryan v. Florida |
Florida |
2024-03-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury jury-composition jury-trial sixth-amendment standing |
Whether the jury guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments is a 12-person jury? |
| 23-7015 |
Colby Jerome Hale-El v. Gene R. Claps, Sheriff, Adams County, Colorado, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-03-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment ballot-disqualification candidate-eligibility civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process election-law federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus notice-of-removal standing |
Whether petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when he was convicted, and whether he was properly denied notice and an opportunity to prove … |
| 23-1018 |
Harold Jean-Baptiste v. City of New York, New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-03-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights conceal-carry due-process gun-rights law-enforcement licensing-restrictions second-amendment self-defense standing takings |
Whether New York State Section 400 restrictions on conceal carry handgun license violate the Second Amendment |
| 23-7001 |
Todd Andre Whitfield v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing takings |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 23-1010 |
Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-03-14 |
Denied |
Relisted (7) |
2nd-amendment bruen-decision civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process firearms-ban firearms-regulation gun-rights military-weaponry second-amendment standing takings |
Whether Illinois' categorical ban on millions of the most commonly owned firearms and ammunition magazines in the nation, including the AR-15 rifle, v… |
| 23-6973 |
Oren Javentay Pichon v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing takings |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 23-6974 |
Bartolo Damaso-Sixtos v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 23-995 |
Nadine Gazzola, et al. v. Kathleen Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-03-12 |
Denied |
|
2nd-amendment bruen-precedent civil-procedure constitutional-standing due-process firearms-regulation free-speech preliminary-injunction regulatory-overburden second-amendment standing takings |
Did the Second Circuit err in the Winter analysis of Petitioners' request for preliminary injunctive relief under Fed. R. Civ. P. 65, including (1.) w… |
| 23-6948 |
Erick Wanjiku v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2024-03-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process evidence judicial-bias jurisdiction legal-standards state-court vagueness-doctrine |
Question not identified |
| 23-6956 |
David Wilbanks v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
collateral-order-doctrine confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-sentencing due-process final-judgment fourteenth-amendment judicial-review jurisdiction sixth-amendment statutory-construction |
Did the Court of Appeals have jurisdiction over the collateral order doctrine when the district judge failed to issue a COA for the final judgment und… |
| 23-6941 |
Ricardo Fortino Martinez-Munoz v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-interpretation due-process jury-trial legal-precedent prior-conviction prior-convictions sixth-amendment statutory-maximum |
Can Almendarez-Torres be squared with the history undergirding the Sixth Amendment; and if not, should this Court overrule Almendarez-Torres? |
| 23-6881 |
Miguel Salinas, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms interstate-travel second-amendment standing |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022) |
| 23-6869 |
Corey Jarren Forbito v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment certiorari-petition circuit-split civil-rights constitutional constitutional-challenge due-process firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? |
| 23-944 |
Jeremy W. Langley, et al. v. Brendan F. Kelly, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Illinois State Police, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-02-29 |
Denied |
Relisted (7) |
2nd-amendment civil-rights common-use constitutional-ban due-process firearm-regulation gun-rights heller-v-dc new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment semi-automatic-weapons supreme-court-precedent |
Is the State of Illinois' ban on certain semi-automatic handguns constitutional? |
| 23-6850 |
Eric Michael Lujan v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 23-943 |
Samuel T. Russell v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-28 |
Denied |
|
11th-amendment civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation due-process eleventh-amendment judicial-tradition matthew-15-6 state-sovereignty |
Is it a civil right for citizens to complain against their own state? |
| 23-6842 |
Reginald Creshawn Doss v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-02-27 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment bruen-test circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearms-regulation second-amendment standing |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional as applied to the defendant |
| 23-921 |
Mark Jerome Johnson Blount v. United States, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-02-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights declaratory-judgment enforcement-deterrence pre-enforcement-action pre-enforcement-challenge reasonable-fear-of-enforcement second-amendment standing standing-doctrine |
Does Petitioner have standing to challenge a law that infringes his constitutional rights to keep and bear arms? |
| 23-914 |
Diane Zilka v. City of Philadelphia, Tax Review Board |
Pennsylvania |
2024-02-23 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (3)Relisted (3) |
commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation interstate-taxation out-of-state-tax state-tax tax-burden tax-credit tax-scheme taxpayer-burden |
Whether the Commerce Clause requires states to consider a taxpayer's burden in light of the state tax scheme as a whole when crediting a taxpayer's ou… |
| 23-6803 |
Eduardo Garcia Briseno v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres constitutional-interpretation criminal-law historical-record notice notice-clause prior-conviction-exception sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-text supreme-court-precedent |
Whether, in light of the historical record, Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), should be overruled? |
| 23-910 |
Ivan Antonyuk, et al. v. Steven G. James, In His Official Capacity as Acting Superintendent of New York State Police, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-02-22 |
GVR |
Amici (6)Relisted (2) |
2nd-amendment bruen-decision civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process gun-rights historical-analysis judicial-review original-meaning second-amendment standing temporal-analysis |
Whether the proper historical time period for ascertaining the Second Amendment's original meaning is 1791, rather than 1868 |
| 23-6793 |
Timothy Burks v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022) |
| 23-6769 |
Derrick Durrell Jones v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, … |
| 23-6780 |
George A. Teacherson v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation declaration-of-independence due-process founding-documents judicial-review legal-hermeneutics originalism textual-analysis |
Must any court fully address the actual wording of the founding documents, originalism of Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United S… |
| 23-880 |
National Association for Gun Rights, et al. v. City of Naperville, Illinois, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-02-15 |
Denied |
Relisted (7) |
2nd-amendment civil-rights common-use constitutional-rights due-process firearms-regulation founding-era handgun-ban heller-precedent heller-vs-dc second-amendment semi-automatic-weapons |
Is the State of Illinois' ban of certain handguns constitutional? |
| 23-6750 |
Patrick Aboite v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) complies with the Second Amendment? |
| 23-6754 |
Rodwick F. Abadam v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment appellate-review appellate-waiver constitutional-violation miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement second-amendment sentencing sentencing-error |
Did the Ninth Circuit err when it failed to find that sentencing errors that violated Mr. Abadam's Second Amendment rights can amount to a 'miscarriag… |
| 23-877 |
Dane Harrel, et al. v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-02-14 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (7) |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing takings |
Whether the Constitution allows the government to prohibit law-abiding, responsible citizens from protecting themselves, their families, and their hom… |
| 23-878 |
Javier Herrera v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-02-14 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (7) |
2nd-amendment arms-protection civil-rights due-process free-speech historical-tradition second-amendment self-defense semiautomatic-rifles standard-magazines standing takings |
Whether semiautomatic rifles and standard magazines are protected 'Arms' under the Second Amendment |
| 23-879 |
Caleb Barnett, et al. v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-02-14 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Relisted (7) |
2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process firearms firearms-ban gun-rights second-amendment standing supreme-court-precedent |
Whether Illinois' sweeping ban on common and long-lawful arms violates the Second Amendment |
| 23-863 |
Dominic Bianchi, et al. v. Anthony G. Brown, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of Maryland, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-02-12 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
2nd-amendment bruen civil-rights common-use constitutional-rights due-process firearms-regulation gun-ownership heller individual-liberty second-amendment self-defense |
Whether the Constitution allows the government to prohibit law-abiding, responsible citizens from protecting themselves, their families, and their hom… |
| 23-6714 |
Ramon Umberto Cortez-Rodriguez, aka Ramon Humberto Cortez-Rodriguez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 23-6716 |
Tommy Lee Walker v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment criminal-procedure due-process firearm-interstate-commerce interstate-commerce jury-instruction jury-instructions sixth-amendment speedy-trial-act standing |
Where the firearm at issue was manufactured in California and found in a home in California, did the district court err by refusing to give a requeste… |
| 23-6689 |
Guy Mena v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment assault-rifle assault-rifles common-use constitutional-interpretation dangerous-and-unusual-weapon high-capacity-magazine high-capacity-magazines methodology second-amendment statutory-construction weapon-classification |
Whether 26 U.S.C. §5861(e) comports with the Second Amendment? |
| 23-6687 |
Darius James Francis v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment bruen-standard criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022) |
| 23-838 |
Brian D. Swanson v. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
17th-amendment ballot-legality civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process election-law elections equal-suffrage seventeenth-amendment standing statutory-violation |
Does petitioner suffer a concrete and particularized injury, for the purpose of establishing standing, when the Secretary of State issues an illegal b… |
| 23-6641 |
Cedric A. Gray v. Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
2024-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional constitutional-interpretation due-process fifth-amendment miranda-v-arizona miranda-warning prophylactic-procedures prophylactic-rule self-incrimination text-history-tradition |
Should this Court overturn the prophylactic procedures announced in Miranda v. Arizona and return to an interpretation of the Fifth Amendment which is… |
| 23-6647 |
Davaudrick Antron EtchisonBrown v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment bruen-standard criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce precedent second-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022) |
| 23-6635 |
Leslie Fulwiler v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-01-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment bruen-standard civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)? |
| 23-6602 |
Sylvester Cunningham v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-01-29 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge bruen circuit-split constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession felon-possession firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional as applied |
| 23-6572 |
Mark E. Sells v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-01-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-precedent constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process habeas habeas-corpus judicial-law judicial-review statutory-law |
Did the Federal District Court and United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals violate the Constitution by enacting and applying a judicial law that … |
| 23-6576 |
Caitlyn Williams and Tamarae Larue v. Missouri |
Missouri |
2024-01-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights compulsory-education constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process legal-vagueness school-attendance statutory-construction vagueness |
Whether the language 'on a regular basis' in the compulsory school attendance law is impermissibly vague in violation of due process guarantees |
| 23-794 |
John Pacilio and Edward Bases v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-01-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment 35-usc-101 brown-vs-board civil-rights commodities-trading criminal-liability dodd-frank due-process fraud-statutes free-speech prosecutorial-discretion spoofing |
Whether spoofing violates the federal fraud statutes where a trader places a genuine, valid, fully executable order |
| 23A682 |
Arthur Lopez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, et al. |
California |
2024-01-24 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-interpretation individual-rights judicial-review legal-standing procedural-due-process statutory-interpretation |
Whether the lower court's ruling improperly interpreted or applied constitutional or statutory protections in a manner that substantially impacts indi… |
| 23-6521 |
Shawn Reeves v. New Jersey |
New Jersey |
2024-01-22 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment-comparison new-jersey-law permit-requirement second-amendment self-defense standing takings |
Does prosecuting a person for possessing a firearm without a permit violate the Second and Fourteen Amendments when that person was unable to receive … |
| 23-6507 |
In Re Peter Alan Hearn |
|
2024-01-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing takings |
Whether the government's categorical ban on the possession of firearms by law-abiding citizens in their homes for self-defense violates the Second Ame… |
| 23-755 |
Andrew S. Clyde, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, et al. v. William McFarland, in His Official Capacity as Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-01-12 |
Denied |
|
congressional-immunity congressional-rules constitutional-interpretation constitutional-violations judicial-review jurisdiction legislative-immunity legislative-procedure separation-of-powers speech-or-debate-clause twenty-seventh-amendment |
Whether the Speech or Debate Clause creates a jurisdictional bar to judicial consideration of whether internal congressional rules or practices violat… |
| 23-6464 |
Michael Edward Aguilar v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-interpretation criminal-appeal criminal-code due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment state-law statutory-ambiguity timeliness |
Whether the dismissal of a criminal appeal as untimely violates the Due Process Clause and the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counse… |
| 23-6440 |
Ismael De Jesus-Flores v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-01-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process notice-and-comment sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Can the U.S.S.G. commentary definition of a 'minor' in § 2L1.1 commentary note 1 be considered unconstitutionally vague when it was never subjected to… |
| 23-719 |
Donald J. Trump v. Norma Anderson, et al. |
Colorado |
2024-01-04 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (78) |
14th-amendment ballot-access constitutional-interpretation disqualification election-law insurrection insurrection-clause oath-of-office presidential-election presidential-eligibility state-election-law |
Whether the Colorado Supreme Court erred in ordering President Trump excluded from the 2024 presidential primary ballot |
| 23-725 |
Eric Friedlander, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, et al. v. Phillip Truesdell, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-01-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
buck-v-kuykendall certificate-of-need constitutional-interpretation dormant-commerce-clause ground-ambulance-services healthcare healthcare-regulation judicial-precedent sixth-circuit stage-lines |
Whether the modern case law approach controls a court's analysis of the dormant Commerce Clause and repudiates the holding in Buck v. Kuykendall |
| 23-691 |
Samuel Ghee v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-immunity official-liability standing stare-decisis state-law willful-misconduct |
Whether qualified or judicial immunity immunizes willful misconduct and failure to perform duties |
| 23-683 |
Melynda Vincent v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-12-26 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
2nd-amendment bruen-test civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process felony-conviction felony-disarmament gun-rights non-violent-offender second-amendment standing takings |
Whether the Second Amendment allows the federal government to permanently disarm Petitioner Melynda Vincent, who has one 15-year-old nonviolent felony… |
| 23-6302 |
Robert Lee Crawford v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-12-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 2nd-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-claim due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus legal-procedure preliminary-review prisoner-rights |
Is the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment violated when a prisoner's 28 USC §2255 habeas corpus raising Second and Sixth Amendment claims … |
| 23-6285 |
Kenneth Paiva v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-regulation legislative-power statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause |
| 23-6278 |
Devontae Nykel Racliff v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-15 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment bruen-standard criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022) |
| 23-6246 |
In Re Tonya Knowles |
|
2023-12-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process executive-power impeachment impeachment-power presidential-election presidential-transition separation-of-powers |
Can a Peaceful transfer of power occur if a White House subordinate transfers Power to Artificial Intelligence via an Executive Order? |
| 23-6252 |
Juan Antonio Guerrero-Lazaro v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 23-6240 |
Jesus Salvador Gonzalez-Lunar v. United States |
First Circuit |
2023-12-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation covered-vessel criminal-procedure due-process jurisdictional-determination jury-trial maritime-law proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Constitution requires a jury trial and proof beyond a reasonable doubt, or an adequate factual basis during a guilty plea, to find that a … |
| 23-6218 |
Shaquille Dewayne Smith v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession interstate-commerce new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment |
| 23-6198 |
William Plummer v. Wellpath, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-12-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech incarceration medical-parole patent prisoner-rights standing state-law |
Whether the lower court erred in construing the patent claims at issue |
| 23-616 |
Estate of William Han Manstrom-Greening, Through Carol J. Manstrom, Personal Representative v. Lane County, Oregon, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-12-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-relevance expert-testimony free-speech gun-violence negligence psychological-impact standing suicide |
Is an expert's testimony about the psychological connection between the visible presence of unsecured firearms and death by suicide relevant to a jury… |
| 23-6170 |
Edell Jackson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-12-06 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process federal-law firearms-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment |
| 23-566 |
Thomas Massie, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the United States House of Representatives, et al. v. Mike Johnson, in His Official Capacity as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2023-11-27 |
Denied |
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article-i article-i-sections-6-and-7 article-one-provisions congressional-compensation congressional-immunity constitutional-interpretation legislative-procedure pay-claims speech-or-debate speech-or-debate-immunity twenty-seventh-amendment |
Whether Speech or Debate immunity precludes claims against congressional officials over pay |
| 23-6075 |
William Phillip Neidinger v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-remedy constitutional-interpretation due-process effective-counsel identity-rights judicial-defect judicial-review jury-selection mandamus presumption-of-innocence selective-prosecution |
Is not having actual availability of effective counsel and actual presumption of innocence, particularly in cases deriving from previous judicial defe… |
| 23-6041 |
Luis Alberto Hernandez-Perez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 23-526 |
Charles Nichols v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-11-17 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process firearms-rights fourteenth-amendment second-amendment self-defense standing |
Does the Second Amendment protect the keeping and bearing of loaded and unloaded rifles, shotguns, and handguns, in case of confrontation, for the pur… |
| 23-511 |
Terrence R. Bell v. Sun West Mortgage Company, Inc. |
Texas |
2023-11-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation consumer-protection due-process equal-protection federal-trade-commission property-rights standing |
Whether the Fourteenth Court of Appeals erred in its interpretation and application of Amendment XIV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution |
| 23-5979 |
Daniel Vargas-Hernandez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process jury-trial prior-conviction prior-convictions sixth-amendment |
Whether the prior-conviction exception to the Apprendi rule can be squared with the historical practices codified in the Sixth Amendment, and if not, … |
| 23-5934 |
Walter Leonard Jenkins v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 23-5917 |
Salvador Diaz-Diaz v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
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)? |
| 23-5920 |
Leopoldo Ramirez-Moreno v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation federal-authority firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce scarborough state-affairs united-states-v-lopez |
Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because the firearm crossed state lines at some point before the defendant … |
| 23-455 |
United States v. Litsson Antonio Perez-Gallan |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-31 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge domestic-violence due-process firearms firearms-possession protective-order second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8) violates the Second Amendment |
| 23-5876 |
Christian Lamar Porter v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 23-5868 |
Nicky S. Keo v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2023-10-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-penalty due-process felony firearm-licensing licensing mandatory-minimum second-amendment self-defense |
Whether the imposition of a mandatory eighteen-month jail sentence on a first offender for what might well be an entirely innocent regulatory infracti… |
| 23-5859 |
Matthew Steven Hackney v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 and § 2252(a)(5)(B) authorize convictions upon proof that materials used to produce or possess child pornography once crossed… |
| 23-5839 |
Cesar Humberto Valencia-Terrazas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 23-5798 |
Edgar Eugene Oliver v. Florida Commission on Offender Review |
Florida |
2023-10-18 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process judicial-discretion judicial-review offender-review separation-of-powers state-agency-power supreme-court-authority |
Does the Florida Commission on Offender Review have the freedom to disobey the United States Supreme Court, the Constitution of the United States, the… |
| 23-5813 |
Medghyne Calonge, aka Sealed Defendant 1 v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-10-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
computer-fraud computer-fraud-and-abuse-act constitutional-interpretation criminal-venue data-access due-process fair-trial government-abuse statutory-construction venue venue-requirements vicinage |
Whether the Second Circuit correctly held that the evidence of venue was legally sufficient under the Venue and Vicinage Clauses of the United States … |
| 23-5804 |
Joseph Alexander Clarke v. Kimberly M. Esmond Adams, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-10-16 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce jurisdictional-limits legal-procedure maxims-of-law pleadings standing supreme-court-review |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals failed to properly address the issues raised in the petition, including the failure to address the suffi… |
| 23-5777 |
Iker Fabricio Mendez-Alfaro v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 23-5742 |
Joseph Michael Easton v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 23-374 |
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Bryan David Range |
Third Circuit |
2023-10-10 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process felons felony-conviction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) complies with the Second Amendment |
| 23-376 |
United States v. Patrick Darnell Daniels, Jr. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-10 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights controlled-substance criminal-law drug-user due-process firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3) violates the Second Amendment |
| 23-370 |
Paul Erlinger v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-10-06 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (4)Relisted (2) |
armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-interpretation criminal-sentencing due-process jury-trial prior-convictions proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt sentencing-enhancement |
Whether the Constitution requires a jury trial and proof beyond a reasonable doubt to find that a defendant's prior convictions were 'committed on occ… |
| 23-5726 |
John Holden v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-10-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-922 2nd-amendment bruen bruen-test constitutional-review felony-indictment firearm-prohibition material-false-statement materiality-standard second-amendment |
Is the criminal prohibition on the receipt of a firearm by a person under felony indictment (18 U.S.C. § 922(n)) constitutional under the Second Amend… |
| 23-5715 |
Taquan Rahshe Gullett-El v. Internal Revenue Service, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-10-05 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation consular-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-notice national-identity sovereign-status standing state-law treaty-rights |
Whether the petitioner has standing to challenge the court's judicial notice of certain facts under Federal Rule of Evidence 201 and Florida Statute §… |
| 23-361 |
Brian D. Swanson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-10-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-interpretation federal-appellate-procedure frivolous-sanction income-tax insular-cases puerto-rico territorial-status uniformity-clause unincorporated-territory |
Has Puerto Rico become an incorporated Territory and become fully subject to the Constitution's Uniformity Clause when collecting the Federal Income T… |
| 23-5704 |
Gregory D. Jones v. Dustin Bayler |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-law standing statutory-interpretation takings |
Whether the District of Columbia's ban on the possession of stun guns violates the Second Amendment |
| 23-5684 |
William J. Dahl v. Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
2023-10-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
armed-robbery civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process felony judicial-review legal-procedure precedent sentencing statutory-analysis |
Whether a felon can be convicted of armed robbery without having a firearm or weapon and without being present at the scene of the crime? |
| 23-5679 |
Joshua Stephenson v. Robert May, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-10-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-discretion due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-procedure procedural-rights standing |
Whether the discretion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to deny a certificate of appealability (COA) under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) is co… |
| 23-5674 |
In Re Donnelly J. LeBlanc |
|
2023-09-29 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing takings |
Whether the state's law prohibiting the sale of certain firearms violates the Second Amendment |
| 23-5657 |
Arthur Ray Deere, Sr. v. Kiry K. Gray, Clerk, United States District Court for the Central District of California |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-09-27 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection federal-district-court federal-jurisdiction juvenile-custody legal-procedure standing state-courts |
Whether the U.S. District Court violated the petitioner's constitutional right to due process and equal protection under the 14th Amendment by denying… |
| 23-299 |
ATM Shafiqul Khalid v. Citrix Systems, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-09-26 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation copyright due-process exclusive-right inventor-protection patent patent-rights standing state-action statutory-interpretation takings |
Whether the exclusive Right in inventions as written in the Constitution is a fundamental Right or Constitutional privilege |
| 23-296 |
Michael L. Kiser, et al. v. Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, et al. |
North Carolina |
2023-09-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-takings just-compensation property-rights supreme-court-review takings takings-clause |
Is a state supreme court able to 'side-step' the just compensation requirement of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments by simply removing preexisting p… |
| 23-279 |
Couy Griffin v. New Mexico, ex rel. Marco White, et al. |
New Mexico |
2023-09-22 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
14th-amendment civil-rights congress congressional-power constitutional-interpretation due-process enforcement first-amendment fourteenth-amendment insurrection judicial-authority standing |
Whether Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment exclusively reserves the power to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment to Congress |
| 23-5632 |
Mario Rolando Cadenas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 23-5629 |
Rene Rigoberto Rodriguez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment appellate-review constitutional-analysis criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felony-indictment fifth-circuit plain-error statutory-interpretation united-states-v-rahimi |
Whether a ruling in Mr. Rahimi's favor would affect the Fifth Circuit's plain-error analysis concerning the constitutionality of § 922(n) |
| 23-5606 |
Samuel Valencia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-18 |
GVR |
Relisted (3)IFP |
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 … |
| 23-5590 |
In Re Jamar L. Williams |
|
2023-09-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-proceedings |
Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated when the state court denied his request for an evidentiary hearing to present newly discover… |
| 23-215 |
John F. Marchisotto v. Ocean County Prosecutor's Office |
New Jersey |
2023-09-07 |
Denied |
|
2nd-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment procedural-due-process red-flag-laws retaliation second-amendment |
Constitutionality-of-Red-Flag-Laws |
| 23-5537 |
Euphrates Earl Bean v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2023-09-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation contract-rights contracts due-process equal-rights judicial-review standing takings vested-rights |
Was there an 'obligation of contracts' inferred? |
| 23-5511 |
Jay F. Elhage v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-09-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process enumerated-powers federal-prosecution federalism legislative-authority state-prosecution |
Whether Congress has authority to criminally punish under the Commerce Clause |
| 23-5487 |
Jose Humberto Hernandez-Mendez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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… |
| 23-5468 |
Brittney Coleman v. Island Express Helicopters, Inc., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aircraft-operation civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation judicial-decision-making legal-competence negligence pilot-certification pilot-competency procedural-review reasonable-care |
