administration-of-justice

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-1250 Carlos Vega v. Terence B. Tekoh Ninth Circuit 2024-05-29 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administration-of-justice circuit-split coerced-confessions confession-admissibility criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony fifth-amendment miranda-rights miranda-warning ninth-circuit Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by establishing a categorical rule requiring the admission of expert testimony on the allegedly coercive circumstances…
23-5187 Juan Sepulveda-Arreola v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administration-of-justice criminal-procedure district-court federal-jurisdiction federal-law fifth-circuit minor-participant sentencing-guidelines Whether the Fifth Circuit violated federal law when it conducted a cursory review of the facts related to the district court's erroneous refusal to de…
23-5053 Joann Artis Stevens v. Town of Snow Hill, North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-07-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administration-of-justice civil-procedure civil-rights judicial-interpretation judicial-system legal-remedies litigation-efficiency pre-trial-motions pretrial-motions rule-12(b)(6) rule-12b6 Whether the recurring issues and conflicts in the judicial system regarding the use of pre-trial motions under Rule 12(b)(6) to thwart remedies for me…
22-7444 Julio Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administration-of-justice base-offense-level cocaine-possession criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing culpability culpability-assessment drug-quantity fifth-circuit sentencing-guidelines Whether the Fifth Circuit violated federal law when it conducted a cursory review of the facts
22-5833 Carlos Alejandro Zuniga-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP administration-of-justice criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure federal-law fifth-circuit leader-organizer-role leader-role preponderance-of-evidence sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines Whether the Fifth Circuit violated federal law in sentencing review
21-7852 Fernando Salazar-Figueroa v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP administration-of-justice appellate-review criminal-procedure drug-offense due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law fifth-circuit mitigating-role sentencing-guidelines Whether the Fifth Circuit violated federal law when it conducted a cursory review of the facts related to a warranted mitigating role adjustment under…
21-7598 Irvin Garces v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP administration-of-justice criminal-procedure drug-offense exceptional-importance federal-law fifth-circuit minor-role sentencing-guidelines whether-the-fifth-circuit-violated-federal-law
21-6762 Karina Lizett Juarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP administration-of-justice criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-criminal-law federal-law fifth-circuit mitigating-role sentencing-guidelines Whether the Fifth Circuit's review of the facts related to a mitigating adjustment under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2 violated federal law
21-6670 Eric Beverly v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administration-of-justice bank-robbery beyond-reasonable-doubt criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-jurisdiction fifth-circuit jury-conviction standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the appeals court conducted an adequate review of facts and evidence upon which the jury reached its decision to convict
21-6433 Jaimian Rashaad Sims v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP administration-of-justice beyond-reasonable-doubt criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-cases fifth-circuit-review jury-conviction sex-trafficking standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the appeals court conducted an adequate review of the district court's denial of a judgment of acquittal and the jury's decision to convict ba…
21-5991 Ricky Allen Fackrell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-18 Denied IFP administration-of-justice appellate-record capital-cases federal-rule-of-appellate-procedure-10 right-to-appeal structural-error Whether an unrecorded conference in chambers is a 'hearing or trial,' or 'proceeding,' under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 10(c)
20-6789 Lilia Abril Olmedo-Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP administration-of-justice appellate-review criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-law fifth-circuit minor-role sentencing-guidelines Whether the Fifth Circuit violated federal law when it conducted a cursory review of the facts related to a warranted two-level adjustment under U.S.S…
20-6783 Jaelon David Harris v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP abduction administration-of-justice circuit-split federal-criminal-procedure federal-sentencing-guidelines location-definition room-or-area sentencing-guidelines victim-movement Whether the forced movement of victims from one room or area to another room or area within the same building constitutes an abduction for purposes of…
19-8503 Darieus Malik Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administration-of-justice criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court fact-intensive-inquiry federal-criminal-cases fifth-circuit prostitution-enhancement review-standard sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review Did the Fifth Circuit's cursory review of the district court's record lead to an illegal, unreasonable sentence
19-8056 Brian Alan Matalka v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administration-of-justice criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure federal-statutes fifth-circuit-review indigency indigent-status plain-error plain-error-review special-assessment standard-of-review Did the Fifth Circuit's cursory review of the district court record reached the wrong conclusion that Matalka was not indigent under the standard pros…
18-338 Leonardo Soccolich, et ux. v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Trustee Florida 2018-09-14 Denied administration-of-justice case-and-controversy civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process florida-courts mortgage-foreclosure res-judicata standing statute-of-limitations Whether the Florida courts have strayed from their core responsibility of determining and applying law in the administration of justice