Equal-Protection

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25A914 Nicole Malliotakis, et al. v. Michael Williams, et al. New York 2026-02-13 Application congressional-redistricting due-process elections-clause equal-protection fourteenth-amendment racial-gerrymandering Whether the Equal Protection Clause and Elections Clause permit a state court to invalidate a congressional district map based on racial consideration…
25-6779 Sasho Stantchev v. Bunker Hill Community College Massachusetts 2026-02-11 Pending IFP 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection personal-injury procedural-deadlines state-court Whether the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment is violated when procedural deadlines take priority over merits of personal injury cases at state…
25-939 James Garfield Broadnax v. Texas Texas 2026-02-06 Pending confrontation-clause due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection expert-testimony fourteenth-amendment Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals erred in admitting racially inflammatory rap lyrics as evidence and in allowing testimonial out-of-court s…
25-938 James Garfield Broadnax v. Texas Texas 2026-02-06 Pending batson-violation constitutional-law equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-strikes race-discrimination Whether the State's consideration of race in striking prospective Black jurors violated the Equal Protection Clause under Batson v. Kentucky
25-929 Joseph Sheely, et al. v. Harold R. Feezle, et al. Sixth Circuit 2026-02-06 Pending Response Waived 6th-circuit appeal-bond appellate-procedure due-process equal-protection statutory-rights Whether a district court's imposition of an appeal bond that inhibits appellants' pursuit of their statutory right of appeal, contrary to F.R.A.P. 7, …
25-926 Alexander Keely v. Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners Pennsylvania 2026-02-05 Pending due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment law-school-accreditation professional-licensing racial-discrimination Whether Pennsylvania's ABA law school accreditation monopoly violates the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause and Due Process protections
25-918 Jose A. Trevino, et al. v. Steven Hobbs, Secretary of State of Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2026-02-04 Pending district-reconfiguration equal-protection racial-gerrymandering section-2-liability standing voting-rights-act Whether a voter who is moved into a new district and a legislator whose district is reconfigured by a court-drawn remedial map have standing to challe…
25-898 William Muhr v. Kristin Lee, aka Kristin Ellias Colorado 2026-02-04 Pending district-map equal-protection racial-gerrymandering section-2 standing voting-rights-act Whether a voter who is moved into a new district and a legislator whose district is reconfigured by a court-drawn remedial map have standing to challe…
25-6687 Herbert McDowell, Jr. v. South Carolina South Carolina 2026-02-02 Pending IFP contract-clause equal-protection first-amendment freedom-of-association habeas-corpus unauthorized-practice-law Whether the South Carolina Supreme Court violated constitutional rights by preventing a paralegal from assisting a prisoner in preparing habeas corpus…
25-6685 Rodrigue Alain Ndje Nlend v. Suzanne Parisien, Judge, Superior Court of Washington, King County Washington 2026-02-02 Pending IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion postjudgement-motions writ-of-certiorari Whether the DecEnation Order is clearly erroneous and whether Judge Parisien's refusal to hear postjudgement motions deprives Rodrigue of fundamental …
25-901 Benancio Garcia, III v. Steven Hobbs, Secretary of State of Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2026-01-30 Pending appellate-review equal-protection judicial-remedy legislative-districts mootness racial-gerrymandering Whether a plaintiff's Equal Protection Clause racial gerrymandering claim is rendered moot when the challenged legislative district is replaced in a d…
25A835 Vikram Valame v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2026-01-21 Application equal-protection equal-rights-amendment fifth-amendment military-integration rostker-v-goldberg selective-service Whether the male-only Selective Service registration requirement violates the Equal Protection component of the Fifth Amendment in light of women's fu…
25-864 Daniel Otu v. Anita Whyte-Otu Georgia 2026-01-21 Pending constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment protective-order void-for-vagueness Does a court of law violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause when the issuance of a permanent protective order relies on an allegedly une…
25-6626 Terrance Carew v. Robert Morton, Superintendent, Downstate Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2026-01-20 Pending IFP batson-challenge constitutional-rights equal-protection ineffective-assistance jury-selection racial-discrimination Whether an attorney has necessarily provided ineffective assistance of counsel when, after making successful Batson claims, he fails to insist on a re…
25-836 Rockland County, New York, et al. v. New York, et al. New York 2026-01-15 Pending Response Waived county-administration due-process election-law equal-protection fourteenth-amendment voting-rights Whether New York's Even Year Election Law violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment by selectively restructuri…
25-824 Tony Moody v. Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Ohio 2026-01-13 Pending antidiscrimination-law burden-shifting due-process employment-retaliation equal-protection statutory-safeguards Whether the cumulative errors in applying established antiretaliation standards have deprived Petitioner of constitutional due process and equal prote…
25-823 William King Moss, III v. Sachem Central Board of Education, et al. Second Circuit 2026-01-13 Pending civil-rights discrimination-pleading equal-protection rule-8 section-1981 title-vii Whether a federal court may dismiss a discrimination complaint at the pleading stage by crediting only the plaintiffs alternative theory of unlawful c…
25-6552 Angeliina Lynn Lawson v. Jonathan David Lawson Tenth Circuit 2026-01-12 Pending Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights equal-protection fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigant removal-jurisdiction Whether 28 U.S.C. §1443(1) permits removal to federal court when a pro se litigant with disabilities alleges systemic discrimination, retaliation, and…
25-795 Montgomery Blair Sibley v. Chauncey J. Watches, Judge, Steuben County, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2026-01-07 Pending Response Waived due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis judicial-immunity petition-clause second-amendment Whether federal in forma pauperis litigants may be significantly denied immediate access to Court while filing-fee paying litigants suffer no such con…
25-6516 Auburn Calloway v. United States Sixth Circuit 2026-01-07 Pending Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process equal-protection judicial-disqualification mens-rea sentence-reduction Whether the district court's sentence reduction denial violated due process and equal protection rights due to judicial disqualification and misinterp…
25-6448 Torrence Belcher v. Terri Hale, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-12-30 Pending Response WaivedIFP 10th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection prisoner-rights state-law Whether intervening circumstances affect the continuing validity of a legal rule or policy in the context of prisoner rights and constitutional protec…
25-766 Justyna Jensen v. Maryland Cannabis Administration, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-12-30 Pending Response Waived business-licensing dormant-commerce-clause equal-protection nonresident-discrimination pell-grant-eligibility state-university Whether a state statute discriminates against nonresidents in violation of the dormant Commerce Clause if it confers eligibility for a business licens…
25-6434 Natasha T. Baskin v. Algernon M. Pitre District of Columbia 2025-12-29 Pending IFP access-to-justice disability-rights due-process emergency-tolling equal-protection pro-se-litigants Whether the combined effect of emergency tolling restrictions, denial of disability accommodations, and procedural barriers violated Due Process and E…
25-6430 Jesse Michael Holliday v. California California 2025-12-23 Pending IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct pretrial-detention state-court-review Whether the due process rights of a pretrial detainee were violated by judicial misconduct and deputy actions, and whether state court refusal to revi…
25-6422 Kenneth J. O'Brien v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-23 Pending IFP constitutional-validity due-process equal-protection florida-law judicial-review statutory-interpretation Were Florida Statutes, Chapters 794 and 800 constitutionally valid and enacted in accordance with Florida Constitutional mandates?
25-733 Joseph Soaris v. Tony Aikhionbare California 2025-12-22 Pending civil-rights equal-protection legal-equality state-law Whether the state is applying its laws equally amongst its citizens?
25-692 Brooke Lynnette Girley, et al. v. The Florida Bar, et al. Florida 2025-12-12 Pending Response Waived due-process equal-protection first-amendment professional-discipline religious-freedom speech-based-discipline Whether a state may impose professional discipline on attorneys for out-of-court criticism of a judge without clear and convincing proof of false stat…
25-684 Malcolm Curtis, et ux. v. Department of the Treasury, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-12-11 Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof due-process equal-protection income-reporting judicial-presumption tax-law Whether granting the IRS a judicial presumption of correctness violates due process and equal protection when the IRS fails to introduce evidence of u…
25-6333 Cameron Kemp v. Michael Powers, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-12-10 Pending IFP access-to-courts due-process equal-protection judicial-immunity municipal-liability self-help-eviction Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in affirming the denial of Petitioner's statutory right to appeal and misapplied judicial precedents regarding municip…
25-6291 Georgianna Parisi v. Estate of Jackie Jones, et al. Ohio 2025-12-05 Pending IFP equal-protection fourteenth-amendment interstate-commerce judicial-oversight probate-court trustee-compensation Whether a State's probate court violates the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause by permitting substantially higher compensation for corpor…
25-6254 Jorge C. Ferretiz-Hernandez, Ignacio Felix-Salinas, and Elias Chiroy-Cac v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection legislative-intent legislative-reenactment racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
25A626 Rajeh A. Saadeh v. New Jersey State Bar Association New Jersey 2025-11-26 Application bar-association diversity-quotas equal-protection first-amendment freedom-of-association status-based-discrimination Whether the First Amendment permits a professional association to use racial and status-based quotas for board membership under the guise of 'diversit…
25-6244 Tasleema Yasin v. VM Master Issuer, LLC Georgia 2025-11-25 Denied IFP access-to-courts appellate-review due-process electronic-filing equal-protection first-amendment Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause is violated when a timely notice of appeal is denied solely because of the State's malfunctionin…
25-611 Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Oregon Department of Revenue Oregon 2025-11-25 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived administrative-convenience equal-protection fourteenth-amendment intangible-property state-law taxation Whether the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a state from singling out a few businesses for taxation of their intangible …
25-6201 Frank Paul Ferrara v. Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-11-21 Denied IFP attorney-general civil-commitment constitutional-law discretionary-action equal-protection fourteenth-amendment Whether the Virginia Attorney General's office's discretionary decisions regarding state statutes and case law for civil commitments violate equal pro…
25-6179 Benny Lee Hodge v. Laura Plappert, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-11-20 Denied IFP capital-sentence cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment equal-protection habeas-corpus sixth-circuit Did the en banc Sixth Circuit violate the Eighth Amendment's Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause by selectively, irregularly, and arbitrarily affirmi…
25-593 Gerald Scott v. Boca Landings Homeowners Association, Inc. Florida 2025-11-20 Denied discretionary-review due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigants statute-of-limitations Whether a state supreme court's summary denial of discretionary review of a Per Curium Affirmance (PCA) involving a Statute of Limitation defense viol…
25-6157 Eric King v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment identity-theft indictment-defects Whether a conviction for aggravated identity theft can stand when the alleged identity use was merely incidental in progress notes without fraudulent …
25-6148 Jehan Semper v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection indigent-rights judicial-discretion pro-se Whether a district court's failure to consider an indigent pro se plaintiff's filings violates constitutional due process and access to justice
25A569 Eric Drake v. Texas Texas 2025-11-14 Application deferred-adjudication due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment probation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a state court's deferred probation order violates due process and equal protection when imposed by a judge lacking subject-matter jurisdiction
25-577 Chaldean Coalition, Inc. v. San Diego County Independent Redistricting Commission, et al. California 2025-11-14 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) district-design equal-protection fourteenth-amendment population-deviation racial-gerrymandering redistricting Is the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment violated when the explicit basis for the placement of a geographic area in one district ove…
25A556 La Union del Pueblo Entero, et al. v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-11-13 Application equal-protection fifth-circuit redistricting texas-law voter-assistance voting-rights Whether the Voting Rights Act and Equal Protection Clause prohibit Texas from enacting voter assistance restrictions that disproportionately burden mi…
25-572 James Stuart Faller, II v. Department of Justice, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-11-13 Denied Response Waived absolute-immunity due-process equal-protection judicial-bias pro-se-litigant qualified-immunity Whether persistent and categorical judicial bias toward pro se litigants violates due process and equal protection guarantees; and whether absolute an…
25-6060 Katherine Henry, et vir v. City of Ormond Beach, Florida Florida 2025-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection excessive-fines local-law-compliance malum-prohibitum Whether a class of one Equal Protection claim requires combining three distinct offenses for defining similarly situated parties, and whether a homeow…
25-6058 Raymond E. Lumsden v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP equal-protection establishment-clause first-amendment prison-ministry religious-discrimination rluipa Does Texas' partnership with a Christian-only prison ministry program violate the Establishment Clause and RLUIPA by providing special privileges only…
25-557 Donald T. Trinen v. Supreme Court of Colorado Colorado 2025-11-06 Denied Response Waived cle-compliance due-process equal-protection judicial-review lawyer-discipline suspension-order Does the Equal Protection Clause give an alleged cle-derelict lawyer the same right of judicial review for proposed suspension discipline that state l…
25-553 Sossamma George Sebastin v. Sebastin Francis Illinois 2025-11-06 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights custody-evaluation due-process equal-protection pro-se-litigant procedural-fairness Whether fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution are violated when a court denies a pro se litigant access to a sealed custody evaluator's re…
25-550 Michael Fernandez, D.D.S., LTD., a Division of Atlantic Dental Care, PLC, et al. v. Stephen C. Brich, P.E., Commissioner of Highways, in His Individual and Official Capacity, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-11-05 Denied Response Waived class-of-one comparator-analysis constitutional-claim equal-protection pleading-standard zoning-law Is Appellants' non-zoning related equal protection claim based upon a 'class-of-one theory' subject to the heightened pleading standard for similarly …
25-537 Raymond H. Pierson, III v. Phyliss M. Rushing California 2025-11-04 Denied constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment insurance-litigation medical-emergency Whether a self-represented party suffering a medical emergency can be denied due process and have their case dismissed for failing to appear at trial
25A502 Floyd D. Johnson v. United States Congress Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-03 Application bill-of-attainder constitutional-challenge equal-protection judicial-review sovereign-immunity veterans-benefits Whether the Veterans' Judicial Review Act precludes federal district courts from hearing constitutional challenges to federal statutes governing veter…
25-6017 John Todd Williams v. Richard J. Sullivan, et al. Second Circuit 2025-11-03 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-claims due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion Whether the denial of in forma pauperis status to an indigent litigant raising substantial constitutional claims violates due process and equal protec…
25-6015 Timothy Marcus Mayberry v. Aramark, et al. Indiana 2025-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment pro-se Whether the Court of Appeals of Indiana denies a litigant due process and violates the Equal Protection Clause by summarily disposing of appellate iss…
25-6012 Julia Dixon v. Medhost Dispatcher, et al. Massachusetts 2025-11-03 Denied IFP access-to-courts constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection indigent-plaintiff medical-malpractice Whether requiring an indigent, self-represented plaintiff to post a mandatory medical tribunal bond as a condition for access to a malpractice trial v…
25-6011 John De Light v. Laura De Light, et al. California 2025-10-31 Denied IFP appellate-review due-process equal-protection family-law fourteenth-amendment jurisdictional-transfer Whether a state court violates due process by issuing preemptive rulings before an appeal concludes, thereby denying a meaningful hearing
25-533 Minnesota Deer Farmers Association, et al. v. Sarah Strommen, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, or her successor, et al. Eighth Circuit 2025-10-31 Denied Amici (4) demographic-discrimination equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fundamental-rights legal-vocation strict-scrutiny Whether pursuing a legal vocation completely prohibited by state law for a demographic group is a fundamental right under the Fourteenth Amendment, an…
25-5942 Ky Tan Le v. Stephen H. Locher, Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa Eighth Circuit 2025-10-23 Denied IFP constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection false-statement federal-crime judicial-misconduct Whether making a false writing statement to fault a party in a case constitutes a federal crime under 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(3), and whether the Chief Ju…
25-5932 Garland Ray Gregory, Jr. v. South Dakota South Dakota 2025-10-22 Denied IFP choice-of-counsel coram-nobis equal-protection fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment structural-error Is a Sixth Amendment 'erroneous deprivation of choice of counsel' structural error properly before the court as a coram nobis claim, and does the Sout…
25-489 Norman Engel v. Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation, et al. Texas 2025-10-20 Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment medical-stability property-rights workers-compensation Does the 90-Day limit on challenging medical stability determinations violate the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantees of substantive due process, equal …
25-460 Donata Edwards v. U.S. Bank National Association, Trustee for RMAC Trust, Series 2016-CTT, et al. District of Columbia 2025-10-16 Denied Response Waived covid-19-restrictions equal-protection executive-order foreclosure fourteenth-amendment property-sale Whether the DC Court of Appeals improperly affirmed the lower court's decision ratifying a real property sale during COVID-19 executive orders in pote…
25-5886 Kevin Scott v. Florida Florida 2025-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-law due-process equal-protection legal-uniformity state-court Does a State Court that refuses to uniformly apply its own laws and rules to similarly situated state prisoners violate the Due Process and Equal Prot…
25A423 Heather Swanson, et al. v. Michael T. Hilgers, Attorney General of Nebraska, et al. Eighth Circuit 2025-10-14 Presumed Complete equal-protection fourteenth-amendment home-birth medical-regulation midwifery rational-basis Whether a state law completely prohibiting certified nurse midwives from attending home births violates the Fourteenth Amendment's rational basis revi…
25A421 Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Oregon Department of Revenue Oregon 2025-10-14 Presumed Complete centrally-assessed discriminatory-tax equal-protection fourteenth-amendment intangible-property taxation Whether the Equal Protection Clause permits a state to impose property taxes on intangible assets of only select businesses while exempting other taxp…
25-442 Joseph J. Roybal, Sheriff, El Paso County, Colorado, et al. v. Darlene Griffith Tenth Circuit 2025-10-10 Pending Amici (1) constitutional-scrutiny due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection prison-policies transgender-rights Whether a transgender inmate's challenge to sex-based prison policies is subject to heightened scrutiny or a deferential standard of review
25-5845 Ohio, ex rel. Christopher Michael Williams v. Marilyn Zayas, Judge, First District Court of Appeals, Hamilton County, Ohio, et al. Ohio 2025-10-09 Denied IFP 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection equitable-tolling judicial-immunity state-court-procedure Does a state Court Judge commit a violation of a Defendant's 14th Amendment rights to the United States Constitution for Due process and equal protect…
25-5827 Errol Victor, Sr. v. Louisiana Louisiana 2025-10-08 Denied IFP constitutional-violation equal-protection fourteenth-amendment government-oppression racial-discrimination sixth-amendment Whether a state's racially motivated statute denying African American citizens equal protection is considered government oppression under the U.S. Con…
25-5807 Tamatha Lynn Melom v. Stone County, Mississippi Mississippi 2025-10-06 Denied IFP confrontation-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias sixth-amendment Whether the seizure, destruction, and permanent transfer of a citizen's lawfully owned dogs, based on untested hearsay, without production of police r…
25-408 Tamara Baines v. City of Atlanta, Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-06 Denied Response Waived employment-discrimination equal-protection hostile-work-environment section-1983 sexual-harassment title-vii Whether the 'some harm' standard applies to sexual harassment claims under the Equal Protection Clause and Title VII
25-398 Adeayo O. Turton v. Saks Fifth Avenue, LLC Pennsylvania 2025-10-03 Denied appellate-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-review waiver-doctrine Whether Pennsylvania's appellate procedures and waiver doctrines violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment by d…
25-5798 Mikhael Y. Lerman v. Celine E. Lerman California 2025-10-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection family-law fourteenth-amendment thirteenth-amendment Whether California Family Code § 2550 violates Equal Protection and Due Process rights and constitutes an unconstitutional taking or involuntary servi…
25-5766 Jonathan Valentin v. Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industries Third Circuit 2025-09-30 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourth-amendment pro-se-litigation Whether the First and Fourth Amendment constitutional protections of free speech, due process, and equal protection continue to be denied in a civil r…
25-5733 Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Jesus Valdivia, Police Officer, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-25 Dismissed IFP access-to-court appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection Did the Appellate Court wrongly dismiss the appeal due to orders preventing effective litigation, and did the Southern District of Florida and Elevent…
25-357 Adrian M. Lockridge v. Madison Metropolitan School District, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-09-25 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 504-plan disability-rights education-law equal-protection individualized-education Does the Department of Education's 504 Plan provide equal protection for students with disabilities under the 14th Amendment and applicable disability…
25-5714 Abass Yaya Bamba v. United States District Court for the District of Colorado Tenth Circuit 2025-09-24 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion Whether a federal court may constitutionally dismiss a civil rights complaint solely for inability to pay filing fees, in violation of 28 U.S.C. § 191…
25A319 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Ashton Orr, et al. First Circuit 2025-09-19 Application Amici (1) biological-sex equal-protection executive-order gender-identity passport-policy sex-designation Whether the Equal Protection Clause permits the government to require passport sex designations based solely on biological sex without recognizing gen…
25-324 Richard William Kleinhammer v. California California 2025-09-18 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2) actual-innocence due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment self-representation sixth-amendment Whether a postconviction appellate court can create a bar to self-representation without exception or discretionary review of merits
25-5665 Ali Awad Mahmoud Irsan v. Texas Texas 2025-09-17 Denied Amici (1)IFP constitutional-rights equal-protection judicial-discretion jury-selection race-discrimination voir-dire Does the knowing judicial enforcement of defense counsel's explicitly race-based agreement to exclude a Black woman from the venire violate the Equal …
25-315 Silas Salyers, aka Silas Salyer v. Clifford B. Walker, Personal Representative of the Estate of Evelyn Walker Michigan 2025-09-17 Denied Response Waived contract-clause deed-ownership due-process equal-protection property-rights trespass-damages Whether the Michigan judiciary violated Petitioner's due process and equal protection rights by rendering legally impossible rulings regarding propert…
25-5660 In Re David C. White 2025-09-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law due-process equal-protection judicial-immunity loper-bright pro-se-litigation Whether U.S. courts systematically violate due process and judicial conduct through administrative law and summary judgment procedures in pro se litig…
25-5643 Deloris Phillips v. Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation Fifth Circuit 2025-09-16 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process economic-discrimination equal-protection legal-representation Whether the United States District Court unconstitutionally denied due process to a petitioner based on economic/social class and lack of legal repres…
25-5605 David Joseph Pittman v. Florida Florida 2025-09-11 Denied IFP capital-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection ex-post-facto retroactive-effect Does the Florida Supreme Court's disparate application of Hall v. Florida to capital defendants create an unequal death penalty system violating the E…
25-5594 In Re Brian D. Dubuc 2025-09-10 Denied IFP due-process equal-protection non-discretionary-mandate reservation-lands treaty-rights tribal-jurisdiction Whether a non-discretionary state supreme court mandate can be refused execution by a state trial court or restricted to tribal or US District Court j…
25-5562 Brian Dale Dubuc v. First National Bank of Okmulgee, et al. Oklahoma 2025-09-05 Denied IFP cherokee-nation due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction land-allotment treaty-rights Whether Registered Cherokee Nation members were deprived of lands, rights, and equity without due process and equal protection under treaties and cons…
25-258 Zante, Inc., dba Marlena's Bistro and Pizzeria v. Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Michigan 2025-09-05 Denied Response Waived civil-contempt equal-protection fundamental-rights subject-matter-jurisdiction supremacy-clause void-ab-initio Are unconstitutional laws void ab initio requiring retrospective treatment of opinions affecting fundamental rights?
25-5549 Vladislav Konstantin Aksenov v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment racial-bias trial-procedure Do the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit the government at trial from implicitly evoking stereotypes about a defendant's racial or ethnic backg…
25-5534 Carl G. Lindsey v. Ohio Ohio 2025-09-03 Denied IFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorder fourteenth-amendment Does the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, and the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantees of Due Process and Equal Prote…
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 Does §2 of the Voting Rights Act require Alabama to create a second majority-minority district despite potential constitutional concerns?
25-5523 Mohamed A. Ibrahim v. Allison L. Lynn Maryland 2025-09-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment marital-settlement mental-disability procedural-safeguards Whether Maryland state courts' failure to recognize mental disabilities violates due process when enforcing a marital settlement agreement
25A241 James P. Baumgartner v. United States Armed Forces 2025-08-29 Presumed Complete batson-challenge equal-protection jury-composition military-justice panel-member-selection racial-discrimination Whether a one-for-one replacement of minority panel members in a military court-martial satisfies constitutional requirements for racial fairness in j…
25A234 South Carolina, et al. v. John Doe, By His Next Friends and Parents, Jim Doe and Jane Doe Fourth Circuit 2025-08-28 Presumed Complete Amici (1) equal-protection gender-affirming-care legislative-act medical-treatment sovereignty title-x Whether a state law regulating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors violates constitutional equal protection principles or federal anti-discr…
25-5498 Jason Strauch v. New Mexico New Mexico 2025-08-28 Denied IFP due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment right-to-appeal writ-of-mandamus Was the New Mexico Supreme Court's denial of Mr. Strauch's State Writ of Mandamus contrary to the United States Constitution's First Amendment and Fou…
25-5489 Peter Fowler v. Correctional Officer Lucas Bohnert, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-08-27 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment equal-protection incarceration plra sexual-abuse Whether equal protection applies to elder inmates under sexual abuse while incarcerated and whether the U.S. Court of Appeals erred in denying a motio…
25-5469 Bryan Christopher Bell v. North Carolina North Carolina 2025-08-26 Denied Amici (5)IFP batson-challenge equal-protection gender-discrimination jury-selection postconviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the North Carolina Supreme Court improperly barred relief in a Batson challenge involving gender-based jury discrimination
25-5456 Elbert Gaynor v. Extended Stay America Maryland 2025-08-25 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment appointed-counsel equal-protection mootness procedural-due-process service-of-process Whether a state court of last resort erred in affirming lower court decisions that deprived petitioners of 14th Amendment equal protection and procedu…
25-5447 La'Shaun Clark v. Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC, as Assignee of One Main Financial Group, LLC Georgia 2025-08-22 Denied IFP contract-law debt-buyer due-process equal-protection federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce Whether debt buyers are defined as Lenders and whether state courts violate due process by refusing to enforce federal arbitration agreements
25-205 Schuyler E. Cole, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii Hawaii 2025-08-20 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law equal-protection fourteenth-amendment property-valuation tax-assessment tax-classification Whether a real property tax classification that distinguishes residential properties based on a $1,000,000 valuation threshold amounts to unequal trea…
25-5401 Gregory Matthew Seay v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2025-08-19 Denied IFP collateral-estoppel constitutional-rights double-jeopardy equal-protection manifest-necessity mistrial Does the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals' decision contradict the Ninth Circuit's ruling in Weston v. Kernan, thereby violating equal protection un…
25-199 Daniel Concepcion, et al. v. Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, dba MLB, et al. First Circuit 2025-08-19 Denied Amici (2)Response WaivedRelisted (2) antitrust-exemption baseball-litigation constitutional-challenge equal-protection sherman-act supreme-court-precedent Whether the Supreme Court's precedent in Federal Baseball Club should be reversed and whether the Curt Flood Act is unconstitutional under the Equal P…
25-191 James Napier v. Orchard School Foundation Seventh Circuit 2025-08-18 Denied civil-rights-act employer-bias employment-discrimination equal-protection evidentiary-standards title-vii Whether the opinion of the court of appeals disregarding evidence of employer bias against male employees is contrary to the Supreme Court's decision …
25-181 Arthur Lopez v. California Department of Motor Vehicles, et al. California 2025-08-14 Denied civil-rights double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection registration-fees unlawful-seizure Whether the California Department of Motor Vehicles violated constitutional rights through fraudulent registration fee schemes and unlawful vehicle se…
25-5361 Rita Arguijo Garcia v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security Eleventh Circuit 2025-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeals-council due-process equal-protection filing-date social-security Whether Social Security regulations that permit a claimant to submit new evidence to the Appeals Council and receive a protective filing date violate …
25-5351 Roberta A. Lee v. Department of the Army Federal Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights employment-discrimination equal-protection first-amendment merit-system-protection-board wrongful-termination Whether the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the First Amendment allow federal employees equal protection and accountability for wrongful termination
25-155 Gennady Y. Paremsky v. Ingham County, Michigan, et al. Michigan 2025-08-08 Denied Response Waived compensation-rights constitutional-violations contract-impairment due-process equal-protection takings-clause Whether Michigan county officials violated the Takings Clause, Due Process, and Equal Protection Clauses by removing an employee's earned compensation…
25-147 Michael J. Polelle v. Cord Byrd, Florida Secretary of State, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-08-07 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived closed-primary election-law equal-protection first-amendment political-association voting-rights Does the Florida closed-primary system violate a voter's First Amendment and Equal Protection rights to political free speech and association?
25-142 William Gerard Sangervasi, II v. City of San Jose, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-08-06 Denied Response Waived equal-protection first-amendment government-speech police-uniform sexual-orientation viewpoint-discrimination Whether government can misappropriate police uniforms for ideological sexual speech in violation of equal protection and First Amendment rights
25-136 Francis Palardy v. AT&T Services Inc., et al. Texas 2025-08-05 Denied americans-with-disabilities-act defamation disability-discrimination equal-protection supremacy-clause tester-litigation Whether state courts may disregard the Americans with Disabilities Act when adjudicating defamation claims involving disability-related conduct, in vi…
25-5256 Leroy A. Garrett v. PDV Holding Third Circuit 2025-08-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review court-procedure equal-protection judicial-discretion legal-technicalities procedural-fairness Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit improperly managed proceedings by prioritizing technicalities over substantial justic…
25-5243 Karen Y. Baez v. Synectics for Management Decisions, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-07-31 Denied IFP access-to-courts due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct mootness-doctrine pro-se-complaint Whether a district court violates due process and equal protection by dismissing a pro se complaint as frivolous without full record review or address…
25A109 Wes Allen, Alabama Secretary of State, et al. v. Bobby Singleton, et al. Alabama 2025-07-25 Presumed Complete congressional-redistricting equal-protection intentional-discrimination racial-gerrymandering section-2 voting-rights-act Whether the Equal Protection Clause prohibits a state legislature from drawing congressional districts that allegedly discriminate against minority vo…
25A110 Wes Allen, Alabama Secretary of State, et al. v. Evan Milligan, et al. Alabama 2025-07-25 Presumed Complete congressional-redistricting equal-protection intentional-discrimination racial-gerrymandering section-2 voting-rights-act Whether Alabama's 2023 congressional redistricting plan violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and the Equal Protection Clause by allegedly discr…
25-5188 Bethzaeli Safier v. Thelma Woolridge Florida 2025-07-24 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct probate-law Whether the Florida Supreme Court's refusal to review Petitioner's case violated the Equal Protection Clause by allowing differential treatment in pro…
25-5177 Aaron Edward Meier v. Aaron Williams, et al. Eighth Circuit 2025-07-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct prosecutorial-ethics supremacy-clause Does a state judge's refusal to follow federal law and a prosecutor's claim that 'the Republic is dead' violate due process and the Supremacy Clause?
25-93 Ang Jin v. Chen Zhao, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Yetao Jin Seventh Circuit 2025-07-23 Denied Response Waived distribution-law due-process equal-protection fiduciary-liability restatement-second special-representative Whether the court judgment could circumvent appellants' most important argument regarding Restatement 2nd, Special representative's fiduciary liabilit…
25-69 Shan Shan Su v. Broward County, Florida Eleventh Circuit 2025-07-18 Denied appellate-review circuit-court due-process equal-protection legal-precedent motion-to-dismiss Whether the Eleventh Circuit's claim of forfeited appellate rights and refusal to conduct de novo review violated due process and equal protection, cr…
25-5101 In Re Matthew Phillips 2025-07-15 Denied IFP constitutional-rights equal-protection habeas-corpus procedural-due-process sentence-execution state-prisoner Whether the Eleventh Circuit denied Matthew Phillips procedural due process by barring a second habeas petition when no adequate remedy exists for a f…
25-5103 In Re Matthew Phillips 2025-07-15 Denied IFP constitutional-rights equal-protection extraordinary-writ habeas-corpus procedural-due-process state-prisoner Whether the Eleventh Circuit denied Matthew Phillips procedural due process by barring a second habeas petition when no adequate remedy exists for a f…
25-5089 Veronica M. Johnson v. William S. Moore, Judge, Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-07-14 Denied IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-recusal pro-se-plaintiff Whether the unprecedented conduct of sitting Portsmouth Circuit Court judges in a sua sponte joint administrative Recusal Order violates a pro se Plai…
25-36 Arthur Lopez v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, Division Seven, et al. California 2025-07-10 Denied 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection parental-rights restraining-order Should United States Constitution Civil Rights including 14th Amendment Equal Protection and Due Process under Law guarantees be applicable to Civil H…
25-37 Theresa England v. Steven R. Siebe, et al. Indiana 2025-07-10 Denied common-law-tort equal-protection fourteenth-amendment joint-employer seventh-amendment third-party-tortfeasor Whether Indiana courts violated Petitioner's Fourteenth and Seventh Amendment rights by barring a common law cause of action against third-party tortf…
25-5035 Jennifer Lynn Dees, et al. v. Jillian Knox, et al. Second Circuit 2025-07-07 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-immunity pro-se racketeering Whether federal courts can dismiss pro se, IFP civil rights and RICO complaints with prejudice at the pre-service stage without notice or opportunity …
24-7517 Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. City of Miami, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-06-26 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion section-1983 Whether the 11th Circuit and Southern District of Florida erred in dismissing Petitioner's complaint against the City of Miami and violating Petitione…
24A1286 Dion Horton, et al. v. Jill Rangos, Administrative Judge, et al. Third Circuit 2025-06-26 Presumed Complete bail-hearing constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fundamental-liberty pretrial-detention Whether prolonged pretrial detention without individualized bail hearings violates the constitutional right to due process and equal protection
24-7484 Christopher Langdon v. Sun Lake Multi-Family Holdings, LLC, et al. Florida 2025-06-25 Denied IFP court-access due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-standards pro-se-litigation Do the courts in Florida deny due process, equal protection, and meaningful access to the courts for pro se, non-prisoner litigants?
24-7485 Christopher Langdon v. Sun Lake Multi-Family Holdings, LLC, et al. Florida 2025-06-25 Denied IFP court-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-access legal-standards pro-se-litigation Do the courts in Florida deny due process, equal protection, and meaningful access to courts for pro se, non-prisoner litigants?
24-1315 Andy Desty v. Santander Consumer USA, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2025-06-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) corporate-powers due-process equal-protection promissory-note takings-clause truth-in-lending Whether Supreme Court precedents permit Santander Consumer USA Inc.'s actions involving deprivation of rights without due process of law
24-7475 Samuel Mateo-Martinez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law discriminatory-purpose equal-protection legislative-intent racist-origins statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-7476 Arturo Alexis Ordonez-Flores v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law discriminatory-purpose equal-protection judicial-review legislative-intent racist-statute Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-1285 Dongxiao Yue v. Wenbin Yang California 2025-06-17 Denied civil-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias pro-se-litigant Whether a trial judge's prejudgment, bias, and usurpation of the adversarial role in a civil trial constitutes a violation of due process and equal pr…
24-1278 Kevin Scott Bjornson v. Equifax Information Services, LLC Ninth Circuit 2025-06-16 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights counsel-disqualification due-process equal-protection ninth-circuit-interpretation statute-of-limitations Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals correctly interpreted laws regarding counsel disqualification, statute of limitations, and constitutional r…
24-1284 Eugene Dingle v. Leslie Armstrong, Individually and as Guardian ad Litem of Dorchester County Family Court, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-06-16 Denied constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-review rooker-feldman state-court Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars federal courts from reviewing state family court decisions where the petitioner alleges egregious violations …
24-7434 Ivan Gutierrez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP codefendant criminal-sentencing equal-protection leadership-enhancement sentencing-guidelines ussg-section Did imposing a leadership enhancement on Petitioner, pursuant to USSG § 3B1.1(b) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines, but not on his codefendan…
24-1271 Malik Leigh v. State Bar of Florida Florida 2025-06-13 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment professional-conduct racial-discrimination Whether disciplining or disbarring a civil rights attorney for speech critical of judicial bias and racial injustice violates the First Amendment, and…
24-1273 Jonathan Phillips v. California California 2025-06-13 Denied due-process equal-protection felony-false-imprisonment fourteenth-amendment nolo-contendere plea-bargaining Does a felony false imprisonment conviction obtained by way of a nolo contendere plea violate due process protections where the defendant was not advi…
24-7404 Zoe Ajjahnon v. Edward Sandler Florida 2025-06-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-theft constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection per-curium-affirmed property-rights Whether the Florida 6th DCA's Per Curium: Affirmed (PCA) law violates the US Constitution's 14th Amendment due process and equal protection provisions
24-7387 Anthony Wainwright v. Ron Desantis, Governor of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-06-10 Denied Amici (2)IFP capital-litigation constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus pro-bono-counsel Whether a State violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses by preventing capital litigants from accessing state habeas process with pro bon…
24-1245 Masika Brown Ray v. Anthony Boone, Chief, Longview Police Department, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-06-05 Denied Response Waived constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection police-accountability selective-enforcement wrongful-detention Did the Fifth Circuit err in affirming the district court's dismissal where substantial constitutional violations under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amend…
24-7352 Robert Allen Benney v. Thomas McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2025-06-04 Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady-doctrine constitutional-rights due-diligence equal-protection prosecutorial-misconduct youngblood-doctrine Since Youngblood & Brady are doctrines governing evidentiary preservation and focus on the prosecutions conduct, should courts be allowed to impose a …
24-7351 Terry Pitchford v. Burl Cain, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-06-03 Granted Amici (10)Relisted (8)IFP batson-challenge capital-punishment equal-protection habeas-corpus peremptory-strikes racial-discrimination Does clearly established federal law require reversal of a state appellate court's denial of relief from a capital prosecutor's discriminatory exercis…
24-7343 Christopher Harris v. Officer Lesko, et al. Third Circuit 2025-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment freedom-of-contract kokkonen-rule Where an officer of the court violates the 'Kokkonen rule' by 'enforcing' an on-the-record promise only, who has unambiguously invoked the Fourteenth …
24-7336 Blondell F. Mitchell v. Raytown Water, et al. Eighth Circuit 2025-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process eeoc-discrimination employment-discrimination equal-protection media-harassment Whether the EEOC and various defendants violated Mitchell's constitutional rights through discriminatory actions, media harassment, and procedural mis…
24-1209 Daryll Boyd Jones v. New York, et al. Second Circuit 2025-05-28 Denied Response Waived attorney-discipline civil-rights due-process equal-protection ex-parte-young judicial-bias Whether the Court of Appeals erred in severance of retrospective damages claims from prospective injunctive claims under Ex parte Young and whether sy…
24-7298 Thurmond R. Guess, Sr. v. Leonardo Brown, Administrator, Richland County, South Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-05-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 constitutional-rights district-court equal-protection fourth-circuit rule-59e Whether the District Court and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred under Rule 59(e) and violated constitutional rights related to judgment modificat…
24-7279 Carlos Hernandez, aka Ra Saadi Lennox Hernandez El v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2025-05-22 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection federal-government race-discrimination Whether a race-based constitutional challenge can be brought against a federal government action and whether the petitioner's constitutional rights ar…
24-7238 William Douglas Cope v. Kentucky Kentucky 2025-05-19 Denied IFP abortion-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection reproductive-rights state-legislation Whether state laws criminalizing certain abortion-related acts violate constitutional protections of equal protection and due process rights
24-7235 Timmy Orlando Collier v. Michigan Michigan 2025-05-16 Denied IFP due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment jurisdictional-defect Did the district court commit a jurisdictional defect by not following Michigan's law and standards, and did the court of appeals and magistrate judge…
24-7187 Elizabeth Anne Fitzgibbon v. Adam Paul Fitzgibbon Wisconsin 2025-05-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP divorce-proceedings due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct marital-settlement-agreement Did the trial court violate Elizabeth Fitzgrebon's due process and equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment by losing the parties' final…
24-7164 Martin B. Brown v. District Attorney of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2025-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure procedural-fairness Whether the Superior Court of Pennsylvania violated due process and equal protection rights by granting an untimely brief extension and issuing a pote…
24-1136 Dale Prey v. Franciscan University of Steubenville, et al. Ohio 2025-05-06 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights equal-protection first-amendment judicial-interpretation religious-doctrine tort-law Whether the First Amendment's prohibition on congressional lawmaking limits judicial interpretation of religious doctrine and tort claims, and whether…
24A1072 Gary Pisner v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland Maryland 2025-05-06 Presumed Complete attorney-discipline constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure state-supreme-court Whether a state supreme court's summary disbarment order violates an attorney's constitutional due process rights when the underlying disciplinary pro…
24-7134 In Re Kesean Wilson 2025-05-05 Denied IFP constitutional-rights detainment dual-sovereignty equal-protection interstate-commerce tenth-amendment Does the dual sovereignty rule conflict with the Tenth Amendment and is the petitioner's detainment unlawful?
24-7123 Carlos Edward Thurman, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court equal-protection firearm-enhancement second-amendment sentencing-guidelines Whether the district court's application of the USSG § 2D1.1(b)(1) firearm enhancement was clearly erroneous and whether such enhancement violates equ…
24-7129 Frank John Richard v. O'Bell T. Winn, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure confrontation-clause equal-protection fourteenth-amendment initial-disclosure pro-se-litigant Does Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 26(a)(1)(B)(iv) deny Initial Disclosure to incarcerated, pro se litigants, thereby rendering the Confrontation and Equal Pro…
24A1055 Anthony Lemicy v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-05-01 Presumed Complete abortion-rights constitutional-privacy due-process equal-protection fundamental-rights reproductive-freedom Whether a state's population-based restrictions on abortion access violate the fundamental constitutional right to reproductive autonomy
24-1118 Dongmei Li v. Richard Peck, et al. Second Circuit 2025-04-29 Denied Response Waived appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal Whether a federal judge's refusal to recuse violates constitutional due process rights under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) and the Fourteenth Amendment
24-7095 Javier Lopez-Lopez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discrimination equal-protection legislative-intent racist-origins statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-1104 Charles D. Hood v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-04-24 Denied Response Waived arbitration contract-interpretation dispute-resolution equal-protection private-contract remedy-rights Whether alternative means of dispute resolution are required for redress when a private contract mandates arbitration for controversies
24-7067 Manuel Tijerino v. Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund Fifth Circuit 2025-04-23 Denied IFP consumer-protection due-process employer-misconduct equal-protection fmla-retaliation legal-presumption Did the lower courts err in misapplying the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) waiver of standards denying Petitioners FMLA, due to a concealed missrepre…
24-7043 Sean Christopher Owen v. Kristin Keisel, Warden Tenth Circuit 2025-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-discrimination constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection minor-rights sexual-conduct Whether Utah statutes criminalizing sexual conduct between consenting post-pubescent minors violate constitutional rights to equality and liberty
24-7048 Ganiyu Ayinla Jaiyeola v. United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan Sixth Circuit 2025-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment judicial-discretion pro-se Whether the U.S. District Court abused its discretion by rejecting a pro se Petitioner's motions and denying constitutional rights
24-1085 David P. Demarest v. Town of Underhill, Vermont, et al. Second Circuit 2025-04-17 Denied Response Waived class-of-one constitutional-rights equal-protection first-amendment municipal-retaliation property-rights When a property owner exercises his First Amendment right to speak out at public meetings, does it violate that Constitutional guarantee when the gove…
24-7009 Leonard Harris v. Nakita Ross, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discovery due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment summary-judgment Whether the district court's dismissal of Petitioner's case without permitting record development deprived Petitioner of a meaningful opportunity to p…
24A954 Altony Brooks v. Sergeant Sheila Johnston, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-04-07 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights court-fees criminal-justice due-process equal-protection indigent-defendant Whether a criminal defendant's inability to pay court fees and costs constitutes an unconstitutional deprivation of due process or equal protection ri…
24-1049 Wei Qiu v. Board of Education of Bowling Green Independent Schools, Kentucky Sixth Circuit 2025-04-04 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process equal-protection rule-59e summary-judgment title-vii Whether a Rule 59(e) motion can be converted to a summary judgment motion when evidence outside pleadings is presented and whether judicial actions vi…
24-6931 Ohio, ex rel. David E. Feathers v. Eleventh District Court of Appeals of Ohio, Portage County, et al. Ohio 2025-04-04 Denied IFP custodial-supervision due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection separation-of-powers writ-of-mandamus Whether the use of a sham legal process by the Eleventh District Court of Appeals of Ohio warrants the issuance of a writ of mandamus, prohibition, or…
24-1042 Robert R. Parker, Jr. v. John D. Burnes, et al. Oregon 2025-04-02 Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fraudulent-concealment judicial-review systemic-racism Whether the Oregon Supreme Court's denial of the Petition for Judicial Review violates due process and equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Am…
24-1044 Erroll Tyler, individually and as President and CEO of Nautical Tours, Inc., et al. v. Michael Cox, Commissioner, Boston Police Department, et al. First Circuit 2025-04-01 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection summary-judgment void-judgment Whether the First Circuit erred in holding that City officials' decision not to act on Petitioners' completed sightseeing vehicle license applications…
24-6882 Michael C. Romig v. Kathy Brittain, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Frackville, et al. Third Circuit 2025-03-27 Denied IFP constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process equal-protection fair-trial procedural-default Was it constitutional for a court to procedurally default due to court-appointed counsel's action/inaction where constitutional rights were potentiall…
24-1010 Raphael Weitzman v. Committee on Grievances for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Second Circuit 2025-03-21 Denied Response Waived attorney-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment professional-conduct Whether the lower Court violated attorney's rights as to Due Process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments and Equal Protection under the Fourteen…
24-6828 Eric W. Strong v. Chris S. Buesgen, Warden Seventh Circuit 2025-03-21 Denied IFP constitutional-claims due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus indigent-defendant no-merit-appeal Whether an indigent defendant is entitled to his attorney-client file and state court transcripts during a no-merit appeal to preserve constitutional …
24-1006 Lisa Antoine v. Oxmoor Preservation/One, LLC Alabama 2025-03-20 Denied 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection property-rights state-law water-drainage QP: Does the 14th Amendment allow Alabama to deny Lisa Antoine equal protection and due process by imposing drainage restrictions and property access …
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…
24-6784 Jose Sanchez Adame v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 due-process equal-protection guideline-amendment pro-se-petition sentencing-reduction Whether a district court may deny a Retroactive Amendment Reduction under 18 USC § 3582(c)(2) based solely on documents on the record that the defenda…
24-6756 Marcus Leshun Sargent v. Texas Texas 2025-03-12 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection extraneous-offense ineffective-assistance Whether the admission of extraneous sexual offense evidence violated the petitioner's due process and equal protection rights, and constituted ineffec…
24-6718 Juan Carlos Gamez-Salas v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law equal-protection legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-6710 Robert Klein v. Brookhaven Health Care Facility, et al. Second Circuit 2025-03-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-trial pro-se-litigant seventh-amendment Whether the Seventh Amendment guarantees a pro se litigant's right to a jury trial in civil cases under federal law despite lower court rulings
24-6665 Craig LaFayette Stingley v. John Laczkowski, et al. Wisconsin 2025-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection medical-malpractice non-economic-damages state-action Does Wisconsin's Medical Malpractice Non-Economic Damages CAP Law violate the 14th Amendment's State Action Clause by arbitrarily abridging the consti…
24-895 Wei Qiu v. Board of Education of Oldham County, Kentucky Sixth Circuit 2025-02-20 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process equal-protection motion-to-dismiss prima-facie-case title-vii Whether the district court and circuit court improperly dismissed Qiu's Title VII complaint by declining to consider her supporting email evidence and…
24-896 Wei Qiu v. Board of Education of Oldham County, Kentucky Sixth Circuit 2025-02-20 Denied Response Waived due-process employment-law equal-protection motion-to-dismiss racial-discrimination title-vii Whether a district court can dismiss a Title VII discrimination complaint alleging direct racial discrimination without considering the plaintiff's su…
24-897 Wei Qiu v. Board of Education of Nelson County, Kentucky Sixth Circuit 2025-02-20 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection national-origin plausibility-standard Whether a complaint alleging employment discrimination based on national origin meets the plausibility standard for stating a claim under federal civi…
24-6578 Donald Lee Billings v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2025-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights equal-protection fair-cross-section fourteenth-amendment jury-selection systematic-exclusion Whether courts can establish a clear methodology for assessing fair representation of distinctive groups in jury selection and what constitutes system…
24-6570 Andrew Jeffery Helmin v. Yuemin Xu Minnesota 2025-02-14 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-custody constitutional-law due-process equal-protection icwa-principles native-american-rights Did the Minnesota courts violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses by prioritizing Respondent's cultural background …
24-6521 Lea Welles v. Marcel Lowitsch California 2025-02-10 Denied IFP civil-restraining-order constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-bias procedural-technicality Whether the Court of Appeal erred in dismissing Petitioner's appeal based on procedural technicalities that allegedly violated due process and equal a…
24-6534 Keith Robert Lugo v. California California 2025-02-10 Denied IFP administrative-law chevron-doctrine constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection supremacy-clause Whether the Supreme Court's Loper Bright Enterprises ruling overturning the Chevron doctrine constitutes mandatory authority for California correction…
24-6475 Charlene A. Greene-Rodriguez v. Puerto Rico Department of Education, et al. Puerto Rico 2025-02-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection tenure-rights Can the Judiciary of Puerto Rico deprive a U.S. citizen of due process by denying equal protection and issuing decisions without basing them on the U.…
24-822 Alejandro Alers, Jr. v. Olympia Medical Center, et al. California 2025-02-03 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure equal-protection power-of-attorney pro-se-litigant probate-code wrongful-death Are pro se litigants entitled to equal protection, commence wrongful death lawsuits, and represent themselves without counsel under California law?
24-811 Wei Qiu v. Woodford County, Kentucky Board of Education Sixth Circuit 2025-01-31 Denied Response Waived due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection race-discrimination summary-judgment title-vii Whether the district court and circuit court improperly applied summary judgment standards and violated constitutional due process rights in a Title V…
24-6408 Clinton Folkes v. South Carolina, et al. South Carolina 2025-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legal-preservation retroactivity state-court Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of Equal Protection is violated when a state court conditions the retroactivity of a new rule of criminal…
24-801 Kevin Stitt, Governor of Oklahoma, et al. v. Rowan Fowler, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-01-28 GVR Amici (5)Relisted (2) birth-certificate civil-rights constitutional-law equal-protection gender-identity state-law Whether the Equal Protection Clause requires a State to alter its official certificate documenting a person's sex at birth to represent that person's …
24-799 Hanh Ho Tran v. Parkway Condominiums I Homeowners Association, Inc. Colorado 2025-01-27 Denied Response Waived assessment-collection civil-procedure due-process equal-protection foreclosure homeowners-association Whether Parkway Condominiums I Homeowners Association violated Colorado law through improper foreclosure, legal document filing, and assessment collec…
24-6352 Juan Alberto Muria-Palacios v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-01-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process equal-protection legislative-reenactment racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislative reenactment of a statute originally adopted for a discriminatory purpose can cleanse the taint of racial discrimination
24-6331 Gerardo Gamez-Reyes v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP arlington-heights constitutional-law equal-protection fifth-amendment legislative-intent racial-animus When a law is originally motivated by racial animus, must a court consider its racist origins when deciding whether it violates the equal protection c…
24-761 William H. Viehweg v. Insurance Programs Management Group, LLC, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-01-17 Denied constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection kay-v-ehrler legal-counsel pro-se-representation Whether the lower courts' recognition of three defendants' entries of appearances as their own attorneys, including legal co-counsel, rather than pers…
24-6321 Celeste Ryan v. Jeff Timmerman, et al. Washington 2025-01-16 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment judicial-discretion sixth-amendment Does the exercise of judicial discretion violate constitutional guarantees such as due process, equal protection, impartiality, and the right to a jur…
24-749 In Re Lorraine Bond 2025-01-15 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction government-liability Whether government officials can be held liable for damages resulting from the bombing of Osage Avenue and violation of civil rights
24-6293 Ohio, ex rel. John Paul Gomez v. Dan Favreau, Judge, et al. Ohio 2025-01-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights court-access due-process equal-protection judicial-bias vexatious-litigator Whether the lower court's vexatious litigator designation and dismissal of grievances against judicial officers violate the petitioner's constitutiona…
24-744 Mark Irland v. Marengo Memorial Hospital, dba Compass Memorial Healthcare, et al. Iowa 2025-01-14 Denied Response Waived administrative-law due-process equal-protection healthcare-quality statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause Whether the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection clauses apply to administrative law and statutory interpretation in healthcare quali…
24-6270 Timothy Edward Peterson v. James Salmonsen, Warden Montana 2025-01-13 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection montana-statute sentencing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether Montana Statute MCA (46-22-101) violates due process and equal protection when subject matter jurisdiction is challenged in sentencing
24-6246 Benny Roe Stewart v. Jim Salmonsen, Warden Montana 2025-01-08 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection montana-statute sentencing-court subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether Montana Statute M.C.A. (46-22-101) violates constitutional due process and equal protection when subject matter jurisdiction is challenged
24-6238 In Re Daniel Felix 2025-01-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP animal-rights constitutional-personhood due-process equal-protection hate-crime-classification religious-freedom Whether non-property animals possess constitutional rights as individual plaintiffs and victims of cruelty in United States courts
24-6220 John F. Policastro v. Nevada Employment Security Division, et al. Nevada 2025-01-02 Denied IFP administrative-law cares-act disability-rights due-process equal-protection nevada-constitution Did the Nevada courts purposely ignore facts related to CARES Act emergency pandemic benefits fund improprieties by the State of Nevada?
24-6221 Adaeze Nwosu v. Karla Smith, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-01-02 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection ex-parte-communication judicial-misconduct racial-discrimination Whether it is legal and/or constitutional for sitting judges to affirm illegal and unconstitutional ex-parte discussions of sitting judges with a whit…
24-690 Leslie E. Carr, et al. v. New York Division of Housing & Community Renewal, et al. New York 2024-12-30 Denied Response Waived administrative-deference agency-interpretation constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection state-courts Whether, under proper application of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, state courts should no longer mechanically defer to a state administrative …
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
24A581 Lonzie Hershner, et al. v. City of Dallas, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-12-13 Presumed Complete civil-rights equal-protection first-amendment juneteenth lgbtq-rights municipal-discrimination Whether municipal officials can engage in discriminatory enforcement of local regulations against a minority-owned business based on racial and sexual…
24-6123 Michael Ray Senn v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law equal-protection fourteenth-amendment marital-status penalty-enhancement sexual-assault Does a penalty provision of the Texas sexual assault statute that increases penalties based on marital status violate the Equal Protection Clause of t…
24-6124 Bradley Dorman v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP court-access equal-protection first-amendment prison-litigation-reform-act three-strike-rule younger-abstention Whether the Prison Litigation Reform Act's 'Three-Strike' Rule is unconstitutionally applied to a prisoner's prior Younger abstention dismissals and v…
24-6105 Ryan Lewis Hilyard v. Wyoming Wyoming 2024-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection federal-rules-of-evidence fourteenth-amendment procedural-default strickland-standard Did the Wyoming Supreme Court apply federal rules of evidence correctly and deny Mr. Hilyard's Fourteenth Amendment right to effective assistance of c…
24-6093 Garland Ray Gregory, Jr. v. South Dakota South Dakota 2024-12-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-client-relationship due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel Whether South Dakota's statutory appointment of counsel for indigent prisoners in habeas proceedings violates the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protect…
24-631 Magni Hamso, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as the Medical Director of the Idaho Division of Medicaid v. M. H., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-12-09 GVR Relisted (2) constitutional-law equal-protection heightened-scrutiny medicaid-coverage ninth-circuit sex-reassignment Whether a policy declining coverage for sex-reassignment surgeries violates the Equal Protection Clause and whether clearly established law as of July…
24-612 Paul A. Eknes-Tucker, et al. v. Steven T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-04 Dismissed due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment medical-treatment parental-rights transgender-rights Whether Alabama's Treatment Ban triggers heightened scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment for …
24-614 Michael Prete v. Rhode Island Rhode Island 2024-12-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) attorney-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment judicial-discipline professional-conduct Did the Rhode Island Supreme Court violate the First Amendment, Due Process, and Equal Protection rights of an attorney by disciplining and stripping …
24-598 B&L Productions, Inc., dba Crossroads of the West, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) commercial-speech equal-protection first-amendment gun-show-ban public-forum second-amendment Whether California's ban on gun show sales at public fairgrounds violates First and Second Amendment protections for commercial speech and lawful comm…
24-6057 Luis Alfredo Aparicio v. Texas Texas 2024-12-03 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8)IFP constitutional-law equal-protection fourteenth-amendment gender-classification non-discrimination scrutiny-standard Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's equal-protection clause requires heightened scrutiny for gender-based classifications that claim non-prejudiced rat…
24-607 Zhi Wu, et al. v. Superior Court of California, Alameda County, et al. California 2024-12-03 Denied access-to-justice civil-procedure discovery-referee due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment Whether the appointment of a discovery referee without considering financial hardship and using an unfair selection process violates due process, equa…
24A539 Kevin Stitt, Governor of Oklahoma, et al. v. Rowan Fowler, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-12-03 Presumed Complete birth-certificate bostock-interpretation equal-protection gender-identity sex-discrimination transgender-rights Whether the Equal Protection Clause prohibits a state from maintaining a birth certificate policy that does not allow individuals to change their biol…
24-6050 Lolita Barthel v. Florida Florida 2024-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection juvenile-offender sentence-review Whether juvenile offenders are entitled to sentence review under the Eighth Amendment and Equal Protection Clause when serving consecutive sentences
24-582 United States v. Steven T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-26 Dismissed constitutional-law equal-protection gender-identity medical-treatment minor-rights transgender-rights Whether Alabama Senate Bill 184 prohibiting medical treatments for transgender minors violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
24-6025 Kecia Porter v. Jennifer Navarro, et al. Illinois 2024-11-25 Denied IFP arbitration color-of-law coram-non-judice due-process equal-protection jurisdiction Whether a court under color of law violates the petitioner's 14th Amendment rights by ruling on matters outside its jurisdiction without proper legal …
24-6013 Sherrie Clements v. Club Space Management, LLC, dba Club Space Florida 2024-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada-compliance cognitive-disability disability-discrimination equal-protection judicial-accommodation procedural-fairness Whether courts discriminate against individuals with cognitive disabilities in judicial proceedings and fail to provide adequate accommodations under …
24-560 Dennis Hopkins, et al. v. Michael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State Fifth Circuit 2024-11-19 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) constitutional-law eighth-amendment equal-protection felony-disenfranchisement fourteenth-amendment voting-rights Does Mississippi's lifetime felony disenfranchisement scheme violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments?
24-6002 Alfredo Viveros-Chavez v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP arlington-heights equal-protection fifth-amendment legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-553 Donijah Virgo v. Heather Michelle Roberts, et al. Alabama 2024-11-18 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights contributory-negligence due-process equal-protection summary-judgment Whether the Circuit Court of Mobile, AL violated Donijah Virgo's constitutional due process rights by granting summary judgment in a contributory negl…
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…
24A490 Reginald Keith Clark v. Colorado Colorado 2024-11-15 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights equal-protection fair-trial jury-selection peremptory-challenge racial-bias Whether the denial of a defendant's challenge for cause to a prospective juror who openly expresses racial bias against the defendant constitutes stru…
24-540 Weih Steve Chang v. United States, et al. District of Columbia 2024-11-13 Denied Response Waived china-initiative equal-protection executive-immunity korematsu-precedent national-security racial-discrimination Whether the Supreme Court will revisit the constitutionality of racial discrimination in national security programs and the applicability of the Equal…
24-5967 Robert Emert v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division One, et al. California 2024-11-13 Denied IFP access-to-justice due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment vexatious-litigant-statute Are the State of California courts at multiple levels violating self-represented litigants' constitutional rights to due process and equal protection …
24-5878 Celeste M. Gonsalves v. Stuart B. Glauberman, by His Managing Agent, KFG Properties, Inc., et al. Hawaii 2024-10-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection eviction hud-section-8 summary-judgment Whether the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals erred in affirming summary judgment eviction orders based on allegedly unconscionable lease agreement…
24-495 Lebene Konan v. United States Postal Service, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-10-31 Denied Relisted (2) circuit-split equal-protection federal-employees intracorporate-conspiracy ku-klux-klan-act section-1985-3 Whether federal employees can be liable under Section 1985(3) and whether the intracorporate conspiracy doctrine applies to such claims
24-5833 Douglas Fauconier v. Virginia Fourth Circuit 2024-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment parole-eligibility section-1983 strict-scrutiny Whether the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments' Due Process Clauses require strict scrutiny review of a state statute amendment affecting parole eligibil…
24-5825 Victoria Wong v. Ricky Wong New York 2024-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fabricated-documents perjury sworn-affidavit Whether the submission of fabricated documents and knowingly false statements in a sworn affidavit constitutes a violation of due process and equal pr…
24-5828 Stanley Lorenzo Williams v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-10-25 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection felons lifetime-ban second-amendment Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause prohibits a state lifetime ban on Second Amendment rights for felons, particularly in light…
24-459 Gordon Alexander Clark v. Santander Bank, N.A. Connecticut 2024-10-23 Denied Relisted (2) constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-trial pro-se-litigation state-constitution Whether the 7th, 5th, and 14th Amendments and Connecticut state constitutional provisions remain in effect for pro se litigants, specifically regardin…
24-447 Mei Wong, et al. v. Shemia Fagan, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-10-22 Denied Response Waived due-process election-fraud election-integrity equal-protection judicial-review sovereign-immunity Whether fraud in the 2022 Oregon Primary Elections invalidates the election results and judicial rulings despite defendants' claims of sovereign immun…
24-449 Warren Petersen, President of the Arizona Senate, et al. v. Jane Doe, by Next Friends and Parents Helen Doe and James Doe, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-10-22 Pending Amici (6)Response WaivedRelisted (2) biological-sex constitutional-rights equal-protection gender-identity sex-discrimination sports-participation Whether Arizona's Save Women's Sports Act, which preserves the traditional practice of excluding biological males from girls' and women's sports teams…
24-5802 Burford Earl Frederick v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2024-10-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection medical-examination veterans-rights Whether a serviceman's overlooked SHA medical exam at discharge constitutes a Grave Prejudicial Error violating Due Process under the Fifth Amendment …
24-441 A. M. B., et al. v. Kelly J. McKnight, Presiding Judge, Circuit Court of Wisconsin, Ashland County Wisconsin 2024-10-21 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) adoption-rights constitutional-rights equal-protection family-law fourteenth-amendment second-parent-adoption Whether a State's categorical disqualification of unmarried people from adopting the children of their partners violates the Equal Protection Clause o…
24-5790 Inmer Isai Mayorga-Jacinto v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5787 Taiming Zhang v. X Corp., fka Twitter, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2024-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment immunity-doctrine section-230 Whether the Supreme Court will review the 9th Circuit's interpretation of 47 U.S. Code § 230 and its potential constitutional implications
24-430 In Re Gregory Stenstrom, et al. 2024-10-17 Denied Relisted (2) due-process election-fraud equal-protection first-amendment prosecutorial-discretion take-care-clause Does the Department of Justice's policy of deferring election fraud investigations violate constitutional duties and warrant judicial intervention to …
24-423 Gatewood A. Walden v. The Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar Alabama 2024-10-16 Denied Response Waived administrative-law constitutional-rights disciplinary-proceeding due-process equal-protection law-license-revocation Whether the Alabama Supreme Court justices violated the Petitioner's constitutional rights by affirming a state regulatory agency's decision to perman…
24-5766 Gilberto Nicolas Campos v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5741 Wanda Nelson v. Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office, et al. California 2024-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection governmental-immunity law-enforcement racial-discrimination Whether California Government Code §821.6 violates Equal Protection and Due Process rights by providing absolute immunity to law enforcement personnel…
24A342 Robert Emert v. Andrea Schuck California 2024-10-10 Presumed Complete access-to-courts due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigation vexatious-litigant Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's due process and equal protection clauses prohibit a state court from designating a pro se litigant as vexatious wit…
24-393 George Arsenis, et al. v. Borough of Bernardsville, New Jersey, et al. New Jersey 2024-10-09 Denied discriminatory-taxation equal-protection fourteenth-amendment property-assessment spot-assessment taxation-uniformity Whether a selective property reassessment by a town assessor violates the Equal Protection Clause through discriminatory taxation practices
24-5724 Victor Guyton, II v. Golden Donuts, LLC Georgia 2024-10-08 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law equal-protection insurance-policy sovereign-immunity state-rights Does a state have the right to waive sovereign immunity in violation of its own constitution and the U.S. Constitution?
24-5713 Hector Acosta v. Texas Texas 2024-10-07 Denied IFP death-sentence due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment national-origin race-discrimination Whether the State's invocation of a defendant's nationality and ethnicity to obtain a death sentence violates the Equal Protection and Due Process Cla…
24-359 Adriana Alvarez v. Texas Workforce Commission Fifth Circuit 2024-10-01 Denied due-process eleventh-amendment equal-protection religious-accommodation sovereign-immunity title-vii Whether the Texas Workforce Commission's sovereign immunity bars a Title VII religious accommodation claim and violates due process and equal protecti…
24-5686 Luis Ernesto Prado-Crespo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law equal-protection legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5666 Lidia M. Orrego v. Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano LLP, et al. Second Circuit 2024-09-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection judicial-bias miscarriage-of-justice Whether the Second Circuit recognizes constitutional due process and equal protection rights before their deprivation, and whether judicial bias viola…
24-5668 Richard Bernard Moore v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections South Carolina 2024-09-30 Denied IFP batson-challenge equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination voir-dire Whether the Supreme Court of South Carolina failed to apply the Batson factors in determining racial discrimination in jury selection when empaneling …
24-348 Pamela D. Sutherland v. DCC Litigation Facility, Inc. Sixth Circuit 2024-09-27 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy-settlement breast-implant-claims constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection payment-dispute Whether a bankruptcy settlement involving Dow's $3.2 billion payment for breast implant claims violates due process and constitutional protections
24-342 Shiva Ayyadurai v. New Jersey Democratic State Committee, et al. New Jersey 2024-09-26 Denied Response Waived ballot-access citizenship-clause equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment presidential-qualifications Whether states can unilaterally remove a presidential candidate from the ballot based on 'natural born' citizenship requirements without congressional…
24-5617 In Re Kesean Calvin Wilson 2024-09-24 Denied IFP bank-robbery constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment state-power Whether Kesean Wilson was denied Fourteenth Amendment equal protection and substantive due process rights when punished for bank robbery without ratio…
24-5625 Sheng-Wen Cheng v. Steve Kallis, Warden Eighth Circuit 2024-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP alien-prisoners bureau-of-prisons due-process equal-protection removal-policy residential-reentry-center Does the Bureau of Prisons' policy barring federal alien prisoners with a final order of removal from Residential Reentry Center eligibility violate t…
24-325 Mark B. Gibson v. Mark Schroeder, Commissioner, New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, et al. New York 2024-09-20 Denied Response Waived administrative-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review property-rights separation-of-powers Whether New York's driver license restoration regime violates due process by allowing the DMV to write, administer, and adjudicate its own rules witho…
24-315 Troy Pasulka v. Saraa Doris Lee California 2024-09-19 Denied child-custody constitutional-rights custody-order domestic-violence due-process equal-protection Whether a state appellate court violates constitutional due process and equal protection by disregarding mandatory custody procedures and evidence of …
24-5579 John F. Kodenkandeth v. UPMC Health Plan, Inc., dba UPMC for Life, et al. Third Circuit 2024-09-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP collateral-order-doctrine due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion removal-jurisdiction separation-of-powers Whether the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals and District Court of Western Pennsylvania erred through arbitrary and capricious abuse of discretion in hand…
24A277 Dennis Hopkins, et al. v. Michael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State Fifth Circuit 2024-09-18 Presumed Complete constitutional-challenge eighth-amendment equal-protection felony-disenfranchisement mississippi-constitution voting-rights Whether Mississippi's lifetime felony disenfranchisement law violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment when it perma…
24-299 Kent Knox Johnson v. Superior Court of California, El Dorado County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-09-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) attorney-misconduct due-process equal-protection jurisdiction llc-law racketeering Is material fraud by attorneys purporting to be agents of an unregistered LLC law firm in a California Court insubstantial?
24-5563 Eloy Vela, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2024-09-17 Denied IFP 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection mitigating-factors newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction Whether newly discovered evidence containing both mitigating and aggravating factors can be simply concluded in state post-conviction proceedings with…
24-5548 Gustavo Lazcano-Neria v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discriminatory-purpose equal-protection legislative-intent racist-statute statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24A266 Upstate Jobs Party, et al. v. Peter Kosinski, New York State Board of Elections Co-Chair Commissioner, et al. Second Circuit 2024-09-16 Presumed Complete campaign-finance contribution-limits equal-protection first-amendment political-speech quid-pro-quo-corruption Whether the First Amendment permits a state to impose asymmetrical campaign contribution limits based solely on hypothetical corruption risks without …
24A262 Nevada Green Party v. Francisco Aguilar, Secretary of State of Nevada, et al. Nevada 2024-09-13 Presumed Complete ballot-access due-process equal-protection minor-party petition-signature state-election-law Whether the exclusion of a minor political party from a state ballot based on a petition form error caused by state officials' own instructions violat…
24-285 Robert M. Rogers v. Jackson County, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-12 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 county-commissioner due-process equal-protection kirkland-v-state official-misconduct Does the 1923 Florida Supreme Court embezzlement Case of Kirkland v State excuse Jackson County's acquiescence to County Commissioner Peacock to creat…
24-5531 Frederick Foster v. Joel H. Slomsky, et al. Third Circuit 2024-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction postal-accountability procedural-law sovereign-immunity Whether 39 U.S.C. §409(d) & (e) waive sovereign immunity for judicial officers and federal agencies acting on behalf of the USPS in violation of feder…
24-5520 Cyril Nnadozie Okoli v. Shanita R. Tucker, et al. First Circuit 2024-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-review agency-action due-process equal-protection immigration-law statutory-interpretation Whether the USCIS misinterpreted 8 U.S.C. § 1154(c) in denying a spousal visa petition based on alleged marriage fraud
24-256 First Finance International Bank, Inc. v. Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions Puerto Rico 2024-09-06 Denied administrative-regulation equal-protection financial-institutions foreign-dormant-commerce-clause puerto-rico-law selective-enforcement Does the regulation of First Finance International Bank by the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions violate the Foreign Dormant Commer…
24-5455 Nelson Alexis Colato-Gallardo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5432 Irina Collier v. Donald J. Trump District of Columbia 2024-08-30 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection post-conviction-relief temporal-limitations Whether the temporal limitations imposed on a criminal defendant's post-conviction relief violated the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the…
24-5418 Donald G. Barnes, Sr. v. William Danforth, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance legal-remedy post-conviction-relief Whether a criminal defendant's right to effective assistance of counsel is violated by a post-conviction delay that impedes access to legal remedies a…
24A218 In Re Warren Petersen, et al. 2024-08-28 Presumed Complete ballot-curing election-law equal-protection mail-in-ballot signature-verification voter-disenfranchisement Whether Arizona's election laws governing mail-in ballot signature verification and ballot curing procedures violate the Equal Protection Clause by po…
24-212 Lewis Archer v. America's First Federal Credit Union, et al. Alabama 2024-08-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure property-rights state-court-jurisdiction Whether the Alabama Supreme Court's reversal of a lower court's order granting a deed to the Archers violates their constitutional rights to due proce…
24-5389 Loran Cole v. Florida Florida 2024-08-26 Denied IFP baze-glossip-test due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment lethal-injection parkinson's-disease Whether Florida courts violated Cole's Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection rights by failing to hold an evidentiary hearing on his a…
24-5367 Khadijah A. Muhammad Kebe v. Washington Township School District, et al. Third Circuit 2024-08-23 Denied IFP civil-rights equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legal-aid pro-se-litigant systemic-disadvantage Whether the lack of legal aid for pro se litigants in civil cases violates equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment
24-199 Aldo Ortega v. Tanya Ford, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-08-22 Denied due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourth-amendment psychological-detention warrant-clause Whether a warrant issued by the Department of Corrections for allegedly violating a non-existent mandatory supervised release agreement violates the F…
24A194 Hector Acosta v. Texas Texas 2024-08-22 Presumed Complete capital-murder death-sentence equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-selection racial-bias Whether racial bias in the jury selection process violated the defendant's Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection in a capital murder case
24-177 Alison Gershenson v. Elizabet Da Silva Florida 2024-08-20 Denied appellate-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment per-curiam-decision summary-judgment Whether Florida's appellate procedure of issuing per curiam decisions without opinion on summary judgment appeals violates due process and equal prote…
24-184 Xuejie He v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2024-08-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights due-process en-banc-review equal-protection fourteenth-amendment immigration-law Whether the denial of a petition for rehearing en banc violated Xuejie He's Fourteenth Amendment due process and equal protection rights
24-164 Aaron York Dean v. Texas Texas 2024-08-15 Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment grand-jury-indictment lesser-included-offense sixth-amendment Does Grey v. State violate constitutional due process and equal protection by allowing the State unequal procedural rights in submitting lesser-includ…
24-155 James R. Fouts v. The Warren City Council, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-08-13 Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment political-expression term-limits Whether a city charter provision barring a specific individual from the ballot through a lesser term limit violates First and Fourteenth Amendment rig…
24A167 Bryan C. O'Rourke v. Carrie Bridges, Warden Oklahoma 2024-08-12 Presumed Complete equal-protection fifth-amendment indian-definition major-crimes-act race-classification tribal-enrollment Whether the Major Crimes Act's definition of 'Indian' violates the Fifth Amendment's equal protection guarantee by impermissibly relying on racial cla…
24-145 Arthur Lopez v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, et al. California 2024-08-09 Denied civil-procedure due-process equal-protection family-code restraining-order sex-trafficking Whether a male Catholic father can obtain a civil restraining order under equal protection principles despite being an Air Force affiliate with allega…
24-146 Arthur Lopez v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, et al. California 2024-08-09 Denied civil-procedure due-process equal-protection family-code restraining-order sex-trafficking Whether a male Catholic father can obtain a restraining order under equal protection and due process principles despite familial connections to allege…
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.
24-5297 Anthony Tawon Williams v. Warden Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction equal-protection judicial-conflict legal-claim statutory-interpretation Whether state and federal courts can make conflicting rulings when a defendant raises the exact same legal claim
24-5281 Alexander A. Fels v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights deportation due-process equal-protection immigration-law legal-status Whether the Supreme Court should review the classification of an immigrant's legal status and potential constitutional violations related to deportati…
24-5242 Marcus Jarrod Payne v. The Anthony Scott Law Firm, P.L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-08-07 Denied IFP bankruptcy censorship constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment Whether a censorship-based permanent injunction violates First Amendment and due process rights
24-5250 Terry Antonio Lee v. Kevin Patterson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-08-07 Denied IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection inmate-grievance prison-conditions Question not identified.
24-5257 Miguel Aguilar, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2024-08-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law equal-protection legislative-apportionment minority-representation redistricting voting-rights Whether a state's legislative apportionment scheme violates constitutional equal protection principles by potentially diluting minority voting power
24-133 Justin G. Dart v. Katrina Ahrens, as Independent Executor of the Estate of Lorne Ahrens, Deceased Texas 2024-08-06 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process equal-protection parentage-adjudication personal-jurisdiction posthumous-parentage standing subject-matter-jurisdiction texas-uniform-parentage-act uniform-parentage-act Does the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause permit a court to deny a child the right to adjudicate his rights under the Texas Uniform Pare…
24-5244 Justin G. Reedy v. California Department of Social Services, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-hearing due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment goldberg-v-kelly mathews-v-eldridge public-benefits state-regulation substantive-due-process title-ix Whether the principles of due process prohibit the Ninth Circuit Court's consideration of a new argument raised by the State Defendants' on appeal tha…
24-5222 Darrell D. Smith v. B. Eischen, Warden Eighth Circuit 2024-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP Bureau-of-Prisons Equal-Protection First-Step-Act first-time-credits FTC-Earnings imposed-term Liberty-Interest sentence-computation Imposed-Term
24-5205 Carmen A. Zammiello v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2024-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus procedural-error supreme-court Question not identified.
24-5209 Charles S. Renchenski v. Frederic J. Ammerman, Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, Clearfield County Third Circuit 2024-08-01 Denied IFP due-process impartiality objective-bias public-confidence constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts judicial-bias third-circuit Has the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the Western District Court for Pennsylvania entered a decision that is in direct conflict with the United S…
24-5187 Eva A. Nieczyperowicz v. Andrew Nieczyperowicz Texas 2024-07-31 Denied IFP certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion standing state-court-review welfare-entitlements equal-protection-clause-violation
24-5192 Matthew Nicholson v. Ohio Ohio 2024-07-31 Denied IFP arbitrariness constitutional-proportionality county-geography criminal-sentencing death-penalty eighth-amendment equal-protection geographic-disparity gregg-v-georgia sentencing-disparities Is Ohio's death penalty being arbitrarily applied in violation of Gregg v. Georgia, when geography dictates whether a defendant will be subject to the…
24-5201 Rebecca Wu v. California State Teacher's Retirement System California 2024-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure administrative-review due-process employee-classification equal-protection erisa fiduciary-duty public-retirement-systems retirement-system Is the California State Teachers Retirement System required to review and correct contributions and credits based on employee misclassification?
24A113 Baboucar B. Taal v. John Cronin, et al. Second Circuit 2024-07-31 Presumed Complete civil-rights due-process equal-protection ex-parte judicial-misconduct state-actor Whether a state court judge's alleged ex parte communications and procedural rulings violate a pro se litigant's constitutional rights to due process …
24-99 Dale Folwell, State Treasurer of North Carolina, et al. v. Maxwell Kadel, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-07-30 GVR Amici (3)Relisted (2) equal-protection gender-discrimination gender-dysphoria healthcare-exclusion medical-coverage sex-based-classification sex-discrimination state-health-plans transgender-rights Whether a State's decision to decline to provide health benefit coverage for treatments leading to sex changes violates the Equal Protection Clause
24-5173 Sir Mario Owens v. Colorado Colorado 2024-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky criminal-justice-system driving-while-black equal-protection juror-bias jury-selection peremptory-strike peremptory-strikes race-neutral race-neutral-justification racial-discrimination Whether expressly linking a black juror's remark in a jury questionnaire indicating that he had an 'unpleasant experience' with police (namely, 'drivi…
24-90 William Crouch, in His Official Capacity as Cabinet Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, et al. v. Shauntae Anderson, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated Fourth Circuit 2024-07-29 GVR Amici (3)Relisted (2) affordable-care-act equal-protection gender-dysphoria medicaid-act medical-coverage non-discrimination sex-discrimination transgender-status Whether West Virginia violated the Equal Protection Clause by declining to cover surgical treatments for gender dysphoria
24A92 Christine A. Arakelian v. City of Falls Church, Virginia, et al. Virginia 2024-07-25 Presumed Complete board-of-equalization due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment property-tax section-1983 Whether a local government's Board of Equalization can systematically deny due process rights to property owners through procedural rules that allow u…
24-5148 Alexander Harvin v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts assignment-of-security-deed civil-rights-violation due-process equal-protection foreclosure-challenge pro-se-litigation res-judicata standing Could the Petitioner have raised the issue of wrongful/illegal foreclosure in the 2014 court proceedings?
24-84 Enrique Vazquez-Quintana v. Hermenegildo Martinez Remigio, et al. Puerto Rico 2024-07-25 Denied Relisted (2) constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection expert-testimony insular-cases judicial-integrity judicial-practices medical-licensing puerto-rico How can the Supreme Court reconcile substandard judicial practices, false expert testimony, and unequal constitutional application in Puerto Rico?
24-5129 Sergio Estrada-Maduena v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-review due-process equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation village-of-arlington-heights Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5121 Rebecca Wu v. Twin Rivers Unified School District California 2024-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment classification due-process equal-protection misclassification motion-for-new-trial new-evidence probationary-status public-employee Due-process
24-43 West Virginia, et al. v. B. P. J., By Her Next Friend and Mother, Heather Jackson Fourth Circuit 2024-07-16 Granted Amici (46)Response WaivedRelisted (3) biological-sex civil-rights equal-protection gender-identity sex-discrimination sports-participation sports-teams title-ix Whether Title IX prevents a state from consistently designating girls' and boys' sports teams based on biological sex determined at birth
24-5084 Terrence E. Gilchrist v. Simone Craig Ohio 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP child-support due-process equal-protection equitable-relief fourteenth-amendment fundamental-rights privileges-and-immunities procedural-protections social-security-act takings-clause turner-v-rogers Whether non-adherence to Turner procedural protections violates substantive-due-process-and-privileges-and-immunities,takings-clause,due-process-and-e…
24-5091 Linda J. Feaser v. George L. Landress Connecticut 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-interpretation standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified
24-5093 David Nam v. John Rivello, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus harmless-error ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default Due-process
24-38 Bradley Little, Governor of Idaho, et al. v. Lindsay Hecox, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-15 Granted Amici (26)Relisted (4) biological-differences biological-sex equal-protection fourteenth-amendment sex-discrimination sports-participation transgender transgender-rights women's-sports Whether laws that seek to protect women's and girls' sports by limiting participation to women and girls based on sex violate the Equal Protection Cla…
24-5064 Rona Johnson Adeoye v. Clayton County DFCS Employees, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-power civil-rights conflicts-of-interest constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection false-arrest judicial-immunity statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5072 Juan Rangel-Rubio v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge equal-protection juror-discrimination jury-selection peremptory-strike race-neutral-reasons voir-dire Did the district courts err in denying Mr. Rangel-Rubio's Batson challenge to the government's peremptory strike of juror number 31?
24-5049 Irena Shie v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2024-07-11 Denied IFP americans-with-disabilities-act communication-disability deprivation-of-constitutional-rights-under-color-o equal-protection fourteenth-amendment freedom-of-speech judicial-procedure meaningful-participation-in-justice-system petition-government-for-redress-of-grievances reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations equal-protection-under-law
24-5044 In Re David Brian Derringer 2024-07-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice rico civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation Question not identified
24-5026 Claudio Alvarez Rodriguez v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1326 constitutional-law discriminatory-effect discriminatory-purpose equal-protection fifth-amendment illegal-reentry racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether the illegal re-entry statute, 8 U.S.C. § 1326, violates the equal protection guarantee of the Fifth Amendment because the law was enacted with…
24-4 In Re E. Edward Zimmermann 2024-07-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure distinction due-process equal-protection legal-interpretation petitioner standing statutory-interpretation Is Petitioner a distinction without a difference?
24A5 First Finance International Bank, Inc. v. Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions Puerto Rico 2024-07-03 Presumed Complete administrative-law equal-protection financial-regulation foreign-dormant-commerce-clause puerto-rico selective-enforcement Whether the Foreign Dormant Commerce Clause and Equal Protection Clause limit a state regulatory agency's ability to selectively enforce financial reg…
23-1368 Luis S. Arana, aka Luis S. Arana Santiago v. Luis Tapia Maldonado, et al. Puerto Rico 2024-07-02 Denied Relisted (2) administrative-hearing administrative-procedure cross-examination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment notice-requirement public-employment tenure-rights Due-process-violation
23-1370 David Dunlap v. JetBlue Airways Corporation, et al. New York 2024-07-02 Denied 14th-amendment 5th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure due-process equal-protection procedural-requirements right-to-counsel workers-compensation Is due process of law violated by refusal to hear administrative appeal due to omission in information block?
23-1374 Keyvon Sellers v. Jerry Nelson, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Eddie Lee Nelson, Jr., Deceased, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-02 Denied Amici (2) civil-rights constitutional-duty deliberate-indifference due-process equal-protection jail-intake procedural-guideposts procedure qualified-immunity racial-segregation Whether a jail intake officer had a clearly-established constitutional duty to inform others about an inmate's alleged racial animus in underlying cha…
23-7842 Lateshia Patillo v. Iowa District Court for Scott County Iowa 2024-07-02 Denied IFP 14th-amendment access-to-courts constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection injunctive-relief state-court-procedure substantive-harm Whether the Superior Court's procedures deprived the Citizen's constitutional rights of due process, equal protection, and injunctive relief
23-7846 Yair Ramirez-Aguilar v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP arlington-heights-framework civil-rights due-process equal-protection legislative-intent racial-discrimination racist-origins statutory-interpretation village-of-arlington-heights Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-7822 Nukarri Williams v. Florida Florida 2024-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process equal-protection equal-treatment federal-code fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction petition relief state-court writ Whether the state court's failure to provide the petitioner with the relief provided to similarly situated defendants violates the Equal Protection Cl…
23-7785 Jared Pierce Sanchez v. Brown University, et al. First Circuit 2024-06-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP academic-exclusion civil-rights covid-19-mandate equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-exercise public-hospitals religious-discrimination Whether the First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights of the plaintiff were violated due to religious discrimination, harassment, and academic e…
23-7772 Christopher L. Parker v. Darren Galloway, Warden Seventh Circuit 2024-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-prisoner habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-interpretation prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement state-court-remedies Whether the petitioner was denied due process by not being allowed to submit supplemental evidentiary arguments or be allowed to submit an amended mem…
23A1142 Nancy Landry, Louisiana Secretary of State, et al. v. Phillip Callais, et al. Louisiana 2024-06-21 Presumed Complete congressional-map constitutional-challenge equal-protection racial-gerrymander redistricting voting-rights Whether Louisiana's congressional redistricting plan violates the Equal Protection Clause by constituting an unconstitutional racial gerrymander
23-1330 Michael Stern, et ux. v. Mark Mcdonald Washington 2024-06-21 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction certiorari constitutional-review due-process equal-protection federalism judicial-procedure judicial-review state-courts supreme-court Did the Supreme Court of Washington's order to deny review violate the United States Constitution?
23-7761 Eddie L. Hatch, Jr., et ux. v. Tom Barrett, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-06-20 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct mail-tampering political-corruption pro-se-litigation rule-of-law Question not identified
23-7763 Barry Steven Gahagan v. Bill Stange, Warden Eighth Circuit 2024-06-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction judicial-review legal-standing standing takings Question not identified.
23-7740 William H. Baker v. Angela Hunsinger-Stuff, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-06-18 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default sixth-amendment Whether the procedural default creates a miscarriage of justice that denies Petitioner his fundamental rights to due-process
23-7744 In Re William F. Laffoon 2024-06-18 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jurisdiction mcgirt-ruling native-american native-american-rights reservation-law retroactivity tribal-jurisdiction Question not identified.