Question not identified |
| 23-5451 |
Raul Omar Rios-Hernandez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 23-5411 |
Thomas DeMartino v. Roger Alderin, et al. |
Oregon |
2023-08-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment alarming-contact civil-damages civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jury-trial oregon-appellate-court reckless-driving stalking stalking-statute standing |
Whether the Oregon Appellate court erred in denying separate alarming contacts of live gunfire within 100' of Plaintiff under Oregon's Stalking statut… |
| 23-5363 |
Kyle Richard Bishop v. Georgia |
Georgia |
2023-08-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-discretion jurisdiction mitigating-factors sentencing-guidelines standing |
Whether the U.S. Constitution allows the conviction of a U.S. citizen without an indictment |
| 23-5360 |
Gregory Lynn McCoy v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-08-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment constitutional-interpretation felon-in-possession firearm-regulation historical-tradition individual-rights lifetime-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether the felon-in-possession of a firearm statute, which did not exist in 1791, and which applies to all felonies and provides for a life-time ban,… |
| 23-127 |
Leonard Cooperman v. Social Security Administration |
Federal Circuit |
2023-08-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation disciplinary-proceedings due-process free-speech public-sector-employment vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Is the 'conduct unbecoming' standard unconstitutionally vague and violative of due-process in a case involving free-speech concerns? |
| 23-5263 |
Steven Dewayne Wilson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process felon-in-possession felons gun-rights individual-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 Unites States Code section 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face because it infringes on a felon's individual right to keep and bear ar… |
| 23-5235 |
Hector Lares-Nunez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 23-5241 |
Lenroy McLean v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-07-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment judicial-conflict legal-precedent standing |
Whether there is a conflict between Kimmelman v Morrison and Ex-Parte Milligan on the Fourth Amendment as a trial right in criminal prosecution |
| 23-5210 |
Andres Zapata-Reyes v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 23-5188 |
Mark Anthony Roy v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-history criminal-law due-process firearms firearms-prohibition second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Second Amendment forbids application of 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) to persons who have no conviction for violent conduct |
| 23-70 |
Traffic Tech, Inc., et al. v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-07-25 |
Denied |
|
anti-waiver-statute choice-of-law constitutional-interpretation due-process employment-rights full-faith-and-credit interstate-commerce state-sovereignty |
Whether the Full Faith and Credit Clause and the Due Process Clause require a State, which has its own Anti-Waiver Statute, to uphold a sister State's… |
| 23-5136 |
Chastity Quintana v. Rodney Wirthlin, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-07-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-counsel judicial-review legal-filing legal-standard procedural-error standing |
Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection by having an unqualified or ineffective court-appointed counsel represent them in a… |
| 23-5095 |
Marland Maynor v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process facial-challenge federal-statute plain-error second-amendment standing |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment |
| 23-5097 |
Allen Auten v. California |
California |
2023-07-13 |
Denied |
Response RequestedIFP |
14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion legislative-intent parole sentencing sentencing-structure standing |
Whether the California Supreme Court prejudicially abused its discretion and acted in excess of jurisdiction when it refused to issue a decision on th… |
| 23-5104 |
Annelies Aiking-Taylor v. Oliver Serang |
Montana |
2023-07-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
attorney-fees civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-review legal-judgment prevailing-party supremacy-clause takings |
Did the Montana Supreme Court violate the Constitution's Supremacy Clause by disregarding the US Supreme Court's definition of 'prevailing party'? |
| 23A31 |
Winterville Police Department, et al. v. Dijon Sharpe |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-07-13 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-interpretation first-amendment fourth-amendment law-enforcement livestreaming traffic-stop |
Whether the constitutionality of a policy prohibiting livestreaming during a lawful traffic stop should be analyzed under the First Amendment or the F… |
| 23-5087 |
Michael R. v. Connecticut |
Connecticut |
2023-07-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography civil-rights constitutional-interpretation dost-factors due-process first-amendment free-speech miller-standard obscenity obscenity-test |
Should the Dost factors be modified to prevent unconstitutional restrictions on First Amendment freedom of expression? |
| 23-5035 |
Miguel Lux-Tum v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 23-5001 |
Emmanuel Antione Hemphill v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process free-speech individual-rights judicial-review legal-procedure standing state-law statutory-interpretation takings |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals erred in its interpretation of the First Amendment's Free Speech Clause and the Due Process Clause of the F… |
| 22-7902 |
Saul Navarrete De La Cerda v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres apprendi-v-new-jersey common-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure notice-clause prior-conviction prior-conviction-exception sixth-amendment |
Whether the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres can be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the historical p… |
| 22-1242 |
Jon McClelland v. Dr. Jack Chapman, M.D. |
Colorado |
2023-06-27 |
Denied |
|
14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-interpretation contract due-process judicial-immunity property property-interest state-law |
Is a Complaint a cognizable 'three-party' Contract |
| 22-7854 |
Edgar Ivan Armenta-Lopez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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)? |
| 22-7849 |
Jensen Ken Alexander v. Joseph Ely, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-06-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure damages due-process free-speech judicial-discretion legal-standards religious-claims standing state-court-review |
Whether the regional ombudsman and the officials of the Common Cause Task Force violated the Petitioner's First Amendment rights under the U.S. Consti… |
| 22-7757 |
Samuel Lee Morrison v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-12 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment bruen bruen-standard constitutional-law federal-criminal-statutes federal-statute gun-rights historical-tradition jurisdiction second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(n) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022) |
| 22-7739 |
Robert L. Swinton, Jr. v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-06-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process firearms-statute jurisdiction speedy-trial standing tenth-amendment witness-impeachment |
Is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) constitutional and was Tenth Amendment jurisdiction maintained for firearms alleged in this case? |
| 22-7707 |
Kelvun Montrail Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-statute firearms gun-rights new-york-state-rifle-and-pistol-association second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(n) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022) |
| 22-7682 |
Tyrin Gayle v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-06-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment circuit-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure disjunctive-theories due-process firearms-statute predicate-offense sentencing statutory-interpretation verdict-ambiguity |
Whether the Second Circuit conflicted with its own precedent in Capers when it denied Gayle relief? |
| 22-7698 |
Tristan Kareem Davis v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-06-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law appointments-clause civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process executive-power senate-confirmation sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-maximum tenth-amendment territorial-governance |
Whether the court exceeded its authority by not having a jury at the sentencing hearing to sentence Davis beyond the statutory maximum |
| 22-7689 |
Jose Guadalupe Romero Torres v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure historical-practices notice-clause prior-conviction prior-conviction-exception sixth-amendment |
Whether the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres can be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the historical p… |
| 22-7665 |
Demarkus Antonio Brown v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-errors constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure standing |
Whether the federal courts have jurisdiction to review the merits of this case and issue a memorandum decision |
| 22-7644 |
Mark Anthony Reyna v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 22-7590 |
Jesse Shane Owens v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-05-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law domestic-violence due-process federal-courts firearm-restrictions second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether courts must assess the elements 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8) and, if so, whether federal courts must consider a state's own law about the due process… |
| 22-1119 |
M. B. v. D. L. |
New Jersey |
2023-05-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment constitutional-interpretation due-process family-law grandparent-visitation judicial-precedent legislative-authority parental-rights state-sovereignty troxel-v-granville |
Should this Court's decision in Troxel et vir v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000) be reversed and the issue of grandparent visitation be returned to the … |
| 22-7562 |
Joseph Tetak v. Jay Forshey, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-05-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-issue deference-standard federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus judicial-precedent stare-decisis state-supreme-court subjective-objective-analysis |
Does the doctrine of stare decisis prevail on a state supreme court's determination of a constitutional issue in the same manner as this Court's deter… |
| 22-7524 |
Larry Carl Mack v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 22-7506 |
Felton James Ledet v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2023-05-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing takings |
Whether the state law prohibiting the sale of certain firearms violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms |
| 22-1088 |
John T. Morris v. Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
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… |
| 22-7495 |
Rudolfo Gill v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review legal-precedent standing takings |
Whether a plaintiff must make a 'substantial showing' of the deprivation of constitutional rights to establish standing to sue |
| 22-7479 |
Mario Rodolfo Chairez-Avila v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
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)? |
| 22-7460 |
Carlos Darnell Dixon v. Tennessee |
Tennessee |
2023-05-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process evidence firearm-possession jury-inference jury-trial second-amendment |
To what extent may the State violate a citizen's right to bear arms as secured by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution against him/h… |
| 22-7449 |
Robert Richard Spurling, III v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2023-05-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-law jury-instructions retroactive-application sexual-abuse state-courts statutory-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether a state court's decision that a state statute prevents the state courts from conducting analysis pursuant to United States Supreme Court prece… |
| 22-1054 |
Robert E. Bennett, et ux. v. City of Kingman, Arizona |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-05-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment property-rights regulatory-takings section-1983-claim takings takings-clause vested-rights |
Did the Arizona District Court and the Ninth Circuit Court err in their analysis of the takings claim? |
| 22-7403 |
Anthony Carl Eccarius v. Mendocino County Social Services |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-04-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
10th-amendment citizen-rights civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equity federalism judicial-review legal-standing power-in-equity standing tenth-amendment |
Shall the People exclude a single citizen's 10th Amendment power in equity? |
| 22-7372 |
Alphonza Leonard Phillip Thomas Bey, III v. United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-04-26 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process evidence-suppression evidentiary-hearing federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-review liberty-remedy removal-proceedings state-court-proceedings |
When Article I, Section 9 of the North Carolina Constitution states that 'every person restrained of his liberty is entitled to a remedy to inquire in… |
| 22-7352 |
Samuel Jesus Avila v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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… |
| 22-7320 |
Mary Gonzales v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-04-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms statutory-interpretation |
Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm or ammunition solely because they crossed state lines at some point before they ca… |
| 22-7287 |
Rodolfo Tovar-Zamarripa v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
almendarez-torres apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure historical-practices notice-clause prior-conviction-exception prior-convictions sixth-amendment |
Whether the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres can be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the historical p… |
| 22-7298 |
In Re Gabriel Desmond Yankey, Jr. |
|
2023-04-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-district judicial-recusal legal-standing petitioner-rights procedural-rights standing |
Is the petitioner's confinement in violation of the United States Constitution? |
| 22-976 |
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Michael Cargill |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-07 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (21)Relisted (4) |
2nd-amendment administrative-law atf atf-rule bump-stock firearms firearms-regulation machinegun-definition national-firearms-act statutory-interpretation trigger-mechanism |
Whether a bump stock device is a 'machinegun' as defined in 26 U.S.C. 5845(b) |
| 22-7220 |
Geronimo Juarez-Medellin v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
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)? |
| 22-7188 |
Brian Douglas Rambo v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-underpinnings due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas habeas-corpus no-evidence no-evidence-claim sufficiency-of-evidence |
Is there a conflict among the federal courts on whether Jackson-vs-Virginia-sufficiency-of-evidence-standard-abrogated-Thompson-v-City-of-Louisville-n… |
| 22-7157 |
Andreqio Stevens v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-03-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-transportation jurisdictional-element prohibited-persons statutory-interpretation |
Does the different language used by Congress as to the possession crime require a jury to find more than a prior shipping or transportation of the fir… |
| 22-7115 |
Imre Kifor v. Massachusetts, et al. |
Massachusetts |
2023-03-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-support-enforcement congressional-research-service constitutional-challenge constitutional-interpretation federal-matching-grant federal-reimbursement federal-reimbursements open-ended-program reimbursement-rate state-matching-grant |
In the context of the federal CSE reimbursement program, is the 'open-ended' and thus manipulatable federal program constitutional as currently practi… |
| 22-915 |
United States v. Zackey Rahimi |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-03-21 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (69)Relisted (2) |
2nd-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights domestic-violence due-process firearm-possession firearms restraining-order second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8) violates the Second Amendment |
| 22-7025 |
Kevin Ariel Garcia-Archaga v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-03-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
almendarez-torres apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure historical-practices notice-clause prior-conviction-exception sixth-amendment |
Whether the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres can be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the historical p… |
| 22-890 |
Quad Graphics, Inc. v. North Carolina Department of Revenue |
North Carolina |
2023-03-16 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process interstate-sales judicial-precedent out-of-state-sales precedent state-courts state-taxation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the North Carolina Supreme Court was correct that state courts and taxing authorities no longer must follow Dilworth because this Court has im… |
| 22-6994 |
In Re Devon Banks-Bey |
|
2023-03-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment brown-vs-board civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech habeas-corpus international-law sovereign-citizen subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Should this court use its power to grant a writ of Habeas Corpus to a Moorish American sovereign man who has no other available remedy to raise his cl… |
| 22-6974 |
Theodore Smith v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2023-03-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights collateral-consequences criminal-procedure due-process sex-offender-registration |
Whether a conviction for failing to register as a sex offender violates the 2nd Amendment and Due Process Clause |
| 22-6903 |
William Landry, Jr. v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2023-03-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights due-process faretta-v-california fourteenth-amendment indigent-defense sixth-amendment speedy-trial state-constitution statutory-interpretation |
Whether Oklahoma's State Constitution Article II § 20 violates the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments by failing to contain the language of the Speedy Tr… |
| 22-6906 |
Joseph Johnson v. Casey Campbell, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-03-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation counsel due-process habeas-corpus judicial-prejudice legal-standard lower-court-error petition-review standing summary-judgment |
Did the lower court err in granting Defendants' motion to dismiss? |
| 22-6867 |
Rickie Markiece Atkinson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-02-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering burglary categorical-approach constitutional-interpretation fourth-amendment sixth-amendment violent-felony |
Whether North Carolina breaking or entering is categorically broader than generic burglary and cannot be a violent felony under the Armed Career Crimi… |
| 22-805 |
BG Gulf Coast LNG, L.L.C., et al. v. Sabine-Neches Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-02-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
commerce-clause congressional-consent constitutional-interpretation harbor-navigation maritime-law port-fees takings tonnage-clause user-fees |
Whether the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 permits localities to charge fees for incomplete and unusable increments of a harbor navigation pr… |
| 22-6849 |
Salvatore Pelullo v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-02-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment bruen-decision civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-power felon-dispossession second-amendment speedy-trial standing |
Whether Congress has the power to dispossess citizens of their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms based on a citizen's non-violent felony co… |
| 22-800 |
Charles G. Moore, et ux. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-02-23 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (51)Relisted (2) |
apportionment apportionment-requirement article-i congress-power congressional-taxation constitutional-interpretation income-tax realization realization-doctrine sixteenth-amendment |
Whether the Sixteenth Amendment authorizes Congress to tax unrealized sums without apportionment among the states |
| 22-6820 |
Sergio Moises Ochoa v. Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
2023-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review compel-witnesses constitutional-interpretation due-process enumerated-rights evidence-rules fundamental-rights judicial-discretion present-defense rules-of-evidence |
May courts continue to treat fundamental and enumerated rights as mere guidelines to be discarded when inconvenient? |
| 22-6806 |
Torrey Dewayne Walker v. Micha Neal, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-02-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appeals circuit-court-conflict civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-appellate-review federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-precedent legal-standing standing supreme-court-jurisdiction |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in denying the petitioner's request for a certificate of appealability |
| 22-6792 |
Gary D. Swierski v. Craig Koenig, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-02-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review order-to-show-cause reasonably-debatable second-amendment standing |
Whether the district court's issuance of an 'ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE' indicates that the petitioner's Second Amendment claims are reasonably debatable and… |
| 22-6764 |
Michael Ray Davis v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-02-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review lafler-v-cooper overruling padilla-v-kentucky statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether United States v. Granados, 168 F.3d 343 (8th Cir. 1999), Has Been Overruled by Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356 (2010), and Lafler v. Cooper,… |
| 22-6752 |
Enrique Nunes Lopez v. Josie Gastelo, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-02-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 2nd-amendment certificate-of-appealability home-defense justifiable-homicide self-defense |
Whether the state court unreasonably found that refusing defense-of-home instructions was not federal constitutional error, but only state law error |
| 22-6689 |
Andrew J. Johnston v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-02-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-agency federal-deposit-insurance-corporation foia-request freedom-of-information-act insurance-coverage separation-of-powers |
Whether the FDIC's denial of FOIA coverage for theft, robbery or embezzlement of the Byline Bank violates the separation of powers doctrine |
| 22-6679 |
Debra Sauer v. City of Chicago, Illinois, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-dismissal legal-claims ninth-circuit patent standing takings |
Whether the Aveand and the Ut Cieecit decisions conflict with the Circuit decision which dismissed my case? |
| 22-6648 |
Glen Plourde v. Redington-Fairview General Hospital, et al. |
First Circuit |
2023-01-27 |
Dismissed |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process government-misconduct judicial-overreach legislative-authority separation-of-powers standing state-statute state-supreme-court torture |
Separation-of-powers |
| 22-682 |
Tiange Huang, et al. v. Ngoc Bach Phan, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-01-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-i article-iii constitutional-interpretation judicial-review legislative-power separation-of-powers statutory-construction |
Do Article III Courts have the power to judicially rewrite laws? |
| 22-668 |
Nachaiya Kama v. Memorial Hermann Health Systems, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-01-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-law legal-standard sexual-harassment standing workplace-discrimination |
Should any law repugnant to the US Constitution prevail? |
| 22-6533 |
Dustin Naida v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-01-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process gun-control public-safety |
Whether the state's ban on assault weapons violates the Second Amendment |
| 22-647 |
Ross Anthony Scott v. Texas |
Texas |
2023-01-11 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure defendant-rights defendant-silence fifth-amendment liberal-construction prosecutor-comment prosecutorial-comment self-incrimination |
Whether a prosecutor's comment on a criminal defendant's failure to testify infringes on the defendant's Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrim… |
| 22-6502 |
Jerry Joseph Higdon, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-court constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge procedural-bar sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is using its procedural bar rules in a manner inconsistent with the United States … |
| 22-622 |
Nadine Gazzola, et al. v. Kathleen Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-01-09 |
Denied |
|
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights dealer firearms firearms-regulation government-overreach licensing-scheme natural-resources-defense-council second-amendment standing winter-standard |
Is there a likelihood of success on the merits under Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council that the meaning and purpose of 'to keep,' as in 'to … |
| 22-6422 |
Richard Bernard Nichols v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession |
Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)) |
| 22-6376 |
Marcus Joseph v. South Carolina |
South Carolina |
2022-12-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
arbitrary-suspension civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ex-post-facto habeas-corpus proportionality-review sentencing-guidelines state-court |
Whether the Respondent's arbitrary suspension of the writ of habeas corpus is constitutional |
| 22-6337 |
Lonnie Charles Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 22-6326 |
Mark A. White v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-12-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation due-process illegal-detention judicial-error mcmillan-v-pennsylvania sentencing-factors sixth-amendment substantive-due-process |
Whether the Justices of the 1986 Supreme Court violated the substantive due process rights, protection and guarantees of the petitioner and American c… |
| 22-6314 |
Ramiro Leal v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation |
Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)) |
| 22-547 |
Randall E. Rollins v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law executive-action federal-jurisdiction immigration immigration-policy judicial-review national-security separation-of-powers treason |
Whether the court erred in not considering the emergency issue of illegal alien invasion and the government's failure to stop it |
| 22-540 |
Paul Anthony Riojas v. Department of the Army, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-13 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
circuit-court-standards civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review military-court-review military-justice service-member standard-of-review |
Whether the proper scope and standard of review for a service member's habeas corpus petition challenging a military court proceeding is in accordance… |
| 22-6292 |
Ryan L. Bessert v. Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
2022-12-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process maryland-v-craig ohio-v-roberts two-way-video witness-testimony |
Does testimony taken using two-way video violate the Confrontation Clause? |
| 22-6255 |
Deonte Courtez Gates v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-12-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
blakely-v-washington circuit-court-conflict constitutional-interpretation eighth-amendment federal-law juvenile-defendant relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the relevant conduct sentencing guideline is unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment as applied to conduct committed by a juvenile defenda… |
| 22-6267 |
Mack Doak v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction indictment indictment-requirements interstate-commerce interstate-travel sexual-offense statutory-interpretation |
What connection must exist between the defendant's travel and the unlawful sexual act or sexual activity to support the exercise of federal jurisdicti… |
| 22-6220 |
Martin Robert Moncada-Aguirre v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review sentencing supreme-court-precedent |
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… |
| 22-6157 |
Carlton McKissic v. Shawn Emmons, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-11-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-interpretation plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sentencing state-court-review |
Questions Presented |
| 22-6151 |
Demon Reese v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-11-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-statute felon-in-possession felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation |
Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)) |
| 22-6098 |
Quartshezz Leonard Lewis v. Texas |
Texas |
2022-11-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-error legal-review statutory-analysis |
Whether the lower courts erred in failing to rule on a constitutional claim that deprived the petitioner of due process |
| 22-6047 |
Juan Teran v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-11-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-statute felon-in-possession felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation |
Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)) |
| 22-6040 |
William H. Wyttenbach v. Roy A. Cooper, III, Governor of North Carolina |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-11-10 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
article-iii-court civil-procedure conclusions-of-law constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process findings-of-fact fourth-circuit-court jurisdiction rule-of-law |
Has the Fourth Circuit Appellate Court and the lower court violated all three foundational corner stones of Rule of Law; Jurisdiction, Finding of Fact… |
| 22-6043 |
Jose Rene Cante-Dondiego v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-11-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent-reconsideration 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… |
| 22-5989 |
Michael Edward Bowman v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-11-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process jury-trial ninth-circuit religious-freedom-restoration-act tax-return |
Did the Ninth Circuit impermissibly ignore the express language of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and deny Mr. Bowman his right to a jury trial… |
| 22-414 |
Timothy R. Bonner, et al. v. Leigh Chapman, in Her Official Capacity as Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2022-11-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-i-section-4 constitutional-interpretation election-procedure elections-clause federal-elections fourteenth-amendment mail-in-voting pennsylvania-law standing state-regulation voting-rights |
Does Pennsylvania's Act 77 no-excuse mail-in voting law violate Article I § 4 of the United States Constitution? |
| 22-5952 |
Randell Joseph Redmond v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review due-process judicial-procedure legal-interpretation standard-of-review standing takings |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that the Firearms Owners' Protection Act (FOPA) does not preempt state laws prohibiting… |
| 22-5918 |
Tommy Allen Dickenson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation |
Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)) |
| 22-387 |
James Edward White v. Michigan State University Unemployment Compensation Division |
Michigan |
2022-10-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
14th-amendment 9th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-rules justice legal-counsel ninth-amendment right-to-petition |
Does the Ninth Amendment guarantee certain rights? |
| 22-5874 |
Dustin Nguyen v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-10-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
collateral-attack constitutional-interpretation double-jeopardy due-process final-order judicial-jurisdiction rules-of-construction void-judgment |
Did the panel err, violate statute or the public trust, when they failed to State their reasoning for deciding they had no jurisdiction? |
| 22-5869 |
Carlos Ivan Chavira-Montanez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alleyne almendarez-torres apprendi constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-construction 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… |
