appellate-courts

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5462 Deandre Wilson v. United States Second Circuit 2025-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-courts constitutional-rights criminal-defendants due-process evidence-admissibility federal-rules-of-evidence Are the divided federal appellate courts applying too stringent a standard when evaluating the admissibility of evidence under Federal Rule of Evidenc…
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?
22-7386 Louis McIntosh, aka Lou D v. United States Second Circuit 2023-04-27 Judgment Issued Amici (2)IFP appellate-courts commerce-clause criminal-forfeiture federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure federalism interstate-commerce jurisdiction rule-32.2 sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may enter a criminal forfeiture order outside the time limitations set forth in Rule 32.2, Fed.R.Crim.P.
21-1311 Rinaldo Pierno v. Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC Second Circuit 2022-03-31 Denied Response Waived appellate-courts article-three circuit-court civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process judicial-power judicial-precedent non-precedential-decisions precedent Whether the proliferation of 'non-precedential' appellate court decisions violates Article III of the U.S. Constitution
20-5645 Virgil Nickens v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied Relisted (3)IFP appellate-courts criminal-law federal-courts federal-courts-of-appeals jury-instructions jury-verdict plain-error-review rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states united-states-v-olano Can the appellate courts' divergent approaches to plain error review of pre-Rehaif jury verdicts be reconciled with one another?
19-1446 Bing Charles W. Kearney, Jr., et al. v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment appellate-courts appellate-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-violations due-process federal-appellate-courts federal-courts fifth-amendment florida-supreme-court judicial-review legal-doctrine right-for-the-wrong-reason statutory-interpretation Does the 'right for the wrong reason' doctrine allow federal appellate courts to violate due process?
19-5206 Christine Sawicky v. AMC Networks Inc. Ninth Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 14th-amendment appellate-courts appellate-procedure circuit-split constitutional-rights copyright-law due-process pro-se pro-se-litigant How can a plaintiff win a copyright lawsuit when circuit splits exist throughout the 13 appellate courts? Additionally, how can a circuit split exist …