23-7753 William Lee Boyer v. Amy Robey, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts court-access due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus legal-assistance legal-notice notice one-year-deadline prisoner-rights Equitable-tolling-doctrine-for-federal-habeas-corpus
23-7705 Eric D. Johnson v. Mississippi Mississippi 2024-06-13 Denied IFP administrative-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection judicial-relief retroactivity safety-valve sentencing-calculation statutory-interpretation Whether Sohnson's sentence was improperly calculated and should be reduced under the 'safety valve' (18 U.S.C. 3553(f)) sentencing law in effect at th…
23-7702 Stevie Whitehorn v. Maverick Tube Corporation, fka Tenaris Hickman Eighth Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection fourteenth-amendment pretext-evidence racial-discrimination standard-of-review summary-judgment Whether the fabrication of false evidence by the respondent is evidence of pretext to discharge the petitioner
23-7674 Eric Wright v. Kris Mayes, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky constitutional-law due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus jury-selection racial-discrimination Did the court of appeals' refusal to grant Mr. Wright habeas corpus relief in respect to his claim of unlawful racial discrimination in the selection …
23-7677 Daniela Bowman v. Cordelia Friedman Tenth Circuit 2024-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-production due-process due-process-clause equal-protection equal-protection-clause evidentiary-hearing fourth-amendment judicial-review motion-to-dismiss oklahoma-press-publishing-co-v-walling statutory-interpretation Whether the Tenth Circuit's ruling rejecting a person's right to a due process evidentiary hearing conflicts with the Due Process and Equal Protection…
23-7657 Leslie Willis v. PNC Financial Services Group Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2024-06-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP due-process due-process,14th-amendment,judicial-misconduct,bia equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-disqualification judicial-misconduct lgbtq-rights Ongoing violation of Fourteenth Amendment due process rights,judicial-misconduct,bias-and-prejudice,disqualification,perpetuation-of-evidence,trust-do…
23-7671 James Chamblin v. Ohio Ohio 2024-06-07 Denied IFP amendment constitutional-rights due-process due-process-clause equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indictment indictment-amendment pleading-recasting recasting-of-pleadings state-appellate-court Does a State Appellate Court violate a Petitioner's right to Due Process under the United States Constitution, when a court recast a litigants pleadin…
23-7645 Antrell Teen v. Illinois Illinois 2024-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing voting-rights Whether the standards used by the Ninth Circuit in the Brouwer v. Raffensperger case violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments
23-7633 Deanne R. Upson Giese v. William Earl Wallace, III Maryland 2024-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-custody civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process equal-protection equal-rights-amendment free-speech interstate-jurisdiction interstate-relations parent-child parental-rights Have the states of Maryland, District of Columbia, and Virginia violated the rights of this Mother and Child under the United States Constitution?
23-7634 Claudio Salas-Bautista v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discrimination-analysis due-process equal-protection immigration judicial-review legislative-intent racial-discrimination racist-statute statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment
23A1083 Justin G. Reedy v. California Department of Social Services, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-06-04 Presumed Complete custody-rights equal-protection gender-discrimination parental-rights social-services welfare-benefits Whether California's CalWORKs welfare regulations violate the Equal Protection Clause by creating disparate eligibility criteria for fathers and mothe…
23-1265 Catherine Antunes v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al., Fourth Circuit 2024-06-04 Denied Response Waived bodily-integrity constitutional-rights due-process economic-coercion emergency-authorization employer-coercion equal-protection jacobson-v-massachusetts prep-act vaccine vaccine-mandate Does the Constitutional right to bodily integrity encompass the right to decline a vaccine?
23-1266 Tonya Parks v. Affiliated Bank, et al. Texas 2024-06-04 Denied campaign-finance constitutional-fairness due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-integrity judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal recusal Does the Texas judicial system's approach to recusal, in conjunction with judges' collaborative fundraising and expenditure activities, violate the Fo…
23-7618 Jesse A. Reynolds v. Titus County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-06-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection fair-housing fair-housing-act judicial-immunity prosecutorial-immunity sovereign-immunity statute-of-limitations takings Question not identified.
23-7625 Henry Sowers v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada-accessibility americans-with-disabilities-act criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection hearing-impairment judicial-accessibility pro-se pro-se-defendant structural-error voir-dire Does the State violate the ADA and Equal Protection Clause by failing to provide accessibility accommodations for a hearing-impaired pro-se defendant …
23-7598 Arnaud Paris v. Heidi M. Brown Oregon 2024-05-31 Denied IFP custody-dispute due-process equal-protection family-law federal-statutes fourteenth-amendment international-custody international-law national-origin state-statutes uccjea Does a state court's decisions and actions violating both Federal Statutes (UCCJEA) and State Statues in a custody dispute, which appears to favor an …
23-1251 Paula Bourne, et vir v. Banner University Medical Center Phoenix, LLC Arizona 2024-05-30 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-bias medical-malpractice standing vexatious-litigant Did the Arizona Court of Appeals errantly affirm and allow Arizona Superior Court to designate Bourne's vexatious litigants and dismiss their case?
23-7573 Ryan Edward Offineer v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts,equal-protection,right-to-counsel collateral-attack-waiver conclusory-pleadings,vague-pleadings,precedent constitutional-rights disparate-plea-terms,sentencing,eighth-amendment due-process equal-protection inaccurate-information,administrative-remedy,prese ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance,defensive-strategies,guilty meritless-appeal,futile-appeal,right-to-appeal plea-agreement warrantless-search,computer-evidence,search-warran Plea-agreement-violation,contract-law,conflict-of-interest
23A1063 David Dunlap v. JetBlue Airways Corporation, et al. New York 2024-05-29 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jetblue-airways workers-compensation workplace-injury Whether state workers' compensation proceedings violated a claimant's constitutional due process and equal protection rights in a workplace injury dis…
23-7570 Leonard Blackstock, Jr. v. Tennessee Tennessee 2024-05-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legal-duty physical-harm statutory-interpretation Whether a legal authority is required to help the escape from physical harm by Section 1 for 15 U.S. Code s. 1116 to provide equal protection of the F…
23-1244 Samuel Collin Robinson v. Katherine Lyman Freeman, fka Katherine Lyman Robinson Colorado 2024-05-28 Denied Relisted (2) best-interest-of-the-child best-interest-standard child-custody constitutional-rights divorce-law due-process equal-protection family-law parental-rights parenting-time Does disparate allocation of parenting time under a best interest statute violate equal protection when both parents are equally fit?
23-1248 Keresa Richardson v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-28 Denied Response Waived appellate-courts constitutional-law election-law equal-protection judicial-elections one-man-one-vote state-representation texas voting-districts Does the Equal Protection Clause's one man, one vote requirement apply to the election of Texas appellate court justices?
23-7534 Charles Feick v. The Brutsche Family Revocable Trust, et al. Washington 2024-05-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ability-to-pay constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment indigent-rights Whether the Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment require the state to demonstrate a rational basis for treating …
23-7543 Jeryme Morgan v. DeAnna Brookhart Seventh Circuit 2024-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-interpretation precedent-setting prior-crimes-evidence standing statutory-construction Whether the Martínez-Treviño Exceptions should be extended to Illinois prisoners
23-7546 Enrique Zacarias Diaz v. Oregon Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant statutory and constitutional provisions
23-7525 Stanley Waldron v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-05-21 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-punishment due-process equal-protection hard-labor involuntary-servitude state-liability thirteenth-amendment Is the State of Louisiana barred by the Thirteenth Amendment from punishing involuntary servitude at hard labor for a class of offenders without due c…
23-7527 Larry Williams v. Warden Kelly, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-05-21 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its application of the relevant legal standards
23-1222 Children's Health Defense, et al. v. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2024-05-20 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection experimental-treatment experimental-vaccine jacobson-v-massachusetts medical-consent vaccine-efficacy vaccine-mandate vaccine-safety Fundamental-right-to-refuse-medical-treatment
23-1223 Jennifer L. Cooper, et al. v. US Dominion, Inc., et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-05-20 Denied Response Waived article-iii-standing cease-and-desist civil-rights defamation due-process equal-protection free-speech precedential-opinion standing Whether recipients of a cease-and-desist letter have Article III standing
23-7499 Russell William Tucker v. North Carolina North Carolina 2024-05-17 Denied IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky burden-of-proof disparate-treatment equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-strikes prima-facie-case prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination Whether the Supreme Court of North Carolina was free to reject evidence of disparate treatment and impose on Petitioner the crippling burden of showin…
23-7500 Jonathan Pendleton v. Jason S. Miyares, Attorney General of Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-05-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ngri-statute Whether and to what extent Virginia's 'not guilty by reason of insanity' (NGRI) statutes are unconstitutional
23-7490 Chanel E. M. Nicholson v. W.L. York, Inc., dba Cover Girls, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (14)IFP civil-rights discrete-acts employment-discrimination employment-law equal-protection limitations-period national-railroad-passenger-corporation-v-morgan racial-discrimination Where the discriminatory act was refusing admission of Petitioner (a Black entertainer) to the business' premises for work because her admission would…
23-7457 E. R. v. Colorado, In the Interest of S. M. and E. M., Children Colorado 2024-05-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-standard due-process equal-protection judicial-bias parent-child-rights racial-bias racial-prejudice standard-of-review termination-of-parental-rights Whether this Court's precedents on judicial racial bias bind the Colorado Supreme Court
23-1212 In Re Justin Mahwikizi 2024-05-13 Denied Response Waived arbitration-exemption ending-forced-arbitration-of-sexual-assault-and-se equal-protection equal-protection-clause federal-arbitration-act judicial-review section-1 section-3 Whether section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act should be used to shield the Federal Arbitration Act's Section 1 exemption claim denials from judicia…
23-7427 Alton Pelichet v. Fredeane Artis, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process equal-protection fair-trial fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment Whether the petitioner's rights to a fair trial, due process, and equal protection were violated
23-7412 John Thomas Rooney v. Georgia Georgia 2024-05-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment compulsory-testimony constitutional-violation criminal-conviction due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief privilege-against-self-incrimination self-incrimination state-court-review Does Cronaias' testimony violate the 5th Amendment's privilege against self-incrimination?
23-7406 Bobby Rouse v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se pro-se-representation sixth-amendment Is it a violation of appellant's Sixth Amendment constitutional rights for defense counsel to refuse to investigate the evidence and interview witness…
23A992 David W. Foley, Jr., et ux. v. Orange County, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-07 Presumed Complete constitutional-challenge county-commission equal-protection redistricting representation voting-rights Whether a county board of commissioners' voting procedures and redistricting decisions violate constitutional protections of equal representation and …
23-7389 Brad Evans v. Florida Florida 2024-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigants Whether the State of Florida has created rules of criminal and appellate procedure that arbitrarily and unreasonably encroach upon the personal rights…
23-7390 In Re Guy Lewis Coulston, Jr. 2024-05-06 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection exclusionary-rule interrogation-tactics involuntary-confession miranda-rights trespass Did Detective trespass on private property and violate Miranda rights and make an Involuntary Confession during Interrogation by ignoring invoking cou…
23-7381 Larry Donnell Dunlap v. Arizona Office of the Attorney General, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-03 Denied IFP civil-rights clemency constitutional-claims constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection executive-clemency habeas-corpus special-action special-action-relief Whether the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency violated the petitioner's due process rights by denying his request for a commutation hearing without …
23-7361 Sean A. Gray v. Kevin Payne, Commandant, United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth Tenth Circuit 2024-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP burns-v-wilson constitutional-claims due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus military-habeas military-justice suspension-clause tenth-circuit Are the Dodson factors a violation of the Suspension Clause and therefore an unconstitutional bar to habeas for military prisoners?
23-7362 Tesae Harrington v. Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State District of Columbia 2024-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-action civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection higher-education judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure precedent race-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether the race-based admissions policies of Harvard College and the University of North Carolina violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteen…
23-7347 J. Guadalupe Figueroa-Juarez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection immigration immigration-law legislative-intent mass-incarceration racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-7325 In Re Linda Ann Wright 2024-04-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion property-rights standing veterans-affairs Whether Judge Ranjan Abused his discretion in § 1915(2)
23-7333 Thomas Arnold v. Florida Florida 2024-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protections inability-to-afford-attorney post-conviction right-to-appeal state-constitution Whether State Post Conviction Appellant's are denied access to the court violating due process-of-law,equal-protections,14th-amendment,right-to-appeal…
23-7335 Walter J. Himmelreich v. Janel Fitzgerald Sixth Circuit 2024-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 bivens bivens-action civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment first-amendment-retaliation territorial-jurisdiction Does the 'or Territory' clause of 42 USC § 1983 apply to Federal Bureau of Prisons properties?
23-7310 In Re Arthur R. Holloway, Jr. 2024-04-26 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-standard procedural-rules standing statutory-provisions takings Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred in denying the petitioners' request for rehearing en banc
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…
23-1160 Derrick Williams v. Mississippi Mississippi 2024-04-25 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-rules-of-evidence first-amendment fourteenth-amendment petition-clause right-to-counsel Whether the fundamental right to petition the state courts is restricted by any timeframe for appealing the denial or deprivation of counsel on direct…
23-1156 Eun O. Kim, et al. v. Parcel K-Tudor Hall Farm, LLC Fourth Circuit 2024-04-24 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion legal-representation motion-to-reopen procedural-fairness timeliness Whether the Justice system (The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit) granting the Motion to Reopen to one party after 8 years from t…
23-7302 In Re Michael A. Farrell 2024-04-24 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254d due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection evidentiary-hearing fourteenth-amendment full-and-fair-hearing reasonable-doubt state-court Did the U.S. District Court violate petitioners XIV Amendment right to due-process, equal-protection, 28-usc-2254d
23-7292 Morris Fuller v. United States Second Circuit 2024-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-sentencing drug-offense due-process equal-protection federal-district-court judicial-discretion maximum-penalty post-conviction-relief sentencing-guidelines Whether the district court erred in sentencing the petitioner to an above-guideline sentence based on factors that were already accounted for in the g…
23-7267 Vincent Dewayne Gaylord v. Kansas Tenth Circuit 2024-04-19 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the petitioner's personal rights have been violated by the defendant's actions in violation of the relevant law(s)
23-7273 Lidia M. Orrego v. Kevin Knipfing, aka Kevin James, et al. Second Circuit 2024-04-19 Denied Relisted (3)IFP abuse-of-power constitutional-rights deprivation-of-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-bias miscarriage-of-justice second-circuit Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recognizes the mitigating effects of upholding the Constitutional Rights to Due Proc…
23-7282 Jeff Baoliang Zhang v. County of Los Angeles, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-19 Dismissed IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-violations deprivation-of-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-courts judicial-misconduct Whether federal courts can take serious civil rights violations as frivolous
23-1137 Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence Corp. v. The School Committee for the City of Boston, et al. First Circuit 2024-04-19 Denied Amici (8)Relisted (8) boston-school-committee disparate-impact equal-protection exam-schools intentional-discrimination race-neutral-criteria racial-balancing school-admissions Whether an equal protection challenge to facially race-neutral admission criteria is barred simply because members of the racial groups targeted for d…
23A933 Kurt Benshoof v. Freya Brier, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-17 Presumed Complete civil-rights-act due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment mask-mandate Whether the First, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual from retaliatory, discriminatory prosecution for refusing to wear a…
23-7240 In Re Patrick Christian 2024-04-17 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP asylum-law civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure discrimination due-process equal-protection hate-crimes statutory-interpretation systemic-racism When did raping, kidnapping, and murdering an American Voters family for being a Heterosexual become Law, and how can Constitutional Officers sanction…
23-7241 Michael Allen v. Fidencio N. Guzman, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-04-17 Denied IFP 14th-amendment aider-and-abettor constitutional-law criminal-law due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment mens-rea statutory-interpretation Does California Penal Code Section 117.95(a)(1)-(3) statute violate the United States Constitution 14th Amendment Equal Protection of the Law by not i…
23-7249 Robert Gandy v. Glenn Hegar, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Texas 2024-04-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-practice-and-remedies-code civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations thompson-v-clark tim-cole-act wrongful-conviction Whether the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Thompson v. Clark, Cert No. 20-659 renders Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code unconstitutional
23-7236 Sandra Black v. Naomi Friedrichsen, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-04-16 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-ruling due-process equal-protection legal-standing pro-se procedural-challenge standing Should a black pro se litigant with pauper status genuinely be heard in an American court of law?
23-1120 DaBeth Manns v. U.S. Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Banc of America Funding Corporation for Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates 2007-03 District of Columbia 2024-04-16 Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure-claim foreclosure-debt-claim pro-se-litigant stare-decisis Should the District of Columbia Court of Appeals decision be upheld in part or whole, reversed and/or the case remanded?
23-7228 Jimmy D. Woods v. Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-15 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP article-iii civil-rights-damages due-process equal-protection federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-power subject-matter-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-rights Whether Article III jurisdiction extends to cases arising under the Constitution and federal law
23A920 Gatewood A. Walden v. The Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar Alabama 2024-04-15 Presumed Complete binding-precedent due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legal-review precedent Whether a state appellate court violates a litigant's due process and equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment when it refuses to follow…
23-7216 Enrique Zacarias Diaz v. J. Highberger Ninth Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Question not identified
23-7218 Leslie Shannon v. Cherry Creek School District, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discrimination due-process employment-discrimination employment-law equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment retaliation summary-judgment Whether the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated
23-7197 Michael David Logering, et al. v. Morrison County Sheriff's Office, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-04-11 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-rules fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-error standing Did the United States Appeals Court for the Eighth Circuit violate the Plaintiffs' Constitutional Rights to Due Process and Equal Protection under the…
23-7198 Ebone East, et al. v. Fix It Auto Repair, Inc. Arizona 2024-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech right-to-appeal standing state-court-discretion Does the federal courts apply proper standards of review when examining lower court rulings on due process, free-speech, equal-protection, civil-proce…
23-7200 Willie Johnson v. Kenneth Nelson, Warden Fourth Circuit 2024-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-provision criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-review petition sentencing statutory-provision writ Whether the South Carolina District Court erred in denying the petitioner's motion to vacate their conviction with respect to the alleged civil rights…
23-7167 Joseph Lochuch Ewalan v. Washington Washington 2024-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-strikes racial-discrimination standing Whether the defendant has been denied the right to trial by an impartial jury when racial discrimination in jury selection compromises the right of tr…
23-7188 Jacob Winding, et ux. v. Superior Court of California, San Joaquin County, et al. California 2024-04-09 Denied IFP civil-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-disqualification procedural-safeguards recusal-standards standing verified-statement Is a verified statement of disqualification required to meet the standards applied to a motion or Is a verified statement of disqualification a statem…
23A904 Wayne Phillip Vance v. Glen Engstrom, et al. Second Circuit 2024-04-09 Presumed Complete civil-rights due-process equal-protection page-limit pro-se writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court should grant an exception to its page limit rule to allow a pro se prisoner to file an oversized petition for a writ of cert…
23A891 Vicki Baker v. City of McKinney, Texas Fifth Circuit 2024-04-08 Presumed Complete civil-rights constitutional-rights equal-protection fourteenth-amendment municipal-liability police-conduct Whether a municipality can be held liable under the Fourteenth Amendment for a police officer's alleged violation of a citizen's constitutional rights…
23-1084 Jill Hile, et al. v. Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-04-08 Denied Amici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) blaine-amendment constitutional-amendment equal-protection nonpublic-schools political-disenfranchisement religious-animus school-choice school-vouchers Whether Michigan's constitutional amendment barring direct and indirect public financial support for parochial and other nonpublic schools violates th…
23-7157 Roy R. Dixon v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection precedents statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant civil-rights, due-process, and equal-protection precedents
23-7164 Jason Bryan Cass v. California California 2024-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection federal-courts jurisdiction standing violent-circumstances Was the petitioner's constitutional rights violated?
23-7154 Robert M. Greene v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2024-04-05 Denied IFP article-i-section-9 constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus speedy-trial state-suspension suspension trial-rights Whether Florida's suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus violates Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution
23-1083 Shula Waxwoman, fka Shlomit Ruttkamp v. The Bank of New York Mellon, et al. Connecticut 2024-04-04 Denied constitutional-protection covid-19 due-process equal-protection eviction-stay foreclosure foreclosure-moratorium fraud-misrepresentation judicial-procedure property-rights state-of-emergency Whether the lifting of COVID-19 foreclosure moratoriums deprives individuals of due process and equal protection
23-7088 Brian T. Hill v. Josie Gastelo, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-03-27 Denied IFP constitutional-right counsel due-process equal-protection jury-trial ninth-circuit parole parole-hearing quorum Does a two-judge panel constitute a quorum?
23-7070 Riley Thornock, et ux. v. Bedford County, Virginia Virginia 2024-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-justice civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection governmental-overreach property-rights regulatory-taking Does the government's attempt to compel an individual out of their established residence or property warrant the appointment of a court-appointed atto…
23-1049 John-Henry Ayanbadejo v. Chanel Goosby, et al. Texas 2024-03-22 Denied appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-proceedings seventh-amendment supreme-court-procedure Whether the Lower Appellate Court departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings, and/or sanctioned such a departure by the Texas…
23-1047 HSU Contracting, LLC v. Holton-Arms School, Inc. Maryland 2024-03-21 Denied Response Waived aia-contract commerce-clause construction-industry construction-law contract-interpretation damages equal-protection small-businesses standard-contract-terms Whether the Maryland court violated the Commerce Clause and Equal Protection Clause in its interpretation of the AIA construction contract
23-7052 Shirron Jozette Gayles-Zanders v. Nevada Nevada 2024-03-21 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction qualified-immunity standing Whether the federal courts erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of his constitutional rights
23-7038 Benjamin Thurman v. Rug Doctor Eighth Circuit 2024-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Why was the claim dismissed at every attempt?
23-7041 Willie James Pye v. Tyrone Oliver, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-20 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection preliminary-injunction procedural-defense res-judicata section-1983 stay-of-execution sua-sponte Whether a federal court may raise a procedural affirmative defense sua sponte in the absence of any special circumstances, and, if so, whether it may …
23A855 Willie James Pye v. Tyrone Oliver, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-20 Denied due-process equal-protection preliminary-injunction res-judicata section-1983 sua-sponte Whether a federal court may sua sponte raise a procedural affirmative defense to deny preliminary injunctive relief without considering the movant's l…
23-7026 Pedro Valencia-Ayala v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-review discriminatory-purpose equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent mass-incarceration racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-7030 Logan Dyjak v. Joseph Harper, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-03-19 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection forced-medication fourteenth-amendment judicial-review mental-health petition-denial vitek-v-jones writ-of-certiorari Whether the conditions of hospitalization, including forced medication, violate the petitioner's constitutional rights under the Fourteenth Amendment …
23-7009 Warren Simpson v. Alan Simpson Arizona 2024-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection legal-counsel liberty pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation trustee Should every US citizen be provided counsel if they cannot afford it?
23-6989 Lenroy McLean v. United States Second Circuit 2024-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion co-defendants compassionate-release criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection federal-procedure judicial-discretion post-conviction-relief sentencing-factors Whether the lower court properly applied the evaluation of the sect. 3553 factors among differently situated co-defendant to denied Petitioner's compa…
23-6997 In Re Russell Rope 2024-03-15 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-misconduct standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim
23-7000 Jereme Lee Escobedo v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-03-15 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection fifth-circuit-review ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-bias sex-crimes sixth-amendment Does a criminal defendant charged with sex-crimes have the same Constitutional rights as a defendant charged with non-sex-crimes?
23-7005 Simon Chan v. Maura Tracy Healey, Governor of Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit 2024-03-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment ashcroft-v-iqbal civil-rights class-of-one due-process engquist-v-oregon equal-protection government-discrimination judicial-review Should the US Supreme Court allow government officials to engage in discriminatory conduct without consequence?
23-1009 Leisl M. Carpenter v. Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-03-14 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights equal-protection mootness race-discrimination standing standing-doctrine statutory-interpretation voluntary-cessation Whether a federal agency can defeat a plaintiff's standing by adding non-statutory factors to benefit distributions that are purportedly race neutral
23-6962 Vernon D. F. Robbins v. John E. Wetzel, former Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2024-03-12 Denied IFP administrative-remedy-exhaustion circuit-split due-process equal-protection stare-decisis administrative-exhaustion equal-protection prison-litigation-reform-act pro-se-litigation stare-decisis third-circuit-court Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has entered a decision in conflict with the decision of the same United States Court …
23-993 Peter Kleidman v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, et al. California 2024-03-12 Denied court-of-appeal due-process equal-protection error-prone-decisions judicial-procedure legal-precedent mathews-factors new-rule-of-law no-citation-rule uncitable-decisions Whether California's No-citation Rule is unconstitutional
23-6959 Lionel Scott Ellison v. Peter Bludworth, Warden, et al. Montana 2024-03-11 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights class-action due-process equal-protection standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
23-6931 Darrell Tillery v. Tim Hooper, Warden Louisiana 2024-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-rape constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-trial non-unanimous-jury sexual-battery sixth-amendment Whether non-unanimous jury verdicts violate the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments
23-6945 Ronnie Cornell Cosby v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federalism government-restrictions interstate-travel public-purpose state-sovereignty travel Whether a state statute criminalizing travel in commerce or imposing an improper travel tax is unconstitutional
23-983 Nicholas Harding v. Google LLC Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-08 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure article-iii civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction equal-protection federalism fourteenth-amendment standing state-citizenship Does the 'state wherein they reside' provision of the Fourteenth Amendment define state citizenship for purposes of Article III diversity jurisdiction…
23A828 Benedict C. Ogbodiegwu v. Bryan Daniel, et al. Texas 2024-03-08 Presumed Complete administrative-hearing due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fraud-on-court judicial-review Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's due process and equal protection clauses require judicial review when state administrative proceedings involve alle…
23A825 Larry Muldrow v. Arkansas Eighth Circuit 2024-03-07 Presumed Complete civil-rights conspiracy due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation Whether the Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause protect a pro se litigant from alleged judicial misconduct and government harassment in a c…
23-6925 Sadat El-Amin v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-03-07 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection forcible-rape fourteenth-amendment jury-trial non-unanimous-jury sixth-amendment Whether non-unanimous jury verdicts for felony convictions violate the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments
23-984 Joseph Dixon v. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Eighth Circuit 2024-03-07 Denied Response Waived arbitration-appeal civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection pro-se-litigation standing Whether the district court improperly denied Petitioner pro se due process and equal protection of law
23-6889 Richard Wayne Barton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals bureau-of-prisons certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus obstruction-of-justice record-on-appeal Whether the Bureau of Prisons' failure and refusal to tender to Barton his Record on Appeal, provided by the Fifth Circuit to enable Barton to prepare…
23-6880 Jamel Tyree Lunsford v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
23-6882 Steven Brown v. Felicia Adkins, Warden, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federalism marriage same-sex Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause requires states to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states
23A806 Russell William Tucker v. North Carolina North Carolina 2024-03-01 Presumed Complete batson-challenge death-penalty equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-strikes racial-discrimination Whether the prosecution's peremptory jury strikes of African American jurors violated the Equal Protection Clause under Batson v. Kentucky, given evid…
23-6868 David Wayne Nelson v. Jim Salmonsen, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process equal-protection evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus judicial-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct Did the U.S. court of appeals err in its rulings on the petitioner's habeas corpus petition?
23-946 Henry Eugene Gossage v. Reality Homes, Inc., et al. Washington 2024-02-29 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-review civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-appeal judicial-review standing trial-de-novo Whether the right to judicial appeal from an arbitrator decision is denied
23-6844 In Re Deborah E. Gouch-Onassis 2024-02-28 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process equal-protection qualified-immunity standing Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in dismissing petitioner's civil rights claims for lack of standing
23-6846 In Re Shirron Jozette Gayles-Zanders 2024-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mandamus nevada-supreme-court post-conviction-relief Whether the Nevada Supreme Court violated petitioner's fundamental due process and equal protection rights under the 14th Amendment by denying her pet…
23-922 Ronald McCray v. City of Beloit, Wisconsin, et al. Wisconsin 2024-02-27 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review state-courts unpublished-opinions Whether the Wisconsin Court of Appeals' unpublished opinions are facially unconstitutional and void as applied to the dismissal of a case
23-6832 Willie Levens, II v. Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection excessive-force law-enforcement qualified-immunity racial-discrimination standing Whether an off-duty officer qualifies for qualified-immunity
23-6810 Larry D. Mosley v. Phillip A. White, Warden Fourth Circuit 2024-02-23 Denied IFP Abuse-of-Discretion Equal-Protection Fourteenth-Amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance Police-Misconduct Prosecutorial-Misconduct Sixth-Amendment trial-court-discretion Ineffective-Assistance-of-Counsel
23-6811 In Re Miguel Antonio Garcia 2024-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appearance-of-bias civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection impartiality judicial-recusal procedural-fairness standing takings The legal issues being raised
23-6819 In Re Mary A. Nelson-Rogers 2024-02-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights equal-protection first-amendment free-speech standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
23A771 Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence Corp. v. The School Committee for the City of Boston, et al. First Circuit 2024-02-23 Presumed Complete civil-rights equal-protection fourteenth-amendment race-discrimination school-admissions section-1983 Whether race-conscious admissions policies in K-12 public schools violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
23A768 Terrence E. Gilchrist v. Simone Craig Ohio 2024-02-22 Presumed Complete child-support due-process equal-protection full-faith-and-credit interstate-enforcement turner-v-rogers Whether the Full Faith and Credit Clause requires interstate recognition of child support payments and procedural protections when a state court fails…
23-911 Mary A. Harris v. Monroe County Public Library Board of Trustees, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-22 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination equal-protection race-discrimination race-retaliation retaliation Does the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution permit race retaliation claims?
23-889 In Re William B. Jolley 2024-02-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-judges administrative-law constitutional-appointment due-process equal-protection merit-systems-protection-board mspb-procedure veterans veterans-rights whistleblower whistleblower-protection Due process-violation-in-MSPB-appeals
23-890 In Re Batia Zareh 2024-02-20 Denied Response Waived bilingual-election bilingual-requirements circuit-split compassionate-release constitutional-discrimination constitutional-law due-process election-law election-requirements equal-protection equal-protection 23-88" extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act language-minority mandatory-minimum-sentence national-origin sentencing-reduction voting-rights Whether non-retroactive changes in law can be 'ext Whether the Bilingual Election Requirements (52 U.S.C. §10503) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. §10301, et. sec.) are unconstitutional
23-6771 Wild Chang, et al. v. Farmers Insurance Company, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-16 Denied IFP civil-rights contract-rewriting due-process equal-protection insurance insurance-fraud RICO rico-fraud standing statutory-interpretation Whether national insurance companies can continue committing the RICO frauds
23-883 Lawrence Wilson Kingsley v. Ann Elizabeth Lange Louisiana 2024-02-16 Denied access-to-courts appellate-procedure case-dismissal civil-procedure due-process equal-protection fraud judicial-intervention procedural-intervention standing Should this case be allowed to conflict with federal and state cases on nonparty intervention
23-6747 Michael L. Miller v. Jeffery Norman Eighth Circuit 2024-02-15 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-review legal-procedure reproductive-rights scotus statutory-interpretation Does the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization violate the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause …
23-6745 Raymond Wilson, III v. Fairhaven Police Department, et al. First Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-prosecution due-process equal-protection interstate-crime jurisdictional-issues legal-elements malicious-prosecution prosecutorial-discretion standing statutory-interpretation summary-judgment Whether the petitioner can be successfully prosecuted for malicious prosecution when the elements are interpreted differently by different courts
23-862 West Flagler Associates, Ltd., dba Magic City Casino, et al. v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. District of Columbia 2024-02-12 Denied Amici (2) equal-protection federal-approval indian-gaming-regulatory-act internet-gambling online-gambling sports-betting sports-gambling tribal-lands unlawful-internet-gambling-enforcement-act Whether IGRA authorizes the approval of a compact that purports to allow for an online sports gambling monopoly throughout the state and off Indian la…
23-865 Dale Wendall Laue v. State Bar of California California 2024-02-12 Denied Response Waived civil-rights diversity-equity-inclusion due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment liberty-interest licensing moral-character standing state-bar-admission Whether admission to a State Bar constitutes a liberty interest
23-6708 Georgios V. Vloutis v. Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft District of Columbia 2024-02-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection government-accountability national-security patriot-act terrorism terrorism-allegations Whether Lufthansa Airlines' alleged negligence and association with terrorism violates the 14th Amendment and the U.S. Patriot Act
23-855 Richard Abbott v. Supreme Court of Delaware, et al. Delaware 2024-02-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 6th-amendment civil-rights confrontation-clause disbarment due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech pro-se professional-licensure Whether a pro se defendant in a confidential professional licensure disbarment proceeding has full 1st Amendment rights
23-6668 Roosevelt L. Lincoln, aka Roosevelt L. Linicomn v. Harris County Sheriff's Office, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-02-05 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-fairness legal-procedure section-242 statutory-interpretation Does the 14th Amendment and Section 242 of Title 18 constitute a man justice?
23-6659 Edward Logan v. Illinois Illinois 2024-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection pre-trial-detention sixth-amendment speedy-trial statutory-interpretation Whether a state statute that denies a criminal defendant the constitutional right to a speedy trial violates the Equal Protection Clause
23-6642 David Wayne Poydras v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-02-01 Denied IFP constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-standard factual-innocence indigent-defendants judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation Did La. Code Criminal Procedure, Article 142.3(B), Allow the Court's in Louisiana to deny destitute inmates the right to prove they are Factually Inno…
23-6646 Dana Albrecht v. Katherine Albrecht New Hampshire 2024-02-01 Denied IFP child-custody civil-procedure civil-rights domestic-violence due-process equal-protection family-law fourteenth-amendment parental-rights Whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires a timely hearing on the enforcement of a child custody decree
23A710 Pushpa Shekar v. PHH Mortgage Group Illinois 2024-02-01 Presumed Complete appellate-review discriminatory-practices due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion petition-for-leave Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses prohibit a state court from arbitrarily granting or denying late-filed pet…
23-6637 Aruan Aleman Hernandez v. Palm Beach County State Attorney Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-31 Denied IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction sixth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether the 6th Amendment right to counsel extends to victims of a crime for purposes of Equal Protection
23-6590 Johnny Eugene Holton v. Georgia Georgia 2024-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction mandatory-minimum res-judicata sentencing statutory-interpretation void-sentence Did the Georgia Court of Appeals err in vacating the petitioner's void sentence and barring him by res judicata from attacking the void sentence in an…
23-6605 In Re Darius Lake 2024-01-29 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review jury-selection legal-procedure precedent racial-discrimination sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the district attorney's striking of the only Black juror in the petitioner's trial violated the petitioner's constitutional rights
23-6606 In Re Jose Alonso Jimenez 2024-01-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP article-iii civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-interpretation jurisdictional-issue juvenile-justice legal-standards sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Question not identified
23-817 Michael Donatelli, et al. v. Town of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, et al. Maine 2024-01-29 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment motion-for-reconsideration motion-for-sanctions spoliation-of-evidence summary-judgment Did the court err in passing on properly disposing of the plaintiffs' filing of a motion for sanctions due to spoliation of evidence mis-styled as a m…
23-6562 Kenneth Eugene Smith v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-25 Denied IFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment equal-protection execution-protocol nitrogen-hypoxia preliminary-injunction ptsd-trauma standing Did the Eleventh Circuit deviate from established precedent when it affirmed the denial of a motion for a preliminary injunction on the ground that hi…
23-6570 Bryan P. Hernandez v. Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington Washington 2024-01-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Whether the petitioners' due process rights were violated
23-6574 Deirdre Baker v. JEA Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-document petition standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
23A688 Kenneth Eugene Smith v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-25 Denied cruel-and-unusual eighth-amendment equal-protection execution-method fourteenth-amendment nitrogen-hypoxia Whether the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit a state from executing an inmate using an untested nitrogen hypoxia method that poses a substant…
23-793 Isidro Javier Armenta v. California California 2024-01-24 Denied 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment automated-enforcement automated-traffic-enforcement confrontation-clause due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause holding in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts extends to automated traffic enforcement system schemes
23-801 Richard George, et al. v. Triton Property Investments, LLC California 2024-01-24 Denied Response Waived civil-rights contract-clause due-process equal-protection judicial-bias pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigants seventh-amendment state-courts Whether the empirical evidence of bias against, otherwise identically situated, pro se litigants in state courts proves the judicial intent to discrim…
23-6534 Lucious M. Jackson v. Florida Florida 2024-01-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fraud jury-selection peremptory-strike racial-discrimination scotus Whether the state court's disregard of a Officer of the Court Reliance on FRAUD to Justify A Discriminatory Jury Strike Contradicts the Holding of the…
23-6537 Gregory Steshenko v. Foothill-De Anza Community College District, et al. California 2024-01-23 Denied IFP ostensibly justified by business necessity violated the constitutional equal-protection business-necessity civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection public-education public-interest standing Whether permission of discrimination in public education against the protected classes
23-6540 Jennifer Agnes Lopez v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment government-immunity state-actors statute-of-limitations Whether the State actors can deprive the individual of a fair treatment which violates the guarantees of the Fifth Fourteenth Amendment
23-6548 Andrew Joseph Avitable, aka Andrew Joseph Larson v. Wyoming Wyoming 2024-01-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-breach due-process equal-protection forma-pauperis indigent judicial-immunity pro-se-litigation state-law-interpretation Can a State create policies, rules, and/or laws that contradict the State's and US Constitutions; and create a situation in which only those with the …
23-6549 Delon Scott v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment motion-to-withdraw penson-v-ohio right-to-counsel standing Whether the petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when the United States Court of Appeals granted counsel's motion for leave to withd…
23-789 Larisa Dirkzwager v. Archer-Daniels-Midland Company Eighth Circuit 2024-01-23 Denied Response Waived appeal civil-procedure constitutional-review deadline due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-error jurisdiction procedural-deadline standing Whether the Judge's error in miscalculation of the Plaintiff's Response deadline negates his dispositive Order and thereby logically and legally rende…
23-790 Matthew Flinders v. State Bar of California California 2024-01-23 Denied Response Waived 11th-amendment age-discrimination bar-admission due-process eleventh-amendment equal-protection privileges-and-immunities sovereign-immunity state-sovereign-immunity Whether the State Supreme Court and State Bar's denial of admission based on age violated Petitioner's rights to due process, equal protection, and hi…
23-777 Herbert O. Chadbourne, Jr. v. Cumberland County District Court First Circuit 2024-01-18 Denied Response Waived attorney-general civil-procedure default-judgment due-process equal-protection federal-rules honest-services-fraud judicial-procedure standing state-created-danger Whether the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit erred in refusing to enter a default judgment against the respondents when the Maine Attorney Ge…
23-770 John Doe v. Bill Crouch, in His Official Capacity as Cabinet Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied Response Waived constitutional-challenge equal-protection federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction redressability rooker-feldman standing state-court Does Rooker-Feldman bar jurisdiction when declaring a statute unconstitutional would undermine a state court's reliance upon the statute?
23-771 Jill L. Stein, et al. v. Federal Election Commission District of Columbia 2024-01-17 Denied Response Waived ballot-access federal-election-commission minor-party presidential-primary public-financing ballot-access equal-protection minor-party-candidates presidential-election primary-campaign public-financing Whether 26 U.S.C. § 9032(6) violates the equal-protection
23-761 Kionn Alls v. Florida Department of Revenue, on Behalf of Sharita Denise Gosa Florida 2024-01-16 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection fundamental-error judicial-duty jurisdiction jurisdictional-error procedural-due-process standing Do our state court of appeals have an unrenunciable judicial duty to correct jurisdictional or fundamental errors that were preserved at trial, were r…
23-6457 Peter Grigg v. Barbara Benson Ninth Circuit 2024-01-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure jurisdiction legal-standards standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses were violated
23-746 Dmitry Nikolenko v. Luiza Nikolenko Texas 2024-01-10 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment immigration international-comity personal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Texas court violated the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause and international comity
23-750 Jennica Carmona, Individually, and as Parent and Natural Guardian of B. A., et al. v. New Jersey Department of Education, et al. Third Circuit 2024-01-10 Denied Response Waived administrative-exhaustion change-in-placement disability-rights due-process educational-placement equal-protection idea individuals-with-disabilities-education-act rehabilitation-act standing virtual-instruction Whether the move from in-person to virtual educational instruction and support services constitutes a change in placement under the Individuals with D…
23-733 Jada Ku v. Great Falls College Montana State University Montana 2024-01-09 Denied Response Waived accommodation civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process educational-discrimination equal-protection mental-health-rights reasonable-accommodation standing state-university Can the Great Falls College Montana State University discriminate against me because of my mental disability?
23A634 Mary A. Harris v. Monroe County Public Library Board of Trustees, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-09 Presumed Complete circuit-split constitutional-rights discrimination equal-protection retaliation section-1983 Whether a retaliation claim based on objecting to a discriminatory event can be brought under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment …
23-6434 Pascal Gedeon v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2024-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment judicial-discretion mandamus pretrial-motions speedy-trial-act vagueness Whether delays resulting from pretrial motions can be excluded under the Speedy Trial Act
23-6414 In Re Joseph Raimondo 2024-01-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice qualified-immunity Whether the United States Eastern District of MI Court erred in granting Respondents qualified immunity after voiding civil case No. 2:01-cv-71352, di…
23-6415 Christian Cruz v. Florida Florida 2024-01-05 Denied IFP capital-case capital-punishment criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process equal-protection first-degree-murder pulley-v-harris relative-culpability sentencing supreme-court-review Whether the affirmance by the Supreme Court of the State of Florida of defendant's conviction for first degree murder and sentence of death was clearl…
23A615 Curtis Dwayne Vaughn v. Sean M. Flannery, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-01-03 Presumed Complete americans-with-disabilities-act due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech judicial-misconduct Whether the First Amendment and Americans with Disabilities Act protect a student with cognitive disabilities from being denied access to public unive…
23-6398 Imre Kifor v. Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit 2023-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection executive-order federal-funding separation-of-powers sovereign-immunity Is the mandate to selectively 'advance equity' (for a select few) Constitutional?
23-6377 Ryan F. Duncan v. Florida Commission on Offender Review Florida 2023-12-28 Denied IFP 5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Constitution provides immunity from prosecution for a defendant who has already been punished for the same o…
23-6382 Francisco Batista-Reyes v. United States First Circuit 2023-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law due-process equal-protection first-time-offenders mdlea-offenses safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Do the MDLEA first time offenders charged for the violation of both the MDLEA as well as §§ 960 (b) and 963 statutes have a right to safety valve reli…
23-6391 Christopher Dalton Thomas v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection retaliation title-vii whistleblower-protection Are minority males who oppose discrimination entitled to equal-protection
23-6363 Matthew Reid Hinson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP competent-counsel due-process equal-protection fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Does an attorney's failure to investigate, interview witnesses, and discuss defenses before advising a guilty plea violate the Sixth Amendment's right…
23-6366 Jose Martin Islas v. DHS/ICE Office of Chief Counsel-ATD Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-appeal due-process equal-protection immigration visa-petition Whether a person physically present in the United States, with a pending criminal appeal and visa petition, can be deported without first allowing the…
23-6373 Charles D. Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2023-12-27 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-hearing civil-rights clearance constitutional-rights discrimination discrimination-claim due-process employer-discrimination equal-protection retaliation security-clearance Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1678
23A587 Russell G. Conlon v. Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Child Support Services, et al. Oklahoma 2023-12-27 Presumed Complete child-support commerce-clause due-process equal-protection health-insurance origination-clause Whether Oklahoma's state statutes governing child support, health insurance, and medical benefits for divorced or separated parents violate the Origin…
23-6318 William Joseph Daniel v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP consenting-adults constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection glucksberg-test privileges-or-immunities substantive-due-process Should the choice of a woman and a man to pursue a relationship that could lead to marriage, children, and family be a constitutionally protected righ…
23-6321 Barbara Johnson-Luster v. Christine E. Wormuth, Secretary of the Army Fifth Circuit 2023-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-counsel disability-rights due-process equal-protection exceptional-circumstances title-vii Whether an appellant in the Circuit Courts, with an invisible disability and previous court appointed attorneys in the Lower District Courts should re…
23-6322 Ohio, ex rel. Ricardo Dodson v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, et al. Ohio 2023-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP dna-testing due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment parole parole-hearing paternity paternity-determination rape Whether petitioner was denied his Fourteenth Amendment due process right to a fair parole hearing
23-6325 James E. Downs v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2023-12-21 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection florida-statute habitual-offender sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether petitioner's 14th Amendment right to equal protection and proportionality of sentence has been violated
23-668 Warren King v. Shawn Emmons, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-20 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (13) 28-usc-2254 batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky equal-protection federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-determination jury-selection racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether the Georgia Supreme Court's decision was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts
23-6280 Felix I. Gaspard v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, et al. Florida 2023-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure foreclosure-action fraud judicial-immunity property-rights taking-clause Whether the judiciary has jurisdiction to effectuate the 'Taking without due process and without just compensation' of a pro se black disabled senior …
23-6282 Clay Chastain v. Bedford Regional Water Authority Virginia 2023-12-18 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-procedure public-utility rate-regulation statutory-interpretation takings Whether the utility doctrine uniformly and selectively charges customers for the costs of serving them
23-6248 Pradeep B. Gupte v. Kimberly Davis, HR Director, Newington Public Schools, et al. Second Circuit 2023-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
23-6249 Flenoid Greer v. Michigan Michigan 2023-12-13 Denied IFP collateral-review due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment liberty-interest post-conviction post-conviction-relief sentencing-guidelines successive-motion Can a State's collateral review procedures deny a person from having an invalid sentence vacated, without violating the right to petition
23-6254 William Graves, III v. Florida Florida 2023-12-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigants Whether the state of Florida has created rules of criminal and appellate procedure that arbitrarily and unreasonably encroaches upon the personal righ…
23-6229 Arnold A. Cary v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-12-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legal-materials medical-care prisoner-rights toxic-exposure toxic-water Did CDOC violate Cary's due-process, equal-protection, 8th-amendment, toxic-water, medical-care, legal-materials
23-6238 William Jarvis v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-12 Denied IFP confrontation confrontation-clause due-process effective-counsel equal-protection fifth-amendment self-incrimination sixth-amendment third-party-guilt Whether the Fifth Amendment right to be free from the compulsion to make self-incriminating statements includes the right to not be required to provid…
23-630 James E. Pietrangelo, II v. Christopher T. Sununu, Individually and in His Official Capacity as the Governor of New Hampshire, et al. First Circuit 2023-12-12 Denied Response Waived civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-policy equal-protection qualified-immunity race-discrimination racial-discrimination section-1983 standing standing-doctrine Whether the First Circuit's affirmance of the District Court's decision conflicts with this Court's precedent holding that 'persons who are personally…
23-6214 Sealed v. Sealed Florida 2023-12-11 Denied Relisted (3)IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-proceeding judicial-review manifest-injustice parental-rights Does the decision of the Florida State Courts to deny the Petitioner opportunity for belated appeal of the Lower Court's decision to terminate her par…
23-6216 Daniel E. Hall v. Devon Brochu-Reynolds New Hampshire 2023-12-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection family-law standing Did the NHSC apply Rule 20(2) unconstitutionally and violate Father's due-process rights-to-a-meaningful-appeal?
23-6219 Manuel Rodrigues-Barios v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-criminal-law immigration legislative-intent mass-incarceration racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment
23-6221 Gustavo Carrillo-Lopez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment immigration legislative-intent mass-incarceration race-discrimination racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment
23-6207 Ottis J. Cummings Jr., aka Ottis Junior Cummings, aka Otis Cummings, aka Ottis J. Commings, aka Otis J. Cummings v. Mississippi Mississippi 2023-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance plea-negotiations sex-discrimination standing trial-counsel Whether the Court denied Petitioner due process proceedings due to allegedly McKay's sex?
23-6190 Archer Hudson v. D'Artagnan Nathan Debow, et al. California 2023-12-07 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of their constitutional rights
23-6197 Daniel Joseph Teed v. Warden, Allenwood FCI Low Third Circuit 2023-12-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-aggregation due-process equal-protection first-step-act sentencing statutory-interpretation time-credits Is the ineligibility provision of 18 USC §3632(d)(4)(D) constitutional?
23A519 Raul Mendez v. Ada Community Libraries Board of Trustees, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-12-07 Presumed Complete civil-rights equal-protection first-amendment ninth-circuit pro-se voting-rights Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly dismissed a pro se civil rights complaint by failing to address First Amendment, voting rights, and Equal Protect…
23A515 Jonathan Douglas Richardson v. North Carolina North Carolina 2023-12-06 Presumed Complete batson-challenge equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-selection peremptory-challenge racial-discrimination Whether the use of a peremptory challenge to remove a Black woman from a jury panel violates the Equal Protection Clause under Batson v. Kentucky and …
23-608 In Re Joseph Gothard, et al. 2023-12-06 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-overreach civil-rights due-process equal-protection injunctive-relief mandamus property-rights standing Whether the Supreme Court grants certiorari to address major questions of national significance regarding agencies suspending laws and asserting autho…
23-598 Chester Noel Abing, et al. v. James F. Evers, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-12-05 Denied Response Waived civil-rights civil-rights-laws discrimination due-process eleventh-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment property-rights sovereign-immunity Does the Fourteenth Amendment amend the Eleventh Amendment?
23-6163 Vidala Aaronoff v. Curtis Olson California 2023-12-05 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-fees civil-harassment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection indigent pro-se pro-se-litigant Whether the Due Process Clause requires a court to construe a pro se litigant's filings liberally in order to enable the litigant to participate as fu…
23-589 Oxana N. Parikh, et al. v. Tina Parikh-Smith, et al. Maryland 2023-12-04 Denied Response Waived contract-clause due-process equal-protection inheritance-law orphans-court property-interest property-rights racial-animus statutory-law Whether the Maryland Orphans' Court violated the decedent's and sole-legatee's equal-protection, due-process, property-interest, contract-clause, raci…
23-6155 Mike Webb v. James Christian Kimmel, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 12(a)(1)(A) 18-usc-1964(c) civil-procedure default-judgment dismissal-motion equal-protection federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure racketeering-statute standing Whether a plaintiff is entitled to a default judgment under Fed.R.Civ.Pro. 55 after defendants fail to answer a complaint within 21 days
23A494 West Flagler Associates, Ltd., a Florida Limited Partnership, dba Magic City Casino, et al. v. Debra A. Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. District of Columbia 2023-12-01 Presumed Complete equal-protection indian-gaming-regulatory-act jurisdiction-allocation online-gambling sports-betting tribal-lands Whether the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) permits a state to authorize a Native American tribe to conduct online sports betting off tribal lands…
23-6138 John Doe v. Community College of Baltimore County, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-11-30 Denied IFP civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection higher-education mental-health rehabilitation-act standing Does Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act prohibit federally funded colleges from forcing students off campus for being mentally ill?
23-6133 Jacquelyn Reaves v. Monmouth University, et al. Third Circuit 2023-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-liability civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-liability criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection false-imprisonment hate-crime jurisdiction racial-discrimination Should respondents be criminally and civilly liable for hate-crime, false-imprisonment, racial-discrimination, persecution, emotional-distress, miscon…
23-6111 Lawrence Remsen, et al. v. Jennifer Shaffer, et al. California 2023-11-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-principles criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion legislative-intent sentencing sentencing-law Did the States Highest Court abuse its discretion when it failed to acknowledge the State's Legislature had repealed its indeterminate Sentencing Law …
23-6112 Derek Paul Smyer v. Bryan D. Phillips, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-discretion ninth-circuit standing third-party-culpability Whether the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it failed or refused to apply the correct legal standard in evaluating the plainti…
23-6126 Wayne M. English v. Parcel Express, Inc. Texas 2023-11-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct legal-representation pro-se pro-se-litigant texas-constitution Can the State of Texas through its judiciary ignore the state's own legislative intent, the Texas Bill of Rights, the Federal Constitution and the due…
23A473 Jill L. Stein, et al. v. Federal Election Commission District of Columbia 2023-11-27 Presumed Complete ballot-access campaign-finance equal-protection minor-party presidential-election public-funding Whether Section 9032(6) of the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account Act violates the Equal Protection Clause by arbitrarily terminating minor…
23A465 Peter Kleidman v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, et al. California 2023-11-22 Presumed Complete citation-rule due-process equal-protection judicial-precedent legal-citation state-court-procedure Whether a state court judicial system can constitutionally adopt a rule prohibiting judicial decisions from being cited as precedent in subsequent leg…
23-6105 Alvin Henry Dalton v. M. Votari Ninth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-provisions dismissal district-court due-process environmental-justice equal-protection jurisdiction legal-procedure standing Whether respondent's actions in forcing petitioner to live in an unhealthy environment violate petitioner's constitutional rights
23-6068 Jermaine Deshan West v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment courts-of-appeals due-process empirical-evidence equal-protection fifth-amendment methamphetamine sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines Whether the U.S. Sentencing Commission abdicated its duties under 28 U.S.C. $994(2)(1)(B) when determining the appropriate amount of imprisonment Cour…
23-6073 William Shirley, IV v. Steven Harpe, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2023-11-21 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief have-petitioner's-5th-and-14th-amendment-rights-been-violated
23-6084 Joe Stephens v. Alaska Division of Elections Ninth Circuit 2023-11-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ballot-access constitutional-rights due-process election-law equal-protection federalism first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech Whether a candidate's right to have their full legal name on the ballot
23-6040 Ernest Bustos v. Encino Park Homeowners Association, et al. Texas 2023-11-17 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection pro-se-litigation Whether the Court violated Petitioner's protected rights
23-6050 Khosrow Rahimi v. City of Sheridan, Oregon, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process environmental-justification equal-protection land-designation property-rights statute-of-limitations takings Whether the government's failure to provide just compensation within the statute of limitations for a taking of private property violates the Fifth Am…
23A448 Dmitry Nikolenko v. Luiza Nikolenko Texas 2023-11-17 Presumed Complete due-process equal-protection foreign-marriage fourteenth-amendment judicial-comity subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a state court can assert subject matter jurisdiction over a foreign marriage dissolution that has already been validly dissolved by a court in…
23-523 Board of Supervisors of San Bernardino County v. Lynna Monell, Clerk, Board of Supervisors of San Bernardino County, et al. California 2023-11-16 Denied Response Waived ballot-access candidate-restrictions civil-rights constitutional-scrutiny equal-protection freedom-of-association political-association term-limits voting-rights Does a term limit that bans incumbents from ever running for reelection merit heightened scrutiny?
23-6009 Mario Austin v. American Building Company Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-claims civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection federal-employee national-origin retaliation title-vii Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in dismissing Mr. Rustin's claims of retaliation and national origin discrimination under Title VII
23-6035 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2023-11-16 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP child-custody civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection family-law hearsay parental-rights standing state-federal-relations Can a judge of two appeal courts open a child protective custody case based solely on hearsay accusations prohibited by state law, then set bail/bond …
23-6003 David Santiago Renteria v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-11-15 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction legislative-history reconstruction-era removal-act statutory-interpretation Should an important federal law from the Reconstruction Era be given its original public meaning or should it remain a virtual deadletter due to the g…
23A440 David Santiago Renteria v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-11-15 Denied capital-punishment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-review prosecutorial-discretion removal-statute Whether the Equal Protection Clause permits disparate treatment of capital defendants by state prosecutors in seeking execution dates without a meanin…
23-500 James Gimenez v. Franklin County, Washington, et al. Washington 2023-11-14 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) at-large-elections constitutional-law constitutional-scrutiny election-systems equal-protection gerrymandering racial-polarization redistricting voting-rights Whether the Washington Voting Rights Act is subject to strict scrutiny
23-501 Norman A. Mallory v. Rocky Mountain Human Service SSVF Tenth Circuit 2023-11-14 Denied civil-rights covid-19 equal-protection public-accommodations racial-discrimination veterans-affairs Whether the denial of a black elderly veteran's application to a veterans program during the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes unlawful race discriminatio…
23-503 Casey A. McWhorter v. Alabama Alabama 2023-11-14 Denied alabama constitutional-rights death-penalty due-process equal-protection execution execution-notice notice statute statutory-compliance Does a state violate a prisoner's right to due process and equal protection of the laws when it complies with an execution related statute for some pr…
23-510 Dan Caulkins, et al. v. Jay Robert Pritzker, in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Illinois, et al. Illinois 2023-11-14 Denied Response Waived campaign-contributions caperton-v-massey due-process equal-protection fair-hearing fourteenth-amendment guarantees-clause judicial-independence judicial-recusal second-amendment Does a self-evaluative review by a state court justice challenged for disqualification deny the due process right to a fair hearing under the Fourteen…
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
23-6008 Matthew Johnson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-11-14 Denied IFP capital-punishment district-court-discretion docket-control due-process equal-protection federal-courts habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations statutory-limitations Does 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d) require a federal district court to allow the full 1-year period for habeas applications?
23-5992 In Re John Bailey 2023-11-13 Denied Relisted (3)IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection habitual-offender judicial-discretion jury-selection legal-interpretation sentencing state-law trial-procedure unconstitutional Question not identified
23-492 Jane Doe 1, et al. v. Kentucky, ex rel. Russell Coleman, Attorney General of Kentucky Sixth Circuit 2023-11-09 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (14) due-process equal-protection heightened-scrutiny medical-treatment parental-rights rational-basis-review sex-classification transgender transgender-rights Whether the Kentucky treatment ban on certain medical treatments for transgender minors should be subject to heightened scrutiny under the Due Process…
23-5980 Edgar Arellano v. California California 2023-11-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-trial senate-bill-567 sentencing sentencing-disposition sixth-amendment Whether the California courts were correct in stating that the petitioner's case was final, because the California Senate Bill 1393 resentencing dispo…
23-5982 Garnet Small v. United States Third Circuit 2023-11-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP equal-protection fourth-amendment law-enforcement pretextual-stop probable-cause racial-profiling reasonable-suspicion traffic-stop traffic-stops whren-v-united-states Whether this Court's decision in Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806 (1996), should be overruled
23-5989 In Re Kevin McKenna 2023-11-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP case-history civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection free-speech judicial-review legal-petition standing supreme-court voting-rights Should this Court find that the First Amendment prohibits the government from interfering with a person's right to vote or 'adel vsti o liberally ares…
23-477 United States v. Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter for Tennessee, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-11-06 Judgment Issued Amici (92)Relisted (13) constitutional-law equal-protection fourteenth-amendment gender-identity medical-treatment minor-rights sex-based-classification sex-classification transgender-rights Whether Tennessee Senate Bill 1 (SB1) violates the Equal Protection Clause
23-5953 Michael Muthee Munywe v. Julie Dier, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-11-06 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-misconduct probable-cause qualified-immunity search-and-seizure Whether the district court's decision was erroneous
23-471 Casey A. McWhorter v. Alabama Alabama 2023-11-03 Denied 8th-amendment age-discrimination capital-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection jury-selection juvenile-justice Does Alabama's exclusion of 18-year-olds from jury service, coupled with its permitting them to be tried as adults, deny 18-year-old defendants their …
23-466 L. W., By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, Samantha Williams and Brian Williams, et al. v. Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter for Tennessee, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-11-02 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (14) civil-rights due-process equal-protection gender-affirming-care heightened-scrutiny medical-autonomy medical-care parental-rights transgender transgender-rights Whether Tennessee's SB1 violates the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause
23-5932 Imre Kifor v. Massachusetts, et al. Massachusetts 2023-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection equity-mandate executive-order legal-paradox russell's-paradox Does the mandate to selectively 'advance equity' (for only some) violate the Constitution?
23-5918 Theodore Lee Williams, II v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-31 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law equal-protection free-speech standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
23-449 Aisha Trimble v. Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-10-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights discrimination due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection federal-agency-misconduct federal-employment hiring-process initial-appointment military-service-rights veterans-preference When federal agencies violate veterans' preference laws in initial employment decisions, are their actions motivated by hostility towards military ser…
23-5898 Christian Hayward v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-10-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection privacy-interest property-seizure search-and-seizure standing texas-v-brown united-states-v-place Did the lower court violate due-process and/or equal-protection by failing to recognize Hayward's privacy-possessory-interest and standing to challeng…
23-437 Anthony A. Anderson v. United States Armed Forces 2023-10-26 Denied constitutional-law court-martial criminal-prosecution due-process equal-protection liberty-interests property-interests sixth-amendment Does the United States Constitution require that a general court-martial guilty verdict be unanimous?
23-5877 Sarah Nathreen Nakanwagi v. City of Flagstaff, Arizona Ninth Circuit 2023-10-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment interests-of-justice judicial-subpoena judicial-system national-origin race Is the current judicial system's determination of justice determined by one's race or national origin?
23-5888 Howard L. Thompson v. Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-26 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law alien-tort-statute civil-rights corporate-liability due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction federalism human-rights international-law ninth-circuit standing Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing petitioner's claims challenging the constitutionality of Florida's medical marijuana…
23-5884 Gregory Ifesinachi Ezeani v. Melinda H. Reagan, President, Amberton University Fifth Circuit 2023-10-25 Denied IFP 14th-amendment academic-credits civil-rights due-process equal-protection private-university racial-discrimination state-action Whether the decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals violated the pro se's due process rights under the 14th Amendment by failing to properly co…
23-5844 Loretta J. Alford v. Jeffrey Koses, Chairman, Committee for Purchase/AbilityOne, et al. District of Columbia 2023-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-court-system federal-rules standing witness witness-examination Question not identified
23-5845 In Re Kennedy Wright 2023-10-20 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction sentencing supreme-court Whether the lower court or district court violated the defendant's constitutional rights under due process of the laws
23-5847 Mai-Trang Thi Nguyen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-courts judicial-review right-to-vote standing statutory-interpretation Whether the federal courts erred in dismissing claims that the 2020 presidential election violated the equal protection clause, due process, and the r…
23-5848 In Re Naser A. Abdallah 2023-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment abuse-of-discretion administrative-law appellate-review civil-rights district-court due-process equal-protection fifth-circuit identity-theft standing writ-of-prohibition Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
23-5851 Hector Sanchez-Torres v. Florida Florida 2023-10-20 Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-sentencing culpability death-penalty eighth-amendment equal-protection mitigation-evidence Whether sentencing a 19-year-old codefendant to death violates the Eighth Amendment or Equal Protection Clause when his similarly culpable 17-year-old…
23-5853 Alex Adams v. Unknown Layton, Sergeant, Coffield Unit, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-10-20 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection free-speech judicial-review legal-jurisdiction standing state-law takings Whether the state's actions in this case violated the petitioner's constitutional rights
23-5854 In Re Terrance A. McCauley 2023-10-20 Denied IFP civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection free-speech judicial-review petition-for-review sovereign-immunity standing Whether the criminal proceedings against Terrance A. McCarley prejudice the rights of the Moorish Science Temple of America
23-407 Robert Perkel, et al. v. Frank Canella, et al. New Jersey 2023-10-19 Denied civil-procedure due-process equal-protection notice notice-requirement opportunity-to-be-heard probate probate-law service-of-process will-contest Where the State of New Jersey's probate laws and rules of procedure require a party seeking to probate a decedent's Last Will provide notice and oppor…
23-5832 William R. Abbott v. Loretta Otis-Sanders, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights crack-cocaine criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment-cruel-and-unusual-punishment equal-protection fair-sentencing-act federal-sentencing federal-statute-of-limitations first-step-act prison-rape-elimination-act retroactivity whether the State of Louisiana Constitution's Equal Protection Clause embodies through the United States Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment
23-5833 Sean William Roulo v. Minnesota Minnesota 2023-10-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection fair-notice fourteenth-amendment prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Was the prosecutor's deliberate refusal to communicate with petitioner after filing formal charges, including withholding the court's summons and the …
23-5825 Robert Robinson v. Savvy Ventures, LLC, c/o Gregory Real Estate, Inc., dba Gregory Property Management Fifth Circuit 2023-10-17 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitution constitutional-rebellion due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment government-officials standing supreme-court-precedent Does the third section of Amendment XIV guarantee citizens of the United States freedom from government officials who rebel against the Constitution o…
23-5792 Kevin Chandler v. Ron Neal, Warden Seventh Circuit 2023-10-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administrative-hearing delayed-appeal due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment impartial-decision-maker prisoner-rights retaliation Whether the defendant violated the plaintiff's rights under the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses
23-5783 Edward Francis Davis v. Power Authority of the State of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2023-10-13 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection evidence-handling in-forma-pauperis judicial-precedent procedural-fairness sanctions supervisory-power whether-petitioner-was-treated-unfairly-and-unequally
23-391 Alexander Eugenio Moskovits v. MTGLQ Investors, L.P. Florida 2023-10-13 Denied civil-procedure due-process equal-protection foreclosure foreclosure-law judicial-precedent standing stare-decisis subject-matter-jurisdiction whether-florida-state-courts-can-defy-stare-decisis-on-the-jurisdictional-issue-of-lack-of-plaintiff-standing
23-392 Metropolitan School District of Martinsville v. A. C., a Minor Child by His Next Friend, Mother and Legal Guardian, M. C. Seventh Circuit 2023-10-13 Denied Amici (6)Relisted (2) bathroom-access bathroom-policy biological-sex circuit-split civil-rights equal-protection equal-protection-clause school-district sex-segregation student-rights title-ix Whether Title IX or the Equal Protection Clause prohibit schools from maintaining separate bathrooms on the basis of students' biological sex
23-383 Karen C. Yeh Ho v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-clause contracts due-process equal-protection foreclosure mortgage-modification takings Whether Respondent voided and denial of permanent streamline mortgage modification agreement is a violation of United States Constitution
23A323 Robert Perkel, et al. v. Jane (Canella) Perkel, et al. New Jersey 2023-10-12 Presumed Complete discovery-rights due-process-clause equal-protection notice-and-hearing probate-procedure will-contest Whether the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibit a state probate court from denying an heir notice and an opp…
23-5778 Larry David Davis v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2023-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment interrogation-tactics law-enforcement self-incrimination standing takings voluntary-confession Whether the court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
23-5780 Denis Chavez v. Florida Florida 2023-10-12 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-validity criminal-law due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-procedure post-conviction-relief sexual-offense Whether the Florida Statutes, Chapter 794 and Chapter 800, are constitutionally valid
23-5754 Tony Terrel Chase v. Texas Texas 2023-10-11 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing Was Petitioner denied Substantive due Process?
23-5737 Roger Wilson v. Department of Justice, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-10-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-rights dobbs-precedent due-process equal-protection fundamental-rights history-and-tradition obergefell-v-hodges originalist-interpretation same-sex-marriage substantive-due-process unenumerated-rights Does the Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson apply to same-sex marriage rights?
23-375 Brigetta D'Olivio v. Hilary Thompson Hutson Texas 2023-10-10 Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment property-rights subject-matter-jurisdiction texas-constitution texas-estates-code texas-government-code trial-de-novo Did the lower court violate Petitioner's right to due process and equal protection
23-348 Kristen H. Colindres, et al. v. Department of State, et al. District of Columbia 2023-10-03 Denied Relisted (3) civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-limitations consular-nonreviewability due-process equal-protection free-speech immigration immigration-law judicial-review standing Whether the doctrine of consular nonreviewability insulates from judicial review a consular decision
23-350 Brigetta D'Olivio, aka Brigetta Alix Anderson, aka Alix Brigetta v. Hilary Thompson Hutson Texas 2023-10-03 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure discovery due-process equal-protection forcible-detainer fourteenth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction summary-judgment Whether the lower court violated the petitioner's due process and equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment
23-5700 Paul Gray v. Louisiana Louisiana 2023-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-economy montgomery-v-louisiana nonunanimous-verdict sixth-amendment Does the State of Louisiana have the right to invoke 'judicial economy' as a ruse for violations of constitutional guarantees?
23-5708 In Re Michael Stansell 2023-10-03 Denied IFP constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fifth-amendment life-sentence void-sentence Whether the infliction of a life sentence upon a prisoner where the life tail is not applicable to his offense of conviction constitutes cruel and unu…
23-5710 Darryl Burghardt v. Tammy L. Campbell, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge civil-rights due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance jury-selection peremptory-strike racial-discrimination Whether Petitioner Darryl Burghardt's trial counsel performed deficiently by refusing to raise, and thereby waiving, a meritorious Batson objection
23-5682 Dillion Gage Compton v. Texas Texas 2023-10-02 Denied Relisted (10)IFP constitutional-law disparate-treatment equal-protection gender-discrimination jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes side-by-side-analysis trial-procedure Whether a court's comparison of generalizations about all the female prospective jurors who were struck by the prosecution with generalizations about …
23-5683 Mary Louise Smith, et al. v. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Governor of Arkansas, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-10-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 14th-amendment child-removal civil-rights conspiracy due-process equal-protection race racial-discrimination state-immunity Did a conspiracy exist to deny due process and equal protection based on race?
23-5693 Lawrence Edward Thompson v. Texas Texas 2023-10-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-precedent standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
23-5698 Roy Christopher West v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-10-02 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split compassionate-release concepcion-v-united-states district-court-discretion equal-protection extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing-disparity Whether the Sixth Circuit's threshold for extraordinary and compelling reasons under the First Step Act of 2018 Compassionate Release is erroneous and…
23-333 Evan S. Gutman v. Citibank, N.A. Florida 2023-10-02 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-immunity litigation-privilege tortious-act Does a State Supreme Court infringe upon the Due Process and Equal Protection Clause's Rights of a Litigant in both the Civil and Criminal Context in …
23-314 Debra Brown v. Federal National Mortgage Association Massachusetts 2023-09-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) consideration default due-process equal-protection foreclosure fraud government-instrumentality mortgage property-ownership standing takings Whether FNMA as an instrumentality of the U.S. Government and/or state government can take private citizens' property without due process of law const…
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…
23-5659 Cedric Theodis Hobbs, Jr. v. North Carolina North Carolina 2023-09-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky comparative-juror-analysis constitutional-rights equal-protection jury-selection post-hoc-justifications racial-discrimination voir-dire Whether a court conducting a comparative juror analysis can consider 'favorable characteristics' in otherwise comparable jurors when those characteris…
23A268 Patrick Lockhart v. Karen Lockhart West Virginia 2023-09-27 Presumed Complete due-process equal-protection equitable-distribution extrinsic-fraud judicial-recusal void-ab-initio Whether a state trial court's refusal to recuse itself after a party files a federal civil rights lawsuit against the judge, combined with the issuanc…
23-5647 Eddie Savage v. Chae Harris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights conviction-relief due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence forfeiture fourteenth-amendment photographic-evidence post-conviction-relief Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause is violated when the State presents evidence at trial that is later discovered to be false or mi…
23-5648 Frank Nucera, Jr. v. United States Third Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection evidentiary-hearing juror-misconduct jury-deliberations new-trial new-trial-motion racial-bias third-circuit-court voir-dire Did the Third Circuit err by upholding the denial of Petitioner's motion for new trial or an evidentiary hearing based on juror affidavits?
23-5628 Richard C. Duerson, as Next Friend of Jennifer McFarland v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency-standard constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection mental-capacity mental-competency next-friend next-friend-petition physical-competency standing What Constitutional Standards should be applied when a judge is tasked with determining the competency of a defendant with known physical and mental a…
23-5593 Shawn V. Castiglione v. Florida Florida 2023-09-15 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-validity criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief sexual-offense statutory-interpretation Whether the Florida Statutes, Chapter 794 and Chapter 800, are constitutionally valid
23-5598 Esteban Merchan v. Florida Florida 2023-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process education equal-protection free-speech standing Whether the Florida statute prohibiting certain speech about sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools violates the First Amendment's f…
23-5568 Boaz Pleasant-Bey v. Jason Clendenion, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-delay constitutional-rights criminal-justice-system due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus sixth-circuit speedy-appeal standing Whether the 6th Circuit's order departed from Houston v. Lack and Evitts v. Lucy
23-5578 April Paw v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
23-5580 Richard Barroso v. Texas Texas 2023-09-14 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights disability-accommodations disability-rights due-process equal-protection prison-litigation-reform-act rehabilitation-act Whether petitioner has a due-process right to be heard and determined as to whether his physical-and-mental disabilities significantly impair his abil…
23-5588 Roger A. Libby v. Robert Legran, Warden, et al. Nevada 2023-09-14 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-cases criminal-law due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retroactive-application state-law substantive-due-process substantive-rule Whether the due process and equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment render Nevada state laws unconstitutional
23-246 Donivon Craig Tingle v. Florida Department of Health Florida 2023-09-14 Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection governmental-action inherent-powers medical-marijuana pigford-v-glickman race-discrimination strict-scrutiny Whether the actions of Florida constitute government action that discriminates between similarly situated members of a suspect class based solely upon…
23-248 James Garfield Broadnax v. Texas Texas 2023-09-14 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (9) batson-challenge batson-violations black-defendant capital-case equal-protection habeas-corpus jury-selection prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination white-victims Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' decision that Mr. Broadnax failed to establish a prima facie equal protection claim conflicts with this C…
23A244 John Doe v. Bill Crouch, in His Official Capacity as Cabinet Secretary of West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-09-14 Presumed Complete birth-certificates equal-protection fourteenth-amendment gestational-surrogacy parental-rights sex-discrimination Whether a state statute that presumes maternity based solely on gestation and refuses to recognize biological mothers as legal mothers when children a…
23-212 Amos N. Jones v. Catholic University of America District of Columbia 2023-09-07 Denied civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection procedural-due-process procedural-fairness stare-decisis substantive-due-process tortious-interference Did the District of Columbia Court of Appeals err in its failure to apply its very own intervening and controlling authority
23-5542 Stephen James Hood v. Virginia Virginia 2023-09-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus legal-fiction petition-clause statutory-interpretation Whether Virginia's ruling as to Va. Code § 19.2-327.10 violates the rights of Hood, and those similarly situated, under the Due Process, Equal Protect…
23-5529 Abdalla Elehamir Mousa v. Christina Greve, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-09-06 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 42-usc-1997e administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies civil-rights due-process eighth-circuit-rule equal-protection prison-grievance prison-officials section-1983 Whether an Applicant for Relief Under 42 U.S.C. §1983 is Required to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1997e(a) If the Prison Off…
23-203 Missouri Department of Corrections v. Jean Finney Missouri 2023-09-05 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (9) batson-challenge civil-rights equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-selection religious-beliefs religious-discrimination structural-error voir-dire Whether the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits relying on stereotypes about religious views to strike jurors
23-5502 Juan Antonio Hernandez-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law discriminatory-purpose disparate-impact due-process equal-protection immigration-law racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a law originally enacted with a discriminatory purpose can be cured of an equal protection violation by subsequent amendments or reenactments …
23-5494 Dominic Asquith v. United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia Fourth Circuit 2023-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights class-action due-process equal-protection standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims
23-5496 Jensen Ken Alexander v. Joseph Ely, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction legal-procedure prison-conditions retaliation statutory-interpretation transfer Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights to equal protection and due process under the Fourteenth Amendment are being violated by the government…
23-5498 Alex Adams v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-08-31 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-provision criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review jurisdictional-matter legal-issue procedural-question statutory-interpretation Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated
23-5482 Timothy Allan Dunlap v. Idaho Maximum Security Institution, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-30 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims
23-5461 Joshua David Giddings v. Austin Knudsen, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights equal-protection first-amendment free-speech standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
23-5443 Scott Huss v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2023-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-review confrontation confrontation-clause constitutional-violation due-process equal-application equal-protection habeas-corpus Is it a federal due process, confrontation, and equal application violation as guaranteed by the 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendments (U.S. Const.) when a st…
23-5446 Elizabeth Richert v. Kathleen White Murphy, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-08-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-proceedings property-rights takings takings-clause Whether the District Court's April 21, 2022 post-trial order amount to an unconstitutional taking without due process, equal protection, and just comp…
23A179 Alexander Eugenio Moskovits v. MTGLQ Investors, L.P. Florida 2023-08-25 Presumed Complete due-process equal-protection foreclosure standing stare-decisis subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether state courts may deny a foreclosure defendant due process and equal protection by deciding the foreclosure plaintiff's standing to invoke subj…
23-170 Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board Fourth Circuit 2023-08-23 Denied Amici (12)Relisted (6) admissions-criteria asian-american-discrimination asian-americans constitutional-law equal-protection fourthcircuit racial-balancing school-diversity summary-judgment Whether the Fairfax County School Board violated the Equal Protection Clause when it overhauled the admissions criteria at Thomas Jefferson High Schoo…
23-5406 Kecia Porter v. USAA Casualty Insurance Company Seventh Circuit 2023-08-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-rights color-of-law cooperation-clause due-process equal-protection prejudice pro-se-litigant summary-judgment under-color-of-law Whether the 7th Circuit's decision is an error, contrary to well-settled law, finding respondent was 'substantially prejudiced' by petitioner's action…
23-5385 Adam Knoll v. Florida Florida 2023-08-18 Denied Relisted (3)IFP constitutional-law constitutional-validity criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus procedural-error sexual-offense standing Whether the Florida Statutes, Chapter 794 and Chapter 800, are constitutionally valid
23-5376 Enrique J. Diaz, et ux. v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, dba Mr. Cooper Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-17 Denied IFP administrative-law circuit-court civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-impression fundamental-fairness legal-review prisoner-rights standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
23-5355 Johnny Lee Warren v. Chris Nanos, Sheriff, Pima County, Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-15 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdictional-issue legal-petition procedural-review standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Did the district court err in dismissing the petitioner's claims under the Due Process Clause of the 5th Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of …
23-132 Cynthia L. Pollick v. Anthony P. Trozzolillo Pennsylvania 2023-08-15 Denied Response Waived attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights debtors-prison due-process equal-protection imprisonment statutory-interpretation Whether imprisoning a citizen for a divorce judgment of attorney fees violated 28 U.S.C. § 2007(a) since a citizen cannot be imprisoned for a money ju…
23-5350 Daniel Chris Ramsey v. California California 2023-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights competency constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-procedure mental-health writ Whether the Constitution is violated when a petitioner with mental health issues is denied a competency hearing before facing trial
23-5356 Trequan Devonte James v. Virginia Virginia 2023-08-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection identification judicial-review police-procedures statutory-interpretation Did the courts err in upholding the identification of the petitioner as the perpetrator of the crime
23-5301 Mack A. West, Jr. v. F. Ulloa, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Did the federal courts of appeals err in rejecting petitioner's claims of due process and equal protection violations?
23-112 Ian A. McElroy v. City of Corvallis, Oregon Oregon 2023-08-04 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review municipal-law municipal-ordinance statutory-interpretation Does the right of appeal to the Court of Appeals under ORS 221.360 include a judicial determination of the constitutionality of a municipal city ordin…
23-5275 Ambrosio Nolasco-Ariza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-law discriminatory-purpose disparate-impact due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment immigration-and-nationality-act immigration-law racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation undesirable-aliens-act Does 8 U.S.C. § 1326 violate the equal-protection guarantee of the Fifth-Amendment?
23A99 Brigetta D'Olivio v. Hilary Thompson Hutson Texas 2023-08-03 Presumed Complete due-process equal-protection probate-proceeding property-dispute subject-matter-jurisdiction trial-de-novo Whether a state trial court violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses by exercising jurisdiction over a property di…
23-5267 Dana Lunn v. City of Detroit, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-08-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-dismissal discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-procedure standing Why was my case dismissed without my knowledge?
23-5259 Ryan Lewis Hilyard v. Wyoming Wyoming 2023-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review conflict-of-interest due-process equal-protection federal-rules-of-evidence fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-decisions Did the Wyoming Supreme Court apply and follow Federal Rules of Evidence correctly?
23-5246 Aaron Abadi v. Caesars Entertainment, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts circuit-court-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation standing Can the Circuit Courts of Appeals treat indigent pro se litigants differently than they treat litigants who can afford attorneys, by just dismissing t…
23-5230 Steven Poppo v. Illinois Illinois 2023-07-28 Denied IFP assistance-of-counsel attempted-robbery constitutional-rights criminal-intent deadly-force due-process equal-protection fair-trial homicide self-defense use-of-force Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights to a fair trial, due process, and assistance of counsel were violated
23-5242 Rebecca Wu v. Public Employment Relations Board, et al. California 2023-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment arbitrary-classification constitutional-challenge constitutional-law employee-classification employee-misclassification equal-protection labor-law statutory-interpretation Is the interpretation of a statute that creates an arbitrary classification unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment?
23-5219 Jerry Wilson, aka Steve Vic Parker v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-07-26 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-discretion standing statutory-interpretation Is a United States Citizen Wrongfully Imprisoned, LIFE-IN-DANGER
23A75 David Harris v. American Accounting Association, et al. Second Circuit 2023-07-26 Presumed Complete article-three-separation-of-powers due-process equal-protection judicial-delegation pro-se-appellants staff-attorneys Whether the delegation of judicial decision-making authority to staff attorneys in the federal courts of appeals, with minimal judicial oversight, vio…
23-5183 Allen S. Herschaft v. New York City Campaign Finance Board Second Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-exercise religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act res-judicata standing Whether Res Judicata precludes bringing the case?
23-5192 Phiet The Doan v. California California 2023-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection excessive-fine fourteenth-amendment jury-trial restitution sixth-amendment victim-restitution Did Mr. Doan have a Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to a jury trial on whether he owed almost $64,000 in victim restitution?
23-5165 Jeff Baoliang Zhang v. County of Los Angeles, California, et al. California 2023-07-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP amendment-xiv civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-corruption judicial-misconduct standing state-court Whether the state court judges can willfully use all the lies made by Respondents and impose the unreasonable state statutes to dismiss this case
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…
23-5089 Garland Bernell Harper v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-07-13 Denied IFP batson batson-challenge certificate-of-appealability equal-protection fifth-circuit habeas ineffective-assistance jury-selection peremptory-strike race-discrimination Does the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' methodology for evaluating a prosecutor's facially race-neutral reasons for purposeful discrimination violate…
23-5091 Javier H. Armengau v. Jenny Hildebrand, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing Whether the lower court erred in its application of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause
23-5093 German Alexis Arjona v. California California 2023-07-13 Denied IFP certiorari civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection first-amendment jurisdiction legal-procedure standing statutory-provisions supreme-court voting-rights Whether a specific limitation on the right to vote violates the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
23-5096 Kim Davis v. Gene R. Mariano, et al. Third Circuit 2023-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-violation civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-trial property-rights v-amendment Whether Petitioner was deprived of her V Amendment due process right to property?
23-5060 Donald Edward McCord v. Carrie Bridges, Warden Tenth Circuit 2023-07-07 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant statutory and constitutional provisions
23-5050 Nickholas Knight, Sr. v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. District of Columbia 2023-07-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
23-5037 Patrick L. Martinez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-07-05 Denied Relisted (3)IFP due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus indigent-prisoners ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment texas-criminal-procedure Do Texas procedures for postconviction habeas corpus violate the Sixth Amendment and deny indigent prisoners equal protection and due process of law b…
23-5044 Marvin Belser v. Michigan Michigan 2023-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims
23-5046 Kashard O. Brown v. Brian Williams, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-05 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection precedent standing statutory-interpretation Whether the court erred in refusing to apply the historical record and U.S. Supreme Court precedent to the facts of this case
23-11 Gary Victor Dubin v. United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Ninth Circuit 2023-07-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abuse-of-discretion americans-with-disabilities-act appellate-procedure claims-processing-rule due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion temporary-disability Whether the dismissal of timely filed appeals for failure to file opening briefs, a claims processing rule, without verifying the factual circumstance…
23-12 John Kowal v. Ferndale Area School District, et al. Third Circuit 2023-07-05 Denied age-discrimination but-for-causation employee-benefits equal-cost-or-equal-benefit equal-protection medicare-eligibility older-workers-benefit-protection-act takings-clause Whether the prerequisite in Ferndale's 'Sick Leave Incentive' violates the ADEA and OWBPA
23-5018 Richard P. Spaulding v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-07-03 Denied IFP appeal appeal-rights court-order court-orders covid-quarantine due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-notice post-conviction Did the Tulsa Court deprive itself of jurisdiction in the subsequent matters
23-5023 Kirby R. Thomas v. Louisiana Louisiana 2023-07-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-trial due-process equal-protection fair-trial impartial-jury jury-selection petit-venire racial-discrimination Whether Louisiana deprived Mr. Thomas of his right to an impartial jury trial before his peers
23-5024 Walter Charles Link v. Texas Texas 2023-07-03 Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-proceedings sufficiency-of-evidence texas-law Did the State of Texas err in failing to prove its Brooks' notice allegations beyond a reasonable doubt?
22-7891 Ronald James Littlefield v. California California 2023-06-29 Denied IFP access-to-courts due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fundamental-fairness judicial-notice pro-se-litigant procedural-due-process state-court Can a state tribunal deprive litigants to that tribunal equal protection of the law and even handed justice based upon a commitment offense?
22-7900 David Wright, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-06-29 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing-guidelines guideline-range prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing-guidelines state-statutes statutory-interpretation Whether the District Court erred by counting a prior conviction for violation of a state statute that had been changed to make the conduct not a crime…
22-1252 Dongmei Li v. Connecticut, et al. Second Circuit 2023-06-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) has so far departed from the accepted and usual c anti-asian-discrimination civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction hate-crimes judicial-misconduct judicial-proceedings standing Whether it is Unconstitutional
22-7886 Ramon Jackson v. Mike Duggan, Mayor of the City of Detroit, et al. Michigan 2023-06-28 Denied IFP bond-issuance civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection headlee-amendment municipal-bonds municipal-finance voting-rights Did the defendant(s) violate the plaintiff voting rights which are protected by the Headlee Amendment and Michigan Constitution 1963, Article 9, Secti…
22-7868 Lawrence Broviak v. Florida Florida 2023-06-26 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection expungement judicial-bias judicial-discretion legal-remedy sentence-commutation sentencing vindictive-sentencing Can a vindictive sentence be expunged due to personal bias committed by a judge?
22-7857 Balwinder Singh v. California California 2023-06-23 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fraud misconduct Whether the petitioner's due process and equal protection rights were violated by the alleged fraud and misconduct in the criminal proceedings
22-7821 Joseph W. Peeples, lll v. United States District Court for the Western District of New York Second Circuit 2023-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure document-authentication due-process equal-protection evidence-verification federal-agency legal-process original-copy standing takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the government's actions
22-1227 Nejla K. Lane v. Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission Illinois 2023-06-21 Denied Response Waived attorney-disciplinary-proceedings attorney-discipline constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech illinois-constitution professional-conduct Whether the Hearing Board's and the Review Board's Recommendation and Report violated Petitioner's due-process rights
22-7819 Javier Bautista-Scheuber v. Alia Day Floren Montana 2023-06-20 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights disability due-process equal-access equal-protection judicial-bias mental-capacity procedural-fairness standing Does the violation of a fundamental constitutional right constitute grounds for the Supreme Court to review and reverse a judgment?
22-7823 Weston Ray Kubbe v. Utah Utah 2023-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment criminal-defendants criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause Equal protection in sentencing for criminal defendants
22-7808 Elroy Pedro Gomez v. William Joe Sullivan, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP California-Supreme-Court criminal-procedure Due-process Equal-protection Habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance plea-bargain Sentencing-enhancements Sixth-Amendment Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
22-7788 Deandre J. Baskerville v. Tim McConahay, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense Was Petitioner's due process and equal protection rights violated by the trial court's self-defense jury instruction?