| 22-362 |
Matt Huffman, President of the Ohio Senate, et al. v. Meryl Neiman, et al. |
Ohio |
2022-10-18 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
congressional-elections congressional-redistricting constitutional-interpretation elections-clause judicial-review ohio-supreme-court proportional-representation redistricting state-constitution state-legislature |
Whether state courts violate the Elections Clause by enforcing state constitutional limits on a state legislature's power to regulate congressional el… |
| 22-5748 |
James Atkinson v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2022-10-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearm-regulation home-possession licensing-law second-amendment standing subjective-standard takings |
Whether Mass. Gen. Laws. ch. 140, § 131(f) is a proper analogue to a historical firearm regulation |
| 22-5720 |
Mark Julian Edmonds v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acca armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge procedural-standard residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement unconstitutional |
Whether Mr. Edmonds was required to prove that it is 'more likely than not' that the sentencing judge 'actually relied on' the ACCA's unconstitutional… |
| 22-5740 |
Rony Alexander Granados-Ortez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi 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… |
| 22-5713 |
In Re Roy Allen Nichols |
|
2022-09-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
article-iv article-vi commerce-clause congressional-power constitution-cession constitutional-interpretation enumerated-powers federal-lands legislative-jurisdiction morality-legislation |
Which Article in the U.S. Constitution specifically provides for cession of lands from any of the several 50 Union States to the United States? |
| 22-5685 |
Tyrice Hill v. Neil Turner, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-09-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-access deadlines due-process inmate-legal-assistance legal-research meaningful-access prisoner-rights sixth-circuit |
Does the Sixth Circuit's narrow interpretation of Bounds v. Smith deny the petitioner meaningful access to the courts? |
| 22-5699 |
In Re Thomas George Craaybeek |
|
2022-09-27 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment standing takings |
Whether the petitioner's Second Amendment rights were violated by the state's concealed carry restrictions |
| 22-5700 |
Eric E. Johnson v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-09-27 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
access-to-courts circuit-court civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process first-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-protections |
whether-the-united-states-court-of-appeals-erred |
| 22-269 |
Dawn Moore v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appointments-clause article-ii civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law federal-courts federal-rule-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-decision judicial-review separation-of-powers |
Is the application of Fed. R. App P. 2 unconstitutional and violates the appointment provision under Art. II, § 2, cl. 2 of the United States Constitu… |
| 22-5663 |
Danny Terron Roney v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-09-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation contract-rights due-process legal-procedure property sovereign-rights standing takings witness-testimony |
Who owns the Dollar General Stores corporation? |
| 22-5639 |
Eddie Dewayne Thomas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 22-258 |
Wayne B. Holstad, et al. v. Department of Labor |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-09-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law agency-authority civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-review statute-of-limitations takings |
Whether a statute of limitations is a due process requirement, and if so, what statute of limitations is applicable to this case? |
| 22-5592 |
Harry Sharod James v. Eddie M. Buffaloe, Jr., Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-09-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-interpretation court-authority due-process federal-courts jurisdictional-challenge legislative-power state-courts subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Does Suloskantial and Procedure Due Process of the 5th and 14th Amendments establish Subject Matter Jurisdiction, and do Courts (Federal and STATE) ha… |
| 22-229 |
In Re Brian D. Swanson |
|
2022-09-12 |
Denied |
|
17th-amendment administrative-law article-5 article-five
22-228" article-five-consent constitutional-interpretation constitutional-ratification equal-suffrage federal-question-jurisdiction georgia judicial-discretion patent-rights popular-elections senate-elections senate-representation seventeenth-amendment state-consent subject-matter-jurisdiction takings-claim Whether the District Court abused discretion in di |
Does the Seventeenth Amendment deprive the State of Georgia of its equal suffrage in the Senate, requiring its consent under Article 5 of the Constitu… |
| 22-5430 |
Derrick Lakeith Brown v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-08-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights compassionate-release constitutional-interpretation due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure legal-review sentencing state-courts |
Whether the lower courts abused their discretion and erred in light of Supreme Court precedent |
| 22-5405 |
Perry Sawano v. Colorado |
Colorado |
2022-08-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment aggregate-sentence constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment proportionality-analysis proportionality-review sentencing sentencing-review |
Does the Eighth Amendment require a sentencing court to consider a defendant's overall/aggregate sentence when conducting a proportionality review? |
| 22-5392 |
Jane Doe v. City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-accountability due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct legal-procedure |
Whether the federal court of appeals should be allowed to disregard the US Supreme Court's law, the US Code, the Federal Rules, the Constitution, the … |
| 22-151 |
Lasean Dejong Houston v. Estate of Lasean Dejong Houston, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-08-17 |
Denied |
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barbary-treaties civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equitable-claims fiduciary-duty fiduciary-relations indigenous-status standing treaty treaty-rights trust |
Whether petitioners' equitable primary rights are destroyed by denying their status as Moors, Americas' aboriginal Illinoisan nationals and subjects o… |
| 22-5367 |
Derrick Lee Hinton v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation federal-jurisdiction federal-power first-amendment free-speech government-criticism judicial-review legal-precedent native-american-rights sovereignty-doctrine tribal-sovereignty |
Whether the federal government's reliance on the tribal sovereignty doctrine violates the First Amendment's Free Speech Clause by restricting criticis… |
| 22-5306 |
Micky Rife v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-08-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
article-i article-i-powers congress congressional-power constitution constitutional-interpretation criminal-penalties necessary-and-proper-clause treaty treaty-enforcement |
Does the Necessary and Proper Clause contained within Article I of the Constitution provide an independent basis for Congress to create criminal penal… |
| 22-5222 |
Travis Lee Combs v. Washington |
Washington |
2022-07-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process individual-rights judicial-review legal-standard patent standing takings |
Unsure |
| 22-5208 |
In Re Paul C. Bolin |
|
2022-07-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment administrative-rules civil-rights constitutional-authority court-filing due-process free-speech judicial-procedure legal-submissions ninth-circuit standing takings |
Does the SCOTUS petition raise a constitutional right to carry concealed firearms? |
| 22-76 |
Keith L. Carnes v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-07-26 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
2nd-amendment circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-statute drug-use due-process firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation unlawful-user |
Whether the government must show the defendant's regular or habitual drug use to establish that the defendant is an 'unlawful user' of a controlled su… |
| 22-5169 |
Antoine Deshawn Barnes v. T.V. Nationwide Network, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-07-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-statute due-process free-speech legal-challenge mens-rea standing state-court statutory-construction takings |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims |
| 22-65 |
Michael Van Cleve v. Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-07-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
article-iii-standing civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process resource-diversion standing standing-doctrine statistical-information statistical-policy three-judge-panel |
Is the current standing doctrine in conflict with the historical method of interpreting the Constitution? |
| 22-5151 |
James Tyrell Drane v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2022-07-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto fourteenth-amendment retroactive-law statute-of-limitations |
Whether the State of Michigan's interpretation of its statute of limitations to revive an expired offense violated the petitioner's 14th Amendment due… |
| 22-5139 |
Carol Johnene Morris v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment armed-career-criminal-act civil-rights criminal-history criminal-procedure double-jeopardy drug-possession due-process felony-enhancement prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the district court erred in failing to vacate the federal convictions for felon in possession of a firearm and a related acquittal |
| 22-29 |
Richelle D. Wallace v. City of Hampton, Virginia, et al |
Virginia |
2022-07-11 |
Denied |
|
actual-malice constitutional-interpretation curtis-publishing-co-v-butts defamation first-amendment free-speech libel-law new-york-times-v-sullivan public-figure |
Whether the actual-malice standard should be reconsidered for public-figure defamation cases |
| 22-5014 |
Willie Johnson v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-07-01 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
case-law civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation dismissal district-court due-process election federal-courts judicial-procedure legal-standards standing |
Whether the District Court for the District of South Carolina erred in dismissing the case on the ground that the petitioners lacked standing to chall… |
| 21-1592 |
Shapour Motamedi, Shayan Motamedi, and Heriberto Moises Lopez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law article-i constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-rulemaking delegation-of-authority delegation-of-power due-process health-and-human-services legislative-authority rulemaking-authority separation-of-powers |
Whether Congress violated Article I, § 1 by improperly vesting the Department of Health and Human Services with discretion to determine criminalized a… |
| 21-8238 |
James Seeley v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-06-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2252a constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment proportionality sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment statutory-authority statutory-interpretation |
What is the correct United States Sentencing Guideline for a conviction under 18 U.S.C. 2252A? |
| 21-8206 |
Noble Laverne Bennett v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-06-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appellate-review constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-error sentencing sentencing-review |
Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in denying Bennett's appeal without an opportunity to be heard |
| 21-8152 |
Filiberto Chavez, aka Big Boy, aka Freeway Beto v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion lesser-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum |
Can a sentencing court use the elements of a lesser offense to increase a defendant's sentence in a different, legally unrelated, offense beyond the o… |
| 21-1565 |
State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees, et al. v. I. Beverly Lake, et al. |
North Carolina |
2022-06-15 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law contracts-clause due-process employee-rights government-benefits government-employees legislative-reservation statutory-amendment statutory-interpretation |
When a state legislature expressly reserves the right to amend a statute providing benefits to government employees, does that reservation bar a claim… |
| 21-1545 |
Allen Whitaker v. District of Columbia Concealed Pistol Licensing Review Board |
District of Columbia |
2022-06-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-vagueness due-process gun-rights license-revocation standing vagueness |
Can the government render moot a fully briefed appeal challenging the denial of a license to carry a pistol by granting the license — though not confe… |
| 21-8059 |
Jesus Morales-Agustin v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres Almendarez-Torres-v-United-States Apprendi-v-New-Jersey constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jury-trial sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-8069 |
Billy Wayne Lewis v. Texas |
Texas |
2022-06-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
4th-amendment appellate-review circuit-split constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure fourth-amendment rodriguez-precedent rodriguez-v-united-states search-and-seizure supreme-court-guidance unreasonable-search |
Has the Tenth Court of Appeals of the State of Texas made a decision in this instant case that is in direct conflict with this Court's decision and gu… |
| 21-1509 |
Ryan Costello v. Carol Ann Carter, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2022-06-01 |
Denied |
|
2-usc-2a(c) congressional-redistricting constitutional-interpretation elections-clause judicial-remedies legislative-impasse partisan-gerrymandering state-court-discretion state-courts |
Do the Elections Clause and 2 U.S.C. § 2a(c) constrain the remedial discretion of courts when they impose congressional maps in response to a constitu… |
| 21-1495 |
Jimmy Baldea v. City of New York License Division of the NYPD |
New York |
2022-05-31 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
2nd-amendment administrative-procedure civil-rights concealed-carry due-process handgun-regulation law-enforcement licensing-rights police-officer police-powers qualified-immunity |
Is License Division empowered to deny an unrestricted concealed carry license to a qualified police officer, as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 926B (2017), wh… |
| 21-8000 |
Elijah Johnson v. California |
California |
2022-05-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure general-verdict inconsistent-verdicts jury-trial reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment |
Whether a reviewing court may uphold a general verdict by relying on a specific fact the jury rejected as not proved beyond a reasonable doubt, in lig… |
| 21-7989 |
Peter Vu v. San Francisco Police Department, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-review pleading-standard prison-litigation-reform-act stare-decisis u.s-constitution |
Whether the Iqbal & Twombly fact-pleading standard applied and extended in the Ninth Circuit through the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) in Hebbe … |
| 21-7975 |
Amir Karim Beigali v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-05-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924-c consecutive-sentences constitutional-interpretation criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment mandatory-minimum section-924c sixth-amendment supervised-release |
Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendment prohibit a consecutive mandatory penalty under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(C)(i) when the second § 924(c) offense was … |
| 21-7971 |
Gaston Salazar-Sanchez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 21-1478 |
Nicholas Honchariw v. County of Stanislaus, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-interpretation due-process finality-requirement finality-ripeness knick pakdel ripeness-doctrine supreme-court-precedent takings takings-claim williamson-county |
Whether Knick v. Township of Scott, 139 S.Ct. 2162 (2019) and Pakdel v. City and Cty. of San Francisco, 141 S.Ct. 2226 (2021) have sanctioned a pervas… |
| 21-7965 |
William F. Kaetz v. United States, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-05-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitution constitutional-breach constitutional-interpretation government government-advocacy mass-tort oath-of-office social-contract totalitarianism |
Is it Unconstitutional and a Mass Tort to have Socialists in government advocating and supporting Totalitarianism? |
| 21-7935 |
Jason K. Feister v. Florida |
Florida |
2022-05-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law district-court due-process judicial-review legal-order petitioner-rights separation-of-powers |
WHETHER THE SECOND DISTRICT'S ORDER VIOLATES THE PETITIONER'S RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS |
| 21-1454 |
The Ohio Adjutant General's Department, et al. v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-05-17 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (7) |
civil-service-reform-act constitutional-interpretation constitutional-structure federal-agency-regulation federal-executive-agency federal-labor-relations-authority labor-practices militia-clause state-militias |
Does the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 empower the Federal Labor Relations Authority to regulate the labor practices of state militias? |
| 21-1439 |
Jairus Collins v. Burl Cain, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process fifth-circuit mississippi speedy-trial statutory-construction supreme-court supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit erred in denying a Certificate of Appealability |
| 21-1440 |
Mark T. McCloskey v. Missouri Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel |
Missouri |
2022-05-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment due-process fourteenth-amendment moral-turpitude pardon professional-misconduct right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-defense |
Whether the Second Amendment and Due Process Clause permit attorney sanctions for professional misconduct based on a finding of 'moral turpitude' wher… |
| 21-1441 |
Emanuel McCray v. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-05-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law agency-rulemaking constitutional-authority constitutional-interpretation executive-authority federal-constitution legislative-power occupational-safety public-health separation-of-powers |
What is the appropriate constitutional authority embodied in Articles I and III and the Tenth and Thirteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution that … |
| 21-1422 |
Brett Ferris v. Chrystal Scism, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Joshua Scism |
Second Circuit |
2022-05-05 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
2nd-amendment civil-rights deadly-force due-process fourth-amendment lethal-force police-procedure qualified-immunity self-defense standing use-of-force |
Does the doctrine of qualified immunity shield a police officer from suit |
| 21-7788 |
Karen Marie Isaacson v. Marcia L. Fudge, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
barrier civil-rights constitutional-interpretation economic-barrier federal-regulation intra-state-activity northeastern-florida-chapter precedential-standing standing standing-doctrine |
Does enforcement of a federal regulation penalizing an intra-state activity constitute a barrier as per Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Associated… |
| 21-1408 |
Peter Efo v. Diane Fondjo |
Maryland |
2022-05-02 |
Denied |
|
13th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-order damages due-process employment-law labor labor-rights restitution thirteenth-amendment |
Whether a Court Order for refund of paid labor cost for work ordered by an employer and was completed by a laborer violates the U.S.C. Amendment XIII … |
| 21-1394 |
John Fitisemanu, et al. v. United States, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-04-29 |
Denied |
Amici (9)Relisted (2) |
14th-amendment birthright-citizenship citizenship-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process fourteenth-amendment insular-cases territorial-status territories |
Whether persons born in United States Territories are entitled to birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause, includin… |
| 21-7738 |
Guillermo Mata-Valerio v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent sentencing sixth-amendment stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-1387 |
Erik Leckner v. General Dynamics Information Technology, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-04-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment administrative-law brown-vs-board civil-rights cybersecurity-risk due-process free-speech retaliation-claim sarbanes-oxley standing whistleblower-protection |
Whether the court of appeals failed to recognize that SOX whistleblower protections does extend to cybersecurity risks and breaches |
| 21-7678 |
Robert Elton v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2022-04-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
arizona-v-united-states constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure edwards-v-vannoy federal-preemption indian-country judicial-jurisdiction mcculloch-v-maryland preemption state-court-powers tribal-sovereignty |
Whether a State's contortion of Edwards v. Vannoy (2021) to delimit Indian Country powers into new rules of criminal procedure can be permitted to inv… |
| 21-1354 |
Bast Amron LLP v. United States Trustee Region 21 |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-04-18 |
GVR |
|
bankruptcy-administrator bankruptcy-clause bankruptcy-courts bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-trustee bankruptcy-uniformity chapter-11-bankruptcy congressional-power constitutional-interpretation fee-disparity judicial-districts |
Whether the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act violates the uniformity requirement of the Bankruptcy Clause |
| 21-7639 |
Elizabeth Carley v. Dwight Neven, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-04-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law effective-assistance-of-counsel fourth-amendment search-and-seizure sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the Fourth Amendment search and seizure issues and Sixth Amendment effective assistance of counsel issues were correctly interpreted, or contr… |
| 21-7622 |
Alejandro Medina-Rios v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-7602 |
Karyn Kelley v. Mary Feeney |
New Hampshire |
2022-04-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment state-court supreme-court-review tribunal-judgment |
Whether the State of New Hampshire Supreme Court erred in affirming the tribunal court's judgment that violated the requirement for Due Process under … |
| 21-1341 |
Wysingo Turner v. Christine Brannon-Dortch, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-04-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment civil-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process federal-law firearm-possession murder-trial self-defense standing state-court |
Whether a state court's decision that a criminal defendant can be falsely accused during his state criminal murder trial of 'illegally' possessing out… |
| 21-7560 |
Martin Andres-Tomas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Almendarez-Torres certiorari constitutional-interpretation court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 21-7520 |
Isaiah Wilson v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-04-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 2nd-amendment burglary-statute career-offender civil-rights crime-of-violence due-process federal-sentencing free-speech sentencing-guidelines standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the court should exercise its discretion under Romer v. Evans to resolve a circuit split amongst the sister circuits regarding New Jersey's th… |
| 21-1311 |
Rinaldo Pierno v. Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC |
Second Circuit |
2022-03-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-courts article-three circuit-court civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process judicial-power judicial-precedent non-precedential-decisions precedent |
Whether the proliferation of 'non-precedential' appellate court decisions violates Article III of the U.S. Constitution |
| 21-7433 |
Donnell Parker v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-travel precedent-tension standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 21-7439 |
Curtis Henry Johnson v. Paul Benton |
Mississippi |
2022-03-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
article-1-section-8 constitution constitutional-interpretation indian-affairs land-occupancy plenary-powers state-court-jurisdiction state-courts treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty |
Whether Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution authorizes or allows state courts to deal with Indian affairs regarding reserved Treaty… |
| 21-7450 |
Nicholas Andrew Waldman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-regulation interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) permits conviction for the receipt of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, and,… |
| 21-7435 |
Ronell Williams v. Kansas |
Kansas |
2022-03-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment constitutional-interpretation discretionary-sentencing jones-v-mississippi juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-v-alabama sentencing-discretion youth-characteristics |
Does this Court's decision in Jones v. Mississippi mandate that states must strictly apply that any discretion in sentencing a juvenile to life withou… |
| 21-1271 |
Timothy K. Moore, in His Official Capacity as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, et al. v. Rebecca Harper, et al. |
North Carolina |
2022-03-21 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (74)Relisted (3) |
constitutional-interpretation election-regulations elections-clause legislative-power redistricting separation-of-powers state-judiciary state-legislature voting-rights |
Whether a State's judicial branch may nullify the regulations governing the 'Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives .. . prescri… |
| 21-1250 |
Jamal Darius Parker v. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-03-15 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-provisions equitable-remedy equity equity-doctrine fiduciary-duty judicial-discretion procedural-rights treaties treaty-law |
Whether the lower court's and agent's who are people bound by oath to be Persons worthy of trust, decision to dismiss petitioner claim is not contrary… |
| 21-7367 |
Adam Shane Swindle v. S. Ma'at |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof certiorari-standard constitutional-interpretation court-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion pandemic-review record-review |
Should an inmate be punished for an act they could not have known to be prohibited? |
| 21-7359 |
Kaleb Gattis v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 21-1215 |
Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-03-08 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Relisted (2) |
2nd-amendment administrative-law agency-interpretation bump-stocks chevron-deference criminal-law criminal-statute firearms machinegun-definition rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation |
Whether the definition of 'machinegun' found in 26 U.S.C. §5845(b) is clear and unambiguous, and whether bump stocks meet that definition? |
| 21-7266 |
Fredy Zamora-Reyes v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres apprendi constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure notice-clause prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment |
Can a court, consistent with the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause, impose a statutorily enhanced sentence based on the fact of a prior conviction never… |
| 21-1194 |
Virginia Duncan, et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-03-02 |
GVR |
Amici (5)Relisted (2) |
2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process magazine-ban property-rights scrutiny-standard second-amendment self-defense standing takings takings-clause |
Whether a blanket, retrospective, and confiscatory law prohibiting ordinary law-abiding citizens from possessing magazines in common use violates the … |
| 21-7253 |
Luis D. Sambolin-Robles v. Corrections Administration |
First Circuit |
2022-03-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-standard judicial-review legal-procedure standing trial-fairness |
Whether the federal government's prosecution of the petitioner violated the petitioner's constitutional rights |
| 21-7195 |
James Leon Higgins v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearms firearms-possession interstate-commerce perjury-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 21-1160 |
Alfred Morin v. William Lyver, et al. |
First Circuit |
2022-02-22 |
GVR |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection firearm-regulation gun-rights licensing-requirements misdemeanor-restrictions second-amendment standing state-regulation |
Whether a state can impose a lifetime ban on purchasing handguns against anyone who has been convicted of a nonviolent misdemeanor involving guns |
| 21-7140 |
Taquan Rashe Gullett-El v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-02-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction international-law jurisdiction-challenge pro-se-petition sovereign-immunity standing |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the government's actions |
| 21-7118 |
Joshua B. Davoren v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2022-02-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession home-defense racial-inequality second-amendment standing takings |
Is a statute that makes it a crime for every person, including responsible, law-abiding citizens, to possess a firearm, rifle, shotgun, or ammunition … |
| 21-1123 |
William K. Harrington, United States Trustee, Region 2 v. Clinton Nurseries, Inc., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-02-14 |
GVR |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
bankruptcy-administrators bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-trustees congressional-authority constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law judicial-districts quarterly-fees uniform-laws |
Whether Section 1004(a) of the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 contravened Congress's constitutional authority to establish uniform laws on the subje… |
| 21-1078 |
Office of the United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-02-04 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
bankruptcy-act bankruptcy-administrators bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-trustees congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-interpretation judicial-districts quarterly-fees uniform-laws |
Whether Section 1004(a) of the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 contravened Congress's constitutional authority to establish uniform laws on the bankr… |
| 21-7050 |
Guy Cozzi v. New York State Workers' Compensation Board, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-02-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection federal-courts judicial-review necessary-and-proper-clause rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine standing supreme-court-discretion |
Whether Section 25 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 violates the Constitution |
| 21-6989 |
Jason Wayne Oien v. Chad Pringle, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-01-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
certiorari civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review lower-court-decision post-conviction-relief procedural-error prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing supreme-court-review |
Whether the petitioner's conviction was supported by sufficient evidence under the standard set forth in Jackson v. Virginia |
| 21-7011 |
Jabari J. Johnson v. Kathleen McGuire, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-01-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation district-court due-process judicial-review jurisdiction ninth-circuit standing supreme-court takings |
Whether the District Court erred in dismissing Plaintiff's claims |
| 21-6993 |
Damon Willis v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-01-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions prohibited-status rehaif-v-united-states sixth-amendment sovereign-citizen |
Does Rehaif v. United States preclude a jury instruction that the federal government must prove a defendant knew his prohibited status made it illegal… |
| 21-6916 |
Joachim Martillo v. Twitter, Inc., et al. |
First Circuit |
2022-01-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights common-carriage constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process free-speech internet-law public-accommodation section-230 |
Correct interpretation of 47 U.S. Code § 230 |
| 21-6895 |
Marshaun Boykin v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2022-01-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
6th-amendment constitutional-interpretation discovery-violation double-jeopardy due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel individual-rights judicial-review legal-standing lineup-identification statutory-construction |
Whether the lineup identification procedure employed violated the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment and the right to effective assistance of co… |
| 21-6870 |
Daniel Dumond v. Florida |
Florida |
2022-01-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing takings |
