| 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civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process judicial-power judicial-precedent non-precedential-decisions precedent |
Whether the proliferation of 'non-precedential' appellate court decisions violates Article III of the U.S. Constitution |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 … |