22-1208 Ursula Newell-Davis, et al. v. Courtney N. Phillips, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-06-14 Denied Amici (5)Response Waived due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment occupation-rights privileges-or-immunities rational-basis regulatory-burden right-to-occupation slaughter-house-cases Whether the state may deny equal protection of the laws and exclude people from a trade for the sole purpose of easing its regulatory burden, or wheth…
22-1204 William Muhr v. Dawna Braswell Colorado 2023-06-13 Denied Relisted (2) child-custody conflict-of-interest due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-assignment judicial-bias judicial-disqualification parental-rights Whether Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment rights to due-process,equal-protection were violated when Colorado allowed disqualified,prejudiced Chief Jud…
22-7762 In Re Lionel Scott Ellison 2023-06-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction Whether the lower court erred in its application of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
22-7750 Jessie Traylor v. Stevie Knight, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-06-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights clemency constitutional-law criminal-justice-reform due-process equal-protection expressive-conduct first-amendment free-speech hate-crime sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the difference between new convictions and the role of law in the FIRST STEP Act and how constraints on the release of prisoners violates the …
22-1193 Jeffry Thul v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-06-09 Denied Response Waived civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection expedited-proceedings federal-employees federal-employment post-traumatic-stress-disorder service-of-process Whether service of process is relevant in a psychological disability case
22-1186 Citizens for Constitutional Integrity, et al. v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-06-08 Denied Response Waived agency-rulemaking cloture-rule congressional-review-act due-process equal-protection executive-power legislative-power legislative-rule separation-of-powers voting-thresholds Whether the Congressional Review Act violates the separation of powers
22-1189 Patricia A. Bogan v. Denton County District Attorney Office, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-06-08 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its application of the legal standard for [issue being raised]
22-7735 Vivian R. Woodstock v. Florida Florida 2023-06-08 Denied IFP constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection resentencing restitution sentencing sentencing-discretion Whether a court may impose a harsher sentence upon resentencing after it was determined the initial sentence violated equal-protection
22-7738 Michael Alexander Rivera v. California California 2023-06-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
22-7721 William Whittman v. Prime Autotech, Inc., et al. Virginia 2023-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal civil-procedure due-process equal-justice equal-protection federal-questions petition-for-appeal reversible-error state-court state-court-decision Does the State Court Decision to deny Petitioner's Petition for Appeal on 2/27/23 on grounds that no reversible error occurred in the lower court viol…
22-7705 Matthew J. Kwong v. Cheswold (TL), LLC, et al. Connecticut 2023-06-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP agency-participation civil-procedure due-process equal-protection foreclosure standing Question not identified
22-7686 Daniel Dorado v. California California 2023-06-01 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment miranda-rights rape-cases sentencing sixth-amendment Question not identified
22-7676 Rene Lugo-Barcenas v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights drug-purity due-process equal-protection methamphetamine methamphetamine-sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment ussg-2d1.1 Does the fifth amendment's due process and equal protection rights guard against disparate sentences created by the Methamphetamine Drug Table under U…
22-7666 Bayardo R. Sandy v. The Baca Grande Property Owners Association Colorado 2023-05-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation cover-up due-process equal-protection legal-jurisdiction petitioner-rights state-misconduct Did Colorado violate Petitioner Bayardo Sandy's Civil Rights?
22-7631 Terrell McGee v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release constitutional-rights criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion murder-degrees retroactivity sentencing sentencing-disparities Whether a Clromye wa daw mas/ be A Cwlaorclea and Compelling veasah for Compasslonate Celease
22-7646 Derek Pelker v. United States Third Circuit 2023-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-process certificate-of-appealability due-process equal-protection federal-government-collusion federalism ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default separation-of-powers Question not identified
22-1137 Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations, Inc., et al. v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2023-05-23 Denied Response Waived cancel-culture civil-rights discrimination discriminatory-action due-process equal-protection ethnic-holiday executive-order injury-in-fact redressability standing Whether the Court of Appeals erred in deviating from the test for standing employed by the Eleventh Circuit
22-1134 Siyu Yang, et al. v. University of Rochester, et al. New York 2023-05-22 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
22-7612 Bayardo R. Sandy v. The Baca Grande Property Owners Association Colorado 2023-05-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights constitutional-violation cover-up due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-remedy standing state-misconduct Did Colorado violate Petitioner Bayardo Sandy's Civil Rights?
22-7592 Grace Woodham v. Tucker Scheffer New Hampshire 2023-05-18 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights digital-privacy due-process electronic-communications equal-protection fourth-amendment free-speech probable-cause search-and-seizure standing warrantless-search Whether the New Hampshire Supreme Court violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by denying the petitioner's appeal to continue their app…
22-1127 Christine Sawicky v. Tao Sykes, Manuel Real Beneficiary, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment bribery due-process equal-protection honest-services-fraud judicial-immunity pro-se pro-se-litigation How can the DOJ bring multiple indictments for judges in several circuits, inclusive of counts for honest services fraud and bribery, but then represe…
22-7586 Mark Ringland v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment privileges-and-immunities procedural-protections standing state-procedure Whether the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment provide that no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abrid…
22-7563 Joseph I. Wilkes v. Ohio Ohio 2023-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-rights constitutional-rights delayed-appeal due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment plain-language trial-court-jurisdiction Whether the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution were violated when a request for delayed appeal was denied
22-7545 Maude Laroche-St. Fleur v. Board of Bar Overseers of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, et al. Massachusetts 2023-05-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-discipline constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-proceedings fourteenth-amendment judicial-immunity state-court state-court-jurisdiction Whether a State court is permitted to issue decisions in conflict with Supreme Court precedents and violate fundamental rights under the Fourteenth Am…
22-1106 Judy A. Brannberg, et al. v. Colorado State Board of Education, et al. Colorado 2023-05-12 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act charter-school-rights civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review obstruction-of-justice retaliation school-safety state-board-decision whether-the-last-sentence-of-section-colorado-revised-statutes-applies-to-all-state-board-decisions
22-1108 Reuben Haley v. Urban Outfitters, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2023-05-12 Denied Response Waived appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-standard standard-of-review summary-judgment Whether the grant of summary judgment against petitioner was error?
22-1101 William Tyrone Cunningham v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection federal-employment national-labor-relations-act probationary-period veterans-preference Petitioner's 5th and 14th Amendment rights violation
22-7532 In Re Rex Gard 2023-05-11 Denied IFP criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sentencing sixth-amendment Is Petitioner actually innocent and has a miscarriage of justice occurred?
22-7503 Earnest A. Davis v. Porsche Cars of North America, et al. California 2023-05-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights court-forms due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-discretion legal-process procedural-fairness racial-discrimination standing Are U.S. judicial officers required to process court forms from all litigants regardless of race or ethnicity?
22-7511 Jason C. Turem v. Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, et al. Florida 2023-05-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights driver's-license drivers-license due-process equal-protection hardship-license pursuit-of-livelihood religious-freedom Whether Petitioner has a federal Constitutional right to equal protection & equal application under the law & rule to a business purpose hardship driv…
22-7513 Jordan Nathaniel Mitchell v. John Stone, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-05-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection false-imprisonment government-misconduct incarceration involuntary-treatment medical-consent medical-treatment state-law Whether the petitioner was deprived of due process and equal protection rights when confined for 4 months without conviction and denied medical treatm…
22-1094 Mandy Mobley Li v. Chao Li Georgia 2023-05-10 Denied Response Waived child-support child-support-modification due-process equal-protection exclusive-jurisdiction federal-preemption fourteenth-amendment full-faith-and-credit jurisdiction preemption Whether Georgia law has been pre-empted by the FFCCSOA
22-7468 Donatus O. Mbanefo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-deficiency criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection minority-rights selective-prosecution sixth-amendment trial-counsel Whether the lower courts erred by lending themselves to a prosecution that intentionally selected minority physicians for prosecution in violation of …
22-7475 Jason J. Hyatt v. Mike Lukas, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-05-05 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights equal-protection first-amendment free-speech standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
22-7476 Michael D'Antonio v. Borough of Allendale, New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2023-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection fair-housing foreclosure money-laundering municipal-misconduct racketeering sheriff-sale Absence of decision on Fair Housing Act compliance
22-7456 Zhaojin David Ke v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, et al. Third Circuit 2023-05-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-justice equal-protection evidence-presentation judicial-discrimination pro-se-litigant standing Whether the right to present evidence in an appeals court is Constitutionally protected
22-7422 Darrell Gunn v. New York New York 2023-05-02 Denied IFP conflicting-precedent criminal-law due-process equal-protection home-invasion legal-ambiguity murder-statute new-york-penal-law statutory-interpretation Whether the court or legislature did not expressly sweep within New York Penal Law § 125.27 all killings in which the murderer unlawfully entered the …
22-7409 Joshua Adam Schulte v. United States Second Circuit 2023-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federalism marriage same-sex-marriage Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause requires states to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states
22-7417 Keanan Dequez Bond v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release criminal-procedure district-court due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment plea-agreement sentencing Whether the court of appeals violated the defendant's Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection
22-7431 William Hill, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated?
22-7396 Richard Anthony Wilford v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP cocaine-quantity criminal-procedure district-court due-process equal-protection false-declaration pro-se pro-se-petition sentencing sentencing-memorandum supervised-release supremacy-clause Whether to grant the petition for a writ of certiorari, vacate the judgment, and remand for reconsideration in light of Concepcion V. United States, 1…
22-7402 Nathan Alvarado v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2023-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment gideon-v-wainwright habeas-corpus public-importance state-court Did the State Court proceedings afford Due Process and Equal Protection of Laws under the Fifth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment?
22-7406 Shawn Henry v. Florida Florida 2023-04-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial false-evidence fourteenth-amendment prosecutorial-misconduct state-action state-court-discrimination Whether petitioner was denied substantial equality and fair process
22-1049 Bo Peng v. F.M. Tarbell Co. California 2023-04-28 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment color-of-law due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-impartiality lien real-property-rights wage-property Whether the lack of impartial judges, and that the state judges, under color of law, without due process of law, deprived appellant of his wage proper…
22-1051 Ronald Simon, et ux. v. Wayne Janke, et al. Washington 2023-04-28 Denied child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights custody due-process equal-protection fraud jurisdiction racial-discrimination standing Whether the State Courts have the inherent power or jurisdiction to allow a white couple, or any person, to proceed in court to gain custody of a chil…
22-1047 Rhonda J. Leaf, nka Rhonda J. Ring v. Brian E. Leaf Delaware 2023-04-27 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment impartial-tribunal pro-se property-rights standing Was Rhonda J. Leaf (nka-Ring)'s 14th amendment right violated along with her due process in the law? Was there an impartial tribunal?
22-7375 R. J. Kulick v. United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-authority magistrate-judge pro-per-status procedural-fairness report-and-recommendations standing The USDC & USCA-9 denied Kulick's right to Due Process by NOT Addressing Clause '(5) Filing Of Magistrate -Judge's Report And Recommendations Before T…
22-7380 Toivania Ereachia Gill v. TBG Food Acquisition Corp. Fourth Circuit 2023-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment burden-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights constructive-discharge due-process equal-protection hostile-work-environment legal-procedure standing Did the United States Western District of Virginia Court dismiss Plaintiff's claim of constructive-discharge prematurely when the burden-of-proof on t…
22-7381 Larry Anthony Ladson, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standing procedural-due-process selective-prosecution standing Whether Petitioner was a victim of Selective-Prosecution
22-7355 Demarr M. Meyers v. Illinois Illinois 2023-04-25 Denied IFP amendment-violation appeals civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights court-review due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure judicial-process legal-procedure Was the Vu bing lay He Cline O+ PAppeels Hel cleported frm the accepled And Usvel COUvise of jucltetel procecelt ngs Violale the peh Honers fRtth and …
22-1036 Ronda L. Cormier v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Fifth Circuit 2023-04-25 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-circuit meaningful-access pro-se pro-se-appeal summary-judgment willis-v-cleco Did the Fifth Circuit's automatic application of Willis v. Cleco violate the pro se Petitioner's rights to equal-protection, meaningful-access-to-cour…
22-1004 Kurt Garrison v. City of Ottawa, Kansas, et al. Kansas 2023-04-14 Denied constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-bias prejudice procedural-due-process professional-engineering right-to-trial-by-jury standard-of-review substantive-due-process Whether substantive due process was denied
22-7294 Robert L. Tatum v. Earnell Lucas, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-bias pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigants sanctions summary-judgment Whether the systemic discrimination against pro se litigants by the federal courts, including the imposition of punitive sanctions for filing non-friv…
22-7297 Lawrence Edward Thompson v. Allred Unit Fifth Circuit 2023-04-14 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights equal-protection fair-housing-act standing statutory-interpretation Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred in affirming the district court's dismissal of petitioner's claims under the Fair Housin…
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?
22-7269 Melchor Karl T. Limpin v. Robert B. C. McSeveney, Judge, United States Immigration Court, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourth-amendment immigration immigration-law probable-cause warrant-clause Whether the statute 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) is constitutionally impermissible under the Fourth and Fifth Amendment equal protection clause
22-7274 Jorge Galeas, Jr. v. Adam Gibson, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-04-13 Denied IFP 10th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus independent-state-ground procedural-default state-court-decision strickler-v-greene Whether the United States District Court violated the claimant's inalienable rights to due process and equal protection under the law within the meani…
22-7275 Matthew Jones v. Delaware Delaware 2023-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection hate-crime judicial-branch law-enforcement police-misconduct standing takings Are the police in race, in business, in government authority, and in mass support still able to attempt to murder me decades later?
22-994 Wall Street Apartments, LLC, et al. v. All Star Property Management, LLC, et al. Washington 2023-04-13 Denied access-to-court appellate-procedure constitutional-rights court-hearing decision-based-on-record due-process equal-protection judicial-review meaningful-hearing scrutiny-of-state-court-proceedings Whether the Court of Appeals violated the constitutional rights of Appellants to due-process, equal-protection, meaningful-hearing, decision-based-on-…
22-7263 Christopher L. Ramirez v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances due-process equal-protection federal-law sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether 'controlled substance offenses' under United States Sentencing Guidelines §4B1.2(b) are limited to those offenses involving substances listed …
22-986 Grant Nyhammer v. Paula Basta, in Her Official Capacity as Director of the Illinois Department on Aging Illinois 2023-04-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing
22-7243 Mario Roberto Bonilla-Diaz v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-04-10 Denied IFP due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment illegal-reentry immigration-law in-absentia removal-order sentencing-guideline sentencing-guidelines Whether Mr. Bonilla-Diaz's in absentia removal order, which issued when he was ten years old and forms the basis for his illegal reentry conviction, i…
22-7228 Sharon Hardman v. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Eighth Circuit 2023-04-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP age-discrimination civil-rights disparate-treatment due-process employment employment-law equal-protection promotion protected-class workplace-rights Whether the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 prohibits an employer from refusing to promote an employee over the age of 40 solely on the b…
22-7191 Terrence Hammock v. Gail Watts, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-04-04 Denied IFP civil-rights equal-protection racial-discrimination redistricting standing voting-rights Whether the South Carolina Supreme Court erred in upholding the state's congressional map as constitutional despite evidence of racial gerrymandering
22-7198 Richard Roy Blake v. Liliane Hong, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-04-04 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-assembly free-speech municipal-ordinance section-1983 void-for-vagueness Did the City of Northglenn, Colorado police department violate Petitioner's First Amendment rights to free-speech, free-assembly, 42-usc-1983
22-7206 Dennis Hood v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-04-04 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights day-for-day due-process equal-protection false-aggregate-sentence parole-denial perjurious-information sentence-aggregate sentence-aggregation time-credit Whether a person can be put in fear of death for refusing parole on a sentence already served
22-7172 Henry A. Harmon v. Kayla Noel-Emsweller, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment en-banc-review equal-protection good-time judicial-review sentencing time-served Did petitioner have a complete fair denovo review of his legal findings
22-7190 Dante R. Voss v. Kevin A. Carr, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Corrections Seventh Circuit 2023-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection legal-loan-policy standing takings takings-clause Whether Voss's complaint states a claim upon which relief may be granted
22-7168 Larry St. Clair Whetstone v. Fraley and Schilling Trucking Company Third Circuit 2023-03-31 Denied IFP ada-violation civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection judicial-oath standing Is the decision of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold the lower court's decision remain a decision that contradicts the judicial oath of fai…
22-956 Paul Johnson v. Bastrop Central Appraisal District Texas 2023-03-31 Denied Response Waived access-to-justice civil-rights due-process equal-protection mandamus-writ pro-se public-information standard-of-proof standing statutory-interpretation texas-law Should the State of Texas create a separate standard of proof in statutory Writ of Mandamus cases that denies the poor and pro se requesters access to…
22-7152 In Re Daniel Felix 2023-03-30 Denied IFP animal-cruelty constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection non-property-animals standing victim-rights victims-rights Whether homeless cats and other non-property animals have rudimentary state and federal constitutional rights, rights under existing state and federal…
22-7156 James Anthony Rogers v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-03-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the prosecutor's conduct in this case violated the petitioner's due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment
22-7140 George Cerron v. Personal Investment Inc. Florida 2023-03-29 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure counsel-disqualification due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment nonfinal-appeal nonfinal-order standing state-law Does a nonfinal appeal qualify to be dismissed by the court, claiming it is dismissed as being from a nonappealable nonfinal order?
22-948 Gennady Y. Paremsky v. Ingham County Medical Care Facility, et al. Michigan 2023-03-29 Denied Response Waived administrative-agency administrative-law contract-clause due-process earned-compensation equal-protection paid-time-off tax-evasion wage-and-hour Did the Michigan State Administrative Agency Wage and Hour Division violate the US Constitution Contract Clause when it used the Michigan P.W.F.B.A st…
22-7123 Kenneth Chambers v. Indiana, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
22-7131 Deandre D. Currington v. Mason Bynum, Sheriff, Dale County, Alabama, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-03-28 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing takings Question not identified
22-7077 Otis Gamble, III v. Allstate Insurance Co. Eleventh Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied IFP alabama civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Whether the defendants were denied due process and equal protection under the law
22-7088 James Duane Grzeslo v. Raythel Fisher, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
22-7109 In Re Freddie A. Land 2023-03-24 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law asylum due-process equal-protection immigration statutory-interpretation Whether the government's policy of categorically denying asylum to immigrants who enter the country illegally violates the Immigration and Nationality…
22-7062 Ricardo Noble v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2023-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment discretion-abuse due-process equal-protection prison-classification retaliation standing Whether it is unconstitutional for judges and prison staff to allow their personal prejudices to interfere with their ability to do their job
22-7048 Scott P. Roeder v. Dan Schnurr, Warden Tenth Circuit 2023-03-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-economy postconviction-review standing suspension-clause unborn-rights Whether United States v. Vuitch, 402 U.S. 62 (1971), should be overruled in favor of equality with the unborn
22-7038 In Re Mohammad Sharifi 2023-03-17 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
22-903 Jay Goodley v. Charles M. Greene Eleventh Circuit 2023-03-17 Denied Response Waived civil-rights court-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-capacity judicial-conduct judicial-disqualification judicial-recusal recusal separation-of-powers Whether a judge can change the law while presiding over a case they were recused from
22-893 Libertarian Party of New York, et al. v. New York State Board of Elections, et al. Second Circuit 2023-03-16 Denied Amici (1) anderson-burdick-test ballot-access election-law equal-protection first-amendment minor-parties political-parties signature-requirements Did the courts below properly apply the Anderson-Burdick standard?
22-7015 Timothy Reaves v. Osvaldo Vidal, Superintendent, Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center First Circuit 2023-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions governing the issues prese…
22-7006 Lamone M. Johnson, aka Marylin Monae Porter v. Luke Pettigrew, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act disability-discrimination due-process employment-discrimination employment-law equal-protection grievance-procedure municipal-employment ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in dismissing Petitioner's grievance procedure claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Rehabilitation Ac…
22-878 Alexander V. Brown v. William Harrington, United States Trustee for Region 1 First Circuit 2023-03-14 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1930 bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-fees chapter-11 constitutional-challenge equal-protection reopened-case reopening retroactivity statutory-interpretation united-states-trustee Whether 28 U.S.C. §1930(a)(6)(A) applies to a case under Chapter 11 of Title 11, United States Code, upon reopening
22-881 Martin J. Zielinski v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-03-14 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process equal-protection fair-hearing judicial-misconduct privacy-act section-1985 Did the district court and appeals court judges violate the petitioner's due process and equal protection rights?
22-6988 Carina Conerly v. John Patrick Winn, Judge, Superior Court of California, Sacramento County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-03-13 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation court-delay due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion negligence standing Whether the Ninth Circuit and Eastern District Court abused their discretion in holding and delaying Petitioners' cases
22-6999 Allen Maki v. Texas Texas 2023-03-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-rules judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction motion-in-limine second-amendment statutory-interpretation texas-criminal-law Whether there is a conflict between Tex Criminal Code Art. 44.17 And Tex Gov. Code Sec. 30.00015 (a)
22-6991 Samuel Dickerson v. Ken Scarlett, Chief, Springfield Police Department, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-03-10 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection police-misconduct standing Does r+ violate the Federal Constitution under the 14th Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection rights
22-6972 Deandre Earp v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourth-circuit judicial-interpretation mental-illness sentencing Whether a criminal defendant who is found guilty but mentally ill can be punished as harshly as a defendant found guilty and sane
22-6932 In Re Garland Ray Gregory, Jr. 2023-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-courts standing Whether the court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
22-6933 John Hessmer v. Robert Bryan, Sheriff, Wilson County, Tennessee Sixth Circuit 2023-03-06 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct judicial-review ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation Whether the Sixth Circuit should be allowed to cover up Judge Crenshaw's violations of Sixth Circuit and Supreme Court precedents by intentionally mis…
22-6938 Raul Gonzalez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-03-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing vagueness Question not identified
22-6929 Forrest Thomas III v. Brandon M. Smith, Warden Fifth Circuit 2023-03-03 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-disparity sex-offender-registration Whether the sex offender classification policies as applied to Petitioner, convicted of a non-sexual offense, violate substantive due process
22-6902 Roger Bryant Harbin v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-03-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP controlled-substances criminal-law decontrol drug-convictions drug-policy due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem…
22-6917 Stevie Andre Roberson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-03-02 Denied IFP 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection false-information liberty-interest parole parole-board procedural-rights texas-parole-statute Whether prisoners have a constitutionally protected liberty interest in parole release under the 14th Amendment
22-823 Alicia Thompson v. Janelle Henderson Washington 2023-03-01 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) burden-of-proof due-process equal-protection evidence-standard implicit-bias jury-verdict prima-facie racial-bias Whether the Washington Supreme Court's novel standard addressing implicit bias violates the Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause
22-826 Sohail N. Butt v. John Brigham Zimmerman, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Executive Director, Georgia Composite Board for Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-03-01 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection licensing professional-licensing sovereign-immunity state-board statute-of-limitations Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights to equal protection and due process were violated by the respondents' denial of his license to practice…
22-6875 Yvonne Jiang v. Helen Xu, et al. California 2023-02-28 Denied IFP abuse-of-power civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-conspiracy judicial-misconduct vexatious-litigant Whether the California Constitution and its Rules of Court confer too much power to the Chief Justice, allowing for abuse of power and conspiracy agai…
22-6880 Roosevelt Washington v. Mississippi Mississippi 2023-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-review justice-standard legal-interpretation sentencing Whether Washington's sentence is illegally imposed as a matter of law and/or in the interest of justice
22-818 Yusufu Anyika v. Cecelia Francis-Anyika Pennsylvania 2023-02-28 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
22-6857 Cynthia J. Rowe v. Penny J. Roberts, et al. Third Circuit 2023-02-24 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights crime-scene criminal-procedure defendant-presence documentary-evidence due-process equal-protection evidentiary-standard jurisdiction standing supreme-court-review Whether the lower court erred in its ruling
22-6827 Sandra Rumanek v. Sherry R. Fallon, et al. Third Circuit 2023-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts administrative-law civil-rights court-resolution due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-questions petitioner-rights procedural-due-process right-to-be-heard standing Does petitioner Sandra Rumanek have the right to be heard?
22-6831 Will Lee Carter v. Virginia Virginia 2023-02-22 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment freedom-of-religion self-incrimination sexually-violent-predator substantive-due-process Is Virginia's Sexually Violent Predator Law Unconstitutional?
22-6805 Cornelius L. Jones v. Illinois Illinois 2023-02-16 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection precedent-analysis statutory-interpretation Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in contradicting a statute pursuant to Peery v. Rinehart, 2015 1 App (a) 135935 and denying the defen…
22-770 Ross M. Jackson v. Glenn Cowan, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-16 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 1983 civil-rights civil-rights-conspiracy equal-protection first-amendment-speech internal-policies probable-cause public-forum retroactive-application retroactivity section-1983 Whether the Supreme Court's recent decisions in Nieves v. Bartlett and Lozman v. Riviera Beach apply retroactively
22-6787 Mike Webb v. City of Falls Church, Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-02-15 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-claim equal-protection in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion procedural-due-process standing standing-doctrine substantive-due-process Whether denial of in forma pauperis application violates due-process, equal-protection, or privileges-of-citizens
22-6775 Josue Anahun Marquez-Oseguera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP Batson-challenge constitutional-law equal-protection implicit-bias jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike race-discrimination race-neutral-reason Whether unstable work history automatically qualifies as a race-neutral reason for a peremptory strike in response to a Batson challenge
22-764 Hrair Kaladjian v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-14 Denied Response Waived administrative-law case-or-controversy civil-rights constitutional-standing equal-protection fifth-amendment freedom-support-act injunctive-relief presidential-waiver separation-of-powers standing Whether the President's violation of Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act is actionable by a private citizen under the Fifth Amendment Equal Protect…
22-6768 Stanley Foster Baker v. Texas Texas 2023-02-13 Denied IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights custodial-interrogation due-process equal-protection evidence-presentation judicial-procedure miranda-warnings reasonable-person-standard state-court supreme-court-precedent Was it objectively reasonable for the State courts to conclude that no reasonable factfinder could believe that Baker was in custody during interrogat…
22-6765 Mamberto Real v. Michael Perry Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure court-cameras due-process equal-protection federal-rules-civil-procedure judicial-review misconduct review witness witness-misconduct Whether the district court failed to review the court's building cameras after the facts, to verify a misconduct from a defense's witness; thereby vio…
22-6745 Robert Hill v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP Batson-challenge civil-rights constitutional-procedure due-process eighth-circuit equal-protection jury-selection prima-facie-evidence prosecutorial-discretion standard-of-review Whether petitioner established prima facie evidence demonstrating countervailing factors excusing him from making his similarly situated Batson-based …
22-6758 In Re Mark Marvin 2023-02-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review precedent statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant civil-rights, due-process, and equal-protection laws
22-757 Jonathan Roberts, et al. v. James V. McDonald, Commissioner, New York State Department of Health, et al. Second Circuit 2023-02-10 Denied Relisted (5) civil-rights defendant-conduct due-process emergency-approval equal-protection injury-in-fact legal-standing predictable-events racial-discrimination standing Whether plaintiffs' injury is imminent where it flows from a predictable course of events that results from the defendant's conduct
22-6737 John Edward Butler v. North Carolina North Carolina 2023-02-09 Denied IFP criminal-justice due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection parole sentencing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights under the Due Process Clause, Equal Protection Clause, and Eighth Amendment were violated by North Caro…
22-6738 Melvin G. Simms v. Donald Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex Fourth Circuit 2023-02-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus magistrate-report magistrate-review summary-judgment Whether the District Court Judge Violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution By Granting the Respondent'…
22-6703 Earnest A. Davis v. Government Employees Insurance Company, et al. California 2023-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada-accommodation case-dismissal civil-proceedings court-procedure criminal-reporting due-process equal-protection judicial-ethics racial-bias Are judges required to report evidence of crimes?
22-6709 Chad Michael Vice v. Lee County Correctional Medical Provider, et al. Iowa 2023-02-06 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection incarcerated-individuals judicial-discretion right-to-petition Whether an Iowa 8' District Court in North Lee County at Fort Madison ' abused its discretion in its Order denying a motion to reconsider as [not time…
22-6696 Rudy Garcia v. Texas Texas 2023-02-03 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-appeals due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-standards precedent prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court-precedent trial-counsel Does the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' dismissal of Petitioner's habeas claim conflict with their previous decision of a similar claim?
22-6692 Jerez Coleman v. Maryland Maryland 2023-02-02 Denied IFP administrative-review civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection procedural-burden property-rights property-tax takings tax-assessment tax-sale Whether the petitioner's appearance at a tax sale violates the Fourteenth Amendment's due process and equal protection clauses
22-6675 Barrett S. Tunsil v. Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2023-02-01 Denied IFP civil-rights covid-19 due-process equal-protection free-exercise pandemic Whether the COVID-19 pandemic and related government orders violate the constitutional rights of the petitioner, including due process, equal protecti…
22-6662 Wesley Ruiz v. Texas Texas 2023-01-31 Denied IFP constitutional-rights death-penalty due-process equal-protection juror-misconduct jury-selection racial-bias sixth-amendment Does Peria-Rodriguez apply to Petitioner's evidence that at least one juror relied on anti-Hispanic racial stereotypes and animus to find that he was …
22-711 Arthur Lopez v. Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church, et al. California 2023-01-31 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection ex-parte judicial-system state-action Should the State of California, its judicial system, and the Catholic Church be required to adhere to the rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution a…
22-6643 Bednaco Harper v. Illinois Illinois 2023-01-27 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
22-6652 In Re Walter Drummond 2023-01-27 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment habeas-corpus interrogation miranda-rights state-criminal-procedure Whether the State of Florida violated the petitioner's constitutional rights by using an incomplete and deficient Miranda rights form that did not pro…
22-692 April Premo Williams v. Federal National Mortgage Association, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-25 Denied ada ada-accommodations civil-rights disability-discrimination discrimination due-process equal-protection equity judicial-procedure rehabilitation-act What are the terms to be used for the mentally disabled and the emotionally disabled?
22-6606 Henry Zabala-Zorilla v. Joseph Terra, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Phoenix, et al. Third Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP allen-charge civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction reversible-error supplemental-instruction Does the Fourteenth Amendment equal protection laws require a state judge be found to commit reversible error to give a supplemental charge or an 'All…
22-6583 Keith Melillo v. City and County of Rice, Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-01-20 Denied IFP arrest-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law disability-discrimination disability-rights due-process equal-protection false-arrest law-enforcement standing Whether the petitioner was denied the right to be free from false arrest and the courts discriminated against the petitioner as a disabled person
22-6584 Meghan M. Kelly v. United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Third Circuit 2023-01-20 Denied IFP case-or-controversy civil-rights constitutional-rights disciplinary-proceedings due-process equal-protection reciprocal-discipline religious-beliefs self-incrimination standing whether-the-third-circuit's-rule-r.a-d-e.-16-violates-equal-protections
22-6588 In Re Beverly A. Jenkins 2023-01-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection instructions legal-notice lower-tribunal notice prima-facie pro-se standing Is it herein shown that the LT deviated from Sufficient Instructions/required sufficient Notice for non-counsel litigants?
22-6568 Duraid Hussein v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-01-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey circuit-precedent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection procedural-due-process rehaif-v-united-states sixth-amendment stare-decisis statutory-interpretation Whether the Ninth Circuit denied procedural due process and equal protection by not dismissing an insufficient indictment under circuit precedent
22-6579 Jaime Hoyos v. Ronald Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-01-19 Denied IFP batson-challenge due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes racial-discrimination standard-of-review voir-dire Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals violate petitioner's rights under the Fourteenth Amendment?
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?
22-662 Ramon K. Jusino v. Federation of Catholic Teachers, Inc. Second Circuit 2023-01-18 Denied 1st-amendment church-schools civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech labor-organizations labor-relations religion-clauses standing Whether the Second Circuit contravened the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection clause
22-6532 Alfred E. Caraffa, aka Alfred Erik Caraffa v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-13 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-rules habeas-corpus state-jurisdiction supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the writ of habeas corpus can be unconstitutionally delayed
22-648 Igor Lukashin v. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Ninth Circuit 2023-01-11 Denied due-process equal-protection forfeiture judicial-discretion ninth-circuit padgett-fraud pre-filing-order pro-se pro-se-appeals waiver Whether the Ninth Circuit has been denying Due Process by applying a purportedly categorical rule
22-6512 Frank L. Perry v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2023-01-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP direct-review due-process equal-protection finality finality-date fourteenth-amendment lamb-v-state montgomery-v-state state-court Whether the lower Florida state court's error in failing to correctly calculate the date that petitioner's direct review of his case became 'final' de…
22-6518 In Re Beverly A. Jenkins 2023-01-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process equal-protection lawsuit-dismissal lower-tribunal prima-facie procedural-rights standing due-process,equal-protection,civil-procedure,standing,prima-facie,lawsuit-dismissal
22-6524 Barry L. Brookins v. Rajendra Dwivedi Ninth Circuit 2023-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment medical-procedure state-law Whether the plaintiff's 8th Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment has been violated through an unlawful surgery performed without the p…
22-6505 In Re Rosalind Holmes 2023-01-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure detainer-action discretionary-ruling due-process equal-protection forcible-entry forcible-entry-and-detainer rule-60(b) rule-60b standing Whether the Butler County Area III Court, West Chester Ohio, clearly and indisputably abused its' discretion when it ordered a forcible entry and deta…
22-635 D. B. v. Colorado, et al. Colorado 2023-01-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-standing child-welfare civil-rights due-process equal-protection family-separation non-parent-rights standing Can the Colorado appellate courts constitutionally deny such special respondents the right to appeal adverse judgments?
22-6481 Courtney J. v. Beaufort County Department of Social Services, et al. North Carolina 2023-01-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP child-welfare civil-death-penalty due-process equal-protection payment-obligation statutory-interpretation termination-of-parental-rights Whether the Supreme Court of North Carolina's interpretation of a termination of parental rights statute deprives parents of due process and equal pro…
22-6484 Courtney Saunders v. Kyle Thies, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-01-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights discriminatory-intent discriminatory-policing driving-while-black equal-protection fourteenth-amendment law-enforcement racial-discrimination racial-profiling traffic-stop Whether an Equal Protection claim under the Fourteenth Amendment, based on an incident of discriminatory policing, requires a plaintiff to establish t…
22-6496 Lonnie Kade Welsh v. Bryan Collier, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-01-09 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-commitment civil-rights criminal-acquittal due-process equal-protection involuntary-commitment mental-health psychological-disorder sexually-violent-predator treatment Does an individual who has been diagnosed with a state created psychological disorder have a right to treatment equal to those who the medical communi…
22-6464 Leonard Chase, Jr. v. Lonnie Oliver, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2023-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights class-action due-process equal-protection standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims
22-602 Ellizzette McDonald v. Shawn McDonald Illinois 2022-12-30 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fundamental-rights guardianship guardianship-rights marriage marriage-competency ward-autonomy Whether a state statute impermissibly interferes with the fundamental rights of wards to marry under the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of t…
22-597 Herbert W. G. Clanton v. Sam's Club, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-12-29 Denied Response Waived civil-rights civil-rights-act-of-1964 constitutional-amendments discrimination-in-employment due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection federal-rules-of-civil-procedure Whether the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure required compliance with the minimum benefits, privileges, immunities, and degrees of protection guarante…
22-6411 Granville Ritchie v. Florida Florida 2022-12-29 Denied IFP anti-immigrant capital-penalty capital-punishment constitutional-rights equal-protection immigration-status impartial-jury jury-bias prosecutorial-misconduct unconstitutional-conditions Does the United States Constitution prohibit a prosecutor from suggesting to a capital penalty jury that the defendant, as a foreigner and an immigran…
22-6400 José L. Canales-Cancel v. United States, et al. First Circuit 2022-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction first-amendment privacy-and-1st-amendment statutory-interpretation jurisdiction-under-28-usc-1331
22-6380 Joseph Bergeron v. Paul Schnell, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Corrections, et al. Minnesota 2022-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-duty administrative-law due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-review legal-discretion rule-of-law separation-of-powers state-court-procedure statutory-interpretation Can Minnesota State Courts ignore issues presented to it by a party, circumvent the rule of law to effectuate a clearly biased opinion?
22-6381 Teresa Young v. Mary Seymour, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-abuse civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection healthcare-access libel-slander military-retaliation retaliation Were the Plaintiff's Constitutional rights violated by the Defendants?
22-6388 Cornelius L. Jones v. Illinois Illinois 2022-12-22 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether a defendant's fundamental right to equal protection of the laws was infringed
22-6362 Carlos Santana R. Garcia v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-12-21 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-law habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel unreasonable-determination Did the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas and the U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas San Angelo Division err in deciding the merits of Pe…
22-6366 Brala Beverly v. Orange County Sheriff, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-violations constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection gender-identity transgender-rights Is it constitutional for the County of Orange in California, and the Orange County Sheriff, as a matter of custom or policy, to pretend transgender pe…
22-6369 In Re Tiyon T. Brown-Bey 2022-12-21 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-disenfranchisement due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus racial-discrimination sovereign-immunity standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional and unlawful claims regarding the status of 'Moors' or 'Blacks' as 'non-citizens' or 'slaves' should be addres…
22-6346 Robert D. Johnson v. Douglas Fender, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-continuance speedy-trial sufficiency-of-evidence Is it not erroneously factual and a misapplication of law, rule or statute for the state courts and district courts to concur with a continuance that …
22-6353 Furlonzo R. Moran v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial juror-disqualification jury-selection social-media-evidence trial-court-discretion Is it unconstitutional to disqualify a juror from service without just cause?
22-557 Peter Kleidman v. RFF Family Partnership, LP California 2022-12-19 Denied attorney-fees civil-procedure contract-law contractual-claims due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-trial summary-adjudication Does California's legal framework for adjudicating prevailing parties' claims for contractual attorney's fees violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal…
22-6332 In Re James Vandivere 2022-12-19 Denied IFP adam-walsh-act civil-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus necessary-and-proper-clause pro-se-petition Question not identified
22-6341 Angela Schmid v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection prosecutorial-misconduct selective-prosecution vindictive-prosecution Whether the district court erred in denying the defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment on the grounds of selective prosecution and vindictive pr…
22-6321 Perry Taylor Armstrong v. Colorado Colorado 2022-12-16 Denied IFP case-determination civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fancrim-fabulet federal-courts legal-application mercer-test standing takings Question not identified
22-548 Randall E. Rollins v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-12-15 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-jurisdiction justice-courts pro-se pro-se-litigant sovereign-immunity Did the court below err in not considering the issue that pro se litigants in Texas justice courts are treated unequally from all litigants in non-jus…
22-546 Nazira Urrego v. Samuel I. White, P.C. Fourth Circuit 2022-12-14 Denied civil-rights constitutional-standards due-process equal-protection foreclosure loan-assignment property-rights takings Whether Virginia courts have violated the constitutional standards of due process and equal protection?
22-6279 Alex Duncan v. Jennifer R. Bartone, et al. Ohio 2022-12-09 Denied IFP accessibility ada civil-rights disability due-process equal-protection Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was instituted with the purpose of delivering an 'equal future' for all, when in reality some indivi…
22-6239 Nicholas Stewart Hines v. Denny Kaemingk, Secretary, South Dakota Department of Corrections, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts access-to-legal-documents civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection first-amendment judicial-access prisoners-rights retaliation Whether a prisoner's right to access a county courthouse and public records is different than a regular citizen
22-6241 Clarence Lee Hooker v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied IFP 6th-amendment 8th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process equal-protection federal-law ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct legal-interpretation procedural-due-process Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit erred by denying petitioner's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, due-process, equal-pr…
22-6245 Wade Plair v. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied IFP constitutional-violations double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct tampering-with-records Does intentional prosecutorial misconduct disqualify the trial court from pursuing a second prosecution of the same case?
22-6227 Peter Corines v. New York New York 2022-12-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-amendments due-process equal-protection false-testimony indictment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargain state-action Was Petitioner denied due process and equal protection
22-6233 Clifton B. Mays v. Kenneth Black, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts standing why-were-cox-hogan-county-filers-for-poe-mays-denied-on-sham-legal-process
22-521 Jack Pidgeon, et al. v. Sylvester Turner, Mayor of the City of Houston, Texas, et al. Texas 2022-12-05 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection family-code fourteenth-amendment marriage-recognition same-sex-marriage texas-constitution Whether Texas Constitution article I, § 32 and Texas Family Code § 6.204 violate the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendm…
22-6196 Morris Rucker v. Jim Purviance, Executive Director, Tennessee Board of Parole, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-12-01 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim district-court due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto filing-fee standing Whether the TN U.S. District Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals erred in denying petitioner's ex-post-facto-claim
22-6170 Andrea Peterson v. HVM L.L.C., et al. Third Circuit 2022-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-amendment court-rules disability-rights discovery due-process equal-protection legal-representation standing Whether a person(s) with a handicap or disability are protected by the Due Process Clause
22-504 Peter Paul Mitrano v. Marcia Mitrano, et al. Virginia 2022-11-30 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
22-501 Tom Alonzo, et al. v. Scott Schwab, Kansas Secretary of State, et al. Kansas 2022-11-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights equal-protection fourteenth-amendment gingles-prong-one minority-voting-rights racial-discrimination redistricting single-member-district standing Does the Fourteenth Amendment prohibit intentional racial discrimination in redistricting where the minority voters discriminated against are not suff…
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
22-6146 In Re Maria Navarro-Martin 2022-11-23 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection qualified-immunity standing state-action Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the petitioner's civil rights claims against state officials for lack of standing
22-6148 Larry James Bradley v. Florida Florida 2022-11-23 Denied IFP civil-rights commerce-clause due-process enemy-combatant equal-protection fourth-amendment jurisdiction presidential-authority standing statutory-interpretation suspension-clause Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant civil rights statutes and constitutional provisions
22-6138 Michael Lindell Teasley v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights court-of-appeals criminal-procedure district-court due-process eighth-circuit equal-protection judicial-discretion non-violent-offenses sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, South on Piswier of Iowa, abused its discretion by violating the Cera Feendeg guidelines, which t…
22-6115 Danny Fabricant v. Federal Election Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2022-11-21 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP article-iii-standing campaign-finance constitutional-law constitutional-qualifications declaratory-judgment equal-protection federal-election-campaign-act federal-election-commission prisoner-litigation standing statutory-interpretation Does 52 U.S.C. § 30101's requirement that potential candidates for the House of Representatives report contributions or expenditures before being cons…
22-6118 Wilbert Glover v. Matt Bostrom, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection inmate-treatment prison-conditions qualified-immunity racial-discrimination Whether the petitioner's claims of severe racial harassment and discrimination by prison officers and sergeants at the Ramsey County Jail were imprope…
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
22-6099 Robert Lewis v. Hoke County, North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-11-18 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation procedural-default standing Whether Ans Repellee's onmaddatery Response That Fully Riiefed The macs OF The Tesue Subject To Waiver Lohoot Realy Mew Or Vortec Gueerisa May Be The …
22-6107 Jarmal Williamson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky circuit-split equal-protection flowers-v-mississippi jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination Does Batson v. Kentucky and its progeny instruct courts to consider repeated misstatements of the record by a prosecutor as suggestive of pretext when…
22-6073 Lindsey Chow v. Ma Leyba, et al. California 2022-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP bodily-rights civil-rights due-process equal-protection euthanasia fourteenth-amendment medical-autonomy medicare survivorship-rights Did the Supreme Court of California violate murder victim Henry Chow's and his children's Fourteenth Amendment rights
22-452 Bernice Curry-Malcolm v. New York State Division of Human Rights, et al. New York 2022-11-15 Denied administrative-law agency-decision civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection retaliation title-vii issues-being-raised
22-438 Glow In One Mini Golf, L.L.C., et al. v. Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-11-10 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 5th-amendment constitutional-rights covid-19 covid-19-shutdown emergency-powers equal-protection equal-protection-clause fifth-amendment qualified-immunity takings-clause Whether Minnesota's Governor has qualified immunity against Petitioners' Fifth Amendment Takings Clause claims
22-444 Nazir Khan v. Presence Chicago Hospitals Network, et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-11-10 Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment antitrust antitrust-claim civil-rights due-process equal-protection medical-privileges physician-privileges standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the hospital can terminate the physician's privileges
22-6035 Michael Andra Reed, aka Mychal Andra Reed v. California California 2022-11-10 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indigent-litigants indigent-rights pro-se pro-se-litigant time-bar time-limits Does the state of California criminal appeal time limit (time bar) violate the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment equal protection clause pertaining t…
22-6042 Ryan Hayes v. United States First Circuit 2022-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver criminal-procedure discretionary-review due-process equal-protection first-circuit sentencing Whether the First Circuit erred in affirming the denial of a role reduction and in failing to find a violation of due process and equal protection, ba…
22-420 In Re Ohio, ex rel. Terpsehore P. Maras 2022-11-04 Denied Response Waived constitutional-challenge election-law election-observers equal-protection fundamental-right-to-vote independent-candidates party-representation political-parties strict-scrutiny voting-rights Whether Ohio law allowing for Republican and Democratic Parties' election observers while requiring Independent candidates to obtain consent from four…
22-5988 Clemente Hernandez-Garcia v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky criminal-procedure discriminatory-intent equal-protection judicial-standard ninth-circuit peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike racial-discrimination If a trial court legally errs at step three of Batson, may an appellate court resolve the factual question of whether a party acted with discriminator…
22-412 Roy Harness, et al. v. Michael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State Fifth Circuit 2022-11-02 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (17) civil-rights constitutional-law en-banc-review equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legislative-intent racial-discrimination voting-rights Whether any amendment to a law originally adopted for an impermissible racially discriminatory purpose, no matter how minor the amendment and no matte…
22-409 Alexander Moskovits v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. Second Circuit 2022-11-01 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-recusal supervisory-power Whether instituting sealed proceedings in a civil case violates Constitutional rights
22-5956 Charles Wallace v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-11-01 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-trial jury-unanimity retroactivity state-constitution state-jurisdiction Whether non-unanimous jury instructions are constitutional
22-5961 Richard Rojas v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry Ninth Circuit 2022-11-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Whether the court erred in denying relief
22-5943 Isaiah Tyler v. Kentucky Department of Corrections Kentucky 2022-10-28 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment liberty-interest violent-offender-statute Do Kentucky's violent offender statute create a liberty interest protected by due process?
22-5899 Dave V. Merritt v. Tennessee Tennessee 2022-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel conflict-of-interest due-process equal-protection griffin-v-illinois ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief ross-v-moffitt Whether Shinn v. Ramirez's holding petitioner 'at fault' for postconviction counsel's appellate errors gives indigent post-conviction appellants auton…
22-5903 L. Powers v. United States Postal Service Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights court-procedure due-process equal-protection equal-rights in-forma-pauperis indigent-rights judicial-discretion judicial-powers Was the appearance of dismissing Petitioner's in forma pauperis applications an abuse of judicial powers & law?
22-390 Shahrouz Jahanshahi v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2022-10-26 Denied Response Waived appellate-rights attorney-fees attorneys-fees civil-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-sanction limited-jurisdiction rule-of-law sanctions whether-the-superior-court-of-california-has-exceeded-its-jurisdiction
22-5905 Terrell Biggs, Jr. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Tennessee 2022-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights due-process emotional-distress equal-protection insurance-company standing systemic-misconduct Whether state appellate courts are unconstitutionally forcing plaintiffs to be subjected to systemic misconduct by a private corporation
22-5910 In Re Mark Lewis 2022-10-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations criminal-jurisdiction equal-protection federal-criminal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus major-crimes-act subject-matter-jurisdiction supremacy-clause Whether a state court acting beyond its legislated authority and without subject-matter jurisdiction in the first instance can render a judgment of co…
22-377 Steven Elmer Hinds v. Texas Texas 2022-10-24 Denied Relisted (2) 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-amendments due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourth-amendment policing-for-profit sixth-amendment Is Texas Penal Code (T.P.C.) § 42.105 repugnant to the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 13th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution?
22-378 Steven Elmer Hinds v. Texas Texas 2022-10-24 Denied Relisted (2) 4th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment policing-for-profit sixth-amendment state-prosecution Is Texas Penal Code (T.P.C.) § 42.105 repugnant to the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 13th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution?
22-5884 Rolando Cifuentes-Lopez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims
22-5880 Sixing Liu v. United States Third Circuit 2022-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability confidential-information constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection pro-se-petition proprietary-information science-and-technology Did the Third Circuit err in denying a certificate of appealability for a claim of denial of constitutional rights?
22-359 Roda T. Gidey v. Settlement Corp., et al. District of Columbia 2022-10-18 Denied civil-rights due-process equal-protection interpleader racial-discrimination real-estate summary-judgment Whether the decision of the D.C. Court of Appeals should be reversed and the case remanded because the due process and equal protection rights of Peti…
22-5839 Daniel Mason v. Colorado Colorado 2022-10-14 Denied IFP batson-challenge constitutional-law due-process equal-protection fair-trial jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike racial-discrimination Whether the Colorado Supreme Court erred in finding no Equal Protection violation when the prosecution impermissibly used race as a reason for the per…
22-5830 William Richter v. Ghaliah Obaisi, as Executor of the Estate of Saleh Obaisi Seventh Circuit 2022-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct legal-assistance pro-se-litigant procedural-due-process procedural-errors Whether the Faivie Te Apnot Cowimwrel Oy Apneal Foa Rosie, OF the Disthirel Cords Alaue of Dis hes Ze Faleng To Recess wee Conmtel Upow Wilheincsal of…
22-5818 In Re Errol Victor, Sr. 2022-10-12 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-privileges criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jury-selection racial-discrimination speedy-trial trial-rights Whether the Louisiana Supreme Court violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses by denying petitioner's request for a…
22-334 Alice Guan v. Gary Bell, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-10-12 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment notice-of-appeal petition-government Whether Fourth Circuit affirming district court's decision based on altered Notice of Appeal without performing any review on the merit of the appeal …
22-5805 Lawrence Crawford, et al. v. South Carolina South Carolina 2022-10-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights collateral-estoppel constitutional-structural-error due-process equal-protection judicial-bias procedural-rules separation-of-powers standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Question not identified
22-5777 In Re Adib Eddie Ramez Makdessi 2022-10-06 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-conviction due-process equal-protection evidence-tampering jury-instructions jury-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct racial-bias Whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant's Rule 60(b) motion to vacate the conviction based on evidence of prosecutorial misconduct, rac…
22-5783 Kofi Kyei v. Oregon Oregon 2022-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment oral-argument oregon-state-courts precedent statutory-mandate utcr-5.050(1) zehr-v-haugen Whether the Oregon State courts violated pro se Petitioner's federal due process and equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment
22-5766 Clifford Benjamin Kinkade v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-10-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process equal-protection qualified-immunity standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
22-5767 Silas Kendricks v. Okeechobee Correctional Institution, et al. Florida 2022-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights detention due-process equal-protection florida-statute legal-adherence procedural-violation respondent-liability Whether the detention of detainees by the respondent is unconstitutional due to the respondent's failure to adhere to the applicable Florida statute, …
22-5752 Ricardo M. Suggs, Jr. v. Warden, FCI Loretto Third Circuit 2022-10-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment appellate-review concurrent-sentence-doctrine due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment supreme-court-precedent Whether the concurrent sentence doctrine can be applied to a petitioner with solely consecutive sentences
22-5753 Phillip Scott, Jr. v. District Court of Iowa, Scott County Iowa 2022-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing Whether the state denied the petitioner due process, whether the state denied the petitioner equal protection
22-5756 Adelbert H. Warner, II v. K. Zook, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-10-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence antiterrorism-act antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act constitutional-exception equal-protection habeas-corpus procedural-bars schlup-v-delo successive-application Does the Schlup v Delo, 513 US 298 (1995), actual innocence exception to procedural bars to habeas corpus relief serve as a gateway through the proced…
22-5737 Sharla Jenkins v. Helen Forbes Fields, as Administrator of the Estate of Elase Jenkins Ohio 2022-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law equal-protection free-speech standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
22-5742 Reggie D. Caswell v. Steven Racetti Second Circuit 2022-10-03 Denied IFP actual-innocence criminal-appeals due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus pro-se pro-se-appeal sentencing-consequences trial-exhibits Whether a state that permits pro se criminal appeals must provide a complete and sufficient record for the appeal, as required by the Due Process and …
22-5718 Amos Westmoreland, Jr. v. Aimee Smith, Warden Georgia 2022-09-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP conflict-free-assistance-of-counsel cumulative-error due-process equal-protection federal-law habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether a state court's overruling of its prior precedent forbidding consideration of the cumulative prejudice of multiple errors at trial conflicts w…
22-5704 Ronald Buzzard, Jr. v. Washington Washington 2022-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-sentencing judicial-misconduct procedural-fairness sentencing sentencing-modification Whether the sentencing judge's handwritten 'fraudulent interlineations' on the face of the judgment, which changed the defendant's determinate sentenc…
22-5679 Dwandarrius Jamar Robinson v. Arizona Arizona 2022-09-26 Denied IFP batson-challenge discriminatory-intent disparate-impact due-process equal-protection jury-selection misstatements-of-fact peremptory-strikes racial-discrimination Must a court reviewing a Batson challenge consider both a substantial disparate impact on minority jurors and the cumulative nature of the State's mis…
22-281 Peter Kruithoff v. Catholic Charities of West Michigan, et al. Michigan 2022-09-26 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived child-welfare due-process equal-protection marital-status parental-rights standing state-interest statutory-interpretation Does Michigan's Safe Delivery of Newborns Law comply with Due Process requirements?
22-5654 Elaine Mickman v. Richard Mickman Pennsylvania 2022-09-23 Denied IFP age-discrimination child-support constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection minor-children second-class-siblings state-court-jurisdiction Does the state court violate federal law and the Constitution by depriving Equal Protection of the Law when it terminates child support by arbitrarily…
22-5655 Robert Frank Miller v. United States District of Columbia 2022-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release criminal-history equal-protection procedural-fairness rehabilitation sentence-reduction sentencing-objectives standing waiver Whether the district and appellate court erred in denying the appellant's motion for a sentence reduction
22-5669 Robert Carrasco Gamez v. Arizona Arizona 2022-09-23 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
22-5671 Andre Juvell Byrd v. Georgia Georgia 2022-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-framework batson-v-kentucky due-process equal-protection intentional-discrimination jury-selection mccollum-v-georgia peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination Did the Supreme Court of Georgia violate the Equal Protection of the Laws
22-5644 Kevin Griffin v. Thomas P. DiNapoli, et al. Second Circuit 2022-09-22 Denied IFP 14th-amendment appeal appointed-counsel constitutional-rights disability-claims due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment newly-discovered-evidence Was petitioner's appeal erroneously dismissed even though newly discovered evidence supports petitioner's disability claims. U.S. Const. Amend. XIV?
22-5645 John Gay v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-09-22 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the government's actions violated the petitioner's constitutional rights
22-5646 Fred Freeman v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-09-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights classification-error court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion procedural-review qualified-immunity sovereign-immunity standing Did Court of Appeals err in ruling on disability claims under the ADA and Rehabilitation Act?
22-5651 In Re Randolph Lavon Carr-El 2022-09-22 Denied IFP citizenship civil-rights constitutional-provisions denationalization due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus race-discrimination racial-discrimination thirteenth-amendment Whether the petitioner, a naturalized U.S. citizen of African descent, was unlawfully detained and deprived of his constitutional rights
22-5624 Tiffany Leigh Marion v. North Carolina North Carolina 2022-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge Batson-v-Kentucky criminal-procedure equal-protection plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination Whether Batson v. Kentucky and its progeny apply to equal-protection claims challenging a prosecutor's decision on plea-offers based on race
22-5633 James Blessing v. Nick Hoffman, et al. New Jersey 2022-09-20 Denied IFP 14th-amendment administrative-action communication-ban constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection liberty property property-rights slander Should two lower-level administrators be permitted to sabotage an appellant by banning them from all communication with the court without due process?
22-249 Chambers Self-Storage Oakdale, LLC v. Washington County, Minnesota Minnesota 2022-09-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) assessment assessment-methodology constitutional-claim discovery due-process equal-protection judicial-review property-tax unequal-assessment Does the right to Due Process prohibit a State from depriving real property taxpayers the right to conduct discovery of assessment data and methods, t…
22-247 Jacqueline Chui v. Benjamin Tze-Man Chui, et al. California 2022-09-15 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection guardian-ad-litem minor minor-rights Does the California guardian ad litem procedure deprive a minor of due process rights?
22-5582 Deborah Fishman v. Victor Politis Massachusetts 2022-09-15 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing
22-5584 Emru Kebede v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2022-09-15 Denied IFP 8th-amendment age-discrimination due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences roper-v-simmons Do the decisions of this Court in Roper v. Simmons and Miller v. Alabama establish a fundamental right for offenders under 18 years of age as it relat…
22-5591 Robert Lopez-Parker v. Texas Texas 2022-09-15 Denied IFP americans-with-disabilities-act criminal-enhancement criminal-law disability disability-classification due-process equal-protection federal-standard fourteenth-amendment state-law When is an individual regarded as having or perceived to have, impairment within the meaning of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
22-5579 William Baham v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance state-action supremacy-clause Whether the 14th Amendment imposes upon the States of Louisiana the obligation to refrain from systemic, purposeful deprivations of substantive federa…
22-5559 Patricio Estrada v. Troy Nehls, Sheriff, Fort Bend County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference disciplinary-isolation due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection medical-treatment prison-conditions Whether Estrada's due process rights were violated by being placed in disciplinary isolation prior to any hearing
22-5527 Dora L. Adkins v. Tyson's Lodging, LLC Fourth Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-review circuit-court-affirmance civil-procedure district-court-judgment due-process equal-protection federal-courts legal-sufficiency per-curiam-opinion rule-60-motion standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Erred in the per curiam unpublished opinion and/or Judgment
22-5528 Felix Lyle Cowan v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Question not identified
22-5531 Patrick O. Christian v. Republican Party, et al. District of Columbia 2022-09-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection majority-rule minority-protection minority-rights protected-class sexual-orientation When is the minority legally excluded, unprotected, deprived, and/or conspired-against?
22-201 Jane Doe, as Parent and Next Friend of Baby Mary Doe, et al. v. Daniel McKee, Governor of Rhode Island, et al. Rhode Island 2022-09-06 Denied Response Waived abortion constitutional-rights constitutional-standing dobbs-precedent dobbs-v-jackson due-process equal-protection history-and-tradition prenatal-life standing unborn-rights Whether unborn have due-process and equal-protection rights
22-199 Barry J. Smith v. Community Care Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-09-02 Denied Response Waived citizenship civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-authority standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Is the district court required to determine subject-matter jurisdiction before reaching the merits?
22-5468 Benjamin Lawrence Petty v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-08-30 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
22-5475 Merlin Williams v. Burl Cain, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP circumstantial-evidence civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony wrongful-conviction Whether the Supreme Court of the United States should review the issues presented
22-5448 Roger C. Cassidy v. Florida Florida 2022-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-defendant due-process equal-protection judicial-fact-finding judicial-review mandatory-sentencing preponderance-of-evidence prior-conviction sentencing-exposure standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
22-5439 In Re Tyvon Montrey Spencer El-Bey 2022-08-24 Denied IFP brown-vs-board civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge political-sovereignty racial-discrimination standing Whether the petitioner, a self-proclaimed 'Moorish American Sovereign,' is unlawfully detained and denied due process and equal protection under the C…
22-5423 Elise LaMartina v. Jason Patrick Johnson, et al. Mississippi 2022-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-liability civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection indigent-rights interstate-commerce privileges-and-immunities Whether the State of Mississippi may unconstitutionally discriminate against interstate commerce to shield and protect its citizens and businesses fro…
22-161 Robert Nieto and Darrick R. Vallodolid v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-08-22 Denied Response Waived batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky constitutional-rights equal-protection jury-selection prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the prosecutor's peremptory striking of Hispanic prospective jurors violated the Equal Protection Clause
22-156 David Douglas Fennell v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California Ninth Circuit 2022-08-18 Denied Response Waived anti-SLAPP-law civil-rights constitutional-rights equal-protection federal-preemption free-speech jury-trial jury-trial-rights political-assembly right-to-assemble Is California's anti-SLAPP law constitutional?
22-5384 In Re Randell Joseph Redmond 2022-08-18 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-rights standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit erred in denying the petitioner's request for a writ of habeas corpus
22-5376 Jerico Matias Cruz v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis standing Whether the pro se plaintiff-appellant was denied due process and equal protection under the 14th Amendment when the district court denied his motion …
22-5377 Malik Breyon Hollis v. Matthew Magnusson, Warden First Circuit 2022-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-composition jury-selection peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination Whether peremptory challenges of racial minorities during jury selection in criminal trials should be subjected to a heightened judicial inquiry of st…
22-5362 Agustin Garcia v. New Jersey New Jersey 2022-08-16 Denied IFP 6th-amendment complete-defense constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice post-conviction-relief right-to-counsel sixth-amendment technological-advances Whether the petitioner was deprived of the right to a fair trial and present a complete defense
22-140 Yvette B. Beaulieu v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. District of Columbia 2022-08-15 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure disclosure-requirements due-process equal-protection federal-employee government-investigation government-misconduct legal-fairness Why is there no equal application of relevant fairness principles in civil and criminal matters?
22-141 Michelle McDonald-Witherspoon, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Kenyada Jones v. Amber Browne, et al. Third Circuit 2022-08-15 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 civil-rights disability due-process equal-protection mental-disability mental-health probation-officer section-1983 Whether a probation officer's actions violate the disabled person's rights under the Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment, giving rise to a c…
22-128 Michelle Herczeg v. City of Dallas, Texas Texas 2022-08-10 Denied Response Waived appeal appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection police-misconduct retaliation sexual-harassment Is the denial of a fair trial or appeal rights for a decorated police officer who was a victim of sexual assault and harassment repugnant to the Const…
22-5332 Jerome Mellion v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-08-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection manslaughter pro-se state-court-decisions state-supreme-court Did the Louisiana state supreme court violate the federal U.S. 14th amendment to the federal constitution 'equal protection' of law guarantees
22-5321 William S. Divine v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-challenge covid-19 covid-19-restrictions due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus procedural-deadline section-2255 statutory-interpretation Whether the court's application of 28 U.S.C. §2255(f)(1) with complete zeal, while failing to apply 28 U.S.C. §2255(f)(2) with equal zealousness, viol…
22-5287 Gregory Edwin Dunn v. County of Santa Cruz, California Ninth Circuit 2022-08-08 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment access-to-courts civil-rights due-process equal-protection indigence privileges-and-immunities self-representation Whether indigence should be deemed a suspect or quasi-suspect class
22-109 Paula Steven v. Federal Way School District Washington 2022-08-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment public-education racial-discrimination school-segregation Whether a Black mother and her Black child/student who walks through the main entrance of the public school doors every every morning as does the non-…
22-101 Martin Cowen, et al. v. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State Eleventh Circuit 2022-08-02 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived ballot-access congressional-district equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment signature-requirements third-party third-party-candidates Does a State violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments when its ballot-access restrictions on third-party candidates for United States Representativ…
22-5245 Pamela McCoy v. Florida Florida 2022-08-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection fair-proceeding juvenile-sentencing manifest-injustice sentencing-review Does the decision of the Florida State Courts to deny the Petitioner relief violate the Petitioner's rights under the Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Am…
22-5229 Gwendolyn Wilson v. Hillsborough Township Construction/Building Department, et al. Third Circuit 2022-07-29 Denied IFP civil-rights equal-protection fair-housing fourteenth-amendment municipal-services property-assessments racial-discrimination retaliation Whether the Equal Protection Clause is implicated by allegations of racial discrimination in municipal services and policies
22-5181 Edward Avila v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing Whether the Petitioner's due process rights were violated when the Respondent did not provide the Petitioner a voice as guaranteed by the United State…
22-5178 Daniel K. Cleary v. Illinois Illinois 2022-07-25 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
22-5179 Jon Christopher Stoune v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance patent section-2255 standing takings Should the Court grant a Certificate of Appealability
22-5152 In Re Jerry N. Alfred 2022-07-22 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction due-process equal-protection false-evidence fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is violated when a state knowingly uses false evidence to…
22-5163 Diann Ramcharan v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection immigration immigration-fraud jury-selection race-discrimination racial-bias voir-dire Is it an abuse of discretion for a district court, when there is a proper request by the accused, to refuse to conduct reasonable voir dire inquiry in…
22-5148 Johnson Christopher Jamerson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-07-21 Denied IFP administrative-law administrative-remedies civil-rights constitutional-rights corrections-department due-process equal-protection legal-claims separation-of-powers standing Whether the Florida Department of Corrections is allowed to choose not to enforce the law as the Department sees fit, in violation of the Separation o…
22-5141 Jodie Louise Byrne v. Maryland, et al. First Circuit 2022-07-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 1983-civil-action civil-rights constitutional-violation consular-notification due-process equal-protection human-rights state-actor-liability victim-protection Failure to apply U.S. laws and protect crime victims' rights
22-5129 V. V. v. E. V. Connecticut 2022-07-19 Denied IFP article-iii article-iii-standing contracts-clause due-process equal-protection full-faith-and-credit next-friend standing supremacy-clause Does the respondent have standing to assert claims as next friend of the child against the petitioner under Article III of the United States Constitut…
22-5130 Timothy J. Mazique v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP arrears child-support civil-procedure due-process equal-protection incarceration judicial-review obligor-rights statutory-interpretation Whether the district court, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Louisiana Supreme Court erred in finding the petitioner responsible for paying arrears…
22-5136 Francette Washington v. Virginia Rodriguez, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-07-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP assets civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment equal-protection financial-status in-forma-pauperis income poverty standing takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated
22-45 Jada Ku v. Great Falls Public Schools Montana 2022-07-18 Denied civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-accommodation legal-representation mental-disability public-education school-discrimination standing supreme-court-procedure Can the Great Falls Public Schools discriminate against me because of my mental disability?
22-46 Ada County, Idaho v. Idaho Commission for Reapportionment, et al. Idaho 2022-07-18 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause federal-supremacy reapportionment state-administrative-body state-court-review state-redistricting Whether principles of federal supremacy and due process permit a nonjudicial state entity to reject claims of federal constitutional rights violations…
22-47 Kerry Benninghoff, Individually and as Majority Leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives v. 2021 Legislative Reapportionment Commission, et al. Pennsylvania 2022-07-18 Denied Amici (1) civil-rights district-drawing equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legislative-redistricting racial-gerrymandering redistricting voting-rights-act Whether districts drawn for transparently racial reasons, without a VRA-compliance justification, satisfy the Fourteenth Amendment merely because the …
22-5086 Nouboukpo Gassesse v. University of Connecticut Connecticut 2022-07-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 14th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection motion-for-default state-court-decisions summary-judgment trial-court-procedure Whether the plaintiff's 14th-amendment-due-process rights were violated by the trial court's alleged unequal treatment of the parties
22-5095 J. Christopher Wreh v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-07-13 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review standing Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in denying the petition for writ of certiorari
22-5096 Theodore Luczak v. Illinois Illinois 2022-07-13 Dismissed IFP citizen-rights civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federalism judicial-system legal-procedure legislative-overreach separation-of-powers state-attorney state-attorney-general Whether a state's attorney can enact legislation that violates state and federal constitutional rights
22-35 Yufan Zhang v. UnitedHealth Group, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-07-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment arbitration burden-of-proof due-process employment-termination equal-protection evidence-destruction intellectual-property Whether the burden of proof with clear and convincing evidence was improperly imposed on the plaintiff
22-5051 Gabriel M. Robles, et al. v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-rights due-process energy-assistance equal-protection in-forma-pauperis low-income-assistance poverty poverty-level Have the Courts enacted 'Rules' and Congress made laws that serve to deprive the poor and needy, the elderly, and the developmentally disabled, their …
22-5031 Thomas Sawyer v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-07-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection public-services race-discrimination Whether the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits the government from discriminating against individuals based on their race i…
21-1609 Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona v. Paul A. Isaacson, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-06-30 Denied civil-rights due-process equal-protection injunction irreparable-harm stay Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying a stay of the injunction
21-1610 Paula Steven v. Federal Way School District Washington 2022-06-29 Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment parental-rights racial-discrimination school-access school-segregation truancy-law Whether a Black mother of a public school student has a Fourteenth Amendment right to walk her student through the main entrance and not receive truan…
21-8245 Felix I. Gaspard v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, et al. Florida 2022-06-29 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure judicial-immunity property-rights takings Whether the judiciary has jurisdiction to effectuate the 'Taking without due process and without just compensation' of a pro se black disabled senior …
21-8265 Michael S. Gorbey v. United States District of Columbia 2022-06-29 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-review appointment-of-counsel compassionate-release constitutional-rights covid-19 criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation Question not identified
21-8241 Randy Lassiter v. Gerald Jenkins, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-06-28 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection qualified-immunity standing summary-judgment Whether the US Court of Appeals erred in granting respondents' motion for summary judgment in favor of defendants
21-8246 Richard D. Bostwick v. 44 Chestnut Street, Wakefield, Massachusetts, et al. Massachusetts 2022-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-immunity reasonable-accommodation regulatory-taking standing substantive-due-process Whether the Remedies, Procedures and Rights set forth in the Americans with Disabilities Act are unconstitutional
21-1588 Susan Spell v. Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services California 2022-06-24 Denied child-custody civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fraud racial-discrimination writ-of-error-coram-vobis Does a trial court violate the Equal Protection clause when it bases a child custody order on a racially discriminatory theory?
21-8161 Onofre Tommy Serrano v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1443 civil-rights civil-rights-removal criminal-prosecution due-process equal-protection federal-defense federal-jurisdiction federal-removal jurisdiction removal statutory-interpretation Does besa domed equal cunt 2) airts oO» the basis of gelato { colae pursuant t> UL USC ¢ 20004{4) quelily foe Removel pubs tnt to 12 USC & \\443 0?
21-8165 Darryl Keith Rolle v. Florida Florida 2022-06-16 Denied IFP 14th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection rule-of-lenity sentencing Whether Florida Statute section 775.021(1) concerning the rule of lenity is being unconstitutionally applied to defendants in violation of the due pro…
21-8097 Thomas Randall Ainsworth v. Robert Powell, Warden Tenth Circuit 2022-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-laws due-process equal-protection sentencing statutory-interpretation utah Whether the differing penalties established by Utah's drug and measurable substance provisions violate due process or equal protection
21-8105 Rashaun Antonio Taylor v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
21-1547 Chris C. Streeter v. John D. Casey, Chief Justice, Massachusetts Probate and Family Court Massachusetts 2022-06-09 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-delay probate-court standing If the Petitioner's 14th Amendment right to due process and equal protection under the law are violated by the delays in issuing rulings as justice de…
21-1529 Jian Wang, aka James Wang v. International Business Machines Corporation Second Circuit 2022-06-06 Denied asl-interpreter civil-rights deaf-litigant deaf-litigants due-process equal-protection pro-se property-rights Whether the Petitioner, as a Deaf plaintiff in a civil proceeding, was denied property rights without due process and equal protection of the laws tha…
21-8066 Christopher Darnell Wilson v. South Carolina, et al. South Carolina 2022-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-error due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-bias multi-district-litigation res-judicata separation-of-powers subject-matter-jurisdiction Question not identified
21-8049 Thomas Tate Tunstall v. Hope Daigle, fka Hope D. Theriot Fifth Circuit 2022-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process eleventh-amendment equal-protection ex-parte-young fourth-amendment section-1983 statute-of-limitations Whether the doctrine of Ex parte Young allows a federal court to exercise jurisdiction over a claim seeking return of illegally seized property
21-8050 Brad Allen Dunn v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-06-03 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection first-amendment public-university religious-freedom standing student-organization takings viewpoint-discrimination Whether the court erred in denying the petitioner's motion to dismiss the respondent's complaint
21-8032 Michael G. Peters v. Innocent Projects of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-06-02 Dismissed IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection fundamental-rights marriage sexual-orientation Whether the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause and the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause prohibit the government from denying a person'…
21-8019 Levelt Dewarren Musgraves v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-law-application juvenile-lifers parole sentencing sentencing-modification state-court-review Whether the Wisconsin state courts failed to conduct a complete review of the Public Interest Justice Initiative (PIJI) sentencing issue, and whether …
21-8028 Ryricka Nikita Custis v. Virginia Virginia 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 1st-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection state-action Whether the Petitioner's Constitutional Rights Were Violated Under The Constitution Of Virginia and the United States Constitution?
21-1506 Christine M. Owen v. Liberty University, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-funding institutional-accountability public-private title-ix Whether students at private colleges and universities are entitled to the same contractual, due-process, constitutional-rights, title-ix, equal-protec…
21-1507 Houston Byrd, Jr. v. Christopher Cook, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights court-conspiracy due-process equal-protection fair-hearing judicial-bias jurisdiction procedural-fairness Did the Circuit court violate one's civil and constitutional rights?
21-1499 Mahesh Ramchanndani v. Sunil Gahdhi, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-31 Denied civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-law federal-statute property-rights racial-discrimination security-deposit standing tenant-rights Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1982 for failure to state a claim
21-7984 Emilio Gomez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing summary-judgment Whether the courts erred in refusing to consider factual assertions when a petitioner has shown a prima facie case of discrimination
21-7991 Mario Mandell Moore v. Michigan Michigan 2022-05-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection identification-procedure identification-procedures police-misconduct show-up-identification show-up-identifications writ-of-certiorari Whether petitioner is entitled to a writ of certiorari where Michigan has denied him due process, equal protection and ignored the dictates of this Co…
21-1485 In Re Eileen Vey 2022-05-25 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-venue due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct retaliation self-defense Whether this Court should clear Eileen Vey of all charges, since she was clearly criminally prosecuted and deprived of 'reasonable doubt'
21-7913 William Earl Sweet v. Florida Florida 2022-05-19 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection faretta-standard fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus harmless-error self-representation timeliness Right-to-self-representation
21-7914 Andres Santana v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District California 2022-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-rights board-of-regents civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus people-v-wende pro-se-brief state-created-liberty-interest wende-procedure Whether a California Penal Code §1237(b) appeal is a state-created liberty interest under Board of Regents, and if so, whether the right to file pro s…
21-7916 James Fetzer v. Leonard Pozner Wisconsin 2022-05-19 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3)IFP 14th-amendment 7th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection equal-rights jury-trial summary-judgment wisconsin May rules of summary judgment vary throughout the states allowing the Wisconsin Judiciary to conduct and affirm a non-jury trial under the pretense of…
21-7917 Larry Pride Jr. v. Florida Florida 2022-05-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether a conflict in the decision at Amended
21-7920 Jimmy Lee Wheeler v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction government-misconduct habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard structural-error Whether Thin Court Will Cobh, Hat 2 Mant Peet injudiiee. has heen Crrtumven%e d by The lower Courts and Also been diste garde d by The Appellate | Cou…
21-7925 Robert Wallace Smith v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit procedural-default standing Did the Ninth Circuit err by deciding the merit of an appeal not properly before the court to justify the denial of certificate of appealability
21-7896 Margie E. Robertson v. District of Columbia District of Columbia 2022-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights district-of-columbia due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection judicial-employment title-vii Question not identified.
21-7901 Richard Coleman v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-05-18 Denied IFP anti-pro-se-bias civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech judicial-overreach obstruction-of-justice pro-se-bias seventh-amendment Whether judges judging judges in cases in which one party is not represented results in pro se litigants being victims of judicial criminal acts
21-7903 Steve Ballesteros v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-05-18 Denied IFP 5th-amendment appellate-review attorney-ineffectiveness constitutional-limitation due-process equal-protection federal-habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction procedural-error strickland-v-washington Is state-appellate-court-hindering-post-collateral-proceeding-unconstitutional
21-7911 Lincoln Dille, aka Lincoln Dille II v. Mississippi Mississippi 2022-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection evidence-sufficiency jury-instructions jury-selection racial-discrimination speedy-trial standing whether-the-state-used-all-of-its-peremptory-challenges-against-african-american-jurors
21-7894 Dana Albrecht v. Katherine Albrecht New Hampshire 2022-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP domestic-violence due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment objective-standards orders-of-protection protective-order supreme-court Whether the Due Process or Equal Protection Clause require objective standards for the issuance or extension of a domestic violence order of protectio…
21-7833 Rhonda Nanette Polite v. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Ninth Circuit 2022-05-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims
21-7842 Tommy Dean Bullcoming v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment access-to-evidence constitutional-rights crime-scene-access criminal-defendant-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-gathering fair-trial property-rights Does an accused have a constitutional right to access a private crime scene?
21-7846 Jose L. Arroyo-Garcia v. Ohio Ohio 2022-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure discrimination due-process equal-protection exceptions indictment-amendment legal-discrimination state-court state-courts Does the Due Process Clause tolerate invidious discrimination by way of a state court's denial of a well-established exception to the rule?
21-1432 K. S., Father v. Iowa Department of Human Services, et al. Iowa 2022-05-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection juvenile-court parental-rights procedural-hearing standing termination-of-rights Does the consolidated hearing violate petitioner's rights to procedural-due-process, substantive-due-process, equal-protection
21-7825 Charles Wycuff v. Ed Sheldon, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-amendments due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default sixth-amendment Whether the procedural default creates a miscarriage of justice that denies Petitioner his fundamental rights
21-7802 In Re Jaime Rodriguez, aka Jay, et al. 2022-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment second-circuit uncontested-factual-circumstances united-states-court-of-appeals united-states-v-heymond united-states-v-merced writ-of-mandamus Whether a Writ of Mandamus should issue
21-7807 In Re Rafael Cezar Danam 2022-05-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection first-amendment jury-trial mandamus-writ redress-of-grievances supremacy-clause Writ of Mandamus to Correct Constitutional Violations
21-7808 John Edward McIntyre v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-interdiction criminal-procedure equal-protection fourth-amendment high-crime-neighborhood high-crime-neighborhoods law-enforcement probable-cause racial-profiling targeted-enforcement traffic-stop Whether the holding in Whren v. United States should be overruled in cases where a traffic stop is the result of a targeted criminal interdiction oper…
21-7792 John Joseph Dedeaux v. Marc McClure, Superintendent, Central Mississippi Correctional Facility Fifth Circuit 2022-05-05 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-questions due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto jurisdiction retroactive-application statutory-interpretation vagueness whether-the-retroactive-application-of-mississippi-statute-creates-a-significant-risk-of-prolonging-the-petitioner's-stay-in-prison
21-1413 James Tolle v. Ralph Northam, Governor of Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-05-03 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection executive-order first-amendment friends-of-the-earth-v-laidlaw mootness-doctrine roman-catholic-diocese-of-brooklyn-v-cuomo state-of-emergency mootness-doctrine
21-7745 Raymond E. Lumsden v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction standing Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in its decision
21-7722 Santonio Byars v. Illinois Illinois 2022-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky civil-rights equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes racial-discrimination voir-dire Whether the Illinois Appellate Court erred in not finding the State's reason for removing two Black prospective jurors was pretext for discrimination
21-7691 Larry Eugene Fuller v. Colorado Colorado 2022-04-26 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its ruling
21-7708 Amit Patel v. Mark Rockwood Second Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech habeas-corpus in-custody When the District Court sua sponte dismissed a habeas corpus petition, was the petitioner's freedom of speech, right to petition the government, due p…
21-1383 Alejandro Asbun v. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services North Carolina 2022-04-26 Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment government-activities property-interest state-courts state-created-property sua-sponte whistleblower-protection whistleblower-protections Whether the Due Process Clause protects a state-created property interest in whistleblower protections
21-7679 Richard Morrison v. CCA CORR - Civil, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-21 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-statute jurisdiction standing Whether the U.S. Middle-District Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals violated the Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause
21-7620 Arizona Hall v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights civil-rights-violation color-and-race constitutional-rights due-process eighth-circuit equal-protection federal-judiciary missouri-laws racial-discrimination Whether white federal judges of the Eastern District of Missouri under color of Missouri laws willfully subjected petitioner based on his color and ra…
21-7614 Jacqueline M. Tauscher v. Pamela Donison, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-04-13 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection equal-rights gender gender-discrimination legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation Does 'all persons' as stated in 42 U.S.C. 1981 Equal Rights Under the Law also include the female gender?
21-1349 Ignis Development, Inc., et al. v. Long Island College Hospital, et al. New York 2022-04-13 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion new-york-law statutory-interpretation supervisory-power Did the Second Department of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York create an illegal and irrebuttable presumption in New York State …
21-7595 O. C. v. V. C. Ohio 2022-04-12 Denied Relisted (3)IFP 14th-amendment custody custody-order due-process equal-protection evidence evidence-exclusion judicial-procedure parental-rights Did the appellate court deny O.C. due process-and-equal-protection
21-7596 Janai Meeks v. Butte County District Attorney, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions detention due-process equal-protection judicial-review jurisdictional-issues juvenile-justice legal-interpretation procedural-rules standing statutory-provisions Whether the juvenile court erred in ordering the placement of the petitioner in a juvenile detention facility without due process
21-1330 Arthur O. Armstrong v. City of Conyers, Georgia Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-06 Denied civil-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause false-reports fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment official-discrimination racial-profiling search-and-seizure warrantless-search Whether respondent violated the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments
21-7545 Sloan Patrick Stanley v. Jeffrey Uttecht, Superintendent, Coyote Ridge Corrections Center Ninth Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 civil-rights constitutional-provisions custody-status due-process equal-protection federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review statutory-interpretation Is petitioner entitled to be found 'in custody' for purposes of 28 USC § 2254, given the particular facts, in accord with Ninth Circuit Court of Appea…
21-7550 Sharon Neal v. Natalia Neal Oregon 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal due-process equal-protection indigent involuntary-dismissal judicial-discretion sanctions Is it a violation of due-process to involuntarily dismiss a case with prejudice for a party's failure to pay a monetary sanction that bears no relevan…
21-7527 Kieron Derek Penigar v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-04-01 Dismissed IFP 13th-amendment civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection healthcare-access interstate-travel reproductive-rights slavery state-restrictions states-rights Whether the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution allows slavery in the Confederate states?
21-7500 William Curtis Jones v. Texas Texas 2022-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
21-7501 Helen Tyne Mayfield v. Texas Texas 2022-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus right-to-confrontation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-in-abstentia Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals abused its discretion in not reviewing a petition for discretionary review and writ of habeas corpus for m…
21-7504 Michael Bruce Bynoe v. Nevada Nevada 2022-03-31 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-claims constitutional-law district-court due-process equal-protection immunity-provision judicial-jurisdiction legal-review post-conviction racial-discrimination standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause
21-7511 Kevin E. Herriott v. Charles Burton, Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech government-regulation judicial-review Whether the South Carolina appellate court's ruling is constitutional and reasonable in content to further a legitimate governmental objective?
21-7514 Sidney J. Clark, Jr. v. Kansas Kansas 2022-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-withholding full-faith-and-credit habeas-corpus sentencing Whether the sentencing of S.J.C.Jr. to the H.C.A. pursuant to K.S.A. 21-4504 without legal proof of a prior judicial court proceeding in Texas violate…
21-7515 Paula Antonia Gordon v. Leslie Nelson Parker, et al. Louisiana 2022-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP bench-warrant child-custody contempt dna-testing due-process equal-protection family-court human-trafficking judicial-misconduct order-of-appeal Did the family court judge commit human-trafficking,violate-equal-protection,violate-due-process,find-grandmother-guilty-of-contempt,issue-bench-warra…
21-1308 J. Martin Robertson v. Larkspur Courts, et al. California 2022-03-31 Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment medicaid medicare medicare-reporting privacy settlement-disclosure social-security social-security-privacy Whether Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 requires settlement or judgment debtors to report the Social Security n…
21-7490 Jeremy P. Spencer v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-03-30 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review standing Whether the court failed to provide a reasoned decision and adequate explanation for its ruling
21-7475 Edward James Rose v. Arizona Arizona 2022-03-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky constitutional-inquiry discriminatory-purpose equal-protection judicial-speculation jury-selection peremptory-strikes prosecutorial-discretion Whether a court can use its own speculation to supplant facts necessary to make findings at each step of the Batson inquiry
21-7446 Kristopher Kyle Russell v. Texas Texas 2022-03-24 Denied IFP criminal-procedure dna-testing due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion post-conviction-relief standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Texas courts' interpretation of the statute requiring appointment of counsel to determine if biological evidence exists violates due proce…
21-7453 Jaime Luevano v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-03-24 Dismissed IFP administrative-law due-process equal-protection medical-marijuana standing takings Whether the state's denial of a permit to operate a medical marijuana dispensary violates the Due Process Clause
21-7455 Don'te Lamont McDaniel v. California California 2022-03-24 Denied IFP batson-challenge civil-rights due-process equal-protection jury-selection mixed-motive peremptory-strikes prosecutorial-bias racial-bias racial-discrimination racial-stereotypes Proper method for assessing mixed motive in Batson cases
21-7461 Antonio D. Rooks-Byrd v. Nebraska Nebraska 2022-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-violation constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legal-procedure plea-agreement sixth-amendment speedy-trial Do the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment's under the U.S. Constitution apply for Sixth Month Speedy Trial violation?