Whether the Philadelphia Police Department's policy of denying concealed carry permits to law-abiding citizens violates the Second Amendment |
| 21-6799 |
Erich William Norris v. Brook Forest Community Association, Inc. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection federal-removal judicial-discretion pro-se-litigation racial-inequality rule-of-law state-court-procedure state-remedy texas-constitution |
Does patently unequal, disparate state administration of the Rule of Law and failure to provide state remedy in strict accordance with the Texas Const… |
| 21-6775 |
Temne Adah Hardaway v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-01-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy conspiracy-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure financial-transactions money-laundering sixth-amendment specified-unlawful-activity venue venue-jurisdiction |
whether-a-person-who-obtains-proceeds-and-makes-a-separate-and-distinct-agreement-from-the-anterior-criminal-conduct,-to-engage-in-a-financial-transac… |
| 21-930 |
Xiu Jian Sun v. Barack Hussein Obama |
District of Columbia |
2021-12-23 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law divine-law due-process free-speech government-accountability judicial-review jurisdiction mandamus religious-petition standing |
Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their First Amendment rights |
| 21-910 |
David Zaitzeff v. City of Seattle, Washington |
Washington |
2021-12-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment blade-length civil-rights constitutional-rights fixed-blade-knives knife-carry municipal-code second-amendment self-defense standing |
Whether the Second Amendment allows the government to prohibit ordinary law abiding citizens from carrying fixed blade knives, or knives of a specific… |
| 21-6684 |
Ferrill Joseph Volpicelli v. Second Judicial District Court of Nevada, Washoe County, et al. |
Nevada |
2021-12-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bodily-autonomy civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection fundamental-rights judicial-review legal-interpretation reproductive-freedom state-supreme-court |
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause prohibit the government from denying a person's fundamental right to… |
| 21-902 |
Dominic Bianchi, et al. v. Brian Frosh, Attorney General of Maryland, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-12-20 |
GVR |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
2nd-amendment arms-possession civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms firearms-regulation heller-precedent second-amendment self-defense standing takings |
Whether the Constitution allows the government to prohibit law-abiding, responsible citizens from protecting themselves, their families, and their hom… |
| 21-6645 |
Robert Brandon Bilus v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent jurisdiction plea-bargaining precedent sixth-amendment |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit entered a decision that misapplies the precedent of this Court and as a result, violates the Sixth Amendment to the Unite… |
| 21-6589 |
Lamont Guinyard v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) is unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause |
| 21-6591 |
Daniel Spottsville v. Georgia |
Georgia |
2021-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process free-speech judicial-review jurisdictional-limits standing state-court-jurisdiction state-court-procedure takings |
Whether the State of Georgia's denial of Petitioner's request for a writ of certiorari violates the Petitioner's constitutional rights |
| 21-6512 |
Jason Kiger v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Louisiana |
2021-12-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
capital-offense constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process jury-trial legislative-amendment legislative-power sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation unanimous-verdict |
Can Louisiana's 1997 and 1998 legislative amendments to La. 14:42 (C) and (D) qualify, absent a constitutional amendment, as the attendant provision n… |
| 21-6530 |
Tyreese Thompson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-12-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Almendarez-Torres constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process jury-determination jury-trial precedent-review reasonable-doubt sentencing statutory-maximum |
Whether any facts that increase the penalty for a crime beyond the prescribed statutory maximum need to be submitted to a jury and proved beyond a rea… |
| 21-6506 |
E'Mario C. Allen v. Joseph Noeth, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2021-12-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion batson-challenge batson-issue constitutional-interpretation federal-habeas federal-habeas-court federal-law habeas-corpus judicial-discretion state-court supreme-court-review |
Whether the Habeas Court proceeding and adjudication of the claim regarding a Batson issue did not result in a decision that was contrary to, or invol… |
| 21-822 |
Donna Patrick, et al. v. The Alaska Public Offices Commission |
Alaska |
2021-12-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
campaign-finance certiorari constitutional-interpretation first-amendment free-speech independent-committees institutional-corruption originalism political-contributions standing |
Whether the original meaning of the First Amendment permits regulations against contributions to independent political action committees |
| 21-6482 |
Calvin Wayne Thomas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 21-6457 |
Ervin Anibar Lopez-Ordonez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent |
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… |
| 21-6406 |
Damoni Owens v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 21-6408 |
James A. Harnage v. Janine Brennan, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-11-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation contract criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process judicial-discretion plea-agreement settlement-agreement state-action |
Whether a state violates the express terms of a settlement agreement by refusing to affirm the decision maker of their authority to grant approvals th… |
| 21-6387 |
Richard Barry Randolph v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-11-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-sentencing constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment retroactive-law statutory-construction |
Whether the Florida Supreme Court's decision in Hurst v. State constitutes statutory construction of substantive law, and if so, whether the Due Proce… |
| 21-6372 |
James Michael Bartley v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights competency-proceeding constitutional-challenge due-process gun-rights judicial-review mental-competency mental-illness right-to-bear-arms second-amendment standing |
Whether the government may deny a law-abiding citizen their right to bear arms under the Second Amendment based solely on a competency proceeding that… |
| 21-6263 |
Gary Aaron Coble v. David Anderson, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-11-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection individual-rights judicial-review self-incrimination supreme-court-jurisdiction takings |
Whether the petitioner's due process rights under the U.S. Constitution were violated by the state's refusal to allow him to remain silent at trial |
| 21-6230 |
In Re Billy John Roberson |
|
2021-11-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment aggravated-assault conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency judicial-conflict jury-instructions penal-code texas-penal-code |
Whether the petitioner was wrongfully convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon despite not owning or having access to a firearm |
| 21-667 |
Nathan Ernest Hatch v. State of Minnesota, City of Minneapolis Metropolitan Airports Commission |
Minnesota |
2021-11-04 |
Denied |
|
2nd-amendment carry-permit civil-rights constitutional-analysis due-process fundamental-rights minnesota-law second-amendment standing strict-scrutiny |
Whether a state statute that infringes on a U.S. citizen's Second Amendment fundamental rights must be subjected to strict scrutiny analysis |
| 21-6162 |
Antwain T. Sales v. Tennessee |
Tennessee |
2021-11-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-authority standing state-courts state-law-interpretation |
Whether the lower courts in Tennessee exceeded the jurisdiction conferred and acted illegally |
| 21-6168 |
Vance L. White v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-03 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review blakely-v-washington constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion self-incrimination sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Did Judge Katsten M. Culney violate the strictures of Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296 (2004) self-incrimination? |
| 21-6120 |
Javier Perez v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-10-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms heller-interpretation immigration second-amendment self-defense standing undocumented-immigrants |
Whether undocumented-immigrants have 2nd-amendment-rights |
| 21-6103 |
Moses D. Estrada v. California |
California |
2021-10-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
attorney-client-relationship collaborative-discovery constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure legal-interpretation procedural-rights right-to-counsel victim-rights |
Does an accused have a right to effective assistance of counsel when the accused does not collaborate with counsel? |
| 21-620 |
Michael D. J. Eisenberg v. West Virginia Office of Disciplinary Counsel, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-10-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-agency free-speech legal-representation standing state-regulation supremacy-clause younger-abstention |
Whether the Younger abstention doctrine applies |
| 21-6056 |
Terrance V. Frelix v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 21-6058 |
David James Lola v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-10-22 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-judiciary fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-review legislative-review separation-of-powers sixth-amendment state-sovereignty |
Does due process pursuant to the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments dictate that a state court clerk may assign a criminal case to a judge who ex… |
| 21-583 |
Stephen Brint Carlton, et al. v. Whole Woman's Health, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-21 |
Denied |
|
abortion abortion-rights civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process judicial-precedent judicial-review reproductive-rights stare-decisis supreme-court-precedent texas-law |
Whether the Court should overrule Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey |
| 21-5994 |
Choo Washburn v. John Nunez, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-10-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation diversity-jurisdiction divorce-proceedings due-process erie-doctrine personal-property property-rights real-property takings |
Does the meaning of the word 'PROPERTY' in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments indicate 'PERSONAL PROPERTY' or 'REAL PROPERTY |
| 21-5993 |
Michael Lee Williams v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce |
Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm and ammunition on the sole basis that the firearm and ammunition once moved, befor… |
| 21-5961 |
David K. Horsley v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2021-10-14 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appeal-waiver appellate-procedure constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process garza-v-idaho ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-rule sixth-amendment state-appellate-procedure |
Whether the holding in Garza v. Idaho, 586 U.S. 10 (2019) applies to Ohio App. R. 26(B)(1) which requires a defendant to prove ineffective assistance … |
| 21-5952 |
Robert Paul Rundo, Robert Boman, Tyler Laube, and Aaron Eason v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-10-13 |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
18-usc-2101 anti-riot-act brandenburg-v-ohio civil-rights constitutional-interpretation first-amendment free-speech interstate-commerce overt-act riot speech-restriction |
Whether the Anti-Riot Act is facially unconstitutional |
| 21-5958 |
Aaron Christopher Pleasant v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-firearms-regulation federal-power firearms statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause |
| 21-5922 |
Edwin Oland Andrus v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
certiorari-petition civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process individual-rights judicial-review statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Should this Court grant writ of Certiorari addressing constitutional issues, correcting a miscarriage of justice |
| 21-5905 |
Mitchell L. Christen v. Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
2021-10-05 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment alcohol-intoxication civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession self-defense standing state-regulation takings |
May the State criminalize Mr. Christen's otherwise constitutionally protected actions purely on the basis of his legal intoxication? |
| 21-5842 |
Raymond Lee Bosarge v. Alabama |
Alabama |
2021-10-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process standing takings |
Whether the New York ban on carrying firearms in public for self-defense violates the Second Amendment |
| 21-5829 |
Amar Taylor v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-09-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c 2nd-amendment crime-of-violence criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process firearm-statute statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis |
Whether Petitioner's conviction for using a firearm during a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) remains valid in light of United Sta… |
| 21-5800 |
Gerald Ross Pizzuto, Jr. v. Idaho |
Idaho |
2021-09-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
atkins-standard Atkins-v-Virginia clinical-assessment clinical-standards conflict-between-lower-courts constitutional-interpretation criminal-sentencing death-penalty intellectual-disability national-concern sub-average-intellectual-functioning |
Did Atkins v. Virginia require the use of clinical standards for the determination of sub-average intellectual functioning? |
| 21-5663 |
Justin Michael Rossi v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia |
District of Columbia |
2021-09-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation declaration-of-independence declaratory-relief due-process executive-power government-formation international-law pro-se-petition revolution sovereign-immunity sovereignty |
Whether United States citizens have the right, duty, and privilege to alter, abolish, and form a new government |
| 21-5599 |
Robert Nathan Hensley v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions |
Whether the petitioner's conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon was unconstitutional due to ineffective assistance of counsel and improper … |
| 21-5559 |
Selvin Leonell Hernandez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-procedure criminal-statute evidence evidentiary-standard federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea |
Whether possession of a firearm is 'in or affecting commerce' when there is no evidence that the defendant moved the firearm across state lines or tha… |
| 21-317 |
Dean Koch v. Ohio Department of Natural Resources, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-08-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
11th-amendment 42-usc-1983 bostock-v-clayton-county civil-rights-act civil-rights-act-of-1871 constitutional-interpretation eleventh-amendment judicial-doctrine qualified-immunity statutory-construction |
Does the Decision of the Sixth Circuit herein violate the canons of statutory construction |
| 21-290 |
Joseph Chapo, et al. v. Jefferson County Plan Commission |
Indiana |
2021-08-27 |
Denied |
|
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-oath constitutional-structure de-facto-officer due-process injunction jurisdiction standing state-law vacant-office |
Whether the de facto officer doctrine can be applied to individuals claiming to hold a vacant office of a political subdivision |
| 21-272 |
Ralph Abekassis v. City of New York, New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-08-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearm-regulations judicial-review mootness second-amendment standing |
Whether the Second Circuit erred in dismissing this case as moot where New York City's actions were designed to evade appellate review |
| 21-5455 |
Emmanuel Granados v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power firearms firearms-regulation statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause |
| 21-5464 |
Steven Eric Walker v. United States, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-regulation individual-liberty second-amendment self-defense standing supremacy-clause |
Whether the Second Amendment's command that 'the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed' permits government to prohibit any… |
| 21-5388 |
Wilbert Kelly, Jr. v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2021-08-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
age-restriction burden-of-proof constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process legal-standing post-conviction-relief presumption-of-innocence public-official sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-jurisdiction |
Whether the Louisiana Supreme Court erred in denying the petitioner's application for post-conviction relief despite the lack of evidence proving the … |
| 21-206 |
Mourice Neal v. City of Detroit, Michigan |
Michigan |
2021-08-13 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-compliance constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process judicial-oath judicial-power legal-jurisdiction standing state-law-conflict statutory-interpretation |
Whether the United States Constitution and state constitutions are the supreme law governing the land, and whether judges and law enforcement officers… |
| 21-215 |
Barry J. Smith, Sr. v. United States Congress, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-08-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
13th-amendment 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-jurisdiction due-process government-consent petition-for-redress second-amendment self-defense thirteenth-amendment |
Does petitioner need the government's consent to petition the government for redress of his grievance |
| 21-5244 |
Burudi Jarade Faison v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-07-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause commerce-jurisprudence congressional-power constitutional-interpretation federal-sentencing firearm-possession overrule precedent scarborough-v-us tenth-amendment us-v-lopez |
If the current precedent case law for commerce jurisprudence, i.e, U.S. Lopez 514 US 549, conflicts with another currently-applied case decision, i.e,… |
| 21-5264 |
In Re Melvin Dinkins |
|
2021-07-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1651 28-usc-3730 administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation federal-civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction qui-tam standing statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause |
Whether the 'usages and principles' of 28 USC 3730(b)(2) allow a person to bring a civil action for the United States Government, and whether this is … |
| 21-114 |
John A. Clifford v. New York |
New York |
2021-07-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-immunity civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-civil-case jury-deliberation second-amendment standing witness-testimony |
Does the 2nd Amendment apply here? |
| 21-5212 |
Timothy O'Laughlin v. The Boeing Company, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-07-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing takings |
Whether the petitioner's due-process, civil-rights, standing, civil-procedure, takings, 2nd-amendment rights were violated |
| 21-5157 |
Gary Simmonds v. Territory of the Virgin Islands |
Third Circuit |
2021-07-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law due-process judicial-power jurisdiction lesser-included-offense statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Is a lesser-included-offense of an unconstitutional-statute authorized by federal-statute |
| 21-5113 |
Michael Anthony Almendarez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-07-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
article-vi constitutional-interpretation court-records due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct procedural-due-process state-court-records united-states-constitution |
Is a judge categorically in excess of jurisdiction to enter an order if said judge refuses to obey the interplay between Article VI, cl. 2 of the Unit… |
| 21-5084 |
Donald H. Kimball v. Altoona Police Department, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment abuse-of-discretion civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process party-presentation second-amendment section-1983 |
Whether the Eighth Circuit departed from the principle of party presentation, introduced clearly erroneous evidence, and conflicted with Supreme Court… |
| 21-5059 |
Gregory A. Austin v. Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-07-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights divorce-industry due-process family-law free-speech marriage-licensing standing state-authority takings |
Who, in reality, owns the marriage— The State, or its individual United States citizens who freely associate and reside within it? |
| 21-5006 |
Jeremel Remymartin Smith v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-07-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process firearms standing takings |
Whether the government's ban on the sale of certain semi-automatic firearms violates the Second Amendment |
| 20-8460 |
Marcus Snipes v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-06-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
Apprendi-rule constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process jury-determination jury-trial sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum |
Whether the state can avoid Apprendi's reach by writing its penal statutes so that a fact that increases the penalty for a crime instead becomes a fac… |
| 20-8438 |
Michael A. Livingston v. Alabama |
Alabama |
2021-06-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech takings |
Whether the Petitioner's constitutional rights under the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments were violated |
| 20-8412 |
Edelmiro Duarte v. Snap-on Inc., et al. |
Florida |
2021-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing takings |
Whether the state's law prohibiting the sale of certain firearms violates the Second Amendment |
| 20-8394 |
Michael Geoffrey Peters v. Barbara Gladden Adamick, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-06-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause due-process equal-protection standing |
Whether the federal government's ban on the interstate sale of handguns to adults aged 18-20 violates the Second Amendment |
| 20-1782 |
Regina Therese Drexler v. Theresa Spahn, et al. |
Colorado |
2021-06-23 |
Denied |
|
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-protection-order civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech prior-restraint section-1983 |
Whether the First Amendment permits the issuance of a civil protection order to (i) punish a 'pattern' of conduct where such conduct includes only pro… |
| 20-8369 |
Clarence Clark v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-06-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment guilty-plea plain-error plea-bargaining sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in violation of U.S. Const. V and VI as well as this Court's precedent |
| 20-8294 |
Markeith Loyd v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure history-based-re-evaluation jury-rights legal-precedent lockhart-precedent lockhart-v-mccree sixth-amendment trial-by-jury |
Whether this Court should recede from Lockhart v. McCree, 476 U.S. 162 (1986), as part of its ongoing history-based re-evaluation of the Sixth Amendme… |
| 20-1706 |
Leevan Roundtree v. Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
2021-06-09 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge civil-rights constitutional-review due-process felon-dispossession firearm-dispossession firearm-rights non-violent-felony second-amendment standing |
Whether a non-violent felon may bring an as-applied challenge to a state law that permanently denies Second Amendment rights |
| 20-8253 |
Blaine Keith Milam v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-06-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2244 8th-amendment constitutional-interpretation due-process eighth-amendment federal-review habeas-corpus intellectual-disability statutory-limitation suspension-clause |
Can 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b) be constitutionally interpreted to bar first-time federal habeas corpus merits review of an Eighth Amendment claim of intellec… |
| 20-8210 |
Anthony A. Patel v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. |
California |
2021-06-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process executive-authority executive-power judicial-authority judicial-independence martial-law presidential-powers separation-of-powers supreme-court-justices |
Can the Executive Branch impose martial law on courts? |
| 20-8198 |
In Re Khayree Smith |
|
2021-06-02 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto habeas-corpus property-rights racial-classification reconstruction-amendments slavery |
What branch of law authorized states to apply abolished slave labels (negro, black, colored) to any person of African descent after 1865? |
| 20-8183 |
Themba Bernard Sanganza v. Warden, Allenwood FCI |
Third Circuit |
2021-06-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitution-supremacy constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts federalism governmental-branches judicial-review legislative-precedence separation-of-powers state-sovereignty |
Does the Constitution take precedence over other forms of legislation? |
| 20-1639 |
George K. Young, Jr. v. Hawaii, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-05-25 |
GVR |
Amici (6)Relisted (2) |
2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights concealed-carry due-process home-defense right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-defense standing |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that the Second Amendment does not apply outside the home |
| 20-8078 |
Calvin Lamont Mack v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-05-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
blockburger-test constitutional-interpretation double-jeopardy enhanced-compound-felony federal-question judicial-discretion legal-precedent legislative-intent same-element-offenses state-court-review supreme-court-discretion |
Whether the state and federal constitutions were violated under the Double Jeopardy Clauses |
| 20-8061 |
Jermaine Davis v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2021-05-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
5th-amendment administrative-law agency-adjudication civil-rights constitutional-interpretation custodial-interrogation due-process federal-jurisdiction miranda-rights police-misconduct property-rights |
Whether the proper procedural safeguards were provided to the petitioner in their request to remain silent and request for an attorney |
| 20-8066 |
James Hill v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-05-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-power criminal-law due-process federal-prosecution federalism firearm-possession interstate-commerce standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the federal government may obtain a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) based on the purely local possession of a firearm that has previous… |
| 20-1588 |
Michael Konowicz, aka Michael Phillips, et al. v. Jonathan P. Carr, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-05-17 |
Denied |
|
actual-malice commercial-speech constitutional-interpretation defamation first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech lanham-act |
Whether the Court should revisit the 'actual malice' doctrine of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan |
| 20-1589 |
Kris Kaszuba, dba Hollywood Group v. Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2021-05-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
15-usc-1064 administrative-law appointments-clause civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation federal-circuit judicial-review lexmark principal-officers standing trademark trademark-law |
Has the Federal Circuit erred in refusing to follow this Court's Lexmark precedent, and in not applying precedent to standing under 15 U.S.C. § 1064 |
| 20-7994 |
In Re Lee Robert Scott |
|
2021-05-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
agency-authorization civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction government-misconduct judicial-misconduct legal-immunity procedural-protection standing state-prosecution |
Does the Supreme Court allow lower courts to cover up victorious and malicious prosecution cases when vindictive legal sentencing is clearly on the re… |
| 20-7948 |
Ernest H. Baker, III v. Oregon Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-05-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law agency-action civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process free-speech judicial-review precedent religious-freedom standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the 15 Supreme Court justices are the last line of defense for religious freedom and the free exercise thereof? |
| 20-7950 |
Antonio Serrano-Perez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-05-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law due-process felony-offense illegal-reentry immigration-law prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court |
Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States and hold that a prior conviction is an element of the aggravated form of the ille… |
| 20-7910 |
Johvanny Aybar-Ulloa v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-05-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-i-section-8-clause-10 congress-authority congressional-authority constitutional-interpretation felony-jurisdiction high-seas international-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law statelessness universal-jurisdiction vessel-status |
Whether Congress's authority to define and punish felonies committed on the high seas is unconstrained by Article I, § 8, cl. 10 to the United States … |
| 20-7900 |
Monique A. Lozoya v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
aircraft-crime airspace aviation constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution trial-procedure venue venue-statute |
Is the airspace above a State part of that State, for purposes of the Constitution's provisions permitting venue only in the State and district where … |
| 20-7897 |
Steve L. Stanaland, Jr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-04-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment circumstantial-evidence constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence firearm-possession right-to-counsel second-amendment self-defense |
Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense in one's home in a desolate area far from law enforcement |
| 20-1507 |
Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc., et al. v. Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-04-28 |
GVR |
Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process law-abiding-citizens magazine-ban property-rights retrospective-law second-amendment standing takings takings-clause |
Whether a blanket, retrospective, and confiscatory law prohibiting ordinary law-abiding citizens from possessing magazines in common use violates the … |
| 20-7857 |
Benjamin Ayala v. New York |
New York |
2021-04-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burglary constitutional-interpretation criminal-conviction double-jeopardy dwelling-entry fifth-amendment multiple-convictions single-entry state-court-conflict uniform-decision |
Whether petitioner's Fifth Amendment right against double jeopardy was violated |
| 20-7803 |
Jonathan S. Hall v. Delaware |
Delaware |
2021-04-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines standing supreme-court-review takings |
Whether the federal and state laws predicated on the Constitutionally-questionable Gun Control Act of 1968 are unconstitutional or illegal, and whethe… |
| 20-7743 |
William Milliron v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process gun-control legislative-authority public-safety |
Whether the state's law prohibiting the sale of assault weapons violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms |
| 20-7747 |
Anthony A. Patel v. Charles Robinson, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-iii civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-discretion jurisdiction ninth-circuit political-discrimination standing |
Does Article III of the U.S. Constitution belong to the legal profession or to the American people? |
| 20-7677 |
Juan Manuel Fuentes-Morales v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-04-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-speech constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit jury-instruction jury-instructions reasonable-doubt victor-v-nebraska |
Whether the Fourth Circuit's reasonable doubt charge conflicts with Victor v. Nebraska |
| 20-7714 |
Dario Reyes-Torres v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-04-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process immigration individual-rights right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-defense standing undocumented-immigrants |
Whether resident undocumented immigrants are part of the people whose right to keep and bear arms for individual self-defense the second-amendment pro… |
