| 25-355 |
James Dondero, et al. v. Stacey G. Jernigan, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-09-24 |
Rehearing |
Amici (3) |
appellate-deference bankruptcy-proceedings judicial-discretion judicial-recusal mandamus-review standard-of-review |
Whether appellate courts should review a judge's order declining to recuse de novo or for abuse of discretion and whether mandamus review requires two… |
| 23-1224 |
Laila N. Hirjee v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-deference appellate-review deference evidentiary-standard inferences jury-verdict medical-decision prosecutorial-discretion standard-of-review weak-evidence weak-inference |
What level of deference from an appellate court is appropriate to a jury's verdict, when the verdict is based entirely on weak inferences to be drawn … |
| 23-6559 |
Marcus Johnson v. Randy Irwin, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Forest, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-deference confrontation-clause due-process expert-testimony expert-witness judicial-review prejudice prejudice-standard self-defense sixth-amendment testimonial-statements |
Did the Third Circuit err in deferring to the District Court's finding that Mr. Johnson suffered no prejudice from the Confrontation violation that oc… |
| 20-5433 |
Gregory Wind v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-08-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-deference circuit-split deference district-court federal-courts-of-appeals federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-review standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness |
Did the district court impose a substantively unreasonable sentence upon Mr. Wind? |
| 19-516 |
Nolan Espinda, Director, Hawaii Department of Public Safety, et al. v. Royce C. Gouveia |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-21 |
Denied |
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appellate-deference appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review custody federal-district-court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction federal-review habeas-corpus Hawai'i-sovereign-right manifest-necessity mistrial-declaration rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-judgments |
Did the Ninth Circuit err in concluding that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine is categorically not applicable to § 2241 petitions? |