21-1288 Libertarian Party of Alabama v. John Harold Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-23 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment political-parties voter-registration Does it violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments for a State to discriminate against minor political parties by providing voter-registration-lists …
21-7430 Roberto Padilla Espinoza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection fifth-circuit-review judicial-discretion prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines Whether the Fifth Circuit improperly approved the district court's decision to increase the petitioner's sentence based on unscored prior convictions
21-7434 Darryl Williams v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender circuit-split crime-of-violence due-process equal-protection residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines Whether the residual clause in the then-mandatory Sentencing Guidelines is unconstitutionally vague under the Due Process Clause, resulting in unequal…
21-7425 Jabari J. Johnson v. Patrick Gentzler, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-03-21 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the Supreme Court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
21-7396 Hung M. Nguyen v. Yolo County District Attorney Ninth Circuit 2022-03-17 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-deprivation due-process equal-protection immunity negligence policy-maker prosecutorial-immunity public-entity Does Yolo County District Attorney Office as Public Entity have any liabilities or qualify for prosecutory immunity due to negligence or reckless rela…
21-7399 Rosalind A. Clayton v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-discrimination civil-rights due-process eeoc-administrative-remedies employment-discrimination equal-protection exhaustion-of-administrative-remedies federal-employees subject-matter-jurisdiction title-vii Where the Courts decision egregiously conflicts with Supreme Court Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis 18-525 and 29 C.F.R. 1613.513, as amend. Was petit…
21-7378 Andrew Long v. Oregon State Bar Oregon 2022-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-discipline bribery disbarment due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indefinite-suspension state-attorney-discipline state-bar-misconduct witness-bribery Did the Oregon Supreme Court violate Long's Fourteenth Amendment right to due process prior to deprivation of his property interest
21-7365 Louis Matthew Clements v. Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-consent child-marriage civil-rights criminal-registration due-process equal-protection florida-law sexual-offense statutory-interpretation statutory-rape Whether the State of Florida's laws that criminalize consensual sex between adults and minors while shielding certain adults from the same or worse ac…
21-7377 Rosee Torres, et vir v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights civil-rights-act constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction identity-theft judicial-recusal mortgage-fraud rico-act standing takings Whether Torres are entitled to protections of Amendments 5, 6, 7, 13, and 14 to the Constitution
21-1231 Priscilla Lefebure v. Samuel D'Aquilla, Individually and in His Official Capacity as District Attorney Fifth Circuit 2022-03-10 Denied Amici (4) article-iii-standing causation civil-rights damages discriminatory-policy district-attorney due-process equal-protection sexual-assault standing Whether a rape victim has Article III standing to sue for damages
21-1221 S. U. v. C. J. West Virginia 2022-03-08 Denied Response Waived biological-parenthood civil-rights due-process equal-protection family-law family-separation fourteenth-amendment gestational-surrogacy maternity-presumption reproductive-rights standing surrogacy Whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires equal protection of biological parents, and their resulting children, who utilize gestational surrogacy to p…
21-7299 Rasheed Ali Muhammad v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jurisdiction Whether petitioner's conviction was reviewed in violation of due process and equal protection rights
21-7302 Christian Peterson v. Kansas Kansas 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge Batson-v-Kentucky civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure jury-selection race-discrimination racial-discrimination Did the Kansas courts err in failing to recognize race discrimination under Batson
21-7307 Jennifer McFarland v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike racial-discrimination venireperson Whether the government's preemptory strike of Prospective Juror 128, the sole black venireperson in the 31-member pool of potential jurors, violated M…
21-1212 Linsay Lorine Gatsby, nka Linsay Lorine Wallace v. Kylee Diane Gatsby Idaho 2022-03-07 Denied Relisted (2) child-custody civil-rights due-process equal-protection family-law fundamental-rights parental-rights same-sex-marriage Whether both members of a same-sex married couple have the same fundamental right as opposite-sex married couples to participate in the care, custody,…
21-7282 Joshua Davis Bland v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-04 Denied IFP censorship compelling-interest equal-protection fourteenth-amendment least-restrictive-means r-l-u-i-p-a religious-freedom religious-practice rluipa Does a state prison have the right to void an inmate's religious practice?
21-7283 Earnest J. Matthews v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-03-04 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified
21-7263 Michael Halford v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment self-incrimination spousal-privilege Whether the denial of Petitioner's Spousal Privilege to exclude testimony at trial violated his rights against self-incrimination, due process, equal …
21-7264 Samuel Lee Gore v. Gus J. Skropas, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-03 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction due-process equal-protection federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure standing state-law-interpretation Does the United States Constitution guarantee a United States citizen due process and equal protection under the law?
21-1200 Sherif A. Philips v. Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-03 Denied civil-rights diversity-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection federal-question-jurisdiction fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment fraud-upon-the-court personal-jurisdiction Whether the unrecognized transfer of a case from the Guam Superior Court to the Guam District Court, despite a lack of jurisdiction, led to a default …
21-7193 Jose Yeyille v. Justin Cole Speigel Florida 2022-02-25 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics privileges-and-immunities recusal Whether a state trial court judge should be disqualified on Fourteenth Amendment due process, equal protection, and privileges and immunities grounds …
21-7212 Kecia Porter v. Queen Cunningham Illinois 2022-02-25 Denied IFP capacity-determination competency constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-review legal-review power-of-attorney retroactive Whether the Petitioners' 5th and 14th Amendment rights were violated when the reviewing courts denied review on the merits of the case as the Petition…
21-7213 Kwasi McKinney v. Arkansas Arkansas 2022-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection postconviction-relief speedy-trial When does the direct appeal of a jury trial conviction of six (6) different criminal offenses and sentence become final?
21-7216 Cory Mendrell Welch v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2022-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant civil rights statutes and constitutional provisions
21-7198 Remel Ahart v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2022-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP and whether Massachusetts's appellate review prov appellate-review collateral-review criminal-procedure equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel postconviction-review procedural-default sixth-amendment When a court issues a procedural ruling not to extend the benefits of a new rule collaterally to those who did not preserve their claim, does the Sixt…
21-7167 M. D. v. Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Child and Family Services Division, et al. Montana 2022-02-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection parental-rights standing Why was TL not afforded rights to due process?
21-7172 Corey J. Zinman v. Nova Southeastern University, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure due-process en-banc-review equal-protection mootness preliminary-injunction vacatur Whether a final order of dismissal automatically moots an interlocutory appeal of an order denying preliminary injunctive relief
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
21-7155 Binbing Xie v. Yan Fang Chen New York 2022-02-18 Denied IFP 14th-amendment abuse-of-discretion amendment-xiv civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure trial-court-discretion Whether the trial court abused its discretion by violating the Due Process and Equal Protection of United States Constitution, Amendment XIV to procee…
21-7145 Kevin Hall v. Illinois Illinois 2022-02-17 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection property-rights standing takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
21-1136 M. S. v. J. B. Massachusetts 2022-02-17 Denied due-process equal-protection ex-parte-order ex-parte-restraining-orders false-impression-of-dangerousness fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment records-expungement restraining-order vacated-orders due-process
21-7130 Jabari J. Johnson v. DeFrancesco, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-02-15 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the District Court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
21-7087 In Re Wesley Thompson 2022-02-09 Denied IFP appeals criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus sentencing Was Mr. Thompson's convictions affirmed despite constitutional violations?
21-1102 Oklahoma v. Shaynna Lauren Sims Oklahoma 2022-02-08 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federalism indian-country native-american-rights non-indian-crimes state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty Whether a state has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-1087 Wes Allen, Alabama Secretary of State, et al. v. Marcus Caster, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-07 Denied Amici (1) congressional-districts equal-protection gerrymandering minority-representation preliminary-injunction racial-gerrymandering redistricting section-2 standing voting-rights-act whether-alabama's-2021-congressional-map-violates-the-voting-rights-act
21-1094 Jacques Jean Kabongo v. Michigan Michigan 2022-02-07 Denied appellate-review batson-challenge due-process equal-protection fair-trial jury-selection structural-error supreme-court-review Whether the Michigan Supreme Court's application of Batson was objectively unreasonable
21-1081 L. Lin Wood v. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-04 Denied Response Waived due-process election-procedure election-procedures equal-protection federal-elections legislative-authority standing vote-dilution voter-rights Whether the Petitioner has standing to challenge the unconstitutional actions of non-legislative officials who altered federal election procedures
21-7046 Makeda Haile v. Abdul Conteh Virginia 2022-02-03 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment human-rights judicial-discretion privileges-or-immunities standing takings Whether this court is willing to stop the violation of the Fourteenth Amendment right
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
21-7021 John Matthew Gayden, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions governing the case
21-7025 Derrick Garrell Samuels v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-rights due-process equal-protection expert-testimony fair-trial fifth-amendment jury-composition jury-selection prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination sixth-amendment Whether Samuel's Fifth Amendment rights were violated when he was forced to proceed to trial as the only black person in the courtroom
21-7028 Fred Pride v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law due-process equal-protection informal-claim medical-record pro-se pro-se-veteran va-medical-records veterans-affairs veterans-benefits Whether the VA failed to ensure due process and equal protection for a pro se veteran by not examining all claims found in the medical record
21-1058 Oklahoma v. Marquise Petey White Oklahoma 2022-02-01 GVR Relisted (2) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process equal-protection indian-country non-indian-defendants public-safety state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute nonIndians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-1048 Cesar Caballero, et al. v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-01-27 Denied Response Waived equal-protection first-amendment native-american-land-rights native-american-lands political-question-doctrine quiet-title right-to-access-courts sovereign-immunity whether-native-american-tribe-barred-from-pursuing-in-rem-quiet-title-remedies
21-1038 John B. Kenney v. City of San Diego, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-01-25 Denied Response Waived brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights damages due-process equal-protection first-amendment judicial-misconduct retaliation standing Whether the video evidence of criminal and constitutional violations by law enforcement was improperly suppressed
21-6963 Vincent X. Lee, aka Imam M. Khalifa Al-Amin v. Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-01-25 Dismissed IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions governing the issues prese…
21-6935 Richard Roy Blake v. City of Northglenn, Colorado Colorado 2022-01-21 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-assembly free-speech municipal-code vagueness Did the City of Northglenn, Colorado police department violate Petitioner's First Amendment rights to free-speech, free-assembly on January 4, 2020 wh…
21-6925 Chong Su Yi v. Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr., Governor of Maryland, et al. Maryland 2022-01-20 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights court-rules due-process equal-protection judicial-deference judicial-discretion legal-interpretation procedural-fit statutory-interpretation Could the court apply rules that do not fit the person?
21-6903 Michel Thomas v. Grundfos, CBS, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-01-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant statutory provisions
21-6907 Linda Baldwin v. Zurich American Insurance Company Fifth Circuit 2022-01-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal citizenship civil-procedure class-action class-decertification constitutional-law due-process equal-protection equitable-tolling privileges-and-immunities Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in applying equitable tolling to allow an untimely petition for permission to appeal a class decertification order
21-1015 Angela Cao v. BSI Financial Services, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-01-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure due-process equal-protection issue-preclusion judicial-power separation-of-powers sua-sponte ultra-vires Whether the lower courts acted ultra vires and the judgments below are void
21-6900 Patrice E. Brown v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry Arizona 2022-01-18 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
21-6854 Joe Byrd v. Bank of New York Mellon, fka Trustee for the Benefit of Alternative Loan Trust 2007-J1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-01-14 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-jurisdiction dismissal dismissal-with-prejudice due-process equal-protection federal-statute subject-matter-jurisdiction Is it an error, a violation of federal statute, and an impermissible denial of due process of law and equal protection of law for a court without subj…
21-6868 Michael D. Webb v. Anthony S. Fauci, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP and whether summary judgment can be granted in a administrative-law administrative-remedies civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment freedom-of-information-act freedom-of-religion standing Whether a requester is entitled to compel a district court to enjoin an agency from withholding records and order production of improperly withheld re…
21-6875 Dontaie Anderson v. Kyle Russell, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2022-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection evidence judicial-procedure sentencing supreme-court Whether the governments need to secure court appearance outweigh the security of person from severe harms, mental and physical, due process and punish…
21-6848 Juan Manuel Lopez v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-01-13 Denied IFP criminal-procedure equal-protection equal-protection-clause federal-major-crimes-act judicial-interpretation major-crimes-act mcgirt-v-oklahoma native-american-rights new-rule subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), announced a new rule of criminal procedure
21-6828 James Jonathan Mitchell v. Florida Florida 2022-01-12 Denied IFP appellate-procedure collateral-relief due-process equal-protection gideon-v-wainwright habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-procedure Does it tonsure (shear) due process & equal protection for the State (Florida) to summarily 'dismiss as unauthorized' a prison Petitioner's is State w…
21-6810 Jodie T. v. Illinois Illinois 2022-01-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
21-6784 Brian James Talbot v. Virginia Virginia 2022-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-consistency legal-precedent plea-withdrawal precedent Can the decision in the present case and the-prior decision of the Court of Appeals of Virginia in Williams v. Commonwealth and its progeny, be reconc…
21-6792 Pauline Leslie v. Alexander Bodkin, et al. Massachusetts 2022-01-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection hipaa independent-medical-examiner medical-malpractice Whether the State of Massachusetts has authority to abrogate a citizen's Constitutional rights under the 14th Amendment Due Process
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…
21-6801 In re Johnny McMahon 2022-01-10 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection evidentiary-hearing extrinsic-fraud fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-fair-trial Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying a second or successive petition on the petitioner's claims of due-process, equal-protection, ineffective-as…
21-6807 Davis Salary v. California California 2022-01-10 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief sentencing Is there a possibility to have my prior 5 year prison sentence dismissed?
21-6778 In Re Mark Thomas Garrett 2022-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights court-discretion due-process equal-protection exceptional-circumstances extraordinary-relief legal-remedy qualified-immunity standing writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
21-6767 Bryce Clair Clark v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
21-6771 Charles Reddicks v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2022-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-records equal-protection fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury jury-selection race-neutral racial-discrimination sixth-amendment Whether permitting the Government to run criminal records for potential jurors, then use the records of the record check to strike jurors of color, vi…
21-969 Jean Coulter v. Gerri Volchko Paulisick, et al. Pennsylvania 2022-01-06 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights court-rules due-process equal-protection judicial-bias pro-se pro-se-litigation standing state-courts Has the Trial Court accurately conclude that the Pervasive Bias which is evident in the states' justice systems, also extends even to this This Honora…
21-955 Khristy Goins Rismiller, Tutrix for Daniel Edward Goins, et al. v. Gemini Insurance Company, et al. Louisiana 2021-12-30 Denied Response Waived adoption adoption-law biological-classification civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection intermediate-scrutiny levy-v-louisiana wrongful-death Do children given in adoption have a constitutional right to sue for the wrongful death of their biological parent and siblings under the 14th Amendme…
21-957 Marci M. Webber v. Illinois Illinois 2021-12-30 Denied Response Waived civil-rights confinement due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment mental-health mental-health-detention ngri not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity Whether a State's indefinite confinement of an NGRI acquittee, who is no longer psychotic, mentally ill, a danger to herself or others, or in need of …
21-960 Oklahoma v. Jessy Shay Bailey Oklahoma 2021-12-30 GVR Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (3) criminal-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection indian-country mcgirt-v-oklahoma tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-6740 Teddy Chiquito v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-12-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process equal-protection indian-civil-rights-act restitution-damages self-defense tribal-bill-of-rights tribal-law Whether the Government and a Tribal Law Enforcement Employer can arbitrarily convict a Tribal Police Officer
21-939 Peter Beasley v. Society of Information Management, Dallas Area Chapter, et al. Texas 2021-12-27 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment race-discrimination racial-discrimination standing vexatious-litigant Whether Texas courts may discriminate against Black people in violation of Due Process and Equal Protection guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment thr…
21-935 McIlwain, LLC, aka Timothy J. McIlwain, Attorney at Law v. Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP Ninth Circuit 2021-12-23 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection osborn-v-bank-of-the-united-states pro-hac-vice pro-se rowland-v-mens-colony subject-matter-jurisdiction summary-judgment transunion-llc-v-ramirez Did the court below err in not considering the subject-matter-jurisdiction
21-937 Christopher Lee Holloway v. Minnesota Eighth Circuit 2021-12-23 Denied Response Waived based solely on the relative age of the actor violates the constitutional right to equal-protec while permitting it to another affirmative-defense age-discrimination constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-law legislative-intent rational-basis Whether the denial of an affirmative defense to one class of offenders in a criminal case
21-6723 Jeremy L. Watson-Buisson v. Virginia Virginia 2021-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights computer-aided-solicitation constitutional-challenge criminal-classification equal-protection indecent-liberties jurisdictional-comparison sex-offender-registration sex-offender-registry standing statutory-interpretation Does the Petitioner lack standing to raise an Equal Protection challenge to Code of Va. § 9.1-902(F) (formerly effective 2018)
21-6709 Suran Wije v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations disability-rights due-process education educational-discrimination equal-protection invisible-disabilities standing systemic-segregation Whether an exception or immunity to the Fifth Amendment allows reinvented segregation to continue within the United States
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…
21-6686 Garry Lynn Baker v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-12-21 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the state courts' dismissal of the petitioner's due process claims violated the Fourteenth Amendment
21-6656 Azizjon Rakhmatov v. United States Second Circuit 2021-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-waiver constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection guilty-plea plea-agreement right-to-appeal right-to-counsel sentencing-bias Whether a sentence based on racial and ethnic bias can be appealed pursuant to the Constitutional rights to due process and equal protection of the la…
21-897 Brian Benson, et al. v. Ann Kemske, et vir Eighth Circuit 2021-12-17 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigation res-judicata standing Whether pro se litigants are entitled to liberal construction of pleadings
21-6637 Kenan Ivery v. Ohio Ohio 2021-12-16 Denied IFP appellate-procedure application-for-reopening due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions ohio-law procedural-dismissal state-court-of-appeals Is a petitioner denied due-process and equal-protection when the state-court-of-appeals procedurally-dismisses his application-for-reopening
21-6647 Kenneth Howard Kerr, III v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP computer-skills due-process equal-protection first-amendment freedom-of-speech injury-in-fact re-entry rehabilitation survival Did the Petitioner state enough facts (included in his attachments as well as the text) to present a valid claim?
21-6595 Ronnie Lee Hightower v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
21-6613 DeAndre Russell, et ux. v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights class-action constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-act pro-se standing stare-decisis Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
21-6596 Jimmy D. Woods v. Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption state-court-jurisdiction supremacy-clause tenth-amendment veterans-benefits veterans-disability Whether the state court had jurisdiction over the federal claims
21-6603 Joanna Blauch v. City of Westminster, Colorado, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-injury due-process equal-protection false-statements justiciability pro-se public-records standing supervisory-liability Whether ignoring live controversies defies U.S. Supreme Court justiciability standards requiring cause applied to injury-in-fact?
21-874 Arthur O. Armstrong v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied 14th-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause false-reports fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment official-discrimination search-and-seizure Whether respondents acted in a conspiracy to violate petitioner's constitutional rights
21-855 Paul M. Mahoney v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three California 2021-12-09 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights contempt contempt-citation due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech judicial-proceedings petition-for-rehearing Whether the California Court of Appeal's contempt citation for statements made in a petition for rehearing violates the First Amendment and equal prot…
21-850 Chelsea C. Eline, et al. v. Town of Ocean City, Maryland Fourth Circuit 2021-12-08 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection gender-classification gender-discrimination government-interest governmental-interest moral-sensibilities tailoring Is protecting traditional moral sensibilities an important governmental interest on which the government may lawfully base a discriminatory gender-bas…
21-6548 James Calhoun-El v. Maryland Maryland 2021-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights comparative-treatment constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion legal-precedent relief-standards standing Whether the lower courts violates the equal protection clause
21-6545 Debra A. Nichols v. William Paul Nichols, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment ada americans-with-disabilities-act equal-protection fifth-amendment government-employees medical-privacy state-actors warrantless-search warrantless-searches Can state actors and/or government employees violate the equal protection clause of the 5th amendment of people considered disabled under the ADA?
21-841 Michael Smallwood v. William Paul Nichols, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-12-07 Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment government-agency government-liability liberty-interest search-and-seizure standing Can state and federal agencies use private entities as agents to commit unlawful search and seizure and deprivation of liberty interest to medical car…
21-6531 Billy Mack Nichols, Jr. v. Gary Kerstein, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-12-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment equal-protection medical-care medical-negligence summary-judgment Whether the lower courts failed to address the medical needs of the petitioner's central diabetes insipidus
21-6511 Betty Caitlin Nicole Smith v. Zachary Taylor Daniel Kentucky 2021-12-03 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights domestic-violence domestic-violence-orders due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct standing state-court-procedure Whether State courts can ignore the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments and deny hearings and equal protection
21-6473 Michael Stumph v. Ohio Ohio 2021-12-02 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP Appellate-Review Cruel-and-Unusual-Punishment Due-Process eighth-amendment Equal-Protection fourteenth-amendment Procedural-Due-Process sentencing-discretion Whether Ohio Revised Code § 2953.08(D)(3) violates the Eighth-Amendment
21-6488 Bertram S. Mann v. Florida Florida 2021-12-02 Denied IFP civil-rights class-action due-process equal-protection qualified-immunity standing Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in dismissing petitioners' claims for lack of standing
21-6468 Joshua Fernandes v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2021-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-discrimination constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-cross-section jury-selection peremptory-challenge race-neutral-reasons Whether age is a protected class and whether excluding young potential jurors violates Equal Protection
21-6471 Jose Francisco Noesi v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection first-step-act retroactivity statutory-interpretation Whether Dottonr is eligible for a Tile IF U.S.0 Secton 3559) CAV), based on the moditiaben of Secbm 3589 COM MG, through the First Step Act of 901%
21-6417 Mausean Carter v. Maryland Maryland 2021-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection judicial-review miranda-rights search-and-seizure standing state-law Whether the lower courts' decision conflicts with an important federal question
21-6420 Simona Tanasescu, et al. v. Dorin Coroian, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-rule civil-rights due-process equal-protection immigration immigration-fraud judicial-procedure pro-se pro-se-litigation racketeering Whether the United States Court for the Ninth Circuit departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings
21-6398 Roy M. Belfast v. M. Breckon, Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-procedure judicial-review standing takings Did the Rope, Aly Covell, Bid to the Violation of the Equal Powers U.S. to the Writ of Certiorari?
21-6348 Rafael Ramiro-Medina v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review batson-challenge criminal-procedure discriminatory-intent equal-protection fact-finding jury-selection procedural-error racial-discrimination standard-of-review Whether a federal court of appeals can conduct appellate fact-finding and resolve the factual question of discriminatory intent under Batson v. Kentuc…
21-758 James P. Tatten v. LSF9 Master Participation Trust Colorado 2021-11-22 Denied 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection foreclosure fourteenth-amendment nonjudicial-foreclosure nonjudicial-hearing property-rights real-property state-court-procedure Whether the district court orders that authorized and approved a public trustee sale and transfer of the homeowner's real property, violated the due p…
21-751 Dr. Ralph Slaughter v. Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System Louisiana 2021-11-19 Denied Response Waived compensation-calculation constitutional-challenge equal-protection judges law-enforcement retirement-benefits state-employees statutory-interpretation supplemental-pay Does the statutory scheme of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System violate the Equal Protection Clause?
21-6341 Donald D. Foltz, Jr. v. Wyoming Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment implied-bias jury-bias jury-selection prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment Was the seating of juror who should have been dismissed for cause requires reversal because implied biased applies to Juror foreman, 1301, married to …
21-6353 Stephen Allwine v. Minnesota Minnesota 2021-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts court-funding due-process equal-protection financial-status in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion legal-procedure post-conviction post-conviction-relief Did the Trial Court err in denying In Forma Pauperis funding based on financial status at start of prosecution rather than post-conviction action?
21-6287 Mario Hernandez-Galarza v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-history discrimination due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment immigration-law liberty noncitizen-rights sentencing-guidelines Whether U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(3) is unconstitutional
21-6316 Clayton G. Walker v. Steve Barnett, South Dakota Secretary of State, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-11-17 Denied IFP ballot-access candidate-selection constitutional-rights election-law election-process equal-protection freedom-of-association independent-candidates major-parties third-party Should Walker as a Governor Candidate be able to choose from any party to join him in the nomination to be on the ballot just as the rights of Major P…
21-6317 Clayton G. Walker v. Steve Barnett, South Dakota Secretary of State, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-11-17 Denied IFP amendment-interpretation candidate-rights constitutional-access election election-rights equal-protection judicial-procedure jurisdiction mask-mandate writ-of-mandamus Question not identified
21-730 'Lanre O. Amu v. Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission Illinois 2021-11-17 Denied attorney-discipline civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-hearing freedom-of-press freedom-of-speech judicial-misconduct racial-discrimination Whether the Illinois Supreme Court Justices are condoning racism and discrimination against the Petitioner
21-6302 Juan Alvarado-Gonzalez v. Illinois Illinois 2021-11-16 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech government-action immigration language-access public-officials retaliation How long Person From Guatemala Central America Denied Motion to withdraw Guilty Plea and Vacated the Sentenced
21-6304 Neng Por Yang v. Ann Marie Holland Minnesota 2021-11-16 Dismissed IFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment harassment-restraining-order judicial-jurisdiction pro-se Whether the Minnesota Court of Appeals decision to continue the enforcement of a fraudulent and pretentious state harassment restraining order to an i…
21-723 Mark Alan Staples v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Tenth Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied Response Waived 1st-amendment 5th-amendment administrative-law disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection ex-parte-communication free-speech social-security-law tax-law Whether the United States is allowed to reduce the income of a person and then tax the income reduction of that person without due process or equal pr…
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
21-6267 Adrienne Brown-Mallard v. Potomac Concrete Company, Inc., et al. Maryland 2021-11-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky civil-rights civil-rights-act constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection j-e-b-v-alabama jury-selection Whether the use of peremptory challenges removing available potential jurors of both the same race and same gender (White Men, White Women, also Black…
21-707 Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-11-15 Denied Amici (14)Relisted (3) admissions affirmative-action civil-rights diversity educational-diversity equal-protection grutter-precedent higher-education higher-education-admissions race-conscious-admissions race-neutral-alternatives Should this Court overrule Grutter v. Bollinger and hold that institutions of higher education cannot use race as a factor in admissions?
21-6248 Oliver Vaughn Douce Al Dey v. New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency, et al. Third Circuit 2021-11-10 Dismissed IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review precedent statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant civil-rights, due-process, and equal-protection laws
21-6214 Usman Oyibo v. North Shore University Hospital, et al. Second Circuit 2021-11-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct legal-procedure standing tuskegee-experiment Question not identified
21-6174 Antonio Smith v. Arkansas Arkansas 2021-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-precedent standing state-law statutory-interpretation Does the Arkansas Code's application of Ark. Code Ann. § 16-49-101 et seq. deprive necessary parties of due process and equal protection under the Fou…
21-6184 Mark Bitzan v. Chris Tripp, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review court-discretion court-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel petition-for-rehearing Where the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit granted permission to file an overlength Petition for Rehearing and then denies the Petition for…
21-6160 Dennis Dean Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights criminal-justice-reform cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection first-step-act prior-convictions retroactive-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantial-changes Has the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment required the Supreme Court to remedy it in the case where persons similarly sit…
21-6161 Adam Rene Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-court judicial-review jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
21-6167 Harry Sharod James v. Roy Cooper, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-11-03 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure law-library legal-access prisoner-rights Whether the petitioner was deprived of his fundamental constitutional right of access to the courts by not having access to a meaningful, effective, a…
21-6153 Suran Wije v. David A. Burns, et al. Texas 2021-11-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-liberties due-process equal-protection equal-rights fourteenth-amendment immunity leave-to-amend liberty nondisclosure qualified-immunity sovereign-immunity Do the interests of 'justice so require' a leave to amend, when purposeful obfuscation, legal trickery, and nondisclosed affirmative defenses like imm…
21-6114 Hewitt A. Grant, II v. Florida Florida 2021-11-01 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution due-process equal-protection fair-trial fifth-amendment racial-discrimination standing systematic-exclusion Was Petitioner Racially Discriminated because he is Black?
21-6143 Stephen Cameron Zyszkiewicz v. California California 2021-11-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights controlled-substances-act equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment freedom-of-religion marijuana-prohibition religious-freedom state-federal-conflict Whether there is a conflict of state and federal law with regards to marijuana/hashish and/or mescaline
21-6075 James Frei v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection qualified-immunity standing summary-judgment Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in its judgment
21-6106 Ahmed Osman Farah v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest-record circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion sentencing-enhancement Does a district court violate a defendant's right to due process by enhancing a sentence based on unreliable arrest history, as the Third and Seventh …
21-606 Donald Shooter v. Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-26 Denied appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech legislative-immunity legislative-procedure qualified-immunity standing Does this case present an important question not previously decided by the Supreme Court in which an elected member of the Arizona Legislature engaged…
21-611 Gertrude Coretta Fennell Hamilton v. United States, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-10-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection pro-se-litigation retaliation sovereign-immunity whistleblower Whether a Pattern and/or Practice of Discrimination took place
21-6066 R. Susan Woods v. Alina's Real Estate, LLC First Circuit 2021-10-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP ada bankruptcy-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review disability due-process equal-protection indigent-rights judicial-discretion standing Under what circumstances is it appropriate for the courts to refuse accommodation to the disabled?
21-6053 Jimmie Barge v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne apprendi apprendi-violation certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment prison-releasee-reoffender sixth-amendment Is the Florida State trial court erring when sentencing Petitioner to minimum mandatory term of life in.prison because the Prison Releasee Reoffender …
21-6057 Eugene Korte v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection racial-discrimination standing voting-rights Question not identified
21-6061 John Rodney Johnson v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex Fourth Circuit 2021-10-22 Denied IFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury prosecutorial-misconduct racial-bias sixth-amendment Does a Prosecutor's conduct to interject race comments into a State trial as an appeal to a racial prejudice based on the fact the trial having the in…
21-6063 Jason William Custer v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-6th-14th-amendments due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions miranda-rights pauper-defendant postconviction procedural-bar self-defense When trial and direct appeal counsel are one and the same, can a pauper defendant's due process rights be undermined when the state refuses to appoint…
21-6048 Shakina Ortega v. Higgs Fletcher and Mack LLP, et al. California 2021-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection impartial-court racial-discrimination self-representation self-represented summary-judgment Whether the granting of summary judgment was proper when discovery was incomplete
21-578 John Raynor v. Dennis Walker, et al. Nebraska 2021-10-20 Denied appellate-procedure color-of-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection internal-affairs-doctrine nebraska-supreme-court subject-matter-jurisdiction Does the Equal Protection Clause circumscribe the Nebraska Supreme Court's discretion to disregard a Color of Law adjudication?
21-6027 Fidel Anguiano Gallardo v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
21-566 Teresa Ward Cooper, as Next Friend of Jane Doe/D. T. v. First Financial Bank, N.A. Texas 2021-10-19 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment attorney-fees civil-procedure constitutional-review declaratory-judgment equal-protection mootness standing subject-matter-jurisdiction When did the Bank have standing to sue Petitioner/D.T. to remove a claimed uncertainty?
21-6008 Keyaira Porter v. Arizona Arizona 2021-10-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review batson-challenge comparative-juror-analysis criminal-procedure equal-protection jury-selection racial-discrimination standard-of-review trial-procedure Whether a trial court must make express rulings at Batson's third step
21-5992 Jose Miguel Ramirez-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP COVID-19 criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection felony-convictions judicial-discretion medical-records procedural-error sentencing-enhancements sentencing-guidelines time-served Whether the sentencing court erred in its application of the Sentencing Guidelines
21-5983 Jennifer L. Kammerer v. State Bar of California California 2021-10-15 Denied IFP administrative-law americans-with-disabilities-act disability-rights discrimination equal-protection mental-illness mental-illness-discrimination professional-license professional-licensing rehabilitation-program Does the Americans with Disabilities Act prohibit punishing an individual for being mentally ill by revoking their professional license and denying th…
21-5985 DeCarlos Titington v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP concurrent-sentences constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing discharged-sentences due-process equal-protection relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines undischarged-sentences Equal protection and due process rights for discharged vs. undischarged sentences
21-5955 Joanna E. Harty v. Office of Personnel Management Federal Circuit 2021-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment equal-protection standing Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated when the lower court dismissed their civil rights claim without considering the merits
21-5965 In Re Jennifer L. Kammerer 2021-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act disability-discrimination disciplinary-program disparate-treatment equal-protection license-revocation mental-illness professional-license professional-licensing Does it violate the Americans with Disabilities Act to punish an individual for being mentally ill by summarily revoking their professional license an…
21-5974 Eduviges Ayala-Bello and Walter Velez-Gonzalez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-policy alienage alienage-classification citizenship-distinction due-process equal-protection immigration rational-basis-review strict-scrutiny Whether agency policies that distinguish on the basis of citizenship automatically receive rational-basis-review
21-547 Kevin Tung v. Superior Court of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2021-10-13 Denied Response Waived attorney-ethics civil-rights due-process eleventh-amendment equal-protection ex-parte-young federal-law judiciary sovereign-immunity Whether the claims of an Officer of the Court with the New Jersey Judiciary System are barred by the Eleventh Amendment when the Officer of the Court'…
21-5950 James Henry Abel v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection intervention standing Whether the district court's denial of petitioner's motion to intervene violated the petitioner's due process rights
21-5933 Kevin Deon Loggins, Sr. v. Kansas Kansas 2021-10-12 Denied IFP 14th-amendment abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection sentencing speedy-trial whether-the-kansas-state-court-finding-that-petitioner-sentence-is-not-an-illegal-sentence-is-an-abuse-of-discretion-repugnant-to-the-due-process-clau…
21-5942 Michael Woolen v. California California 2021-10-12 Denied IFP appellate-review appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure dismissal due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion procedural-due-process sentencing-guidelines Whether the cumulative effect of deprivations of equal protection of laws, failure to appoint counsel, and procedural due process deficiency issues re…
21-536 Christopher Chestnut v. Charles Canady, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-12 Denied Response Waived anti-injunction-statute civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction protected-class state-bar-discipline younger-abstention Whether the district court may abstain from exercising its jurisdiction to enjoin an ongoing state bar disciplinary proceeding, pursuant to the Younge…
21-525 Hemant Bhimnathwala v. New Jersey State Judiciary, et al. Third Circuit 2021-10-08 Denied Relisted (2) child-custody disparate-impact due-process equal-custody equal-protection family-law fourteenth-amendment obergefell-v-hodges statute-of-limitations Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a presumption of equal, joint custody of children in child custody proceedings?
21-5924 In Re Jose Victor Hernandez-Cuellar 2021-10-08 Denied IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment immigrant-status immigration judicial-misconduct sixth-amendment Does a immigrant in the United States of America, whether here legally with visa or illegally, receive Constitutionally guaranteed Rights?
21-5939 Michael Luis Cota v. Nevada Nevada 2021-10-08 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing state-laws takings Whether state sodomy laws violate the Constitution
21-5919 Robert Arthur Moses v. Texas Texas 2021-10-06 Denied Relisted (3)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
21-5860 Antonio Franklin v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-10-05 Denied IFP appellate-process cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection final-judgment-rule fourteenth-amendment ineffective-counsel judicial-dereliction Whether the Eighth or Fourteenth Amendments protect inmates from an allegedly faulty appellate process due to ineffective counsel
21-5893 In Re Sandra Black 2021-10-05 Denied IFP access-to-justice civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination standing systematic-exclusion systemic-racism Whether a black person can be treated equally to white persons in terms of constitutional rights, privileges, benefits, and advantages, given the fact…
21-5901 Shawn R. Erpelding v. Scott Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Eighth Circuit 2021-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-limitations civil-judgment due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief postconviction-relief pro-se pro-se-application state-criminal-judgment Whether pro se applications to vacate and set aside a state criminal judgment toll the limitation period under the 'properly filed' clause of 28 U.S.C…
21-500 Francis Finster v. New York New York 2021-10-05 Denied constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection fraud-upon-the-court mode-of-proceedings-error waiver-of-indictment Whether the state trial court's failure to adhere to procedural requirements of the waiver of indictment process constitutes a mode of proceedings err…
21-5864 Deloris Phillips v. Columbia Luxar Fifth Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied IFP civil-rights court-system due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion sanctions vexatious-litigant Whether it is unconstitutional to label a litigant as vexatious without due process
21-5850 Lawrence E. Mattison v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-10-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-law equal-protection federal-employment federal-law policy-procedure race-discrimination racial-discrimination Whether this Federal employer may use a Substantive Procedure contrary to Federal law and DVA Policy & Procedure
21-485 Oklahoma v. Shawn Lee McDaniel Oklahoma 2021-10-01 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (4) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-prosecution due-process equal-protection indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-defendants state-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-5815 Jose Antonio Morales v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant statutory provisions
21-5816 Ronald Peden v. Democratic National Committee, et al. First Circuit 2021-09-29 Denied IFP civil-rights dismissal-on-merits due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-conduct media-filtering political-preference preliminary-injunction prudential-standing res-judicata standing Are Federal judges at liberty to unilaterally issue rulings and orders based on personal political preferences, in addition to race and class bias, wh…
21-5779 Morris Kent Thompson v. Jennifer Leppek Cerato, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Natalie A. Richards-Thompson Florida 2021-09-24 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection government-misconduct judicial-misconduct judicial-oversight legal-fraud separation-of-powers Have the attorney's and court committed a management override of the Constitution?
21-5783 Brian D. Smith v. Montana Montana 2021-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal post-conviction procedural-default right-to-counsel sentencing Is a motion to withdraw guilty plea considered a 'critical stage' requiring the assistance of counsel?
21-5788 Paul Joseph Begnoche, Sr. v. Melinda Adams, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Mercer, et al. Third Circuit 2021-09-24 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-discretion judicial-neglect judicial-partiality jurisdiction statutory-jurisdiction third-circuit Issues being raised
21-5730 Shikeb Saddozai v. Kristen Esterheld, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction judicial-review section-1983 standing Whether plaintiff's claims are cognizable under 42-U.S.C.S-1983-1985-1986-1988
21-5747 Juan Carlos Osorto v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-history due-process equal-protection federal-agencies immigration-law noncitizen-rights noncitizens sentencing-guidelines Whether USSG § 2L1.2(b)(3) is unconstitutional
21-5756 Gettus Leroy Mintz v. Arizona Arizona 2021-09-22 Denied IFP civil-rights confrontation-clause criminal-procedure dna-testing due-process equal-protection false-testimony forensic-evidence grand-jury sixth-amendment witness-testimony Whether the State of Arizona violated the Petitioners' 5th and 14th Amendment rights to due process and equal protection when it used false testimony …
21-5737 Elizabeth Maya v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Florida 2021-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equity equity-principle fair-trial legal-proceedings takings Whether the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments' Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses have been violated
21-5738 Daniel Jose Gomez v. Robert Dooley, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-09-21 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus jury-trial statutory-interpretation Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated when the state court denied his request for a jury trial in his criminal case
21-425 Riccardo Green v. Washington State Employment Security Department Washington 2021-09-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection motion-for-reconsideration petition-for-review sanctions state-supreme-court us-constitution washington-state-constitution Whether the Washington State Supreme Court erred in judgment and abused discretion
21-5710 Charles L. Fieldgrove v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, et al. Nebraska 2021-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a criminal defendant's initial habeas corpus action to determine the validity of the statutes under which they were convicted and sentenced is…
21-5678 Shawn Kelly Thomason v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law court-practice due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure pronoun-usage transgender-rights Does the Eighth Circuit's failure to use a transgender litigant's preferred pronouns violate the Equal Protection Clause?
21-5675 Jayson Neil Sparks v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-09-15 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-protections criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indigenous-rights jurisdiction native-american-law sentencing Whether the petitioners' rights were violated under the 5th and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution
21-5676 Patsy Naomi Sakuma v. Association of Condominium Homeowners of Tropics at Waikele, et al. Hawaii 2021-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure collateral-order-doctrine due-process equal-protection foreclosure foreclosure-proceeding jurisdiction jurisdiction-challenge mootness Whether the Intermediate Court of Appeals improperly applied mootness and the collateral order doctrine
21-5662 Bishop Ruben DeWayne v. United States, et al. District of Columbia 2021-09-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment 7th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment first-amendment free-speech Whether the lower court's denial of the Petitioner's constitutional rights departed from accepted judicial standards
21-5649 Javon Pierre Shelby v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-09-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky discriminatory-purpose equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-strike peremptory-strikes racial-bias racial-discrimination step-three-finding When a trial court denies a Batson motion as to one juror at step one and then, in response to a second Batson motion as to a subsequently struck juro…
21-393 Sanford A. Mohr, et ux., Individually and as Co-Trustees of Their October 15, 1996 Unrecorded Revocable Trust v. MLB, SUB I, LLC Ninth Circuit 2021-09-13 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure hawaii-law quiet-title summary-judgment Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii denied Petitioners Mohrs' Constitutional ri…
21-387 George Berka v. City of Middletown, Connecticut, et al. Connecticut 2021-09-09 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure blight-citation civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection municipal-law property-rights Did the subject, February 14th, 2018 Blight Citation that the Defendant City had issued to the Plaintiff, violate many of the Plaintiff's important co…
21-5626 Carnell Fitzpatrick v. Illinois Illinois 2021-09-09 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment due-process equal-protection incarceration prison-library-access Whether Fitzpatrick was deprived of due process and equal protection under the 14th and 5th Amendments
21-5628 Danny W. Alcoser v. Court of Appeals of Texas, Tenth District Texas 2021-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection family-law judicial-procedure procedural-rights standing supreme-court-review texas-family-code texas-supreme-court Did the Texas Supreme Court deprive the petitioner from obtaining the Equal Protection of a procedural right under the Due Process of law
21-5637 Vinicio Jesus Garcia v. Darryl Glenn, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-09-09 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-resources due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus inmate-rights legal-access standing Does the denial of the right to file a § 2254 habeas corpus claim with a court violate due-process, access-to-courts, civil-rights
21-5588 Ivan Goodlaw v. California California 2021-09-08 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection racial-discrimination standing takings Question not identified
21-376 Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. Chad Everet Brackeen, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-09-08 Judgment Issued Amici (4)Response WaivedRelisted (5) 10th-amendment anticommandeering article-iii-standing equal-protection indian-child-welfare-act placement-preferences recordkeeping standing tenth-amendment Whether ICWA provisions violate the anticommandeering doctrine
21-377 Cherokee Nation, et al. v. Chad Everet Brackeen, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-09-08 Judgment Issued Response WaivedRelisted (5) anti-commandeering child-welfare civil-rights equal-protection indian-child-welfare-act morton-v-mancari placement-preferences spending-clause state-commandeering tribal-rights Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in invalidating ICWA provisions as impermissibly commandeering states
21-378 Texas v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-09-08 Judgment Issued Relisted (5) anti-commandeering anticommandeering child-custody child-custody-proceedings commerce-clause equal-protection indian-child-welfare-act indian-commerce-clause nondelegation nondelegation-doctrine Whether Congress has the power under the Indian Commerce Clause or otherwise to enact laws governing state child-custody proceedings merely because th…
21-5584 Guerly Alexis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing eleventh-circuit equal-protection fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant whose offense preceded the enactment of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, and who was sentenced after its enactment, but not necess…
21-5581 Raoul Lafond v. Richard S. Glaser, Jr., et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-09-03 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
21-338 Gary S. Christensen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-09-02 Denied Response Waived 16th-amendment criminal-tax due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction irs-determination precedent-interpretation restitution sixteenth-amendment tax-liability Where no determination of federal tax liability has been made by the IRS and the court of appeals has ruled patently contrary to this court's decision…
21-342 Hong Tang v. RuthAnne Visnauskas, Commissioner, New York Division of Housing and Community Renewal, et al. Second Circuit 2021-09-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 appellate-preservation bolling-v-sharpe due-process equal-protection liberty-interest motion-for-reconsideration pro-se-litigation section-1983 substantive-due-process Whether a liberty interest claim was properly preserved for appeal
21-331 Alice Jin-Yue Guan v. Bing Ran Virginia 2021-09-01 Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment property-rights takings Whether state courts violated Petitioner's federal rights by removing her own property without notice and due process
21-333 Amro Elansari v. Maite Ragazzo, et al. Third Circuit 2021-09-01 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination equal-protection medical-marijuana pennsylvania standing state-law Does 14th Amendment Equal Protection apply to Medical Marijuana Card Holders in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania?
21-5562 Richard C. Curran v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2021-09-01 Denied IFP 14th-amendment case-reassignment due-process equal-protection government-interference judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal reassignment recusal Did President Judge William Harvey Wiest abuse his authority by recusing the entire Northumberland County Court of Common Pleas from hearing any of my…
21-5532 Guy Harvey Spruhan, IV v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP equal-protection non-delegation-doctrine retroactive-relief retroactive-sentence-reduction sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act separation-of-powers Is the limitation in U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10 consistent with the statutory directive to avoid unwarranted sentencing disparity?
21-314 Ed Reynolds, et al. v. Karri Dalton, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Nikki Bascom, and Next Friend to M. B., a Minor Child and A. C.. a Minor Child Tenth Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied Response Waived 10th-circuit civil-rights clearly-established-law constitutional-rights domestic-violence equal-protection police-duty police-protection qualified-immunity Question not identified. section-1983 21-313" section-1983 21-313" Did the Tenth Circuit err in denying Petitioners qualified immunity on Dalton's Equal Protection claim
21-291 Barbara Silva v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-08-30 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-tort-claims-act personal-information privacy-act privacy-act-1974 social-security-number sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Privacy Act of 1974 requires the government to maintain accurate information and not disclose protected personal information, and whether …
21-304 Sharon Brown v. Cherokee County School District South Carolina 2021-08-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usca-1983 administrative-record agency-record due-process equal-protection judicial-review south-carolina teacher-termination Whether petitioner's due process and equal protection rights were violated under 42 USCA § 1983
21-283 In Re Roland N. Patterson 2021-08-27 Denied Response Waived attorney-discipline bar-admission civil-rights disciplinary-proceedings due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause fourteenth-amendment procedural-due-process reinstatement separation-of-powers substantive-due-process Whether Petitioner suffered the violation of his Constitutional Rights to Procedural Due Process
21-5508 Marc Norfleet v. John R. Baldwin, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-08-27 Denied IFP 18-U.S.C.-3582 access-to-courts civil-rights compassionate-release due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing indigent-status prisoner-rights sanctions sentence-modification statutory-interpretation Whether the district court's imposition of a 2-year ban on Petitioner from filing any civil actions in the district court, and the denial of Petitione…
21-5495 José Yeyille v. Armandina Acosta-Leon, et al. Florida 2021-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts certiorari discretionary-review due-process equal-protection first-amendment florida-constitution fourteenth-amendment indigent-rights Whether Florida Constitution Article V, Section 3(b)(3) and Jenkins v. State, 385 So. 2d 1356 (1980) intentionally bar discretionary review for Petiti…
21-5496 José Yeyille v. Armandina Acosta-Leon, et al. Florida 2021-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts discretionary-review due-process equal-protection first-amendment florida-constitution fourteenth-amendment petition-clause Whether Florida Constitution Article V, Section 3(b)(3) and Jenkins v. State, 385 So. 2d 1356 (1980) intentionally bar discretionary review for Petiti…
21-5497 José Yeyille v. Armandina Acosta-Leon, et al. Florida 2021-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts constitutional-review due-process equal-protection first-amendment first-amendment-petition-clause fourteenth-amendment indigent-rights petition-clause pro-se-litigant Whether Florida Constitution Article V, Sections 3(b)(3), 3(b)(7), and 3(b)(8), Jenkins v. State, 385 So. 2d 1356 (1980), and Grate v. State, 750 So. …
21-289 Randall Winslow v. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2021-08-26 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts certificate-of-merit civil-rights contract-clause due-process equal-protection legal-redress redress right-to-contract standing state-regulation Whether Pennsylvania Certificate of Merit Pa.Code Rule 1042.3 comports with equal-justice
21-5484 Sylvia Diaz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-law due-process equal-protection firearms licensed-dealer mens-rea selective-prosecution straw-purchase Whether the 'straw purchase' offense under 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6) requires the defendant to have known the seller was a 'Licensed Dealer'
21-262 The Rouge House, LLC v. 308 Decatur-New Orleans, LLC Louisiana 2021-08-24 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment access-to-courts constitutional-rights corporate-representation corporations due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis Whether the fundamental rights of Due Process and Equal Protection guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution are violated when a corpo…
21-265 Oklahoma v. Erik Sherney Williams Oklahoma 2021-08-24 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (4) criminal-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection indian-country mcgirt-v-oklahoma tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-5429 Pedro Reyes v. Jeff Jensen, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment notice notice-requirement standing state-action Whether State action is implied by the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) anomalous codification
21-5465 Kent Glen Williams v. Alan Stewart, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied IFP civil-rights civil-rights-act constitutional-claim due-process equal-protection free-speech petition pro-se-litigant procedural-requirements section-1983 standing Whether Rule 3.2 of the Idaho Department of Correction violates the First, Fourteenth, and Petition Clauses of the U.S. Constitution
21-261 Carrie Rae Eldridge v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit 2021-08-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment civil-rights class-legislation direct-tax due-process equal-protection graduated-taxation jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction tax Does subject-matter jurisdiction exist to enforce the income tax as a direct tax without limitation
21-5452 Elliot Joseph v. Daniel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-law habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel miranda-v-arizona strickland-v-washington Whether the lower courts incorrectly found petitioner's petition for writ of habeas corpus failed to demonstrate a substantial showing of the denial o…
21-5421 Michael A. Payne v. Ohio Ohio 2021-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction-challenge magistrate-orders motion-to-reconsider pandemic-impact Whether the Supreme Court of Ohio erred in refusing to accept jurisdiction of appellants' memorandum, despite the fact that the appellate court erred …
21-5423 Shaheen Cabbagestalk, aka James Cabbagestalk v. William Berley, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied IFP civil-liberties civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-precedent standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the District Court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
21-5442 Jasper Crook v. Robin Shea Ninth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 10th-amendment 14th-amendment 42-usc-1981 7th-amendment 9th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights defamation-claim equal-protection judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation treason-allegation If beneficiaries of the United States Constitution have the right to prosecute in their own name under Article 3, Section 2 of the Constitution
21-5396 Joseph Arguello v. Jason Ravnsborg, Attorney General of South Dakota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-08-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in addressing the petition on the merits
21-5415 Jarvis Brown v. Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-08-18 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-review standing supreme-court-review Whether the United States District Court and United States Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the Petitioner's case
21-230 William Herman Viehweg v. Sirius XM Radio, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2021-08-17 Denied attorney-conduct bordenkircher-v-hayes civil-rights constitutional-rights contempt-of-court disqualification due-process equal-protection judicial-impartiality legal-privilege pro-se-representation Whether separate attorneys' representing a defendant corporation and attorneys' representing a non-party key witness, mutual claim of a protective leg…
21-5401 Shawn R. Wilson v. Douglas Fender, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-08-17 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review precedent statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant civil-rights, due-process, and equal-protection laws
21-5353 Michael Napper v. Artis Singleton, Warden Georgia 2021-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
21-5372 Jessica Graulau v. Credit One Bank, N.A. Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-13 Denied IFP arbitration arbitration-dispute civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection jury-trial subject-matter-jurisdiction telephone-consumer-protection-act Did the Circuit Court of Appeal violate the U.S. Constitution and federal laws by depriving the petitioner of a jury trial, due process, and equal pro…
21-5374 Patrina Harrison v. Wells Fargo Bank, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1981 banking-services civil-rights civil-rights-act equal-protection fair-housing-act federal-housing-act home-loan racial-discrimination Whether Defendant Wells Fargo Bank and its Branch Manager denied Plaintiff access to servicing her federal home loan due to racial discrimination
21-190 Carlos W. Santiago v. Josean Toucet, et al. Puerto Rico 2021-08-11 Denied Relisted (2) appeal appellate-rights confession confession-suppression criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct trial-transparency If due process of law is violated when a judge in a hidden trial disappears and erases from his judgment the confession obtained through strong cross-…
21-5328 James Robert Dowty v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-scene-search criminal-procedure custody-testimony due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment government-witnesses judicial-bias police-procedure sequestration Whether the District Court violated the Fourteenth Amendment right to due process of law
21-177 Danos Kallas v. Theresa L. Egan, Executive Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles of the State of New York Second Circuit 2021-08-06 Denied Response Waived civil-enforcement civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection information-sharing low-threshold-offenses police-community-relations public-perception-of-police Whether the civil enforcement system should be modified
21-5306 In Re Richard Arjun Kaul 2021-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction free-speech standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of their constitutional rights under the First and Fourteenth Amen…
21-153 Nagui Mankaruse v. Intel Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit 2021-08-04 Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 8th-amendment amendment-violations bill-of-rights civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech Whether the United States Supreme Court must defend the Bill of Rights of our Great United States Constitution?
21-154 Nagui Mankaruse v. Raytheon Company, et al. Federal Circuit 2021-08-04 Denied Relisted (2) bill-of-rights civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment Whether the Honorable United States Supreme Court must defend our Great United States Constitution?
21-158 Bobcar Media, LLC v. Aardvark Event Logistics, Inc. Federal Circuit 2021-08-04 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-circuit rule-36 seventh-amendment Whether the Court should resolve the circuit split under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 36 and elucidate the constitutional and statutory boundar…
21-163 George Cantu v. Providence Hospital, et al. Washington 2021-08-04 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights discovery-rule due-process equal-protection healthcare-providers medical-malpractice right-to-jury-trial special-privileges-and-immunities statute-of-limitations Does Washington State's medical malpractice statute of limitations violate constitutional rights?
21-5295 Anthony D. Jones v. Michelle Floyd, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-counsel civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance jurisdiction legal-representation sixth-amendment standing Whether the lower court erred in its application of the relevant legal standards
21-5296 Patrick C. Lynn v. Debra Lundry Tenth Circuit 2021-08-04 Denied IFP 28-usc-144 administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection physical-injury recusal reverse-error statutory-duty statutory-interpretation Did the 10th Circuit err in failing to hold its D.C.T. Judge Mclaren had a statutory duty under 28 USC § 144 to refer my affidavit of prejudice to ano…
21-5299 John Johnson, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2021-08-04 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause factfinder-discretion fourteenth-amendment non-unanimous-verdict penal-code statutory-interpretation Does Texas Penal Code §21.02 discriminate who is and is not protected under the Equal Protection Clause under the Fourteenth Amendment by allowing fac…
21-141 Jaimee Carole Finley v. Jon Mark Finley California 2021-08-03 Denied 14th-amendment child-custody constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection family-court parental-rights state-discretion Whether the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment requires that parents have an automatic 50/50 share in parental time and responsibility abse…
21-5259 James Plas Sams v. Neil McDowell, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-08-02 Denied IFP class-of-one contracts-clause due-process equal-protection gender-discrimination habeas-corpus plea-agreement police-misconduct Question not identified
21-127 Adolfo Gutierrez Avila Jr. v. Vicki Janssen, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-07-30 Denied Response Waived a person of color violate his fundamental-federal-rights 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct systemic-racism Where judicial misconduct targeted Petitioner
21-5263 Derrick Edwards v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection government-overreach Whether the government's actions violated the petitioner's constitutional rights
21-5267 Robert Drawn, IV v. Robert Neuschmid, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-claims district-court-assessment due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-standard qualified-immunity reasonable-jurists summary-judgment writ-of-certiorari Did petitioner demonstrate that reasonable jurists would find the district court's assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong?
21-5268 Ambus Ray Davis, III v. Nick Ludwick, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-07-30 Denied IFP constitutional-rule criminal-procedure direct-review due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retrospective-application united-states-constitution Whether newly declared constitutional rule of criminal procedure apply retrospectively
21-5245 Jamie Patrick Hahn v. Georgia Georgia 2021-07-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP case-record constitutional-rights court-precedent criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-denial procedural-challenge prosecutorial-misconduct vindictive-prosecution Will this Court review the fact of the Respondent's vindictive prosecution?
21-5253 John David Wilson, Jr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-29 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated by the imposition of an enhanced sentence under Florida's 10-20-life statute
21-5254 Baboucar Taal v. St. Mary's Bank, et al. New Hampshire 2021-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fraud judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-recusal Whether a party is entitled to a new trial for violations of their 5th, 13th, and 14th Amendment rights when the state judge presiding over the case i…
21-5204 Walter Patrick v. Jimmy Thomas, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection incarceration standing statute-of-limitations Did the Eleventh Circuit err in holding that a petitioner cannot challenge an expired statute of limitations?
21-5218 Courtney Robinson v. Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-27 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review manifest-injustice procedural-default Whether the petitioner was denied the same review of the game law that was applied to a similarly situated defendant by the state district court of ap…
21-100 Panya Lerdthaisong, et al. v. Benjamin Cunningham, et al. Texas 2021-07-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) due-process equal-protection forum-selection-clause mandamus precedents writ-of-mandamus Whether the Supreme Court of Texas' failure to follow its precedents in enforcing the forum-selection-clause is a denial of equal-protection
21-5205 Eddie Mendia v. Abby Harman, et al. Kansas 2021-07-26 Denied IFP civil-liberties civil-rights due-process equal-protection geolocation-tracking privacy privacy-rights probable-cause racial-justice search-warrant virtual-trespass Whether private citizens require probable cause and search warrants to obtain geolocation data, lacking these amounts to violating constitutional righ…
21-5214 Ademola O. Adebayo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment frap-36 Whether the Eleventh Circuit entered a decision that strengthens the circuit split created by Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 36, which allows a m…
21-5194 Benjamin Mario Soto v. Minnesota Supreme Court, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-07-23 Denied IFP 11th-amendment 42-usc-1983 contract-law contract-rights due-process equal-protection ex-parte-young supremacy-clause Judicial-officers-acting-beyond-judicial-capacities
21-5206 S. J., Mother of A. C. and A. W., Each a Minor Child v. Department of Children and Families Florida 2021-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel civil-procedure due-process equal-protection indigent indigent-representation meaningful-review parental-rights Whether an indigent Mother whose parental rights are terminated is denied equal protection and due process of law
21-5167 Bishop Ruben DeWayne v. JPMorgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp., et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-07-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP and the right to a fair trial equal protection bill-of-rights civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment judicial-proceedings seventh-amendment standing Whether the lower court's denial of the Petitioner's guaranteed rights under the Bill of Rights departed from accepted judicial standards
21-5150 John B. Freitas v. Bank of America Ninth Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights collateral-estoppel constitutional-violation court-officer-accountability due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct racketeering real-estate-dispute res-judicata void-altered-defective-deeds Whether local-state-federal-court-officers should be held accountable for criminal-conduct-through-racketeering
21-5159 Alfred P. Centofanti, III v. Nevada Nevada 2021-07-21 Denied IFP americans-with-disabilities-act due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus medical-disability pro-se stay-proceedings Whether the denial of a pro se inmate with stage IV cancer's requests to extend filing deadlines, stay the proceedings, refer the appeal to a pro bono…
21-83 William H. Sorkpor v. The Harlo Fenway First Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied Response Waived civil-rights equal-protection fair-housing housing-discrimination minority-rights section-1982 spending-power statutory-interpretation title-viii Whether Congress intended the Fair Housing Act to be construed technically and broadly to ensure that the Title VIII protection of a minority home-see…
21-5143 Cathy Carr v. National Presto Industries, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-reinstatement civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-rights procedural-fairness standing Was the petitioner denied fair due process and equal protection or other rights, and are there any reasons to reopen or reinstate her appeal?
21-5147 Firas Ayoubi v. Illinois Illinois 2021-07-20 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law descamps-v-united-states divisible-statutes due-process equal-protection jury-selection mathis-v-united-states peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation united-states-v-cardena Whether the Tihnors Kidnapping Statute's divisible state statutes, as defined in Mathis v. United States (136 S.Ct. 2243 (2016)) and Descamps v. Unite…
21-5136 Ledaniel Vernell Russell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 10-1-provision civil-rights drug-laws due-process equal-protection legal-interpretation markup-provision metric-calculation mixture-metric opportunity-gain sentencing statutory-interpretation whether-the-distinction-between-actual-methamphetamine-and-mixture-containing-methamphetamine-violates-due-process
21-66 PBS Coals, Inc., et al. v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Pennsylvania 2021-07-19 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment coal constitutional-law equal-protection physical-occupation property-rights real-estate subsurface-estate takings takings-clause When a State Agency permanently physically occupies a right-of-way and thereby completely blocks physical access to a subsurface owner's recognized, t…
21-65 Yvonne Bowers, Sr. v. Lynx Asset Services, LLC New Jersey 2021-07-16 Denied Relisted (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process equal-protection fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court section-1983 state-action state-actions Whether violations of due process and equal protection of law by state actions present a constitutional challenge and violates Petitioner's civil righ…
21-5117 Christopher Allan Allred v. Washington Ninth Circuit 2021-07-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial jurisdiction jury-selection standing Whether the Harless v. Calbeaia filing, Can rhebes, if they so choose, substitute a preliminary hearing for a grand jury, by determining whether prose…
21-59 Carl Gordon v. Regents of the University of California, et al. California 2021-07-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure-act administrative-record california-public-records-act california-state-law daca due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fraud-upon-the-court preemption Does the de facto nullification of California state law [Cal. Gov. Code §§ 6258 and 6259] (resulting in fraud upon the court) by the Regents of the Un…
21-50 D. R. S. v. D. P. H. L., et al. Florida 2021-07-14 Denied Response Waived child-welfare civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection family-law fourteenth-amendment government-overreach interstate-commerce parental-rights Should the Government have the sole and final say on the Frankensteining of the American Family?
21-34 George Boutros v. Cory Hony, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-07-12 Denied civil-rights district-attorney-immunity due-process equal-protection judicial-review prosecutorial-immunity retaliation retaliatory-prosecution standing Did the district court err in finding the district attorney absolutely immune?
21-5073 Brian Adrian Sloan v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-jurisdiction equal-protection fifth-amendment indian-country major-crimes-act native-american native-american-rights racial-classification Whether United States v. Antelope, 430 U.S. 641 (1977), should be overruled
21-5075 Elizabeth Shaw v. Derek Shaw Michigan 2021-07-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-custody due-process equal-protection federal-statute icwa jurisdiction-challenge mifpa tribal-law Whether the Supreme Court will order the immediate return of the children to their mother, Elizabeth Shaw, in violation of court orders, ICWA, MIFPA, …
21-30 Cammie L. Marceaux v. Tiffany & Bosco, P.A., et al. Arizona 2021-07-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure-challenge just-compensation mortgage-transfer property property-rights standing takings Question not identified
21-5066 Aquabeus Moore v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment 924(c)-enhancement crime-of-violence eighth-amendment equal-protection first-step-act fourteenth-amendment hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery Whether Petitioner's conviction of Hobbs Act Robbery constitutes a 'crime of violence' considering new case law and the passage of the First Step Act?
21-5058 Joseph Andrew Phipps v. Neil McDowell, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-07-08 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment aedpa criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-instructions lesser-included-offenses Does Petitioner have a due process right to jury instructions on lesser included offenses?
21-5020 Michael Bernard Potere v. State Bar of California California 2021-07-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP bar-admission constitutional-rights disbarment due-process equal-protection federal-rights legal-procedure professional-conduct professional-discipline state-bar Whether the State Bar Court of California violated petitioner's constitutional and federal legal rights and erred in recommending disbarment
21-5010 Robert R. Taylor v. Florida Florida 2021-07-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus state-court-procedure state-court-review subject-matter-jurisdiction writ-of-certiorari Under the constitutional provisions and guaranties of the 14th Amendment due process and equal application of the law
21-5021 Michael Ray Senn v. Texas Texas 2021-07-06 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment marital-status sentencing sentencing-enhancement Does a criminal law which provides for increased punishment based solely on an offender's status as married violate his or her right to equal protecti…
21-5007 Alphonza Leonard Phillip Thomas Bey v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment citizenship civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection racial-segregation reconstruction slavery state-sovereignty What authority of law authorized the States to abolish slave labor (held by Blacks/Colored) to our Persons of African descent, after 1865?
20-8473 Beryl Harris McCray v. FedEx Express Sixth Circuit 2021-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection religious-accommodation sexual-harassment standing title-vii Whether the Plaintiff was provided notice timely of the Summary Judgement ruling?
20-1827 Gregory Shawn Mercer v. Virginia Virginia 2021-07-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection guarantee-clause judicial-review standing state-courts supreme-court Whether the Circuit Court of Fairfax County erred in captioning the final order as 'Commonwealth of Virginia versus Petitioner' when the lower court d…
20-8454 In Re Randy Dale Jackson 2021-06-30 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-question rule-of-law standing Whether petitioner was deprived of equal justice and liberty under the rule of law?
20-8457 Michael Izell Seals v. K. Allison, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing
20-8459 Deon Frederick Smith v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection government-overreach standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the government's actions
20-8436 Michael T. Hughes v. Kim Anderson, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection executive-authority standing Whether the Petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the Northern District of Illinois dismissed their claims with prejudice and denied t…
20-1810 Charles Landon Roberson v. Hanesbrands, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-06-29 Denied access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection in-forma-pauperis labor-law protected-activity restitution retaliation wrongful-termination Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection under the law when the court denied the petitioner's motion to proceed in forma pau…
20-8435 Vladimir Eugene v. Florida Florida 2021-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment confrontation-clause due-process equal-protection evidence fair-trial fourteenth-amendment hearsay ineffective-assistance non-hearsay-purpose Whether otherwise inadmissible nontestimonial hearsay admitted for non-hearsay purpose and thereafter used for their truth as substantive evidence vio…
20-8398 Jonathan Jerome Hills v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 criminal-justice criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection first-step-act judicial-discretion procedural-opportunity sentencing sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation Whether differences in procedural opportunity arising from the fact that a defendant is statutorily eligible for relief under the First Step Act creat…
20-8426 Bin Yang v. California Board of Registered Nursing California 2021-06-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection expert-testimony government-agency government-misconduct licensing-board standing Why is Petitioner NOT ALLOWED to withdraw her application from a nursing-board
20-1799 Hozie Rowell v. Joan Ferreira, et al. Second Circuit 2021-06-24 Denied Response Waived batson-challenge civil-rights due-process equal-protection juror-bias jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike racial-discrimination Did the court of appeals contravene Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986)
20-1794 Chaplaincy of Full Gospel Churches, et al. v. Department of the Navy, et al. District of Columbia 2021-06-23 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts chaplain-selection civil-rights due-process equal-protection establishment-clause government-neutrality religious-discrimination standing Whether the Navy's grant of unbridled power to reject Non-denominational chaplains to serve as chaplain selection board members violated rulings in Gr…
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
20-8355 Jason Kyle Gee v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-06-22 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jackson-v-virginia jury-deliberations racial-bias standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence verdict-challenge Is it a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses for a state to convict a person of a crime where the elements…
20-8344 Harry Sharod James v. Tom Brickhouse, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-06-17 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-admissibility ex-post-facto grand-jury impartial-jury indictment judicial-discretion trial-rights Does the Due Process Clause require any charging element being in the indictment and presented to a Grand Jury?
20-8331 Charlene Walker Rosa v. Michael J. Satz, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-17 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP attorney-client-confidentiality civil-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the state attorney's opening statement at the prosecution's closing argument violated the accused's right to due process and a fair trial
20-8341 Jonathan Huey Lawrence v. Florida Florida 2021-06-17 Denied IFP capital-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment proffitt-v-florida proportionality-review pulley-v-harris Whether eliminating proportionality review from Florida's capital sentencing scheme contravenes this Court's Eighth Amendment jurisprudence
20-8336 Guillermo Vera v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-06-16 Dismissed IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federalism full-faith-and-credit same-sex-marriage Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause requires a State to recognize a same-sex marriage license from another State
20-1741 Vincent Tang v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. California 2021-06-15 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process equal-protection forgery judicial-process property-rights property-title robo-signing Are forgery and robo-signing one and the same?
20-8284 Harold Gashe v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-06-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-court-split appellate-review criminal-justice due-process equal-protection extraordinary-reasons judicial-discretion section-3582 sentencing sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation Is the application of 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) for relief from 924(c) stacking sentences being applied inconsistently across appellate courts?
20-8296 Carrington Sturgis v. Maryland Maryland 2021-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-precedent standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified
20-8297 Michael Doyle Ruggles v. David Y. Ige, Governor of Hawaii, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-responsibility due-process equal-protection legal-ambiguity medical-cannabis patient-rights state-law state-responsibility vague-laws Does the State of Hawaii have a constitutional responsibility to draft laws that do not create ambiguities?
20-1711 Kevin K. Tung v. Janet Yijuan Fou New Jersey 2021-06-11 Denied attorney-discipline attorney-ethics due-process equal-protection fraud-on-the-court hostile-work-environment intervention judicial-criticism judicial-misconduct professional-reputation Whether the denial of a motion to intervene violated the petitioner's due process rights
20-1713 Symon B. Mandawala v. Era Living, LLC, et al. Washington 2021-06-10 Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment 42-usc-1985 attorney-client-doctrine civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-law due-process equal-protection motion-to-dismiss service-of-process As of Matter of Equal Protection Clause in the 14th Amendment right of the U.S constitution: (1) (a) while racially civil rights action is pending, wi…
20-8274 RaySean D. Barber v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-06-10 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights complaint-deficiencies district-court due-process equal-protection indigent-claims leave-to-amend meaningful-review prisoner-claims standing Whether the district court's finding with regard to Mr. Barber's equal-protection-claim conflicted with this-Court's-governing-determinations
20-1703 Martin Dekom v. Federal National Mortgage Association, et al. Second Circuit 2021-06-08 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure-procedure judicial-authority judicial-usurpation mortgage-fraud rooker-feldman-doctrine second-amendment standing Can courts alleviate their backlog by letting staffers usurp the authority of judges?
20-1691 Paul E. Robinson v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-06-07 Denied Response Waived administrative-law auer-deference constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review veterans-benefits Did the court of appeals violate constitutional rights of the veteran?
20-8209 Dennis J. Edwards v. Kim Larson, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct trial-procedure witness-testimony Whether the petitioner's due process and equal protection rights were violated by the denial of his habeas corpus petition without explanation
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?
20-8178 Heena Shim-Larkin v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Second Circuit 2021-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-455 due-process equal-protection fair-trial good-faith-standard judicial-bias judicial-recusal mandamus-appeal objective-standard pro-se-litigant recusal Whether a judge must be disqualified under 28 U.S.C. § 455 if the judge makes rulings more restrictive against one party than the other in comparable …
20-1664 Jason Michael Jett v. Michigan Michigan 2021-05-28 Denied civil-rights constitutional-violation constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection felony-charges illegal-search-and-seizure jurisdiction racketeering state-agent Whether the State agents' actions, including threats, bullying, secret felony charges, continuous taxation, and causing irreparable damage, violate du…
20-1665 William S. Palmer v. Harolyn Williams Indiana 2021-05-28 Denied Relisted (2) cause-of-action civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection impartial-tribunal procedural-due-process property-rights standing tax-dispute Do I have a constitutional right to be heard at a meaningful time and in a meaningful place in an impartial tribunal to dispute a case in controversy,…
20-8139 Mark W. Blond, Jr. v. New York New York 2021-05-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment 8th-amendment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus state-court-procedure Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the state court denied his request for a writ of error coram nobis without a hearing
20-8147 Hasan Shareef v. William O'Donnell, et al. Third Circuit 2021-05-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP burden-of-proof civil-rights due-process employment equal-protection standard-of-review Whether the evidence presented by the petitioner was sufficient to establish a prima facie case of discrimination under the relevant legal standards
20-8124 Lance Mitchell Owens v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Arkansas 2021-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment plea-agreement plea-agreements sentencing sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation Are courts violating the Equal Protection Clause by excluding defendants in plea agreements from mandatory sentencing procedures?
20-8110 Lawrence Edward Jackson, Jr. v. Maryland Maryland 2021-05-24 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection excessive-fines fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure takings wrongful-conviction Whether the imposition of mandatory fees on the basis of a wrongful conviction violates the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
20-1633 Frank Salazar v. Anthony Anderson, et al. Colorado 2021-05-24 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection Fourteenth-Amendment motor-vehicle-seizure notice-of-dismissal standing substantive-and-procedural-due-process Whether a Fourteenth Amendment violation and deprivation of substantive-and-procedural-due-process, equal-protection, civil-rights, standing, civil-pr…
20-1628 Daniel Tekle v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2021-05-20 Denied 4th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure void-judgment warrantless-search Question not identified
20-8079 Kevin L. Martin v. Kenneth P. Cotter, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-05-20 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing Whether the Court of Appeals erred in denying Petitioner's claim of equal protection under the law
20-8072 Byron Montijo-Maysonet v. United States First Circuit 2021-05-19 Denied IFP commerce-clause criminal-law due-process equal-protection internet-crimes internet-enticement minors statutory-interpretation Is 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b)'s internet-based enticement element satisfied when two people who already know each other have sex after exchanging non-specifi…
20-8073 Damari Jennings v. Louisiana Louisiana 2021-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP alford-plea due-process equal-protection guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juvenile-defendant north-carolina-v-alford plea-bargaining sixth-amendment Was Jennings denied due process and equal protection when the trial court refused to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea?
20-1617 Matthew Earley v. Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2021-05-19 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
20-8050 Jennifer Van Bergen, aka Gwendolyn Stone v. Scott Koppel Florida 2021-05-18 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection indigent medical-malpractice pro-se pro-se-litigant separation-of-powers Does the Florida Medical Malpractice Act's presuit medical expert affidavit requirement violate the 14th Amendment equal protection clause and the 5th…
20-1590 Audrey L. Kimner v. Capital Title of Texas, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-17 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts federal-jurisdiction mortgage-fraud standing Whether the California Federal District Court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals deprived petitioner of rights under 18 U.S.C. § 242, equal protection…
20-8032 Phillip Scott Grigalanz v. Kristi Lynn Grigalanz Indiana 2021-05-14 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing takings Whether the government's actions violated the petitioner's constitutional rights
20-7980 Takiese Naceer Bethea v. West Virginia West Virginia 2021-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP co-defendants criminal-procedure equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-fairness prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination sentencing Does the unequal treatment of African-American co-defendants violate the equal protection clause?
20-8015 Noel Brown v. Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment intentional-discrimination prima-facie prima-facie-case title-vii Was decisions under Title VII also recognize that a person claiming that he has been the victim of intentional discrimination may make out a prima fac…
20-8017 Subrina Brenham v. Joseph Kemp, et al. Texas 2021-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
20-8019 Roberto Torner v. United States Third Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied IFP aggravated-assault crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process equal-protection new-jersey-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a New Jersey conviction for Aggravated Assault, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(1), is a crime of violence for sentencing guideline purposes
20-1575 Americare Emergency Medical Service, Inc. v. New Jersey Office of Emergency Medical Services, et al. New Jersey 2021-05-13 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection property-rights standing Does the Appellate Division's ruling regarding standing remain valid if both of the status terms the Court relied upon were held factually inaccurate?
20-1576 145 Fisk, LLC v. F. William Nicklas Seventh Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment first-amendment-retaliation judicial-review preliminary-agreement rational-basis retaliation standing Whether false information is a rational basis for terminating a development agreement
20-1580 Shenglin R. Chen, et al. v. Alvin Turner, et al. Maryland 2021-05-13 Denied 1st-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process emergency-access emergency-exit equal-protection equal-rights first-amendment free-speech judicial-misconduct Whether the First Amendment protects freedom of speech
20-7997 John Sloan v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2021-05-12 Denied IFP access-to-courts administrative-review civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-standing medical-care retaliation Whether the petitioner's civil rights were violated when he was denied work opportunities, retaliated against for seeking medical care, and denied due…
20-8005 Philip Steven Matwyuk v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigative-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel right-to-self-representation sixth-amendment Question not identified
20-8010 James Logan Diez v. Google, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2021-05-12 Denied IFP 47-usc-230 civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing Does H.R.S. § 230 immunity given to internet service providers violate the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment's Right to Petition, and Fourteenth Ame…
20-1560 Lowndes County Health Services, LLC v. Gregory Copeland, et al. Georgia 2021-05-11 Denied Response Waived appellate-review batson-challenge civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection juror-discrimination jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike race-neutrality racial-discrimination Whether striking a juror based on allegations of racial prejudice is a facially race-neutral explanation under Batson
20-1550 Xiu Jian Sun v. Rudolph Contreras District of Columbia 2021-05-10 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing Question not identified.
20-7955 Alton D. Pelichet v. Wayne Circuit Court Judge, et al. Michigan 2021-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment actual-innocence due-process equal-protection felony-murder fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment Whether Petitioner was denied his right to a fair trial, due process and equal protection
20-7929 William Rouser v. California California 2021-05-05 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Question not identified
20-1544 Felicia Ross v. Peregrine Health Services, Inc., et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-05-05 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel counsel-request district-court-dismissal due-process equal-protection pro-se-litigant procedural-due-process standing Did the District Courts err by not allowing Due Process?
20-7920 Edward Shane West-El v. City of Miami Gardens, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-hearing legal-standing procedural-fairness right-to-travel standing Why was the Petitioner denied the Right to Travel and had to pay a fine?
20-7922 Edward Shane West-El v. Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-hearing legal-standing procedural-fairness right-to-travel standing Why was the Petitioner denied the Right to Travel and had to pay a fine?
20-7925 In Re Clement Mosseri 2021-05-04 Denied IFP court-access discrimination due-process equal-protection fair-hearing judicial-bias legal-representation pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation right-to-counsel unbiased-tribunal Is petitioner entitled to a fair hearing before an unbiased tribunal?
20-1525 Lewis Archer v. America's First Federal Credit Union Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-03 Denied equal-protection equitable-tolling non-judicial-foreclosure respa statute-of-limitations supremacy-clause Whether the lack of a defense for federal mitigation wrongdoing by lenders in non-judicial state courts violates the Equal Protection Clause and Supre…
20-7898 Edward Tyrone Ridley v. Florida Florida 2021-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights collateral-consequences due-process equal-protection legal-stigma sex-offender-registration Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated by the state's failure to properly register him as a sex offender and the resulting legal st…
20-1510 Louis Tafuto v. Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., et al. Second Circuit 2021-04-28 Denied Response Waived civil-rights electoral-college equal-protection free-speech gerrymandering injury-in-fact standing vote-dilution voting-rights Is a diluted vote an injury-in-fact when Plaintiff is in a 'packed' Electoral College district (New York) in a U.S. federal election?
20-7860 Alicia Marie Richards v. Ryal W. Richards California 2021-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process equal-protection family-law pro-se-litigant property-rights sanctions statutory-interpretation Is the statutory law taking of a person's property arbitrary, too broad and discriminatory under Dusenbery v. United States, 534 U.S. 161 (2002) and v…
20-7844 Paul Patrick Jolivette, Jr. v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California Ninth Circuit 2021-04-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion sovereign-immunity Did the United States Court of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit Order in 'DENIAL' of a writ of mandate to enforce a judgment Registeered and entered in t…
20-7850 Aaron J. LaRose v. Missouri Missouri 2021-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance napue-standard napue-v-illinois post-conviction-relief strickland-v-washington Whether the state courts denied due process, equal protection, and access to courts by misapplying Brady v. Maryland, Napue v. Illinois, and Stricklan…
20-1494 Nob Hill General Stores, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board Ninth Circuit 2021-04-26 Denied Response Waived collective-bargaining contract-interpretation contract-law due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause ninth-circuit precedent precedential-value publication-rules Whether a contractual 'notwithstanding' clause precludes the applicability of competing contractual language
20-7821 In Re John A. Toth 2021-04-22 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel standing unlawful-detention Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of their constitutional rights
20-7822 Trevon Wiley v. Louisiana Louisiana 2021-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection non-unanimous-verdict ramos-precedent retroactivity sixth-amendment state-criminal-procedure teague-standard unanimous-verdict Does the Court's decision in Ramos v. Louisiana apply to cases on state collateral review, where the State follows the retroactivity framework establi…
20-7827 Glen D. Plourde v. Stephen C. Bellavia Maine 2021-04-22 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fifth-amendment fourth-amendment judicial-bias police-misconduct torture Whether the petitioner's Fifth Amendment rights to substantive and procedural due process were infringed upon due to the father-son relationship betwe…
20-1473 Alan W. Crittenden v. Mariko C. Crittenden Georgia 2021-04-20 Denied due-process equal-protection military-powers military-service sofa status-of-forces-agreement subject-matter-jurisdiction supremacy-clause treaty-powers Did the State of Georgia deny Petitioner equal-protection, due-process by dismissing his divorce complaint for lack of subject-matter-jurisdiction, wh…
20-7797 Jorge Luis Rosa-Hernandez v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-decision due-process equal-protection sentencing sentencing-guidelines third-circuit unrelated-misconduct Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the District Court's Decision in allowing the Government to use unrelated, uncharged mis…
20-7744 Millard Price v. Delaware Delaware 2021-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure disciplinary-actions due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel parole sentencing state-court Question not identified
20-7748 Cavin Burns Francis McKen v. Florida Florida 2021-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto sentencing sex-offender-registration Whether the designation of the petitioner as a sexual offender pursuant to Florida Statutes §943.0435 is illegal as applied to the petitioner
20-7757 James L. Toliver v. Florida Florida 2021-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection harmless-error jury-instructions standard-of-review Whether similarly situated criminal defendants should be treated equally in pipeline cases where erroneous jury instructions have been given?
20-7758 Benjamin E. Vance v. Frank B. Bishop, Jr., Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied IFP batson-challenge constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial jury-selection peremptory-strikes racial-discrimination Did the lower courts violate Petitioner's Constitutional rights under the 14th Amendment to Due Process, Equal Protection clause, and U.S. Amendment V…
20-7713 Anthony Keenan Sharp v. Lawrence Long, Judge, Second Judicial Circuit Court of South Dakota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence fair-trial freedom-of-speech prosecutorial-misconduct unlawful-search-and-seizure Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights to due process, equal protection, freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, and freedom from unlawful …
20-1434 Leslie Rutledge, Attorney General of Arkansas, et al. v. Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-04-13 GVR Amici (8)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-rights civil-rights disability down-syndrome due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment medical-ethics prenatal-diagnosis selective-abortion state-prohibition Whether the Fourteenth Amendment bars States from prohibiting abortions that are sought solely because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome
20-1428 Tammy Noergaard v. Christian Noergaard California 2021-04-12 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection hague-convention judicial-review jurisdiction trial-costs trial-delays trial-jurisdiction Does a reviewing court retain jurisdiction to review lower court decisions for due process violations under the Equal Protection Clause that occur bef…
20-7722 Charles Erskine Church v. Virginia Virginia 2021-04-12 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federalism marriage same-sex Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause requires a State to recognize a same-sex marriage license from another State
20-7725 Todd Glenn Dean v. F. Entzel, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-exhaustion bivens-claims civil-rights civil-rights-act constitutional-violation due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection fourteenth-amendment Whether the district and appeals courts erred in overlooking constitutional and civil rights violations
20-7696 Hamid Reza Ardaneh v. United States, et al. First Circuit 2021-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights discriminatory-arrest due-process equal-protection false-arrest false-indictment forced-medication human-rights malicious-prosecution selective-prosecution Why were the defendant discriminated against and illegally arrested?
20-1413 Debra M. Brown v. Federal National Mortgage Association Massachusetts 2021-04-09 Denied Response Waived constitutional-constraints delegation-of-authority due-process equal-protection foreclosure housing-court land-court mortgage-backed-securities servicer-responsibilities state-action takings Whether the U.S. Government and/or state government can take private citizens' property without due process of law constituting a violation of the Fif…
20-1423 Robert Grundstein v. Vermont Board of Bar Examiners Vermont 2021-04-09 Denied Response Waived bar-admission character-and-fitness civil-rights due-process equal-protection fundamental-rights separation-of-powers What levels of due process are required for bar admission?
20-7695 Gregory D. Jones v. Andrew Tilden, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-04-08 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions governing the case
20-7682 Antoine Barnes v. Salinas Superior Court Judge Ninth Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied IFP case-statement civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection firearms first-amendment jurisdiction legal-provisions standing supreme-court writ Whether Senate Bill 16 violates the First Amendment, due process, and equal protection rights of individuals who wish to have production or possession…
20-7683 Paul Wesley Baker v. California California 2021-04-07 Denied IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky constitutional-standard equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination standard-of-review What showing must a trial court make to demonstrate a 'sensitive inquiry' under Batson v. Kentucky?
20-1405 Tarek Farag v. Ali Waqas Illinois 2021-04-07 Denied civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech injunctive-relief judicial-discretion legal-procedure religious-freedom religious-law Whether Sharia is contrary to our Constitution and laws?
20-1396 Walter A. Tormasi v. Western Digital Corporation Federal Circuit 2021-04-06 Denied civil-rights due-process equal-protection inmate-access patent patent-rights property-rights standing state-agencies takings Does imprisonment forfeit a patent owner's right not to be deprived of personal property without due process of law and render a person wholly without…
20-1387 In Re Lakshmi Arunachalam 2021-04-05 Denied 18-usc-241-245-249 42-usc-1983 access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct property-rights Whether denial of fundamental rights, denial of property rights, and denial of access to courts warrants remedy
20-7645 Joshua Horn v. Walmart Stores, Inc. California 2021-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-administration-of-justice judicial-misconduct liberty-interest racial-discrimination systemic-racism Whether the trial court's awarded judgment against the Petitioner was founded on legal error and/or judicial misconduct after applying two separate st…
20-7615 Duane Eugene Owen v. Florida Florida 2021-03-31 Denied IFP capital-case constitutional-claims criminal-procedure death-penalty equal-protection florida-supreme-court fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus penalty-phase procedural-history retroactivity supreme-court-review Whether Petitioner was denied equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution when the Florida Supreme Court decline…
20-7590 Billy Earl Parker v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2021-03-29 Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-liberties constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-procedure statutory-interpretation Question not identified
20-7598 Marcellus Thomas v. Sonja Nicklaus, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified
20-7575 In Re Ivory Lee Robinson 2021-03-26 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment due-process equal-protection mandatory-minimum sentencing Whether the mandatory minimum sentence of 45 years imposed on Petitioner violates his rights to due process and equal protection under the 5th and 14t…
20-7555 Anthony A. Patel v. Patricia Miller, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP asian-americans civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection mental-health political-speech state-action Do the federal civil rights laws apply equally to Americans of Asian descent?
20-7560 Hakim Jakuin Morris v. Jocelyn B. Cate, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-03-25 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-liberties civil-procedure civil-rights color-of-law due-process equal-protection property-rights property-seizure standing strict-scrutiny Why was I denied Substantive & Procedural Due Process to challenge the validity of the alleged claims made by DMV, DSS and court officials?
20-7568 L. E. Pauli Coffey v. South Carolina Seventh Circuit 2021-03-25 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection privacy sovereign-immunity standing Do Americans have the inalienable 14th Amendment right to Due Process?
20-7552 Hugo Rufino Alvarez-Reyes v. Brad Cain, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2021-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection expert-testimony first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment standing witness-credibility Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
20-7531 Baidehi L. Mukherjee v. The Childrens Mercy Hospital Eighth Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied IFP after-acquired-evidence appellate-review civil-procedure due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection hearsay-evidence jury-instructions standard-of-review summary-judgment Should the violation of Standard of Review for Summary Judgment be allowed to stand uncorrected?
20-7532 Noel Turner v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice Fifth Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied IFP administrative-procedure capable-of-repetition civil-procedure constitutional-rights cost-of-suit due-process equal-protection evading-review prevailing-party Due-process-violation
20-1322 Michael Neely v. The Boeing Company Ninth Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied Relisted (3) administrative-action administrative-law age-discrimination civil-rights dodd-frank due-process equal-protection sarbanes-oxley standard-of-review whistleblower-rights Do Whistleblowers have a right to the equality of standard review under law, when the adverse effect dismisses the entire causes of action?