| 20-1419 |
Reb Russell, II v. New Jersey |
New Jersey |
2021-04-09 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearm-carry home-defense intermediate-scrutiny second-amendment self-defense standing takings |
Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry arms outside of the home for self-defense |
| 20-7547 |
Saloman Martinez v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-03-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence judicial-discretion kentucky-law sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment standard-of-proof supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the defendant's conviction and sentence are in conflict with the Supreme Court's precedents in (1) Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004),… |
| 20-1344 |
Jeffrey T. Maehr v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-03-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
16th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process income-definition irs standing stare-decisis supreme-court-precedent tax-law taxation |
Can the IRS/United States consistently call U.S. Supreme Court standing case precedent (stare decisis) on the definition of income, as 'legally frivol… |
| 20-7539 |
Schenvisky James v. Sherman Campbell, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-03-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment brown-vs-board civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process faretta-warning free-speech right-to-counsel self-representation standing waiver-of-counsel |
Whether the Michigan legislature's obligation and duty to create a Second Amendment Michigan statute violates the separation of powers principle and i… |
| 20-7502 |
Vaughn Alexander Cropper v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-03-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms-regulation Second-Amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in upholding petitioner's conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) despite his as-applied Second Amendment challenge |
| 20-7493 |
Jose Luis Sanchez, Jr. v. Donald Holbrook, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
anti-terrorism-act article-iii constitutional-interpretation federal-courts federal-judicial-power federal-law habeas-corpus judicial-power state-court state-court-review |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2254(d) of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) is unconstitutional |
| 20-1269 |
Amanda Kay Renfroe, et al. v. Robert Denver Parker, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-03-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-doctrine qualified-immunity separation-of-powers standing |
Qualified-immunity-violates-separation-of-powers |
| 20-7339 |
Kevin Antonio Watson v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2021-03-05 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-interpretation court-procedure critical-stage due-process federal-law habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation procedural-review right-to-counsel right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel structural-error |
Whether trial counsel's absence during the Commonwealth's witness direct examination constitutes a critical stage of the trial and a structural error |
| 20-7300 |
Robbull Bryant v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-03-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge conviction criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea plain-error rehaif rehaif-error second-circuit standing |
Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Bryant's constitutional challenges to his guilty plea to a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g… |
| 20-7301 |
Bernandino Gawala Bolatete v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-03-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment article-i congress-power-to-tax congressional-power criminal-law criminal-punishment firearms-regulation national-firearms-act suppressor-registration taxation-clause tenth-amendment |
Whether federal criminal punishment of the receipt and possession of unregistered suppressors under 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871 exceeds Congress's p… |
| 20-1151 |
Libertarian Party of Erie County, et al. v. Andrew M. Cuomo, Individually and as Governor of the State of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-02-23 |
Denied |
|
2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process heller licensing-discretion may-issue-law mcdonald pistol-permit second-amendment self-defense standing |
Should the State of New York's pistol permit process violate the Second Amendment? |
| 20-1159 |
Vermont National Telephone Company v. Vermont Department of Taxes |
Vermont |
2021-02-23 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-communications-commission federal-license nonbusiness-income situs situs-principle state-taxation whitney-v-graves |
Whether the Vermont Supreme Court erred in holding that a federal license, that can be used only in one state, lacks a situs in that state under Whitn… |
| 20-7205 |
Leonardo Franqui v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-02-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-defendant capital-punishment constitutional-interpretation due-process eighth-amendment hall-v-florida intellectual-disability jury-sentencing statutory-construction |
Is the Florida Supreme Court's understanding of the proper holistic evaluation to assess a capital defendant's intellectual disability consistent with… |
| 20-1122 |
Edward B. Fleury v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2021-02-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment 2nd-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process law-enforcement second-amendment statutory-interpretation vagueness |
Whether Massachusetts gun storage law M.G.L. c. 140, § 131L is unconstitutionally vague and violates the Second, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments |
| 20-7099 |
Brandon Lamonte Sorenson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-10 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-interpretation controlled-substance-offense inchoate-offenses promulgation-of-guidelines sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction |
Whether enabling the commentary to U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) to expand the guideline definition of 'controlled substance offense' to add inchoate offenses n… |
| 20-7086 |
Michael Fetherolf v. Tim Shoop, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence constitutional-interpretation cumulative-error due-process habeas-corpus hearsay jackson-v-virginia sixth-circuit-review suspension-clause |
Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in applying a death penalty sentencing review in a non-death penalty case |
| 20-7049 |
Edwin Gonzalez v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment age-based-sentencing brain-development constitutional-interpretation criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole rehabilitation |
Whether the Miller ban on mandatory life without parole sentences for juvenile homicide offenders should be extended to youths under the age of 21 |
| 20-1040 |
Michael Aaron Strickland v. Oregon |
Oregon |
2021-01-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment constitutional-rights due-process prior-experiences reasonable-person second-amendment self-defense state-of-mind |
Did the Oregon courts err in holding that there is no Constitutional right of self-defense except for when someone like the judge would have behaved t… |
| 20-1017 |
Lawrence Johnson v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-01-28 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
2nd-amendment affirmative-defense circuit-split civil-rights common-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession law-enforcement statutory-interpretation |
Whether innocent transitory possession is an affirmative defense to illegal possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. 922(g) |
| 20-1025 |
Juan Francisco Vega v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-01-28 |
Denied |
|
antiterrorism-act civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process florida-constitution florida-rules-of-court florida-statutes involuntary-commitment jury jury-verdict mental-abnormality |
Whether the jury's verdict must be reinstated based on the United States Constitution, Florida Constitution, Florida Statutes, and Florida Rules of Co… |
| 20-6958 |
Luis C. Paulino v. Thomas Griffin, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2021-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection justification-defense self-defense standing takings |
Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry firearms in public for self-defense |
| 20-6960 |
DeAndre McMichaels v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2021-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment 4th-amendment concealed-carry fourth-amendment law-enforcement public-carry reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure terry-stop terry-v-ohio |
Whether an officer's belief that a person is armed allows the officer to infer for purposes of a Terry search that the person is 'presently dangerous'… |
| 20-969 |
Freedom Watch, Inc., et al. v. Google Inc., et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-01-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (6) |
1st-amendment antitrust appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-interpretation first-amendment free-speech human-rights-act political-discrimination sherman-act standing |
Did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit err by failing to find that the District of Columbia Human Rights Act's prohibition on political di… |
| 20-6894 |
Macho Joe Williams v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-01-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-interpretation criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the trial court abused its discretion when it denied Appellant's motion to review a 2019 order |
| 20-6852 |
Cindy Bauer, fka Cindy Gamrat v. Edward McBroom, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-01-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process fair-and-just-treatment fair-treatment legislative-immunity legislative-investigations-and-hearings pleading-standard pleading-standards sixth-circuit |
Whether Michigan's Article | § 17 affords Michigan citizens the protections of fair-and-just-treatment during legislative-investigations-and-hearings |
| 20-6860 |
Antonia W. Shields v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-01-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1915 28-usc-453 civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection judicial-review pro-se-litigation standard-of-review |
Does the federal government give unequal rights to a free U.S. citizen and the U.S. Constitution when the judiciary requires a different standard of r… |
| 20-945 |
Samuel T. Russell v. Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-13 |
Denied |
|
11th-amendment bill-of-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process eleventh-amendment federal-jurisdiction jury-trial right-to-petition search-and-seizure sovereign-immunity |
When the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said they reviewed 'an Eleventh Amendment immunity determination de novo,' did they fail… |
| 20-902 |
Kenneth E. Flick v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-01-05 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
2nd-amendment as-applied-challenges circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-copyright criminal-history felony-conviction felony-convictions firearm-possession second-amendment |
Whether the Second Amendment secures Ken Flick's right to keep and bear arms, notwithstanding his convictions for importing and selling counterfeit ca… |
| 20-882 |
Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Joseph R. Biden, et al. |
Wisconsin |
2021-01-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
absentee-ballot article-ii constitutional-interpretation election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-review laches legislative-intent state-courts voter-fraud wisconsin-legislature |
Whether it violates Article II of the Constitution, as well as the First and Fourteenth Amendments, for state courts to invoke the non-statutory, judg… |
| 20-6765 |
Kevin Wayne Dickson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process expert-witness ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-sufficiency standard-of-review state-court-review |
Whether the Fifth Court of Appeal committed error in concluding that the appellant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim could not be reviewed on … |
| 20-855 |
Maryland Shall Issue, Inc., et al. v. Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr., Governor of Maryland |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-12-29 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
certification certification-doctrine constitutional-interpretation due-process horne-v-department-of-agriculture maryland-constitution personal-property property-rights takings-clause |
Whether the Takings Clause protects lawfully acquired personal property banned by the State legislature |
| 20-853 |
Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Fall Line Patents, LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-12-28 |
GVR |
Response RequestedRelisted (3) |
administrative-law administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause constitutional-interpretation department-head inferior-officers officer-status patent-office principal-officers separation-of-powers us-patent-and-trademark-office |
Whether administrative patent judges are principal officers or inferior officers under the Appointments Clause |
| 20-843 |
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al. v. Kevin P. Bruen, in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of New York State Police, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-12-23 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (89)Relisted (4) |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-prohibition handgun-carry heller law-abiding-citizens mcdonald second-amendment self-defense standing |
Whether the Second Amendment allows the government to prohibit ordinary law-abiding citizens from carrying handguns outside the home for self-defense |
| 20-845 |
Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. Veronica Degraffenreid, Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
2020-12-23 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Response Waived |
article-ii constitutional-interpretation due-process election-integrity election-law equal-protection legislative-authority mail-ballot presidential-election |
Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's alteration or suspension of state election law violated the U.S. Constitution |
| 20-840 |
Kenneth Knowles v. Officer Jason Michael Hart |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-22 |
Denied |
|
2nd-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights deadly-force due-process fourth-amendment police-entry second-amendment self-defense standing use-of-force |
Does the Fourth Amendment authorize the use of deadly force against a citizen exercising her Second Amendment right to wear a holstered, licensed hand… |
| 20-6653 |
Scott P. Roeder v. Kansas |
Kansas |
2020-12-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
abortion abortion-rights civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process judicial-review personhood roe-v-wade standing |
Whether the notion of overturning Roe v. Wade includes other possibilities besides leaving abortion up to the states |
| 20-819 |
Duy T. Mai v. United States, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-17 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearm-ban juvenile-commitment juvenile-justice mental-health second-amendment standing |
Can the Second Amendment tolerate a lifetime firearm ban on Mr. Mai, a mentally healthy, stable, and law-abiding individual, because of a juvenile inv… |
| 20-6640 |
James David Perryman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce sentencing-enhancement standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… |
| 20-6630 |
Alejandro S. Estrada v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence administrative-law agency-decision certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-review jurisdictional-challenge procedural-default procedural-error sentencing |
Whether the lower courts should be sanctioned for protecting the unconstitutional imposition of void and obsolete statute |
| 20-802 |
Virginia Ann Kurschinske v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2020-12-15 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment final-order-of-acquittal fourteenth-amendment state-law |
Are Pennsylvania state laws constitutional? |
| 20-803 |
Morgan Joseph Langan v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2020-12-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-iv constitutional-interpretation due-process federalism judicial-sovereignty legislative-act property-rights republican-government separation-of-powers takings vested-rights |
Does the State of Arizona possess the transcendental sovereignty to take away petitioner's vested rights in private property by a mere legislative act… |
| 20-812 |
Lisa M. Folajtar v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-12-15 |
Denied |
Amici (5) |
2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge constitutional-rights felons felony-prohibition firearm-possession nonviolent-crimes second-amendment self-defense tax-fraud |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment |
| 20-782 |
Raymond Holloway, Jr. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-12-08 |
Denied |
Amici (5) |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process firearms-prohibition gun-ownership individual-liberty misdemeanor-conviction second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Does a lifetime firearms prohibition based on a nonviolent misdemeanor conviction violate the Second Amendment? |
| 20-774 |
Georgianna Parisi v. Dayton Bar Association Certified Grievance Committee, et al. |
Ohio |
2020-12-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-records due-process judicial-discretion legislative-intent open-records separation-of-powers state-constitution state-legislature state-separation-of-powers |
Whether the Ohio Supreme Court violated the U.S. and Ohio Constitutions by applying Superintendence Rules 44-47 to records that are not 'court documen… |
| 20-6455 |
Patricia A. Wade v. Trustees of Indiana University, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-11-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
11th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process employer-liability judicial-review monetary-damages sovereign-immunity standing state-sovereign-immunity takings |
Which parts of the constitution (if any) justify the doctrine of state sovereign immunity? |
| 20-725 |
Michael Ramon Ochoa v. Arthur Levine |
Pennsylvania |
2020-11-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
amendment-xi civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process existential-threats judicial-bias originalism pro-se-access systemic-bias systemic-justice |
Does Judge Colville's elevation to the federal bench or any other events during the pendency of this case lend urgency to the problem of Thrasymachus? |
| 20-6419 |
Romell Broom v. Tim Shoop, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-11-24 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
clearly-established-law constitutional-interpretation cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment execution-attempt habeas-corpus robinson-v-california section-2254 sentencing supreme-court-precedent trop-v-dulles |
Is Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber, 329 U.S. 459 (1947) the clearly established United States Supreme Court precedent, for purposes of 28 U.S.C.… |
| 20-6345 |
Thomas Reid DeCarlo v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-11-19 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights congressional-power constitutional-interpretation constitutional-supremacy due-process federal-constitution judicial-review legislative-acts legislative-process separation-of-powers |
Whether Congress can override the Federal Constitution |
| 20-6332 |
Cecil Salyers v. Kentucky |
Kentucky |
2020-11-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice sentencing-prejudice sixth-amendment strickland strickland-standard |
Whether the Kentucky Court of Appeals correctly interpreted the Sixth Amendment in holding the petitioner cannot demonstrate prejudice under Stricklan… |
| 20-6297 |
Kevin J. Barker v. Norm Robinson, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-11-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process free-speech standing takings |
Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry firearms in public for self-defense |
| 20-6249 |
Thomas F. Kuzma v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment administrative-law criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process federal-statute firearms machinegun-definition statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Is the definition of a machinegun in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b) void for vagueness as applied here to a receiver (frame for a firearm) used to make a shop to… |
| 20-6142 |
Steven Spain v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2020-10-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment gun-rights law-enforcement probable-cause reasonable-suspicion second-amendment terry-v-ohio |
In a state that allows residents to carry a firearm in public, is it reasonable under the Fourth Amendment to stop and arrest someone for carrying a f… |
| 20-546 |
Michigan v. Laricca Seminta Mathews |
Michigan |
2020-10-26 |
Denied |
|
constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process fifth-amendment miranda-rights right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether Miranda v. Arizona is satisfied when a suspect in custody is advised of the right to an attorney but not explicitly advised of the right to th… |
| 20-6101 |
Rachel Mae Skidmore v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. 3§583(g)(1) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments? |
| 20-6005 |
Victor Brancaccio v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-10-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-claims federal-habeas-review federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-precedent supremacy-clause virginia-v-leblanc |
Whether Florida courts are refusing to consider Eighth Amendment claims in violation of the Supremacy Clause by treating Virginia v. LeBlanc, 137 S. C… |
| 20-5932 |
In Re Maurice Johnson |
|
2020-10-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment african-american-rights citizenship-status civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process fourteenth-amendment legal-personhood reconstruction slavery slavery-abolition states-rights |
What branch of law authorized the states to apply abolished slaves labels (Negro, Black, Colored or African-American) to any African descent after 186… |
| 20-5913 |
Bradley M. Cox v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-10-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bail-reform-act constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standards factors-for-detention presumption-of-innocence pretrial-detention release-conditions witness-testimony |
Whether the lower courts used the provisions of the Bail Reform Act in a manner contrary to the constitutional right to bail? |
| 20-5914 |
Clifton Robinson v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-10-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech interstate-commerce regulatory-authority sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the lower courts erred in determining that the scheme involved in this case did not affect 'interstate commerce' as required by the Hobbs Act |
| 20-416 |
Jon C. Caldara, et al. v. City of Boulder, Colorado, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-10-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights damages due-process federal-jurisdiction fundamental-rights judicial-abstention pullman-abstention |
Is Pullman abstention appropriate where abstaining has a chilling effect on the exercise of a natural, fundamental, constitutionally protected right? |
| 20-420 |
Jack R. T. Jordan v. Department of Labor |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-10-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act constitutional-interpretation federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence foia foia-review judicial-misconduct judicial-procedure judicial-review supreme-court-precedent |
Whether lower courts may disregard FOIA-judicial-review-provisions,administrative-procedure-act,federal-rules-of-civil-procedure,federal-rules-of-evid… |
| 20-5865 |
John Doe #1 v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process sentencing supervision-conditions vagueness |
Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in imposing a vague communication condition of supervision that unfairly impacts the defendant's int… |
| 20-5869 |
Michael Robert Everett v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-law federal-preemption judgment-rendition reclassification sentencing state-law |
Whether reclassification of a criminal offense from one degree to another violates the Double Jeopardy Clause |
| 20-414 |
Rovi Guides, Inc. v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-09-30 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
administrative-law administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation due-process executive-officers patent separation-of-powers tenure-protections |
Whether administrative patent judges are principal or inferior officers under the Appointments Clause |
| 20-5834 |
Jose Rufino Garcia-Chicol v. Arkansas |
Arkansas |
2020-09-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial foreign-national language-rights standing translation-services |
Whether the Second Amendment's protections of a 'well-regulated Militia' under the Framers, Constitution, and Statutes of the United States of America… |
| 20-5791 |
Anthony Moreno v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process firearms-possession home-defense interest-balancing risk-assessment second-amendment sentencing-guidelines standing |
Does the use of an interest-balancing test to evaluate the Second Amendment rights of a person to keep and bear arms in his home (or vehicle where pos… |
| 20-330 |
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States v. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-09-14 |
GVR |
Amici (4)Relisted (2) |
article-iii constitutional-interpretation domestic-emoluments-clause emoluments-clause foreign-emoluments-clause judicial-review presidential-immunity presidential-powers standing |
Whether plaintiffs who claim to compete with businesses in which the President of the United States has a financial interest can seek redress in an Ar… |
| 20-272 |
Maryland, et al. v. Jimmie Rogers |
Maryland |
2020-09-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment sentencing sex-offender-registration sixth-amendment |
Did the Court of Appeals of Maryland depart from this Court's decisions in Smith v. Doe and Apprendi v. New Jersey |
| 20-273 |
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC v. Rovi Guides, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-09-02 |
Dismissed |
|
administrative-law administrative-patent-judges agency-adjudication appointments-clause constitutional-interpretation inferior-officers judicial-review patent-judges principal-officers separation-of-powers united-states-patent-and-trademark-office |
Whether administrative patent judges are principal or inferior officers under the Appointments Clause |
| 20-5537 |
Anderson Alexander v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-08-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process johnson-decision mississippi-state-law sentencing sentencing-enhancement united-states-v-johnson violent-felony |
Whether Mr. Alexander should be resentenced without application of the armed career criminal provisions of the Armed Career Criminal Act |
| 20-5502 |
Kareem K. Kirk, Sr. v. Janet Richardson, et al. |
Florida |
2020-08-26 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation district-court-review due-process judicial-bias judicial-competence judicial-discretion judicial-duties motion-for-rehearing unelaborated-decision |
MAINTAIN PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE IN IT, AND PERFORM JUDICIAL DUTIES WITHOUT BIAS, OR PREJUDICE |
| 20-5485 |
Maurice Moss v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-08-25 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-interpretation eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-issue federal-habeas-review federal-review florida-courts habeas-corpus judicial-precedent supremacy-clause virginia-v-leblanc |
Whether Florida courts are refusing to consider Eighth Amendment claims in violation of the Supremacy Clause |
| 20-5486 |
Spencer E. Miles v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-08-25 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-interpretation eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-issue federal-habeas-review federal-review florida-courts habeas-corpus judicial-precedent supremacy-clause virginia-v-leblanc |
Whether Florida courts are refusing to consider Eighth Amendment claims in violation of the Supremacy Clause |
| 20-5456 |
Lorenzo Robertson v. Ozell Pace, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-08-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process exhaustion-of-remedies grievance-procedures judicial-review legal-precedent standing statutory-construction |
Why have My Care not been Yaking, Serioas 2 |
| 20-5416 |
Roosevelt Cure, Jr. v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-08-19 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-interpretation eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-issue federal-habeas-review federal-review florida-courts habeas-corpus judicial-precedent supremacy-clause virginia-v-leblanc |
Whether Florida courts are refusing to consider Eighth Amendment claims in violation of the Supremacy Clause |
| 20-5329 |
Douglas Dean Scyphers v. Washington |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-08-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection grand-jury indictment indictment-procedure statutory-conflict vagueness |
Question not identified |
| 20-5313 |
Melquan Tucker v. New York |
New York |
2020-08-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge district-of-columbia-v-heller due-process felony-penalties home-protection second-amendment self-defense strict-scrutiny takings |
Whether New York's Penal Law § 265.01-b(1) is unconstitutional as applied |
| 20-131 |
Essity Hygiene and Health AB v. Cascades Canada ULC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-08-07 |
Denied |
|
appointments-clause constitutional-interpretation discretion federal-circuit forfeiture judicial-discretion pending-cases precedential-decision scalia |
Whether courts have discretion to apply a precedential Appointments Clause decision in pending cases where the issue was not raised in the opening app… |
| 20-122 |
Eric E. Taylor v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2020-08-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment 5-usc-3331 certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-review standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether due-process-of-law, 5-usc-3331, 14th-amendment, civil-rights, civil-procedure, standing |
| 20-5277 |
Joseph Thompson, Jr. v. Houma Terrebonne Housing Authority, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-08-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation discrimination due-process employment federal-review jurisdictional-challenge standing statutory-construction supreme-court-procedure |
Whether the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit erred in d… |
| 20-102 |
Christopher Hadsell v. Barry Baskin, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-08-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction rooker-doctrine separation-of-powers state-court-judgments state-courts |
Whether Rooker's usurpation of Congress' power to expand this Court's jurisdiction to include exclusive jurisdiction for appellate review of state-cou… |
| 20-5193 |
Mollee M. McWhorter v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-07-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment free-speech juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole standing takings |
Whether the court below erred in dismissing petitioner's claims challenging the constitutionality of certain federal statutes and government actions |
| 20-5207 |
William Joe Long v. George Jaime, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-07-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection legislative-discretion prison-overcrowding separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation |
Whether the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause applies to all citizens when the government enacts legislation |
| 20-5034 |
Donn Deveral Martin v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-07-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process free-speech standing takings |
Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry firearms outside the home for self-defense |
| 20-5070 |
Joaquin Shadow Rams v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2020-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review constitutional-interpretation criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia sufficiency-of-evidence virginia |
Whether Virginia's standard of review for appellate claims of insufficient evidence in criminal convictions violates the Due Process Clause as interpr… |
| 20-5090 |
Ronald Lynn Thomas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-07-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law district-court-discretion due-process federal-sentencing guidelines harmless-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether Guideline error is necessarily harmless if the district court is presented with the Guideline range later vindicated on appeal and disclaims a… |
| 20-5092 |
Sebastian Cortez-Hernandez v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Virginia |
