appellate-circuit-split
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-235 | Paul S. Morrissey, et al. v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. | District of Columbia | 2022-09-13 | Denied | Amici (2) | appellate-circuit-split case-termination civil-procedure dismissal dismissal-standard federal-rules prejudice prejudice-analysis standard-of-review statute-of-limitations willful-noncompliance | Whether a discretionary dismissal without prejudice, which nevertheless functions as a dismissal with prejudice because it would end a case forever, i… |
| 21-1421 | Valerie Kline v. Kiran Ahuja, Director, Office of Personnel Management | District of Columbia | 2022-05-04 | Denied | Response Waived | appellate-circuit-split civil-rights employment-discrimination fruit-of-poisonous-tree mcdonnell-douglas pretext prima-facie unlawful-detail | Whether an unlawful detail into a position prior to officially filling it is relevant to raise an inference of pretext, when the prima facie stage und… |
| 19-8898 | Angelo Peter Efthimiatos v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-07-06 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | appellate-circuit-split calendar criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion jury-selection presentation-of-evidence speedy-trial-act trial-delay uniformity | Whether the Speedy Trial Act permits district courts to conduct jury selection within the time limits of the speedy trial clock but delay presentation… |
| 19-8611 | Adam Scott v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-06-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-circuit-split appellate-review assault crime-of-violence dangerous-weapon due-process federal-criminal-law sentencing statutory-interpretation | Does applying this automatic rule ignore or misinterpret this Court's caselaw, given the variety of items that are classified as dangerous weapons and… |