20-1330 June M. Domino v. California Correctional Health Care Services, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection government-misconduct pattern-of-discrimination racial-discrimination retaliation title-vii Was this a coordinated effort by government employees to undermine the Rule of Law?
20-1331 Arthur J. Clemens, Jr. v. Local One Service Employees International Union, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied civil-rights class-counsel constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection exhaustion-of-remedies first-amendment free-speech labor standing union union-governance Should 29 USC 481(c) be declared Unconstitutional
20-1319 Victor Manuel Solorzano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-03-22 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment judicial-integrity judicial-review plain-error search-and-seizure unreasonable-search whether-the-fifth-circuit-court-of-appeals-erred-in-its-plain-error-analysis
20-7518 In Re Jack Stone 2021-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedures-act custody-after-abduction damages due-process equal-protection international-child-abduction passport-issuance passport-reissuance visa-approval-denial visa-processing International-child-abduction,custody-after-abduction,passport-reissuance,administrative-procedures-act,damages,visa-approval-denial
20-7520 Shante Bruce Rice v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2021-03-22 Denied IFP age-of-defendant constitutional-law criminal-justice criminal-sentencing equal-protection equal-protection-clause life-without-parole mandatory-sentencing sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether the Pennsylvania Superior Court's decision that the ban on mandatory sentences of life without parole applies to only those defendants who wer…
20-7523 Joseph M. Bryant v. Louisiana Louisiana 2021-03-22 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure direct-review due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus non-unanimous-jury ramos-v-louisiana retroactivity supreme-court-precedent Is Petitioner convicted by a non-unanimous verdict, whose case is not yet final, entitled to the benefit of the holding in Ramos?
20-7510 In Re Leonard English 2021-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fairness fifth-amendment first-amendment judicial-discretion ninth-amendment Does any judge have the discretion to arbitrarily pick what relevant written & verified facts to consider and not apply them to governing laws for no …
20-1307 Michael White v. Donald Knapp, Jr., et al. Michigan 2021-03-19 Denied bankruptcy-exemption bankruptcy-law debtor-rights due-process equal-protection full-faith-and-credit preemption preemption-doctrine property-ownership property-rights standing state-court-jurisdiction When a debtor's bankruptcy exemptions conflict with state court jurisdiction, are state courts required to give full faith and credit to bankruptcy la…
20-1297 In Re Barbara Riley 2021-03-18 Denied Response Waived administrative-order civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equal-rights judicial-misconduct jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge slavery Is it constitutional for officers of the courts to be creating, selling and buying facially null and void judge's personal orders entered/issued witho…
20-7505 Olin Matice Gaskins v. West Virginia West Virginia 2021-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal constitutional-rights direct-appeal due-process equal-protection federal-law fourteenth-amendment legal-procedure retroactivity state-court supreme-court Did the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia violate clearly established federal law and petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment rights when it failed …
20-7506 Peter Gakuba v. Terry Grissom Seventh Circuit 2021-03-18 Dismissed IFP civil-rights conclusory-denial constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection false-arrest federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review standing Whether the USDC-HDIL-ROCHFORD violated Gakuba's due process and equal protection rights by issuing a wholly conclusory denial of his habeas corpus pe…
20-7450 Anthony A. Patel v. Regents of the University of California California 2021-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion mental-health mental-health-diagnosis political-discrimination political-speech trump-presidency Does the U.S. Constitution permit the State of California to misdiagnose an American Citizen as Suffering from a Mental Disorder for supporting Presid…
20-1262 MarySusan Ward v. Louisville Metro Government Kentucky 2021-03-11 Denied batson-v-kentucky civil-rights equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges supremacy-clause Whether the constitutional principles underlying Batson require trial courts to craft a meaningful remedy when a violation occurs
20-1265 Ivan Rene Moore, et al. v. Kimberly Martin-Bragg California 2021-03-11 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct judicial-review procedural-fairness property-rights Denial of due process and unrestricted access to courts
20-1266 In Re Ivan Rene Moore, et al. 2021-03-11 Denied california-constitution constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure property-rights redress superior-court supreme-court Shall a writ lie for violation of due process
20-1243 Staci Burk v. Doug Ducey, Governor of Arizona, et al. Arizona 2021-03-10 Denied Response Waived case-or-controversy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process election-challenge equal-protection federal-jurisdiction first-amendment standing stare-decisis voter-registration Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing
20-1244 Barbara Tully, et al. v. Paul Okeson, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) absentee-voting age-discrimination equal-protection fourteenth-amendment twenty-sixth-amendment voting-rights Whether Indiana violates the Twenty-Sixth Amendment by giving voters age 65 and older the right to cast an absentee ballot by mail while requiring oth…
20-1245 Pedro Vasquez v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2021-03-09 Denied Response Waived appellate-counsel contract-obligations contracts-clause criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fee-advancement impairment indigent-defense sixth-amendment Whether the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court impaired the obligation of a contract in contravention of Article I, sec. 10, cl. 1 of the U.S. Const…
20-1249 Gary Victor Dubin v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel Hawaii 2021-03-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech freedom-of-speech judicial-discretion license-revocation professional-licensing state-constitution Is it a violation of (1) Equal Protection, (2) Due Process and/or (3) Freedom of Speech
20-7376 Howard E. Martin, III v. Ohio Sixth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied IFP access-to-justice appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis legal-access standing systemic-racism Where are the Justices, Honorable Seer, who is sentencing Petitioner denied an opportunity to present Petitioner's defense, failed to avail the Petiti…
20-7354 In Re Michael Robinson 2021-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power access-to-courts civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct mandamus self-representation Question not identified
20-7364 James Baldwin v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2021-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel equal-protection ineffective-assistance mental-disability sixth-amendment Whether Appellant was denied rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments
20-7370 Avery Bradford v. Clinton Perry, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
20-1239 Edward Smith v. Ohio Ohio 2021-03-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment amendment-protection constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-procedure state-court stealthy-encroachment Whether the Supreme Court of Ohio violated the Petitioner's constitutional rights under the 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendments by refusing to enforce their…
20-7338 Foster Lee Tarver v. Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection ex-post-facto fourteenth-amendment judicial-abuse-of-discretion juvenile-sentencing miller-v-alabama statutory-construction Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in upholding the illegal mandatory maximum life sentence imposed upon the Petitioner
20-7344 Carl Dwight Davis v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry Ninth Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
20-7345 Willie Ray Lewis v. Robert Legrand, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP abortion appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-review due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-standing medical-regulations standing statutory-interpretation Whether Louisiana's law requiring a physician performing an abortion to have admitting privileges at a local hospital is unconstitutional
20-7349 In Re Bobby Mellard 2021-03-05 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims
20-7308 Michael N. Kelsey v. New York New York 2021-03-03 Denied IFP appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance post-conviction-motion right-to-appeal sentencing-judge-advisement Are New York's criminal appellate procedures deficient or prejudicial to due process?
20-7309 Phillip Maldonado v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2021-03-03 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington supremacy-clause Does the federal constitution's supremacy clause mandate state courts to apply the Strickland test for ineffective assistance of counsel claims on dir…
20-7311 Juan Matthews v. Louisiana Louisiana 2021-03-03 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law discriminatory-intent due-process equal-protection jury-verdict racial-discrimination ramos-v-louisiana standing supreme-court-precedent Whether Louisiana's jury verdict scheme that convicted the petitioner violated the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
20-1194 Arthur Lopez v. Corona Police Department, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-01 Denied Relisted (2) administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing Whether the petitioners' First Amendment rights were violated by the respondents' denial of their request to participate in a public forum based on th…
20-1199 Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College First Circuit 2021-03-01 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (32)Relisted (4) affirmative-action asian-american-discrimination civil-rights equal-protection higher-education race-based-admissions strict-scrutiny title-vi Should this Court overrule Grutter v. Bollinger and hold that institutions of higher education cannot use race as a factor in admissions?
20-1191 Robert Singletary v. Kenneth Nelsen, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-02-26 Denied Response Waived civil-rights compulsory-process due-process equal-protection jurisdiction rule-of-law Do the accused have a right to reside?
20-1192 Fred Lohr Fouse, et ux. v. Saratoga Partners L.P., et al. Pennsylvania 2021-02-26 Denied due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment municipal-tax-sale property-rights redemption-rights Does Pennsylvania law violate the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment?
20-7261 Randell Joseph Redmond v. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Fifth Circuit 2021-02-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection free-speech just-compensation property-rights standing takings-clause tax-foreclosure Whether the court of appeals erred in denying a motion to dismiss a civil-rights, due-process, free-speech claim
20-7263 Darryl A. Robinson v. Yee Sixth Circuit 2021-02-26 Dismissed IFP equal-protection first-amendment gerrymandering redistricting standing voting-rights Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in holding that the plaintiffs lack standing to challenge the constitutionality of Michigan's congressional districtin…
20-1188 Marilynn Thomason v. Beneficial Financial I Inc. Idaho 2021-02-25 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1956 28-usc-1651 appellate-procedure constitutional-authority court-records due-process equal-protection idaho-appellate-rule-28 judicial-discretion Whether any State Supreme Court, state appellate court, state district court and/or any clerk of such court has the constitutional and statutory autho…
20-1163 Gloucester County School Board v. Gavin Grimm Fourth Circuit 2021-02-24 Denied Amici (3) biological-sex civil-rights equal-protection equal-protection-clause gender-identity restrooms school-discrimination title-ix transgender transgender-rights Does Title IX or the Equal Protection Clause require schools to let transgender students use multiuser restrooms designated for the opposite biologica…
20-7233 John Dan Bumphus, Jr. v. Unique Personnel Consultants, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-02-24 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims
20-7219 Cedric C. Westbrook v. California California 2021-02-23 Denied IFP arbitrary-action arbitrary-classification civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legal-classification procedural-hurdles standing state-court Does the State Court have an arbitrary right to re-classify a legal document into a specific classification of filings that the State knows has surimo…
20-7222 Ian Lamonte Cormier v. Riverside County District Attorney, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-23 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-procedure dismissal due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction judicial-access judicial-review standing Whether petitioner's case can be denied in forma pauperis
20-7224 Leon Niles Daye v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Question not identified
20-7191 Curtis Shuler v. Kenneth E. Lassiter, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-02-22 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the Petitioners' constitutional due process and equal protection rights were violated
20-1133 Nicholas L. Triantos v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2004-HE4, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-HE4, et al. First Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption federalism mgc-93a remand separation-of-powers subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the First Circuit erred in concluding that one Count under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act was sufficient to confer Federal Jurisdictio…
20-7166 Charles J. Jordan v. United States District of Columbia 2021-02-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection grand-jury grand-jury-selection judicial-review jurisdiction Whether the D.C. Court of Appeals is interpreting D.C. Code § 11-947 correctly when it is allowing the D.C. Superior Court to modify Federal Rule and …
20-7134 Fadeel Shuhaiber v. Illinois Department of Corrections Seventh Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights due-process equal-protection rehabilitation-act-of-1973 standing Whether the Illinois Department of Corrections violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 by not providing servic…
20-7143 Heyangjing Shi, et al. v. Jim J. Mash New York 2021-02-12 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights contract contract-law due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legal-standing standing unauthorized-use void-judgment Whether it violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
20-7144 Xue Jie He v. Hairong Xue New York 2021-02-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment landlord-tenant security-deposit statutory-interpretation Whether it violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
20-1112 In Re Lakshmi Arunachalam 2021-02-12 Denied Response Waived administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-law contract-clause due-process equal-protection government-contracts patent patent-law separation-of-powers stare-decisis Whether Justice Barrett must enforce the Supreme Court's stare decisis precedents prohibiting repudiation of government-issued patent grants
20-7115 Christopher A. Carter v. Frank Lawrence, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-split civil-rights comity due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-review standing Whether the Seventh Circuit ruling which is in conflict with the United States Supreme Court, the Seventh Circuit, other circuits, is debatable and wa…
20-7131 Shean Elkins v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection fundamental-rights marriage-equality sexual-orientation Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause prohibit the government from denying a person's right to marry based…
20-7100 Ryan Detrell Robinson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure district-court-judgment due-process equal-protection sentencing sentencing-variance Whether the Circuit Court Erred Failing To Reverse District Court's Imposition of an 'Alternate Variance Sentence' Which Was Designed To Insulate The …
20-7103 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. North Carolina, et al. North Carolina 2021-02-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech grievance-mechanism petition-clause prisoner-rights standing Whether the petitioner retains the right to petition the government for redress of grievances and whether this is denied in violation of the Equal Pro…
20-1100 Paul Rodriguez, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) electoral-college equal-protection first-amendment political-parties presidential-election summary-affirmance vote-dilution voting-rights Do the Equal Protection Clause and the First Amendment prohibit California's winner-take-all system for appointing presidential electors?
20-1088 David Carson, as Parent and Next Friend of O. C., et al. v. A. Pender Makin First Circuit 2021-02-09 Judgment Issued Amici (55)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) constitutional-rights equal-protection espinoza-v-montana first-amendment first-circuit religion-clauses sectarian-instruction student-aid-program Does a state violate the Religion Clauses or Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution by prohibiting students participating in an oth…
20-7092 Marlon L. Watford v. Randy Pfister, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-02-09 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioners' claims
20-7053 Hector Manuel Torres v. Texas Texas 2021-02-05 Denied IFP effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance plea-bargain retroactivity sixth-amendment strickland-standard Whether the ruling in Ghaidez V United States deprives certain people of the right to equal protection by allowing defense counsel to withhold a vital…
20-7058 Dwayne Wilson v. Ed Sheldon, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-violation double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection jurisdiction mental-health miscarriage-of-justice Question not identified
20-7061 Frank Durand Tomlin v. Todd E. Ishee Fourth Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied IFP 8th-amendment basic-human-needs civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection prison-conditions public-policy standing Does prison officials' issuance of hygiene and cosmetics that do not work to prisoners constitute deprivation of a basic human need objectively suffic…
20-7067 Wilma Pennington-Thurman v. Sansone Group DDR LLC Missouri 2021-02-05 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction removal-jurisdiction state-courts state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Whether federal courts should gain jurisdiction when a state supreme court refuses to recognize 28 U.S.C. 1446(d)
20-7026 Jerome Berry v. Teri Lawson, Superintendent, Farmington Correctional Center Missouri 2021-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrary-application board-of-probation discriminatory-treatment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus missouri-sexual-offenders-program parole sexual-offenders state-courts Did the Missouri courts err in failing to find that Petitioner was entitled to immediate release due to the Missouri Board of Probation and Paroles ar…
20-6994 In Re Khayree Smith 2021-02-02 Denied IFP 14th-amendment citizenship-status civil-rights constitutional-law denationalization due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto slavery slavery-labels What branch of law authorized states to apply abolished slave labels (Negro, Black, colored) to any person of African descent after 1865?
20-7009 Mark Rudolph Arsenio Reed v. Robert Toole, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment indigent-defendant motion-in-arrest sixth-amendment standing Whether an indigent defendant has standing to claim a deprivation of the First Amendment right to petition the court
20-7011 Hemmingway Mukora Saisi v. Carolyn Murray, et al. Third Circuit 2021-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process equal-protection protection-claim self-defense stare-decisis state-criminal-procedure state-officials Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights to due process and equal protection were violated by the heightened pleading standard applied to his se…
20-1052 In Re Christopher Gary Baylor 2021-02-02 Denied civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigant section-1983 section-1983-claim Does a non-prisoner, indigent, pro se litigant to a Section 1983 claim who initially proceeds In Forma Pauperis but later pays for his appeal, lose th…
20-6993 Clarence Jackson v. Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia 2021-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-licensing bar-admission civil-rights due-process equal-protection legal-discrimination legal-profession racial-discrimination systemic-racism white-supremacy Does the background established in the petition allow for Caucasians holding 98% of power and wealth to engage in racism, fraud, and theft to maintain…
20-6999 Kannha Bounchanh v. Washington State Health Care Authority, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada ada-adaa civil-rights due-process equal-protection evidence fourteenth-amendment judicial-discrimination Whether the panel of judges at the Ninth Circuit court have violated the petitioner's due-process, equal-protection, ada, civil-rights
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
20-6982 Misty R. Weed v. Florida Florida 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-laws constitutional-rights district-court-conflict due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel manifest-injustice plea-withdrawal sentencing sentencing-discretion Did the first district court of appeal create a manifest injustice by ruling in conflict with other district courts on the same legal question, violat…
20-6986 Lorenzo Escudero v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fundamental-rights habeas-corpus legal-sufficiency sentencing trial-by-jury trial-rights Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated through deprivations of due process, trial by jury, equal protection, and other fundament…
20-6988 Antwone Lamont Creater v. Illinois Illinois 2021-01-28 Denied IFP aggravating-factors appellate-review criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion mitigating-factors sentencing-guidelines Whether the seriousness of the offense is the most important factor for a judge to consider in fashioning a defendant's sentence, or whether the serio…
20-1023 Jean Coulter v. Philip A. Ignelzi, et al. Pennsylvania 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-bias mandamus rule-233.1 rule-making-authority standing vagueness Is Pa. R.C.P. Rule 233.1 Unconstitutional?
20-1030 Tommie Rae Brown v. Deanna Brown-Thomas, et al. South Carolina 2021-01-28 Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection fundamental-right-to-marry judicial-decree marriage-validity retroactive-application retroactivity void-marriage Whether requiring the class of persons in marriages that are void ab initio to obtain a judicial decree of invalidity before remarrying violates the D…
20-1007 Merrilee Stewart v. RRL Holding Company of Ohio, LLC, et al. Ohio 2021-01-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) antitrust civil-rights-act constitutional-rights due-process equal-employment-opportunity equal-protection fair-housing-act federal-law-enforcement federal-laws state-court-procedure whistleblower whistleblower-protection Are the Courts of the State of Ohio obligated to enforce Federal Laws?
20-6955 Theresa Skillings v. City of New York, New York New York 2021-01-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law agency-discretion americans-with-disabilities-act child-services civil-rights due-process equal-protection family-law immigration-law social-services-law statutory-interpretation Whether the respondent's agency the Administration for Children's Services violated the petitioner's rights with regard to the Americans with Disabili…
20-6919 Lawrence James Napper v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied IFP actual-innocence anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act civil-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus procedural-rules speedy-trial successive-motion Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeal for lack of jurisdiction
20-6920 Sean Moffitt v. United States Third Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-rights district-court-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus jurisdiction legal-procedure post-conviction-relief subsequent-petition Does the district court have jurisdiction to entertain a lawfully filed, Subsequent Petition
20-6934 Fred Cartwright v. Silver Cross Hospital, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process en-banc-rehearing equal-protection legal-counsel medical-condition post-traumatic-stress-disorder standing writ-of-certiorari Whether the petitioner's due process and equal protection rights were violated due to the dismissal of his case and denial of his motions for rehearin…
20-6939 Thomas Nevius v. Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law brady-violation civil-procedure civil-rights co-defendant-confession confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-admissibility judicial-discretion standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing
20-989 City of Newark, New Jersey v. Fraternal Order of Police, Newark Lodge No. 12 New Jersey 2021-01-26 Denied Amici (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights department-of-justice due-process equal-protection municipal-authority police-oversight racial-discrimination Does a state supreme court violate the Equal Protection Clause by reading state statutes to preclude its largest city from protecting Black citizens f…
20-6926 Nestor Alegria Hernandez v. California California 2021-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment intoxicated-driving involuntary-manslaughter jury-instructions lesser-included-offense Whether California law violates the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause by requiring its courts to instruct on involuntary manslaughter as …
20-6896 Phillip A. Benjamin v. Florida Florida 2021-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial fourteenth-amendment jury-selection sixth-amendment witness-testimony Did the Trial Court err when limiting the testimonies of the defense witness from testifying of vital information, therefore, hindering the Defendant …
20-6897 In Re Lee Charles Bradford 2021-01-15 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant civil-rights, due-process, and equal-protection laws
20-6910 El-Asad Alsaedi v. Florida Florida 2021-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum sentencing-authority sentencing-guidelines standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in dismissing Petitioner's civil rights claims against Defendant for lack of standing
20-968 R. M. S. v. Madison County Department of Human Resources Alabama 2021-01-15 Denied child-custody due-process equal-protection federal-statute federal-statutory-notice grandparent-rights social-service-agency state-proceedings termination-of-parental-rights Does a state's child custody proceedings violate a grandparent's federal statutory right of notice?
20-946 John J. Dierlam v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response Waived 1st-amendment affordable-care-act civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech religious-exemptions rfra Do one or more Constitutional violations exist in the ACA?
20-959 Angela Thigpen v. Board of Trustees of the Local 807 Labor-Management Pension Fund Second Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review precedent statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant civil-rights, due-process, and equal-protection laws
20-943 Jean Barton, et vir v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-13 Denied 28-usc-1738 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-proceedings land-rights standing takings when-the-lower-federal-courts-abandon-28-usc-section-1738
20-6858 Benjamin Mario Soto v. AFSCME Union Council 5 Local 12181, et al. Minnesota 2021-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment administrative-remedies civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-interpretation due-process equal-protection judicial-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct state-constitution employment-contractual-due-process-property-rights
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…
20-6865 William Rouser v. Unknown Ninth Circuit 2021-01-13 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
20-6871 Angnem Green v. New York New York 2021-01-13 Denied IFP closing-argument constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct racial-bias racial-discrimination Whether the New York Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department erred in finding Petitioner's Constitutional right to a fair trial was not violate…
20-6830 Donald Jones v. Bank of America, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-12 Dismissed IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fee-waiver indigent-litigant judicial-procedure poverty Whether denying the petitioner a panel of three judges because he was too poor to pay the fees was in violation of his Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment …
20-928 National Coalition For Men, et al. v. Selective Service System, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-01-12 Denied Amici (4)Relisted (3) combat-roles constitutional-challenge equal-protection fifth-amendment gender-discrimination military-draft rostker-v-goldberg selective-service Whether the federal requirement that men but not women register for the Selective Service, authorized under 50 U.S.C. § 3802(a), violates the right to…
20-939 Colette Marie Wilcox v. Nathan H. Lyons, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-01-12 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) circuit-conflict civil-rights constitutional-provisions discrimination equal-protection fourteenth-amendment invidious-discrimination retaliation standing Whether the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits retaliation against a person who has complained about invidious discriminati…
20-933 In Re Jack R. Finnegan 2021-01-11 Denied 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-guarantees due-process equal-protection equitable-relief fraud-prevention injunction judicial-jurisdiction standing Was the petitioner denied equal protection under the 14th Amendment?
20-6812 Keith McCoy v. Michael Atherton, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection inter-prison-transfer involuntary-treatment liberty-interest mental-health prison-transfer pro-se-representation state-law stigma Did the Appeals Court err in its decision regarding McCoy's transfer to a mental health facility?
20-6779 Leon Bright v. Angel Didios Florida 2021-01-05 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection evidentiary-hearing judicial-procedure motion-to-dismiss notice Whether Defendants discriminated against Petitioner and deprived him of Equal Protection and Due Process
20-6758 Patrick Koroma v. Katti Lanham, et al. Georgia 2021-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP antiterrorism-act appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure collateral-order death-penalty-act district-court due-process equal-protection final-judgment habeas-corpus standing writ-of-appeal Whether the Georgia Court of Appeals had jurisdiction to review the petitioners' case, and whether the collateral order denying the petitioners' motio…
20-881 Huong L. Tran, et al. v. City of Holmes Beach, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-04 Denied 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 administrative-remedies civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-access equal-protection finality-requirement section-1983 shotgun-pleading Whether strict shotgun pleading rules are permissible to dispose of complaints and deprive litigants equal access to federal courts
20-883 Donald J. Trump v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-01-04 Denied Response Waived absentee-voting election-integrity election-law election-procedures elections-clause electors-clause equal-protection legislative-intent voter-fraud Whether WEC and local election officials violated Art. II, § 1, cl. 2 of the United States Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of Eq…
20-887 In Re L. Lin Wood, Jr. 2021-01-04 Denied civil-rights due-process election-law elections equal-protection legislative-authority signature-verification standing vote-dilution voting-rights Whether the Petitioner/voter has standing to challenge state action based on the vote-dilution
20-878 Michael Edwards v. Indiana University Seventh Circuit 2020-12-31 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection fourteenth-amendment public-employment state-action workplace-termination Was my 14th Amendment United States Constitutional Rights violated when I was fired by Indiana University?
20-6744 Sinclair Ellis, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
20-6749 Ricardo Morales v. Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-12-31 Denied IFP 28-usc-1447c civil-procedure civil-procedure-violation conflict-of-interest due-process equal-protection federal-removal judicial-misconduct due-process-violation
20-6729 Michael Allen Bullock v. Erik A. Hooks, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety Fourth Circuit 2020-12-30 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection evidence-tampering fraud-on-the-court ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-fraud prior-record sentencing Whether the petitioner's attorney deliberately and flagrantly violated the petitioner's constitutional rights, and why the courts have avoided address…
20-6722 Eddie A. Poindexter v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Eighth Circuit 2020-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
20-858 In Re Tyler Bowyer, et al. 2020-12-29 Denied 42-U.S.C.-1983 constitutional-rights due-process election-fraud elections electoral-college equal-protection fraud presidential-electors standing Whether presidential electors have standing to challenge the outcome of a presidential election for fraud and illegality that cause the defeat of thei…
20-859 In Re William Feehan 2020-12-29 Denied Response Waived 42-U.S.C.-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process election-fraud elections electoral-college electors equal-protection presidential-electors standing Whether presidential electors have standing to challenge the outcome of a presidential election
20-844 Barbara Murray v. Elizabeth A. Fry, as Executrix of the Estate of James E. Fry, et al. Connecticut 2020-12-23 Denied 7th-amendment civil-eviction civil-rights due-process equal-protection eviction false-factual-finding fourteenth-amendment national-health-crisis seventh-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction Does the Seventh Amendment require a jury trial in a civil eviction case?
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
20-847 Billie Renee Frances Lillian Powers v. The Bank of New York Mellon, fka Bank of New York, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-12-23 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-fairness ninth-circuit pro-se pro-se-litigation summary-affirmance supervisory-authority Whether the pro se petitioner was denied due process and equal protection by the circuit court's treatment of informal briefs
20-6696 La Verne Koenig v. Andrew Wheeler, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-precedent due-process equal-protection erie-doctrine federal-rules-of-civil-procedure full-faith-and-credit pro-se-litigation state-rights Does the Federal Rule [Fed. R. Civ. Pro. Rule 4] significantly affect the result of a litigation for a Federal Court to disregard a law of a State tha…
20-6672 Adam L. Coleman v. Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center Kentucky 2020-12-21 Denied IFP age-of-majority civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause estate-administration legal-representation medical-malpractice wrongful-death Can a state pass legislation that jeopardizes legal representation of a Wrongful Death or Medical Malpractice asserted claim that would otherwise be g…
20-6679 Larry Dortley v. Florida Florida 2020-12-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-rights competency criminal-procedure drope-v-missouri due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment mental-competency trial-rights Whether the Equal Protection and Due Process of Law Clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, and the United S…
20-6650 Gregory Scott Sumner v. Brett Carter, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-12-18 Denied IFP ada ada-discrimination bivens-action civil-rights disability-rights due-process equal-access equal-protection free-speech public-services reasonable-accommodation Whether the public entity violated Title I of the ADA by excluding the plaintiff from participation in or denying the benefits of its programs and ser…
20-6643 Adrian McCray v. Scott Lewis, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-12-17 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection prosecutorial-misconduct standing Whether the Petitioner's prosecution violated his due process rights
20-6646 Marcia Croce v. Lorin A. Croce Pennsylvania 2020-12-17 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure political-bias Whether the Pennsylvania Judicial System erred in depriving the low-income Petitioner of equal-process-and-protection
20-820 Denise Jackson v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Second Circuit 2020-12-17 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-programs federal-rules hearing-notice judicial-fairness Whether the court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's complaint without providing proper notice and opportunity to be heard
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?
20-815 Timothy King, et al. v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-12-15 Denied civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process election-dispute elections-clause electors-clause equal-protection michigan-election-code preliminary-injunction voter-fraud Whether the petitioners have presented sufficient evidence to support three claims pursuant to 42 USC§ 1983: (Count I) violation of the Elections and …
20-816 In Re Coreco Ja'Qan Pearson, et al. 2020-12-15 Dismissed Response Waived due-process election-fraud electoral-college equal-protection fraud illegality presidential-election section-1983 standing standing-doctrine Do presidential electors have standing to challenge the outcome of a presidential election?
20-6578 Rickey White v. Gary L. Lumpkin, Presiding Judge, Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-12-15 Dismissed IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
20-6623 Raymond Ka-Lun Pin v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2020-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-grievance civil-rights constitutional-rights discretionary-parole due-process equal-protection imprisonment parole sentencing takings Whether the Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections violated the petitioner's due process rights by the arbitrary enforcement of a void dis…
20-6627 Clarence B. Jenkins, Jr. v. South Carolina Department of Employment Workforce, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-12-15 Denied IFP civil-rights civil-rights-act discrimination due-process employment-workforce equal-protection institutional-racism systemic-racism title-vii Define the purpose of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Civil Rights Act of 1991
20-6632 Claudio Valdez v. United States First Circuit 2020-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing
20-6613 C. D. Pickle, Jr., aka Clanton D. Pickle, Jr. v. Mississippi Mississippi 2020-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-review legal-procedure petition supreme-court takings-clause writ-of-certiorari Whether the construction of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses o…
20-799 L. Lin Wood, Jr. v. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-11 Denied due-process election-integrity election-law equal-protection legislative-authority signature-verification standing state-legislature vote-dilution voting-rights Whether a voter has standing to challenge state action based on vote dilution
20-6602 Wayne Boucher v. Deanne Lyons New Hampshire 2020-12-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse child-custody domestic-dispute due-process equal-protection evidence-exclusion family-law guardian-ad-litem judicial-bias parental-rights What is best for E.B.
20-6603 In Re Antonio Akel 2020-12-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus mandamus right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying the petitioner's request for a writ of mandamus to compel the court to provide the peti…
20-6579 Aimee O'Neil v. Weld County, Colorado Tenth Circuit 2020-12-09 Denied IFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection individual-rights judicial-procedure legal-representation liberty-interest procedural-protection standing Did Attorney Andrew Poland provide adequate representation?
20-6560 Lorenzo Gerald Ferebee v. Karen Stapleton, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection prisoner-rights procedural-due-process Whether the U.S. Department of Corrections' disciplinary procedures violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
20-6543 Curtis Moody v. Chae Harris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection gerrymandering redistricting standing Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in affirming the district court's dismissal of petitioners' claims challenging the constitutionality of Ohio's congres…
20-6547 David Franklin McNees, Jr. v. Michigan Michigan 2020-12-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence brady-violation due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct Did the federal and state courts abuse their discretion in denying petitioner's motion for a new trial and Ginther hearing?
20-6523 Jason Lamont Brooks v. Scott Jordan, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-time-bar civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection habeas-corpus juvenile-offender lwop-sentence meaningful-opportunity montgomery-miller-precedent standing Does the AEDPA time-bar apply to a 'protected-class-of-citizen's' claim for relief?
20-6531 Rogelio May Ruiz v. David Baughman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-12-04 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process equal-protection reopening-case standing Whether the court erred in denying the petitioner's request for appointed counsel
20-6497 Andrey Bridges v. David W. Gray, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-12-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-power access-to-courts appellate-review civil-forum civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion judicial-review self-representation When the doors of the Court(s] are willfully, maliciously, and improperly closed to non-influential, self-represented persons
20-6499 Robert T. Sigler v. Jimmy Thornton, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-12-02 Denied IFP civil-rights class-action constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference detainee-rights detention-conditions due-process equal-protection medical-care prison-conditions Whether the county government was deliberately indifferent towards the detainee class by providing inadequate sleeping conditions, limited recreation …
20-6505 Roosevelt Bigbee, Jr. v. Johnny Fitz, Warden Tennessee 2020-12-02 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech habeas-corpus search-and-seizure Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights under the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments were violated
20-756 Christopher Gary Baylor v. Ayano Eto, fka Ayano Eto Baylor Minnesota 2020-12-02 Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment marital-status parent-child-relationship parental-rights standing state-court May a state court terminate the rights of a parent without notice or due process of service?
20-762 Eric Ferrier v. Cascade Falls Condominium Association, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-02 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure national-settlement national-settlement-agreement property-rights title-transfer Whether a person born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, may be deprived of property without due process of…
20-6482 Derrick Moffite v. Mississippi Mississippi 2020-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional/statutory provisions
20-6488 Mario Allan Montano v. Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Michigan 2020-12-01 Dismissed IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-fees due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-standing standing supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the Michigan Supreme Court violated its jurisdiction by issuing an order dismissing the Petitioner's case and depriving the Petitioner of his …
20-6489 Mario Allan Montano v. Ivy Alice Wimmer Michigan 2020-12-01 Dismissed IFP access-to-courts case-dismissal constitutional-rights court-fees court-orders due-process equal-protection filing-fees jurisdiction supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the Michigan Supreme Court violated its jurisdiction in issuing three orders dismissing the Petitioner's cases thus depriving the Petitioner o…
20-6490 Mario Allan Montano v. Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Michigan 2020-12-01 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights court-fees court-orders due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-injunction standing supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the Michigan Supreme Court violated its jurisdiction in issuing orders against the Petitioner, depriving him of his right to equal protection …
20-6477 Hamid Reza Ardaneh v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2020-11-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-bias jurisdiction mental-health-detention national-origin nationality If the petitioner cannot enforce his equality of rights in lower state courts based on discrimination toward his nationality of being Iranian, then wh…
20-6479 Genaro Garcia v. Indiana Indiana 2020-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction post-conviction-petition prosecutorial-misconduct Whether a State Appellate Court's unexplained failure to allow a petitioner to file a successive petition for last-ditch chronological relief under Ru…
20-740 Jim Bognet, et al. v. Veronica Degraffenreid, Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2020-11-27 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) ballot-deadline election-integrity elections-clause electors-clause equal-protection judicial-overreach mail-in-ballots purcell-v-gonzalez standing Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court usurped the Pennsylvania General Assembly's authority
20-6423 Byron Lee v. AT&T Services, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP breach-of-contract breach-of-duty equal-protection federal-question feha feha-violation procedural-due-process removal removal-procedure subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the lower courts commit Equal Protection or FEHA violations?
20-6403 Casey Mattingly v. Duval County Jail, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-trial summary-judgment Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court erred in dismissing the Plaintiff's appeal, demonstrating a violation of the Plaintiff's constitutional rights unde…
20-6398 Richard Wesley Allen v. Marcus A. Pollard, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-11-20 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection First-Amendment Fourteenth-Amendment free-speech parole prisoner-rights religious-freedom Does it violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments when a state requires a prisoner to change his or her religion, or to commit acts that are against…
20-698 Alan Headman v. Royal I. Hansen, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-11-20 Denied Response Waived 13th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection inadequate-forum involuntary-servitude judicial-immunity thirteenth-amendment Whether the lack of 'specific' terms within a written agreement should prevent state court officers from imposing terms of servitude
20-694 Eagle Cove Camp & Conference Center, Inc., et al. v. Town of Woodboro, Wisconsin, et al. Wisconsin 2020-11-19 Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection federal-law judicial-review notice procedural-due-process property property-rights religious-exercise sanctions sua-sponte sua-sponte-analysis Did the Wisconsin courts deprive petitioners of due process by reversing sanctions without notice?
20-6377 Anthony C. Martin v. Larry Fowler, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's complaint
20-6349 Larry D. Odum v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights class-action due-process equal-protection standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims
20-6350 Esau Dozier v. Dwight Neven, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP brown-vs-board civil-rights due-process equal-protection public-schools racial-segregation Whether the US Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause prohibit racial segregation in public schools
20-6353 Larry Williams v. Scott B. Lewis, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
20-6354 Richard A. Poplawski v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fee-provisions fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis prison-litigation-reform-act standing Can courts strategically exempt litigants from the law to thwart test cases?
20-6365 Gregory D. Crosby v. Bill True, Warden Tenth Circuit 2020-11-17 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
20-686 Michael Shock v. Arkansas Arkansas 2020-11-17 Denied Response Waived brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-law discovery-violation double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection mistrial oregon-v-kennedy prosecutorial-misconduct standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant statutory and constitutional provisions
20-672 Thomas Gilewicz v. Brylin Hospital, et al. New York 2020-11-16 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights court-proceedings due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legal-procedure standing state-court statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
20-6331 Raphael Dimenick Sam v. Texas Texas 2020-11-16 Denied IFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus sentencing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
20-6302 Nguyen Vu v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-11-13 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-bias perjured-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the petitioner was deprived of due process and equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment due to a prosecution based on perjured testimon…
20-664 Artem M. Joukov v. Office of the State Attorney for the Second Judicial Circuit of Florida Florida 2020-11-13 Denied Response Waived administrative-action civil-rights due-process equal-protection florida-law small-business small-business-rights state-agency statutory-interpretation Does the Equal Protection Clause permit the State of Florida to discriminate against unincorporated small business owners that are unsuccessfully sued…
20-6276 Arek R. Fressadi v. Arizona, et al. Arizona 2020-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-violations court-rules due-process equal-protection first-amendment ineffective-assistance judicial-misconduct judicial-review oath-of-office procedural-default self-defense state-law supreme-court trial-counsel venue-transfer venue-transfer 20-6275" Would a jurist of reason find debatable the correc Whether failures to apply mandatory language of the U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court rulings, state law, and court rules are violations of the Du…
20-639 Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Steve Sisolak, Governor of Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-11-10 Denied Amici (6)Relisted (2) covid-19 covid-19-restrictions equal-protection first-amendment free-assembly free-exercise free-exercise-clause free-speech religious-liberty strict-scrutiny Whether the Governor's favoring of secular over religious gatherings violates the Free Exercise Clause
20-6260 Sherman Johnson, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-11-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP eighth-circuit equal-protection fifth-amendment flowers-v-mississippi foster-v-chatman juror-strikes jury-selection miller-el-v-dretke prosecutorial-discrimination voir-dire Whether the District Court and United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit considered the full context of the other evidence of discriminati…
20-614 Thomas D. Kerr v. Heidi L. Kerr Montana 2020-11-06 Denied child-rearing constitutional-guarantees constitutional-law due-process equal-protection family-law gender-discrimination parental-rights parenting supreme-court-review Can the Montana Supreme Court ignore the unjustifiable and inexplicable decisions of the lower court discriminate against a father for no other discer…
20-6250 Kyle A. Box v. New York New York 2020-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the prosecution's failure to disclose evidence favorable to the defense violates due process
20-612 Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente, et al. v. Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State Minnesota 2020-11-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) ballot-access equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment political-parties political-party-rights primary-election primary-elections Whether Minnesota's taxpayer-funded, state-administered, and binding presidential nomination primary election statutes are repugnant to the First and …
20-596 Leroy E. Scott v. City of St. Petersburg, Florida, et al. Florida 2020-11-04 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process equal-protection home-rule-powers municipal-abatement racial-discrimination seventh-amendment special-assessment-liens standing summary-judgment Is the PER CURIAM Affirm opinion a pretext for discrimination?
20-583 Mitzi Elaine Dailey v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland Maryland 2020-11-03 Denied Response Waived attorney-disciplinary-proceedings attorney-discipline confidentiality confidentiality-breach due-process equal-protection judicial-bias mandamus-petition pro-bono Should the Maryland Court of Appeals have granted Petitioner's request for a hearing on her Petition for Writ of Mandamus
20-6203 Rachel O. v. Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Alaska 2020-11-03 Denied IFP administrative-law alaska-supreme-court civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection guardianship native-american standing Question not identified
20-6204 Kenneth Curry v. Kess Roberson Seventh Circuit 2020-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
20-6182 Kyle Rainey v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
20-6173 In Re Tommie H. Telfair 2020-10-30 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment's due process and equal protection clauses
20-6175 Rico Walker v. Vance Laughlin, Warden Georgia 2020-10-30 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment indictment-sufficiency ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-of-charges void-conviction Can Petitioner be convicted of a crime where the Indictment fails to allege the essential elements of the crime charged?
20-6179 Hai Duong v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2020-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation doyle-v-ohio due-process equal-protection harmless-error miranda-rights post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct Was Duong denied due process and equal protection
20-6158 Clara Lewis Brockington v. South Carolina Department of Social Services, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-10-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP discrimination due-process education-requirements employment-termination equal-protection master's-degree test-administration workers-compensation workplace-discrimination why-was-plaintiff-terminated-from-employment
20-6164 In Re Theresa S. Romain 2020-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment fraud-upon-the-court full-faith-and-credit petition-clause race-discrimination Can a State encourage discrimination on the basis of race theory?
20-545 Barbara D. Terrell v. John Lewis Renner, II West Virginia 2020-10-26 Denied appellate-procedure civil-rights domestic-relations-exception due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment marital-assets notice privileges-immunities property Whether the domestic-relations-exception applies to property rights under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
20-549 John Farrow, et al. v. Contra Costa County, California Ninth Circuit 2020-10-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bail circuit-split counsel-appointment criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process equal-protection indigent-defense right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Is a detainee's first appearance in court a 'critical stage' of the proceedings?
20-541 James MacDonald v. Louis E. Kempinsky, et al. California 2020-10-23 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts civil-rights discovery due-process equal-protection petition-for-redress Question not identified
20-6117 David M. Wasanyi v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law controlled-substances-act diversion-amendment due-process equal-protection food-and-drug-agency healthcare-services minority-health Whether the Federal government infringed on Petitioner's rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Con…
20-6119 In Re Nira Woods 2020-10-23 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion amendment-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights court-reporter due-process equal-protection judicial-recusal recusal standing superior-court Were Petitioner's Constitutional Rights violated (including the 15+, 5th, and 14th Amendment(s))
20-6125 Edward Jones v. William Aaron Traylor, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims
20-6105 Gabriel Oliver v. Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings voting-rights Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated
20-530 Harold H. Burbank, II v. Connecticut Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel Connecticut 2020-10-21 Denied attorney-discipline civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech petition petition-rights political-speech Did the First Amendment and Connecticut Constitution preclude Connecticut from reciprocal attorney discipline
20-6091 Cherrie A. Hollie v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2020-10-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equitable-claims federal-circuit oral-argument standing veterans-claims Whether the Federal Circuit erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeal and failing to address the petitioner's constitutional due process, equal prot…
20-6077 Johnathan Pinney v. Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied IFP appeals civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts frivolous-claims judicial-discretion pleading-standards pro-se-litigation standing three-strikes-rule Issues being raised
20-6080 David Russell Posey v. Florida Florida 2020-10-20 Denied IFP ada-accommodations civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection florida-bar fraud obstruction-of-justice trial-record Whether prosecutors' names should be struck from the trial record for violating due process and equal protection by committing obstruction of justice …
20-6081 Lenore L. Albert-Sheridan v. State Bar of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied IFP 11-usc-523 bankruptcy-discharge court-costs due-process equal-protection license-suspension professional-licensing state-bar-discipline statutory-interpretation Whether 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(7) bars a debtor from obtaining a discharge of State Bar disciplinary costs under Chapter 7
20-6060 Benjamin Davis Smiley, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2020-10-19 Denied IFP aggravating-factors capital-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-determination mitigating-circumstances sentencing Does the decision of the Florida Supreme Court in Smiley v. State, 295 So.3d 156 (2020), violate the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishm…
20-6052 Donald R. Conway v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review case-law-conflict circuit-court-precedent constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection procedural-default Did the Court of Appeals err or abuse its discretion
20-6057 David Lee Emmert, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-defendants criminal-enhancement due-process equal-protection immigration liberty-interest sentencing-disparity sexual-abuse-minor statutory-interpretation Whether equal protection of the liberty interest is offended when two classes of criminal defendants (Immigration and Child Pornography) are given dis…
20-6028 Carmencita Maria Pedro v. City Fitness, LLC, et al. Third Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-duty due-process equal-protection evidence-fabrication forgery judicial-integrity judicial-misconduct rule-of-law standing If United States District Court Judges are unable to discern the falsity of forged documents, how can the public have confidence in the federal judici…
20-6029 Pedro Tiempo-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant federal statutes and constitutional provisions
20-6031 Durwyn Talley v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois Seventh Circuit 2020-10-15 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights court-access due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction first-amendment fourteenth-amendment prison-litigation-reform-act Whether the United States Court of appeals, 7th Circuit decision denying Petitioner access to the Court and his right to file any motions against such…
20-6034 Christopher Thieme v. United States Third Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa-limitations aedpa-statute-of-limitations constitutional-challenge equal-access-to-courts equal-protection equitable-estoppel first-time-filer habeas-corpus material-mutual-mistake suspension-clause Whether the doctrine of equitable estoppel or material mutual mistake applies to reset the AEDPA statute of limitations clock
20-6041 Raymond Lewis Perry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection first-stage-proceeding robbery sentencing sentencing-hearing statutory-interpretation Whether Vekimoner Peseuy's sentence was properly corrected under the First Step Act
20-488 Sangeeta Bhargava v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. California 2020-10-15 Denied civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure forgery fraud judicial-process robo-signing standing Are forgery and robo-signing one and the same?
20-489 Pedro M. Bess v. United States Armed Forces 2020-10-15 Denied convening-authority court-martial due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment military-justice racial-discrimination standing Whether 10 U.S.C. § 825 violates the Fifth Amendment
20-5992 Alan Lane Hicks v. West Virginia West Virginia 2020-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant civil-rights, due-process, and equal-protection laws
20-5974 Quordalis V. Sanders v. Brian Foster, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-10-09 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence sentencing Whether the Wisconsin Court of Appeals erred in affirming the conviction of the petitioner despite the state's failure to prove the essential element …
20-5978 Yoder Austin Blalock v. Alaska Alaska 2020-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-amendments criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection self-incrimination unreasonable-search Whether the decisions of the State of Alaska and the Alaska Court of Appeals are inconsistent with the U.S. Constitution's protections against double …
20-5987 William J. Truesdale v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2020-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge civil-rights due-process equal-protection jury-selection neil-challenge peremptory-strikes racial-discrimination standing Whether a state trial court's brief colloquy and abbreviated review of evidence relevant to a Batson challenge satisfied its obligation under step thr…
20-5950 Clinton Riley v. Indiana Department of Correction, et al. Indiana 2020-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus standing Does the Trial Court's Order to dismiss a Writ of Habeas Corpus petition violate the petitioner's constitutional rights?
20-5954 Meryl S. McDonald v. Florida Florida 2020-10-08 Denied IFP criminal-procedure death-penalty death-sentence due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment post-conviction postconviction-counsel pro-se-filing right-to-counsel Whether rule 3.851(b)(6)&(i) of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure is unconstitutional and violates the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses …
20-5971 Gregory D. Crosby v. Bill True, Warden Tenth Circuit 2020-10-08 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-procedure petition-for-writ remedies standing statutory-provisions whether-the-court-erred-in-dismissing-the-petitioner's-claims
20-452 S. S., Mother v. D. S., et al. Pennsylvania 2020-10-08 Denied 14th-amendment adoption amish-education best-interest-of-the-child best-interest-standard child-welfare constitutional-protections due-process equal-protection fundamental-liberty-interest parental-rights Termination of parental rights-constitutionality
20-459 Robert Ryan Snyder v. California California 2020-10-08 Denied administrative-law cell-assignment constitutional-rights due-process emergency-regulations equal-protection prison-overcrowding prisoner-conditions prisoner-rights sentencing-reform Should the extra living space created by California's prison population reduction measures be prioritized for long-serving or long-incarcerated prison…
20-5938 Robert B. Wister v. Donald R. White, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-10-07 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process elder-abuse equal-protection federal-statute petition-of-grievances Denial of due process and equal protection in elder abuse case
20-5900 Fane R. Sellers, et al. v. Wyoming, et al. Wyoming 2020-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection good-behavior government-accountability judicial-procedure jurisdiction unbiased-judge When the inferior District Court failed and/or refused to initiate or commence the action by issuing the summons as required by Wyoming Rules of Civil…
20-5897 Demetrice Williams v. Sandy McCain, Warden, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-10-02 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability COA criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution denial effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection federal-district-court fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the federal district court should not have denied COA based on the substantial showing of the denial of the Sixth Amendment guarantees of the …
20-5858 Elvert S. Briscoe, Jr. v. Annette Chambers-Smith, Director, Ohio Rehabilitation and Correction, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-10-01 Denied IFP constitutional-rights disciplinary-hearing due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection first-amendment liberty-interest sandin-v-connor Can an action by a prison disciplinary hearing that is a violation of the First Amendment, Eighth Amendment, or Equal Protection Clause give a liberty…
20-5863 Andrew Newson v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2020-10-01 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-procedure due-process equal-protection mailing-error parental-rights petition-for-review statutory-interpretation termination-of-parental-rights timeliness Whether the State violated the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses by denying the father the right to be heard in a timely manner in the terminat…
20-5835 Joseph Belarde Garcia v. California California 2020-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus parole parole-board prisoner-rights victim-impact-statement Can a state parole board commit a fatal error by the refusal to entertain favorable evidence of the state prisoner for his suitability to be released …
20-5841 Gerard Nguedi v. Federal Reserve Bank of New York Second Circuit 2020-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights comparator-evidence disparate-treatment employment-discrimination employment-law equal-protection intentional-discrimination judicial-standard prima-facie-case similarly-situated-comparator Does a prima facie case of intentional discrimination require a judicial finding that the defendant gave more favorable treatment to a nearly identica…
20-5803 Raymond Brown v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federalism fourteenth-amendment petition-for-review standing state-court supreme-court-rules Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decide on a constitutional question that conflicts with a decision of another state court and the Supreme Court Rul…
20-5810 Ruth Torres v. Marie Diaz, et al. Texas 2020-09-25 Denied IFP abuse-of-process anti-SLAPP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review whistleblower whistleblower-retaliation Is a state anti-SLAPP restriction seeking dismissal within 60 days of the filing of claims (ignoring later legal actions) unconstitutional when the cl…
20-5811 Ruth Torres v. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, et al. Texas 2020-09-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection equal-protections governmental-immunity judicial-bias pro-se-litigation whistleblower-rights When Pro Se Indigent parties lack meaningful access, procedurally and meritoriously, does this constitute lack of due process and equal protections un…
20-5819 Kyle Damond Jones v. Texas Texas 2020-09-25 Denied IFP checks-and-balances civil-rights due-process equal-protection medical-care state-supremacy Whether the State of Texas violated the constitutional rights of a citizen awaiting trial by denying him prescribed ADHD medication, contributing to d…
20-387 Lewana Howard v. Gabriel DeFrates, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-09-25 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 civil-rights equal-protection federal-remedy retaliation state-action state-employees When state employees acting in personal capacity violate 14th Amendment Equal Protection rights of a protected group member, can 42 U.S.C. 1983 be use…
20-375 In Re E. Edward Zimmermann 2020-09-24 Denied civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
20-5779 Cynthia B. Woods v. South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process employment-law equal-protection Whether the medical recommendation was approved and the living conditions of the individual were adequate
20-5787 Thomas Wayne Godard v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) 924(c)-conviction due-process equal-protection first-step-act retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-relief Whether the Circuit Court Erred Failing to Apply First Step Act retroactively to multiple 924(c) convictions that were announced, but not final, at th…
20-5790 Gerard Nguedi v. Federal Reserve Bank of New York Second Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights comparator-evidence disparate-treatment employment-discrimination employment-law equal-protection intentional-discrimination judicial-finding prima-facie-case similarly-situated-comparator Does a prima facie case of intentional discrimination require a judicial finding that the defendant gave more favorable treatment to a nearly identica…
20-373 Richard Lee Abrams v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California Ninth Circuit 2020-09-23 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-challenge discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss standing state-action Did the district court and the Ninth Circuit abuse their discretion by not allowing Petitioner to argue that the behavior of the Commission on Judicia…
20-357 Fritz Kaegi v. A.F. Moore & Associates, Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-09-18 Denied Amici (1) comity comity-doctrine equal-protection federal-courts federal-jurisdiction property-tax state-courts state-jurisdiction tax-injunction-act Does the Seventh Circuit's opinion in A.F. Moore v. Pappas continue the movement to erode the Tax Injunction Act and undermine congressional intent?
20-5732 Ernest Seadin v. Dean Williams, Director, Colorado Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2020-09-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment constitutional-rights eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment new-evidence no-escape-conviction plea-agreement sentence-expiration sentencing-violation Is the State of Colorado subjecting Petitioner to a death in prison sentence
20-5707 Ruth Ellen Reeves v. Mark T. Esper, Secretary of Defense, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial institutional-abuse medical-ethics military-intervention patient-rights standing Is it legal for a court to render judgment on a case before the case is heard from the Plaintiff and/or the Defendants?
20-5728 Derrick A. Dotson v. Louisiana Louisiana 2020-09-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP batson-challenge collateral-review criminal-procedure equal-protection jury-selection jury-trial ramos-retroactivity retroactivity sixth-amendment teague-standard Whether Ramos v. Louisiana applies to cases on state collateral review
20-5697 Heather P. Hogrobrooks Harris v. Jimmie L. Smith Tennessee 2020-09-15 Denied IFP 42-usc-1981 civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct recusal recusal-standard Whether a judge who lied about her reasons for not hearing from the Petitioner during a hearing and subsequently lied in her Order denying to recusal …
20-5700 Antonio Moss v. Florida Florida 2020-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-regulations civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-interpretation judicial-review sentencing statutory-construction Why did a defendant's due process and equal protection rights be violated by the lower court's failure to address a defendant's sentencing error that …
20-340 Olga Paule Perrier-Bilbo v. United States, et al. First Circuit 2020-09-15 Denied Response Waived civil-rights equal-protection establishment-clause first-amendment free-exercise freedom-of-religion government-endorsement religious-discrimination standing Whether the federal government may continue to degrade atheists from the equal rank of citizens by repeatedly, flagrantly, and facially lending its po…
20-5685 Ruben Sanchez v. Steven Silva, et al. First Circuit 2020-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-selection peremptory-challenge pretext racial-discrimination standard-of-review Whether the prosecutor's peremptory challenge of Hispanic prospective jurors was justified
20-5688 Joseph L. Berry v. Ohio Ohio 2020-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection fourteenth-amendment gender-discrimination jury-selection race-discrimination Does discrimination in jury selection at the intersection of race and gender violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Un…
20-5667 Lisa Tenaglia-Evans v. Thomas J. Evans Delaware 2020-09-11 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Did the court's rulings violate the petitioner's due process and equal protection rights?
20-5671 Michael Ward v. Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission Michigan 2020-09-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection fees-and-costs indigent-litigant prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights Is Michigan's statute, MCL 600.2963(8) unconstitutional on its face and/or as applied to this petitioner, as violating the right of access to courts a…
20-323 John S. Barth v. City of Peabody, Massachusetts First Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights compensation due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment municipal-ordinance property property-rights regulatory-taking takings Did municipal denial of permission to rebuild a home effect a taking of private property, where an ex post facto ordinance prohibited all other econom…
20-316 Maria Pappas, Cook County Treasurer, et al. v. A.F. Moore & Associates, Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied Amici (1) civil-rights comity-doctrine due-process equal-protection real-estate real-estate-assessment tax-assessment tax-injunction-act tax-refund Whether the Equal Protection Clause mandates that a real estate taxpayer seeking a refund based on an over assessment of real property be able to chal…
20-303 United States v. Jose Luis Vaello Madero First Circuit 2020-09-09 Judgment Issued Amici (31)Relisted (6) civil-rights congressional-authority due-process equal-protection federal-benefits fifth-amendment puerto-rico statutory-interpretation supplemental-security-income territorial-rights Whether Congress violated the equal-protection component of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment
20-5627 Justin Woodard v. New York New York 2020-09-09 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant statutory and constitutional provisions
20-5630 Mark Anthony Thacker v. Indiana Indiana 2020-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indiana-law jail-time-credit judicial-discretion miscarriage-of-justice sentencing sentencing-credit Whether Petitioner, Mark A. Thacker, has suffer a miscarriage of justice and has been denied the equal protection and due process of laws as guarantee…
20-5603 Michael A. Glover v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment amendment-violation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-sufficiency reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence Did the Pennsylvania state courts violate the petitioner's 5th and 14th amendment rights when they found the petitioner guilty despite insufficient ev…
20-5608 Michael Jonathon Besoyan v. Jimmy Yee, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-08 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-access jury-trial pro-se-litigant void-orders Whether any court or tribunal should be allowed to deny or deprive any citizen of basic rights listed in the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment
20-300 James Alan Clark v. Wendy Kristine Clark Washington 2020-09-08 Denied Response Waived child-support due-process equal-custody equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fundamental-liberty-interests residential-credit shared-custody strict-scrutiny Whether strict scrutiny protections apply to child-support-orders
20-5582 In Re Karl-Heinz Dupuy 2020-09-03 Denied IFP batson-hearing constitutional-rights deliberation-errors due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juror-bias jury-selection trial-procedure Whether the failure of counsel to seek a Batson hearing to present evidence of a pattern of discrimination in jury selection, and the failure to prese…
20-5583 Gregory D. Crosby v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
20-5591 Joseph G. Edwards v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Nebraska 2020-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency compulsory-process constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection material-facts nebraska-supreme-court precedential-authority sexual-assault vulnerable-adult Did the Nebraska Supreme Court omit material facts and circumvent the petitioner's due process and equal protection rights?
20-5573 In Re Abdul Mahhadie Underwood 2020-09-02 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection exhaustion-of-remedies qualified-immunity standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's civil rights claims without addressing the merits
20-5557 Earl Crownhart v. STRiVE Tenth Circuit 2020-09-01 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing takings Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred in dismissing Appellant Earl Clowbhaft's claims that the State of Ohio violated his Fift…
20-243 James L. Robison v. Citibank, N.A., et al. Florida 2020-08-31 Denied 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court procedural-fairness property-rights standing state-court-procedure state-courts Due-process
20-223 Michael P. O'Donnell v. United States First Circuit 2020-08-27 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing Petitioner's claims for lack of standing
20-5511 Debbie Pittman v. Ronnie Pittman Illinois 2020-08-27 Denied IFP appeals civil-contempt civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection notice-of-appeal premature-filing prematurely-filed standing Whether a notice of appeal filed on May 10, 2016 is considered prematurely filed when the orders being challenged cover the period between 2013 and 20…
20-5514 Daryl D. Nelson v. Mike Brown, Acting Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
20-5522 Obatala Blount v. Bridgett Beecher Georgia 2020-08-27 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection government-conduct judicial-review Whether the government's alleged unconstitutional conduct in denying the petitioner's constitutional rights to due process and equal protection was pr…
20-5504 Kevin L. Martin v. Cathleen Capron, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-08-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights court-discretion due-process equal-protection federal-pleading jurisdictional-review pleading-standards procedural-standards qualified-immunity standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding that the Petitioner's due process and equal protection claims were correctly dismissed by the distric…
20-5469 Alfonzo Traymayne Lee v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights discretion due-process equal-protection first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether giving the District court discretion to grant or deny a sentencing reduction pursuant to the First Step Act of 2018 violates the Petitioner's …
20-5471 Darryl C. Daniels v. Florida Florida 2020-08-24 Denied IFP civil-commitment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection involuntary-commitment involuntary-detention liberty liberty-interest sexual-predator state-power Should such disfavored persons, involuntarily civilly imprisoned as sexual violent predators, be deprived of fair notice and warning and continually r…
20-5440 Jose Tejada v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2020-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ethnic-bias fourteenth-amendment jury-selection sixth-amendment whether-the-right-to-a-fair-trial-requires-questioning-prospective-jurors-on-bias-against-hispanics
20-5401 Tim Sundy v. Friendship Pavilion Acquisition Company, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-19 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP abstention access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process equal-protection federal-forum judicial-abstention pro-se-litigation standing Whether the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the U.S. District Court's abstention from ruling on Sundy's independent claims despite Su…
20-5402 Joseph Glenn Savicki v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-review due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-review procedural-error prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the denial of a certificate of appealability violates due process and equal protection when the district court fails to consider the merits of…
20-5413 Josiah English v. Jo Lynn Gentry, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, et al. Arizona 2020-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-court federal-courts judicial-discretion standing state-courts Did the Arizona Supreme court err by denying Father Fesigh English TIL's Petition for Review and request for a stay of proceedings, despite the fact t…
20-184 Jamel Ellerbee v. Annett Holdings, Inc., dba TMC Transportation, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-08-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 29-cfr-1987-110-b 49-usc-31105 administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act commercial-motor-vehicle due-process employee-retaliation equal-protection judicial-review statutory-construction transportation Whether statutory construction of 49 U.S.C. § 31105 conflicts with judicial review, 29 C.F.R. § 1987.110(b), of the Administrative Procedure Act?
20-185 Rickey Nelson Jones v. Mary Ellen Barbera, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals of Maryland Maryland 2020-08-19 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection judicial-appointment judicial-review judicial-selection maryland-law race-discrimination standing Was the United States Constitution violated when the highest court in Maryland supported the lower courts' decisions to apply federal statutory discri…
20-178 Anne Prafada v. Mesa Unified School District Ninth Circuit 2020-08-18 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy-to-defraud due-process educational-law equal-protection federal-preemption free-speech standing supplemental-jurisdiction Whether fraudulent misrepresentation and conspiracy-to-defraud are preempted
20-5365 In Re Jacquelyn B. N'Jai 2020-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims
20-5368 Usman Oyibo v. Huntington Hospital, et al. Second Circuit 2020-08-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP biological-relationship civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial judicial-misconduct legal-standing standing takings Whether the defendants can be found anything but guilty given the parallels between the petitioner's case and the Tuskegee Experiment
20-5383 Dennis Marc Grigsby v. Dwight Neven, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-amendments due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction post-conviction-writ procedural-due-process standard-of-review state-court-proceedings Did the state district court failure to certify its grant of motion for reconsideration affect the course of proceedings and factor into the Nevada Su…
20-5384 Jerome Nathan Grant v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2020-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process equal-protection federal-court-review pro-se-petition right-to-counsel sentencing-enhancement standing Whether the petitioner's equal protection and right to counsel rights were violated
20-5374 In Re Amro Elansari 2020-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP cannabis-prohibition class-of-one constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection judicial-review mandamus-writ medicinal-value substantive-due-process Does the failure of the Third Circuit and other courts to consider the Plaintiff's substantive due process claims applied to the prohibition of cannab…
20-5331 Michael A. Bruzzone v. Intel Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure anti-SLAPP antitrust civil-rights confrontation confrontation-clause due-process equal-protection retaliation Whether District and Appellant Courts can deny a citizen's 14th Amendment guarantees of due process, confrontation, and equal protection in a 15 U.S.C…
20-5349 In Re Daryl L. Zimmer 2020-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-minimum plea-agreement plea-bargain sentencing-guidelines Did the trial court deny the petitioner due process and equal protection rights by disregarding the plea agreement and imposing a mandatory minimum se…
20-5353 Ramone L. Wright v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-precedent qualified-immunity standing statutory-interpretation whether-the-court-erred-in-dismissing-the-petitioner's-claims-on-the-basis-of-lack-of-standing
20-159 John Devos v. Rhino Contracting, Inc., et al. Minnesota 2020-08-13 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process employment employment-law equal-protection interstate-commerce state-law state-residency workers-compensation Does a State's workers compensation statute violate Equal Protection when it treats Minnesota residents injured on the job in Minnesota differently ba…
20-5328 Jeffrey Paul Giblin v. Washington Washington 2020-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-rules eyewitness-testimony intent intent-standard lay-opinion-testimony Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's due process and equal protection guarantees were satisfied for a defendant accused of a crime involving intent, whe…
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
20-5335 Dustin Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment methamphetamine methamphetamine-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the District Court erred in sentencing the Defendant based on ice (\'actual\' methamphetamine) rather than a mixture and substance containing …
20-5315 Robert Lee Stabnow v. Jodi Harpstead, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services Eighth Circuit 2020-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction pleadings standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims
20-5316 Tyrone Smith v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim discretionary-review due-process equal-protection federal-courts federal-district-court habeas-corpus standing Whether the Federal District Court erred in dismissing Petitioner's claims contrary to Supreme Court precedent
20-5322 Patrick H. Torrence v. Alaska Alaska 2020-08-11 Denied IFP compulsory-process constitutional-amendments criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection search-and-seizure self-incrimination unreasonable-searches-and-seizures Whether the decision of the State of Alaska and the Alaska Court of Appeals is consistent with the Fourteenth-Amendment, Sixth-Amendment, Fourth-Amend…
20-5308 Tammy Horton v. The Methodist University, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2020-08-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-accommodations disability-rights due-process equal-protection higher-education rehab-act rehabilitation-act Whether the United States District and Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit are obligated to confirm an institution of higher learning, subject to …
20-5311 Richard Hollihan, Jr. v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-08-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection extraordinary-relief fourteenth-amendment legal-precedent precedent precedential-decision state-court-jurisdiction supreme-court Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court violate the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution when it Denied Petitioner's Application For Extraordin…
20-5266 Angela Rogers, et vir v. Caddo Parish School Board Louisiana 2020-08-06 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection liberty-interest property-interest redress-of-grievances state-government-liability state-liability Whether the U.S. Const. amend XIV, § 1, Due Process, Equal Protection, Liberty Interest in employment and Property Interest in employment contracts an…
20-5281 Steven Robinson, aka Michael Moore v. United States District of Columbia 2020-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech self-incrimination sixth-amendment standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
20-5286 Tomas Rodriguez Infante v. Michael Martel, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defendant due-process equal-protection impartial-jury jury-selection peremptory-challenges racial-bias racial-discrimination Whether a trial court violates the Equal Protection Clause by removing a Filipino juror over the objection of a Filipino criminal defendant because it…
20-5291 Dexter Leemon Johnson v. John Marlar Tenth Circuit 2020-08-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-conflict civil-procedure district-court due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements medical-treatment standing tenth-circuit warrant-constitutionality Whether the Tenth Circuit's failure to satisfy itself of district court's jurisdiction resulted in it exceeding its discretion and jurisdiction
20-124 Robert Fusco v. Tony Mays, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-08-05 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause
20-5237 Kenneth Lee Manhard v. Florida Florida 2020-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal collision-liability criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection license-suspension miranda-rights sentencing vehicular-manslaughter Was he denied equal protection of the law?
20-100 Michael S. Barth v. Bernards Township Planning Board, et al. New Jersey 2020-07-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-process constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection injunction new-jersey-supreme-court procedural-fairness remand supreme-court-review temporary-injunction Whether the unconstitutional process of the court below should result in a temporary injunction and or remand back to the New Jersey Supreme Court to …
20-5194 In Re Kevin D. Moore 2020-07-31 Denied Relisted (2)IFP compassionate-release covid-19 due-process equal-protection federal-prisoner habeas-corpus non-successive-claim post-conviction-relief sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the district court erred in denying petitioner's motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) based on the COVID-19 pandem…
20-5203 Derrick Ivan Jim v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment indian-country major-crimes-act native-american-rights united-states-v-antelope Whether United States v. Antelope, 430 U.S. 641 (1977), should be overruled
20-5206 Nathan D. Knuth v. Colorado Colorado 2020-07-29 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant civil rights statutes and constitutional provisions
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
20-93 Jane Doe, a Minor Child Who is Unborn, By and Through Her Father and Next Friend, John Doe v. Mike Hunter, Attorney General of Oklahoma, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-07-29 Denied abortion due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-precedent levy-v-louisiana roe-v-wade standing traceability unborn-children Whether the government that adopted a discriminatory law is absolved of traceability for standing purposes when the law is based on judicial precedent
20-77 Steven Ivey v. Richard Corcoran Florida 2020-07-27 Denied brown-v-board brown-vs-board civil-rights due-process education education-districts equal-protection federalism segregation state-oversight Is the present Florida education system of 'separate but equal' county education districts with no central state FL DOE oversight a form of segregatio…
20-5180 Matthew J. Frawley v. Victoria L. Frawley Missouri 2020-07-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-impartiality judicial-recusal missouri-supreme-court-rules parental-rights recusal whether-the-trial-court-judge-should-have-recused-themselves
20-5166 J. J. H. v. Waukesha County, Wisconsin Wisconsin 2020-07-24 Denied Amici (2)IFP civil-rights disability disability-accommodation due-process equal-protection hearing-rights involuntary-commitment legal-participation mental-health procedural-due-process procedural-fairness Whether a deaf person undergoing an involuntary commitment has a due process right to understand and participate in her hearing
20-59 Charles R. Campbell v. Hollie Bennett, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-07-23 Denied Relisted (2) due-process equal-protection family-court family-rights right-to-counsel rooker-feldman self-incrimination sixth-amendment state-actor state-bar Right to Counsel for Defence
20-5143 Glen Jones Ward v. Idaho, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-07-22 Denied IFP 1st-amendment 8th-amendment civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-violation correctional-facility due-process equal-protection inmate-rights personal-safety retaliation staff-misconduct Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the prison authorities' failure to protect the petitioner's safety and security
20-5112 David Wayne Robinson v. Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied IFP 14th-amendment booking-fees civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection excessive-fines takings-clause Whether the imposition of a booking fee on citizens of the Beaver County, Pennsylvania violates their due process and equal protection rights under th…
20-5114 Leonel Romero-Ochoa v. Washington Washington 2020-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
20-5117 Jeremiah M. Rodgers v. Florida Florida 2020-07-21 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-defendant due-process equal-protection gender-dysphoria medical-condition voluntariness waiver-voluntariness waivers Whether the newly discovered evidence of a criminal defendant's medical condition, including gender dysphoria, may implicate the voluntariness of prio…
20-5123 Cardell A. Hayes v. Louisiana Louisiana 2020-07-21 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-pipeline criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment non-unanimous-verdict pipeline ramos-relief ramos-v-louisiana retroactivity sixth-amendment Whether Cardell Hayes is entitled to the relief provided by Ramos v. Louisiana because his case is in the appeal pipeline
20-5126 Roger Charles Day, Jr. v. T. J. Watson, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-07-21 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Question not identified
20-49 Peter N. Myma v. Wendy A. Wroe Indiana 2020-07-20 Denied child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection family family-law liberty-interest parental-rights scrutiny-standard standard-of-review Whether joint child custody is a constitutionally protected, rebuttable presumption of equal rights
20-5036 Jermond Perry v. Jeffrey Woods, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky equal-protection habeas-corpus jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes racial-discrimination sixth-amendment Was counsel's objection at the moment the pattern emerged sufficient to warrant a full Batson inquiry with respect to all strikes in the alleged patte…
20-5102 Makeda Haile v. Abdul Conteh Virginia 2020-07-17 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct title-vii Whether the Supreme Court will address violations of civil rights and due process
20-5103 Makeda Haile v. Kaiser Permanente Tysons Corner Fourth Circuit 2020-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct title-vii Whether the Supreme Court will address violations of civil rights and due process
20-5104 Justin Tapp v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when he was subjected to multiple prosecutions and sentences for the same conduct
20-5095 Jethro L. Clairvoyant v. Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection ineffective-counsel jury-instructions martinez-claim reversals similarly-situated-defendants state-court Whether petitioner was denied due process and equal protection
20-5096 In Re Shavez Evans 2020-07-16 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 campaign-finance civil-rights constitutional-law declaratory-judgment due-process equal-protection first-amendment judicial-elections judicial-immunity state-court Did the District Court of Arizona deny the petitioner Evans justice when abusing their discretion ruling Judges are absolutely immune from §1983 suits…
20-5077 Joaquin Mario Cipriano-Ortega v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship-classification citizenship-laws due-process equal-protection illegal-reentry morales-santana morales-santana-precedent ninth-circuit-review severability statutory-interpretation Whether the decision below conflicts with the Court's instruction in Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 137 S. Ct. 1678, 1699 n.24 (2017), that a defendant …
20-13 Brandon S. Lavergne v. Burl Cain, Warden, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-07-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights disciplinary-action due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech legal-correspondence prisoner-mail qualified-immunity standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
20-5024 Calvin Earl Brown v. Blair Williams, Clerk, Superior Court of North Carolina, Wake County Fourth Circuit 2020-07-13 Denied IFP administrative-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection pro-se-litigation standing state-court-procedure state-official Whether it is unconstitutional that this pro se litigant (Petitioner) is denied the ability to be able to challenge the explicit correctness of a stat…
20-5019 Raul Barrera-Velasquez, aka Raul V. Barrera, aka Raul Velasquez Barrera, aka Raul Velasquez-Barrera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing due-process enhancement equal-protection fifth-circuit parole sentencing sentencing-enhancement u.s.s.g-2l1.2 Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in rejecting Barrera's claim that the District Court's sentence violated constitutional principles of…
20-5031 Artemio Ramirez-Arroyo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582(c)(2) due-process equal-protection hughes-v-united-states retroactive-amendment retroactive-guideline-amendments sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is the Sentencing Commission's policy statement implementing retroactive guideline amendments invalid?
20-5012 In Re Jeanette Woolsey-Ross 2020-07-09 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process equal-protection federal-state-laws judicial-interpretation jurisdiction legislative-intent standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified
19-8922 Amber Renee Craker v. Texas Texas 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-proceedings agency-discretion capital-punishment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review statutory-interpretation Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals erred in denying discretionary review, in violation of the Petitioner's constitutional rights
19-8905 In Re Frank J. Matylinsky, Jr. 2020-07-07 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
19-1463 Sandra Jean Oliver v. James C. Oliver, Jr., et al. Mississippi 2020-07-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abuse-of-discretion chancery-court civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction recusal rule-60 standing void-judgment Whether four orders issued by the chancery court, when the court did not have jurisdiction over the Petitioners, should be held as void and vacated pu…
19-8896 Melodio Reyes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the Proprietary Enhancement Clause violates the Statutorily Barred Prior Conviction Prohibition of the 2008 Building Act
19-8841 Gregory Moore v. Orange County, California, et al. California 2020-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment government-liability rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine Should the United States Supreme Court overturn a state case where serious United States Constitutional human rights have been violated by government …
19-8891 Jeffery L. Howard v. Management and Training Corp., et al. Ohio 2020-07-02 Denied IFP administrative-exhaustion due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech grievance-forms retaliation stare-decisis state-courts Is petitioner's First Amendment rights violated when private for-profit corporation denies access to grievance forms required by law
19-1449 Ronald E. Davis v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Tenth Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction racial-discrimination school-desegregation standing tax Whether the United States Tax Court erred in dismissing petitioner's case for lack of jurisdiction
19-8860 In Re Lakshmi Arunachalam 2020-06-30 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP appointments-clause aqua-products arthrex constitutional-redress equal-protection fletcher-v-peck patent-prosecution patent-prosecution-history patent-review supreme-court-precedent virnetx Whether this Court must Order the Circuit Court to apply Arthrex, Virnetx, Aqua Products, consider Patent Prosecution History, and enforce Fletcher, i…
19-8851 Peter Szanto v. Alyce Ann Jurgens Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-29 Denied IFP 28-usc-157 bankruptcy-procedure district-court-review due-process equal-protection judicial-bias pro-se-litigation res-judicata Whether the lower courts erred in disregarding the mandatory requirements of 28 USC § 157(c) and in exhibiting irrational bias against the pro se peti…
19-8840 Darnell Cooper v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection filing-fees in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion partial-filing-fee prison-litigation-reform-act standing Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection by being required to pay a partial filing fee to appeal his civil rights case, when…
19-8800 Justice Jerrell Knight v. Alabama Alabama 2020-06-25 Denied IFP capital-punishment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-prejudice prejudicial-evidence racial-bias sentencing Whether the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments are violated when the State introduces irrelevant evidence at the guilt phase alleging the defendant poses…
19-8813 Tom Mark Franks v. Kirk, Deputy Sheriff, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-06-25 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
19-8818 Sharon Johnson v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2020-06-25 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-accommodation due-process equal-protection judicial-bias pro-se pro-se-rights standing Whether in pro per parties are entitled to the same U.S. Constitution Fourteenth Amendment due process and equal protection rights as represented part…
19-8798 Rafeeq Salahuddin v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections Arizona 2020-06-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal-rights batson-rule civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-selection legal-procedure retroactivity Whether a State Court of last resort has power to destroy a defendant's Constitutional right to trial by jury whose members are selected by non-discri…
19-8805 Shane Bruce v. Great Britain, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights class-action constitutional-animus district-conspiracy due-process equal-protection foreign-litigation industrial-poisoning medical-malpractice pro-per-amendment standing toxic-torts Are victims of industrial poisoning persecuted as a group with grounds for claims a subclass facing Unconstitutional animus?
19-1413 Armin Abazari v. Department of Education, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-06-24 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment 7th-amendment civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules complaint dismissal due-process equal-protection federal-rules-of-civil-procedure first-amendment objections procedural-due-process sovereign-immunity standing Whether the District Court must consider an opportunity to present objections under F.R.C.P. §72(b)(2) prior to a ruling on a dismissal of a Complaint
19-1415 John J. Dierlam v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-06-24 Denied Response Waived 1st-amendment affordable-care-act civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-association healthcare-mandate religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act rfra Whether the Affordable Care Act contains one or more constitutional violations
19-1405 Matthew Jacobson v. Butterfly Blaise, et al. New York 2020-06-23 Denied Response Waived confrontation-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial fundamental-fairness privilege-and-immunities public-university student-disciplinary-proceeding student-discipline Whether the Due Process, Equal Protection and Privilege and Immunities Clauses require that an accused charged with what would otherwise be a criminal…
19-8786 Quamine Jones v. Tony Mays, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
19-8767 In Re Linda Ann Wright 2020-06-22 Denied Relisted (3)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice Was there a concerted effort, from 2007-Present to deny petitioner her Due-Process, under the 5th-and-14th-Amendments to the Constitution-of-the-U.S.
19-8780 Ron Glick v. Mara Guiffrida Montana 2020-06-22 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights court-opinion due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-citation noncitable-opinions procedural-fairness supreme-court-discretion unequal-treatment Did the Montana Supreme Court err in using an internal operating procedure to invidiously discriminate against the petitioner?
19-1399 Shelby Advocates for Valid Elections, et al. v. Tre Hargett, Tennessee Secretary of State, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-06-22 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process election-security election-standing equal-protection maladministration rule-12b1 rule-12b6 standing voting-rights voting-system Do the plaintiffs have standing to challenge their county's unfair voting system?
19-8750 Lakshmi Arunachalam v. SAP America, Inc. Federal Circuit 2020-06-19 Dismissed IFP constitution-of-the-united-states constitutional-impairment contract-clause due-process equal-protection impairment-of-contract judicial-malfeasance patent-contract patent-contract-grant stare-decisis Whether the inventor's government-issued patent contract grant is protected by the Constitution of the United States
19-8758 Li Qin, et al. v. 99 Cents Only Stores, LLC, et al. California 2020-06-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection evidence-tampering fraud judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice Question not identified
19-8764 James William Burney v. Florida Florida 2020-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provision due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retroactive-application sentencing sentencing-law state-constitution voter-intent Whether the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection protections requires enactment legislation for a state constitutional provision to b…
19-8748 Nathan Daniel Knuth v. Colorado Colorado 2020-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant legal principles
19-8729 Maurice Gilbert v. Isabel Barrios-Gilbert California 2020-06-17 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure due-process equal-protection family-law liberty notice notice-requirements statutory-rights subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether freedom from arbitrary adjudicative procedures is a substantive element of liberty under federal law for non-custodial parents
19-1385 Kristina Box, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health v. Ashlee Henderson, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-06-17 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) biological-parentage biology-based birth-certificate birth-certificates due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment marital-status parentage presumption rebuttable-presumption May a State, consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses, adopt a biology-based birth-certificate system that in…
19-8725 Jarvis Lee Glenn v. Michigan Michigan 2020-06-17 Denied IFP 4th-amendment access-rights civil-rights constitutional-protections defendants-rights due-process equal-protection federal-statute judicial-review search-and-seizure standing state-appeal Did the State of Michigan Supreme Court deny Glenn the equal protection under the state and federal constitution when it rubber-stamped Dr. Glenn's ap…
19-8718 James Miller v. Michael Capra, Warden Second Circuit 2020-06-16 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
19-1379 Andrew McKinley v. Christopher Lee-Murray Bey Sixth Circuit 2020-06-16 Dismissed Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights equal-protection fourth-amendment investigation investigatory-detention law-enforcement pre-contact qualified-immunity race race-discrimination Does the Equal Protection clause require an officer who initiated a pre-contact investigation for non-race related reasons to break off the investigat…
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
19-8714 Bodhi Tree v. Jim Robertson, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-06-15 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provision due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-procedure standing supreme-court writ Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
19-8690 Jimmy Lee Wheeler v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2020-06-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection judicial-review sentencing statutory-interpretation structural-error Whether due process was circumvented
19-1367 Vernon Lee Havens, II v. Maureen O'Connor, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-06-12 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-guarantees due-process equal-protection equal-treatment federal-law judicial-immunity jurisdiction rooker-feldman-doctrine section-1983 section-1988 superior-courts Do Mireles v. Waco, Brookings v. Clunk, and associated case law combine to grant absolute judicial immunity to all other regulation, Section 1988 suit…
19-8654 Richard Senese, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii article-three due-process equal-protection exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception judicial-precedent panel-rule stare-decisis Question not identified
19-8666 Louis Mayes v. Jonathan Lebo, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection life-without-parole sentencing whether the kite SeotenceKa the S5tite_ of Teanessee Ate uly ty IWS LS equivaleat +o -+he mandatory Like without Parole SeotenceWa the Q012d° miler vA…
19-8621 Steven Desmond Peterson, aka Primo v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions governing the case
19-8623 Joshua Charles Lovell Moseley v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied IFP burglary criminal-conviction criminal-procedure dominion-control double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection federalism grand-larceny reasonable-doubt standard-of-review totality-principle When two state courts arrive at different conclusions using different governing legal principles on the same case, should the petitioner be given a re…
19-8639 Derrick Allen v. Ted Wire, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-06-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights contract-law discrimination due-process employment equal-protection federal-jurisdiction fourth-circuit Whether a plaintiff-African American male has been denied due process and equal protection under the 14th Amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Caucasian …
19-8632 Sandra Rumanek v. Sherry R. Fallon, et al. Third Circuit 2020-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 15th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-violation constitutional-amendments equal-protection fraud-on-the-court judges-liability judicial-immunity obstruction-of-justice pro-se-litigation Does the law shielding judges, officers of the court and state actors from personal liability in a civil rights suit facilitate and encourage bad acto…
19-8600 Marco E. Torres, Jr. v. Nebraska Nebraska 2020-06-04 Denied IFP bill-of-attainder cruel-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process equal-protection media-campaign referendum Whether the successful media campaign and referendum culminating in affirmance of Mr. Torres' death sentences qualify as cruel-and-unusual-punishment
19-8601 William Cornell Walker v. Minnesota Minnesota 2020-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-discrimination civil-rights due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence false-testimony jury jury-composition peer-selection police-misconduct racial-bias Whether jurors twice your age can be considered your peers
19-1340 David Tribble, et al. v. First Security Bank, et al. Arkansas 2020-06-04 Denied Response Waived appeals appellate-review arkansas-judiciary civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection procedure state-court supreme-court Did reliance on the Appellate Review Attorney for the Office of the Clerk of the Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals' instruction for drafting…
19-8590 Timothy A. Marr v. Joshua E. Doyle Florida 2020-06-02 Denied IFP constitutional-oath due-process equal-protection fraud fraud-allegations judicial-conduct oath-of-office petition-rights right-to-petition Whether Florida's Code of Judicial Conduct permits fraud on or by judges and officers of a state's courts
19-8575 In Re Andrew Robinson 2020-06-01 Denied IFP 14th-amendment access-to-courts civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-access due-process equal-protection equitable-tolling habeas-corpus jurisdiction-claims Does State and Federal law allow jurisdiction claims to be made at anytime?
19-1326 E. Thomas Scarborough, III v. Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, Northampton County, et al. Third Circuit 2020-06-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) access-to-court civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-crimes parental-rights rooker-feldman section-1983 standing Whether District Court has jurisdiction over state deprivation of federal rights, under the color of state law
19-8573 David Konepachit v. California California 2020-05-30 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement Does ME Senate Bill 1343 violate the petitioner's due-process and equal-protection rights under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution?
19-8574 Calvin G. Latimer v. North Carolina Department of Transportation Fourth Circuit 2020-05-30 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Wel Ceihonaxnr (oniy > should be applied
19-8571 Derrick Martin King v. Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Ohio 2020-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP budgetary-reasons constitutional-right constitutional-rights disability-benefits due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment state-assistance state-constitutions Does the U.S. Constitution recognize a constitutional right of safety?
19-8550 Wayne Carl Nicolaison v. Minnesota Minnesota 2020-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-commitment due-process equal-protection Foucha-v-Louisiana liberty mental-illness Whether civil commitment can be continued based on a 'fictional future behavior/crime' in violation of Foucha v. Louisiana
19-1317 Efrain Areizaga v. ADW Corporation Fifth Circuit 2020-05-28 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts attorney-client-privilege constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection hobbs-act mediation-confidentiality retaliation subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the United States court of appeals affirm a decision that exceeds their authority and lacks subject matter jurisdiction
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…
19-8539 Tony Spencer v. Illinois Illinois 2020-05-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the lower court erred in its ruling
19-8518 Dexter C. Newson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights compulsory-process constitutional-law due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence judicial-review legal-procedure right-to-present-defense statutory-interpretation Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment by the state court's refusal to compel the productio…
19-8519 James E. Myers v. Nebraska Nebraska 2020-05-21 Denied IFP civil-rights confrontation-clause dna-testing due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus substantive-due-process writ-of-certiorari Whether Procedual Due Process, Substantive Due Process, Equal Protection, and Confrontational Clause have been violated
19-8498 Winnie Diggs v. Neil Gallucci, Chief of Police, City of Carlsbad, California Ninth Circuit 2020-05-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP affirmative-action antidiscrimination civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-process law-enforcement racial-discrimination supreme-court-jurisprudence Whether the disjuncture between the statutory and constitutional prohibition of racial discrimination and the continuing subordination of racial minor…
19-8500 David Furtado Gray v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether Moe Necen 'Qdeor' & Tarheleern est a2 AcKees is \\B VSO. Vsa@Wy, ako is Cross Kelerersetr Xe (QO
19-8489 Jason Mitchell Abbo v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca acca-enhancement burden-of-proof criminal-justice due-process equal-protection juvenile-conviction predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement Does a juvenile conviction for possession of a controlled substance qualify as a prior predicate conviction for an ACCA enhancement?