2020-07-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights clearly-established-law constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-law ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-procedure statutory-construction supreme-court |
Whether the ruling by the Supreme Court constitutes a clearly established law error in the United States Supreme Court Ineffective Assistance of Couns… |
| 20-5026 |
James Daniel Arbaugh v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-07-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-prosecution extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-conduct foreign-relations sovereignty statutory-construction |
Does the power to regulate Commerce with Foreign Nations include the prosecution of a volunteer missionary who engages in noncommercial illicit sexual… |
| 20-5021 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. North Carolina, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-07-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts judicial-opinion legal-standing petition-review pleadings procedural-complexity standing |
Whether the petitioner's complaint contains sufficient factual matter to survive a motion to dismiss |
| 20-5028 |
Richard Charles Lussy v. Wade J. Dahood |
Montana |
2020-07-10 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process free-speech jury-trial legal-procedure ministerial-oath oath-of-office standing stare-decisis |
Whether to apply Federal Constitution: [A] bad speech to impeach hearsay-stare decisis with particularized legislated Montana Code Annotated |
| 19-1452 |
Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. v. Arthrex, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-07-02 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
administrative-adjudicators administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause constitutional-interpretation federal-circuit inferior-officers lucia-v-sec patent-trial-and-appeal-board principal-officers |
Whether administrative patent judges are 'principal' or 'inferior' Officers of the United States within the meaning of the Appointments Clause |
| 19-1443 |
S. O., Individually and on Behalf of Her Minor Son, B. O. v. Hinds County School District, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-07-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process fifth-circuit-review judicial-procedure plain-error plain-error-review standing supreme-court-precedent unpreserved-argument unpreserved-arguments |
Whether Fifth Circuit has again refused to follow the United States Supreme Court Per Curiam as found in Charles Earl Davis v. United States |
| 19-1446 |
Bing Charles W. Kearney, Jr., et al. v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-07-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
5th-amendment appellate-courts appellate-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-violations due-process federal-appellate-courts federal-courts fifth-amendment florida-supreme-court judicial-review legal-doctrine right-for-the-wrong-reason statutory-interpretation |
Does the 'right for the wrong reason' doctrine allow federal appellate courts to violate due process? |
| 19-1450 |
Samuel T. Russell v. Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-07-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
11th-amendment bill-of-rights case-law civil-rights congressional-authorization constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-law-violations federal-rules-of-law founding-fathers state-sovereign-immunity |
When the lower Courts overlooked the Framers' written intent of the 11th Amendment, by applying this oversight to Rules of law that discredit Bill of … |
| 19-8853 |
Alan Rene Sajous v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-06-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation constitutional-significance due-process federalism judicial-review legal-meaning legal-validity national-principles rule-of-law standing |
Does the Constitution mean anything in the United States of America anymore? |
| 19-1418 |
Zoie H. v. Nebraska |
Nebraska |
2020-06-25 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
2nd-amendment 6th-amendment collateral-consequence constitutional-rights due-process firearm-rights jury-trial juvenile-court second-amendment sixth-amendment |
Whether the Second and Sixth Amendments permit a state to deprive an individual of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms based on the commi… |
| 19-8788 |
Travis Job v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-06-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-rule constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-review prior-conviction prior-criminal-conduct sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum statutory-minimum |
Whether the Court should overrule the holding of Almendarez-Torres v. United States |
| 19-8755 |
Levi West v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-06-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-doctrine armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-interpretation conviction-records criminal-procedure jury jury-trial sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment |
Is the different-occasions requirement an element for the jury to decide, or for the sentencing judge to decide? |
| 19-8708 |
Lakshmi Arunachalam v. Presidio Bank |
Federal Circuit |
2020-06-15 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment brown-vs-board civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech judicial-ethics patent patent-rights stare-decisis supreme-court-precedent |
Whether this Court's duty to enforce its Governing Precedents |
| 19-8637 |
Robert Reeves v. Cathleen Stoddard, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-06-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment legislative-override punishment-limitation statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Court should overrule the 'legislative override' exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause |
| 19-8567 |
Thintinus Noseth Taylor v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-05-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-922 2nd-amendment burden-of-proof constructive-possession criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearm-prohibition second-amendment standard-of-proof |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's low burden of proof for possession of a firearm in cohabitation cases extends the scope of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) beyond its p… |
| 19-1314 |
Natalie Anderson v. Adam Robitaille |
New Hampshire |
2020-05-26 |
Denied |
|
constitutional-interpretation contract-clause contract-law due-process equal-protection housing housing-rental impairment-of-contract judicial-bias tenancy-rights tenant-rights |
Whether the NH statute governing tenant eviction or the NH Supreme Court's interpretation of that statute resulted in an unlawful impairment of a cont… |
| 19-1294 |
Geoffrey Young v. Amy McGrath |
Kentucky |
2020-05-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
ballot-access ballot-challenge civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation democratic-party due-process election-integrity election-law judicial-procedure kentucky-constitution political-parties primary-election standing |
Whether Kentucky's Judicial Department unlawfully enabled the names of Amy McGrath and Andy Beshear to appear on general election ballots |
| 19-8477 |
Timothy Martin Kendrick v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-05-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech judicial-interpretation sixth-amendment standing |
Whether the petitioner's proceedings below violated his constitutional rights |
| 19-8457 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Alice Neece Mine, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-05-14 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process gun-control legislative-authority public-safety |
Whether the state's law prohibiting the sale of assault weapons violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms |
| 19-8441 |
Richard John Vieira v. California |
California |
2020-05-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
attorney-general-duty constitution-violation constitutional-interpretation federal-law habeas-corpus judicial-authority judicial-misconduct judicial-oath legal-accountability oath-of-office prosecutorial-discretion state-law |
What statute or authority do California Supreme Court judges have to violate, ignore, and disobey the absolute commands in the state and U.S. constitu… |
| 19-8287 |
Muhammad Toure v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-04-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-question judicial-review jurisdiction precedent-analysis standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the scope of a court's discretion in declining to exercise jurisdiction over a claim for relief in the absence of a federal question is limite… |
| 19-8265 |
Jerry Wilson Hartley v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-interpretation damages due-process judicial-review legal-scope procedural-rights qualified-immunity standing state-actor |
Are the actions of a district court in denying a motion to dismiss a civil rights claim for damages against a state actor constitutional? |
| 19-1184 |
Nikki Bruni, et al. v. City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-03-30 |
Denied |
Amici (10)Response RequestedRelisted (5) |
buffer-zone circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation content-neutrality due-process federalism first-amendment free-speech judicial-construction narrow-tailoring overbreadth standing state-law |
Whether federal courts have authority to save a state or local law from unconstitutionality by positing a limiting construction that has no state-law … |
| 19-8113 |
Johnny R. Andoe v. Joe Biden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms government-restrictions individual-rights natural-born-citizens personal-liberty second-amendment voting-rights |
Is it constitutional to discriminate between natural-born U.S. persons? |
| 19-8068 |
Daniel B. Boudette v. Tammy Boudette, nka Tammy Oskerson |
Montana |
2020-03-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law enforceability foreign-judgment full-faith-and-credit judgment-enforcement originating-state sister-state-judgment state-law time-limit time-limitation |
Does a state's enforcement of a sister state's judgment beyond the time limit when it is enforceable in the originating state contravene the Full Fait… |
| 19-8070 |
Kenney Shi Lai v. United States, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-03-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment administrative-law agricultural-improvement-act civil-rights constitutional-rights drug-conviction due-process federal-jurisdiction hemp-production standing takings |
Whether the federal government can prohibit the possession of firearms by law-abiding citizens |
| 19-7905 |
Lakshmi Arunachalam v. Exxon Mobil Corporation |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-09 |
Dismissed |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-emergency constitutional-interpretation contract-clause due-process government-grants judicial-misconduct judicial-precedent martial-law patent patent-law patent-rights separation-of-powers treason |
Whether the concerted wanton breach of solemn Oaths collectively failing to enforce the Laws of the Land and Stare Decisis Laws of the Case constitute… |
| 19-7842 |
Manetirony Clervrain v. United States, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-03-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-ambiguity administrative-law alien-definition civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process immigration immigration-law plra standing statutory-interpretation trade-secret |
Whether agency expertise could be applied to threshold questions accompanying a constitutional claim against a federal statute |
| 19-7732 |
Jerad Hanks v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP |
bank-robbery circuit-court-conflict circuit-court-split constitutional-interpretation crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process elements-clause federal-bank-robbery federal-statutes firearm-use rule-of-lenity use-of-force vagueness-doctrine |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 19-7717 |
Tarvis M. Wilson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Florida |
2020-02-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
bail certiorari-petition civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process excessive-bail federal-statute fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge lower-court-conflict pretrial-detention standing supreme-court supreme-court-review |
Whether the constitutional prohibition on excessive bail, as incorporated through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, requires a state cour… |
| 19-1019 |
Texas, et al. v. California, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-02-14 |
Judgment Issued |
|
affordable-care-act affordable-care-act-aca congress congressional-intent constitutional-interpretation due-process health-insurance individual-mandate severability standing tax |
Whether the unconstitutional individual mandate to purchase minimum essential coverage is severable from the remainder of the ACA |
| 19-7632 |
Joshua Allen Bolen v. Erik A. Hooks, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment 5th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-interpretation sentencing standing statute-of-limitations takings |
Whether the petitioner's conviction was unconstitutional under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution |
| 19-7635 |
Timothy Courtney v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-02-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
almendarez-torres constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review |
Whether the holding in Almendarez-Torres creating an exception for not having to prove the existence of prior convictions when used to enhance a defen… |
| 19-7567 |
Richard Ben v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-02-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2111 18-usc-924 2nd-amendment crime-of-violence criminal-law dimaya-decision dimaya-vs-sessions due-process firearm-brandishing johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states johnson-vs-united-states sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether Mr. Ben's conviction for brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence should be vacated |
| 19-7497 |
Richard Silvestri v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-01-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law extraterritorial-conduct federal-punishment kentucky-resolutions state-power thomas-jefferson united-states-constitution void-and-no-force |
Should the United States Constitution be construed to prohibit Congress from enacting Laws that punish people for extcaterritorial conduct under the C… |
| 19-954 |
Brian E. Harriss v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
amendment-xvi civil-rights constitutional constitutional-interpretation direct-taxation due-process income-tax ninth-circuit standing statutory tax tax-law |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in recharacterizing the petitioner's right to refute the presumptive evidence of the Commissioner's correctness |
| 19-7461 |
Derrick Lamar Cheeks v. Alford Joyner |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-01-28 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process habeas habeas-review jurisdictional-conflict procedural-default state-court supreme-court supreme-court-precedent |
Question not identified |
| 19-7409 |
Melvin Pryor v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm firearm-display physical-force statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
Do criminal statutes that prohibit angry or threatening firearm displays not targeted at a specific victim qualify as a 'violent felony' having as an … |
| 19-7381 |
Percy Jones v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-01-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-iii constitutional-interpretation constitutional-provisions-involved due-process equal-protection executive-authority executive-delegation judicial-review separation-of-powers standing |
Whether the appellate court's determination that the government has the final say on whether petitioner had the right to pursue his late-filed appeal … |
| 19-7378 |
Octavio Diaz v. San Bernardino County, California, et al. |
California |
2020-01-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment brady-v-maryland brady-violation circuit-conflict civil-rights civil-rights-violation discriminatory-arrest due-process free-speech manuel-v-city-of-joliet probable-cause second-amendment self-defense |
Was the California Court of Appeal in conflict with other circuits on the issue of probable cause and Second Amendment rights? |
| 19-7172 |
Larry Antonio Simmons v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-01-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-judiciary first-step-act judicial-ethics political-bias sentencing sentencing-reduction standing statutory-interpretation trump |
Whether the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina violated the judicial code of ethics when they refused to recognize a Cong… |
| 19-7152 |
Allan M. Leavitt v. Cynthia A. Phillips, et al. |
Massachusetts |
2020-01-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
choice-of-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation contract-enforcement contract-law declaratory-judgment due-process interstate-dispute judicial-procedure massachusetts property property-rights property-rights-deprivation standing state-interest vermont |
Did Massachusetts deprive a Vermont citizen the fundamental right to property without a compelling state interest by refusing to enforce its substanti… |
| 19-811 |
Christine Almas Rose, Individually and as Mother of Jessie Lee Rose, et al. v. City of Utica, New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-12-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force free-speech mental-health-intervention police-procedure qualified-immunity use-of-force |
Did the Second Circuit commit legal error when it granted qualified immunity to the police officer |
| 19-6986 |
Jarvis H. Neely v. John R. Baldwin, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
5th-amendment circuit-court-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process eminent-domain federal-jurisdiction free-speech judicial-review jurisdiction pension-regulations property-rights standing statutory-analysis takings |
Whether the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibits the government from requiring a property owner to dedicate a portion of their property for… |
| 19-6980 |
John Lyndon Williamson v. City of Wichita, Kansas |
Kansas |
2019-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
citizenship-clause commerce-clause compelled-commerce constitutional-interpretation criminal-sanction dormant-commerce-clause due-process police-powers presumption-of-innocence supreme-court-precedent tenth-amendment welfare-powers |
Whether mandatory vehicle liability insurance using criminal sanction violates NFIB v. Sebelius |
| 19-6922 |
Charles Edward Bates v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-12-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-punishment forfeiture sentencing |
Whether the lower courts erred in their interpretation of the Eighth Amendment prohibition on excessive fines and punishments as the forfeiture amount… |
| 19-6938 |
Gabriel Garcia-Solar v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-12-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
congress-power congressional-power constitutional-interpretation extraterritorial-jurisdiction felonies-clause felony-definition foreign-nationals high-seas maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act nexus-requirement nexus-to-us sentencing-discretion |
Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act exceeds Congress' power under the Felonies Clause |
| 19-749 |
William S. Ritter v. John R. Tuttle, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-12-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-procedure constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process full-faith-and-credit interstate-judicial-recognition new-york pennsylvania res-judicata sealed-documents |
Does the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution (Article IV, Section 1) attach to an order of a New York Appellate Court that … |
| 19-6855 |
Jose Luis Morales v. G. D. Lewis, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection federal-courts judicial-discretion res-judicata supreme-court supreme-court-directives |
Is it an abuse of discretion when the federal courts do not follow directives from the United States Supreme Court on how to apply res-judicata? |
| 19-6846 |
James W. Riley v. Dana Metzger, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-12-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appeal-as-of-right constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-precedent right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standing state-court statutory-analysis third-circuit-court |
Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel applies to a defendant's first appeal as of right |
| 19-6873 |
Anthony Dale Carter v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-12-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights due-process federal-rights individual-rights judicial-review standing state-court supreme-court-precedent |
Is it a departure from the essential elements of law to deny a notion based in part or whole on the Court's failure to rule within a reasonable time? |
| 19-704 |
Matthew D. Wilson, et al. v. Cook County, Illinois, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-12-03 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (7) |
2nd-amendment civil-rights common-use common-use-test due-process firearms-regulation heller heller-precedent local-government-restriction second-amendment self-defense standing takings |
Whether the Second Amendment allows a local government to prohibit law-abiding residents from possessing and protecting themselves with a class of rif… |
| 19-6777 |
Iris Lamar Anderson v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-11-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
1st-amendment 8th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-interpretation cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief prisoner-rights standing state-court-procedure |
Was Jae Trois SuPR EMME Loves \\WPLEMENTED Penenites Tor Fiowak's Supiual Sygrem THAT LowTRADICTS He U.S. ConsTtTuT/ONS 1% LE ann \\N™ AMENDMENT RENTS… |
| 19-6737 |
Leonard L. Little, Jr. v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment appellate-review carpenter-v-united-states constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-law fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure jurisdiction legal-standards privacy search-and-seizure sixth-amendment-confrontation-clause standing supreme-court-precedent |
Did the Second District Court of Appeal apply federal law issued by the United States Supreme Court in a way that frustrates and undermines its holdin… |
| 19-6692 |
Kenneth Robert Simpson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-11-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-discretion parole revocation sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction supervised-release |
Whether the revocation of supervised release and imposition of additional imprisonment for a violation of the conditions of supervised release violate… |
| 19-641 |
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Workers' Compensation v. Dami Hospitality, LLC |
Colorado |
2019-11-18 |
Denied |
|
8th-amendment ability-to-pay civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation corporate-liability corporations due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines regulatory-enforcement state-law takings workers-compensation |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause applies to corporations as it does individuals and, if so, whether and to what extent it require… |
| 19-607 |
Woodcrest Homes, Inc. v. Carousel Farms Metropolitan District |
Colorado |
2019-11-12 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
5th-amendment constitutional-interpretation due-process eminent-domain fifth-amendment government-taking private-benefit property-rights public-use takings |
Is the Fifth Amendment's restriction of eminent domain to 'public use[s]' satisfied even if a condemnation is undertaken 'for the purpose of conferrin… |
| 19-6564 |
In Re Wei Zhou |
|
2019-11-08 |
Dismissed |
Relisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1331 28-usc-1332 civil-procedure constitution constitutional-interpretation federal-courts judicial-discretion judicial-jurisdiction judicial-power judicial-proceedings jurisdiction-decline legal-interpretation mandamus statutory-interpretation statutory-jurisdiction |
Does the Constitution of the United States permit any court of the United States to decline the exercise of jurisdiction given by any law of the Unite… |
| 19-6566 |
Alexander Kates v. New York |
New York |
2019-11-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment actual-innocence civil-rights criminal-possession-of-a-weapon criminal-possession-of-weapon criminal-procedure due-process home-exception ineffective-assistance-of-counsel loaded-firearm penal-law penal-law-265.15(4) standing void-for-vagueness |
Whether New York State residents are always actually innocent of felony and attempted felony criminal possession of a weapon offenses if they possess … |
| 19-6513 |
Deyoe R. Harris v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-review controlled-substances criminal-justice drug-policy due-process federal-law federalism free-speech sentencing-disparity standing takings |
Whether the federal prohibition on certain substances has resulted in more crime and violence, and whether it is best to regulate or decriminalize the… |
| 19-6517 |
Lynden Brown v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-922g 2nd-amendment bond-v-united-states commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-statute firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea nfib-v-sebelius rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no … |
| 19-562 |
Brian Burke v. New York City Transit Authority, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-10-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 ada civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation defamation due-process fair-labor-standards-act first-amendment leave-to-amend pleading-standards pro-se pro-se-litigation standing state-statute title-vii unconstitutionality |
Pleading standards for pro se parties in Title VII, 42 U.S.C. 1983, and ADA cases |
| 19-6412 |
Dennis Jones v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2019-10-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure conflict-with-precedent constitutional-interpretation due-process essential-elements-of-crime federal-jurisdiction federal-question judicial-review precedent-conflict right-to-counsel standing state-court-decision supreme-court supreme-court-procedure |
Whether the state court decided a federal question in a way that conflicts with this Court's precedent on the right to counsel and due process |
| 19-6373 |
Casey Dullea Peppin v. Washington |
Washington |
2019-10-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
art constitutional-interpretation copyright court-determination due-process effective-assistance-counsel effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence file-sharing jurisdiction legal-error prejudice sexually-explicit-material source-code |
Did the Washington State Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Washington err by granting as fact that the defendant shared files with the public? |
| 19-6358 |
In Re Morris J. Warren |
|
2019-10-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-conflict circuit-split conflict-of-laws constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process ex-post-facto parole-eligibility retroactive-application sentencing sentencing-regulations statutory-interpretation |
Does Daniel v. Fulwood, Case No. 12-5327/Citation 766 F. 3d 57 (D.C. Cir. 2014), apply to my parole-eligible sentence, where which was given December … |
| 19-487 |
Kevin W. Culp, et al. v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-10-15 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (7) |
2nd-amendment concealed-carry constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection firearm-rights illinois non-resident-licensing second-amendment standing state-restrictions |
Whether the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms requires that the State of Illinois allow qualified non-residents to apply for an Illinois co… |
| 19-6220 |
Nerses Nick Bronsozian v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-09 |
GVR |
IFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-prosecution due-process firearms firearms-regulation national-firearms-act registration statutory-construction taxation taxation-power |
Does Congress's power to tax give it the power to punish the possession of unregistered machineguns under § 5861(d) of the NFA, even though it is impo… |
| 19-6167 |
Thaddeus Saunders v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2019-10-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
art-iv-section-1 article-iv constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process full-faith-and-credit judicial-precedent miller-v-alabama people-v-house public-acts |
Whether the full faith and credit clause of the United States Constitution should apply to the rulings in Miller v. Alabama, 567 US 460 (2012), People… |
| 19-6182 |
Stan J. Caterbone v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-07 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing takings |
Whether the legal court system has a responsibility to protect the American people and their lives by sending a message to the next mass shooter befor… |
| 19-6158 |
William A. White v. Todd Sloop, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-10-03 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
1st-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process first-amendment free-speech hate-speech judicial-circuit-split judicial-interpretation prison prison-regulations religion |
Whether the Seventh Circuit erred in ruling that the statement that Judaism is a 'doctrine of hate' is equivalent to 'violence and murder' such that l… |
| 19-6159 |
Rodney Jerome Womack v. J. Windsor, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing takings |
Whether the law prohibiting the sale of certain firearms is unconstitutional |
| 19-423 |
Brian Kirk Malpasso, et al. v. William M. Pallozzi, in His Official Capacity as Maryland Secretary of State Police |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-09-30 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) |
2nd-amendment carry circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process handgun-carry heller law-abiding-citizens mcdonald second-amendment self-defense |
Whether the Second Amendment allows the government to prohibit typical, law-abiding citizens from carrying handguns outside the home for self-defense |
| 19-6078 |
Terreall McDaniel v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-09-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-924c appeal armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure first-step-act retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Does Section 403 of the First Step Act apply to a defendant when his appeal is still pending? |
| 19-404 |
David Seth Worman, et al. v. Maura T. Healey, Attorney General of Massachusetts, et al. |
First Circuit |
2019-09-25 |
Denied |
Amici (7)Relisted (7) |
2nd-amendment caetano civil-rights due-process firearms-ban heller heller-standard individual-right intermediate-scrutiny mcdonald second-amendment self-defense |
Does Massachusetts' ban unconstitutionally infringe the individual right to keep and bear arms under the Second Amendment? |
| 19-6009 |
John Robert Demos v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-09-20 |
Closed |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation corporate-liability diplomacy diplomatic-immunity extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-nationals foreign-sovereigns human-rights international-diplomacy international-law original-jurisdiction self-executing standing treaty |
Does the U.S. Supreme Court have original jurisdiction in cases pertaining to foreign-sovereigns, foreign-nationals, protected-persons, and disputes b… |
| 19-372 |
William D. Jenkins, Jr., et ux. v. Corey Chance, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-09-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts judicial-power legislative-authority legislative-intent standing state-legislation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction |
Does This Court possess verifiable Constitutional and Congressional power to interpret unwritten Congressional Law and alleged Legislative 'voids' |
| 19-5987 |
Ronald Richard Brown v. Washington |
Washington |
2019-09-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation double-jeopardy due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-vindictiveness north-carolina-v-pearce presumption-of-vindictiveness reversed-convictions sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act state-courts supreme-court washington-state |
Whether the Washington State Courts can refuse to adhere to the Supreme Court's holding in North Carolina v. Pearce |
| 19-5971 |
Darlene Schmidt v. Gary R. Herbert, Governor of Utah |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-09-17 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals appeals-court appeals-procedure cause-of-action civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation corporate-governance dismissal due-process facts judicial-bias judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction misrepresentation standing |
Does appeals court's dismissal finding 2 reliefs but no known cause show the appeals court is misrepresenting the facts? |
| 19-5924 |
James Hennessee v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-09-12 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
apprendi-doctrine armed-career-criminal-act circuit-court constitutional-interpretation conviction-records criminal-procedure jury predicate-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment |
Is the different-occasions requirement an element for the jury to decide, or can the sentencing judge decide it? |
| 19-5875 |