19-8492 In Re Tim Sundy 2020-05-18 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-record due-process equal-protection fraud-upon-court judicial-procedure mandamus standing Equal-protection
19-8471 Eddie Gene Vaughn v. Timothy Hawkins, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-05-15 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-obligations due-process equal-protection excessive-force poverty prisoner-rights standing Whether correctional staff are free to physically beat prisoners due to their appearance and demeanor of illiteracy and/or being too poor to employ ci…
19-8481 Ronald D. Veteto v. Dewayne Estes, Warden, et al. Alabama 2020-05-15 Denied IFP access-to-courts appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-provisions Was the petitioner denied meaningful and effective access to the Alabama courts?
19-8458 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Phillip Jordan, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-05-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection public-accommodations race-discrimination standing Whether the petitioner's complaint of discrimination based on race, color, religion, familial status, and/or national origin was sufficient to survive…
19-8463 Luis Ricardo Mayea-Pulido v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection gender-discrimination heightened-scrutiny legitimacy marital-status ninth-circuit parents'-marital-status statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Did the Ninth Circuit (and other courts of appeals) misinterpret the phrase 'parents' marital status' by holding that it refers exclusively to 'legiti…
19-8435 Jerome Lemeal Williams v. Wendy Duffy, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-05-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel equal-protection judicial-bias procedural-due-process speedy-trial unlawful-touching Whether the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals violated the petitioner's civil rights by affirming the district court's ruling
19-8443 George R. Young v. Wanza Jackson-Mitchell, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-05-12 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant statutory and constitutional provisions
19-8447 Jeanette D. Davis v. Renee Thomas, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process equal-protection excessive-force grievance-interference grievance-process Were us cha 1.Defendant Officer Renee Thomas inflicted crule an unusal punishment
19-8430 Valery LaTouche v. New York New York 2020-05-11 Denied IFP criminal-procedure discretionary-review due-process equal-protection post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation Whether the trial court's invocation of statute 440.10(3)(c) denied petitioner his interest, due process rights, and equal protection of the law
19-8432 Donald Randolph LaFlamme v. California California 2020-05-11 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights disparate-impact due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection fifth-amendment prison-conditions title-vii workplace-practices Whether the 4th and 8th Amendment protections, as incorporated by the 14th Amendment, were violated by the conditions of confinement in California sta…
19-8404 Jamaal Gittens v. Elizabeth Kelly, Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, Erie County, et al. Third Circuit 2020-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
19-8407 Mauro Ramirez v. Florida Florida 2020-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure dna-testing due-process equal-protection evidence fair-trial forensic-evidence scientific-reliability Whether the State must establish the reliability and accuracy of the lab instrumentation used for electrophoresis and other preliminary DNA analyses b…
19-8403 Juan Miguel Lopez v. Stuart Sherman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-05-05 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-review criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection judicial-oversight jurisdictional-challenge retroactivity sentencing-review Whether the Court can exercise its encompassing jurisdiction to redress the imposition of a disproportionate amount of time added to a primary base te…
19-1265 Friends of Danny DeVito, et al. v. Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al. Pennsylvania 2020-05-05 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) assembly constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech police-powers takings Whether the Order exceeded the Governor's permissible scope of his police powers and as such violated Petitioners' rights guaranteed by the U.S. Const…
19-1251 Arthur O. Armstrong v. School District of Philadelphia, et al. Third Circuit 2020-04-28 Denied 14th-amendment access-to-courts appeal appeals civil-rights constitutional-violation discrimination due-process employment equal-protection equal-protection-clause fourteenth-amendment official-discrimination school-district Whether School District of Philadelphia discharged the petitioner from his teaching position without due process of law
19-8368 Jamaal Gittens v. Transforce, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2020-04-28 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause
19-8353 Curtis Stokes v. Indiana Indiana 2020-04-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-equal-protection criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief strickland-standard sufficiency-of-evidence Does Indiana have an obligation to equally apply the federal constitution in the same factual scenario?
19-8355 Lancey Darnell Ray v. Kevin Stitt, Governor of Oklahoma Oklahoma 2020-04-24 Denied IFP due-process equal-protection federal-grants federal-statute parole parole-eligibility prisoners-rights private-prisons sentencing-rules state-corrections truth-in-sentencing Whether 34 U.S.C.A. § 12104's (Formerly cited as 42 U.S.C.A. § 13704) 85% requirement disturb States' settled parole statutes regarding eligibility fo…
19-8332 Robert Boyd Rhoades v. California California 2020-04-22 Denied Relisted (4)IFP batson-challenge civil-rights due-process equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenge peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination Whether the California Supreme Court erred in ruling that the trial court properly declined to find an inference of discrimination at step one of Bats…
19-1243 Arthur O. Armstrong v. Wilson County, North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-04-22 Denied access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process equal-protection federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment frivolous-complaint official-discrimination standing Whether trial court deprived petitioner of constitutional rights
19-8316 Dervanna H. A. Troy-McKoy v. New York City Department of Parks and Recreation New York 2020-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
19-8322 Joseph Augustus Dixon v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
19-8308 Terry Gooden v. U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claim
19-8299 Matthan James Simons Pattioay v. Hawaii Ninth Circuit 2020-04-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction standing Whether the court below erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
19-8305 Kinsley Ononuju v. Virginia Virginia 2020-04-19 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP appeal appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indigence indigent-defendant transcript transcript-cost Whether Virginia's law mandating government to defray cost of trial transcript only for indigent felons, but not indigent misdemeanants, violates Equa…
19-8285 In Re David L. Williams 2020-04-17 Denied IFP constitutional-claims due-process equal-protection federal-court-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge sentencing Was dismissal of Petitioner Appeal error by the Fifth Circuit?
19-8289 Jose Yeyille v. Cecilia M. Altonaga, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-17 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure dismissal district-court-review due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis jury-trial seventh-amendment standing Whether the district court appropriately resolved genuine issues of disputed facts; correctly applied legal conclusions; and provided any statement ex…
19-8270 Earl Mayberry Johnson, Jr. v. The Florida Bar Florida 2020-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment attorney-discipline confrontation-clause disbarment due-process equal-protection florida-bar service-of-process Whether the State of Florida violated the Petitioner's 14th-Amendment-due-process, 14th-Amendment-equal-protection, Confrontation-Clause, service-of-p…
19-8271 Loren J. Larson, Jr. v. Alaska Alaska 2020-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP equal-protection impartial-jury juror-bias jury-trial jury-trial-right no-impeachment-rule racial-bias sixth-amendment Whether a no-impeachment rule constitutionally may bar evidence of juror bias when offered to prove a violation of the Sixth Amendment to an impartial…
19-8279 Jeffrey LaGasse v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP amendment-violation certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto plea-bargaining police-misconduct severance Did the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals by-pass the petitioner's 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment rights by denying his petition for Certificate of Appealabi…
19-1224 Jeremiah F. Manning v. Lucy J. Kim California 2020-04-16 Denied campaign-contribution campaign-contributions disclosure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-ethics recusal Whether Judge Greenberg's refusal to recuse herself and failure to timely and accurately disclose campaign contributions violated the Due Process and …
19-8258 Denver Maxwell Goree, Jr. v. Michigan Parole Board Sixth Circuit 2020-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP commutation constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto parole parole-board punishment Whether Petitioner's parole process was unconstitutional
19-8244 Frank Morgan v. Illinois Department of Corrections Illinois 2020-04-14 Denied IFP chaplain-duties civil-liberties civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-protections detainee-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment religious-services standing takings Whether the petitioners' due process rights were violated by the state's use of summary procedures that did not comport with the requirements of due p…
19-8238 Morris Kent Thompson v. Jennifer Leppek Cerato, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Natalie A. Richards-Thompson Florida 2020-04-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-override due-process equal-protection government-misconduct judicial-oversight judicial-procedure legal-conspiracy separation-of-powers Have the attorney's and court committed a management override of the Constitution?
19-8232 William Lynn Jackson v. Mississippi Mississippi 2020-04-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge district-mapping due-process equal-protection jury-selection minority-representation racial-discrimination racial-gerrymandering standing voting-rights Whether the Petitioner is another example of the deprivation of the Equal Protection Clause which forbids the State's to exclude black persons from se…
19-8210 Peggy Gordon v. Holy Cross Hospital Germantown, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2020-04-07 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims
19-1199 Don Higginson v. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-04-06 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived at-large-voting california-voting-rights-act civil-rights equal-protection fourteenth-amendment municipal-elections racial-polarization voting-rights voting-rights-act Whether the California Voting Rights Act violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
19-8174 Camille T. Mata v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Massachusetts 2020-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights-act due-process equal-protection gender-discrimination race-discrimination race-gender-discrimination superintendent-authority title-ix title-vi Should senior legal officers be allowed to deny further appellate review when there is constitutional ground to grant it?
19-8183 Jose Nogales v. California California 2020-04-03 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus juvenile-justice retroactive-legislation retroactivity sentencing Whether the retroactive application of California's Senate Bill No. 1391 violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
19-8157 Brian Richardson v. Joshua Moore Fifth Circuit 2020-04-02 Denied IFP access-to-courts administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection exhaustion-of-remedies Whether the lower courts erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims for failure to exhaust administrative remedies when the petitioner was denied the…
19-8165 Tanya Winters v. Industrial Commission of Arizona, et al. Arizona 2020-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection government-benefits medical-cannabis veterans-benefits Whether the government's denial of medical cannabis benefits to military veterans violates their constitutional rights
19-1194 Jiahao Kuang, et al. v. Department of Defense, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-04-02 Denied Amici (1) administrative-law administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act,civil-procedure,due-p due-process equal-protection injunctive-relief judicial-review military-affairs standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether courts can evade their constitutional and statutory duty to review military decisions under the so-called 'Mindes test', or whether claims see…
19-8141 Eric Jeffrey Cowan v. Josie Gastelo, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-03-30 Denied IFP civil-rights Constitutional-Challenge constitutional-law due-process equal-protection Fourteenth-Amendment Judicial-Review jurisdiction Legal-Interpretation Petitioner-Rights standing Should Petitioner receive relief under United States Constitution Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection
19-8115 Brenda R. White v. EDS Care Management, LLC, et al. Michigan 2020-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion legal-capacity medical-malpractice race-discrimination rico rico-claims standing Must a court overlook a plaintiff's race in making a decision about her capacity and her right to defend herself against attempted murder by doctors, …
19-8120 Jarvis Rodrick Thomas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection false-statements fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment liberty-interest Was it unreasonable to be seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment and re-arrested for the same offense to deprive the Petitioner of his Fourteenth…
19-8126 Garry Wayne Wilson v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2020-03-27 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment indian-law state-prosecution treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty Whether the State of Oklahoma has jurisdiction to prosecute a Cherokee Indian whose alleged crime of murder occurred within the historic and treaty-se…
19-1168 Mirek Machala v. Libuse Kral, et al. District of Columbia 2020-03-25 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion procedural-due-process standing summary-judgment Whether Petitioner's due process right was violated
19-8096 Marvin D. Noble v. Shane Jackson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-03-24 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
19-8078 Brandon L. Banks v. Illinois Illinois 2020-03-23 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-safeguards counsel due-process equal-protection fair-trial fifth-amendment impartial-jury sixth-amendment Whether petitioner was denied due process of law, a fair trial by an impartial jury, and equal protection of the laws
19-1160 Robert J. Murphy v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel Pennsylvania 2020-03-23 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech judicial-code pennsylvania-rules-of-professional-conduct pennsylvania-workers-compensation-act retroactive-application workers-compensation Whether petitioner had fair warning of disciplinary proceedings
19-8047 Richard E. Daniel v. Timothy C. Ward, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-19 Denied IFP coercion constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination right-to-trial Whether a defendant has a constitutional right to withdraw a plea of not guilty and enter a plea of guilty over the objection of the trial judge
19-8021 Henry L. Jackson v. Utah, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP destruction-of-evidence due-process equal-protection evidence evidence-destruction fair-trial fourteenth-amendment jury-selection peremptory-challenge vehicle Whether the state violated petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment right to due process and a fair trial when it released petitioner's vehicle to the lienho…
19-8001 Valery Vinarov v. CitiMortgage, Inc. Illinois 2020-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights corporate-personhood corporate-power due-process equal-protection equality-before-law fraud-on-court judicial-independence property-ownership property-rights Whether US Constitution equally applicable to all entities in US, including large corporations — Banks
19-7969 Embery J. McBride v. Walter Berry, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-13 Denied IFP civil-rights conviction cruel-punishment due-process equal-protection fair-trial fraud fundamental-fairness indictment-challenge ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection presentment sentencing special-presentment standing Whether the Court should grant the writ of certiorari to review the lower court's decision
19-7980 Maechel Shawn Patterson v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2020-03-13 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection retroactive-application statutory-interpretation victim-rights victims-rights Whether the North Carolina Crime Victims' Rights Act can be constitutionally applied to the petitioner for crimes committed before the Act's effective…
19-7992 Glenn Sinatra Davis v. Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, as Trustee for Specialty Underwriting and Residential Finance Trust, Series 2005-BC3 Alabama 2020-03-13 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights continuance court-motion discovery due-process equal-protection fair-trial fairness judicial-fairness justice legal-procedure notice notice-of-motions notice-of-rights Whether a Citizen of the United States have a right to 'Due Process' under the law
19-7968 Akube Wuromoni Ndoromo v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. District of Columbia 2020-03-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment jury-trial seventh-amendment standing takings Does the Fourth Amendment protect the right of the people to be secure therein?
19-7979 Leo Chadwick v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP animal-fighting animal-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-bias pre-sentence-report recusal sentencing Whether a judge's statements demonstrating extreme bias against pit bull owners as a class and advocating the elimination of anyone involved in dogfig…
19-7943 J. H. v. E. R. S. Colorado 2020-03-11 Denied IFP appellate-review child-custody constitutional-facts constitutional-liberty de-novo-review due-process equal-protection parental-rights plain-error structural-error termination termination-of-parental-rights Whether the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses require application of the plain error doctrine and independent de novo review of constitutional …
19-7955 Philip Berryman v. Randall Haas, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-03-11 Denied IFP circuit-conflict circuit-split constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection exhaustion exhaustion-doctrine exhaustion-of-remedies grievance-process precedent prison-litigation sixth-circuit stare-decisis Is the Sixth Circuit required to adhere to precedent under stare decisis when ruling on the same issue that has been ruled upon by the Sixth Circuit, …
19-7966 Justin Odell Langford v. William G. Cobb Ninth Circuit 2020-03-11 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 26-usc-1415 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause Whether the courts violated the 14th Amendment's Due Process and Equal Protection clauses?
19-7937 Michelle Stopyra Yaney and Peter DeBellis v. Rebecca Mason, et al. California 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP association civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination discrimination-claim due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment free-speech freedom-of-expression religious-neutrality state-power Did the California Supreme Court have a duty to protect petitioners' individual constitutional rights for a claim of discrimination on how the associa…
19-7902 In Re Darnell W. Moon 2020-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection free-speech habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct qualified-immunity standing takings Whether the 11th Circuit erred in dismissing petitioner's civil rights claims
19-7878 Joseph Ramon Santillan v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction-classification criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense drug-offenses due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing felony-conviction mandatory-minimum misdemeanor-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-federal-interaction state-federal-law statutory-interpretation Did defendant's State of California marijuana conviction constitute a 'prior conviction for a felony drug offense,' increasing defendant's mandatory m…
19-7880 Nathaniel Woods v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-05 Denied IFP arbitrary-and-capricious arbitrary-discrimination arbitrary-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection execution-method nitrogen-hypoxia suppressed-information Does the Eighth Amendment apply only to imposition of a death sentence, or may a petitioner challenge how a death sentence is carried out?
19-7857 Chance Dechristian Adams v. Minnesota Minnesota 2020-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky circuit-split equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-strike peremptory-strikes pretext prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination standard-of-review When a peremptory strike of a prospective juror is challenged under Batson v. Kentucky, must the reviewing court examine each proffered reason for the…
19-7876 Aaron Richardson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines Did an unconstitutional 'objective risk of bias' or 'probability of actual bias on the part of the judge' manifest itself during the sentencing hearin…
19-1083 Jeffrey A. Clouser v. Kim Doherty, et al. Delaware 2020-03-04 Denied Response Waived civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection official-misconduct qualified-immunity sovereign-immunity state-tort-claims state-tort-claims-act whistleblower-protection Whether the Delaware Supreme Court's application of sovereign immunity unconstitutionally places state financial interests above individual rights
19-1077 Chris Ann Jaye v. Oak Knoll Village Condominium Owners Association, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied Response Waived civil-liability color-of-law due-process equal-protection first-amendment judicial-immunity separation-of-powers Are the circuit judges of the Third Circuit acting in violation of the US Constitution by providing different due process to citizens similarly situat…
19-7829 Dale E. Phillips v. South Coast Plaza, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights civil-rights-discrimination class-action constitutional-rights diversity-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction pro-se-litigation standing state-actor vexatious-litigant Whether California's Vexatious Litigant Laws violate the 1st, 8th and 14th Amendments
19-7862 Wesley Paul Coonce, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied Relisted (4)IFP atkins-v-virginia capital-punishment confrontation-clause eighth-amendment equal-protection fifth-amendment intellectual-disability moral-culpability sentencing-hearing Whether the execution of a defendant with intellectual disability that arose after age 18 violates the Eighth and Fifth Amendments
19-7844 Buck Otto White, aka Timothy Joseph Hoffman v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus sentencing Was the petitioner's 40 sentence back-dated by the district court's works on a woman who was only sentenced to 10 years?
19-7846 Cemaludin Veseli, II v. Carla Hacker-Agnew, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing statutory-interpretation takings When Ke Shee Gurte dove Cote 0 tiga & Arma
19-7822 Harry J. Williby v. Mark Zuckerberg, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-28 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant legal principles
19-7795 Robert Alan Foster v. Willis Chapman, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discovery-violation due-process equal-protection fair-trial first-amendment free-speech ineffective-assistance jury-instruction prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination school-desegregation sixth-amendment standing voting-rights Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
19-7801 James Benjamin Barstad v. Washington Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrary-and-capricious civil-rights constitutional-violation contract contract-breach due-process equal-protection inmate-rights punishment sandin-v-conner state-sanctions When does the repeated imposition of 'temporary' restrictions become unconstitutional?
19-7806 Cherunda Lynn Fox v. United States Postal Service, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-02-27 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment attorney-general civil-procedure default-judgment due-process electronic-case-filing equal-protection federal-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure service-of-process Whether the defendants were served on 3-19-18 as verified by the court record, the Judge and receipt - personally verified by the Attorney General, de…
19-7777 John Henry Hoyle v. West Virginia West Virginia 2020-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction question-not-identified sexual-offender-registration standing statutory-interpretation takings telephone-disclosure void-for-vagueness Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
19-7783 Billy J. Martin v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2020-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection question-not-identified standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant statutory and constitutional provisions
19-7787 Vernon Wayne McNeal v. A. Ervin, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the lower court's decision
19-7738 H. K. V. v. Florida Department of Children and Families, et al. Florida 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adoption civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-habeas-corpus standing state-court-proceedings Whether the state courts erred in denying the petitioner's claims of due process and equal protection violations in the adoption proceedings
19-7739 H. K. V. v. Florida Department of Children and Families, et al. Florida 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-interpretation standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the lower court dismissed the petitioner's claims without proper jurisdiction
19-7748 Kevin Souffrant v. Kevin Kauffman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certiorari circuit-split civil-rights class-action due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction federal-question habeas-corpus judicial-conflict legal-standard standing supreme-court-review Whether petitioner should be granted certiorari, where his claim not only affects him, but also hundreds of others
19-7749 Andrey L. Bridges v. David W. Gray, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 8th-amendment actual-innocence constitutional-amendments due-process equal-protection factual-innocence habeas-corpus habeas-review res-judicata strickland-v-washington Does the State affirmative defense of Res Judicata defeats Amendment Fifth; Sixth; Eighth, and Fourteenth of the United States Constitution?
19-7758 Lin Ouyang v. Achem Industry America, Inc. California 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment appeal civil-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause fourth-amendment indigent-defendant indigent-rights misdemeanor-conviction right-to-counsel Whether the state court's dismissal of the appeal from misdemeanor conviction, despite the lack of assistance of counsel on appeal, violates the Equal…
19-1041 Rostislav Khrapko v. Kristin Splain, et al. Second Circuit 2020-02-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights declaratory-relief due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction government-corruption interlocutory-appeal standing Whether discrimination with no legitimate rationale, motivated by government corruption violates the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Cons…
19-1036 Teresa Ann Waters v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment adam-walsh-act civil-liberties due-process equal-protection federal-funding sex-offender-registration substantive-due-process tier-classification tier-iii-sex-offender Whether Ms. Waters is a Tier III sex offender according to 18 U.S.C. § 2241(c)
19-7694 Malcolm J. Sanders v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2020-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenge racial-discrimination stop-and-frisk voir-dire Whether qualified persons of color may constitutionally be stricken from juries based solely on prior experiences of being stopped for Driving While B…
19-7702 Douglas Cornell Jackson v. Leah Berean, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion access-to-courts civil-rights civil-rights-retaliation court-access due-process equal-protection indigent-rights judicial-discretion pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation retaliation retaliation-claims standing Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals and U.S. District Court decisions conflict with the formulation describing retaliation claims within the U.S. Circui…
19-7709 John A. Toth v. Peter Antonacci, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit equal-protection federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance qualified-immunity treaty Whether the violation of any State or Federal Courts, Treaties, Rights or Privileges by any and all State and/or Federal Agents and individuals, both …
19-7691 In Re Wilbert Norwood Starks 2020-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure-standing civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection free-speech patent standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant civil-rights statutes and constitutional provisions
19-7642 Ann Karnofel v. Superior Waterproofing, Inc. Ohio 2020-02-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence federal-evidence judicial-review jurisdiction lower-court standing Were petitioner's due-process rights denied, since she is a female, and an applicant?
19-7643 In Re Stephen Daniel Leonard 2020-02-12 Denied IFP 6th-amendment administrative-hearing administrative-procedure article-iv compulsory-process constitutional-rights disciplinary-proceeding disciplinary-proceedings due-process equal-protection judicial-proceedings liberty liberty-interest privileges-and-immunities witness-testimony Did the State of Florida violate Petitioner's protected rights
19-7648 Otis Renaldo Harris v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice criminal-procedure discretion discretionary-power district-court due-process equal-protection judicial-review sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether the district court abused its discretion when it found that petitioner Harris was not eligible for a sentence reduction under Section 404?
19-7612 Sha'Ron A. Sims v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-11 Denied IFP 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection mortgage-foreclosure mortgage-securitization property-rights securitization standing standing-doctrine Are the laws of standing applied in a manner which violate the homeowner's 14th Amendment's right, under the Federal Constitution, to be equally prote…
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
19-7615 William E. Vukich v. Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2020-02-10 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection incarceration judicial-interpretation mistrial probation sentencing Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits multiple punishments for the same offense
19-998 Vickie Cook, Individually and as Natural Mother to Deanna Cook, et al. v. Tonyita Hopkins, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-02-10 Denied Response Waived civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment state-created-danger summary-judgment Whether the Fifth Circuit improperly applied a 'deemed credible' approach to viewing a movant's credibility and arbitrarily excluded admissions of dis…
19-7596 Julia L. McDuffy-Johnson v. Daniel A. Lane, III Fifth Circuit 2020-02-07 Denied IFP amendment-violations Amendments-I-IV-VIII-XIII-XIV appeals civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-question fifth-circuit judicial-procedure sexual-assault standing Supervisory-power-of-SCOTUS Whether the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit has entered a decision which is in conflict with the federal guidelines handout of the lower…
19-7600 Tim Sundy v. Friendship Pavilion Acquisition Company, LLC Georgia 2020-02-07 Denied IFP effectively depriving pro se litigants of the sub equal-protection full-access-to-court judicial-estoppel private-property-without-just-compensation right-to-be-secured-in-papers with the specific and purposeful intent to defrau constitutional-rights document-tampering due-process equal-protection full-access-to-the-court judicial-and-or-equitable-estoppel judicial-misconduct private-property-without-just-compensation pro-se-litigation right-to-be-secured-in-one's-papers Does this oppressive conduct and reckless defiance of elementary standards of justice and fair play, with the specific and purposeful intent to defrau…
19-7577 Jason L. Brown v. Lisa M. Brown Third Circuit 2020-02-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review jurisdiction standing statutory-provisions systemic-discrimination Whether the United States Courts and United States Justice system discriminate against citizens
19-7584 Vina Yazzie v. Mohave County, Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process employment employment-discrimination equal-protection termination title-vii zero-tolerance When was Ms. Yazzie hired into the Mohave County?
19-7537 Donald Alexander Spice v. Michigan Michigan 2020-02-05 Denied IFP appeal court-access due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indigent-defendant indigent-defendants transcript transcript-access transcripts Whether MOR 5.433(c)(3) is unconstitutional as it violates the Equal Protection and Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the mandates of…
19-7558 Freddie Lee Wilson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction question-not-identified standing takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims
19-7559 Elijah Jackson, Jr. v. Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech school-discipline standing statutory-interpretation student-rights DOES the First Amendment protect the right of a public school to discipline a student for off-campus speech that does not cause a substantial disrupti…
19-7542 Noah-Wade Pelmear, et al. v. Maureen O'Connor, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights color-of-law due-process equal-protection free-exercise immunity judicial-immunity oath-of-office obstruction-of-justice Whether state actors acting under color of state law can impair, impede, deny, discriminate, threaten or otherwise obstruct petitioners' federally pro…
19-7499 Susan Skipp v. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Second Circuit 2020-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 1st-amendment 9th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-amendments discrimination due-process equal-protection fatherhood-initiative federal-funding multi-agency-agreement state-action Does the implemented Section 17b-27a - John S. Martinez Fatherhood Initiative, Objectives, Reports, Funding, Grant program, programming and tenacle(d)…
19-7510 Francis Damien Block v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent standing takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated
19-7523 Micah L. Lawson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus prison-discipline standing takings Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing petitioner's civil rights claims alleging due process and equal protection violation…
19-962 Travis Ray Norwood v. West Virginia West Virginia 2020-01-31 Denied Response Waived constitutional-review criminal-justice criminal-punishment drug-policy due-process equal-protection opioid-crisis opioid-sentencing recidivist-statute sentencing Whether defendants charged with crimes involving Schedule I opioids can be constitutionally treated differently for punitive purposes from defendants …
19-7495 Abu Ala M. D. Badruddoza v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-30 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights covid-19 due-process employment equal-protection osha standing statutory-authority takings vaccination workplace-safety Whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) exceeded its statutory authority in issuing the COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emer…
19-7502 Scott Peters v. Illinois Illinois 2020-01-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 1st-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing takings Whether the state's actions violated the petitioner's constitutional rights
19-7449 Jack Robert Smith v. Harry Oreol Ninth Circuit 2020-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-mental-health-commitment-due-process- constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection involuntary-commitment involuntary-hospitalization mental-health mental-health-commitment patient-rights supreme-court-review Whether the involuntary civil commitment of a non-dangerous individual violates due process and the Eighth Amendment
19-7466 In Re Ricardo Jose Calderon Lopez 2020-01-29 Dismissed IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure constitutional-rights corporate-structure discrimination due-process equal-protection harmless-error judicial-prejudice mandamus standing writ-of-certiorari Whether the district court erred in excessively delaying the case, engaging in discriminatory conduct, and refusing to recognize the corporate structu…
19-7482 Victor Nunez v. Sean Bowerman, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent standing takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
19-7488 Donnie Cleveland Lance v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Georgia 2020-01-29 Denied IFP capital-punishment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment grand-jury grand-jury-selection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Was petitioner denied his rights under the Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments when he was sentenced to death following his indictment by a non-r…
19-7443 Charles Milton v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2020-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-provisions takings Whether the government's actions violated the petitioner's civil rights
19-7444 Ameen Abdullah Muhammad v. John Kozelski, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-01-28 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection qualified-immunity standing statutory-interpretation Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the respondents' actions
19-7448 Dennis Rydbom v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex West Virginia 2020-01-28 Denied IFP Compulsory-Process Confrontation-Clause due-process Equal-Protection fourteenth-amendment-due-process fourteenth-amendment-equal-protection fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-probable-cause fourth-amendment-warrant-requirement sixth-amendment-compulsory-process sixth-amendment-confrontation state-sovereignty Questions Presented
19-7465 Jose Antonio Contreras v. Washington Washington 2020-01-28 Denied IFP administrative-law agency-deference civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review patent procedural-rights racial-discrimination standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
19-943 Alireza Vazirabadi v. Denver Health and Hospital Authority, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-01-28 Denied Relisted (2) age-discrimination anderson-v-liberty-lobby civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employee-selection employment equal-protection summary-judgment tenth-circuit Does the Tenth Circuit affirming in favor of Respondents' summary judgement conflict with Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., where in Tolan v. Cotton, t…
19-7420 In Re Adrean Francis 2020-01-27 Denied IFP criminal-justice-reform criminal-justice-system drug-crime due-process equal-protection full-faith-and-credit habeas-corpus second-amendment sentencing-enhancement state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation youthful-offender Whether the continued application of a vacated New York 'Youthful Offender' conviction constitutes an illegal sentence and creates separate classes of…
19-7425 Wylmina Louemna Hettinga v. Arcadia Management Services Co. California 2020-01-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection insurmountable-security legal-remedy security-deposit standing takings vexatious-litigant Is the imposition of insurmountable security on a California Vexatious Litigant a violation of the Equal Protection or Due Process rights?
19-7397 Bert Hudson v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole Pennsylvania 2020-01-24 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-mandate due-process equal-protection free-speech life-without-parole sentencing separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
19-7413 Brennen Clancy v. Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-court-conflict classification due-process equal-protection felony misdemeanor probation probation-department sentence-classification sentencing statutory-interpretation Can a probation department change the classification of a sentence from MISDEMEANOR to FELONY for no reason and without any due process?
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 …
19-7395 Jean Crump v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection false-arrest grand-jury-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct racial-bias racial-discrimination Whether a defendant's constitutional rights were violated when their court-appointed attorney failed to request a new judge despite being advised that…
19-922 Donnie Cleveland Lance v. Georgia Georgia 2020-01-23 Denied capital-punishment dna-testing due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection extraordinary-motion fourteenth-amendment innocence-claim new-trial Was petitioner denied due process and equal protection
19-7366 In Re Andrew J. Johnston 2020-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection qualified-immunity standing takings Whether the court of appeals erred in dismissing petitioner's civil rights claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim
19-7380 Dino Constance v. United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Ninth Circuit 2020-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-court circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection extraordinary-circumstances fourteenth-amendment mandamus mandamus-relief ninth-circuit post-conviction-review tenth-circuit Did the Ninth Circuit's unique five-part test for Mandamus relief cause a Fourteenth Amendment 'Equal Protection' violation?
19-7349 Angel Osornio v. Supreme Court of the United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial impartial-tribunal judicial-review standing Whether the petitioner was unlawfully denied due process and equal protection under the 14th Amendment when the state court proceedings failed to prov…
19-7328 April Taylor v. City of Colonial Heights, Virginia Fourth Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-filing court-rules due-process equal-access equal-protection federal-courts federal-jurisdiction legal-procedure state-courts Does the federal Court of Appeals or Eastern District Court of VA erred and had conflict with the U.S. Supreme Court Rule 29.2, and U.S. Constitution …
19-7341 Joey D. Wiseman, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-intent criminal-law drug-crimes drug-felonies drug-policy drug-trafficking due-process equal-protection sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether Congress should re-evaluate the inequity in changing the enhancement level for prior drug felonies under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(A)-(B) but not…
19-7342 Ray Turner v. Veronica Cadney, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied IFP 1983-complaint 4th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-act-1983 dismissal due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment section-1983 standing temporary-restraining-order Did the U.S. District Court error by not applying the Fourth Amendment equal protection to the petitioner's case when he applied for a temporary restr…
19-880 Yisrael M. Kemp v. Georgia State University Admissions Office, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) admission-criteria civil-rights-act civil-rights-act-1964 constitutional-law education-policy equal-protection georgia-constitution title-vi university-admission university-system-georgia Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court erred in not determining that the Equal Protection Clause and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VI, authorize the…
19-881 Joseph Smith, et al. v. Pamela Motley, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-16 Denied Response Waived anecdotal-evidence burden-of-proof civil-rights discriminatory-policing disparate-treatment equal-protection government-treatment ninth-circuit statistical-analysis Whether plaintiffs can establish an Equal Protection Clause violation based solely on anecdotal evidence of differential treatment, without statistica…
19-7281 Clifton A. Grant v. MTGLQ Investors, L.P. District of Columbia 2020-01-15 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 1st-amendment access-to-courts due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-review pro-se pro-se-litigant right-to-petition Whether the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denial of Petitioner's timely and duly filed Appeal, without any lawful judicial reasoning o…
19-7301 Michael Goodrum v. Kenneth D. Hutchison, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-01-15 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection racial-discrimination school-desegregation standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant statutory and constitutional provisions
19-7311 Alphonso Vernell Frazier, II v. City of Omaha Police Department, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-01-15 Denied IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights color-of-law due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment search-and-seizure section-1983 unreasonable-search unreasonable-search-and-seizure Whether the authorities of the Municipal Government of the City of Omaha failed to properly train their officials and employees
19-7286 Leah S. Caldwell v. Doris Downs, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-14 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eleventh-circuit equal-protection federal-jurisdiction petition-for-certiorari pro-se standing summary-judgment Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in dismissing Petitioner's civil rights claims against Respondents for lack of standing and failure to state a clai…
19-7226 Tony Robinson v. Illinois Illinois 2020-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 35-usc-101 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment patent qualified-immunity standing takings Whether the Illinois Appellate Court erred in dismissing petitioner's civil rights claim
19-7243 Joshua Wolf v. Cindy Griffith, Warden Eighth Circuit 2020-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment juvenile-offenders mandatory-life-without-parole mandatory-sentencing resentencing sentencing-procedures sixth-amendment Whether Missouri's decision to order resentencing for juvenile homicide offenders with mandatory 50-year sentences but not for Joshua, a juvenile homi…
19-865 Marian S. A. Tipp v. JPMC Specialty Mortgage, LLC Alabama 2020-01-10 Denied Response Waived door-closing-statutes due-process equal-protection foreign-corporation foreign-corporations jurisdiction legal-standing property-rights res-judicata Whether a decision with no opinion or legal authority depriving a person of property violates the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
19-7230 In Re Arthur Lopez 2020-01-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing takings Whether Mold a Biobyical ond Prasrnad Male, US Bert Gitlin, Gonr Povely Minn Chilaan Be slaiele 4 afforded the Uncted Bhectex (mot tictione Gil Qykt i…
19-857 GPI Distributors, Inc. v. Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District Ohio 2020-01-09 Denied court-access due-process equal-protection indigent-litigants judicial-review property-rights property-takings Do the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses prohibit states from imposing substantial financial burdens on indigent parties seeking judicial revie…
19-7192 Keith Edward Walker v. Ronda Pash, Warden Eighth Circuit 2020-01-07 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights clearly-established-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction federal-review finality-of-judgment habeas-corpus standing state-court-decision statute-of-limitations Does the reamme of 28 U.S.C. 2244(d) and (p) create ambiguity in 28 U.S.C. 2244(d)(1) regarding the one-year period of litigation
19-7198 B. T. D. v. Alabama Alabama 2020-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection juvenile-justice juvenile-transfer serious-physical-injury standing vagueness Does a child have due process rights to a judicial determination of whether his/her case should remain in juvenile court or should be transferred to a…
19-7204 Eric Wilson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP batson certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal strickland Should petitioners notice of appeal have been construed as a request for a certificate of appealability on grounds 1-12 and 14-15, and was failure to …
19-850 Mark Joseph Derrico v. Georgia Georgia 2020-01-07 Denied Response Waived arbitrary-enforcement civil-rights criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process equal-protection prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness Does the void-for-vagueness doctrine extend to cases where courts have rested on the authority of judges and juries to ratify arbitrary enforcement?
19-7191 Janice Baker v. Macy's Florida Stores, LLC Florida 2020-01-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federalism fourteenth-amendment same-sex-marriage standing takings Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause requires States to recognize same-sex marriages validly performed in other States
19-7142 General P. Haymon v. Michael Johnson California 2020-01-06 Denied IFP 7th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights dred-scott due-process equal-protection jury-trial race racial-discrimination seventh-amendment standing Whether a state can deprive a descendant of enslaved people the right to a jury trial
19-7179 Roxanne Ari v. California Ninth Circuit 2020-01-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitution due-process equal-protection free-speech standing takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated
19-7181 Anna Bell v. Oregon Health & Science University Oregon 2020-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 7th-amendment access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-trial pro-se-representation right-to-counsel right-to-jury-trial self-representation Does denying a pro se individual or public a proper course of justice by a Court violate prior U.S. Supreme Court rulings and The Ninth Amendment to t…
19-7158 Isaac Montanez v. McDean, LLC Second Circuit 2020-01-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discrimination due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection free-speech retaliation voting-rights wrongful-termination Whether the defendant was discriminated against on the basis of race in the denial of their right to vote
19-837 Jerome Kunkel, et al. v. Northern Kentucky Independent Health District, et al. Kentucky 2020-01-02 Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech religious-freedom retaliation substantive-due-process Does a Health Department and its employees violate the United States Constitution when they disparately treat and target private Catholic Elementary a…
19-821 Isaac M. Nsejjere v. Reuben Smith, et ux. Washington 2019-12-31 Denied constitutional-law constitutional-rights deprivation deprivation-of-rights due-process equal-protection legal-principles state-action unequal-protection Is a state action constitutional when it leads to deprivation by denying a process that is 'due', and premised on unequal protection under the law?
19-7108 Devell Moore v. Robert LeGrand, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky equal-protection fair-trial jury-selection ninth-circuit peremptory-challenges purkett-v-elem trial-procedure Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying a Certificate of Appealability on Moore's claim he was denied equal protection of the law, and a fair trial…
19-7111 Robert W. Johnson v. Kevin S. Portnoy, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied IFP administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection insurance rico standing statutory-interpretation texas-department-of-insurance Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection rights under the 14th Amendment in the handling of his insurance claims against the…
19-7068 Janice Baker v. Macy's Florida Stores, LLC Florida 2019-12-27 Denied IFP 14th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing takings Whether the
19-7050 In Re Charlene Rosa 2019-12-23 Denied IFP appeal civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review sanctions statutory-interpretation witness-testimony Whether the Koweth, Oortrick Covert 4 wypptooll abuse dy duration M Sombion Hh lod decmaye
19-7055 In Re Charlene Rosa 2019-12-23 Denied IFP brady-v-maryland civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel search-and-seizure strickland-v-washington Whether the state court violated the defendant's constitutional rights by denying his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, denial of due proce…
19-799 Streambend Properties II, LLC, et al. v. Ivy Tower Minneapolis, LLC, et al. Minnesota 2019-12-23 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal-with-prejudice due-process equal-protection failure-to-state-claim jury-trial jury-trial-rights pleadings standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing with prejudice Petitioners' claims for failing to state a claim for which relief may be granted
19-7028 Jess Lee Green v. Joe Errington Fifth Circuit 2019-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction qualified-immunity standing statutory-provisions Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in dismissing petitioner's civil rights claims for lack of standing
19-7031 Allen James Hancock v. Texas Texas 2019-12-20 Denied IFP 5th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure due-process equal-protection land-use property-rights regulatory-takings standing statutory-interpretation takings-clause Whether the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause prohibits the government from requiring a property owner to dedicate a public easement as a condition of …
19-6991 Lei Ke v. Drexel University Pennsylvania 2019-12-18 Dismissed IFP contract-clause dual-proceedings-waiver due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment government-power res-judicata Did the Superior Court of Pennsylvania violate the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment by refusing to recognize the d…
19-6977 Samuel T. Pitts v. Florida Florida 2019-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP adult-victims character-evidence constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection propensity-evidence sexual-battery sexual-offenses Whether constitutional equal protection and due process principles require that a defendant charged with a sexual offense on an adult alleged victim b…
19-775 In Re Philippe Buhannic 2019-12-17 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts appeal appeal-rights bias constitution constitutional-rights due-process due-process-clause-of-the-14th-amendment equal-protection federal-court foreign-litigant judicial-bias prejudice pro-se-litigant pro-se-representation Whether the Federal court has the right based on an obvious prejudice and bias to refuse due process to a foreign pro se litigant
19-6960 Ulriste Tulin v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment grand-jury indictment jury-instruction Does an inaccurate Jury Instruction on the content of the indictment violate due process of law?
19-6933 Elmuiz Abdu v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-general-opinion criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection good-time-credit habeas-corpus jail-credit legislative-intent sentencing statutory-interpretation time-calculation time-served Whether the petitioner's jail good time credit and ESC Level have been calculated incorrectly
19-6943 Sheila Annette Cunningham v. Florida Credit Union Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights curtilage discrimination due-process employment equal-protection fourth-amendment investigative-authority law-enforcement search-and-seizure standing summary-judgment Whether the Jistia Couvt Cured Mol ding | Heat Curnningham Failes to prvite evidence of racial diSciminaton
19-755 Robert C. Steiner, et ux. v. Utah State Tax Commission Utah 2019-12-12 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived dormant-commerce-clause double-taxation equal-protection foreign-commerce interstate-taxation state-residency state-tax-credits state-taxation tax-credit tax-credits Whether Utah's tax code discriminates against foreign commerce in violation of the dormant Commerce Clause
19-6907 Robert Hendricks v. United States Second Circuit 2019-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-error constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-error criminal-trial due-process equal-protection evidence evidence-admission harmless-error racial-bias structural-error Isn't the erroneous admission of racially charged prejudicial evidence a structural error requiring automatic reversal or, at a minimum, one that requ…
19-6917 In Re Sherri Jefferson 2019-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-discipline civil-rights constitutional-rights disbarment due-process due-process-clause equal-protection equal-protection-clause fifth-amendment professional-conduct self-incrimination Whether the order of disbarment should be reversed, remanded, or vacated and set aside for violation of the Due Process and Self-Incrimination Clause …
19-6888 In Re Roger A. Libby 2019-12-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection federal-courts habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2244-b-3-a jurisdiction jurisdictional-issues standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Does the Pre-Diath Circuit Court of Appeals have jurisdiction to circumvent the statutory commands of 28 U.S.C. 2244(b)(3)(A), established by Congress…
19-6894 Vamsidhar Vurimindi v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP ashe-v-swenson blockburger-v-united-states brown-v-ohio compounding-charges constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment pro-se-appellant successive-prosecution Whether State prosecuting an accused under pretense of successive prosecution based upon temporally distinct conduct from prior prosecution, and compo…
19-6895 John William Williams v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-bias due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-elections judicial-independence separation-of-powers state-judicial-elections state-judiciary supremacy-clause Has the external influence of state judicial election politics upon the state judiciary come to represent a constitutionally intolerable risk of bias …
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?
19-717 Michael J. Sands v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General Sixth Circuit 2019-12-06 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination equal-protection medical-diagnosis medical-fraud mental-health postal-service termination Did the United States Postal Service violate my Constitutional Rights when the Postal Service chose my mental diagnosis (difference of Medical Opinion…
19-6844 Fabian Santiago v. Arthur F. Hill, Associate Judge, Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County Illinois 2019-12-05 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-conspiracy cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection fair-trial habeas-corpus impartial-adjudication ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct legal-representation right-to-counsel Whether the refusal of the legal representative of the Petitioner to disclose a conflict of interest and the judge's failure to address this issue con…
19-6861 Tony L. Henderson v. Arkansas Arkansas 2019-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process equal-protection jury-selection race-conscious venire Does a discretionary, race-conscious selection process for the venire called in a particular criminal trial violate the 6th and 14th Amendments to the…
19-6870 Kenny Brown v. Mental Health Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2019-12-05 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech habeas-corpus standing Did the Petitioner's First Amendment rights get violated by the repeated refusal to address his critical remarks, thus prejudicing the Petitioner's ca…
19-716 Zhi Gang Zhang v. Dan Rasmus, et al. South Dakota 2019-12-05 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment attorney-fraud attorney-misconduct civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-hearing fraud legal-malpractice Whether differences in the acquittal process between fraud committed by an attorney and fraud committed by a non-attorney in some but not all federal …
19-6839 Patrick R. Smith v. Barbara D. Underwood, Attorney General of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection jury-selection racial-discrimination standing Whether the lower courts erred in upholding the racial discrimination in jury selection in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment
19-6847 Lawrence Keith Johnson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights discovery-rights due-process due-process,civil-rights,standing,civil-procedure, equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review standing witness-testimony Does any court that does not follow the well established law violate an individual's Constitutional rights by denying a motion or petition without sta…
19-6851 Lena Lasher v. Nebraska State Board of Pharmacy, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-12-04 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP administrative-agency administrative-discretion civil-rights due-process equal-protection ethnic-discrimination independent-agency independent-review licensing pharmacist pharmacy-licensing state-board-of-pharmacy witness-credibility Did the Nebraska Board of Pharmacy (NE BOP) err by not acting independently in considering the matter concerning the appellant's pharmacist license on…
19-6813 Lenore Luann Albert v. State Bar of California California 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines legal-costs license license-suspension reinstatement state-bar state-bar-costs Whether the California State Bar's conditional suspension that conditions the time suspended to payment of State Bar costs and other amounts ordered d…
19-6815 Blake Wingate v. New York New York 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction post-conviction-application pro-se pro-se-representation Where the right to proceed pro se is constitutionally even on appeal or a post conviction application, is it a violation of due process and or the equ…
19-6822 Guy Cozzi v. American Stock Exchange, et al. New York 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion administrative-law article-8-a due-process equal-protection judicial-review rb-89 separation-of-powers stare-decisis workers-compensation Were the Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) rulings denying my Article 8-A claim and RB-89 rehearing request arbitrary, capricious and an abuse of disc…
19-6833 Gregory Alan Rowe v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations dna-testing due-process equal-protection federal-habeas-corpus federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus post-conviction-dna-testing post-conviction-relief state-court-interpretation state-federal-conflict Whether a U.S. District Court and Court of Appeals are bound by a State Supreme Court's interpretation of its own post-conviction DNA testing statute …
19-6765 Anthony Lee McNair v. North Carolina North Carolina 2019-11-27 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief standing state-court-procedure Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated by the state court's dismissal of his motion under the All Writs Act
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…
19-6779 Mitchell Stevens v. Darrell Vannoy, Warden, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction free-speech procedural-standards retaliation standing Did the district court err in dismissing the petitioner's claims, and did the appeals court err in overlooking key facts?
19-687 League of United Latin American Citizens, et al. v. Edwards Aquifer Authority, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights electoral-districts equal-protection franchise-elections local-government one-person-one-vote rational-basis-review salyer-ball-exception voting-rights Whether the Salyer-Ball exception to the one-person, one-vote population equality requirement ought to apply to local government representatives chose…
19-6758 Michael Tryance Anderson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment appellate-standard booker-standard circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing sentencing-review standing substantive-reasonableness Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their civil rights and due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendm…
19-6738 William Ardas Sarringar v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-11-25 Denied IFP constitutional-right constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-competence procedural-default statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment When does the fundamental constitutional right to be tried by a court of competent jurisdiction cease to operate as a right, or is forfeited by a part…
19-6745 Joseph S. Paul v. Florida Florida 2019-11-25 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
19-6746 Michael Anthony Mitchell v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process equal-protection fair-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing sentencing-disparities sentencing-disparity sentencing-review unwarranted-sentence waiver-of-rights Does a waiver of direct appeal rights and collateral rights excepting claims premised on ineffective assistance of counsel violate a defendant's due-p…
19-6749 Bryan Keith Johnson v. Florida Florida 2019-11-25 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection government-liability standing Question not identified
19-6750 Ronnie R. Ceasar v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process equal-protection prosecutorial-misconduct protected-class racial-animus Whether the prosecution of a case by a local district attorney violates due process and equal protection rights when the prosecution is motivated by r…
19-6751 DeAngelo Pantalion Williams v. California California 2019-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court arbitrary-denial constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retroactive-application state-appellate-court state-law Whether a state appellate court's arbitrary denial of a defendant's request for the retroactive application of a new state law constitutes a violation…
19-6694 Tim Sundy v. Martha C. Christian, Judge, et al. Georgia 2019-11-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-court civil-rights constitutional-rights court-officer criminal-activity due-process equal-protection pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigants property-rights state-court-officers takings Whether pro se litigants are immune from criminal activity by State court officers
19-6730 Cameron A. Harinarain v. Kevin Kauffman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit 2019-11-22 Denied IFP administrative-law appeals civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus standing Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims alleging violations of his constitutional rights
19-6734 Arthur Lopez v. Cheryl Lopez California 2019-11-22 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-litigation civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction domestic-relations due-process equal-protection family-law habeas-corpus indigent right-to-counsel standing Whether a petitioner who is indigent and unable to afford private counsel is entitled to a court-appointed attorney for a civil proceeding under the D…
19-650 Melissa L. Barnette v. PROF-2013-M4 Legal Title, by U.S. Bank National Association, as Legal Title Trustee District of Columbia 2019-11-20 Denied civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure fourteenth-amendment fraud judicial-procedure property-rights standing Whether the District of Columbia Court of Appeals erred in affirming the Superior Court's denial of Petitioner's motion to vacate the order granting s…
19-6696 Barbara Myers-McNeil v. North Carolina North Carolina 2019-11-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indigent-defense language-access right-to-counsel transcript Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel requires a court to appoint a language translator or interpreter for an indigent …
19-6667 James Anthony Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection gender-discrimination habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation Whether a United States citizen shall be held in prison for an enhanced sentence that is constitutionally wrong, and whether there shall be a gross di…
19-636 Estate of Earnest Lee Boyland, et al. v. Department of Agriculture, et al. District of Columbia 2019-11-18 Denied Response Waived agency-action civil-rights claims-framework discrimination due-process equal-protection racial-classification racial-discrimination standing strict-scrutiny Is it a denial of Equal Protection for the USDA and Epiq to afford women and Hispanic claimants access to a remedial claims framework, but bar Black m…
19-640 Andrew Clarke, et al. v. Ray D. Goodson, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-18 Denied 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-interpretation legal-theory standing substantive-due-process Does substantive due process really mean anything, or is it mere mythology? Does equal protection of the law apply to everyone, or not?
19-6663 Jose Hernandez-Martinez, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553a 18-usc-3582c2 28-usc-991b 28-usc-994 due-process equal-protection guidelines-policy rational-basis-scrutiny retroactive-amendment retroactive-sentence-reduction sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-commission-authority sentencing-reform-act Is the Sentencing Commission's delegated authority over retroactive sentence reduction proceedings constrained by the general purposes of the Commissi…
19-6647 Michael J. Baxter v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-15 Denied IFP acquitted-conduct batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-selection racial-discrimination reasonable-doubt sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment united-states-v-watts Whether the striking of two out of three black veniremembers demonstrates a 'pattern of discrimination' as necessary to satisfy the first step of the …
19-615 Elaine Ward v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection municipal-liability service-of-process state-court-proceedings transparency Is there a violation of due process and equal protection under the 5th and 14th amendments as related to 42 U.S.C. 1983, when a municipality fails to …
19-6593 Deshay D. Ford v. Timothy P. White, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 42-usc-1981 access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech racial-discrimination Violation of the Petitioner's Constitutional and Civil Rights to prevent the Petitioner from filing a lawsuit against the Respondent(s)
19-6598 Robert Hercenberger v. Gary A. Martin Oregon 2019-11-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment government-policy legal-equality state-government state-jurisdiction Where Equal Protection of the laws definition apply for all
19-6627 Andre Williamson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP boykin-standard boykin-v-alabama due-process equal-protection judicial-fairness mental-health mental-health-defendant mental-health-defendants plea-agreement plea-agreements plea-bargaining sentencing strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Will the Supreme Court re-affirm Boykin v. Alabama and Strickland v. Washington for mentally challenged defendants?
19-6577 John Garrett Smith v. Ronald Haynes Ninth Circuit 2019-11-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP accomplice-to-felony civil-procedure civil-rights computer-fraud-abuse-act constitutional-accountability criminal-concealment due-process due-process-violation equal-protection government-misconduct judicial-misconduct judicial-usurpation misprision-of-felony official-crimes standing Whether state and federal officials, including judges, can lawfully commit crimes, legally cover up their commission, and repeatedly usurp their own c…
19-6590 Antwon Whitten v. Atif Atyia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-11-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts jurisdiction standing takings Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim
19-6548 Julian Marcus Raven v. United States, et al. District of Columbia 2019-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights corporate-disclosure due-process equal-protection jurisdiction parties standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant legal principles
19-599 Samuel C. Mohorne v. Beal Bank, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection foreclosure free-speech homestead-property property-rights standing state-court statutory-interpretation writ Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
19-6523 Pasqual Andres McMurry v. Nevada Nevada 2019-11-07 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation standing takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
19-6536 Patt McGuire v. St. Louis County, Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-justice civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection fundamental-rights pro-se Should a Petitioner/Pro Se be granted the fundamental right to counsel which is essential to fairness in a civil case?
19-6543 Peter Gakuba v. Michelle Neese Seventh Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-conviction due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing structural-error structural-errors Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the state court's denial of habeas corpus relief, involving issues of due-process, equ…
19-590 Michael Anthony Deem v. John P. Colangelo, et al. New York 2019-11-06 Denied child-custody child-custody-rights custody-dispute due-process equal-protection family-law first-amendment forensic-evaluator free-speech parental-rights right-to-privacy Whether a court appointed FE's examination of a fit parent's children over that fit parent's objection violates that fit parent's right to control the…
19-591 Chestnut Hill Sound Inc. v. Apple Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-transparency patent reasoned-opinions rule-of-law summary-affirmation summary-affirmations Can a court ever choose to write reasoned opinions for one class of losing appellants and not another under the Due Process and Equal Protection Claus…
19-6519 Charles M. Ray v. Florida Florida 2019-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-statement civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-conclusion standing statutory-provisions takings writ-reasons Whether the constitutional and procedural due process rights of the petitioner were violated
19-6532 Pedro J. Amaro v. Hector Balderas, Attorney General of New Mexico, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights class-action constitutional-claims due-process equal-protection grand-jury habeas-corpus judicial-discretion jurisdiction procedural-grounds Whether the lower courts prejudicially abused their discretion in denying both COA and the Rehearing request to review the district court's summary di…
19-580 Jun Xiao v. Regents of the University of Minnesota, et al. Minnesota 2019-11-04 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process Fourteenth Amendment equal-protection qualified-immunity civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment property-rights qualified-immunity section-1983 standing takings Whether the state district court erred in dismissing Petitioner's 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Fourteenth Amendment equal protection claim for failure to state a…
19-6480 Dario Rodriguez v. Rick Scott, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-04 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction free-speech judicial-review legal-dismissal procedural-fairness qualified-immunity retaliation standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights to free speech, due process, and equal protection were violated
19-6481 Harold B. Rotte v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-04 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection government-misconduct illegal-immigration irs judicial-review reputation standing tax tax-dispute Whether the laws protect Plaintiffs reputation, due process, and are real, or a front, discretionary as if friend or foe
19-6472 Arthur Lopez v. California California 2019-11-01 Denied IFP child-custody civil-rights criminal-procedure criminal-protective-orders due-process equal-protection family-law latino-fathers parental-rights Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses require the State to provide fathers, including Latino fathers, with proce…
19-6462 Stephen L. Bush v. David W. Gray, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-10-31 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing
19-6451 Lori Zarlenga v. Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals Rhode Island 2019-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure capable-of-repetition-yet-evading-review civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-consequences constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-impression mootness mootness-doctrine public-interest public-interest-exception Whether the Rhode Island Supreme Court erred by dismissing Petitioner's appeal on the grounds of mootness
19-552 William A. Salzwedel v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 42-usc-1985 americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights constitutional-challenge disability-rights due-process equal-protection rehabilitation-act rooker-feldman-doctrine standing third-party-standing title-ii-ada Does an attorney have standing to challenge a state's adult conservatorship/guardianship practices?
19-6396 Charles Jordan v. John H. Magill, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-10-25 Denied IFP civil-forfeiture civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-law-enforcement due-process equal-protection jurisdiction just-compensation standing takings-clause Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in holding that the Takings Clause does not prohibit the government from taking private property without just compensa…
19-6378 Raymond Gentile v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 21-usc-846 criminal-justice-system due-process equal-protection federal-statute geographic-classification geographic-disparity geographic-location marijuana-legalization marijuana-offenses prima-facie prima-facie-claim prosecutorial-discretion selective-prosecution Is geographic location an arbitrary classification in the application of prosecutorial decisions for marijuana-related offenses under 21 U.S.C §§ 841 …
19-6386 Xue Jie He v. Guttenberg NJ Police, et al. New York 2019-10-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights conflict-with-constitution conspiracy-against-rights deprivation-of-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection legal-procedure state-court-orders Whether the State of New York Court of Appeals Ordered directly conflict with the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause Of The Fourteenth…
19-6388 Cary VanDerMeulen v. Charles L. Ryan, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-24 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process equal-protection judicial-access judicial-review legal-standing procedural-due-process remedies rights-enforcement standing Why is a citizen not allowed to bring a valid claim (claims) for civil rights violations before the court and have them heard?
19-6390 Edward L. Collins v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-trial miranda-rights self-incrimination sixth-amendment Was the Petitioner's right to due process and freedom from self-incrimination violated?
19-6347 Rafael Alvarado v. Frank Lawrence, Warden Illinois 2019-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent standing takings Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection under the 14th Amendment when the lower court dismissed his case without a hearing …
19-6364 Eduardo Duffy, aka Eduardo Duffy-Carrasco v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship-definition citizenship-laws constitutional-challenge conviction-review due-process equal-protection illegal-reentry judicial-precedent morales-santana severability statutory-interpretation Whether the decision below conflicts with the Court's instruction in Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 187 S. Ct. 1678, 1699 n.24 (2017), that a defendant …
19-6328 Antonio Leonard Brown v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection federalism habeas-corpus jurisdictional-issue jury-selection mandatory-minimum state-criminal-procedure Whether the same conduct can constitute both a state constitutional violation and a United States Constitutional violation
19-6331 Joseren Deshune Delancy v. Florida Florida 2019-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-framework Batson-v-Kentucky civil-rights constitutional-challenge equal-protection mccleskey-v-kemp prima-facie-case racial-discrimination sentencing sentencing-bias supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should overrule McCleskey v. Kemp, 481 U.S. 279 (1987), and adopt the Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), framework
19-6326 Michael K. Verble v. City of San Diego, California Ninth Circuit 2019-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP antitrust civil-procedure civil-rights computer-software constitutional-rights copyright discretionary-process due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection patent patent-infringement standing state-review takings trade-secret volunteer-firefighter Whether the court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
19-6302 James Philip Douglas v. Margaret Gilbert, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center Ninth Circuit 2019-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection free-speech jurisdiction standing takings Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
19-6281 Donald R. Sanders v. Barack Hussein Obama, et al. Second Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure. civil-rights constitution due-process free-speech standing administrative-law agency-discretion border-policy civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech immigration-enforcement standing Whether the lower court erred in its ruling on the constitutional issues raised in the petition
19-493 James J. Maksimuk v. Connor Sport Court International, LLC Federal Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied Relisted (2) cafc corporate-representation court-procedure district-court due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause legal-counsel legal-representation overturning-decisions supreme-court-rulings trademark-cancellation trademark-law Did the CAFC, District Court, 10th Cir., TTAB orders and judgments and referenced Supreme Court rulings—that required corporations to be represented b…
19-6272 Mauricio Lara-Bonilla v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky civil-rights discriminatory-intent due-process equal-protection juror-bias jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike trial-court-discretion Whether a party's challenge for cause to a minority juror is a relevant circumstance a trial court should consider when evaluating claims of discrimin…
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…
19-6247 In Re Donald Lee McDonald 2019-10-11 Denied IFP criminal-sexual-assault due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habitual-criminal-act habitual-criminal-statute pro-se sentencing seventh-circuit vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether Petitioner is being held unlawfully in state custody in violation of the Constitution
19-6254 Christopher T. Shanahan v. Idaho Idaho 2019-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment equal-protection juvenile-sentencing life-sentence mitigating-factors parole parole-eligibility Does a juvenile life sentence with parole eligibility after a lengthy term violate the Eighth Amendment?
19-6235 Scott Thomas Erskine v. California California 2019-10-10 Denied IFP aggravating-circumstances capital-sentencing constitutional-amendments cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process equal-protection jury-trial jury-unanimity narrowing-requirement sentencing Does California's death penalty statute violate the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments?
19-6245 Keenan G. Wilkins, aka Nerrah Brown v. Stanislaus County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-10 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-review habeas-corpus immunity ninth-circuit parental-rights pro-se procedural-default standing state-court-procedure statutory-interpretation Whether incarcerated pro se litigants' custody, parental rights, property, and financial matters are at issue in a bona fide civil action seeking acce…
19-473 Timothy Dasler v. Jennifer Dasler Vermont 2019-10-10 Denied 14th-amendment 5th-amendment best-interest-of-the-child child-custody domestic-violence due-process due-process-14th-amendment equal-protection equal-protection-14th-amendment parental-rights Is it a violation of 14th Amendment right of equal protection when a single self-serving accusation is used as the basis to permanently award sole par…
19-6219 C. B. v. Thomas N. Fischgrund Florida 2019-10-09 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jim-crow judicial-fairness public-accommodation race-discrimination racial-discrimination res-judicata segregation standing Is it legally sound to hold de facto segregated evidentiary hearings?
19-6223 Kermit B. Harris v. Charmaine Bracy, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-10-09 Denied IFP 14th-amendment charging-offense constitutional-rights criminal-procedure custody-without-charge due-process equal-protection finality finality-of-sentence fourteenth-amendment police-officer police-shooting Can a state trial court disregard a defendant's constitutional right to due process of law under the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution,…
19-6193 Franklin C. Smith v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Fourth Circuit 2019-10-08 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law cell-phone-data civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment incident-to-arrest judicial-review legal-procedure privacy search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation takings warrant-requirement Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits the warrantless seizure and search of a person's cell phone data incident to arrest when the phone is not immed…
19-6212 Melissa Edwards v. Attorney Grievance Commission Michigan 2019-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts administrative-investigation attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-due-process disability-rights due-process equal-protection government-transparency judicial-review judicial-transparency standing state-court-procedure Is it unconstitutional for a state court to deny relief without explaining why relief was denied?
19-461 Eleazar Corral Valenzuela v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-10-08 Denied Response Waived civil-denaturalization civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-issues denaturalization discovery due-process equal-protection laches-doctrine procedural-due-process rule-12c standing summary-judgment Whether the equitable doctrine of laches applies in civil denaturalization proceedings?
19-6168 Edward Robinson v. DeWayne Burton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-provisions takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated
19-6175 K. S. v. Contra Costa County Children & Family Services Bureau California 2019-10-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP california-welfare-and-institution-code civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federalism fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment santosky-v-kramer sixth-amendment standing supreme-court-precedent welfare-code Whether the application of California Welfare and Institution Code violated petitioner's constitutional rights under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth A…
19-6183 Reginald Chatman v. Florida Florida 2019-10-07 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights contract-law criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process equal-protection florida-law plea-bargain plea-bargaining sentencing state-prosecution Whether the State of Florida violated the Defendant Reginald Chatman's 14th Amendment Constitutional right to due process?
19-6190 Jermaine Gerald Cook, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes racial-discrimination racial-quotas sixth-amendment Did the Ninth Circuit's disposition of Petitioners' Batson claim conflict with the Second Circuit and Sixth Circuit?
19-6194 William Edward Sneed v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky certificate-of-appealability equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intentional-discrimination juror-discrimination racial-bias racial-discrimination third-circuit-court-of-appeals In light of the post-conviction court's finding of intentional discrimination—a finding that has not been challenged by any reviewing court—did the Th…
19-6195 Alejandro Martinez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c3b civil-rights collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure equal-protection federal-appeals pro-se-petition retroactive-application retroactivity supreme-court-review unconstitutionally-vague united-states-courts united-states-v-davis vagueness Whether the retroactive application of the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Davis, 588 U.S. ___, 139 S.Ct. 2319 (2019) holding 18 U.S.C. §…
19-6147 James Sardakowski v. Mike Romero, Warden Tenth Circuit 2019-10-04 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights disabilities disability-rights due-process equal-protection housing-assistance mental-health mental-health-disability non-discrimination parole parole-hearing reoffending-risk Does Mr. Sardakowski have a constitutional right to non-discrimination at a parole hearing with regards to a mental health disabilities?
19-6170 Lyndal D. Ritterbush v. Larry Benzon Tenth Circuit 2019-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent standing takings Do the Sime Uloe the Ex Most facw Cisse AC Mabroodint, PETRUMels Ofer HAE) Dole?
19-449 In Re Arthur Edward Ezor 2019-10-04 Denied Response Waived constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment writ-of-mandate Was it a denial of procedural and substantive due process for the lower Court to not order dismissal of the subject criminal case with prejudice again…
19-6130 George W. Fisher v. John Gregory Mermelstein, et al Eighth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied IFP 1st-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment disability due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection free-speech media-access medical-treatment prison prisoner-rights state-liability Whether the denial of media treatment at a state prison violates the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of the press
19-6149 Desmond Williams v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting civil-procedure civil-rights commentary conspiracy controlled-substance criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction legal-analysis legal-citation legal-issues legal-research legal-terminology legal-writing sentencing-commission standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims
19-6092 Jonothan E. Prather v. Robert Gilmore, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al. Third Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment juvenile-sentencing miller-v-alabama montgomery-v-louisiana petition-timeliness retroactivity timeliness Whether the lower courts erred in dismissing the Petitioner's petition as untimely and in finding that the newly recognized constitutional right set f…
19-6093 In Re Barbara Stone, et al. 2019-09-30 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process elder-abuse equal-protection habeas-corpus retaliation state-detention unlawful-detention vulnerable-adults Whether the facts demonstrate willful violations of protected rights under the Constitution, including the right to life, liberty, property, due proce…
19-6097 Clarence Duke Reynolds v. Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-09-30 Denied IFP administrative-law appointment-clause constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection hearing-procedure parole parole-board selection-process separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation victim-impact Is §53.1-134, the law used for the selection of parole board members, unconstitutional?
19-421 In Re William Henry Hamman 2019-09-30 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights-education dual-enrollment due-process education equal-protection florida-statute home-education procedural-due-process statutory-interpretation substantive-due-process Does the 14th amendment's guarantee of equal protection extend to Florida's children here, or may the executive willfully break the black letter of la…
19-424 Joel Howard James v. Michigan Michigan 2019-09-30 Denied Response Waived class-of-one criminal-investigation due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause fourteenth-amendment nonresident-tolling nonresident-tolling-provision privileges-and-immunities Privileges-and-Immunities-Clause Rational-Basis statute-of-limitations Whether the nonresident tolling provision of MCL 767.24(10) violates the Equal Protection Clause and Privileges and Immunities Clause of the Fourteent…
19-6088 Julian Madero-Diaz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship citizenship-classification citizenship-laws constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection illegal-reentry immigration morales-santana morales-santana-precedent severability standing statutory-interpretation Whether the decision below conflicts with the Court's instruction in Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 137 S. Ct. 1678, 1699 n.24 (2017), that a defendant …
19-6080 Marcus H. v. Connecticut Connecticut 2019-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indigent indigent-defense right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error trial-court-discretion Was the indigent petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to have appointed counsel represent him at his criminal jury trial violated when the trial court f…
19-6022 Angel Rodriguez v. Laura Heit, et al. Second Circuit 2019-09-23 Denied IFP 14th-amendment access-to-justice administrative-remedies civil-rights disability disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-interpretation legal-remedy medical-privacy retaliation state-court statutory-construction Whether Petitioner's 14th Amendment Rights were violated by denying him the opportunity to work in food service
19-383 Joseph Raimondo v. Denise Page Hood, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-09-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech government-action political-affiliation political-discrimination taxation Can the United States Federal Government single out citizens and demand taxation and then deprive the citizens of Constitutional Equal Protections bec…
19-6014 In Re Lee R. Comier, Jr. 2019-09-20 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process jurisdiction reparations slavery 13th-amendment 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus slavery state-law Whether the State of Arizona can legally apply a 'slave' label to a person of African descent after 1865, in violation of the 13th Amendment and due p…
19-365 John Barth v. United States First Circuit 2019-09-19 Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment civil-rights compensation constitutional-rights copyright copyright-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction seizure sovereign-immunity takings takings-clause Violation of Constitutional Rights
19-360 Frances K. Konieczko, et al. v. Adventist Health System/Sunbelt Inc., et al. Florida 2019-09-18 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
19-362 Patrick Kent Lindsey Jones v. Allen Jones Louisiana 2019-09-18 Denied 14th-amendment appeal civil-procedure contested-funds due-process equal-protection finality-of-judgment fourteenth-amendment interlocutory-judgment right-to-appeal standing state-court state-court-jurisdiction Under the 14th Amendment, Section 1, how can a state court deny the right to appeal, by deeming a judgment which distributes contested funds to be a n…
19-5986 Brian Whitaker v. Florida Florida 2019-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment aedpa aedpa-standard arbitrary-governmental-action constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection postconviction-relief procedural-bar Do the guarantees of equal protection and due process of law extend to individuals seeking postconviction relief?
19-5989 Errol Victor, Sr. v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-09-18 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-provision direct-review due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-trial jury-unanimity retroactivity state-constitutional-law thirteenth-amendment verdict-retroactivity Whether it denies defendant's Fourteenth and Thirteenth Amendment Rights while on direct review not to retroactively vacate a non-unanimous jury verdi…
19-5991 Howard Lee White v. Romeo Aranas, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-18 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection judgment lower-court-decisions qualified-immunity standard-of-review standing summary-judgment Did the lower courts err in granting summary judgment to the defendant?
19-356 Samuel Collin Robinson v. Katherine Lyman Robinson Colorado 2019-09-17 Denied best-interests-standard child-custody constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection family-law parental-rights Where divorce involves children, where shared parenting has been declared to be in the best interests of all, and where criteria for exception have no…
19-5937 Raymond Johnson v. Credit One Bank, et al. Maryland 2019-09-13 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-admissibility free-speech judicial-discretion patent standing takings trial-procedure Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
19-5940 Scott Peters v. Young Sun Kim Seventh Circuit 2019-09-13 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure damages due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ninth-circuit post-conviction standing state-court Whether the District Court erred in dismissing Petitioner's claims
19-5912 Jesus Oscar Meraz Leon v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence arizona-courts arizona-law civil-rights criminal-procedure dna-testing due-process equal-protection federal-review habeas-corpus post-conviction post-conviction-relief standing Whether the state courts' refusal to grant Leon's request for DNA testing because it violates his right to due process and equal protection of the law…
19-5878 Darries Leon Jackson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-reasonableness criminal-justice criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection grand-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel racial-bias racial-discrimination sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether sentences imposed upon Petitioner are unconstitutionally unreasonable or greater than necessary to satisfy the ends of justice
19-5892 Charles Titus, et ux. v. Mohammed Alaeddin, et al. Illinois 2019-09-10 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias pro-se pro-se-parties procedural-due-process standing trial-proceedings Whether the trial court's actions amounted to a violation of the Due Process Clause
19-5898 Danny Howell v. Duane Southerland, et al. Tennessee 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus prison-conditions racial-discrimination standing Whether the court erred in denying petitioner's claim that the conditions of his confinement violated the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
19-5855 Flenoid Greer v. Michigan Michigan 2019-09-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence evidence-suppression government-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct public-officials standing state-officials Whether Michigan public officials failed to perform their duties and deprived petitioner of due process of law?
19-315 Endre Glenn v. Brennan H. Moss, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-09-06 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights docketing due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-trial seventh-amendment summary-judgment Whether U.S. District Court violated client's right to jury trial under U.S. Const. Amend VII, and XIV due process, equal protection of the laws
19-304 Ranger American of the V.I., Inc., et al. v. Frederick J. Balboni, Jr. Virgin Islands 2019-09-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bill-of-rights congressional-power due-process equal-protection federal-legislation federal-statute guam-v-guerrero judicial-interpretation kepner-v-united-states supreme-court-precedent territorial-courts territorial-law Is the Virgin Islands Supreme Court bound by this Court's Equal Protection decisions where Congress explicitly applied the Equal Protection Clause to …
19-5809 Lloyde Dubry v. Kansas Kansas 2019-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-history descamps-v-united-states discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sixth-amendment state-v-wetrich Whether the petitioner was denied his remedy by due course of law due to disparate conclusions by Kansas courts on the retroactive application of Stat…
19-5833 Wesley G. Copeland, Sr. v. Kansas Kansas 2019-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process due-process,criminal-procedure,constitutional-law, equal-protection harmless-error speedy-trial statutory-interpretation Did the Kansas Court of Appeals err in their analysis of the undisputed violation of a criminal defendant's Constitutional Due Process right to be pre…
19-5807 Thedrick Edwards v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-09-04 Judgment Issued Amici (20)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-selection jury-trial jury-unanimity sixth-amendment state-law Whether Louisiana's non-unanimous jury requirement for crimes requiring life sentences violates the Sixth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment of the Un…
19-5778 Hosam Maher Husein Smadi v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553a constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel equal-protection manifest-injustice plea-agreement right-to-effective-counsel rule-11 sentencing sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent Whether Smadi in this Case would suffer a manifest injustice and an extreme hardship by serving several extra years in prison
19-5783 Monica Nicole Townsend v. Erik Allen Vasquez Texas 2019-09-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection family-code fourteenth-amendment free-speech parties proceeding standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the First Amendment's free speech protections
19-5792 Randall Turner v. Tennessee Tennessee 2019-09-03 Denied IFP bias-adjudicator capital-adversary-procedures conflict-of-interest due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment statute-of-limitations structural-defect term-1 term-2 term-3 term-4 term-5 term-6 Whether the appellate court appeal process was fundamentally unfair and a denial of due process of law under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment
19-5761 Javon Laren Martin v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2019-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection evidence jury-selection mistrial peremptory-strike racial-discrimination Whether the court erred in allowing the prosecution to use a peremptory strike without a race-neutral basis
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'?
19-5733 Latasha Boyd v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection freedom-of-expression freedom-of-religion jurisdiction life-liberty-property standing What constitutional rights were violated?
19-5692 Larry Dean Cochrun v. Bob Dooley, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-violation court-flexibility criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection error-correction habeas-corpus innocence judicial-review miscarriage-of-justice standing statutory-authority wrongful-conviction Has US Congress constrained or given flexibility for USA Judges or Courts to deny or delay a miscarriage of justice as surfaced within a reach to be c…
19-5605 Stephen Alan Macomber v. Kansas Kansas 2019-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment burden-of-proof civil-liberties constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment state-action use-of-force Did the trial courts fail to give a specific use-of-force presumption, thereby lowering the burden of proof for the state and violating the defendant'…
19-236 Achashverosh Adnah Ammiyhuwd v. Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-08-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure collateral-order-doctrine dred-scott due-process equal-protection foreign-sovereign-immunity functional-immunity habeas-corpus standing state-action-immunity yick-wo Whether orders denying state-action-immunity, functional-immunity, foreign-sovereign-immunity, are immediately appealable under the collateral-order-d…
19-5666 Roger Charles Day, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the lower court dismissed the case on standing grounds
19-5673 Dennis Calo v. Annette Chambers-Smith, Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, et al. Ohio 2019-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection fairness-doctrine judicial-discretion judicial-review ohio-constitution parole parole-board standing state-constitution state-courts Are Ohio's courts performing a 'front operation to shield Ohio's parole board and department of rehabilitation and correction from exposure for corrup…
19-5655 Chadwick N. Barner v. Illinois Illinois 2019-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial illinois-supreme-court-rule-431(b) impartial-jury jury-selection post-conviction-relief sixth-amendment voir-dire Whether the trial court violated the defendant's constitutional rights by failing to properly administer the jury selection process under Illinois Sup…
19-5628 Charles Rochester v. New York State Division of Human Rights, et al. New York 2019-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion abuse-of-power administrative-law anti-injunction-act civil-rights conflict-of-interest discrimination-claims due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction investigative-misconduct state-court-proceedings tampering-with-evidence Does the United States District Court and United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals have a duty to protect jurisdiction and join a state case, and…
19-5626 In Re Vinodh Raghubir 2019-08-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech patent standing takings Whether the Petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the lower courts' rulings
19-5627 In Re Vinodh Raghubir 2019-08-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent standing takings Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's complaint for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be g…
19-5612 Steven Wayne Isbel v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-08-16 Denied IFP circuit-court civil-rights constitutional-claims discretionary-review document-production due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-instructions separation-of-powers standard-of-review state-court-exhaustion Whether the district court and the 5th circuit were correct that Isbel did not properly preserve and exhaust his ineffective assistance of trial couns…
19-5616 Russell Rope v. Facebook, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection fraud judicial-integrity legal-standing pro-se-litigation standing Whether the law extends to all citizens & corporations in modern times
19-5587 In Re Levar Lee Spence 2019-08-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-violations cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection false-imprisonment federal-courts federal-habeas-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction liberty-rights Whether the courts can refuse and/or feign review of habeas corpus claims asserting constitutional violations, would warrant habeas corpus relief?
19-5590 Levar Lee Anthony Spence v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2019-08-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection federal-courts legal-document petition pro-se standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Was your petitioner, being without any assistance of an attorney denied due process and equal protection of the law when the federal courts refused de…
19-5591 Kirk Saintcalle v. Jeffrey A. Uttecht, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jury-selection peremptory-challenge racial-discrimination Did the Ninth Circuit err in affirming the district court's denial of Kirk Saintcalle's petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that the s…
19-5599 Lisa J. Gillard v. Illinois Illinois 2019-08-15 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federalism fourteenth-amendment incorporation-doctrine judicial-review jurisdiction state-courts Does the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution apply in the Illinois State Courts?
19-193 Rodney Hogen, et al. v. Steven C. Hogen North Dakota 2019-08-14 Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure north-dakota personal-representative property-rights supreme-court Does the decision of the Supreme Court of North Dakota deprive the Petitioners of established property rights in violation of the Due Process and Equa…
19-194 Daniel Delacruz, Sr. v. State Bar of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-14 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-doctrine racial-discrimination rooker-feldman-doctrine Does a dismissal of claims based on the Rooker-Feldman doctrine and First Amendment rights under the Noerr-Pennington doctrine violate the equal prote…
19-5552 Kevin Devon Sutton v. Nevada Nevada 2019-08-13 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection free-speech judicial-review legal-rights sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Whether Section 5 actually violates the First Amendment?
19-5573 Monte Whitehead v. Greg Marcantel, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1997e civil-rights court-access due-process equal-protection first-amendment grievance-process physical-injury prison-litigation-reform-act redress-of-grievances standing Do Federal Statutes 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) & (e) abridge the First Amendment rights of prisoners by requiring them to meet certain standards before they…
19-187 Kalim A. R. Muhammad v. AT&T, Inc., et al. Alabama 2019-08-12 Denied Response Waived arbitrability civil-procedure civil-rights contract-construction contract-immunities due-process equal-footing equal-protection federal-arbitration-act judicial-bias jurisdictional-challenge state-courts Does the Federal Arbitration Act allow state courts to construe the Congressional policy to incorporate or accommodate inherent inequality to parties …
19-5542 Robert Maloy v. New York New York 2019-08-09 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection legal-assistance post-release-supervision sentencing state-court unusual-punishment Did the Auton Couty Supreme Court violate Petitioner's right to the due process of the law and right to the equal protection of the law by failing to …
19-169 Jane Doe v. Iowa Iowa 2019-08-08 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) court-fees criminal-record due-process equal-protection expungement indigent-rights poverty Whether Iowa violates the Equal Protection Clause by denying expungement to people who have not been convicted of any offense, solely because they are…
19-5506 Darrel R. Fisher v. J. Doe Eighth Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-immunity jurisdiction standing Can a federal court's judge make up his own rules that violate civil, constitutional and legal rights and privileges protected by the laws of the Unit…
19-5514 In Re Charlene Terry-Ann Walker Rosa 2019-08-08 Dismissed IFP civil-rights double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jurisdiction public-defender wrongful-conviction Whether the Blue Caste that rested on a Wrongful Conviction of an innocent person because of Ineffective Counsel Lack Knowledge and Understanding of t…
19-5528 Robert Anthony Chester v. West Virginia West Virginia 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP co-defendant co-defendants constitutional-proportionality criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment disparate-sentencing disproportionate-sentencing eighth-amendment equal-protection first-degree-robbery sentencing sentencing-disparity Was Petitioner's One Hundred Eighty Year Sentence For His Conviction Of Two Counts Of First Degree Robbery Disparate To The Twenty Year Sentence Impos…
19-172 Edina Harsay v. University of Kansas Kansas 2019-08-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) academic-deference academic-freedom civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-proceedings judicial-review Whether a rule-like application of federal case law that accords a nearly-insurmountable level of deference to academic administrators in breach-of-co…
19-5500 Michael Woolls v. Virginia Fourth Circuit 2019-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights code-of-law disability-rights due-process equal-protection mental-capacity mental-retardation political-concerns standard-of-review standing Am I entitled by law to a higher standard of review as a disabled person with mental retardation?
19-171 In Re Jack R. Finnegan 2019-08-06 Denied 14th-amendment 1st-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment goldberg-v-kelly government-redress judicial-procedure Was Petitioner denied his Constitutional guaranteed rights, power, privilege, or immunity
19-5482 Joann Jefferson v. OneWest Bank, FSB New Jersey 2019-08-06 Denied IFP constitutional-violation discovery due-process equal-protection estate-rights fair-trial foreclosure foreclosure-proceeding pro-se-representation procedural-due-process property-rights standing trial-procedure Can Pro Se Legatees, Heirs, Executors, Estate Representatives, Devisees, successors be denied the procedural due process right to discovery and still …
19-162 Michael Richards v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-08-05 Denied Response Waived collateral-attack collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation pena-rodriguez pena-rodriguez-v-colorado racial-bias retroactivity supreme-court-precedent Should this Court's decision in Pena-Rodriquez v. Colorado, 187 8, Ct. 855 (2017) be applied retroactively to Petitioner's collateral attack?
19-167 Galen J. Suppes v. Curators of the University of Missouri Missouri 2019-08-05 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment invention-rights Jurisdiction Patent-Law patent-misuse standing takings university-ownership Was the Judgment's demand of perpetual (no limit in time or geography) and unconditional payment of remunerations of sixteen years of Defendant Suppes…
19-5426 Leonard Stansberry v. Texas Texas 2019-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-review due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-procedure police-misconduct racial-discrimination standing statutory-provisions takings writ wrongful-death Whether the cause and manner of death of Quastisa Ne was properly investigated and determined
19-5380 In Re Charles L. Cox 2019-07-30 Denied IFP community-supervision criminal-procedure deferred-adjudication due-process equal-protection jurisdiction separation-of-powers vagueness void-for-vagueness Is Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 42.1285(a) deferred Adjudication Community Supervision void for vagueness?
19-5402 Tatyana Ivanovna Mason v. John Arthur Mason Washington 2019-07-30 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment immigration-status indigent-parents indigent-status language-interpreter limited-english-proficiency parental-rights trial-language-interpreter Whether the State violated the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
19-5365 Michael Joseph DeMarco, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-07-29 Denied IFP color-of-state-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection government-misconduct prisoner-rights property-rights property-seizure retaliation witness-defense Whether a prisoner has due process and equal protection under the Constitution
19-5367 Ralph Arthur Duarte v. California California 2019-07-29 Denied IFP 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus hicks-v-oklahoma liberty-interest people-v-vargas retroactive-application retroactivity three-strikes three-strikes-law whether-petitioner-was-denied-due-process-of-law
19-5356 Rashad Washington v. Nebraska Nebraska 2019-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP black-codes class-v-united-states equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jim-crow procedural-default racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause territorial-application Was Mr. Washington convicted under a statute that is void on its face?
19-5359 Kent Vu Phan v. Colorado Legal Services, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 42-usc-1981 7th-amendment ada-discrimination ada-violation americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection intentional-indifference judicial-misconduct racial-discrimination rehabilitation-act Whether defendants who have known about petitioner's disabilities status, but were intentionally indifferent and exploited the impairment of petitione…
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?
19-5329 James Lester Williams, Jr. v. Jamai F. Samuels Florida 2019-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment access-to-courts appellate-review due-process equal-protection family-law-dispute petition-for-redress pro-se pro-se-litigant right-to-petition Whether Florida's Appellate Court(s) denial of Petitioner's timely and duly filed Petition's for Appeal, without any judicial reasoning or analysis to…
19-5337 Arthur Shermaine Bussey v. Marty Allen, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-procedure Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated
19-116 Heather Marlowe v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived and whether a systemic failure to investigate rap 42-U.S.C.-§-1983 42-usc-1983 accrual civil-rights discriminatory-policy equal-protection monell Monell-claim rape-investigation statute-of-limitations When does a Monell-based equal protection claim accrue for statute of limitations purposes?