Alfredo Gonzalez-Terrazas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-09 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi 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… |
| 19-5850 |
Yurie Yamano v. Hawaii State Judiciary, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
article-vi civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law court-rules due-process judicial-misconduct procedural-irregularity rules-of-court separation-of-powers standing stare-decisis |
Whether the Court should resolve the issues of treason and anarchism by state judges |
| 19-5808 |
Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2019-09-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech labor-anti-injunction-act retaliation retaliatory-prosecution second-amendment selective-prosecution standing takings |
Whether the actions described in the email are protected by the US Second Amendment |
| 19-5822 |
Ronald Tuttle v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-09-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-provisions due-process judicial-procedure jurisdiction jurisdictional-issues standing supervisory-powers supreme-court-review the-supreme-court |
Did the United States Supreme Court err in denying the petition for writ of certiorari |
| 19-287 |
Jorge L. Medina v. William P. Barr, Attorney General |
District of Columbia |
2019-09-04 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights false-statement felony-conviction felony-firearm-dispossession firearm-dispossession lending-institution second-amendment second-amendment-rights |
Whether the Second Amendment secures Jorge Medina's right to possess arms, notwithstanding his conviction for making a false statement to a lending in… |
| 19-290 |
Jay Nolan Renobato v. Bureau of the Fiscal Service |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
antitrust antitrust-law authority-under-section-636-rule-72 bill-of-rights-excessive-government-power civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitution-application-judicial-proceedings-prop constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-jurisdiction government-power judicial-procedure judicial-transgressions-conflicts-miscarriages rule-12b1-subject-matter-jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction treasury-regulations |
Whether Acts of Congress and the Constitution require their corrected application to judicial proceedings, property ownership, and interstate commerce… |
| 19-275 |
Frederic C. Schultz v. John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process electoral-college equal-protection equal-suffrage international-law international-treaties presidential-election treaty-law voting-rights |
Do citizens of the United States of America have the right to 'equal and universal suffrage'? |
| 19-5709 |
Sam Newman v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2019-08-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bruton-v-united-states constitutional-interpretation criminal-statute due-process firearm-discharge johnson-v-united-states reasonable-person-standard sessions-v-dimaya supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether Louisiana Revised Statute Annotated § 14:94(A) (1995) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 19-5714 |
Dianne Michele Carter v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-08-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation constitutional-supremacy due-process federal-rules internal-revenue-code judicial-procedure legislative-interpretation separation-of-powers service-of-process standing takings |
Is the Constitution or an ordinary act of the legislature superior? |
| 19-5665 |
Douglas Harold Doyle v. David Baughman, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus parole retroactivity sentencing standing |
Whether the petitioner's conviction for a misdemeanor violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) should be vacated due to the unconstitutionality of the statute … |
| 19-5685 |
Larry Brandon Moore v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-08-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-i bill-drafting congress-authority congressional-power constitution-article-1 constitutional-interpretation law-making-authority legislative-delegation positive-law prior-laws statutory-codification third-party-codification title-18 title-18-usc |
Does Article I of the U.S. Constitution confer on Congress such authority as to have enacted 62 Stat 683 et seq into positive law thereby enacting, sp… |
| 19-201 |
Roger S. Hanson v. Jennifer Allert |
California |
2019-08-16 |
Denied |
|
attorney-fees california-evidence-code civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation court-of-appeals due-process evidence evidence-code-1402 property-rights property-titles real-property standing |
Whether the ruling made by the state trial court granting the motion under California Evidence Code 1402 foreclosed Respondent's efforts to seek attor… |
| 19-5485 |
Justin James Thrasher v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2019-08-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
arizona-supreme-court brown-v-plata brown-vs-board civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process judicial-oversight prison-reform prisoner-rights standing supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the Arizona Supreme Court's decision violates the Supreme Court's holding in Brown v. Plata, 131 S. Ct. 1910 (2011) |
| 19-168 |
Remington Arms Co., LLC, et al. v. Donna L. Soto, Administratrix of the Estate of Victoria L. Soto, et al. |
Connecticut |
2019-08-05 |
Denied |
Amici (6) |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights commerce-clause due-process firearms-immunity firearms-industry-regulation free-speech plcaa plcaa-immunity predicate-exception statutory-interpretation unfair-trade-practices |
Whether the PLCAA's predicate exception encompasses alleged violations of broad, generally applicable state statutes |
| 19-5372 |
Mary Katherine Day-Petrano v. Charles D. Hall, et al. |
Florida |
2019-07-29 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
ada-violation americans-with-disabilities-act attorney-fees bankruptcy-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-sentencing due-process florida-supreme-court judicial-amendment retroactive-application standing statutory-construction takings |
Whether the Florida Supreme Court's order requiring the petitioner to write a longer brief and award attorney's fees to the respondent violates the pe… |
| 19-5358 |
Victor Manuel Collazo-Gonzalez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment 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… |
| 19-121 |
Kenneth Miller v. Robert Ferguson, Attorney General of Washington |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment 351 (1973) which satisfies the habeas-corpus 411 US. 345 civil-rights custody-requirement due-process standing 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process firearm-prohibition fundamental-rights habeas-corpus liberty-interest second-amendment self-defense severe-restraint-on-liberty standing |
Does the total prohibition on the exercise of a person's fundamental Second Amendment right to keep a firearm in one's home for purposes of self-defen… |
| 19-5301 |
Aaron Orlando Richards v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2019-07-25 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection first-degree-murder jury-trial jury-unanimity jury-verdict legislative-amendment non-unanimous-verdict prosecutorial-discretion unanimous-verdict |
Did the appellate court err in its interpretation of Apodaca and Bertrand? |
| 19-5283 |
Kyle Jason Korte v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment good-faith-exception illinois-v-krull improper-application judicial-precedent law-enforcement search-and-seizure statutory-interpretation valid-law |
Does the 'good faith exception' outlined in Illinois v. Krull extend to circumstances where the statute remains valid but was improperly applied? |
| 19-111 |
Fernando I. v. Margarita O. |
Connecticut |
2019-07-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment civil-restraining-order civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment parental-rights property-rights second-amendment |
Is it constitutional for the State of Connecticut to issue a civil restraining order with nationwide reach and under federal punishment, including an … |
| 19-114 |
Douglas F. Ciolek v. New Jersey |
New Jersey |
2019-07-23 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process handgun-carry justifiable-need permit-requirement permit-restriction public-carry public-safety second-amendment self-defense standing takings |
Whether the legislative requirement of 'justifiable need' for a permit to carry a handgun in public violates the Second Amendment |
| 19-5238 |
Arthur Lopez v. The Irvine Company Apartment Communities, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process fair-housing-act federal-jurisdiction federal-review jurisdiction legal-jurisdiction remedies standing state-court-jurisdiction state-law |
Whether the Plaintiff and the General Cable did B permitted to Pursue Relief from Violations of the Kou Hearing Act (1968) for Segregation and Hearing… |
| 19-5199 |
Billy John Roberson v. Rowlett Police Department, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment 2nd-amendment-rights absence-from-crime-scene aggravated-assault-elements assault-elements burden-of-proof conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process insufficient-evidence penal-code second-amendment sentencing-issues standing texas texas-penal-code |
Whether the petitioner received a guilty verdict of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon despite not owning or having access to a firearm |
| 19-66 |
George Q. Ricks v. Idaho Contractors Board, et al. |
Idaho |
2019-07-12 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law employment-division-v-smith first-amendment free-exercise free-exercise-clause generally-applicable neutral-law neutral-laws religious-exemption religious-exemptions religious-freedom stare-decisis |
Whether the Court should revisit its holding in Employment Division v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990) |
| 19-5142 |
Charles Anthony Ball v. Mike Slagle |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-07-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process federal-appeal federal-rule free-speech judicial-conflict meloy standing statutory-interpretation |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit err on an important federal question by entering its decision/judgment, which is in conf… |
| 19-5149 |
Luis Rojas-Marceleno v. Kansas |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment case-statement civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process free-speech habeas-corpus jurisdictional-issue legal-review sentencing standing statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioners' claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim |
| 19-5094 |
In Re Donna Sneller |
|
2019-07-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-iii article-iii-courts civil-rights congress congressional-power constitutional-interpretation due-process government-structure judicial-jurisdiction judicial-power jurisdiction legislative-power separation-of-powers standing supreme-court tribunals |
Can the Congress only create tribunals inferior to the Article III section 1 one supreme Court? |
| 19-27 |
Mark Cheeseman v. Joseph Polillo, Chief of Police, City of Glassboro, New Jersey, et al. |
New Jersey |
2019-07-02 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) |
2nd-amendment civil-rights concealed-carry discretionary-permitting due-process handgun-permit justifiable-need public-safety right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-protection standing takings |
Whether States can limit the ability to bear handguns outside the home to only those found to have a sufficiently heightened 'need' for self-protectio… |
| 19-4 |
Jackson National Life Insurance Company v. Tamarin Lindenburg, Individually and as Natural Guardian of Her Minor Children ZTL and SML |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-06-28 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
certification consistent-application-of-state-law constitutional-interpretation cooperative-federalism judicial-efficiency sixth-circuit state-law tennessee-constitution tennessee-supreme-court |
Do principles of cooperative federalism, judicial efficiency, and concern for the consistent application of state law compel the Sixth Circuit to cert… |
| 18-1575 |
Jerry Preston McNeil v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2019-06-25 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-state-relations judicial-duty property-tax real-property standing state-government supremacy-clause takings treason |
Whether the Supremacy Clause will be given its controlling effect in this extraordinary instance? |
| 18-9749 |
Gamaliel Japhia Joseph El v. All Local Law Enforcement in General |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
citizenship civil-rights constitutional-interpretation contract contract-law due-process indigenous-rights involuntary-servitude motor-vehicle-statutes right-to-travel standing travel |
Is Title XXIII MOTOR VEHICLES of the Florida Statutes binding on or applicable to a private natural person who is an aboriginal indigenous inhabitant … |
| 18-9737 |
Laquan L. Kellam v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-06-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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… |
| 18-9726 |
Lorenzo Hale v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-19 |
GVR |
IFP |
2nd-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea prior-occasion recent-past state-lines statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no … |
| 18-9707 |
Blair Cook v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-06-18 |
GVR |
IFP |
2nd-amendment constitutional-rights due-process facial-challenge facial-vagueness fifth-amendment rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation threshold-question vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether § 922(g)(3) is unconstitutionally vague under the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 18-9670 |
Charles L. Trice v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment 9th-amendment conflict-in-circuits constitutional-rule due-process due-process-interpretation eleventh-circuit-conflict griffith-v-kentucky ninth-amendment second-amendment self-defense self-defense-right weiand-decision |
Whether the Florida post-conviction court unreasonably applied Griffith v. Kentucky in determining that Trice's convictions were final when the Florid… |
| 18-9532 |
Lemuel Clayton Bray v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-06-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection feres-doctrine military-compensation retaliation sovereign-immunity veterans-affairs veterans-rights |
Are U.S. War Veterans and active duty military separate and unequal citizens under the Constitution? |
| 18-9499 |
Chad Austin v. Timothy Stewart, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal bureau-of-prisons civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-review retroactive-application sentencing statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation time-bar |
How can the Bureau of Prisons make petitioner's federal sentence, where petitioner was sentenced of violating 18 USC 3581(b), 18 USC 3553, USSG § 5G1.… |
| 18-1464 |
Milos Jiricko v. Frankenburg Jensen Law Firm, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-05-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law constitutional-oath due-process judicial-review legislative-statute medical-malpractice standing supreme-court-review takings |
Whether the US Supreme Court can apply a blind eye to the alleged unconstitutionality of the Utah State Medical Malpractice statute, Code 78B-3-401 |
| 18-9415 |
Michael Don Neely v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-05-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2255-motion armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split constitutional-interpretation illegal-sentence johnson-v-united-states judicial-review residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement unconstitutional |
Whether a district court can vacate an illegal sentence enhanced under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) if it finds that the record established th… |
| 18-9375 |
Saleem Elamin v. Superior Court of the District of Columbia |
District of Columbia |
2019-05-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment armed-robbery civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Can the government charge the minimum sentence of 2 years for an agreed offense of carrying a firearm during a robbery? |
| 18-9378 |
In Re Tae Hon Chon |
|
2019-05-22 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights criminal-statute district-court due-process ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-doctrine fair-warning substantive-law |
Does a District Court's ex post facto construction of a substantive criminal statute deprive a petitioner of the fair warning to which the Constitutio… |
| 18-9380 |
Miguel Daniel Leal v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-deference constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process federal-courts ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel marital-communications-privilege marital-privilege ninth-circuit-review sixth-amendment speedy-trial speedy-trial-rights state-courts supervisory-power supreme-court-dicta |
Is SCOTUS dicta authoritative? |
| 18A1210 |
Marshall Martinez v. Todd Thomas, Warden |
Arizona |
2019-05-22 |
Presumed Complete |
|
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation incarceration jurisdiction legal-status thirteenth-amendment |
Whether the Thirteenth Amendment prohibits the continued incarceration of an individual who claims to be improperly classified as a 'slave' rather tha… |
| 18-9372 |
Quisi Bryan v. Tim Shoop, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-05-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa constitutional-interpretation federal-constitutional-law federal-review federalism habeas-corpus panetti-v-quarterman procedural-bar retroactive-law retroactivity state-court |
Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2244 prevents a federal habeas court from reviewing a state court's voluntary and independent retroactive application of a new rul… |
| 18A1198 |
Lynn Lumbard, et al. v. City of Ann Arbor, Michigan |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-05-20 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-interpretation federal-claims property-rights ripeness state-court-remedies takings-clause |
Whether the Court should reconsider the exhaustion requirement for federal takings claims under Williamson County |
| 18-1421 |
Nassau County District Attorney's Office v. Mark Orlando |
Second Circuit |
2019-05-14 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (23) |
aedpa aedpa-deference bruton-v-united-states confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation deferential-review habeas-corpus murder-conviction state-court-deference supreme-court-precedent teague-v-lane tennessee-v-street |
Whether the state court's admission of an accomplice's inculpatory statement, accompanied by limiting instructions, violated the Confrontation Clause |
| 18-9231 |
Matthew Leachman v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-05-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation continuing-jeopardy criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process felony-conviction indictment indictment-strategy retrial retrial-rights |
Whether a State may break the original indictment into discrete pieces to obtain multiple trials in a retrial comprising 'continuing jeopardy' where t… |
| 18-9174 |
Warren Myles v. Nebraska |
Nebraska |
2019-05-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights concealed-carry criminal-history due-process federalism law-enforcement marijuana-search probable-cause reciprocity state-reciprocity state-rights welfare-check |
Does the State of Nebraska have the option to respect some but not other states' concealed carry permits? |
| 18-9188 |
Eric Thorton Von Hall v. Brad Cain, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-court appellate-procedure article-iii article-three constitutional-interpretation due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion mistake-of-law party-presentation party-presentation-principle |
Whether Article III of the Constitution and the party presentation principle foreclose appellate court judges from relying on an argument not presente… |
| 18-9101 |
Pierre Montanez v. Ursula Walowski |
Illinois |
2019-05-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism judicial-regulation judicial-review peremptory-challenges separation-of-powers standing supremacy-clause supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the subject of peremptory challenges are valid under the Separation of Powers, Due Process, and the Supremacy Clause |
| 18-9080 |
Joseph Carter v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-05-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa constitutional-claims constitutional-interpretation eighth-amendment federal-habeas-review federal-review graham-v-florida habeas-corpus habeas-review judicial-interpretation legal-precedent merits-decision miller-v-alabama parole state-court-decisions supreme-court-review |
Whether the Florida Supreme Court erred in treating Virginia v. LeBlanc, 137 S. Ct. 1726 (2017), as a decision on the merits of the underlying constit… |
| 18-9006 |
Donald Ray Boles v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-04-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-fact-finding judicial-precedent prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sixth-amendment |
Whether the holding of Almendarez-Torres v. United States should be reconsidered |
| 18-8988 |
Airrington L. Sykes v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-04-25 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights concealed-carry due-process firearm-possession fourth-amendment law-enforcement reasonable-suspicion terry-stop |
Whether law enforcement can presume any concealed carry of a firearm is unlawful and conduct a Terry stop when the state statute does not criminalize … |
| 18-8887 |
Miriam Soler v. Capital One Auto Finance |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-04-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal appellate-review bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure constitutional-interpretation courts-of-appeal due-process ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-clause federal-rules-of-bankruptcy-procedure original-jurisdiction rule-of-law |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals infringed the ex-post-facto-clause, depriving Petitioner's right of remedy sustaining no due-process at … |
| 18-8899 |
Eric Richard Eleson v. Joe A. Lizarraga, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation due-process due-process-equal-protection equal-protection federal-statute judicial-discretion legal-definition non-violent-offense-classification penal-code-definition reasonable-jurist-standard state-constitution-interpretation state-federal-judge-duties state-law supremacy-clause violent-felony |
Does the U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause require judges to follow a federal statute's legal definition even if the state law lacks such a definit… |
| 18-8902 |
Gustav Kloszewski v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-04-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation Crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility precedent sixth-amendment testimonial-statements |
Did the lower court fail to follow this Court's precedent in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004)? |
| 18-8862 |
Roderick White v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2019-04-17 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation crawford-v-washington cross-examination due-process evidence memory-loss testimonial-hearsay united-states-v-owens |
Whether the rule of United States v. Owens, 484 U.S. 554 (1988), as used by courts to admit testimonial hearsay from witnesses not amenable to cross-e… |
| 18-8835 |
Sabrina D. Davis v. Kia Motors America, Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-04-15 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-interpretation discriminatory-ruling discriminatory-rulings due-process federal-law fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-discretion judiciary-act judiciary-act-of-1925 poverty standing statutory-construction unconstitutional |
Are the lower courts abusing the Judiciary Act of 1925 to ignore fraud on the court? |
| 18-8785 |
Temarco Sartorio Pope, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-04-11 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights concealed-carry criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-powers reasonable-suspicion terry-stop |
Whether law enforcement can presume any concealed carry of a firearm is unlawful and conduct a Terry stop when the state statute does not criminalize … |
| 18-1281 |
Hayes B. Milliman v. Timothy L. Randall |
California |
2019-04-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-law congressional-intent constitutional-interpretation diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction federal-question markham-v-allen probate-exception state-probate-court trust trusts wills |
What is the scope of the probate exception to federal jurisdiction? |
| 18-1272 |
Michael Gould, et al. v. Andrew Lipson, in His Official Capacity as Chief of the Brookline Police Department, et al. |
First Circuit |
2019-04-04 |
Denied |
Relisted (7) |
2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearm-restrictions good-reason intermediate-scrutiny right-to-bear-arms right-to-carry second-amendment self-defense standing takings |
Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry a firearm outside the home for self-defense |
| 18-8670 |
Demetrius Terrence Frazier v. Alabama |
Alabama |
2019-04-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment capital-sentencing constitutional-interpretation cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing due-process equal-protection judicial-fact-finding jury-fact-finding jury-sentencing jury-trial retroactive-rule retroactivity sixth-amendment |
Does Alabama's capital sentencing statute violate Hurst v. Florida? |
| 18-8671 |
Glynndeavin Von Fox v. South Carolina |
South Carolina |
2019-04-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation federal-consent federal-preemption federal-questions international-law judicial-access judicial-review medical-access senate-ratification separation-of-powers sovereign-immunity sovereign-immunity-doctrine state-court-jurisdiction treaty-power us-constitution |
Can a State Court answer federal questions of an International Country in Japan, regarding judicial access to documents, or medical access to document… |
| 18-8642 |
DeJuan Leshae Hill v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-04-01 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-1951 18-usc-924c 28-usc-2255 2nd-amendment 2nd-amendment-rights certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-offense habeas-corpus hobbs-act post-conviction-relief sentencing tenth-circuit unconstitutionality |
Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in failing to address the unconstitutionality of use and carry of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) offenses, in rela… |
| 18-8659 |
Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. Amy M. Wood |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fees standing statutory-certification |
Whether or not the lower Court committed reversible error in dismissing the Pro Se litigant's Complaint, for failure to state a claim |
| 18-8614 |
Leonard Dwayne Hill v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-03-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment atf-regulations civil-procedure civil-rights commerce-clause due-process evidence federal-jurisdiction standing-issue statutory-interpretation |
Whether the 'terminal ballistics test' used to determine the dangerousness of ammunition is properly applied in this case |
| 18-8572 |
Christopher Jones v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-03-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
community-control-violations community-controller constitutional-interpretation continuance counsel-of-choice due-process judicial-review legal-procedure right-to-counsel speedy-trial statutory-analysis unconstitutional-conditions unrepresented-defendant violation-proceedings |
Whether there is a minimum set of guidelines to be considered by a Court, in violation proceedings, before denying an unrepresented Community controll… |
| 18-8579 |
In Re John Weter, Jr. |
|
2019-03-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing takings |
Whether the FISA program was intended and authorized by the FISA Court for a legitimate purpose by the Obama Administration, but was instead used to i… |
| 18-8412 |
Lamar Perryman v. Georgia, et al. |
Georgia |
2019-03-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
11th-amendment cherokee-nation-v-georgia civil-rights constitutional-interpretation eleventh-amendment johnson-v-mcintosh native-american-rights non-intercourse-act sovereign-immunity treaty-law worcester-v-georgia |
Does Title 25 U.S.C. Section 177 (Non-Intercourse Act) and this Court's decisions abrogate Georgia's sovereign immunity and Eleventh Amendment immunit… |
| 18-8432 |
Kelly Foust v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2019-03-15 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
capital-defendant capital-punishment capital-sentencing constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure death-penalty hurst-precedent hurst-v-florida jury jury-waiver sixth-amendment |
Does Ohio's death penalty scheme violate the Sixth Amendment right to a jury as explained in Hurst v. Florida? |
| 18-8398 |
Wiliam Oneal Watters v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2019-03-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech jurisdiction standing |
Was Me. Weathers Constobonal Rights becky ? |
| 18-8379 |
John Anthony Dobbs v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-03-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation crawford-standard crawford-v-washington due-process evidence forensic-evidence medical-examination medical-forensic medical-forensic-purpose sane-nurse sane-nurse-examination testimonial-statement testimonial-statements |
Whether statements obtained during a 'sane nurse' examination have become 'testimonial' for purposes of the Confrontation Clause under Crawford v. Was… |
| 18-8339 |
Joshua E. Shepherd v. Jeffrey E. Krueger, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-03-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acca-prior-conviction acca-purposes constitutional-interpretation constitutional-issue criminal-law due-process federal-court federal-court-jurisdiction federal-courts prior-conviction sentencing state-case-law state-courts state-statute state-statute-analysis statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Constitution permits a federal court to conclude that a prior conviction is 'generic' for ACCA purposes based solely on another federal co… |
| 18-8336 |
London Ettione Dunbar v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-interpretation due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review miller-el-precedent miller-el-v-cockrell standard-of-review stare-decisis |
Should this court grant this petition to determine whether the lower court's refusal to issue a certificate of appealability is at conflict with this … |
| 18-8241 |
Andrew Guy Moret v. Pat Garrett |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-procedure legal-review lower-court-decision standing supreme-court-petition |
Does the seriousness of criminal charges obviate the states' governments' obligation to uphold the constitutional rights of the accused? |
| 18-8228 |
Daryl Bocook v. Gary Mohr, Warden |
Ohio |
2019-03-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-precedent forensic-evidence habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-conflict legal-principles precedent-conflict standing state-court-dismissal supreme-court-review |
Whether the state courts' sua sponte dismissal of the petition is in direct conflict with other precedents on standing legal issues as well as federal… |
| 18-8188 |
Jermaine C. Williams v. Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law contract contract-clause criminal-procedure due-process judgment judicial-review lower-tribunal plea-agreement sentencing united-states-constitution |
Whether the plea agreement affirmed by the lower tribunal judgment violated the contract and due process clauses of the United States Constitution |
| 18-8197 |
Tommy Earl Boone, Jr. v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-02-28 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-code criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ex-parte-review habeas-corpus incarceration incarceration-period parole sentencing sentencing-statute texas-criminal-procedure texas-law |
Whether Texas Penal Code, Art. 42.082 is unconstitutional as interpreted by the Texas Court in Ex Parte Kuester, 24 SW3d 247 (2000)? |
| 18-8200 |
Tommy Earl Boone, Jr. v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-law due-process legislative-intent official-discretion parole punishment-proportionality sentencing-discretion standing statutory-interpretation takings |
Whether the Texas legislature's strategic dismantling of the SAFE-Keeping proviso of the 1987-Amended Law violates substantive due process |
| 18-8148 |
Johnathan Hawthorne v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appeal armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-interpretation due-process first-step-act new-law pipeline resentencing retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether the 'New Law' of the First Step Act made this an appeal 'Pipeline' case with First Step Act legal protections |
| 18-8129 |
Charles Russell v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-02-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission reasonable-doubt social-media social-media-evidence witness-testimony |
Did the Trial Court relieve the state of its burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt when it allowed the state to show the jury photos found o… |
| 18-8093 |
John Ferreira v. Georgia |
Georgia |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