19-5318 Marilee Brown v. David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Interior, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process employment equal-protection federal-employment federal-jurisdiction hostile-work-environment personnel-actions retaliation standing suicide whistleblower workplace-discrimination wrongful-removal Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
19-5323 Edwardo De Juan v. Florida Florida 2019-07-24 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-jurisdiction new-trial post-conviction procedural-rights standing state-court statutory-provisions Whether the petitioner's due process and equal protection rights were violated when the state court denied his post-conviction motion for a new trial
19-112 S. Bruce Hiran, et al. v. Jelinis, LLC Texas 2019-07-23 Denied appellate-court appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-of-texas temporary-injunction Whether Petitioners' Constitutional Rights of Due Process and Equal Protection of Laws are violated
19-5288 In Re Otis B. Brascom 2019-07-23 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the false complaint and indictment in violation of Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules …
19-5276 Marvin F. Taylor v. Ron Neal, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison Seventh Circuit 2019-07-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection standing Question not identified
19-5244 Larry David Davis v. Brian Daniel, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied IFP civil-rights confession-admissibility constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection evidence-tampering habeas-corpus sentencing standing trial-fairness Whether the petitioner's conviction and sentence violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment
19-5245 Michelle Renee Lamb v. Joe Norwood, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection qualified-immunity standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims for violation of their civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
19-5234 Stephen P. Dowdney, Jr. v. Washington Washington 2019-07-18 Denied IFP anders-procedure anders-v-california appellate-review direct-appeal due-process effective-assistance-counsel effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection mccoy-v-court-of-appeals Does Washington state use the Anders v. California procedure to circumvent a meaningful direct (first) appeal, effective assistance of counsel, due pr…
19-5242 Charles Clary v. Lynn Guyer, Warden Montana 2019-07-18 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection free-speech standing takings Whether the District Court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
19-96 Lincoln Rymer v. Robert Lemaster, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-07-18 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure appellate-review certiorari civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct sovereign-immunity standing void-judgments Whether lower court conduct and inadequate appellate review warrant a GVR with instructions
19-5208 Ruth Torres v. Court of Appeals of Texas, Fifth District, et al. Texas 2019-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights court-records due-process equal-protection inability-to-pay injunction judicial-misconduct mandamus pro-se-litigation prohibition Should US Supreme Court resolve denial of due process and equal protections when full release of requested clerk records was denied, then Writs of Man…
19-5214 Beatrice Downs v. Ralph Northam, Governor of Virginia Fourth Circuit 2019-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1964-civil-rights-act adverse-medical-treatment civil-rights civil-rights-act-1964 due-process eeoc-claim employment-discrimination equal-protection fundamental-rights harassment medical-treatment retaliation right-to-work state-agency title-vii Whether the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects against retaliation by a state agency
19-85 LC v. MG Hawaii 2019-07-17 Denied Response Waived child-parentage consent-rebuttal due-process equal-protection family-law fourteenth-amendment marital-status marriage-equality parentage parental-presumption presumption-of-paternity spousal-rights Does the Fourteenth Amendment require that a spouse, who is presumed to be the parent of a child because she is married to the child's natural mother,…
19-81 Vivian L. Rader, et vir v. Citibank, N.A., et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-07-16 Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection foreclosure-procedure fourteenth-amendment non-judicial-foreclosure property-rights standing takings Is Colorado's system of non-judicial foreclosure unconstitutional under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses?
19-5195 Cleo Hines v. Cindy Griffith, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment circuit-court circuit-court-of-appeal civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-case-law legal-uniformity Does the Equal Protection Clause require the law to treat identically situated persons in the same way, as required by the 14th Amendment, or only whe…
19-5175 Gregory Green v. Alan Wilson, Attorney General of South Carolina Fourth Circuit 2019-07-15 Denied IFP appeal civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discretionary-review due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-review standing Whether Couth Caralina Aye late Courd hile IYF Violates due fPOELS aad ogea / yrotedtisn ot Jad, by not entiblag Pethoner thE right th be heard on Gpp…
19-5160 Jamie D. Geer v. Florida Florida 2019-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeal appeal-procedure due-process equal-protection post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings prison-officials prisoner-rights Whether petitioner was denied due process, equal protection of the law, and right to access to the courts
19-5165 Michelle Stopyra Yaney v. Superior Court of California, San Bernardino County California 2019-07-12 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection personal-liberty privacy privacy-rights procedural-due-process ssi-discrimination Should this court review this case because all citizens of our country must have the freedom to find their own individual way of accessing the constit…
19-64 Heidi C. Lilley, Kia Sinclair, and Ginger M. Pierro v. New Hampshire New Hampshire 2019-07-12 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-law equal-protection fourteenth-amendment free-speech gender-discrimination intermediate-scrutiny public-exposure public-nudity Does an ordinance expressly punishing only women, but not men, for identical conduct—being topless in public, classify on the basis of gender?
19-5147 Flordeliza A. Hawkins v. SunTrust Bank, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-07-11 Denied IFP 1st-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech public-forum standing Whether the petitioner's First Amendment right to free speech was violated when the respondent restricted the petitioner's ability to post comments on…
19-5148 Vinodh Raghubir v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations dismissal due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-standing procedural-irregularities standing takings Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
19-5130 Tammie McConico v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-courts circumstantial-evidence equal-protection federal-circuit-courts reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment standard-of-review Whether the Sixth Amendment requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt, even in a circumstantial case?
19-5135 Joseph Ballard v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Louisiana 2019-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts automatic-stay centralized-inmate-banking dismissal due-process equal-protection meaningful-access-to-courts prison-litigation-reform-act statutory-automatic-stay Is Louisiana obligated to implement and maintain a Centralized Inmate Banking System?
19-5109 Wayne English v. Roadhouse Holding Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-rules-of-bankruptcy-procedure first-amendment-rights mail-delivery notice notice-of-appeal usps Whether the actions of the Bankruptcy Court in intercepting and redirecting only USPS mail delivery prevents litigants from the timely filing of their…
19-5119 Johana Cabantac Arucan v. Cambridge East Healthcare Center, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP age-discrimination civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination equal-protection fourth-amendment police-misconduct summary-judgment title-vii Whether a court can properly grant summary judgment by accepting an employer's disputed claim that a long-term, older female employee was a poor perfo…
19-57 Donald Dewees v. United States District of Columbia 2019-07-09 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines international-tax international-taxation streamlined-filing-compliance-procedures tax-assessment tax-collection tax-compliance tax-convention tax-penalties Did the lack of a meaningful review of the assessment and collection of a tax under the Convention violate Dewees' right to due-process?
19-5095 Fox Joseph Salerno v. Arizona Arizona 2019-07-08 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining racial-discrimination retroactivity right-to-counsel school-desegregation supreme-court Whether Missouri v. Frye and Lafler v. Cooper apply retroactively
19-5099 James Thompson v. Florida Florida 2019-07-08 Denied IFP access-to-courts appellate-review constitutional-rights district-court-of-appeal due-process equal-protection florida-supreme-court fraud per-curiam-affirmance supreme-court-jurisdiction unelaborated-affirmance Whether the Florida practice and rule that do not permit litigants to seek review in the Florida Supreme Court when the district courts of appeal issu…
19-5043 Justin Panus v. Texas Texas 2019-07-05 Denied IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-enhancement double-jeopardy due-process elemental-fact equal-protection offense-enhancement sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether it violates the 14th Amendment for the same elemental fact to be used as an element of an offense and also to enhance that offense to a greate…
19-5088 Quancidine Hinson-Gribble v. Office of Personnel Management, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts attorney-representation civil-procedure civil-rights default-judgment due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing Why was the case dismissed?
19-34 Paul Maravelias v. David DePamphilis New Hampshire 2019-07-03 Denied attorney-fees civil-procedure due-process equal-protection extraordinary-sanction findings-of-fact first-amendment original-jurisdiction pre-deprivation-hearing retaliation rule-of-law standing supreme-court vagueness Did the NHSC violate the Due Process Clause to deny Petitioner's requested pre-deprivation hearing and by failing to make a single finding of fact in …
19-36 Lourdes Fontanillas Lopez v. Morell Bauza Cartagena & Dapena, LLC, et al. Puerto Rico 2019-07-03 Denied civil-procedure claim-preclusion due-process equal-protection federal-common-law res-judicata supplemental-jurisdiction Whether the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals erred in holding that federal claim preclusion principles bar subsequent state court claims previously dismis…
19-5039 Carlos Ortiz v. Delaware Delaware 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation whether-the-lower-court-erred-in-its-interpretation-of-the-relevant-statute
19-5076 William J. Daugherty v. Randy L. White, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure dismissal due-process equal-protection judicial-review jurisdiction pleadings standing Whether the judge had a sufficient basis to dismiss the complaint
19-5041 Matthew Jamison v. Levern Cohen, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review conflict-with-other-states constitutional-law due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto federal-constitutional-rights federal-question retroactive-application vested-rights Did S.C. Supreme Court decide on an important federal question in ways conflicting with decision of other state?
19-5042 Charles Edward Jones, Sr. v. Josephine T. Griffin, Circuit Clerk, Chicot County, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-court access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process equal-protection federal-rules-of-civil-procedure first-amendment fourteenth-amendment legal-remedy petition-filing standing Whether the district court erred in denying petitioner's claim of denying access to the court and equal protection of law and due process under the Fo…
19-5047 Cathy L. Toole v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, et al. District of Columbia 2019-07-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-justice equal-protection federal-courts judicial-independence separation-of-powers standing Whether federal judges employed in the federal courts are required to obey federal laws and the Constitution
19-12 Kevin Sewell v. Maryland Maryland 2019-07-01 Denied Response Waived compelled-speech confrontation-clause due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment-self-incrimination first-amendment first-amendment-compelled-speech overbreadth self-incrimination sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-confrontation-clause Whether Maryland's law imposing a duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect on all persons in the State violates the First Amendment where it ma…
19-5017 Shanta Phillips-Berry v. Louisiana, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeals civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights district-court due-process equal-protection evidence-presentation fair-trial judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-procedure standing Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying the petitioner a fair trial by jury and the opportunity to present evidence against the re…
19-5021 Oliver M. Boling v. United States Parole Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2019-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights district-of-columbia due-process equal-protection federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure personal-capacity preclusion section-1983 Whether the United States Court of Appeal for the District of Columbia is in conflict with the circuit courts on the issue of preclusion
19-5029 Frederick Tyrone Calhoun v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure due-process eminent-domain equal-protection just-compensation private-property standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the government's seizure of private property without just compensation violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment
19-1 Karen Khan v. United States Federal Circuit 2019-06-28 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment judicial-procedure plausibility-standard standing Federal Circuit's Application of the Plausibility Standard to Weigh Evidence Against Plaintiff Conflicts With This Court's Precedent In Twombly and Iq…
18-9811 Eli Sloan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction indian-law indigent-counsel native-american-rights sixth-amendment standing tribal-sovereignty uncounseled-conviction Are (Navajo Indians) Native American Indians U.S. citizens within the jurisdictions of 18 U.S.C.S § 1153 (Indian Country)?
18-9824 Steven G. Patten v. California California 2019-06-27 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection flight-instruction fourteenth-amendment harmless-error jury-selection peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination self-defense Whether Petitioner can establish a prima facie case of discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
18-9826 In Re Ellis Keyes 2019-06-27 Denied IFP ballot-access bar-association bar-exam civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-candidates licensing open-government right-to-work standing state-licensing voting-rights Under what authority is license to practice law or not?
18-9827 Donald Wayne Lamoureaux v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federalism fundamental-rights marriage-equality standing takings Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause requires States to license and recognize same-sex marriages?
18-9837 Ernest Bustos v. Bexar Appraisal District, et al. Texas 2019-06-27 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment property-code property-tax standing subject-matter-jurisdiction texas-law Whether the Court of Appeals was correct in disregarding the clear language of Texas Property Code § 42.08 (d)
18-9839 Robert E. King v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2019-06-27 Denied IFP appeal-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juvenile-justice post-conviction-relief racial-discrimination Did Oklahoma's Appellate Court deprive Robert E. King the right to equal protection
18-9840 Kevin Fernandez v. Nevada, et al. First Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment interstate-compact interstate-corrections-compact liberty-interest minimum-custody-status pro-se-litigation property-interest settlement-agreement Whether a settlement agreement creates a liberty or property interest
18-9846 Bradford Metcalf v. S. Kallis, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-06-27 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice wrongful-conviction Must the Petitioner who is actually innocent be given the same constitutional consideration as citizens who succeeded him?
18-9778 Xue Jie He v. Office of the New York City Comptroller Second Circuit 2019-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1985 civil-rights conspiracy discrimination due-process equal-protection immigration national-origin-discrimination racial-discrimination racial-discrimination-act Whether the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provides Petitioner relief for discrimination in a US visa application
18-9779 Xue Jie He v. Trinity Church, et al. Second Circuit 2019-06-25 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy defamation discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment personal-injury racial-discrimination standing visa-status US visa: 0187, legal short-term stay, Personal Injury, can Petitioner get The Equal Protection Clause Of The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States…
18-9784 Antoaneta Iotova, et al. v. Dr. Demisa, et al. Second Circuit 2019-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction opinions-below standing takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of due process and equal protection rights
18-9785 Wayne A. Hussar, II v. James C. Reynolds, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-06-25 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment probable-cause prosecutorial-misconduct search-and-seizure self-defense sentencing standing warrantless-search Whether the petitioner's due process and equal protection rights were violated when the state court dismissed his criminal case despite evidence of se…
18-9786 Luis Francisco, et ux. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Texas 2019-06-25 Denied IFP appeal-fees appeals civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fundamental-rights indigent indigent-litigant notice parental-rights poverty Whether a State may condition appeals from termination of parental rights on a parent's ability to pay appeal fees when the parent's income is half of…
18-9797 Mark Anthony Johnson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review procedural-due-process right-of-appeal standing Was the petitioner improperly denied his right of appeal?
18-1562 Lisa Fisher v. Bessie Huckabee South Carolina 2019-06-21 Denied Response Waived civil-rights conservatorship constitutional-rights due-process elder-abuse equal-protection fifth-amendment property-rights standing standing-civil-procedure-due-process-elder-abuse-f takings will-reformation Whether petitioner had standing to assert the due process rights of the decedent
18-9745 Marion Wilson, Jr. v. Georgia Georgia 2019-06-20 Denied IFP capital-case capital-punishment dna-testing due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection forensic-evidence procedural-issues procedural-safeguards Whether the state court's refusal to provide a hearing mandated by Georgia's DNA statute denied due process
18-9704 Andre Javion Portee v. Department of Agriculture, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights contract contract-breach contract-law discrimination due-process equal-protection government-agency-misconduct governmental-agency standing takings title-insurance Did the lower courts erroneously decide in favor of a governmental agency that broke a contract between a Black American citizen and that agency?
18-9724 Clifford Marcus Winkles v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process equal-protection equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief sentencing statute-of-limitations successive-habeas Whether the lower court erred in denying petitioner's request for additional time to file a successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion
18-9733 Bobby F. McReynolds v. Preston Glenn, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus medical-treatment prisoner-rights procedural-default scheduling standing state-court-review surgery Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's case
18A1340 Manohar Jain, as Trustee, and its Successors or Successor Trustees Under the Manohar Jain Trust Dated July 1, 2000, et ux. v. Bay Hill Property Owners Association, Inc. Florida 2019-06-19 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment pro-se Whether a pro se litigant's constitutional rights under the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause are violated when state courts fail to prov…
18A1324 Tina L. Morin v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel Montana 2019-06-18 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection legal-representation petition-for-certiorari supreme-court-order Whether the Montana Supreme Court's orders violated an attorney's due process and equal protection rights in a manner that impermissibly impacted her …
18-9710 Lee Turner, Jr. v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-06-18 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky civil-rights comparative-juror-analysis discrimination due-process equal-protection johnson-v-california jury-selection prima-facie-case prima-facie-discrimination prosecutorial-strikes racial-bias racial-discrimination standard-of-proof Whether mere statistics are sufficient to demonstrate a prima facie case of discrimination
18-9688 Emanuel Rivera-Martinez v. Illinois Illinois 2019-06-17 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment first-amendment habeas-corpus standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the state's actions
18-9689 Robert Joseph King v. Robert R. Neall, Secretary, Maryland Department of Health, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-06-17 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP accessibility-law ada civil-rights disability-access disability-rights due-process equal-protection federal-buildings public-buildings public-facilities reasonable-accommodation Must State and Federal Buildings be required to provide readily and reasonable access to restroom facilities to those who have a physical disability?
18-9671 In Re Frank J. Ashley 2019-06-14 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech patent standing takings Whether the lower court erred in its decision regarding the petitioner's constitutional rights
18-9648 Jamelle Edward Armstrong v. California California 2019-06-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP african-american batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky due-process equal-protection federal-question jury-selection peremptory-challenges race-neutrality supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review Did the California Supreme Court improperly decide the issue of the race-neutrality of respondent's exercise of its trial peremptory challenges to exc…
18-9663 In Re Lorcan Kilroy 2019-06-13 Denied IFP civil-rights civil-rights-act disabled-plaintiffs employment-discrimination equal-protection mixed-motives nassar nassar-test protected-class retaliation title-vi title-vii Whether the retaliation protection provision of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 should continue to require non-disabled plaintiffs to prove t…
18A1307 James Destry Hamm v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-06-13 Presumed Complete criminal-conviction due-process equal-protection jury-instructions stalking-statute sua-sponte Whether a trial court's failure to provide complete jury instructions constitutes a due process violation that warrants reversal of a criminal convict…
18-9633 Manuel Gonzalez-Reyes v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Second Circuit 2019-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship citizenship-status constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process equal-protection gender-discrimination immigration marital-status morales-santana-precedent statutory-interpretation Whether the distinction drawn within the former Section 1432(a)(3), based on marital status and the gender of his father, violates the equal protectio…
18-9637 Robert Travis Jenkins v. Kansas Kansas 2019-06-12 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights compliance-burden constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-regulations judicial-review jury-selection prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether the trial court erred in denying Jenkins' Batson challenge during jury selection
18-9605 Don Ferguson v. Florida Florida 2019-06-11 Denied IFP 7th-amendment compelled-speech content-neutrality criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial first-amendment free-speech government-regulation jury-instructions private-entities Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from requiring private entities to host speech they disagree with
18-9623 Robert William Wazney v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Fourth Circuit 2019-06-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment appellate-procedure appellate-relief asset-freezing constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection evidence indigent-defendant Whether the courts have abridged the defendant's 14th Amendment due-process, equal-protection rights by disregarding evidence and barring appellate re…
18-9625 Lawton Frederick Tyson v. Texas Texas 2019-06-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial grand-jury habeas-corpus jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct Were petitioner's due process & equal protection rights violated when trial court lacked proper jurisdiction?
18-9628 Ella W. Horn v. CRC Health Group, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2019-06-11 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process employment-law equal-protection race-discrimination retaliation section-1981 sexual-harassment Question not identified
18-1527 Rattan Nath v. New Jersey New Jersey 2019-06-11 Denied civil-rights criminal-liability due-process equal-protection ordinance-enforcement property-rights racial-discrimination revenue-generation selective-enforcement takings vague-ordinance Can New Jersey courts provide cover to racial discrimination by imposing strict criminal liability under a vague ordinance used for revenue generation…
18-9594 Brian L. Davis v. 7-Eleven, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2019-06-10 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury jury-trial standing How can a jury not determine if a defendant is guilty of a crime and still deny due process?
18A1276 Karen Khan v. United States Federal Circuit 2019-06-06 Presumed Complete circuit-split civil-rights equal-protection fifth-amendment money-mandating sovereign-immunity Whether a civil rights statute that broadly defines 'person' to include government agencies creates a money-mandating cause of action that waives sove…
18-9513 Rhonda Reid v. Walter Donnelly, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection racial-discrimination sentencing standing Why did the trial judge, Meares, decide on my case under OCGA 16-11-37(b), why didn't he provide me a hearing, why did he fail to allow me to present …
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?
18-9545 Robert Hercenberger v. Kathy Proctor Oregon 2019-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment government-policy legal-equality state-action state-jurisdiction Where Equal Protection of the laws definition apply for all
18A1258 Michigan Senate, et al. v. League of Women Voters of Michigan, et al. Michigan 2019-06-04 Presumed Complete equal-protection first-amendment justiciability partisan-gerrymandering redistricting vote-dilution Whether partisan gerrymandering claims are justiciable under the Fourteenth Amendment and First Amendment, and if so, what standards govern such claim…
18-9510 Rasaq Aderoju Raheem v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure conviction criminal-procedure defendant-conviction due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction fifth-circuit jurisdiction legal-review standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by affirming Defendant's Raheem conviction
18-9519 Michael Wesley v. New York New York 2019-06-03 Denied IFP alvarez-v-united-states constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process due-process-clause equal-protection fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment government-witness-perjury griffin-v-united-states petitioner's right to have newly-discovered-eviden sixth-amendment united-states-v-biberfeld washington-v-texas witness witness-perjury Does a petitioner have a right to have a witness in their favor protected by the Due Process Clause and the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments?
18-1503 Nagel Rice, LLP, et al. v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-06-03 Denied Response Waived attorneys-fees circuit-split class-action class-action-litigation class-action-settlement conflict-of-interest constitutional-infirmity counsel-fees due-process equal-protection lead-counsel pre-appointment-work unequal-plaintiff-classes Whether non-class counsel is entitled to an award of counsel fees and costs for pre-appointment work, whether a class action settlement agreement prov…
18-9453 Vincent Pisciotta v. D. J. Harmon, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review buck-v-davis due-process due-process,equal-protection,habeas-corpus,buck-v- equal-protection federal-prisoners fifth-circuit fifth-circuit-court-of-appeals state-prisoners Did the Fifth Circuit Court of appeals err when it denied Mr. Pisciotta's appeal in violation of The Supreme Court decision in Buck v. Davis, 137 S.Ct…
18-9473 Jose Antonio Contreras v. Washington Ninth Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent standing takings Why is the petition of Holleads Court wrongly being denied by the District Court?
18-9488 Nasedra K. Lumpkin v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights default-judgment dismissal due-process equal-protection federal-court procedural-default standing Whether the Fifth Amendment's due process clause requires a hearing before dismissal of a civil complaint for failure to prosecute
18-9439 Danea M. Addison v. Indiana, dba Family and Social Services Administration Seventh Circuit 2019-05-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection jurisdiction medicaid standing statutory-interpretation Whether the state of Indiana's 'Indiana Medicaid' program violates the ADA and the U.S. Constitution against the petitioner
18-9445 Volvick Vassor v. Florida Florida 2019-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP alternate-theories constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection griffin-v-united-states jury-instructions sufficiency-of-evidence yates-v-united-states Does the holding in Griffin v United States allow a conviction based on alternate theories of offense when only one theory is supported by the evidenc…
18-9418 D. M. Indika Bandara v. Dan Mann, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied IFP 14th-amendment cab-companies civil-rights discrimination disparate-treatment due-process equal-protection fort-jackson-base fourteenth-amendment immigrant-owned-businesses standing Whether the termination of non-white immigrant-owned small cab companies by the CAE airport based on alleged lack of access to Fort Jackson base, whil…
18-9419 Mario Laron Waiters v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment first-amendment fourth-amendment Whether the Virginia Statute 19.2-72 violates due-process, equal-protection, 1st-amendment, 4th-amendment, 5th-amendment, 6th-amendment
18-9423 Ayanna Angle v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky constitutional-procedure equal-protection harmless-error judicial-review jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination Whether a court of appeals should grant a new trial when it finds that the district court failed to complete all three steps of the Batson analysis
18-9425 Kevin Contreras v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-24 GVR IFP 18-usc-924(a) aggravated-assault criminal-law criminal-liability due-process equal-protection generic-offense interstate-movement physical-force recklessness sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-physical-force vagueness voisine-v-united-states Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault is equivalent to the 'generic' form of that offense?
18-9430 Bobby Ray Turner v. Texas Texas 2019-05-24 Denied IFP conviction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-misconduct sentencing standards-of-review Whether a state judge's personal conviction from personal experience is legally sufficient to set aside a felony conviction
18-1461 Dawn Marie Delebreau v. Cristina Danforth, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 bivens civil-rights constitutional-equality domestic-dependent-nations due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction native-american-rights section-1983 sovereign-immunity territorial-jurisdiction tribal-law tribal-sovereignty Are tribal laws considered territorial laws under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 such that Native Americans must also have an equal § 1983 remedy when Indians are c…
18-1470 Jim Feehan v. Rick Marcone, et al. Connecticut 2019-05-24 Denied bush-v-gore constitutional-rights due-process election-integrity election-law equal-protection equal-protection-clause retroactive-standard right-to-vote voting-rights Whether the Connecticut Supreme Court erred in disregarding the equal protection principles applied in Bush v. Gore and requiring proof of intentional…
18-1472 In Re Christopher Hadsell 2019-05-24 Denied Relisted (2) access-to-courts civil-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct jurisdiction mandamus standing unauthorized-practice-law unauthorized-practice-of-law vexatious-litigant vexatious-litigant-statutes Whether the trial court's actions violated the petitioner's equal protection rights by entering a judgment without personal jurisdiction, subject matt…
18-9391 Josephine McGowan v. Walmart Stores Tenth Circuit 2019-05-23 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction qualified-immunity standing takings Whether the petitioner was treated in an unconstitutional manner by various officials
18-9404 Devon Lona Lunn v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech jurisdiction standing takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the respondent's actions
18-9377 John Patrick Donohue v. Virginia Virginia 2019-05-22 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jurisdiction parole probation sentencing standing Whether the Conditional release of an individual violates due process
18-9383 Lakshmi Arunachalam v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 1st-amendment 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection erroneous-decisions first-amendment judicial-misconduct patent-law patent-rights Whether the lower court vacating hearings and arbitrarily ordering Petitioner to amend her complaint and the Judge acting as attorney to Defendants or…
18-9384 In Re Freya Pearson 2019-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel legal-standards mandamus pro-se standing takings writ-of-relief Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments when the district court dismissed her hab…
18-9387 Mary Elizabeth Schipke v. Connecticut, et al. Second Circuit 2019-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment americans-with-disabilities-act civil-gideon civil-rights constitutional-rights disability due-process equal-protection extension-of-time homelessness inheritance inheritance-rights speedy-trial Whether the 2nd Circuit Court erred in refusing Petitioner's motion for assistance of counsel and an extension of time under the Americans with Disabi…
18-9363 Michael Lee Robinson v. Florida Florida 2019-05-21 Denied IFP capital-sentencing constitutional-waiver due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection federal-constitutional-rights hurst-rule penalty-jury retroactivity waiver Can a defendant waive a federal constitutional right that was unknown and unrecognized at the time?
18-1452 Jose A. Perez v. Physician Assistant Board, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-05-21 Denied 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 amendment civil-procedure constitutional-amendment constitutional-claim due-process equal-protection federal-rules-civil-procedure pro-se-litigant statute-of-limitations takings williamson-county Whether Mr. Perez can amend his complaint to allege that a State cannot exclude a person from the practice of medicine in a manner that contravenes th…
18A1204 Usha Jain, et vir v. David Barker, et al. Florida 2019-05-21 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment pro-se Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause prohibits discriminatory treatment of pro se litigants based on age and ethnic origin in st…
18-9339 Anthony Dajuan Yates v. California California 2019-05-20 Denied IFP batson batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky criminal-procedure disparate-impact equal-protection juror-selection jury-selection peremptory-challenge peremptory-challenges race-neutral-explanation racial-profiling Does a prosecutor's peremptory challenge of a prospective African-American juror based on the juror's perception of racial profiling by law enforcemen…
18-9357 Mondrick Bradley v. Mississippi Mississippi 2019-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection false-arrest habeas-corpus malicious-prosecution sentencing standing unlawful-search Whether the SCOTUS petition raises issues related to due-process, civil-rights, equal-protection, unlawful-search, false-arrest, and malicious-prosecu…
18-9318 Darnell Dunlap v. Michigan Michigan 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment griffin-v-illinois indigent-appellant right-to-appeal standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
18-1440 Marby Hogen, et al. v. Steven C. Hogen, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Arline H. Hogen, Deceased, et al. North Dakota 2019-05-17 Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure north-dakota probate property-rights state-action takings vested-interests Does the decision of the Supreme Court of North Dakota deprive the Petitioners of established property rights in violation of the due process and equa…
18-9285 Dean A. Schwartzmiller v. California California 2019-05-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment free-speech overbreadth penal-code sixth-amendment vagueness void-for-vagueness Is California Penal Code § 288 void for vagueness and overbreadth and contrary to the First, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments
18-9289 In Re Michael Leon Haley, Sr. 2019-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection false-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing third-strike Whether petitioner is actually innocent of being eligible for a third-strike sentence under 42 PA. C. S. §9714(g)
18-9290 Albert J. Hamilton v. Jurban, RN, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-15 Denied IFP amendment-interpretation civil-rights constitutional-conflict criminal-law disability due-process equal-protection legal-classification rational-basis sentencing standing state-interest takings Does the State of California create a conflict under the U.S. Const. 5th and 14th Amend. by not providing a rational relationship between a legitimate…
18-9296 In Re Allen J. Dannewitz, Jr. 2019-05-15 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment ada-violation civil-rights civil-rights-deprivation due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment guardianship guardianship-rights judicial-procedure jurisdiction standing Whether ward was ever incapacitated
18-9246 Anthony G. Bryant v. Department of Education, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure asset-seizure civil-forfeiture civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines first-amendment fourteenth-amendment tenth-amendment Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment
18-9254 Larry B. Rubin v. Hector Sanchez, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment qualified-immunity standing Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit erred in dismissing the petitioner's civil rights claims
18-9260 Frederick E. Braxton v. Tennessee Tennessee 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP coram-nobis due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause eyewitness perjury trial-judge witness-credibility Is Due Process and/or Equal Protection Clauses of the XIVth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution violated when the sole eyewitness to a crime is the vic…
18-9267 John Loveman Reese v. Florida Florida 2019-05-14 Denied IFP capital-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection jury-trial retroactivity Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of Equal Protection and the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of capricious capital sentencing impose limits…
18-9272 Loren J. Larson, Jr. v. Nancy Dahlstrom, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Corrections Alaska 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction juror-bias jury-bias no-impeachment-rule right-to-remain-silent sixth-amendment Does the Equal Protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment require courts to apply a Sixth Amendment constitutional exception to a no-impeachment ru…
18-9274 William Lee Thompson v. Florida Florida 2019-05-14 Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection retroactivity sentencing-procedure teague-v-lane Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of Equal Protection and the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of capricious capital sentencing impose limits…
18-9242 Joel Hayden v. Maine Maine 2019-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection ethnicity fourteenth-amendment jury-selection jury-selection-process language-barrier race-discrimination racial-bias racial-discrimination voir-dire When a party moves to strike a prospective juror for cause due to a 'language barrier', what record must the court make to ensure the strike is not ba…
18-1420 Timothy Burns v. Alabama Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-13 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment citizenship civil-rights constitution constitutional-protection court-procedure court-reporting custody damages discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-conduct legal-damages standing Are Plaintiff and minor child A.B. citizens of the United States?
18-9166 Travis Michael Ortiz v. David Baughman, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-08 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing state-action takings Can California violate my freedom of the Double Security Clauses of the 4th Amendment and 5th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution?
18-9168 Melissa Owens v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights controlled-substances criminal-history drug-trafficking due-process equal-protection plea-agreement racial-discrimination school-desegregation sentencing sentencing-guidelines voting-rights Whether the district court erred in calculating the defendant's criminal history score and sentencing range under the United States Sentencing Guideli…
18-9178 Matthew Oliver Alford v. Erik A. Hooks, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Safety, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction grand-jury habeas-corpus indictment jurisdictional-constraints procedural-limitations standing state-court-conviction Did the district Court (WDNC) and the 4th Cir. Court violate petitioner's right to access a federal court & right to due process by applying the wrong…
18-9186 Briand Williams v. California California 2019-05-08 Dismissed IFP ada ada-discrimination cruel-and-unusual-punishment discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment parole parole-consideration proposition-57 retroactive-credits sentencing time-credits Did the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) policies and procedures violate the Petitioner's U.S.C.A. 14 Amendment and the …
18-9190 Parnell Smith v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Florida 2019-05-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure court-appointed-counsel direct-appeal due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel summary-denial unlawful-imprisonment Whether review should be granted because state court's summary denial of petition for writ of habeas corpus, seeking belated direct appeal or reinstat…
18-9195 Keith Walter Bullard v. Shane Jackson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection index-of-authorities jurisdiction reasons-for-granting-certiorari standing statement-of-case statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions governing the issues prese…
18-9173 Paul Hillard Posey, Sr. v. Texas Texas 2019-05-07 Denied IFP counsel-on-appeal due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment Should the Sixth Amendment's constitutional guarantee to counsel on appeal extend to habeas corpus when habeas corpus is the first opportunity to revi…
18-1403 Jehan Zeb Mir v. Sharon Levine, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-07 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-proceeding due-process equal-protection fair-notice issue-preclusion license-revocation medical-license notice-requirement procedural-protections supreme-court-precedent Whether petitioner was denied due process when respondents revoked his license without adequate procedural protections
18-1399 Geoffrey Parker Damon v. Cincinnati Bar Association Ohio 2019-05-06 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment-14th-amendment attorney-discipline civil-rights constitutional-rights constitutional-violation disbarment disciplinary-process disparate-treatment due-process equal-protection legal-profession race-discrimination racial-discrimination reinstatement reverse-discrimination reverse-race-discrimination Whether the Supreme Court of Ohio issued an order of permanent disbarment against Petitioner as a result of reverse race discrimination against Caucas…
18-9127 Kathleen C. Hampton v. PROF-2013-S3 Legal Title Trust, et al. Virginia 2019-05-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights consent-orders constitutional-standards due-process equal-protection foreclosure fraud loan-auction property-rights standing takings Whether Virginia courts have violated the constitutional standards of due-process,equal-protection
18-9138 Taquan Rahshe Gullett-El v. Timothy J. Corrigan, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure due-process equal-protection standing administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions governing the issues prese…
18-9142 Joshua Neil Harrell v. California California 2019-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction patent standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
18-9146 Kenan Ivery v. Ohio Ohio 2019-05-06 Denied IFP criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection heat-of-passion homicide state-judiciary sudden-provocation Is a petitioner denied due process and equal protection when a state judiciary refuses to acknowledge that 'fear' is a passion that deprived the petit…
18-9149 John David Brookins v. Tammy Ferguson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Phoenix, et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP equal-protection evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection peremptory-challenges prosecutorial-misconduct constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jury-selection peremptory-challenges prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights of due process and equal protection were violated in the lower court proceedings
18-9108 Milton Mitchell v. Glen Johnson, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process due-process-of-law equal-protection equal-protection-of-law grand-jury guilty-plea habeas-corpus indictments ineffective-assistance Whether the lower courts erred in failing to order the respondent to show cause and provide indictments, trial transcripts, habeas corpus, and all pro…
18-9114 Nolan George v. Noah Nagy, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-commitment contract-law due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment legal-promise plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion statute-of-limitations Is it a violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to ignore, alter or reinterpret commitments not to charge or prosecute individuals over time?
18-9118 Emanual Deleon Fields v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination standing Whether the U.S. Constitution's equal protection clause was violated when the trial court denied the petitioner's motion to dismiss due to the prosecu…
18-9136 J.T., the Father v. Florida Department of Children and Families, et al. Florida 2019-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-cases dependency-cases due-process equal-protection fundamental-liberty-interest indigent-population parental-rights Whether the Florida practice and rule that do not permit litigants to seek review in the Florida Supreme Court when the District Court of Appeal issue…
18-9090 Virginia Howard v. San Diego County Counsel, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-preemption homestead homestead-exemption lis-pendens mechanic-liens municipal-liability property-recording real-property supremacy-clause supremacy-of-federal-law title-42 title-42-section-1983 Are the Recorders failure omissions to register, record, docket or index documents (regarding real property) make offices, counties, parish, and munic…
18-9096 Douglas A. Glaser v. City and County of Denver, Colorado, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment jurisdiction qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing Whether the lower court erred in its application of the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures
18-9107 In Re Garvester Bracken 2019-05-02 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction question-not-identified standing takings Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant legal principles and application of the facts to the law
18-9111 El-Sayyid Nosair v. United States Second Circuit 2019-05-02 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi-v-new-jersey blakely-v-washington civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection hurst-v-florida judicial-review muslim-arab-prisoners prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation sentencing terrorism united-states-v-o'brien wrongful-conviction yick-wo-v-hopkins Whether the denial of equal justice by lower courts is still within the prohibition of the Constitution
18-1376 Fernando Gabriel Irazu v. Margarita O. Connecticut 2019-05-02 Denied abuse-of-process constitutional-law contempt-of-court divorce-judgment due-process enforcement-of-us-judgments equal-protection exequatur-proceedings international-law international-private-law jurisdictional-dispute parental-rights unequal-treatment-under-law Parental rights and due process violations in international child custody dispute
18-9038 Scott Peters v. Illinois Illinois 2019-05-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada appeals civil-rights constitutional-rights courtroom-access disability-accommodation disability-discrimination disability-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion reasonable-accommodation standing trial-procedure Whether the trial court erred in denying petitioner's rights as a disabled individual, including his right to reasonable accommodations and equal acce…
18-9054 Sandra Forquer v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Maryland 2019-05-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts court-procedure dismissal due-process equal-protection legal-remedy maryland-court-of-appeals replevin replevin-action writ-of-certiorari Whether the Maryland Court of Appeals erred in denying the Petition for Writ of Certiorari regarding the improper dismissal of the Petitioner's Verifi…
18-9056 Calvin D. Fox v. The Florida Bar Florida 2019-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrary-and-capricious attorney-privilege constitutional-rights disciplinary-counsel-misconduct due-process equal-protection florida-bar florida-bar-trust-accounting-rules legal-privilege trust-accounting Whether Rule 5-1.2(f) of the Florida Trust Accounting Rules violates the Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by…
18-9061 Joseph B. v. Nebraska, on Behalf of Brooklyn H. Nebraska 2019-05-01 Denied IFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment incarceration parental-rights visitation visitation-rights Whether the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a State from forbidding visitation between a noncustodial p…
18-9073 Maurice Grayton v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction fraud rooker-feldman-doctrine standing state-court-proceedings third-party Whether the state bar examination process violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by discriminating against a disabled veteran-examinee
18-9034 Norman Lee Shillings v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-04-30 Denied IFP alias-name civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence fourteenth-amendment identity tampering-with-evidence Can the presentation of an (Alias) or Gender specific name used during arrest, booking, and bonding procedures be charged as Tampering with Evidence, …
18-1365 Mogul Media, Inc., et al. v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2019-04-30 Denied Response Waived commercial-speech content-based-restriction content-based-restrictions equal-protection first-amendment free-speech government-speech municipal-government public-forum public-property zoning-resolution Does the First Amendment prohibit the City of New York from preferring the commercial speech of its tenants over private landowners' commercial and no…
18-9024 Michael J. Littles v. Florida Florida 2019-04-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection judicial-review jurisdiction standing Whether the court has a duty to review each case impartially, and whether the court's failure to do so violates the petitioner's constitutional rights
18-8932 Vickie L. Sanders v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights drug-offense due-process due-process-clause equal-protection federalism recidivist-provisions recidivist-sentencing retroactive-reclassification sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a state's retroactive reclassification of a felony drug conviction to a misdemeanor precludes its use as a predicate offense under federal rec…
18-9016 Henry Earl Miller v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 4th-circuit-court-of-appeals 5th-amendment 5th-amendment-equal-protection constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-law fourth-circuit habeas habeas-corpus procedural-due-process procedural-law wood-v-milyard Does The Fourth Circuit's Widespread Practice Of Issuing Virtually Indistinguishable Production-Line Manufactured Rubber Stamped Opinions Violate Mill…
18-9017 Ronald R. Myles v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-04-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction review standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
18-8974 Stanley Bruce Roberson v. Texas Texas 2019-04-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-evidence criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence scientific-evidence scientific-reliability statistical-extrapolation statistical-sampling unvalidated-methods Does the unvalidated method of statistical extrapolation constitute scientifically reliable evidence?
18-8953 Carol J. Morris v. Noel Francisco, Solicitor General of the United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-04-23 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights compensation constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction just-compensation standing statutory-interpretation takings veterans-benefits Whether the petitioner was denied just compensation pursuant to Title 38 USC § 1151 when the Department of Veterans Affairs statute (being challenged)…
18-8960 In Re Robert Winkel 2019-04-23 Denied IFP case-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection legal-issues legal-terms petition scotus standing takings writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
18-8966 Eric Drake, aka E. V. Drake v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Fifth Circuit 2019-04-23 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process equal-protection free-speech pro-se-litigation standing vexatious-litigant Whether the denial of a pro se litigant's right to access the courts through vexatious litigant laws and rulings violates the petitioner's constitutio…
18-8919 In Re Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva 2019-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure court-order due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-review mandamus procedural-due-process standing Does any Court have a legal right to issue a dispositive Order without a detailed explanation about why this decision was reached?
18-8925 Charles Reginald Cooks v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2019-04-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure damages due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief standing Whether the complaint named the defendant in their true names, with statements that are true
18-1324 Moses Watts, Sr., et ux. v. Entergy Arkansas, Inc. Arkansas 2019-04-19 Denied Response Waived due-process eminent-domain equal-protection ex-parte ex-parte-order judicial-procedure pro-se property-rights severance-damages takings Whether petitioners were denied due process of law by an ex parte order enabling an electric utility to seize their property without notice and a prel…
18-8883 James E. Jessup v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment prisoner-rights racial-discrimination school-desegregation standing Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in dismissing Petitioner's civil rights claims alleging violations of his First Amendment rights and due process righ…
18-8886 In Re James Rodgers, Jr. 2019-04-18 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jurisdiction statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness. aggravating-circumstances criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection facial-unconstitutionality gang-relation-element jurisdiction legislative-intent statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction void-for-vagueness Whether ACTR No. 92-601 is facially unconstitutional
18-8890 Carl Lee Jones v. Willie Smith, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection medical-treatment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent transgender-rights What is the appropriate medical treatment for individuals with gender dysphoria?
18-8896 Richard J. Volis v. Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights disability-discrimination disability-rights disparate-impact equal-protection fair-housing housing-discrimination protected-class public-housing reasonable-accommodation Whether the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles' (HACLA) Administrative Plan required to accommodate all disabled voucher holders is unreason…
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…
18-8903 Owen W. Barnaby v. Bret Witkowski, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied IFP civil-rights collateral-estoppel constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment fraud law-of-the-case res-judicata Whether res judicata and collateral estoppel doctrines should bar an independent or original action in federal court when the defendants employed frau…
18-8905 Anthony G. Bryant v. Army Corps of Engineers, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 10th-amendment 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process first-amendment sixth-amendment 10th-amendment 14th-amendment administrative-procedure asset-seizure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourth-amendment Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to asset seizures by state and local governments
18-8851 Lester James Smith v. Georgia Georgia 2019-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt-to-elude criminal-procedure double-jeopardy double-punishment due-process equal-protection evidence-collection federalism investigative-techniques law-enforcement probable-cause prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing single-incident single-jurisdiction Whether the State of Georgia erred in sentencing Mr. Smith to multiple punishments for a single criminal act of attempt to elude police
18-8864 Joseph B. v. Nebraska Nebraska 2019-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause fourteenth-amendment incarceration parental-rights visitation visitation-rights Whether the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a State from forbidding visitation between a noncustodial p…
18-8872 In Re Samuel Lewis Surles 2019-04-17 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interrogation judicial-interpretation sixth-amendment Whether petitioner was denied his unwaivable constitutional right of due process of law when the Michigan Supreme Court failed to rule on the merits o…
18-8876 Nickie R. Logan v. District Attorney of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-17 Denied IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-a-fair-trial right-to-counsel Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel requires a court to appoint new counsel when a defendant expresses dissatisfactio…
18-8860 David Clum, Jr. v. Gene Beasley, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process due-process,fifth-amendment,habeas-corpus,pro-se,a equal-protection habeas-corpus pro-se pro-se-litigation sixth-amendment supervisory-powers Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals violated the Fifth Amendment-Due Process Rights of the Petitioner
18-1310 Charmaine Clement v. Thomas Durban, et al. New York 2019-04-16 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts burden-on-access civil-procedure constitutional-law court-access discrimination equal-protection fundamental-rights non-resident-discrimination privileges-and-immunities privileges-and-immunities-clause residency-requirements standard-of-review state-courts Whether Article 85 is consistent with the Privileges and Immunities Clause despite its discrimination against nonresidents of New York and the materia…
18-1300 Nevenka Obuskovic v. Kathleen L. Wood, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied civil-rights civil-rights,due-process,equal-protection,family-l color-of-law divorce due-process equal-protection family-court family-law forced-labor fourteenth-amendment involuntary-servitude peonage pro-se-representation Was federal law violated under color of law for violations of Fourteenth Amendment substantive and procedural due process and equal protection when hu…
18-8806 Marguerite Dutton v. Nikkisha P. McCrea Pennsylvania 2019-04-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection frivolous-litigation medical-malpractice pa-constitution pennsylvania-constitution us-constitution-14th-amendment Whether Pa. Rule 231.1 (frivolous litigation) violates Article I Section 26 of the Pennsylvania Constitution (No discrimination by commonwealth and it…
18-8812 James Barr v. Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-12 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection evidentiary-hearing preliminary-injunction race racial-discrimination standing Did the federal court err when it denied the petitioner's request for a preliminary injunction?
18-1294 Michael D. Lynch, et ux. v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-12 Denied Response Waived business-records circuit-split due-process equal-protection erie-doctrine federal-rules-of-evidence hearsay hearsay-testimony national-mortgage-settlements summary-judgment supervisory-power Does Federal Rule of Evidence 803(6) authorize hearsay testimony concerning the contents of business records which have not been admitted into evidenc…
18-1297 New Doe Child #1, et al. v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-04-12 Denied Response Waived atheism currency-inscription due-process equal-protection establishment-clause monotheism political-disenfranchisement religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act Whether Congress violates the Establishment Clause when it makes laws respecting an establishment of Monotheism, thus perpetuating and exacerbating th…
18-8731 Carlos Noguera v. Greg Smith, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection excessive-force medical-care prison-conditions standing takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment was violated when the petitioner was subjected to excessive force and denie…
18-8789 Roy Easterwood v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2019-04-11 Dismissed IFP civil-rights class-action due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus prison-conditions res-judicata Will this Court require Oklahoma courts to treat similarly situated persons inmates alike?
18-8802 Eli Vernon, III, aka Eli Mims v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP counsel-objection criminal-procedure due-process duren-analysis duren-v-missouri equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection peremptory-challenge peremptory-challenges strickland-standard strickland-v-washington systematic-exclusion Does the first prong in Duren v Missouri establish a systematic exclusion for counsel to object?
18-8733 Russell T. McElvain v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection federalism self-incrimination statutory-interpretation Can a state enact a statute that combines the use of older, established statutes as the ways and means to commit the new statutes crime, merely erodin…
18-8784 DiAngelo Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-justice due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-conduct pretextual-stops racial-profiling traffic-stops whren-v-united-states Should this Court overrule Whren?
18-8721 Kelvin Reed v. Tennessee Tennessee 2019-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-access-to-courts equal-protection error-coram-nobis poverty racial-discrimination Does Tennessee's Error Coram Nobis procedure discriminate against blacks and the poor, violating their constitutional rights?
18-8748 Dajuan A. Alridge v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-04-09 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection jury-selection jury-unanimity juvenile-sentencing non-unanimous-jury prima-facie prima-facie-case racial-discrimination Whether statistics alone are sufficient to demonstrate a prima facie case of discrimination in the first step of a Batson analysis?
18-8713 Briand Williams v. California California 2019-04-05 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment code-of-civil-procedure constitutional-violation counsel-of-choice due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance marsden-hearing plea-bargaining procedural-rights right-to-counsel sentencing sixth-amendment Does a defendant have a right to replace his privately retained counsel at any time during trial court proceedings?
18-8679 John James Bell v. South Carolina Fourth Circuit 2019-04-03 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-hearing fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-procedure legal-representation Did the petitioner receive equal protection of the law under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
18-8683 James Aren Duckett v. Florida Florida 2019-04-03 Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing constitutional-law due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection retroactivity Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of Equal Protection and the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of capricious capital sentencing impose limits…
18-8692 Jerry Adams, Jr. v. Robert Neuschmid, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-04-03 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 appellate-review batson-challenge batson-claim equal-protection habeas-corpus jury-selection prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination standard-of-review state-court-review Whether the Ninth Circuit properly applied 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) to a Batson claim when the California courts' decisions relied upon legal principles in…
18-1268 Paras Jhokke v. City of Los Angeles, California California 2019-04-03 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-claims constitutional-violation domestic-violence due-process equal-protection gender-bias gender-discrimination hate-crime police-misconduct section-1983 Whether States, Cities or its Police Officers knowingly or unknowingly Commit Hate Crime Acts motivated by Gender Bias while Enforcing Domestic Violen…
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?
18-8639 Anthony Franklin v. Patrick Nogan, Administrator, East Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-01 Denied IFP due-process equal-protection faretta-hearing faretta-v-california habeas-corpus pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment third-circuit third-circuit-law Whether the district court erred in denying a Writ of Habeas Corpus to Petitioner
18-8648 Undraneckio Brassfield v. Ron King, Superintendent, Central Mississippi Correctional Facility Fifth Circuit 2019-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis indigent-defendants standing Whether indigent petitioners have a constitutional right to access the courts by way of being granted in forma pauperis status as a matter of law?
18-8608 William Ramirez, et ux. v. Court of Appeal of California, Third Appellate District, et al. California 2019-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment precedent pro-se state-court statutes Should a pro se petitioner reasonably expect that a state court at the county level follow precedent as a part of due process under the Fourteenth Ame…
18-8618 Umadean Hatch v. Dr. Wilson, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims
18-8628 Deon Tremell Lee v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment citizenship citizenship-rights civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction nationality naturalization property-rights Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the denial of his claim of nationality and citizenship under the 14th Amendment, resul…
18-8605 Gregory Swecker, et ux. v. Department of Agriculture, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discrimination discrimination-case due-process equal-protection judicial-bias motion-to-dismiss race-gender-discrimination recusal renewable-energy Whether the court of appeal's decision below contradicts existing legal principles when evaluating a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim up…
18-8615 In Re Patrick Henry Murphy 2019-03-28 Denied IFP capital-punishment civil-rights due-process equal-protection establishment-clause execution-protocol first-amendment free-exercise religious-accommodation religious-freedom state-procedure Whether the Constitution or federal statutory law requires that members of all faiths be permitted to be accompanied in the execution chamber by a min…
18-8616 Parley Drew Hardman v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP conclusion constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection felon-in-possession index second-amendment sentencing statutory-provisions table-of-contents Whether the petitioner's conviction and sentence for possession of a firearm by a felon under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment
18-8573 Early A. Atterberry v. John Varga, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-03-27 Denied IFP appeals civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure-rule-52b due-process equal-protection fair-trial harmless-error jury-prejudice new-trial other-crimes-evidence rule-52b standing Whether the Court erred in properly applying Rule 52(b) to the issue of Harmless Error raised by the petitioner during the numerous appeals pursued
18-8582 Malvin Nater-Ayala v. United States First Circuit 2019-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction racial-discrimination school-desegregation standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
18-8598 Saundra Magana v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Benefit of Certificate Holders of Asset Backed Pass Through Certificate Series 2004-MCW, et al. Second Circuit 2019-03-27 Denied IFP access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights class-action discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-protection indigent-rights legal-accountability standing Should courts be required to uphold laws that protect underprivileged, federally protected classes?
18-1250 Corey Lea v. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture Sixth Circuit 2019-03-27 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedures-act agricultural-law civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause exhaustion-requirements fifth-amendment foreclosure moratorium-relief usda Denial of formal hearing for Black and socially disadvantaged farmers on discrimination complaints
18-8544 Keith J. Myles v. Florida Florida 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial impartial-jury jury standing Was the petitioner's constitutional rights violated?
18-8546 Gerald Delane Murray v. Florida Florida 2019-03-26 Denied IFP actual-innocence batson-v-kentucky batson-violation brady-violation civil-rights conflict-counsel constitutional-violations cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jailhouse-informant post-conviction post-conviction-relief Whether the state court denied due process by failing to appoint conflict counsel when post-conviction counsel undermined petitioner's claims, and whe…
18-8552 Herman Gaines v. Brad Busnardo, et al. Third Circuit 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-interpretation medical-treatment procedural-rights standing statutory-provisions Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals violated the petitioner's constitutional right to due-process by declining to consider the petitioner's claim that t…
18-8563 Melvin Grayer v. James Filliyaw, Warden, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-26 Denied IFP 35-usc-101. civil-procedure due-process patent standing takings civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims alleging violations of the Fourteenth Amendment's due process and equal protection…
18-8529 Michael Craig Smith v. Illinois Illinois 2019-03-25 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance post-conviction sixth-amendment Whether counsel on appeal from dismissal of post-conviction petition provided ineffective assistance in violation of Petitioner's Sixth amendment righ…
18-8538 Rufus Spearman v. Mary Parson, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation standing takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
18-1242 Endre' Glenn v. Nordic Services, Inc. Washington 2019-03-25 Denied arbitration arbitration-procedure due-process equal-protection material-evidence material-testimony reasonable-opportunity reasonable-opportunity-to-prepare subpoena subpoena-duces-tecum washington-state-law Whether contractor and subcontractor violated homeowner's due process rights by ignoring subpoena and arbitrator's order, depriving homeowner of mater…
18-1236 S. Bruce Hiran, et al. v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, et al. Texas 2019-03-22 Denied amendment civil-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure mandamus standing subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment Whether Petitioners' due process right was violated when the Supreme Court of Texas summarily denied their petition for writ of mandamus without reaso…
18-8530 Steven Dennis Young v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied IFP administrative-law appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
18-8511 Victoria Carlson, et vir v. Emily Johnson Piper, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services, et al. Minnesota 2019-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP abstention administrative-appeal breast-cancer breast-cancer-treatment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection federal-rights medicaid medicaid-benefits Whether the Minnesota Supreme Court erred
18-1226 Clinton County Children and Youth Services v. A. A. R., Natural Mother, et al. Pennsylvania 2019-03-20 Denied Response Waived child-protective-services child-welfare civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federalism fourteenth-amendment preemption prenatal-injury standing state-law supremacy-clause Whether a state violates the constitutional guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment when it denies protections to children who suffer prenatal injury
18-8462 William James Truesdale v. Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence fabricated-evidence fabrication-of-evidence fair-trial harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct trial-error Whether the erroneously admitted evidence reviewed objectively in light of the entire record before the jury was sufficiently material to provide the …
18-8467 Abukar Osman Beyle v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant statutory and constitutional provisions
18-8444 Primo C. Novero v. Duke Energy Florida, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts administrative-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims document-delivery due-process equal-access equal-protection right-to-jury-trial right-to-petition rules-of-court standing trial-by-jury Does the district court erred and had conflict with the U.S. Supreme Court Rule 29.2, and U.S. Constitution Amendment 14 due process in defining 'time…
18-8452 In Re Harold B. Mason 2019-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection mandamus standing takings Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection under the 14th Amendment in the lower court proceedings
18-1214 Wilbur L. Ross, Secretary of Commerce, et al. v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-18 GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-procedure-act apportionment-clause census-act census-citizenship-question census-data commerce-department commerce-secretary constitutional-authority constitutional-provisions district-court-injunction due-process equal-protection federalism judicial-injunction standing statutory-interpretation voting-rights-act Whether the district court erred in enjoining the Secretary of Commerce from reinstating a citizenship question to the 2020 decennial census
18-1195 Kendra Espinoza, et al. v. Montana Department of Revenue, et al. Montana 2019-03-14 Judgment Issued Amici (64)Relisted (2) constitutional-law equal-protection establishment-clause first-amendment free-exercise religion-clauses religious-schools school-choice student-aid Invalidation of a religiously neutral student-aid program due to inclusion of religious schools
18-8408 Renee L. McCray v. John E. Driscoll, III, et al. Maryland 2019-03-14 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fair-debt-collection-practices-act foreclosure-action remand standing standing-challenge subject-matter-jurisdiction writ-of-certiorari Whether the Court of Appeals of Maryland erred when it denied the Petitioner's petition for writ of certiorari
18-8409 Anthony Mungin v. Florida Florida 2019-03-14 Denied IFP capital-punishment death-penalty disparate-treatment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retroactivity Whether the Florida Supreme Court's application of only partial retroactivity of Hurst v. State and Hurst v. Florida violates the Eighth and Fourteent…
18-8431 David Kelly Brewster v. Florida Florida 2019-03-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burden-of-proof compensation constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legal-precedent restitution wrongful-incarceration Whether the Victims of Wrongful Incarceration Compensation Act, §961.03, Fla. Stat. is unconstitutional as a violation of due process and equal protec…
18-8437 Garceia Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District I Wisconsin 2019-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights conviction-standards criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-review jurisdiction jury-verdict standing statutory-interpretation supervisory-writ Whether the Wisconsin Supreme Court's failure to grant a Wis. Stat. § 809.71 supervisory writ has jurisdiction to change the jurisdiction of cases
18-8414 Dennis E. v. Matthew J. D'Emic, Administrative Judge, Supreme Court of New York, 2nd Judicial District, et al. New York 2019-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process equal-protection jackson-v-indiana standing state-law Whether the State may compel relief under Jackson v. Indiana over a defendant's objection
18-1178 Christopher Paige, et ux. v. Lerner Master Fund, LLC, et al. Third Circuit 2019-03-13 Denied bankruptcy-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment judicial-discrimination judicial-review procedural-fairness speedy-trial When the lower courts deny important substantive and procedural rights to protected minorities, may they simply refuse to explain their rationale(s) f…
18-8394 Asim Shakir Daniels v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-definition criminal-law due-process equal-protection federal-crime federal-jurisdiction judicial-interpretation legal-interpretation sentencing statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate…
18-8397 Michael Victory v. California Board of Parole Hearings, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP balisok civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection impartial-decision-maker larkin mcclure murchison murchison-v-michigan parole parole-hearing peremptory-challenge quasi-judicial quasi-judicial-immunity Did defendants engage in a policy denying parole to a class of plaintiffs?
18-8399 Randall Scott Jones v. Florida Florida 2019-03-12 Denied IFP capital-punishment constitutional-law death-penalty eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-cruel-and-unusual-punishment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fourteenth-amendment-due-process hurst-v-florida retroactivity ring-v-arizona supremacy-clause supreme-court-precedent Does the Florida Supreme Court's partial retroactivity formula for Hurst v. Florida violations violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments?
18-8401 Justin D. Burgess v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, dba Christiana Trust, as Trustee for Premium Mortgage Acquisition Trust Texas 2019-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP automatic-stay civil-procedure court-rules due-process equal-protection judgment judgment 18-83" lawsuit Question not identified. rules standing Is it an error and an impermissible denial of due process of law and equal protection of law for a court to ignore its own rules which would impose an…
18-8368 Desmond Martin v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant legal principles
18-8371 Martin E. Grant v. Michigan Michigan 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection first-degree-murder life-imprisonment motion-for-relief-from-judgment plea-bargaining sixth-amendment Whether Petitioner has been denied the effective assistance of counsel guaranteed by the 6th Amendment to the United States Constitution, during the p…
18-8375 Zebadiah Holland v. Michigan Michigan 2019-03-11 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction racial-discrimination school-desegregation standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
18-8307 Dockery Cleveland v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment-search-and-seizure 6th-amendment-jury-trial appellate-review cell-phone cell-phone-search equal-protection fourth-amendment jury-selection ongoing-intrusion peremptory-challenge race-neutral-basis search-and-seizure suppression suppression-of-evidence time-limitation warrant warrant-limitation whether-defendant-must-renew-objection-to-perempto Whether the failure to extract information from a cell phone within the time limitation of a warrant requires suppression of the tardily obtained info…
18-8342 Edward Spears v. R&R Cleaning Services, et al. South Carolina 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause equal-protection-of-the-law judicial-process legal-review petition standing supreme-court Did the Supreme Court deprive me of my constitutional rights of equal protection of the law?
18-8343 Jose Luis Mattes Baez Carmona Lopez Cordero v. Connecticut Department of Correction, et al. Second Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitution constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection native-american-rights native-rights treaty-rights Did the lower court breach any treaties between the native Taino Indian tribe and the Government of the United States of America, pursuant to Article …
18-8356 In Re Steven Eason 2019-03-08 Denied IFP actual-innocence civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-limitations procedural-bars prosecutorial-misconduct state-law successive-habeas successive-petitions Whether the petitioner's fundamental constitutional right to due process was violated when the state prosecuted him on counts of his indictment becaus…
18-1168 Carolyn J. Florimonte v. Borough of Dalton, Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied civil-procedure continuing-trespass due-process equal-protection equal-protection-14th-amendment fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fraud fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court just-compensation land-taking res-judicata standing takings unconstitutional-government-taking When the lower federal courts abandon the imperatives of the Fifth Amendment to provide just compensation and the Fourteenth Amendment to provide equa…
18-8334 Ada A. Gonzalez v. Alfredo Ernesto Gonzalez Florida 2019-03-07 Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights domestic-relations due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion mandamus-writ standing state-court-review state-courts writ-of-mandamus Whether Petitioner is entitled to a writ of mandamus
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?
18-8303 Thomas T. Alford v. Stephen S. Carlton, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federalism habeas-corpus standing statutory-interpretation Does the Comanassion al Ennocence Protection Act, 18 UiS.c. $3400 CrPAY, specifically, exclude State Prisoners from Receiving Relief from Said Act con…
18-8275 Brian Sawyers v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection implicit-bias jury-instruction jury-instructions jury-selection racial-bias racial-discrimination racial-prejudice sixth-amendment voir-dire Whether the federal district court should give an implicit-bias jury-instruction upon-request
18-8284 Matthew Winters v. City of West Jordan, Utah, et al. Utah 2019-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment appeal-restrictions appeals constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction jurisdictional-bars pro-se standing Does it violate the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the 14th Amendment for pro se parties to have less time and more restrictions to file …
18-8287 Gregory D. Kilpatrick v. Uttam Dhillon, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration Second Circuit 2019-03-05 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure-standing-patent-takings-due-proce administrative-law civil-rights controlled-substances-act due-process equal-protection standing Whether the DEA's denial of a petition to reschedule marijuana violates the Controlled Substances Act and the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause
18-8288 Derrick Allen v. Envirogreen Landscape Professionals, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied IFP circuit-court-conflict civil-rights conflict-of-circuits due-process eeoc-decision employment-discrimination equal-protection federal-question judicial-discretion judicial-proceedings judicial-review lower-court-review supervisory-powers Can the US Supreme Court review at their judicial discretion for the compelling reason
18-8289 Kwame Asafo-Adjei v. Maryland Maryland 2019-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure mandatory-disclosure maryland-rule-4-342(d) maryland-rules plea-bargain plea-bargaining sentencing void-sentence Is the failure of the Maryland Court of Appeals to enforce the Maryland Rule 4-342(d) a denial of a citizen's equal protection right under the Fourtee…
18-1147 Deron Brunson v. L. Douglas Hogan, et al. Utah 2019-03-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-disregard due-process equal-protection equitable-maxim fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion object-principle-of-justice precedent precedent-contradiction precedent-interpretation standing Whether the United States Supreme Court has set a precedence that contradicts its own precedence's
18-8235 Arthur Lopez v. California California 2019-03-04 Denied IFP 1st-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-bias racial-discrimination Whether the deprivation of Alo's civil rights under the United States Constitution Amendments 1 and 6 violates his constitutional rights to free speec…
18-8237 Harry Eugene Briscoe v. LaShann Eppinger, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-conflict civil-procedure-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus pro-se-petition stare-decisis subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment Whether this U.S.S. Ct. will certify the conflict of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
18-8253 Jamie Kenmont Kerien Brown v. Georgia Georgia 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection habeas-corpus intellectual-disability mental-health post-conviction-relief Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits the execution of a prisoner who was intellectually disabled at th…
18-8260 Kenton Deon Harrell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidentiary-hearing free-speech habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant legal principles
18-8206 Robert L. Clark v. Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General of Georgia Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-law imminent-danger in-forma-pauperis standards standing How Could the US. Court of Appeals grant a leave to proceed in forma pauperis in US. Court of Appeals Case no.18-10949 under the 'imminent danger' sta…
18-8211 Russell Berger v. James Gibson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied IFP ada civil-rights criminal-law disability discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-statute judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-safeguards standing statutory-interpretation Can a person's height be a disability under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213?
18-1136 Beverly L. Hennager v. Troutman Sanders LLP Fourth Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied Response Waived attorney-fees charging-liens civil-procedure civil-rights client-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legal-ethics legal-fees pro-se-representation standing Whether charging liens should be clarified to apply only to judgments obtained with the lawyer's assistance, not client funds, to protect constitution…
18-8174 Jack D. Hall v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Sixth Circuit 2019-02-28 Dismissed IFP brady-violation cheney-v-u.s.district-court due-process equal-protection federal-habeas-corpus fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus magistrate-judge townsend-v-sain writ-of-mandamus written-order Should federal habeas corpus rule 8(a) require a written order from a federal district court judge when not appointing a magistrate judge to oversee a…
18-8194 Jerome Henderson v. Terry Collins, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP due-process equal-protection post-conviction-remedies statutory-law suspension-clause due-process equal-protection federal-statutory-law habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ohio-public-defender-commission post-conviction-relief post-conviction-remedies procedural-default Whether appointed counsel violated federal statutory law or constituted an equal protection clause violation
18-8195 Malcolm Bolden v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated
18-8196 Larry R. Tart v. Erik A. Hooks, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety Fourth Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied IFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection forensic-evaluation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medication medication-consent mental-health pretrial-detention solitary-confinement Where the petitioner was unknowingly administered multiple mental health medications while in pre-trial confinement, resulting in incompetence to unde…
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)?
18-8204 Eduardo Molina Bracero v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection exhaustion-of-remedies patent qualified-immunity standing takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the respondent's actions
18-8145 Desmond Farmer v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-782 assault criminal-classification criminal-history drug-abuse drug-offense drug-offenses due-process equal-protection family-member judicial-discretion non-violent-offense sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction violent-offender Whether the court erred in deeming the petitioner as a 'violent offender' instead of a 'drug abuser' and using that as a reason to deny a sentence red…
18-8149 Michael Achilles Fries v. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied IFP 6th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial free-speech fundamental-fairness judicial-review legal-precedent standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court's order denying the petitioner's request for a fair review of court and jury proceedings violated the petitioner's constitutio…
18-8151 Loren Williamson, III v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254a 28-usc-2254d conflict-of-interest due-process due-process-equal-protection-disparity equal-protection parties-to-the-proceeding post-conviction post-conviction-process right-to-counsel sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-counsel Whether a Certificate of Appealability should issue
18-8164 Geoffrey W. Freeman v. Jacqueline Lashbrook, Warden Illinois 2019-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrary-application civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether the statute of limitations for filing a civil rights lawsuit is unconstitutionally vague and arbitrarily applied, violating due process
18-8170 In Re William Edward Cloninger 2019-02-27 Denied IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-appeal civil-rights congress-legislation constitutional-claims due-process eleventh-circuit equal-protection legal-reform prison-litigation pro-se-litigant procedural-dismissal statute-of-limitations Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights under the 5th and 14th Amendments were violated by the dismissal of his appeal
18-1119 The Richman Group of Florida, Inc. v. Pinellas County, Florida Florida 2019-02-27 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment class-of-one comparative-analysis difference-in-treatment due-process equal-protection florida fourteenth-amendment legislative-decision property-rights rational-basis selective-enforcement similarly-situated Unequal treatment of similarly situated persons under Florida's equal protection analysis
18-1112 Alvin S. Kanofsky v. Bethlehem Area School District Pennsylvania 2019-02-26 Denied Response Waived article-v bill-of-rights civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection freedom-of-speech government-action religion religious-discrimination takings taxation taxation-dispute Was Kanofsky denied Due Process, as required in Article V of the Bill of Rights?
18-8142 Michael Williamson v. Karen Slusher, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-02-26 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech jurisdiction official-misconduct prisoner-lawsuit standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions governing the case
18-8063 Shaun Mark Lawler v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-02-25 Denied IFP aggravated-assault constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-sentencing deadly-weapon due-process equal-protection family-violence guilty-plea heat-of-passion ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel murder sentencing statutory-punishment Is it unconstitutional for the Texas Legislature to authorize a greater punishment range and maximum punishment for aggravated assault - family violen…
18-8084 Warren Scott Taylor v. Virginia Virginia 2019-02-22 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent standing takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
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…
18-1105 Samuel Pierce v. Yale University, et al. District of Columbia 2019-02-22 Denied Response Waived affirmative-action civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection higher-education race-based-discrimination stare-decisis university-admissions Whether the Court should overrule its holdings in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke and Grutier v. Bollinger that professional school a…
18-8051 Yeison Valencia Torres v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split conflict-of-laws criminal-procedure drug-enforcement drug-offense due-process equal-protection maritime-drug-law maritime-law safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Whether the exclusion of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (46 U.S.C. § 70503) from eligibility for safety valve violates equal protection
18-8052 Michael Duane Zack, III v. Florida Florida 2019-02-21 Denied IFP apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-punishment death-penalty death-sentence eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment hurst-retroactivity retroactivity Does the partial retroactivity formula for Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016) claims designed by the Florida Supreme Court, as applied to a priso…
18-8037 Jerry Anthony Brandon, aka Jerry L. Brandon v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-02-20 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection ineffective-assistance involuntary-absence medical-emergency new-trial sixth-amendment trial-absence voluntary-absence Was the Petitioner's 5th, 6th, & 14th amendment rights to the Constitution of the United States violated?
18-8009 Ernesto Aguirre v. Ken Clark, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied IFP civil-rights collateral-review due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction post-conviction-review procedural-default state-court state-court-procedure state-court-rules May a state court ignore its own exception rules to barring untimely or successive petitions without violating the Constitution to Equal Protection of…
18-7969 Willie Ed Smith v. Mississippi Mississippi 2019-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus illegal-sentence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct legal-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-error Whether Smith's conviction and sentence derived from judicial misconduct
18-8004 Henry Lee Craig v. Jody Bradley, Warden, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct judicial-oath prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel right-to-fair-trial Did the Mississippi Attorney General and his assistant attorney general brief to the Mississippi Supreme Court of Appeals on page number 9 that the co…
18-7968 Joseph Ragland v. North Carolina North Carolina 2019-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection postconviction-relief sentencing sixth-amendment state-statute Whether a state statute that limits the availability of postconviction relief violates the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth …
18-7890 In Re Jose Joaquin Ramirez 2019-02-13 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection involuntary-commitment mental-health procedural-safeguards standing state-government Can a cblhy graduated individual for a be cwled college ith Corrplebe contol of the Era} ish Lantaaaye ith gbjo lately No Sincere hishry ok mental Win…
18-7894 Roszetta McNeill v. Wayne County Third Circuit Court, et al Sixth Circuit 2019-02-13 Dismissed IFP 7th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection fraud fraud-exception fraud-exception-rooker-feldman judicial-activism rooker-feldman-doctrine statute-of-limitations superintendent-control Is it appropriate to request 'Superintendent Control' from the higher courts (in accordance to Article 3, section 2 of the Constitution) when the lowe…
18-7945 Carl Allen Watts v. Michigan Michigan 2019-02-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal appeals appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-question criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection judicial-bias legal-standard michigan-court-of-appeals procedural-conflict standing Whether the Michigan Court of Appeals decision to reversed and remanded for a new trial in two similarly situated cases as petitioner's case, conflict…
18-7954 Stephen Blanton v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus jurisdictional-claim procedural-default slayton-v-parrigan Whether the Slayton rule bars federal habeas relief for a jurisdictional claim
18-7907 John Hassan v. Lawrence K. Marks, Chief Administrative Judge, et al. Second Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP arbitration civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct property-dispute property-rights standing state-court-proceeding takings Whether the U.S. Supreme Court should grant certiorari to review the denial of due process and equal protection rights under the U.S. Constitution
18-7911 Albert Miklos Kun v. State Bar of California California 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 11th-amendment 14th-amendment bankruptcy-clause bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-preemption federalism fourteenth-amendment sovereign-immunity standing state-bar Whether petitioner's right to protection by the Eq Whether petitioner's rights protected by the Due P Whether the California Supreme Court may order pay Whether California waived its sovereign immunity to the Bankruptcy Clause
18-7916 Jimmy Lee Wren v. Mississippi Mississippi 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection post-conviction-relief rule-11 rule-11-sanctions sanctions sentencing sentencing-hearing Whether the Mississippi Supreme Court erred in denying the petitioner's request to file a successive petition for post-conviction relief based on a ne…
18-7926 Hubert Babb v. Clara Smith, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied IFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution determinative-motive due-process equal-protection jury-selection racial-discrimination sentencing Whether indigent and/or pro se defendants in criminal prosecutions have constitutional protection from the presence of socioeconomic discrimination as…
18-7891 Leslie Ann Haymond v. Helmand Investment, LLC Virginia 2019-02-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process equal-protection jurisdiction parrish-v-federal-nat-mortg-association pro-se-litigation standing stare-decisis subject-matter-jurisdiction unlawful-detainer Did the Court error when disregarding the maxim of stare decisis et non quieta movere
18-7798 Steven Floyd Voss v. Second Judicial District Court of Nevada, Washoe County Nevada 2019-02-08 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus sentencing state-court state-court-jurisdiction Whether the state trial court has jurisdiction to conduct resentencing proceedings and enter an amended judgment of conviction after the petitioner's …
18-7823 Edward Nolan Norwood v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights comity due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection federalism sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation Whether it violates the United States Constitution as well as the principles of comity and federalism to treat a prior state drug conviction that is e…
18-7856 In Re John Peyton Alexander 2019-02-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act commutation-and-reduction-of-sentence due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto habeas-corpus jurisdictional-issue parole-revocation sentence-expiration successive-writ suspension-clause time-sensitive Whether the omission of successive-writ exceptions for prisoners seeking federal habeas corpus relief for expired sentences or unlawful parole revocat…
18-7864 Prince Charles Cotton, Sr. v. Ghae Harris, Warden Ohio 2019-02-08 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus illegal-confinement imprisonment ohio-law parole sentencing sentencing-entry standing supreme-court-ruling Is it Lawful, For The State Of Ohio to Hold The Herein Petitioner In Illegal Confinement, 'Under' Statutes That: The ' United States Supreme Court Has…
18-7874 Richard Booze v. Mississippi Mississippi 2019-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection separation-of-powers standing takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated
18-1034 Jefferson A. McGee v. City of Sacramento, California Ninth Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied appeal appellate-review civil-rights conspiracy discrimination discrimination-claims due-process equal-protection federal-financial-assistance racial-discrimination standing Discrimination against African Americans in law enforcement programs receiving federal funding
18-1041 Frances K. Konieczko, et al. v. Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc., et al. Florida 2019-02-08 Denied Relisted (2) access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice parties processes Denial of right to be heard
18-1029 Sujit Ghosh v. DISH Network L.L.C. Tenth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-process arbitration-rights civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial non-party non-party-participation party personal-guaranty standing Can a 'Non-Party' of an Arbitration Process get equal Privileges and Rights like a 'Party' as per the laws of the United States and its Constitution, …
18-7814 William E. Brown v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights drug-quantity due-process eighth-circuit equal-protection ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining standing strickland-standard takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
18-7817 Andrew Paul Ceballos v. California California 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge Batson-v-Kentucky civil-rights disparate-impact due-process equal-protection jury-selection prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination scotus Whether disparate impact on African Americans should be considered at Batson's third step
18-7839 Eric Mario Byers v. E. K. White, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeals-court case-dismissal civil-rights district-court due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-7785 David Derringer v. Isidro Saenz New Mexico 2019-02-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct rico rico-acts standing supremacy-clause Whether any court can deprive Constitutional rights and violate the Supremacy Clause, and use RICO racketeering acts to stop legal court filings
18-1014 In Re Rex E. Russo 2019-02-06 Denied 14th-amendment access-to-courts constitutional-right due-process equal-protection equal-rights florida-constitution judicial-administration judicial-records judicial-transparency mandamus public-records public-records-access public-records-access,judicial-transparency,equal-protection,due-process,mandamus,florida-constitution
18-1026 William Kinney, et ux. v. Anderson Lumber Company, Inc., et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-02-06 Denied anti-trust antitrust-law-sherman-act concurrent-jurisdiction due-process due-process-clause equal-protection fourteenth-amendment religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act sherman-antitrust-act unlicensed-practice-of-law Whether Tennessee's law for the unlicensed practice of law violates the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
18-7709 John B. Laschkewitsch, as Administrator for the Estate of Ben Laschkewitsch v. Lincoln Life and Annuity Distributors, Inc., dba Lincoln Financial Group Fourth Circuit 2019-02-01 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeals attorneys-fees breach-of-contract civil-rights contract costs diagnostic-disclosure due-process equal-protection insurance insurance-policy policy-contestability producer-agreement standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions governing the issues prese…
18-7729 Earnest S. Harris v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied IFP attorney-discipline civil-rights court-rules disbarment due-process election-law equal-protection habeas-corpus incarceration professional-conduct suspension voting voting-rights Is the State of California's and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's involation of the U.S. Constitution's Amendment 3 by pr…
18-7730 Clark Derrick Frazier v. Randy Lee, Warden Tennessee 2019-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 35-usc-101 civil-procedure due-process patent standing takings civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the state's actions
18-7690 Thomas Phillip Bell v. Kiah Demarias Leigh, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-review mental-competency record-correction sentencing standing Whether the court should consider the petitioner's case as seriously as other cases involving civil rights or due process violations
18-7697 Duane Yates v. Iowa Iowa 2019-01-31 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment postconviction prison-discipline self-defense sixth-amendment whether-inmates-who-file-a-postconviction-under-io Whether inmates who file a postconviction under lowa Code 822 in the lowa District Court's are denied the equal protection of law under the Sixth and …
18-7622 Kendrick Bernard Demus v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied IFP accomplice-witness accomplice-witness-rule criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing Whether the prosecutor engaged in prosecutorial misconduct by having the petitioner's codefendant testify that he was not promised any leniency in exc…
18-7658 Julius Darius Jones v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2019-01-30 Denied IFP capital-punishment constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment juror-bias post-conviction post-conviction-review racial-prejudice sixth-amendment Whether newly-discovered evidence establishes that racial prejudice influenced the decision of at least one juror to convict Mr. Jones and sentence hi…
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?
18-7673 In Re Roda Hiramanek 2019-01-30 Denied IFP access-to-courts ada-accommodations civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection federal-court-procedure judicial-interference judicial-misconduct standing Question not identified
18-7681 In Re Erasmo Aguinaga 2019-01-30 Denied IFP 28-usc-2241 actual-innocence circuit-split due-process eleventh-circuit equal-protection federal-prisoner habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-writ manifest-miscarriage-of-justice procedural-framework saving-clause Has the Eleventh Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals effectively suspended the Writ of Habeas Corpus, without authorization
18-7636 Ernest Lee Glover, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied IFP 26-usc-2244 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2254 due-process equal-protection federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review statutory-interpretation Does a court of Appeals violate Due Process and Equal protection of law by applying 26 USC §2244(d)(1) to deny review of G.0.A. Challenging District c…
18-7637 Fidencio Valdez v. Texas Texas 2019-01-29 Denied IFP capital-case capital-case-review-habeas-corpus-due-process-equa criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus mccoy-claim mccoy-v-louisiana standing texas-code-of-criminal-procedure texas-law Whether the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas misapplied this Court's decision in McCoy v. Louisiana
18-7643 Billy Leon Kearse v. Florida Florida 2019-01-29 Denied IFP apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retroactivity ring-v-arizona supremacy-clause Does the Florida Supreme Court's partial retroactivity approach providing for relief pursuant to Hurst v. Florida and Hurst v. State to death-sentence…
18-982 In Re Beverly L. Hennager, et al. 2019-01-29 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection limited-partnership mandamus non-discretionary-action pre-filing-injunction property property-rights sanctions standing writ-of-appeal Whether the enforcement of an appellant mandate affirming the plain, unambiguous language of a previous order compelling specific non-discretionary ac…
18-978 Josephenie Robertson v. Republic of Nicaragua, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process due-process,equal-protection,first-amendment,sixth equal-protection first-amendment political-question-doctrine sixth-amendment standing Whether the Petitioner was deprived of an independent, neutral, and impartial tribunal
18-968 Andrew C. Najda v. Nikolaos J. Paterakis Massachusetts 2019-01-28 Denied Relisted (2) appellate-review due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment manifestly-erroneous meaningful-appeal precedent state-supreme-court Does a state supreme court denying appellate review to parties that raise an error of law that is manifestly erroneous state supreme court precedent d…
18-973 In Re Lee Chatfield, et al. 2019-01-28 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-procedure civil-procedure-abuse-of-discretion civil-rights district-court due-process emergency-motion equal-protection gerrymandering judicial-discretion judicial-economy jurisdictional-issues mandamus standing stay-of-trial Did the three-judge panel abuse its discretion in denying a stay of trial pending resolution of related cases
18-975 Mark Stuart v. Jim Lane, et al. Arizona 2019-01-28 Denied due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech petition petition-rights rule-68 Whether sanctioning a petitioner under Rule 68 for pursuing a meritorious public interest lawsuit violates the First Amendment right to petition for r…
18-7594 James Randall Rogers v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Georgia 2019-01-28 Denied Relisted (3)IFP capital-cases civil-rights death-penalty equal-protection habeas-corpus jury-discrimination jury-selection peremptory-challenges prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination racial-exclusion standing Does Lanier's systematic discrimination against African Americans violate Strauder v. West Virginia, 380 U.S. 202 (1965), and Foster v. Chatman?
18-7601 Joseph Chhim v. Golden Nuggett Lake Charles, L.L.C. Fifth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP age-discrimination civil-rights computer-assessment due-process eligibility-requirements employment-discrimination equal-protection facility-supervisor hiring-practices pretext pretext-claim Did Defendant Golden Nugget discriminate against Plaintiff when it hired 300 employees with different eligibility requirements based on a discriminato…
18-980 Bismark Kwaku Torkornoo v. Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process equal-protection estoppel fourteenth-amendment fraud res-judicata rooker-feldman Whether the District Court's decisions based upon estoppel to dismiss petitioner's civil lawsuit against the State of Maryland violate the Constitutio…
18-7549 Bonnie Robles v. Brookwood Terrace Apartments Kansas 2019-01-25 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion administrative-law appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure court-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion legal-fairness lower-court-rulings procedural-violations statutory-procedure Why should it be lawful for the lower court to ignore 'STATUTORY PROCEDURE' violations by the Respondents during a lower court hearing and then questi…
18-7568 Richard Earl Shere, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2019-01-25 Denied IFP co-defendant constitutional-review death-penalty equal-protection equal-protection,death-penalty,sentencing,retroact hurst-v-florida mccloud-v-state retroactivity ring-v-arizona sentencing-disparity Whether Mr. Shere's case is no longer one of the most aggravated and least mitigated following Hurst v. Florida and McCloud v. State
18-7569 Paul William Scott v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2019-01-25 Denied IFP codefendant-comparison constitutional-proportionality cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection sentencing-disparity Whether Florida's refusal to consider the disparity between the 15-year prison term of his equal or more culpable codefendant and Scott's death senten…
18-7574 Libby Haines-Marchel v. Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board Washington 2019-01-25 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights community-property community-property-law criminal-liability-transfer due-process equal-protection fundamental-right-of-marriage fundamental-right-to-earn-a-living fundamental-rights marriage-rights right-to-earn-living spousal-liability state-licensing Can the transfer of the criminality of one spouse be legally shifted to another innocent spouse, to deny the innocent spouse a state license, despite …
18-7584 Pamela Marberry v. State Bar of California California 2019-01-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP ada civil-procedure civil-rights disability due-process employment equal-protection reasonable-accommodation standing takings Whether the state's denial of petitioner's request for a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act violated petitioner's cons…
18-7515 Jafaria Deforrest Newton v. Illinois Illinois 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-penalty due-process equal-protection establishment-clause first-amendment presumption religious-worship statutory-presumption Whether the presumption in § 407(b)(2) comports with the Due Process Clause as to the State's burden of proof
18-7536 Jason M. Reeves v. Darrell Vannoy, Warden Louisiana 2019-01-24 Denied IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes prima-facie-case racial-discrimination side-by-side-comparison voir-dire Whether the Petitioner has established a prima facie case that Batson v. Kentucky had been violated
18-7544 Briand Williams v. California California 2019-01-24 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure appellate-record due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance plea-bargain prejudice statute-of-limitations strickland-standard Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
18-7545 Briand Williams v. California California 2019-01-24 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel due-process equal-protection plea-bargain right-to-counsel statute-of-limitations 14th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-counsel due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance plea-bargain record statute-of-limitations strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
18-7551 Joel Gomez v. Mary Berghuis, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure contract-formation contract-interpretation contract-law contract-validity due-process equal-protection legal-standards standing state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its application of the legal standard for determining the existence of a valid contract under state law
18-7559 Shomari Daley v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Fourth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the government's actions against him
18-7562 Donald Jodiah Isaiah v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection life-liberty-property standing takings Whether the Shalev Woelks doctrine violates the Dunrerve Cru ver tule
18-7522 Freddie B. Kennedy, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-consistency judicial-decision-making legal-error precedent rehearing rehearing-request Did the lower Court commit error by not adhering to its prior decisions when it denied Petitioner's request for rehearing without discussion of the fa…
18-7523 Charles James v. Jeffrey Krueger, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection felony-murder jury-instruction jury-instructions retroactivity statutory-interpretation Whether the Iowa state court decision in State v. Heemstra, that it is an interpretation of the statute, is contrary to the decision in State v. Goosm…
18-7484 Nimon Naphaeng v. United States First Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction racial-discrimination school-desegregation standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
18-7491 Scott Anthony Crow v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habitual-offender ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sentencing Did the federal judges in the 8th Cir. Fail to review newly discovered claims
18-7475 Aldona B. v. Nicholas S. West Virginia 2019-01-17 Denied IFP biological-father child-custody civil-rights custodial-rights custody due-process equal-protection family-law parental-rights standing statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements unwed-parent Whether an unwed biological father who meets none of the statutory requirements preserves the same custodial rights as a parent who fulfills parental …
18-7452 Herminio Garcia-Carillo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process due-process,equal-protection,immigration,prejudice equal-protection fair-trial free-speech immigration immigration-bias impartiality jury-selection prejudice voir-dire Whether a judge must allow voir dire into prejudice against Mexican immigrants when a Mexican immigrant faces trial for illegal reentry after a presid…
18-7408 Stephen Daniel Leonard v. George Washington University Hospital, et al. District of Columbia 2019-01-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process effective-remedy equal-protection standing takings Did the United States Court of Appeals err in denying Petitioner's appointment of counsel
18-7433 Hamid R. Ardaneh v. Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit 2019-01-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-discrimination discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-review pro-se-petition refugee-rights refugee-status Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated due to discrimination based on race, religion, and national origin
18-7384 Michael Deuschel v. USC Faculty Dental Practice, et al. California 2019-01-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada-accommodation ada-requests-for-accommodation court-reporter disabilities disability-rights due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis judicial-access multiple-disabilities pro-se pro-se-litigant pro-se-petitioner record-on-appeal Whether the trial court denials of ADA requests for accommodation from in forma pauperis pro se Petitioner with multiple disabilities, receiving multi…
18-7397 Jackie Breeden, Jr. v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Arkansas 2019-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-exercise free-speech racial-discrimination school-desegregation standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their First Amendment rights to free speech and free exercise of reli…
18-7376 Scott Peters v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Seventh Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection evidence standing Whether the records used by the Commissioner as substantial evidence were found to be clearly erroneous
18-7382 Jervon L. Herbin v. Virginia Virginia 2019-01-11 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sixth-amendment structural-defect Did the Lower Court(s) Err in refusing to grant retroactive application to Fishback v. Commonwealth?
18-903 Robbie Perry, et al. v. Coles County, Illinois Seventh Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 28-usc-2201 comity-doctrine declaratory-relief equal-protection equal-protection-clause equitable-jurisdiction property-tax property-tax-assessment state-court-remedies Did the Seventh Circuit err under the exception to the comity doctrine by holding Illinois state court remedies 'adequate' and 'complete' even though …
18-7357 David T. Frazier v. Stephen Crump, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied IFP 1983-suit civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights,due-process,civil-procedure,standing, due-process equal-protection favorable-termination heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey pro-se-litigant section-1983 time-bar Is petitioners claims Time Barred Under The Favorable Termination Rule Founded under Heck V. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994) When he brought the 1983 su…
18-7359 Billy Joe Greenwood v. Tennessee Board of Parole Tennessee 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrary-and-capricious civil-rights discrimination discriminatory and illegal application of its par due-process hence causing them to serve more time than those parole violate the equal-protection arbitrary-and-capricious constitutional-rights discrimination discriminatory-application due-process equal-protection judicial-review offense-severity parole parole-system sentencing Does Tennessee's arbitrary, discriminatory and illegal application of its parole review and release consideration utilizing the seriousness of the off…
18-7366 Frederick Gray v. Patricia Sorrels, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied IFP access-to-courts appointment-of-counsel civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prison-conditions Whether the petitioner should be granted remedial relief regarding the denial of his motion for the appointment of competent counsel presented in Appe…
18-7301 J. C. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Texas 2019-01-09 Denied IFP appellate-review clear-and-convincing-evidence constitutional-standard due-process equal-protection parental-rights standard-of-review Whether the Fourteenth Court of Appeals erred by employing an unconstitutional standard of review that violated the petitioner's due process rights
18-7315 James Gregory Armistead v. Jennie Bowen, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights contracts-clause criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto fourth-amendment hearing-rights informal-hearing program-eligibility termination Whether the trial court and administrative agency denied petitioner due process and equal protection rights by terminating him from a program without …
18-7337 Gary D. Martin v. Ralph Terry, Acting Warden West Virginia 2019-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP change-of-venue constitutional-error due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus indigent-rights ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias right-to-counsel venue Did the State of West Virginia and subservient Circuit Court of Fayette County, West Virginia abuse its discretion and commit clear error in failing t…
18-7339 Earl Reyes v. Michael Duggan, et al. District of Columbia 2019-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-amendments court-access due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment intentional-discrimination judicial-discretion seventh-amendment Whether the alleged facts that Defendant Duggan intentionally discriminated against Reyes (suspect class) states a claim for violation of the First, F…
18-7278 Briand Williams v. California California 2019-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel due-process equal-protection plea-bargain record-on-appeal statute-of-limitations appellate-counsel appellate-record due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargain sixth-amendment statute-of-limitations strickland-standard Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel,due-process,equal-protection,statute-of-limitations,plea-bargain,appellate-record
18-7285 Brenda J. Burch v. Atlanta City Court, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied IFP civil-rights corruption due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct local-government state-courts state-government Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights to equal protection and due process have been violated by alleged corruption and misconduct in the stat…
18-7311 Keenan G. Wilkins, aka Nerrah Brown v. Paul Gonzalez, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process equal-protection standing Whether the reasoning of the Court in Buck v. Davis (2017) 137 S.Ct. 759 also applies to the Court of Appeals
18-7255 In Re Andre Barnes 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights corporate-disclosure courts due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction parties relief standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
18-7257 Amadou Diakite v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection personnel policy sentencing standing Whether the prosecution of the petitioner violated the petitioner's constitutional rights
18-7260 In Re Vernon Shawn Daniels, Jr. 2019-01-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 11th-circuit 4th-circuit actual-innocence due-process equal-protection federal-prisoner habeas-corpus saving-clause writ-of-certiorari Whether the Eleventh Circuit has effectively suspended the writ of habeas corpus without authorization
18-7266 Dymond Charles Brown v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure due-process equal-protection standing 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their civil rights and due process rights under the 14th Amendment
18-867 Matthew E. Jackson, Jr., et al. v. Frances Edith Jackson Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure civil-sanctions criminal-sanctions due-process eleventh-circuit equal-protection evidentiary-standards jurisdictional-limitations precedent procedural-protections sanctions supreme-court Whether the failure of a court to comply with the jurisdictional limitations, procedural and due process protections, evidentiary standards, the prece…
18-7244 Vidal Licea Morales v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech jurisdiction racial-discrimination school-desegregation standing voting-rights Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the First Amendment's free speech protections
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
18-7207 In Re Andrew Johnston 2019-01-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation standing takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
18-7217 C. G., a Minor v. New Jersey New Jersey 2019-01-02 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-trial juvenile-justice state-law Does a state law that completely bans jury trials for juveniles charged with crimes violate the federal constitutional rights to a jury trial, due pro…
18-814 Maurice Walker, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. City of Calhoun, Georgia Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Amici (4) bail bail-policy civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indigent-rights misdemeanor poverty pretrial-detention Whether heightened scrutiny under the Fourteenth Amendment applies to a government policy that keeps misdemeanor and traffic-offense arrestees in jail…
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…
18-7170 Jonathan Yancey v. Alabama Alabama 2018-12-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection exculpatory-evidence first-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment standing takings Whether the petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was violated when his trial counsel failed to investigate and presen…
18-809 Curtis T. Lovelace v. Illinois Illinois 2018-12-26 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) acquittal bail-bond bail-bond-forfeiture clerk-of-courts due-process due-process,excessive-fines,equal-protection,bail- equal-protection excessive-fines fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment Whether charging a person who was tried and acquitted a $35,000 bail bond forfeiture, not related to individualized costs or compliance with bail bond…
18-799 Deborah J. Davis v. Mehul Bhatt Georgia 2018-12-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law battery-claims civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection expert-witness georgia-state-law legal-procedure medical-malpractice standing takings Whether the lower court erred in its application of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause to the facts of this cas…
18-807 Randolph S. Baskins, et ux. v. Oklahoma Tax Commission Oklahoma 2018-12-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) capital-gains commerce-clause constitutional-law dormant-commerce-clause due-process equal-protection state-taxation tax-deduction Does the Oklahoma Capital Gains Deduction tax scheme as set forth in 68 O.S. 2011, § 2358(F) as applied to Randolph S. Baskins and Beverly J. Baskins …
18-7135 In Re Walter Edward Harrington 2018-12-20 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection key-terms legal-issues petition precedent scotus standing statutory-interpretation topic-areas writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant statute and precedents
18-785 Eshed Alston v. Administrative Office of the Courts, Delaware Judiciary, et al. Delaware 2018-12-20 Denied civil-rights court-order court-order-violation due-process equal-protection equal-rights institutional-racism name-change religious-expression Given that the first fourth and fourteenth RELIGIOUS guaranties are the law stated with specificity in Constitutional and legal RIGHTS that are respec…
18-791 Kyle James Moesch v. Texas Texas 2018-12-20 Denied Response Waived collateral-proceedings collateral-review constitutional-rights douglas-v-california due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether a prisoner who raises a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel in initial-review collateral proceedings is entitled to the assistanc…
18-796 Bruce Alexander v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied Response Waived accountability attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights complaint-dismissal due-process equal-protection government-accountability investigation judicial-procedure municipal-governance official-accountability standing Did the Western District Court err in not allowing all parties to respond to the original complaint?
18-7094 Floyd Daniel Smith v. California California 2018-12-19 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2)IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky due-process equal-protection flowers-v-mississippi jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination Whether striking black jurors by using racially charged characteristics unrelated to the case is permissibly race-neutral
18-7085 Larry A. McGhee v. Michigan Michigan 2018-12-18 Denied IFP affirmative-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-constitution free-speech jurisdiction public-education standing state-constitution Whether the Michigan Constitution's prohibition on affirmative action in public education violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitutio…
18-7044 Andrew John Yellowbear, Jr. v. Robert O. Lampert, Director, Wyoming Department of Corrections Wyoming 2018-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP antiterrorism-act antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act constitutional-review due-process equal-protection federal-court-jurisdiction federal-court-review federal-jurisdiction federal-laws-and-statutes habeas-corpus indian-treaties indian-tribes-and-reservations state-habeas-corpus Whether the Wyoming Supreme Court's reliance on precedent derived from the state-friendly deferential standard of the Antiterrorism and Effective Deat…
18-7054 Brenda Ford White v. O. L. Matthews, et al. Michigan 2018-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion disciplinary-records due-process equal-protection medical-malpractice race racial-bias racial-discrimination rico rico-claims standing vulnerable-citizens Must a court overlook a plaintiff's race in making a decision about her capacity and her right to defend her mother's cortisone death/ murder case aga…
18-755 Illinois Liberty PAC, et al. v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-12-13 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) buckley-standard buckley-v-valeo campaign-finance civil-rights contribution-limits due-process equal-protection first-amendment political-contributions political-speech strict-scrutiny Should political contribution limits that favor one type of speaker over another receive strict scrutiny?
18-7007 Ronald T. Spoor v. United States Second Circuit 2018-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2256 child-pornography civil-rights due-process equal-protection lascivious-exhibition racial-discrimination rule-414 school-desegregation sexual-proclivities standing uncharged-crimes Must a video be considered in its totality to determine if it is a 'lascivious exhibition' under 18 U.S.C. § 2256(2)(A)(v)?
18-7016 Tuad Damonn Washington v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-12-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky civil-rights constitutional-claims discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-selection peremptory-strikes racial-discrimination sixth-amendment standing whether-district-court-assessment-was-debatable
18-7018 Luis Santos LaGaite, Jr. v. James Foley, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-12-13 Denied IFP 3-strikes 8th-amendment access-to-courts civil-rights due-process equal-protection fundamental-fairness magna-carta standing Whether the 3 strikes provision of 28 U.S.C. Section 1915(g) violates the Magna Carta, due process, and the fundamental fairness doctrine
18-7019 Jeff Jones v. Quentin Byrne, Warden Nevada 2018-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection juvenile-justice parole parole-board probation sentencing Does the U.S. Supreme Court's holding in Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S. Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825, create a categorical bar against the applic…
18-7023 Webster Douglas Williams, III v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel eighth-amendment-cruel-and-unusual-punishment equal-protection exclusionary-rule forced-entry fourth-amendment restitution ruse search-and-seizure sixth-amendment-right-to-counsel third-party When police officers attempt to gain voluntary admittance to a residence by use of a ruse, which fails, and are peacably asked to present a search war…
18-7008 Daniel Lee White v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights corporate-disclosure due-process equal-protection judicial-review precedent standing takings Whether the lower court erred in its application of the legal standard for determining the existence of a constitutional violation
18-6973 Andy Edward Minor v. Mississippi Mississippi 2018-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus prisoner-rights racial-discrimination school-desegregation standing state-court-appeals Whether the Mississippi Supreme Court erred in denying the petitioner's request for a writ of certiorari to review the lower court's ruling
18-6995 Ashley Owens v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP co-defendant co-defendant-disparity criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection loss-calculation plea-agreement sentencing Did the Lower Courts violate the Due Process Clause when they sentenced Owens based on an unproven and inflated loss?
18-6996 Jonathan R. Curshen v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts certificate-of-appealability due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines Was the petitioner denied his substantial rights to access to the courts, due process, and equal protection, when the United States Court of Appeals f…
18-6997 T. H. -H. v. Allegheny County Office of Children, Youth and Families, et al. Pennsylvania 2018-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment involuntary-termination parental-rights right-to-counsel May a State, consistent with the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment, condition the statutorily granted right to coun…
18-733 1A Auto, Inc., et al. v. Michael Sullivan, Director, Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance Massachusetts 2018-12-10 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedRelisted (2) association campaign-finance contribution-limits equal-protection first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-association freedom-of-speech intermediate-scrutiny political-contributions strict-scrutiny Should Beaumont be overruled?
18-734 Daniel G. Szmania v. E-Loan, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-12-10 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure foreclosure-dispute jurisdiction-challenge ninth-circuit-review procedural-error property-rights res-judicata standing trustee-sale Did the UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT error in not enforcing the District Court's ruling that this was not a foreclosure case
18-736 Carl Lawson, et ux. v. Bell Sports USA New Jersey 2018-12-10 Denied Response Waived civil-action civil-procedure conference court-rules due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment hearing state-court witness-testimony Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause prohibits a State court from directly violating one of its own court rules, by failing to provid…
18-6921 Stevie J. Stevenson v. Craig Richman, Judge, Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP discovery-materials discovery-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus liberty-interest post-conviction postconviction-relief postconviction-writ section-1983 statutory-interpretation Does California Penal Code Section §1054.9 create a Liberty Interest under Kentucky v. Thompson, 490 U.S. 454, 460-63 (1989)?
18-6958 Benjamin D. Velayo v. John Talamayan, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the petitioner's case
18-6962 In Re Walter E. Kostich 2018-12-07 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection jurisdiction magistrate-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements Whether the State prosecution or Courts has the authority to prosecute a criminal case in the absence of a statutory required signed 'Bind-Over Order'…
18-6919 Marcelo Joel Santos-Cordero v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP batson batson-challenge circuit-split civil-rights discriminatory-intent due-process equal-protection judicial-review jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike racial-discrimination Following a remand, must a trial court that is retrospectively analyzing whether a peremptory strike violated Batson's prohibition against discriminat…
18-6925 Warren Tarver v. Florida Florida 2018-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP capital-felony detention due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment noncapital-offense pro-se-claim Whether it is a violation of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment for a person to be detained for an offense that is legislatively designated a …
18-6929 Asia Johnson v. Queen Elizabeth Third Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied IFP civil-rights climate-change constitutional-crisis due-process environmental-law equal-protection gender-discrimination political-feud racial-discrimination restoration Was the constitutional crisis between Democrats and Republicans affecting the environment and leading to racial and gender discrimination against Afri…
18-6931 Asia Johnson v. Rothschild Third Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent standing takings Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant statutory and constitutional provisions
18-6907 Robert J. Kulick v. Leisure Village Association, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2018-12-04 Denied Relisted (3)IFP anti-SLAPP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights defamation due-process equal-protection freedom-of-speech home-owners-association legal-procedure rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine standing Is 9th Cir's Case#18-56000, Dismissal, 11-29-18, null & void because of defective Defendant-Appellee, when correct was Leisure Village Association, In…
18-6888 Kathy Glenn Clay v. Peace Officer Papik Ninth Circuit 2018-11-30 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its decision
18-6889 Stephen Todd Booker v. Florida Florida 2018-11-30 Denied IFP apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment hurst-retroactivity montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity Does the partial retroactivity formula for Hurst v. Florida violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments?
18-709 Maria Bentley, et al. v. Victoria Vooys, et al. Third Circuit 2018-11-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law cost-bond due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause judicial-procedure non-resident-plaintiff privileges-and-immunities privileges-and-immunities-clause rational-basis-review security-bond virgin-islands Whether a statute requiring a non-resident plaintiff to post a security bond for costs violates the Privileges and Immunities Clause or the Equal Prot…
18-6877 Richard Earl Shere, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2018-11-29 Denied IFP capital-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-trial-rights retroactivity Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of Equal Protection and the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of capricious capital sentencing impose limits…
18-6878 Shomari Salim Daley v. Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-11-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Why Flavors ed Beon gisen Me Hugh fo a. Farr, Spesdly and) Tevey Total) en Ynis Cote 277
18-702 Rajeshwar Singh Yadav, et ux. v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection New Jersey 2018-11-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-discrimination pro-se-rights property-rights standing takings Am I a second-class citizen?
18-6839 Billy A. Robin v. United States District of Columbia 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdiction opinions reasons-for-granting-the-writ standing statement-of-the-case statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
18-6840 John H. Rosky v. Renee Baker, Warden, et al. Nevada 2018-11-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process economic-wipeout equal-protection fifth-amendment habeas-corpus property-rights standing takings-clause Whether the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment protects the petitioner's property rights against the government's actions that result in a complete…
18-6855 Antonio DeJesus Perez-Martinez v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-challenge constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indictment indictment-variance ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining proportionality sentencing sentencing-proportionality sentencing-reasonableness Whether appellate counsel was grossly ineffective by arguing a material variance instead of a constructive amendment
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?
18-700 Tiby J. Saunders-Gomez v. Rutledge Maintenance Corporation Delaware 2018-11-28 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law contract contract-law due-process equal-protection fair-debt-collection-practices-act jurisdiction statute-of-limitations Whether the Delaware Superior Court erred in asserting jurisdiction over a claim that exceeded the statute of limitations
18-6790 Clarence Otworth v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States District of Columbia 2018-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeal appeals civil-procedure constitutional-rights equal-protection federal-jurisdiction final-order jurisdiction notice-of-appeal oath-of-office presidential-nonfeasance standing Is an appeal of a final order and a notice of appeal the same thing?
18-6843 James Milton Dailey v. Florida Florida 2018-11-27 Denied IFP capital-punishment death-penalty eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment hurst-error hurst-v-florida retroactivity ring-v-arizona supremacy-clause Does the Florida Supreme Court's partial retroactivity decision violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments?
18-6848 Robert Mitchell Jennings v. Texas Texas 2018-11-27 Denied IFP death-penalty equal-protection habeas-corpus penry procedural-default subsequent-habeas Did the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals deny Jennings equal protection of the law by dismissing on procedural grounds subsequent habeas corpus applica…
18-691 Lonnie Snelling v. Kevin Segbers, et al. Missouri 2018-11-27 Denied access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment Did the State of Missouri through its Judicial Officials, deny Petitioner, one of its Citizens, and a Citizen of the United States, Rights Guarantees …
18-6802 Patrick Kitlas v. F. B. Haws, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied IFP actual-reason actual-reasons batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky due-process equal-protection evidentiary-hearing jury-selection ninth-circuit peremptory-strike prosecutor-reasons prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination Does the Ninth circuit's affirmance of the denial conflict with this Court's actual reason requirement?
18-6819 Keith Tharpe v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability collateral-review death-penalty due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus juror-misconduct jury-selection pena-rodriguez racial-bias racial-bias-in-jury retroactivity Whether a juror's racial bias affected a death sentence
18-6823 James Douglas Williams, Jr. v. County of Los Angeles, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights civil-rights-act disparate-treatment due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection fourteenth-amendment title-vii Was the Plaintiff's Fourteenth Amendment and Title VII civil rights compromised or violated?
18-6825 In Re Alonzo Dean Shephard 2018-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent standing takings Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
18-676 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Ryan Karnoski, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-23 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) due-process equal-protection first-amendment gender-dysphoria military-service military-service-policy transgender transgender-individuals transgender-policy Whether the district court erred in preliminarily enjoining the military from implementing the Mattis policy nationwide
18-677 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Jane Doe 2, et al. District of Columbia 2018-11-23 Denied Relisted (2) constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection gender-dysphoria military-policy military-service preliminary-injunction transgender transgender-military-service Whether the district court erred in preliminarily enjoining the military from implementing the Mattis policy nationwide
18-678 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Aiden Stockman, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-23 Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection gender-dysphoria military military-policy military-service preliminary-injunction standing transgender transgender-military-service transgender-policy Whether the district court erred in preliminarily enjoining the military from implementing the Mattis policy nationwide
18-6780 Joan E. Farr v. Daryl Davis, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-11-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech homeowners-association retaliation section-1983 Whether the Huckleberry Homeowners Association and its individual members denied Joan Farr her rights under 42 USC 1983 and retaliated against her to …
18-6794 Charlton Bradshaw v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-11-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment administrative-law appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment due process and equal protection rights were violated
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…
18-6773 Tito Knox v. David Plowden Fourth Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights due-process due-process-clause equal-protection life-liberty-property standing takings Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause prohibit the government from depriving individuals of life, liberty,…
18-6776 Duane Eugene Owen v. Florida Florida 2018-11-21 Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection jury-trial retroactivity state-court Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of Equal Protection and the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of capricious capital sentencing impose limits…
18-6785 Christopher Scott v. Illinois Illinois 2018-11-21 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits multiple convictions and punishments for the same criminal conduct under the Blockburger test
18-6735 Perry Alexander Taylor v. Florida Florida 2018-11-20 Denied IFP caldwell-v-mississippi death-penalty eighth-amendment equal-protection flawed-scientific-testimony hurst-retroactivity medical-examiner-testimony non-unanimous-jury retroactivity Whether the State of Florida can deny Hurst relief and execute a prisoner because his case became final before June 24, 2002
18-6723 Robert Noel v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-bias racial-discrimination recusal structural-error when-the-district-judge-has-a-direct-personal-substantial-pecuniary-interest-in-the-outcome
18-6730 William Ramirez, et ux. v. Superior Court of California, El Dorado County, et al. California 2018-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure default default-judgment due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment merits-based-adjudication pro-se pro-se-litigant relief-from-default state-court state-court-procedure Should a pro se petitioner reasonably expect relief from default as a part of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitu…
18-6731 In Re James D. Sudberry 2018-11-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the lower court erred in finding that the petitioner's due process rights were not violated
18-6736 James E. Whitney v. Cindy Glover, Clerk, Circuit Court of Lincoln County, Arkansas, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-11-19 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech religious-freedom standing Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing petitioner's civil rights claims against respondents for lack of standing and failure …
18-6740 Lena Lasher v. Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, Pennsylvania State Board of Pharmacy Pennsylvania 2018-11-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-rights discrimination discriminatory-actions due-process equal-protection fair-notice judicial-review license-revocation perjury pharmacy-board Whether the Pennsylvania Board of Pharmacy violated the Fair Notice/Warning Rule and the Equal Protection Clause in revoking the plaintiff's pharmacis…
18-637 Donald C. Marro v. Caesar's Entertainment Operating Company Seventh Circuit 2018-11-16 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-158 access bankruptcy-court-clerk bankruptcy-procedure constitutional-deprivations" due-process equal-protection equal-protection-and-access frbp judicial-access mail-filing-rules pro-se-litigation pro-se-status property-deprivation USPS-mail-filings Does it violate equal protection and access, is it a property deprivation (i.e., the civil action for damages) and FRBP and 28 USC 158 violation when …
18-6714 Maikel Suarez Plasencia v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion judicial-procedure sentencing trial-procedure Whether the petitioner's sentence of 24-36 months was reasonable and should be taken into account to give the petitioner a sentence of 16 months
18-6717 Lei Yin v. Thermo Fisher Scientific First Circuit 2018-11-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-court-rules federal-courts judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-rights standing summons summons-issuance Whether a pro se litigant shall share the same rights as those represented by lawyers that are protected by the United States Constitution
18-6684 Arika Matelyan v. Fox 11 Ninth Circuit 2018-11-15 Dismissed IFP access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection free-speech standing Why don't the highest courts in the land put a copy of it to the side when the older Black woman is not heard?
18-6700 Michael DePietro v. Allstate Insurance Co., et al. New Jersey 2018-11-14 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal case-law civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial judicial-bias legal-reconsideration motion-denial new-trial reconsideration standing trial-fairness Why is Judge Fuentes denying everything I brought in front of him, including caselaw?
18-6658 Ronald D. Veteto v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. Alabama 2018-11-13 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection indigent pro-se standing Whether a State may arbitrarily deny an indigent pro se prisoner effective and meaningful access to the courts?
18-6669 Gernard Denez Chestnut v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2018-11-13 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-justice due-process equal-protection public-health standing civil-rights criminal-justice discrimination due-process equal-protection standing Can entry other cases in Florida with similar stakes be granted relief if not the one presented in this petition?
18-6673 Tracy Lebron Vick v. Tennessee Tennessee 2018-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP dna-testing due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment plea-bargaining post-conviction post-conviction-review wrongful-conviction Whether Tennessee's refusal to extend DNA post-conviction protections to those who pled guilty violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth …
18-611 John J. Tatar v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-claim burden-of-proof civil-procedure due-process equal-protection frivolous-claims rule-of-law tax-evasion tax-refund Did Petitioner-Tatar carry his burden of proof for his tax refund claims?
18-612 CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Alabama Department of Revenue, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-09 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) commerce-clause csx-transportation discrimination discriminatory-taxation dormant-commerce-clause equal-protection interstate-commerce motor-carrier motor-carrier-tax preemption railroad-fuel state-taxation supreme-court-precedent tax-discrimination tax-jurisprudence Whether Alabama's imposition of a motor fuels tax on interstate motor carriers justifies its facially discriminatory sales and use tax on railroad die…
18-6598 Darryl A. Robinson v. Tony Baynes Sixth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection property-rights standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the government's seizure of private property without just compensation violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment
18-6611 Sherif Philips v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-law fraud fraud-upon-court medical-license medical-statute right-to-honest-services summary-suspension vagueness-doctrine Whether due process of law should be allowed
18-6614 Willie Rose v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts constitutional-rights constitutional-rights-violations court-records-access due-process elkins-v-united-states equal-protection exhaustion-of-state-remedies exhaustion-requirements griffin-v-illinois ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-accountability judicial-misconduct legal-documents reasonable-bail speedy-trial state-remedies Whether the U.S. Supreme Court should set precedence to clarify and guide the lower courts on how to proceed when faced with the situation in this cas…
18-6624 Farris Genner Morris v. Tennessee Tennessee 2018-11-08 Denied IFP batson-challenge-review batson-v-kentucky collateral-review due-process equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination Where the trial prosecutor's rationale for striking the lone black juror applied just as well to two white jurors, and the proof that the prosecutor's…
18-6642 Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. Arizona Arizona 2018-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights consent constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fees judicial-review probation probation-conditions probation-officer revocation right-to-counsel Did the court violate Mr. Ibeabuchi's right to counsel by revoking his probation for exercising his constitutional rights?
18-6578 Elebert Fox v. Illinois Illinois 2018-11-07 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction standing state-court Whether the State of Illinois violated the petitioner's 14th Amendment right to due process and equal protection by denying his post-conviction petiti…
18-6595 John Smith v. Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-07 Denied IFP appeal-dismissal due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis mental-incompetence prisoner-rights Does treating a dismissed appeal of a mentally incompetent prisoner's case, who in good faith, untimely filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis, c…
18-6603 David Johnson v. Indiana Indiana 2018-11-07 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech patent standing takings voting-rights Whether the Indiana Supreme Court erred in upholding the constitutionality of Indiana's Voter ID law under the First and Fourteenth Amendments
18-6591 Leslie Chin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure due-diligence due-process equal-protection federal-courts new-trial newly-discovered-evidence standard-of-review trial-procedure Whether the Equal Protections Clause is violated when there is a conflict amongst the federal circuit courts of appeal dealing with what a defendant i…
18-583 Kenneth Mayle v. United States, et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-11-05 Denied Response Waived compelled-speech compelling-governmental-interest equal-protection free-exercise free-speech government-burden least-restrictive-means minority-rights religious-beliefs religious-freedom-restoration-act sincerely-held-religious-beliefs standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court's ruling violates the Supreme Court's precedents by improperly substituting its own view that carrying currency bearing a reli…
18-587 Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Regents of the University of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-05 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (5) administrative-law administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act-apa deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-daca department-of-homeland-security-dhs dhs-policy due-process equal-protection executive-power immigration immigration-enforcement immigration-law judicial-review standing Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is judicially reviewable
18-588 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al. District of Columbia 2018-11-05 Denied Relisted (5) administrative-law administrative-law-review administrative-procedure-act agency-action deferred-action due-process equal-protection executive-discretion executive-power homeland-security immigration immigration-policy judicial-review standing Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is judicially reviewable
18-6541 Michael Stoller v. Wilmington Trust Seventh Circuit 2018-11-02 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights disability discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction judicial-review standing Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act
18-6517 Aretha D. Brown v. Elite Modeling Agency Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-31 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights discrimination employment-discrimination equal-employment equal-protection exemption fashion-industry protected-classes title-vii Whether the fashion industry has been exempted from the law of equal employment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
18-6523 Renee D. Bell v. Orlando Health, Inc., dba Winnie Palmer Hospital Florida 2018-10-31 Dismissed IFP abuse-of-discretion access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-procedure-dismissal constitutional-rights court-access due-process equal-protection pre-trial-conference procedural-due-process procedural-rights right-to-redress substantive-rights Whether dismissal based on failure to meet a pre-trial conference is a drastic action, and where court access is barred prior to the dismissal that th…
18-6527 Jedediah C. v. West Virginia West Virginia 2018-10-31 Denied IFP double-jeopardy due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment home-incarceration pre-trial time-served west-virginia Has the Petitioner's Fifth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment Constitutional Rights been violated when the Courts of West Virginia refused to grant cred…
18-6528 Shaheen Cabbagestalk v. Bryan P. Sterling, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-10-31 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection free-speech habeas-corpus standing takings Whether the courts properly addressed the petitioner's claims regarding his constitutional rights and the danger he faced?
18-6493 Steven D. Burke v. Neil Turner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-10-30 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection standard-of-proof state-court Does changing the standard of proof in the state court deny a criminal defendant's due process and equal protection of law?
18-6498 Gildardo Majalca-Aguilar v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 amendment-782 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion drug-conspiracy drug-quantity due-process equal-protection sentence-reduction sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines Whether the district court erred in denying the motion for sentence reduction under Amendment 782 §3582(c)(2) despite the minimal quantities of drugs …
18-6500 In Re Sandra Rumanek 2018-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-power pro-se-litigation procedural-rules standing Did the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware usurp this Court's judicial power in violation of FRCP rules?
18-6507 Alice Brown v. Del Norte County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-discrimination dereliction-of-duty due-process equal-protection fraudulent-concealment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment interlocutory-appeal judicial-disqualification jurisdiction magistrate-judge ninth-circuit Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit erred in dismissing the interlocutory appeal for lack of jurisdiction, thereby violat…
18-559 Meteku Negatu v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. District of Columbia 2018-10-30 Denied african-american-defendants civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure judicial-process mortgage mortgage-foreclosure standing summary-judgment Whether the decision of the D.C. Court of Appeals should be reversed and the case remanded because the due process and equal protection rights of Peti…
18-6490 Lyman S. Hopkins v. Language Testing International, et al. Second Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-u.s.c.-1983 42-usc-1983 certification civil-rights discrimination discrimination-claim due-process employment employment-discrimination employment-website equal-protection parent-organization retaliation state-actor Is language certification testing agency Language Testing International, Inc. (LTI) immune from discrimination and retaliation charges despite its twi…
18-6441 Roderick McKissick v. Nathan Deal, Governor of Georgia, et al. Georgia 2018-10-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus prejudice retaliation standing Whether prior inconsistencies in testimony should be counted as lies which is a clear unlawful deprivation and deep denial of proper determination
18-6448 In Re Michael Quattrocchi 2018-10-26 Denied IFP administrative-forfeiture administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-approval judicial-review procedural-violations property-rights statutory-interpretation trial-delay unborn-rights Whether the administrative forfeiture of Bond's property under case 04-12958 was judicially approved, where Bond was deprived of his property for over…
18-6433 Robert Norman Smithback v. Texas Texas 2018-10-25 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights,due-process,standing,civil-procedure, constitutional-guarantees cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection farmer-v-brennan prison-conditions prisoner-rights supreme-court-precedent Whether Texas jurisprudence enforces constitutional guarantees, especially the Supreme Court's Farmer v. Brennan decision
18-6402 Elroy William Robinson v. California California 2018-10-24 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdiction qualified-immunity standing statutory-provisions Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of his civil rights and due process rights
18-6410 Michael McKinzy v. Carletha Gaston (McKinzy) Missouri 2018-10-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection legal-notice notice procedural-fairness service service-of-process state-action state-court Did Missouri (CSE) violate Father's United States Constitutional Rights to Due Process of Law and Equal Protection of Laws under the Fourteenth Amendm…
18-6411 Ennis Reed v. California California 2018-10-24 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discrimination due-process equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges racial-bias racial-discrimination voir-dire Has California again departed from the federal standards governing determinations of racial bias during jury voir dire?
18-6416 Briand Williams v. California California 2018-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-record due-process equal-protection evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargain registration-requirements sentencing transcripts Is a Plea Agreement considered terminated or fulfilled 15 years later upon loss of sentencing transcripts?
18-6407 Ong Vue v. Frank X. Henke, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-10-23 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection judicial-review parole parole-procedures section-1983 standing Whether the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that Petitioner Vue failed to state a claim' is in contrary to the holding of Wilkinson v. Dotson
18-6394 Jimmy Steele v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection extraordinary-circumstances gatekeeping-provision habeas-corpus intervening-change-in-law retroactivity second-motion successive-petitions Whether the lower court erred in denying Steele's second-in-time § 2255 motion, in light of his argument that the claim he has asserted for challengin…
18-513 Lee Mulcahy v. Aspen Pitkin County Housing Authority Colorado 2018-10-22 Denied administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act class-of-one due-process equal-protection exhaustion-doctrine material-facts property-rights Can a governmental agency initiating litigation be relieved of its obligation to prove the elements of its claim against a 'class of one', even when t…
18-502 William Kinney, et ux. v. Anderson Lumber Company, Inc. Sixth Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction first-amendment fraud post-removal-statute remand remand-order removal vacatur Does the post removal statute, Title 28 Section 1447, bar the vacatur of a remand order obtained by attorney misconduct and fraud?
18-6368 Dean Edward Calhoun v. Texas Texas 2018-10-17 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection evidence standing state-law texas-criminal-justice Whether the Texas criminal justice system violated the petitioner's constitutional rights by denying them due process, equal protection, and access to…
18-6306 Amy Hebert v. James Rogers, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP comparative-juror-analysis due-process equal-protection gender-discrimination ineffective-assistance-of-counsel j.e.b.-v.-alabama jury-discrimination miller-el-v.-dretke peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes When reviewing a claim of gender discrimination in violation of J.E.B. v. Alabama, is comparative juror analysis appropriate even where the male and f…
18-6338 Briand Williams v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel contract contract-law due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge plea-bargain statute-of-limitations Is a Plea Bargain Agreement a contract between the defendant and the prosecutor on behalf of the State, and can the defendant be relieved from the res…
18-6342 Jaime Rene Lopez-Vaal v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP accomplice-liability aggravated-felony criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law ninth-circuit-review sentencing statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness Whether Section 1326(b) is unconstitutionally vague
18-483 Kristina Box, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health, et al. v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-10-16 Judgment Issued Amici (14)Relisted (15) 14th-amendment abortion civil-rights disability due-process equal-protection fetal-remains medical-regulation Whether States may require fetal remains to be handled the same as other human remains
18-6289 Bruce L. Small v. Florida Florida 2018-10-12 Dismissed IFP and justice from incarceration civil-rights due-process ex-post-facto incarceration justice liberty civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-law incarceration justice-system legal-application sentencing Whether the retroactive application of an ex post facto law that enhances a criminal sentence violates the constitutional rights to freedom, liberty, …
18-6309 Warren Justin Hardy v. California California 2018-10-12 Denied IFP comparative-analysis equal-protection fair-trial fourteenth-amendment jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike peremptory-strikes racial-discrimination racial-overtones sixth-amendment Whether the California Supreme Court's refusal to conduct a meaningful comparative analysis or infer a likelihood of discriminatory purpose violates t…
18-6276 Marcus Anthony Terrell v. Walter Berry, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied IFP but no text of a SCOTUS petition was provided in I cannot generate a question presented or identif please include the full text of the petition. appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus standing state-courts Whether the dismissal of petitioners' certificate of probable cause by the Supreme Court of Georgia violated their due process rights and resulted in …
18-6286 Lisa Jo Chamberlin v. Pelicia E. Hall, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections Fifth Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2)IFP batson batson-v-kentucky civil-rights comparative-juror-analysis equal-protection habeas-corpus jury-selection peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination Whether a court reviewing a Batson claim may consider reasons distinguishing stricken jurors from those accepted by the prosecutor when the distinguis…
18-445 Tanya Ramirez v. Texas Texas 2018-10-10 Denied civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process equal-protection fundamental-right fundamental-rights intimacy legal-infringement privacy procreation sexual-conduct sexual-relationship texas-penal-code Is Texas Penal Code §21.12, which criminalizes an otherwise legal sexual relationship, unconstitutional in its infringement upon a constitutionally-pr…
18-447 Alabama Department of Revenue, et al. v. CSX Transportation, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) commerce-clause discrimination dormant-commerce-clause equal-protection fuel-exemption interstate-commerce preemption state-taxation statutory-interpretation tax-discrimination tax-exemption transportation-carriers Under 49 U.S.C. § 11501(b)(4), when can a State justifiably maintain a sales-and-use tax exemption for fuel used by vessels to transport goods interst…
18-6233 Stephan Schuermann v. Jubilie Anqui Florida 2018-10-09 Denied IFP 14th-amendment child-custody civil-procedure due-process equal-protection family-law fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction relocation Whether the Supreme Court erred in not vacating orders granting relocation of a minor child
18-438 Carllene M. Placide v. Supreme Court of Washington, et al. Washington 2018-10-05 Denied Response Waived attorney-client-relationship attorney-disbarment attorney-discipline bar-discipline constitutional-rights due-process due-process,civil-rights,equal-protection,legal-pr equal-protection legal-ethics legal-practice legal-procedure procedural-fairness racial-discrimination Whether an attorney can be deprived of his/her constitutionally protected right to practice law
18-6224 Lamond Latney v. Anthony Parker Fourth Circuit 2018-10-04 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines federal-jurisdiction fourteenth-amendment incorporation standing takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
18-6181 Michael Patino v. Rhode Island Rhode Island 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP and does not contain a full petition for writ of but the text you've provided appears to be incomp I cannot extract a meaningful Question Presented I will respond with: Question not identified. administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction standing statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that the petitioner's claims are barred by the statute of limitations
18-6201 Nicholas DeAngelis v. Bruce Plumley, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection federal-habeas federal-prisoners habeas-corpus procedural-bar procedural-bars time-limits whether-federal-prisoners-have-the-same-gateway-for-actual-innocence-as-state-prisoners
18-409 Lewis Y. Liu v. Paul Ryan, et al. Second Circuit 2018-10-02 Denied Response Waived civil-rights comity-clause congress constitutional-standing due-process electoral-college equal-protection equal-voting-right equal-voting-rights fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-review standing voting-rights Whether the Electoral College clause (1787) has violated the Comity clause (1787) and three subsequent amendments, the First (1789), the Fifth (1789) …
18-412 Jael Watts v. Michael Allen, et al. Virginia 2018-10-02 Denied access-to-courts court-access due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-trial seventh-amendment state-law tort-immunity Whether the Virginia Supreme Court's dismissal of the Petitioner's appeal without reaching the merits of the case violates the Petitioner's fundamenta…
18-6154 Donald Lee Easley v. Oregon Oregon 2018-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitution due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech lack-of-counsel lack-of-evidence life-liberty Whether the petitioner's due process, equal protection, and First Amendment rights were violated
18-6158 Makandi L. Terry v. Larry Abraham, Chief, Dillon County Detention Center Fourth Circuit 2018-10-01 Denied IFP brady-disclosure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction plea-bargaining standing Should Petitioner Feery's case be reversed and remanded based upon direct evidence of ineffective assistance of counsel in his failure to disclose any…
18-6130 Gregory D. Kilpatrick v. Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of New York Second Circuit 2018-09-28 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights damages due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus notice standing Whether the court erred in dismissing the petition for writ of certiorari
18-6131 Gregory D. Kilpatrick v. Leslie M. Arp Second Circuit 2018-09-28 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection government-misconduct standing takings Whether the petitioner's 1307 and 1306 forms violate the 5th Amendment's due process clause and the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause
18-6133 Bernardo Olivares-Cepeda v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-conflict circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-notice notice service-of-process supervisory-power Whether failure to serve a denial of a 2255 motion violates due process and invalidates the judgment
18-6142 Joseph Dingler v. Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-28 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fetal-personhood parental-rights standing ubi-jus-ibi-remedium unborn-child Does a 'person' exist, an 'unborn-child' exist under the 14° Amendment which deserves protection from injury and/or have a legal right in a court of l…
18-393 Aura Moody v. National Football League Second Circuit 2018-09-27 Denied Relisted (2) ada civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection rehabilitation-act standing standing-doctrine Whether the lower courts properly followed statutory and constitutional requirements in dismissing the complaint
18-6089 Marie Therese Assa'ad-Faltas v. City of Columbia, South Carolina South Carolina 2018-09-26 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-expenses due-process equal-protection indigent-criminal-defendant indigent-defense pro-se pro-se-defense sovereign-immunity takings Whether South Carolina's Defense of Indigents Act denies equal protection between criminal defendants who choose to proceed pro se and those with stat…
18-6091 In Re Steven A. Walcott, Jr. 2018-09-25 Denied IFP bail civil-rights criminal-procedure detention due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pretrial-detention release speedy-trial Whether the State of Louisiana violated the petitioner's constitutional rights
18-383 Jesse J. Davis, Jr., et ux. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association Connecticut 2018-09-25 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process Due-process-of-law,fifth-amendment,fourteenth-amen equal-protection Equal-protection-of-the-laws,fourteenth-amendment Excessive-fines,foreclosure free-speech impartial-court petition-clause Right-to-impartial-court,sixth-amendment,seventh-a right-to-petition Right-to-petition-government,first-amendment right-to-public-trial Right-to-public-trial,right-to-information,sixth-a sanctions Whether the sanctions imposed by the Connecticut Appellate Court violate the petitioners' constitutional rights, including their rights to due process…
18-381 Donald C. Marro v. New York State Teachers' Retirement System Sixth Circuit 2018-09-24 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-settlement class-action class-representation constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fees fees-and-expenses frcp-23 notice property-rights public-policy settlement-fairness Whether a pro se party can be characterized as vexatious and deprived of equal access to courts, equal protection, and property rights under the Fifth…
18-382 Raji Rab v. Superior Court of California, Sacramento County, et al. California 2018-09-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) ballot-designation ballot-position constitutional-rights due-process election-code election-codes equal-protection federal-candidate federal-election trademark trademark-violation Whether the California Secretary of State has mandatory duties to preserve equal protection of constitutional rights of Federal candidate's ballot des…
18-6076 Wilton Eugene Sandifer, Sr. v. Florida Florida 2018-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-law mandamus standing state-court third-party-guilt trial-rights Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection under the 14th Amendment by the state court's denial of his petition for a writ of …
18-6085 Gerald Daniels v. Janet Dowling, Warden Tenth Circuit 2018-09-24 Denied IFP constitutional-issue constitutional-law constitutional-review equal-protection evasion federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus race-discrimination state-court state-law state-law-interpretation Whether a federal habeas court may reexamine a state court's interpretation of state law when it is an obvious subterfuge to evade consideration of a …
18-6050 Timothy L. Rodriguez v. DeWayne Burton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-09-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment probable-cause subject-matter-jurisdiction Void-for-Lack-of-Jurisdiction warrantless-arrest Whether the states have reached incongruent results when interpreting this Court's decision due to a radical defect that occurred after the petitioner…
18-6043 Patrick Wayne Manning, II v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2018-09-19 Denied IFP access-to-court civil-rights claim-construction court-access discrimination due-process equal-protection prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-claims pro-se-litigants recharacterization-of-claims Should there be a precedent from the Court that protects pro-se-prisoners' right to contest misconstrued-of-pro-se-claims?
18-6045 Corey Levon Beckham v. Darrell Miller, Warden Fourth Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied IFP drug-abuse equal-protection fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mental-illness sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington unprofessional-conduct Did the Fourth Circuit err in holding that the District Court failed to accept the showing of the two-prong test in Strickland v. Washington on counse…
18-352 South Carolina v. Raymond Lewis Young South Carolina 2018-09-18 Denied appellate-review batson-challenge batson-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure deference-to-trial-court discretionary-review equal-protection federal-question jury-selection peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination trial-court-deference Whether the South Carolina Court of Appeals erred in reversing Respondent's conviction on grounds that the trial court failed to conduct a proper Bats…
18-341 Billie Faye Keyes, et al. v. Philip Gunn, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-09-17 Denied Response Waived ballot-disenfranchisement civil-rights due-process election-integrity election-interference equal-protection federal-jurisdiction legislative-misconduct standing voting voting-rights If state legislators intentionally discard ballots to swing an election, may the disenfranchised voters bring suit in federal court to enforce the gua…
18-336 Thaddeus Jones, et al. v. Michelle Markiewicz-Qualkinbush, et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-09-14 Denied 15th-amendment 1st-amendment class-of-one constitutional-challenge Engquist equal-protection first-amendment municipal-referendum political-animus referendum-rights strict-scrutiny Whether the reasoning and decision of Engquist v. Oregon Department of Agriculture extends to the political context, precluding class-of-one equal pro…
18-6000 Angel Barreiro v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2018-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights de-facto-life-sentence due-process equal-protection florida-supreme-court life-sentence parole parole-eligibility parole-process sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-scheme Whether all 4,626 pre-1994 parole eligible Inmates in the State of Florida should also benefit from the Florida Supreme Court's ruling in Atwell v. St…
18-5974 Levon Spaulding v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia District of Columbia 2018-09-13 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech qualified-immunity standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of their civil rights, due process, and free speech rights
18-329 Landry Rountree v. Troy Dyson, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-09-13 Denied amended-complaint circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection mootness motion-to-dismiss standing sua-sponte-dismissal wrongful-arrest Whether the filing of an amended complaint moots a pending motion to dismiss
18-5947 Stevie Andre Roberson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-09-12 Denied IFP anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act civil-rights constitutional-review due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto habeas ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure procedural-due-process standing state-court-jurisdiction statute-of-limitations texas-supreme-court Whether district court's decision to deny petitioner's areas autonomy is barred by statute of limitation of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Pen…
18-5952 In Re Samuel H. Williams 2018-09-12 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection free-speech jurisdiction standing takings Whether the petitioner's First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated
18-5958 Kevin Wilmot v. Florida Florida 2018-09-12 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing Can the State of Florida Violate State and Federal Constitutional Amendments and Provisions That Are Guaranteed Because the Prisoner is Poor and Canno…
18-5924 Evangelisto Ramos v. Louisiana Louisiana 2018-09-11 Judgment Issued Amici (12)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment incorporation incorporation-doctrine racial-discrimination sixth-amendment stare-decisis unanimous-jury unanimous-verdict Whether the Fourteenth Amendment fully incorporates the Sixth Amendment guarantee of a unanimous verdict?
18-305 Kenda Kirby v. Office of the Attorney General of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2018-09-11 Denied ada civil-rights due-process educational-amendments eleventh-amendment equal-protection first-amendment retaliation sex-based-characteristics sex-discrimination standing title-ix Whether plaintiff has a right to redress discrimination and retaliation under Title IX or other policies and statutes
18-5907 Gregory D. Kilpatrick v. Mary Ellen Elia, Commissioner, Office of Professional Discipline, Board of Regents, Education Second Circuit 2018-09-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech retaliation standing Whether the lower courts erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of due-process, civil-rights, free-speech, and retaliation
18-5908 Gregory D. Kilpatrick v. Howard A. Zucker, Commissioner, New York State Department of Health, Office of Professional Medical Conduct Second Circuit 2018-09-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction medical-treatment standing takings Why were the lives of the petitioners terminated without due process?
18-5880 Virginia S. Caudill v. Janet Conover, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky circumstantial-evidence civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-selection peremptory-challenges prosecutorial-discrimination racial-discrimination sixth-amendment standing whether-the-state-court-ruled-contrary-to-or-unreasonably-applied-batson
18-5902 Terrence Javon Allen, Sr. v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection pro-se sixth-amendment speedy-trial Can the courts violate the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment by denying a criminal defendant his Sixth Amendment ri…
18-286 Abhijit Prasad v. Will Lightbourne, et al. California 2018-09-05 Denied administrative-hearing child-abuse-reporting child-welfare due-process employment equal-protection family-privacy fundamental-rights privacy-rights reputation reputation-harm separation-of-powers Does CANRA's post-deprivation hearing scheme violate due process?
18-5863 Corey E. Johnson v. Butler Law Firm Fourth Circuit 2018-09-04 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation court-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review procedural-error statute-of-limitations Whether a petitioner and others similarly situated should be granted habeas corpus relief despite being denied due to no fault of their own, abandoned…
18-5864 Benjamin Patrick Lee v. Suzanne M. Peery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-09-04 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection free-exercise habeas-corpus right-to-counsel state-laws Whether the California state court system completely violates the due process and equal protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution and the rights of …
18-5869 Duane Montgomery v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection government-liability standing takings trial-by-jury Whether the Petitioner's constitutional rights were violated
18-5852 In Re Sontay T. Smotherman 2018-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Whether the court below erred in denying petitioners' access to the courts
18-5817 Jermaine Moorer v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-courts habeas-corpus qualified-immunity standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in affirming the district court's dismissal of petitioner's claims alleging violations of his constitutional rights
18-5818 Gregory D. Kilpatrick v. Harika Kondaveeti Second Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech patent standing takings Why did the court not grant the petitioner's request for a preliminary injunction?
18-5834 Gregory D. Kilpatrick v. Keith Robinson Second Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction medical-treatment patent prison-conditions standing takings Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection under the 14th Amendment when the court failed to provide him with adequate medical…
18-263 Sheryl Faust v. Illinois Workers Compensation Commission, et al. Illinois 2018-08-30 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure arbitrary-barriers bodily-integrity due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment redress workers-compensation Whether the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment prevent states from using arbitrary barriers to deprive workers of th…
18-5815 Jose Francisco Puentes v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment arizona-statute civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standing Does the Arizona statute 13-1410 violate the petitioner's 14th Amendment rights?
18-5826 John C. Carter v. Antoine Caldwell, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-rights constructive-denial-of-counsel criminal-appeal criminal-procedure critical-stage-of-appeal due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel state-criminal-trial-court state-law-limitations Whether the right to have assistance of counsel extends to the appeal stage of the trial proceedings, where the petitioner was allegedly denied such a…
18-5793 Ray Lamar Johnston v. Florida Florida 2018-08-28 Denied Relisted (4)IFP caldwell-v-mississippi capital-punishment capital-punishment-system death-penalty due-process equal-protection florida harmless-error hurst-relief hurst-v-florida jury-trial sixth-amendment Whether Florida's application of harmless error review to a unanimous jury recommendation of death violates the Sixth Amendment right to jury trial as…
18-5798 C. B. v. Thomas N. Fischgrund Florida 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adoption adoption-law civil-rights civil-rights-deprivation constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fraud fraud-allegations negligence notary-misconduct notary-public Should the Supreme Court of Florida decline to accept jurisdiction?
18-251 Sheldon Schwartz v. HRI Hospital, Inc., et al. Massachusetts 2018-08-28 Denied civil-rights constitutional constitutional-law due-process employment employment-rights equal-protection free-speech retaliation state-law whistleblower Whether the Massachusetts courts erred in refusing to consider the Supreme Court's proscription of post-employment retaliation in any profession
18-5768 Ercil K. Rayford v. Blair Leibach, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-08-27 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the court of appeals erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
18-5777 Rodney S. Pederson v. Arctic Slope Regional Corporation Alaska 2018-08-27 Denied IFP administrative-law agency-decision alaska-supreme-court appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federalism judicial-review jurisdiction procedural-due-process standing statute-of-limitations takings Whether the Alaska Supreme Court erred in dismissing Petitioner's claims against Arctic Slope Regional Corp. for lack of standing
18-5779 Ray Cobia v. Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2004-conviction 2012-conviction civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing Whether the petitioner was afforded due process in the 2004 conviction and 2012 conviction, and why the conduct was prosecuted so harshly
18-5750 Santos Cuevas v. Brandon Kelly, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary Oregon 2018-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto free-speech sex-offender-registration standing Whether the United States Constitution's Ex Post Facto Clause prohibits a state from convicting a defendant for a statutory sexual offense based on pa…
18-5722 Keith Robert Lugo v. California California 2018-08-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-procedures-act board-of-prison-terms constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection juvenile-offender juvenile-parole parole senate-bill-261 some-evidence standard-of-proof Whether the Board of Prison Terms Violated Senate Bill 261 for Failing to Apply the Legally Correct Standard of Analysis
18-5723 Larry J. Kushner v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-23 Denied IFP complex-case constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-precedents judicial-review prosecutorial-delay prosecutorial-misconduct speedy-trial Did the State of New Jersey violate the defendant's constitutional right to a speedy trial?
18-5724 Juan Concepcion v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-23 Denied IFP brown-vs-board case-statement civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-judgment due-process Equal-protection Gideon-v-wainwright gideon-vs-wainwright ineffective-counsel legal-petition Self-representation speedy-trial statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Whether the state's alleged ineffective counsel resulted in a denial of due process and equal protection
18-228 Western Radio Services Company, Inc. v. John Allen, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-23 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedures-act agency-discrimination bivens-claim class-of-one equal-protection first-amendment first-amendment-retaliation permitting-actions retaliation Does the Administrative Procedures Act preclude a Bivens claim for First Amendment Retaliation and 'Class of One' Equal Protection?
18-239 Arick Justin Rinaldo v. Bryan Mahan, et al. Colorado 2018-08-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights colorado-supreme-court-rules court-access due-process equal-protection filing-system pro-se pro-se-litigant structural-error Whether the deprivation of access to Colorado's ICCES filing system for pro se litigants caused reversible structural error and discriminated against …
18-224 Luke O. Pickens v. Brevard Police Testing and Selection Center Florida 2018-08-22 Denied Response Waived ada-discrimination-perceived-disability,civil-righ ada-discrimination-perceived-disability,public-pro ada-title-ii americans-with-disabilities-act disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-administration law-enforcement-training public-programs reasonable-accommodation Whether 42 USC §12132 bars a state agency from discriminating against a qualified individual, perceived by the agency as disabled, by excluding the in…
18-5688 Joseph Emanuel v. Department of Justice District of Columbia 2018-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 access-to-courts civil-rights consent-to-collection-of-fee-form constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fee-collection in-forma-pauperis proceedings-in-forma-pauperis Is a 'consent to collection of fee form' that is not an inmate account form or an inmate trust-fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) co…
18-5708 Thomas J. Arnold v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2018-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-proceedings due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment liberty-interest manifest-injustice sentencing sentencing-correction state-collateral-proceedings Whether petitioner has been denied due-process and equal-protection under the U.S. Constitution Amendment-XIV, in his state collateral-proceedings
18-5711 Edwin C. Coleman v. Carrie M. Ward Fourth Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection government-guidelines government-regulations property-rights standing Whether the government's failure to comply with its own guidelines for the provision of funds violates due process and equal protection under the law
18-5670 Margaret Campise v. New York Commissioner of Labor New York 2018-08-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP article-vii civil-rights constructive-termination due-process employment employment-discrimination equal-protection hostile-environment hostile-work-environment sexual-harassment workplace workplace-rights Are the lower courts above the law?
18-5681 Dexter Leemon Johnson v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2018-08-21 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-error jury-instructions jury-trial jury-verdict reasonable-doubt sentencing statutory-maximum trial-error Whether the petitioner was denied the right to a jury verdict of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt
18-5628 John Richard Tacquard v. Arizona Arizona 2018-08-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights compulsory-process due-process equal-protection evidentiary-standards post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court-precedent Whether the Arizona state courts violated the petitioner's due process rights by denying his post-conviction claims despite a lack of physical evidenc…
18-5638 Deborah A. Purnell v. St. Mary's Hospital, et al. California 2018-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process elder-abuse equal-protection freedom-of-information judicial-discrimination life-threatening-conditions medical-negligence reckless-medical-care reporter's-transcript Whether statutory elder abuse inherently includes acts of violence and brutalization, reckless medical care that causes life-threatening conditions su…
18-5644 Gesner Delva, aka Ti Blan v. United States Second Circuit 2018-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 appellate-review circuit-court-precedent court-of-appeals criminal-sentencing district-court due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion precedent sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Contrary to Its Own Precedent Affirmed the District Court's Judgment Order Whereby Denying the Pet…
18-5621 Bismark Kwaku Torkornoo v. Nina Helwig, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-08-16 Denied Relisted (3)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fraud fraud-vitiates res-judicata Does fraud vitiate every judicial proceeding?
18-5603 In Re Mark Kilmartin 2018-08-16 Denied IFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct jury-trial sentencing structural-error Whether a criminal defendant can be convicted and sentenced to life for a separate, new and distinct crime without a jury trial
18-5585 Karen Mackey v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP border-patrol due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment gender-discrimination traffic-stop unreasonable-search-and-seizure unreasonable-seizure vehicle-search Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that a driver's gender may be a factor in the U.S. Border Patrol's decision to stop and search the person's…
18-5606 Hagop Demirjian v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 amendment-782 circuit-split civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion section-3582 sentence-disparity sentencing sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation Whether there is a statutory preclusion for successive §3582 motions
18-193 John Cannici v. Village of Melrose Park, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-08-14 Denied Response Waived due-process employment-context employment-law equal-protection government-procedure municipal-ordinance property-rights random-and-unauthorized state-procedure Whether the Due Process Clause requires a government agency to provide due process before depriving a citizen of his property where the deprivation oc…
18-5580 In Re Camaron Thorn Kye-El 2018-08-14 Denied IFP 13th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection human-rights involuntary-servitude jurisdiction legal-personhood property-rights property-status racial-classification racial-discrimination slavery standing Whether the Thirteenth Amendment prohibits the involuntary servitude of African Americans and other racial minorities
18-5572 John E. Wells, Sr. v. David Gray, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus illegal-sentence judicial-power jury-trial res-judicata state-court-record void-judgment Does a Federal Court of Appeals deny Due Process by refusing to issue a Certificate of Appealability
18-180 Jesus E. Tirrez v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline, et al. Texas 2018-08-10 Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof disbarment disbarment-proceedings due-process equal-protection in-re-ruffalo professional-license professional-licenses quasi-criminal quasi-criminal-proceeding Do rules that decree that the disbarment proceedings are civil and that the burden of proof is only by a preponderance, deprive Texas attorneys sued f…
18-5506 Tim Sundy v. Friendship Pavilion Acquisition Company, LLC, et al. Georgia 2018-08-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection in-rem in-rem-proceeding intervention third-party-plaintiff Whether the state court trial judge, in an in rem proceeding, can strip the petitioner of his rights and benefits of equal protection to proceed as an…
18-5537 Alla Opengeym v. Heartland Employment Services, LLC Sixth Circuit 2018-08-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-rights complaint-procedures employment-policies hostile-work-environment retaliation whistleblower-protection civil-rights due-process employment equal-protection hostile-environment retaliation Whether the employee's policies and complaint procedures for addressing a hostile working environment for an employee and the court's failure to follo…
18-5544 Van Le v. Debbie Aldridge, Warden Tenth Circuit 2018-08-10 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection language-access right-to-counsel state-funding translation translation-services Should Phys Agurt allow the jhe plectrye Jecrctande of trial deunse/ and 14 tata | Fru r, phe. den! dt164 o f IL _ pnn pcent yoman, for the Sike oft f…
18-5501 Donald Jones v. Bank of America, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-09 Denied IFP 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection florida-law foreclosure jury-trial property-rights state-law viamendment Whether the petitioner received the same equality decision from Florida state law 702.1 as he would have from a jury trial under the 7th Amendment
18-5484 William N. Washington v. California California 2018-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-sentencing custody-credits due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus original-sentence penal-code penal-code-1170.18 proposition-47 resentencing safe-neighborhoods-act sentencing sentencing-discretion Whether the trial court erred in failing to recalculate all days of custody from the date of original judgment, and only awarded custody credits from …
18-5455 In Re Deborah Elizabeth Gouch-Onassis 2018-08-06 Dismissed IFP but the text you've provided appears to be incomp fragmented I cannot extract a meaningful question presented I will respond with: 'Question not identified." legible text of a SCOTUS petition for writ of cer or unreadable. Without a clear civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation jurisdiction standing takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
18-157 James H. Brady v. Barbara Underwood, Attorney General of New York Second Circuit 2018-08-03 Denied Response Waived air-rights attorney-general civil-rights contract contract-enforcement contract-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment Fourteenth-Amendment-equal-protection judicial-misconduct standing takings Does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee of equal protection under the law give Petitioner standing for the protection of his contract by the Attorney …
18-5459 Zachary David Warnell v. Texas Texas 2018-08-03 Denied IFP appeal appeals appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure douglas-v-california due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection evitts-v-lucey ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation right-to-counsel Can a state deny a criminal defendant the constitutional right to appeal with the effective assistance of counsel?
18-5423 Seungjin Kim v. United States Customs and Border Protection District of Columbia 2018-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP asylum asylum-seekers border-entry constitutional-law criminal-activity detention detention-conditions due-process equal-protection immigration-detention immigration-law presidential-authority presidential-powers visa-restrictions Whether inadmissible asylum-seekers who are victims of qualifying criminal activity involving U.S. citizens can be lawfully detained or denied entry u…
18-5425 Jose Joaquin Ramirez v. Joseph Aponte, et al. New York 2018-08-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus involuntary-commitment mental-health mental-health-detention standing Whether the New Mexico state bail law as applied ($30.42) to a bill of rights violation, purposely keeping a recluse out of the court process in viola…
18-5437 Gary Richard Whitton v. Florida Florida 2018-08-02 Denied IFP advisory-jury capital-sentencing capricious due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection equal-protection-clause jury-trial jury-trial-rights retroactivity Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of Equal Protection and the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of capricious capital sentencing impose limits…
18-5407 Mladen Mitrovic v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure confrontation-clause due-process equal-protection federal-rules-of-evidence hearsay right-to-present-defense standing statutory-interpretation witness-unavailability Whether the district court erred in excluding exculpatory witness statements under the Confrontation Clause and Federal Rule of Evidence 807 despite t…
18-5412 Robert Eugene Johnson, Jr. v. Virginia Virginia 2018-08-01 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure conviction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Can a state's highest court uphold a criminal conviction after being made aware that there was absolutely no evidence presented at trial that the crim…
18-139 Thomas E. Freeman, Jr. v. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services North Carolina 2018-07-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-authority arbitrary-and-capricious civil-rights due-process equal-justice equal-protection exceeded-authority judicial-review prejudiced-rights procedural-rights state-action state-agency state-employee May a court deny due-process of law and equal justice under the law of a State employee, when it is suspected that a State agency may have prejudiced …
18-5402 Thomas Dewey Pope v. Florida Florida 2018-07-31 Denied IFP 8th-amendment caldwell-v-mississippi capital-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection hurst-v-florida hurst-v-state montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity supremacy-clause Does the Florida Supreme Court's determination that the jury findings required by Hurst v. Florida and Hurst v. State enhance the reliability of decis…
18-5408 Norberto Serna v. California California 2018-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP bodily-harm criminal-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection extortion kidnapping sentencing sentencing-disparity Whether California violates the Equal Protection Clause and Eighth Amendment by imposing a harsher maximum sentence on kidnapper-extortionists than on…
18-5415 Louis B. Gaskin v. Florida Florida 2018-07-31 Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing death-sentence due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection jury-trial retroactivity unconventional-rules Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of Equal Protection and the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of capricious capital sentencing impose limits…
18-129 W. S. v. S. T., et al. California 2018-07-30 Denied biological-father child-custody custody-determination due-process equal-protection family-law liberty-interest parental-rights paternity standing vagueness Whether California's Family Code § 7611(d) is impermissibly vague, as applied, when the Court of Appeal holds there are no specific factors that a tri…
18-5387 John Garrett Smith v. Washington Washington 2018-07-30 Denied IFP brady-violations civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus malicious-prosecution standing Can a state constitutionally fail to hear a meritorious claim because state hostility precludes procedural justice?
18-120 Leila Hernandez v. Guy Bailey, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response Waived constitutional-vagueness disciplinary-record due-process equal-protection faculty-employment fourteenth-amendment higher-education tenure tenure-rights tenured-professors unconstitutionally-vague university-merger vagueness Denial of due process rights to tenured professors in university merger, equal protection challenge to disciplinary record requirement, vagueness chal…
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…
18-123 In Re Citizens for Fair Representation, et al. 2018-07-27 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2284 chief-circuit-judge civil-rights district-court district-judge due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legislative-apportionment mandamus motion-to-dismiss redistricting standing standing-doctrine three-judge-district-court three-judge-panel voting-rights Challenge to legislative district apportionment, three-judge district court, standing
18-126 Paul Grimstad v. Deschutes County, Oregon, et al. Oregon 2018-07-27 Denied Response Waived citizenship-privileges constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure oregon-appellate-courts right-to-petition self-representation state-court-procedure Whether the abuses I experienced in the Oregon Appellate Courts violated my constitutional guarantees to due-process, equal-protection, right-to-petit…
18-128 Mohamed Abouelmagd v. Debra Newell California 2018-07-27 Denied business-transaction business-transactions civil-procedure commerce-clause commerce-clause-violation constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection interstate-commerce midwesco-precedent nonresident-tolling out-of-state-residents personal-jurisdiction procedural-defense statute-of-limitations Is the California tolling statute that suspends statutes of limitations protection for out-of-state residents unconstitutional and violative of Bendix…
18-5362 Omar Qazi v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment judicial-review miranda-warnings standing unpublished-decisions Whether the Ninth Circuit panel decision conflicts with established Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit precedents on Miranda warnings, and whether the pa…
18-5375 Christopher Henriquez v. California California 2018-07-27 Denied IFP aggravating-factors burden-of-proof capital-punishment constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing death-penalty due-process equal-protection jury-trial mitigating-circumstances reasonable-doubt Whether the California death penalty scheme violates the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments
18-5376 Mark Allen Geralds v. Florida Florida 2018-07-27 Denied IFP arbitrary-cutoff capital-murder capital-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-florida jury-unanimity retroactivity Whether the Florida Supreme Court's partial retroactivity rule as to violations pursuant to Hurst v. Florida violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendm…
18-5358 Brigitte Reynolds v. Anthony Stewart, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-court access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-dismissal due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion pro-se-plaintiff procedural-prejudice retaliation sixth-circuit-review standing summary-judgment Whether the district court improperly decided disputed factual issues and dismissed the case with prejudice, and whether the Sixth Circuit Court impro…
18-5360 Curtis L. Clinton v. Ohio Ohio 2018-07-26 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-justice-system criminal-procedure eighth-amendment equal-protection fair-trial fourteenth-amendment racial-stereotype racial-stereotypes racial-stereotyping sixth-amendment Whether a defendant's rights to the effective assistance of counsel, a fair and impartial jury, to be free from cruel and unusual punishment, and to t…
18-5369 Baboucar B. Taal v. St. Mary's Bank, et al. First Circuit 2018-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-455 appeal conflict-of-interest conflicts-of-interest due-process equal-protection fair-adjudication federal-claims judicial-ethics judicial-recusal recusal May a party who is denied Fair and Impartial adjudication of his (federal) claims, deprived of his basic due process and equal protection rights, in a…
18-5370 Thomas Juresic v. Illinois Illinois 2018-07-26 Denied IFP civil-commitment custody due-process equal-protection liberty-interests null-and-void personal-jurisdiction sentencing-court statutory-provisions Does a civil commitment court have the constitutional authority to usurp custody and personal jurisdiction over a person prior to the expiration of th…
18-5372 James J. Bagwell v. Southern National Assets, LLC Georgia 2018-07-26 Denied IFP banking-rules bankruptcy civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure lien-priority misappropriation-of-funds tax-sale Whether the lower courts erred in denying the pro se petitioner his constitutional rights of equal protection and due process
18-5340 Roger Wilson v. Federal Correctional Institution at Cumberland, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure-rules-standing-jurisdiction-due-p access-to-courts civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review standing Whether the court erred in refusing to allow the petitioner to file a copy of the order denying his appeal
18-5341 Roger Wilson v. United States Third Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-review civil-procedure default-judgment due-process equal-protection jurisdiction service-of-process standing Whether the appeals court committed a reversible error by denying the petitioner's motion to vacate a default judgment, where the petitioner claims he…
18-5342 Roger Wilson v. Delta Airlines, et al. Third Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech judicial-delay judicial-misconduct jurisdiction standing whether-the-year-long-delay-in-the-court-issuing-a-decision-on-petitioner's-case-violated-due-process
18-5345 Roger Wilson v. United States, et al. Third Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process equal-protection fabricated-court-order free-speech standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's case based on a fabricated court order, in violation of due process and equal protection r…
18-5346 Roger Wilson v. United States Third Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-bail free-speech pretrial-detention speedy-trial standing Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment was violated when the petitioner was detained for 10 mon…
18-5352 Paul Anthony Brown v. Florida Florida 2018-07-25 Denied IFP arbitrary-cutoff capital-punishment constitutional-rights death-penalty death-penalty-retroactivity due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-florida jury-unanimity retroactivity Whether the Florida Supreme Court's partial retroactivity rule as to violations pursuant to Hurst v. Florida violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendm…
18-5312 Gregory Alan Rowe v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied IFP aedpa-limitations aedpa-tolling circuit-court-split circuit-split dna-testing due-process equal-protection equitable-tolling federal-habeas-review finality habeas-corpus post-conviction-dna post-conviction-dna-testing post-conviction-review statutory-tolling Does a properly filed application for post-conviction DNA testing toll AEDPA's limitation period under 28 U.S.C. §2244(d)(2)?
18-5325 Lena Lasher v. United States Second Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP but no text was provided for analysis. Without th I cannot generate a question presented or identif please provide the full text of the petition. civil-rights collateral-attack criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus racial-discrimination school-desegregation sentencing voting-rights Whether a district court must grant an evidentiary hearing on a prisoner's collateral attack claims
18-102 Stacey White, et vir v. Joseph Foster, et al. New Hampshire 2018-07-23 Denied Response Waived animal-cruelty civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection executive-discretion prosecutorial-discretion standing veterinary-malpractice victim-rights Victims of crimes committed by veterinarians seeking equal protections and rights
18-104 Robert Philip Tuerk v. The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2018-07-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) attorney-disbarment attorney-discipline constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection freedom-of-travel freedom-to-travel prior-restraint reciprocal-discipline Whether reciprocal upon reciprocal discipline of disbarment of an attorney by his home state that originally disciplined him for one (1) year and a da…
18-5262 In Re Edward McLaughlin 2018-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure due-process equal-protection fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court independent-action judicial-delay judicial-procedure mandamus third-circuit writ-of-certiorari Whether a writ of mandamus is the proper remedy to compel the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to rule on petitioner's independent action alleging 'frau…
18-5282 Perry V. Moss v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, et al. California 2018-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-rating due-process equal-protection life-pension occupational-variant property statutory-conduct takings workers-compensation Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property were violated by the California Workers Compensation Appeals Board's ine…
18-5284 Bruce L. Small v. Florida Florida 2018-07-20 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto habeas-corpus sentencing Whether the Third District Court of Appeal violated the petitioner's constitutional right to due process of appellate review by not addressing his pet…
18-5256 Brandon Wade Moragne-El v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2018-07-19 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection guilty-plea judicial-precedent pennsylvania plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal precedent sentencing supreme-court Does the denial of the Petitioner's Motion to Withdraw his Guilty Plea contradict Precedent case law from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, the Supr…
18-5259 Olin Ray Nowlin v. Joe Shannon, Jr., et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-07-19 Denied IFP 6th-amendment compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection legal-deprivation liberty-interest procedural-law state-jurisdiction Does the 6th Amendment guarantee the right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation, to be confronted with the witnesses against him, …
18-5261 Vester L. Patterson v. California California 2018-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto statute-of-limitations May a defendant be tried and punished for offenses that were statutorily barred by the statute of limitation's?
18-5276 William Clark v. United States District of Columbia 2018-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-majority age-of-maturity brain-development criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment equal-protection juvenile-justice montgomery-line sentencing sentencing-considerations Whether the Montgomery Line of decisions apply to those under 18-years-old?
18-5277 Roger Charles Day, Jr. v. Office of the President District of Columbia 2018-07-19 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedures-act agency-action due-process equal-protection executive-office-of-president federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-review standing title-18-usc-3192 title-5-usc-551 Whether the Executive Office of the President is required to provide hearing and adjudication to the aggrieved petitioner under Title 5 U.S.C. §§ 551 …
18-5254 Matthew Young v. Oregon Department of Corrections, et al. Oregon 2018-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy due-process equal-protection judicial-review standing Whether the Oregon courts failed to properly apply precedent case law regarding the proper mechanism for judicial review of a lower court's decision o…
18-5265 In Re Brandon Lee 2018-07-18 Denied IFP consent consent-requirements criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indictment-procedure indictments indigent-defendants judicial-standard prosecutorial-discretion right-to-counsel right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-jury-trial standard Whether the state can rely on true bill of indictments that meet the clearly erroneous standard without verbal and/or written consent of indigent defe…
18-5271 Roger W. Murray v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections Ninth Circuit 2018-07-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP batson batson-challenge Batson-v-Kentucky civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-selection mitigation-evidence ninth-circuit racial-discrimination voir-dire Whether the Arizona courts unreasonably applied Batson v. Kentucky and unreasonably determined the constitutionally significant facts, thus violating …
18-87 Ludwig P. Samson, Trustee for the Heirs and Next of Kin of Christine R. Samson, Deceased v. Jack W. Gordon, et al. Minnesota 2018-07-18 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection opportunity-to-be-heard procedural-decision procedural-decisions retroactive-application retroactivity state-court state-court-rules state-statute Is a litigant denied due process when a state's highest court overrules a consistent line of procedural decisions and expands a state statute retroact…
18-80 Pamela Melvin v. Peter O'Rourke, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2018-07-17 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion due-process equal-protection inherent-power judicial-review search-and-seizure standard-of-review statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-law waived-arguments Whether 38 USC §7292 prohibits review of the Veterans Court's decision and evidence
18-76 Tracey E. George, et al. v. Tre Hargett, Tennessee Secretary of State, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-07-16 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983 declaratory-judgment due-process equal-protection federal-action section-1983 state-actors Whether state actor defendants may defend and foreclose a federal action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by suing civil-rights plaintiffs in a subseque…
18-5237 Sharon K. Bland v. Gellman, Brydges & Schroff, et al. New York 2018-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process equal-protection standing takings workers-compensation Is New York State Workers' Compensation Law Constitutional?
18-5233 Edgar Alejandro Radillo, et al. v. Rosemary Ndoh, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-07-13 Denied IFP batson-challenge civil-rights due-process equal-protection Fourteenth-Amendment jury-selection minority-jurors non-minority-jurors peremptory-challenges prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-motivation racial-discrimination Sixth-Amendment Batson-challenge
18-5205 Tony D. Littles v. Trudie Roundtree Florida 2018-07-12 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction property property-rights standing takings Whether the lower court erred in denying petitioner's claims that the government's actions violated his constitutional rights to due process, property…
18-5216 Johnny Allen Martin v. Gregory McLaughlin, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-violation counsel-right criminal-appeal direct-appeal due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection ineffective-assistance statutory-provisions threshold-determination Does the petitioner have a nonwaivable constitutional right to (a) effective/conflict-free assistance of counsel on direct appeal from his or her conv…
18-5221 Aquilino Guizamano-Cortes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-offense due-process equal-protection maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law rational-basis safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction Whether the exclusion of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (46 U.S.C. § 70503) from eligibility for safety valve relief violates equal protection,…
18-69 Yan Ping Xu v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2018-07-12 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process employee-retaliation equal-protection federal-defendants federal-jurisdiction legal-remedy municipal-authority municipal-liability retaliation Whether no remedy for the former municipal employee injured directly from her supervisors, federal defendants clothed with municipal authority power, …
18-5192 Mark McLaughlin v. Ohio Department of Job & Family Services Ohio 2018-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights disability-benefits due-process equal-protection financial-assistance government-benefits standing state-court-appeal Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection in the denial of disability financial assistance by the Ohio Department of Job and …
18-5179 Ronnie Johnson v. Florida Florida 2018-07-09 Denied IFP 6th-amendment 8th-amendment cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process equal-protection hurst-v-florida jury-trial retroactivity ring-v-arizona Whether the retroactive application of Hurst v. Florida was unconstitutionally limited
18-5066 Edward Vincent Ray v. California California 2018-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection gender-bias ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-interpretation overbreadth sentencing-disparities vagueness-doctrine Whether Petitioner's sentence of 36 years violates equal protection due to disparities in California sentences for female and male offenders for the s…
18-5129 Rodolfo Trejo v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-counting due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection immigration sentencing sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness Whether Petitioner's Sentence Constitutes Impermissible Double Counting
18-5130 Marlon L. Watford v. Erik Fossum, et al. District of Columbia 2018-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent qualified-immunity standing takings Whether the 14th Amendment's due process clause protects against arbitrary government action
18-5131 Tu My Tong v. New Mexico, et al. New Mexico 2018-07-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-action qualified-immunity standing state-action Whether plaintiffs can bring civil rights claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of their constitutional rights by state defendants
18-5145 Chauncey Bennett v. John Wolfe, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection public-facilities standing Whether the Lower court erred in denying the petitioner's filing, a Leastcost, vs due?
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
18-5152 Rodney Howard v. United States Third Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky criminal-procedure equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes prima-facie prima-facie-case prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination Does a black defendant make a prima facie showing of discriminatory use of peremptory strikes under Batson's first step when he demonstrates that the …
18-34 Pablo San Martin v. Florida Florida 2018-07-05 Denied capital-punishment eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-florida retroactivity ring-cutoff-formula ring-v-arizona Whether the retroactivity formula created by the Florida Supreme Court pursuant to Hurst v. Florida violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments
18-5115 Stanley Lee Hayward v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault crime-of-violence due-process equal-protection essential-elements habeas-corpus sentencing-guidelines statute Whether the lower tribunal abused its discretion in denying petitioner the right to due process and equal protection of law in holding that his prior …
18-5118 Shane K. Floyd v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-fairness jury-deliberations jury-selection presumption-of-innocence racial-bias sixth-amendment strickland-standard Whether racial bias can infect a jury's deliberations and decisions, violating the right to a fair trial
18-5122 Thomas Overton v. Florida Florida 2018-07-05 Denied IFP apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-punishment constitutional-rights death-penalty death-penalty-retroactivity due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-florida retroactivity ring-v-arizona supremacy-clause supreme-court Whether the Florida Supreme Court's partial retroactivity approach for Hurst v. Florida and Hurst v. State violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendmen…
18-5124 Norberto Pietri v. Florida Florida 2018-07-05 Denied IFP due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection hurst-standard hurst-v-florida hurst-v-state retroactivity supremacy-clause Whether the Florida Supreme Court's retroactivity analysis for Hurst violations violates due process, the Eighth Amendment, and the Equal Protection C…
18-5128 In Re Gigi Fairchild-Littlefield 2018-07-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process due-process,fair-trial,false-evidence,directed-ver equal-protection fair-trial false-evidence judicial-misconduct jury-verdict prosecutorial-misconduct trial-manipulation Is the deliberate manufacturing of false evidence and manipulation of trial transcripts, and court documents, including the jury verdicts, to support …
18-5138 Kevin Pennington v. Arkansas Game & Fish Commission Eighth Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discrimination due-process due-process-violation employment employment-discrimination equal-protection hostile-work-environment minorities state-agency-discrimination veterans veterans-rights Does the state government have a due process of laws and why wasn't it applied?
18-5140 M. P. F. v. Alabama Alabama 2018-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeal-rights constitutional-rights court-transcripts due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief procedural-default procedural-rules void-judgment Whether a defendant has a constitutional right to obtain trial transcripts to perfect an appeal
18-5077 Frankie L. McCoy v. Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-07-03 Denied IFP ada ada-compliance administrative-remedies civil-rights correctional-facility-conditions disability-rights due-process equal-protection exhaustion-of-remedies medical-evidence personal-injury rehabilitation-act Did the trial court and Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erroneously dismiss the case brought by a physically impaired inmate seeking accommoda…
18-5078 Bruce Pace v. Florida Florida 2018-07-03 Denied IFP arbitrary-application capital-sentencing disparate-treatment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retroactivity Whether the Florida Supreme Court's application of only partial retroactivity of Hurst v. State and Hurst v. Florida violates the Eighth and Fourteent…
18-5103 Jeffery Day Rieber v. Alabama Alabama 2018-07-03 Denied IFP appellate-counsel capital-sentencing eighth-amendment equal-protection ineffective-assistance judicial-override lesser-included-offense mitigating-evidence right-to-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington Did Mr. Rieber's trial counsel provide constitutionally ineffective assistance?
18-14 Carlos Donjuan v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-07-02 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) coram-nobis criminal-procedure-plea-bargaining due-process equal-protection false-document-employment humanitarian-exception immigration-deportation immigration-removal ineffective-assistance-of-counsel padilla-standard padilla-v-kentucky plea-bargain strickland-ineffective-assistance strickland-v-washington vagueness Whether the Petitioner was denied due process and equal protection when the court failed to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea under Padilla v. Ken…
18-5084 Daniel Burns v. Florida Florida 2018-07-02 Denied IFP collateral-review constitutional-amendments constitutional-rights death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment hurst-decision hurst-v-florida retroactivity sixth-amendment supremacy-clause Did the Florida Supreme Court violate the Supremacy Clause and the Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments in affirming Daniel Burns' judicially-dete…
18-5091 Kevin Don Foster v. Florida Florida 2018-07-02 Denied IFP apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-punishment death-penalty death-penalty-retroactivity eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-florida retroactivity ring-v-arizona Whether the Florida Supreme Court's partial retroactivity approach for Hurst relief violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments
18-5037 Richard Eugene Hamilton v. Florida Florida 2018-06-29 Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentence capital-sentencing eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-florida jury-determination retroactivity supremacy-clause Does the Florida Supreme Court's decision limiting the retroactivity of Hurst v. Florida violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments?
18-5038 Neil Sweeney v. United States First Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied IFP administrative-law child-pornography circuit-court-split civil-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-rules-of-evidence-403 federal-rules-of-evidence-414 standing statutory-interpretation Whether the differing applications of the Circuit Courts' balancing tests under Federal Rules of Evidence 403 and 414 resulted in a violation of the p…
18-5045 Vernon L. Brown v. United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection fair-housing freedom-of-speech retaliation standing takings Whether the court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims related to discrimination and retaliation under the Fair Housing Act and other civil rig…
18-5049 Leroy Lamont Wells v. Collette Peters, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus jurisdiction opinions standing takings Leroy Lamont Wells v. Colleen TC Peters
18-5054 Brandy Bain Jennings v. Florida Florida 2018-06-29 Denied IFP arbitrary-sentencing capital-punishment capital-sentencing disparate-treatment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retroactivity Whether the Florida Supreme Court's application of only partial retroactivity of Hurst v. State and Hurst v. Florida violates the Eighth and Fourteent…
18-5060 Konstantinos X. Fotopoulos v. Florida Florida 2018-06-29 Denied IFP capital-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection equal-protection-clause hurst-v-florida retroactivity ring-v-arizona state-court Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of Equal Protection and the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of capricious capital sentencing impose limits…
18-5010 Christine Chang v. Robin Andrews California 2018-06-28 Denied IFP affidavit appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights collusion due-process equal-protection evidence-suppression evidence-tampering fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct legal-ethics subpoenaed-evidence Does collusion between the superior court judge and lawyer, covering up petitioner's evidence of: (1) subpoenaed surveillance photos and, (2) petition…
18-5012 Ian Deco Lightbourne v. Florida Florida 2018-06-28 Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing disparate-treatment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retroactivity Whether Florida's limited retroactive application of its Eighth Amendment decision in Hurst v. State violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments
18-5013 Gina Brasher Langley v. United States Federal Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-procedure claims-process due-process equal-protection federal-tax government-response interest marital-tax-liabilities solicitor-general standing tax-refund tax-transcripts Whether the IRS has unlawfully denied the petitioner's tax refund claim, falsified tax transcripts, and improperly recorded marital tax liabilities
18-5014 Marcus Allen v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-motion brady-violation certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process due-process,equal-protection,brady-violation,2255- equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-integrity petition-for-rehearing plain-error Did lower court violate petitioner's rights under the Fourteenth Amendment of Equal Protection under the law, when petitioner provided evidence the Go…
18-5021 Paul Alfred Brown v. Florida Florida 2018-06-28 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment hurst-retroactivity hurst-v-florida retroactivity ring-v-arizona supremacy-clause supreme-court-review Does the Florida Supreme Court's partial retroactivity formula for Hurst v. Florida violations violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments?
18-5024 William Robert Dixon v. Robert LeGrand, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation court-access due-process equal-protection exhaustion-of-remedies illegal-sentencing jurisdiction standing Does violation of right to access the court measure constitutional violation?
18-5026 Fernando Yates v. West Contra Costa Unified School District Ninth Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights disability-benefits discrimination due-process employment equal-protection judicial-review social-security standing Whether the court erred in dismissing petitioner's discrimination claim against respondent
25A897 Kendrick Simpson v. Christe Quick, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied due-process eleventh-amendment equal-protection execution-stay judicial-access rooker-feldman Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine and Eleventh Amendment improperly bar a state prisoner's federal court challenge to state court procedural violati…
25A669 Harold Wayne Nichols v. Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General of Tennessee, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied due-process equal-protection execution-protocol fourteenth-amendment lethal-injection method-of-execution Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause prohibits a state from applying disparate execution protocols to death row prisoners withou…
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
24A50 Lidia M. Orrego v. Kevin Knipfing, aka Kevin James, et al. Second Circuit Presumed Complete civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-bias legal-misconduct Whether the Second Circuit violated constitutional due process and equal protection rights through judicial bias and procedural misconduct in a civil …
24A202 Loran Cole v. Florida Florida Denied death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection lethal-injection parkinson's-disease Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of a death row inmate with Parkinson's disease using lethal injection procedures that may cause n…
24A286 Marcellus S. Williams v. David Vandergriff, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied batson-violation equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-strike prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination Whether the prosecutor's racially discriminatory peremptory strike of a Black juror during Mr. Williams' capital trial violated his constitutional rig…
24A294 In Re Kesean Calvin Wilson Presumed Complete bail-pending-appeal bank-robbery equal-protection federal-crime habeas-corpus tenth-amendment Whether the Tenth Amendment limits states' power to prosecute bank robbery as a state crime when the offense involves a federally insured credit union
24A409 Richard Bernard Moore v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections South Carolina Denied batson-challenge death-penalty equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-strikes racial-discrimination Whether the State's peremptory strikes of Black jurors in a capital murder trial violated the Equal Protection Clause under Batson v. Kentucky by impe…