assault-definition civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection legislative-amendment legislative-deference statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Did the State of Georgia err and violate the Petitioner's constitutional rights by upholding a statute that lacks an essential element of the crime ch… |
| 18-8048 |
Darnell D. Owens v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation criminal-history due-process federal-law historical-practice judicial-discretion propensity-evidence sixth-amendment sixth-circuit supervised-release |
Whether the Due Process Clause permits a judge or factfinder to rely on a person's criminal history to conclude that he or she likely committed anothe… |
| 18-7923 |
Derrick Jones v. James M. LeBlanc, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation due-process ex-post-facto fair-notice judicial-interpretation judicial-procedure retroactive retroactive-application sentencing-provision substantive-rule-change |
Could jurists of reason debate whether Louisiana may, consistent with the Due Process Clause's fair notice requirement, judicially invent a new proced… |
| 18-1052 |
Zenaido Renteria, Jr. v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-02-11 |
Denied |
|
article-iii circuit-split constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights continuing-offenses criminal-procedure criminal-venue due-process reasonable-foreseeability sixth-amendment |
Whether the Constitution limits venue in criminal trials to those places where the defendant could reasonably foresee that an overt act would occur |
| 18-7887 |
Rodney Lyle Roberts v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
16th-amendment apportionment brushaber-case constitutional-basis constitutional-interpretation direct-income-tax direct-tax fifth-circuit-precedent income-tax parker-v-commissioner precedent sixteenth-amendment tax tax-law |
Whether the Fifth Circuit precedent in Parker v. Commissioner becomes unassailable in holding that the Sixteenth Amendment provided the needed constit… |
| 18-7827 |
Roger L. Kaufman v. Paul S. Kemper, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation due-process ex-post-facto federal-guidelines parole parole-eligibility sentencing sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers state-prisoner |
Whether a state prisoner is entitled to a parole hearing under the Due Process Clause and Separation of Powers Doctrine when a court disposes of feder… |
| 18-7830 |
Rheuben Johnson v. Kansas |
Kansas |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
blockburger-test constitutional-interpretation double-jeopardy multiplicity same-offense schoonover-test single-statute unit-of-prosecution |
To determine 'same offense' in a single-statute case, regarding multiplicity that affects double jeopardy, does the directive set forth by the United … |
| 18-7832 |
Jason Lee Harris v. Karen A. Mullins, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-law first-amendment in-forma-pauperis ninth-circuit sentencing-guidelines service-of-process standing |
Did the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit err in barring the grant of in forma paupe… |
| 18-7844 |
Malcolm Jarrel Hartley v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech standing statutory-interpretation takings |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred in dismissing petitioner's claims challenging the constitutionality of the fed… |
| 18-7767 |
Joshua Sanchez v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-02-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation court-of-appeals due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-precedents texas-court-of-appeals |
Whether the interpretation of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments by the Texas Court of Appeals is in conflict with preceden… |
| 18-7756 |
Roscoe Chambers v. Nicholas Sarcone |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment 6th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction jury-selection public-trial standing |
Whether the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial applies to a criminal defendant's exclusion from the courtroom during jury selection |
| 18-7712 |
Andre Mims v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent constitutional-interpretation crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process hobbs-act-robbery johnson-v-united-states sessions-v-dimaya statutory-vagueness vagueness |
Is the definition of 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) unconstitutionally vague? |
| 18-7686 |
In Re Alphonza Leonard Phillip Thomas Bey |
|
2019-01-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-laws constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-misconduct judicial-review jurisdictional-challenge mandamus-prohibition national-importance separation-of-powers standing |
Whether the issues presented are important and beyond the particular facts and parties involved, whether there exists a conflict between courts of app… |
| 18-7669 |
Bertulio Moreno-Alvarez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment firearms second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5) violates the Second and Fifth Amendments? |
| 18-7598 |
Carol J. Morris v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-compensation patent standing statutory-construction takings |
Whether the petitioner's convictions should be vacated due to ineffective assistance of counsel and violations of due process |
| 18-7555 |
Doiakah Gray v. Stephanie Dorethy, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2244 civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-prisoners habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-precedent state-prisoners statute-of-limitations statutory-construction |
What is the limitations period for newly recognized rights for state prisoners? |
| 18-952 |
Christopher Anthony Mountjoy, Jr. v. Colorado |
Colorado |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
apprendi-precedent apprendi-v-new-jersey colorado-sentencing colorado-sentencing-system constitutional-interpretation jury-determination legal-elements sentencing-factors sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-precedent united-states-v-gaudin |
Whether the rule of United States v. Gaudin applies to sentencing factors covered by Apprendi v. New Jersey |
| 18-7492 |
Lorenzo Gerald Ferebee, Jr. v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Virginia |
2019-01-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing takings |
Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry firearms outside the home for self-defense |
| 18-950 |
LaTasha Freeman v. American K-9 Detection Services, LLC, et al. |
Texas |
2019-01-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-review legal-uncertainty political-question political-question-doctrine private-defendants private-plaintiffs split-of-authority standing state-law-tort tort |
Whether the political question doctrine bars ordinary state-law tort actions by private plaintiffs against private defendants |
| 18-936 |
Jeremy Kettler v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-01-18 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
2nd-amendment congressional-taxing-power constitutional-challenge constitutional-law cox-v-new-hampshire due-process murdock-v-pennsylvania national-firearms-act second-amendment sound-suppressor standing statutory-interpretation tax taxation united-states-v-sonzinsky |
Whether the National Firearms Act of 1934 continues to be a constitutional exercise of Congress's taxing power |
| 18-7483 |
Robert John Frank v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-01-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jurisdiction patent standing takings |
Whether the Second District Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the petitioner's case |
| 18-7417 |
Omari Robinson v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2019-01-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment 8th-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process illinois illinois-law mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-vagueness vagueness weapon-enhancement |
Is the mandatory 25-year-to-life weapon enhancement imposed by Illinois courts unconstitutionally vague? |
| 18-7441 |
James L. Wheeler v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process haines-standard haines-v-kerner judicial-review liberal-construction pro-se pro-se-pleading procedural-fairness standing |
Was the lower Court's Action in failing to allow Liberal Construction of Petitioner's claims in conflict with this Court's holding in Haines v. Kerner… |
| 18-7377 |
Jarvis Harris v. Joe Easterling, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts federal-law federal-question judicial-review legal-precedent standing supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and District Court for the Western District has entered a decision in conflict with t… |
| 18-7352 |
Giovanni Ellis v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-limits due-process federal-firearms-law federal-regulation firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional … |
| 18-7242 |
Dauntorian Lyndel Sanders v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment precedent sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent |
Whether Arizona follows the precedent of Simmons v. South Carolina, 512 U.S. 154 (1994), as set forth in Lynch v. Arizona, 136 S. Ct. 1818 (2016) |
| 18-843 |
Ivan Pena, et al. v. Martin Horan, Director, California Department of Justice Bureau of Firearms |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-03 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Relisted (7) |
2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection firearm-regulation firearm-restrictions handgun-regulation intermediate-scrutiny microstamping second-amendment self-defense standing takings |
Whether California's 'Unsafe Handgun Act' violates the Second Amendment |
| 18-7206 |
Christopher Thomas Kegler v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process evidence legal-precedent miranda-rights search-and-seizure self-incrimination supreme-court-review |
Should this Court reconsider and reverse Schneckloth v. Bustamente |
| 18-824 |
Thomas Rogers, et al. v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-01-02 |
Denied |
Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) |
2nd-amendment carry circuit-split constitutional-carry firearm-rights heller-v-dc intermediate-scrutiny licensing second-amendment self-defense |
Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry a firearm outside the home for self-defense |
| 18-7180 |
Miguel Antonio Urquia-Melendez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-12-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi case-law certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review sentencing supreme-court-precedent |
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… |
| 18-819 |
Victoria Vasconcellos v. Debra Hamlin |
Illinois |
2018-12-27 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure civil-rights civil-union civil-unions constitutional-interpretation dissolution-action due-process equal-protection property-rights retroactive-application retroactive-legislation same-sex-couples same-sex-marriage same-sex-relationship statutory-recognition |
Whether, under the Illinois State and U.S. Constitutions, where a same-sex couple did not enjoy the legally recognized rights and benefits of civil un… |
| 18-820 |
Teresa Y. Weinacker v. National Loan Acquisitions Company |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence legal-precedent plausibility-standard standing subject-matter-jurisdiction twombly-iqbal |
Whether lower courts can disregard precedent, the Constitution, and federal rules |
| 18-7168 |
Michael Deontray Williams v. J. Soto, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-interpretation federal-habeas habeas-corpus herrera-v-collins ninth-circuit non-capital standard-for-granting-coa substantive-innocence-claims supreme-court-precedent |
Whether a claim of actual innocence is cognizable in federal habeas |
| 18-7163 |
Kent Mayfield, et ux. v. Harvey County Sheriff's Department, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-12-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights dog-seizure due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement personal-property pet-dog property-rights qualified-immunity search-and-seizure warrantless-search |
Did the defendants violate the plaintiffs' Fourth Amendment rights? |
| 18-7151 |
Curtis John Mulhern v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2018-12-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights confidential-informant criminal-enterprise due-process entrapment law-enforcement outrageous-conduct outrageous-government-conduct probable-cause reverse-sting |
Did law enforcement conduct become constitutionally unacceptable where government-agents-and-confidential-informant-engineered-criminal-enterprise |
| 18-7158 |
Tony Knox v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Virginia |
2018-12-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process federal-question federal-questions judicial-review legal-standard novel-claim procedural-default statutory-vagueness unconstitutional vague-statute |
Did The State Court Decide Important Federal Questions In A Way That Conflicts With Relevant Decisions Of This Court, such as: (1) A Vague Statute Was… |
| 18-7080 |
Yusufu Danmola v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitution constitution-law constitutional-interpretation court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-enforcement separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation uniform-commercial-code |
Is the Court Allowed to Enforce a Law not in Pursuance with the Constitution? |
| 18-7088 |
Oscar Raul Mora v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause |
| 18-7061 |
Francisco Reza v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process federal-crime federal-crimes felon-in-possession firearms-possession ineffective-assistance-of-counsel second-amendment sentencing sentencing-enhancement standing state-misdemeanor |
Did Petitioner's prior crimes qualify as Federal Crimes for enhancement? |
| 18-7042 |
Robert Tracy Warterfield v. Texas |
Texas |
2018-12-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation contracts-clause due-process federal-precedent plea-agreement retroactive-application retroactive-legislation state-plea-agreements supreme-court-precedent |
What is the proper application of the Contracts Clause to a plea agreement contract, and did Texas misapply the Federal Contracts Clause to Petitioner… |
| 18-7013 |
In Re E. Edward Zimmermann |
|
2018-12-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
commerce-clause congress constitution constitutional-interpretation federal-authority federal-government interstate-commerce intrastate-commerce legislative-interpretation regulatory-scope state-governments state-powers |
Does Article One of The Constitution of The United States (The Constitution) say, 'We the people grant to ... The Congress of the United States the co… |
| 18-717 |
PMCM TV, LLC v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2018-12-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-agency administrative-agency-interpretation administrative-law agency-interpretation cable-television-regulation chevron-deference constitutional-interpretation constitutional-power federal-judiciary federal-statutes statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Should courts continue to follow the Chevron policy of deferring to administrative agency interpretations of federal statutes? |
| 18-6860 |
Johnny Ray McCloud v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-interpretation due-process dwelling-definition dwelling-vs-storage-building equal-protection florida-law florida-statutes habeas-corpus perkins-vs-state young-vs-state |
Was Perkins v. State, 682 So. 2d 1083 (Fla. 1996) correctly applied? |
| 18-6862 |
John Thomas v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-11-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure johnson-standard johnson-v-united-states plain-error standard-of-review time-of-appeal time-of-law unsettled-law |
When the governing law is unsettled at the time of trial but settled-in defendant's favor by the time of appeals, should an appellate court reviewing … |
| 18-663 |
Fredric Russell Mance, Jr., et al. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-21 |
Denied |
Amici (6)Relisted (8) |
2nd-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-firearms-licensees firearm-sales firearms-regulation handgun-sales interstate-commerce second-amendment standing |
Whether prohibiting interstate handgun sales, facially or as-applied to consumers whose home jurisdictions authorize such transactions, violates the S… |
| 18-6771 |
Johny Gardner v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-law federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearms firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause |
| 18-6671 |
Jimmy David Malone v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-11-13 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
acca constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federalism generic-conviction state-courts state-statute statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Constitution permits a federal court to conclude that a prior conviction is 'generic' for ACCA purposes based on an independent interpreta… |
| 18-6596 |
Matthew James Dury v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-11-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights commerce-clause district-court-jurisdiction document-processing due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech jurisdiction legal-filing procedural-due-process standing |
Whether the district court lacked jurisdiction under Article III, Section 8, Clause 3 to deny petitioner's challenge to the Interstate Commerce Act, r… |
| 18-6607 |
Scott Peters v. John Baldwin |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-11-07 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment 38-usc-1331 circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-violations disability-discrimination due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-tort-claims free-speech habeas-corpus Is the Eleventh Circuit's interpretation of 28-U.S medical-mistreatment retroactivity savings-clause statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs |
Whether the district court erred in denying plaintiff's claims against the Department of Veterans Affairs, its directors, the hospital staff, the stat… |
| 18-591 |
Gary Dressler v. Bradford Rice, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-11-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment civil-rights conspiracy fourth-amendment open-carry probable-cause qualified-immunity second-amendment |
Is an individual's Second Amendment right to bear arms violated? |
| 18-6562 |
Jason Pierce v. Georgia |
Georgia |
2018-11-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing |
Question not identified |
| 18-6515 |
Kevin Wayne Vanover and Meredith Ann Yates v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-10-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment 2nd-amendment,constitutional-interpretation,histor civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process firearm-rights founding-era government-power historical-evidence historical-intent individual-liberty military-force right-to-bear-arms second-amendment standing takings |
Whether the Second Amendment protects the right of the people to be prepared to resist abuse of government power by military force, with equal force |
| 18-6414 |
Marvin K. Locke v. Daniel Paramo, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
common-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process felony-murder habeas-corpus ninth-circuit procedural-default second-successive-petition standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the second-degree felony murder rule is based on statute |
| 18-6429 |
Victor Dewayne White v. Ector County Appraisal District |
Texas |
2018-10-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion california-v-larue civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-discretion due-process federal-law judicial-ruling jurisdiction legal-procedure standing state-courts subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Did the Texas Courts abuse their discretion when they ruled contrary to established Federal Law, or as now ruled contrary to this Honorable Court's Ru… |
| 18-6395 |
Alex D. Ramos v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-review constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process firearm-offense sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Did the lower Court err, and concomitantly violate the United States Constitution, Amendments V and VI, where it determined that Petitioner's prior co… |
| 18-496 |
Barry Michaels v. Matthew G. Whitaker, Acting Attorney General, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-17 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge district-of-columbia-v-heller due-process felon-disarmament felons firearms-restriction heller heller-precedent law-abiding-citizens second-amendment standing |
What does the phrase 'law-abiding, responsible citizens' mean? |
| 18-6353 |
Michael Joseph Bien v. Texas |
Texas |
2018-10-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process legal-precedent prosecutor-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court supreme-court-jurisprudence supreme-court-precedent texas-court-of-criminal-appeals |
Whether a prosecutor who violates the Double Jeopardy Clause should have exclusive power to determine which of his unconstitutionally obtained convict… |
| 18-6282 |
Iseal Dixon v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-challenge constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process facial-challenge federal-firearms-law firearm-possession intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional … |
| 18-6189 |
Eduardo Salgado v. California |
California |
2018-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment carry-outside-home civil-procedure civil-rights concealed-carry concealed-carry-license due-process federal-circuit-split firearm-rights good-cause-requirement level-of-scrutiny scrutiny-standard second-amendment self-defense standing |
Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry a firearm outside the home for self-defense, and what level of scrutiny applies to laws that … |
| 18-6191 |
Quordalis V. Sanders v. Carlo Esqueda, Dane County Clerk of Court |
Wisconsin |
2018-10-03 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process felon-in-possession free-speech mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states standing |
Whether the Wisconsin Supreme Court erred in upholding the conviction of Quovadis Sanders for violating the Wisconsin statute prohibiting the possessi… |
| 18-6121 |
Benjamin Vega-Garcia, aka Carlos Moreno Molina v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certiorari-standard constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent precedent precedent-overruling recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review |
Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) |
| 18-5976 |
In Re Jaame Amun Re El |
|
2018-09-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law banking-statutes civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-violations criminal-statutes due-process federal-habeas-corpus judicial-review judicial-role legal-hermeneutics separation-of-powers statutory-construction statutory-drafting statutory-interpretation statutory-language statutory-meaning textual-analysis |
Is it a judge's/administration's duty to interpret a statute? |
| 18-312 |
David R. Smith v. Tennessee National Guard |
Tennessee |
2018-09-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation employment employment-law preemption reemployment-rights state-law statute-of-limitations supremacy-clause time-limitation title-38-usc-4301 uniformed-services-reserve-reemployment-act userra-act |
Does a state law that sets a time limit on when an action may be filed under the Uniformed Services Reserve Reemployment Act, Title 38 U.S.C. §§ 4301,… |
| 18-280 |
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al. v. City of New York, New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2018-09-06 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (46)Relisted (4) |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-rights handgun handgun-transport handgun-transportation licensed-firearms public-safety right-to-travel second-amendment transport |
Whether the City's ban on transporting a licensed, locked, and unloaded handgun to a home or shooting range outside city limits is consistent with the… |
| 18-276 |
Richard J. Baker v. Microsoft Corporation, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2018-09-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-i-section-8-clause-8 compensation constitutional-interpretation contract due-process government-compensation government-obligation invention-security judicial-procedure judicial-proceedings patent-infringement patent-rights property-protection property-rights takings trial |
Whether under rights given by Congress and contained in U.S. Constitution Article I Section 8 Clause 8 to all U.S. patent holders, courts must forward… |
| 18-5812 |
In Re Richard DeCaro |
|
2018-08-29 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure doctrinal-underpinnings double-jeopardy due-process gamble-v-united-states innocence original-meaning re-adjudication separate-sovereigns separate-sovereigns-exception |
Whether the Court should overrule the 'separate sovereigns' exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause |
| 18-5830 |
A. L., the Father v. Florida Department of Children and Families |
Florida |
2018-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment brown-vs-board civil-procedure civil-procedure-due-process civil-rights due-process free-speech parental-rights shaken-baby-syndrome standing |
Whether per curiam affirm decision without reaching merits of the case violated due-process |
| 18-5741 |
George O. Riley v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure common-law constitutional-interpretation judicial-rulemaking motion-to-dismiss pleading-standard pleading-standards rules-enabling-act seventh-amendment twombly |
Whether the heightened pleading standard adopted in Tellabs/Twombly/Iqbal violates the Seventh Amendment to The United States Constitution by defying … |
| 18-5764 |
Richard Joseph Crane v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process ex-post-facto habeas-corpus life-sentence parole parole-consideration sentencing supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the Supreme Court intended for the opinion of California Department of Corrections v. Morales (1995) and Garner v. Jones (2000) to apply to in… |
| 18-5693 |
Arlow Antone Kay v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
making robust appellate review unnecessary appellate-review constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-booker |
Have the departure provisions of the United States Sentencing Guidelines been rendered 'obsolete' and 'superfluous' by this Court's opinion in United … |
| 18-5672 |
Charles S. Renchenski v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-08-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure circuit-split conflict-of-laws constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default state-courts |
Has the Third Circuit Court of Appeals entered a decision that is in conflict with the United States Supreme Court, all other Courts of Appeals, feder… |
| 18-191 |
John Cassidy v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2018-08-14 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process firearm-possession heller home-firearm-rights home-possession intermediate-scrutiny interstate-firearm-transfer mcdonald presumptively-lawful-restrictions scrutiny-standard second-amendment state-restrictions strict-scrutiny |
What level of scrutiny should be used in reviewing statutes that punish possession of lawfully acquired arms kept in the home? |
| 18-5541 |
Darren Kyle Stepp-Zafft v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-08-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-penalty due-process firearms-regulation national-firearms-act nfa-firearms right-to-bear-arms second-amendment tax taxation united-states-constitution |
Is 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) a valid exercise of Congress's power to tax? |
| 18-5571 |
Keenan G. Wilkins, aka Nerrah Brown v. Contra Costa County, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing takings |
Whether the 9th Circuit's holding in Peruta v. County of San Diego (2016) stands |
| 18-5496 |
Alfredo Perez, Jr. v. California |
California |
2018-08-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-doctrine apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-interpretation criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-fact-finding judicial-findings jury-trial resentencing sentencing sixth-amendment three-strikes-law |
Does the federal constitution, as construed in Apprendi v. New Jersey, permit a court to find a defendant ineligible for resentencing based on judicia… |
| 18-5398 |
Kenneth Floyd Prutting v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 2nd-amendment armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states residual-clause samuel-johnson section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether a § 2255 movant raising a Samuel Johnson claim can satisfy his burden of proof by showing his ACCA sentence may have been based on the residua… |
| 18-121 |
James Rothery, et al. v. Lou Blanas, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-07-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
2nd-amendment civil-rights concealed-carry discretionary-licensing discretionary-permit due-process equal-protection law-enforcement-exemption licensing-discretion second-amendment self-defense self-defense-rights standing takings |
Does California's general prohibition to carry a loaded handgun outside the home, coupled with an arbitrary and capricious licensing scheme for citize… |
| 18-5361 |
Hazhar A. Sayed v. Travis Trani, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-07-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
collateral-estoppel constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-litigation pro-se-prisoner-litigant |
Whether the Fifth Amendment's Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits retrying a defendant on a higher level charge after being convicted of a lesser include… |
| 18-5363 |
Reynaldo Rendon, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-clause state-lines |
Whether the Interstate Commerce Clause authorizes Congress to criminalize the possession of every firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any tim… |
| 18-5385 |
Lee Curtis Bell, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law enumerated-powers federalism judicial-review preemption state-responsibility state-rights |
Whether the case should be held in light of any case establishing limitations on Congressional power to criminalize areas of traditional state respons… |
| 18-108 |
David Duncan v. GEICO General Insurance Company |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-24 |
Denied |
|
14th-amendment 7th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation due-process erie-doctrine erie-railroad-co-v-tompkins federal-case-law federal-common-law federal-courts judicial-precedent procedural-law substantive-law supreme-court-precedent |
Whether federal courts are wrongfully developing and applying federal case law in derogation of the U.S. Constitution and the established U.S. Supreme… |
| 18-5146 |
Adam Darrick Toghill v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation conviction criminal-conviction criminal-statute due-process equal-protection lawrence-v-texas sodomy-statute substantive-due-process unequal-penal-consequences unequal-treatment |
Whether Virginia's anti-sodomy statute violates due-process, equal-protection |
| 18-5167 |
Levar Brown v. California |
California |
2018-07-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights criminal-justice-system criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-regulations second-amendment self-defense statutory-interpretation |
Whether the petitioner's conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon under 18 U.S.C. 922(g) violates the Second Amendment and due process rights |
| 18-18 |
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission v. American Humanist Association, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-03 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (5)Relisted (5) |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech government-speech monument public-display reasonable-observer religious-symbol standing war-memorial |
Whether the Establishment Clause requires the removal or destruction of a 93-year-old memorial to American servicemen who died in World War I solely b… |
| 18-5050 |
James E. Whitney v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-06-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
accountability civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process government-authority judicial-independence jurisdiction legal-standing separation-of-powers sovereignty standing |
Is the living breathing sentient mortal sovereign of the world-of-man government constructs known as the United States or a sub-servant and subjugated… |
| 18-6 |
Jerry Preston McNeil v. Scott Marsh, et al. |
Oklahoma |
2018-06-29 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation constitutional-sovereignty due-process federal-power federalism federalism-principles government-structure legal-remedy separation-of-powers state-jurisdiction state-sovereignty union |
Whether civil governments shall be restored to each of the several indestructible States of this indestructible union of American States, and sovereig… |
| 23A423 |
R. J. Kulick v. Patrick Soon-Shiong, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
|
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-interpretation disability-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review pro-se |
Whether the Due Process Clause protects a pro se litigant's right to file federal court pleadings despite disability and procedural challenges |
| 25A693 |
Frank A. Walls v. Florida, et al. |
Florida |
|
Denied |
|
atkins-claim constitutional-interpretation death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment intellectual-disability |
Question not identified. |