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25-6800 In Re Felix Verdejo-Sanchez 2026-02-12 Pending IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-error due-process jurisdictional-defect mandamus subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a federal court of appeals may continue adjudicating the merits of a criminal appeal without first verifying subject-matter jurisdiction when …
25-6783 Ronald Gerard Boyajian v. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Ninth Circuit 2026-02-11 Pending IFP appellate-procedure circuit-uniformity en-banc-review judicial-review mandamus shadow-docket Whether a three-judge panel may usurp the authority of the full court of appeals by intercepting and terminating a petition for a writ of mandamus, th…
25-6763 Frederick Pina v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company California 2026-02-10 Pending IFP appellate-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-taking property-rights vexatious-litigant Whether a state appellate court deprives property without due process when dismissing an appeal based on allegedly unpaid court fees despite prior in …
25-929 Joseph Sheely, et al. v. Harold R. Feezle, et al. Sixth Circuit 2026-02-06 Pending Response Waived 6th-circuit appeal-bond appellate-procedure due-process equal-protection statutory-rights Whether a district court's imposition of an appeal bond that inhibits appellants' pursuit of their statutory right of appeal, contrary to F.R.A.P. 7, …
25-6733 May Chen v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia 2026-02-05 Pending IFP appellate-procedure default-judgment emergency-motions judicial-conduct summons-and-complaints supreme-court-rule Question not identified.
25-6735 May Chen v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia 2026-02-05 Pending IFP appellate-procedure default-judgment judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct procedural-rules writ-of-certiorari Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals judges violated judicial conduct rules by disobeying procedural rules in May Chen's multiple petitions
25-6695 Andrew W. Bell v. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2026-02-03 Pending IFP appellate-procedure en-banc-review judicial-review mandate-issuance notice-requirements procedural-rules Whether a court of appeals violates Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 40 and 41 when it issues a mandate after granting a motion to correct a petit…
25-6696 Evelyn R. Benton v. Berkshire Richmond LLC Fourth Circuit 2026-02-03 Pending IFP appellate-procedure due-process judicial-review mandamus record-review summary-affirmance Whether a United States Court of Appeals violates the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause by issuing a summary affirmance without receiving the origi…
25-6674 Justin K. Eaton v. United States Eighth Circuit 2026-01-29 Pending Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split commission-authority congressional-review due-process sentencing-guidelines Whether the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines §1B1.13(b)(6) exceeds the Sentencing Commission's authority when Congress has reviewed and ratified the guideli…
25-6601 Melvon Adams v. United States Second Circuit 2026-01-16 Pending Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure criminal-appeals equitable-tolling government-motion jurisdictional-limits time-limitations Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(b)'s time limitations for criminal appeals are subject to equitable tolling after government objection t…
25-6579 Robert Keaton v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-14 Pending Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus takings-clause Whether an accused's rights under the Takings Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment are offended when a United States Court of Appeals denies a…
25A818 Dana Escoffier v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. Second Circuit 2026-01-14 Application appellate-procedure court-filing legal-deadline motion-for-relief pro-se time-extension Whether a pro se litigant's request for an extension of time to file an appeal should be granted when the deadline is approaching and the litigant see…
25-820 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC v. WhereverTV, Inc. Federal Circuit 2026-01-12 Pending Amici (1)Response Waived appellate-procedure circuit-split jurisdictional-issue party-presentation sua-sponte waiver Whether a court of appeals may override the principle of party presentation by deciding sua sponte a non jurisdictional issue that a party deliberatel…
25-6531 Rafael Jorge v. Marie Adler First Circuit 2026-01-09 Pending IFP appellate-procedure district-court judicial-discretion jurisdictional-deadline notice-of-appeal pro-se-litigant Whether a court of appeals can dismiss an appeal by a pro se litigant for failing to file a Notice of Appeal within 30 days of entry of judgment by th…
25A794 Segundo Inga-Inga v. Robert A. McDonald, etc., et al. New York 2026-01-08 Application administrative-review appellate-procedure case-controversy judicial-standing legal-dismissal mootness Whether a case becomes moot when the underlying administrative or legal dispute has been resolved prior to appellate review
25A773 Katherine London v. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Seventh Circuit 2026-01-05 Application appellate-procedure due-process first-amendment professional-sanctions rico-litigation zealous-advocacy Whether a federal appellate court violates an attorney's First Amendment rights and due process protections when imposing professional sanctions for z…
25-6471 Marcia Vazquez Rijos v. United States First Circuit 2026-01-02 Pending Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure conspiracy criminal-procedure indicative-ruling jurisdiction sixth-amendment Whether Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure allows for an Amended Notice of Appeal or requires a new notice of appeal for every indicat…
25-6426 In Re Tamas Hampel 2025-12-23 Pending IFP appellate-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-process petition-for-rehearing third-circuit Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is required to docket a timely filed petition for rehearing and whether its failure t…
25A739 Triumph Foods, LLC, et al. v. Andrea J. Campbell, Attorney General of Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit 2025-12-23 Application appellate-procedure certiorari extension-of-time first-circuit supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether a 60-day extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari is appropriate under Supreme Court procedural rules
25-710 Erin Uciechowski v. DEA Products, Inc. Pennsylvania 2025-12-18 Pending appellate-procedure due-process legal-review pennsylvania-law petition-for-appeal supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania erred in denying the Petitioner's Petition for Allowance of Appeal and whether the Pennsylvania appellate co…
25A704 E. D., a Minor, By Her Parent and Next Friend, Lisa Duell, et al. v. Noblesville School District, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-12-17 Application appellate-procedure certiorari expressive-association nonprofit-organization supreme-court-rules time-extension Whether a nonprofit advocacy organization can seek an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari under Supreme Court procedural rules
25A711 Dale Sundby, as Trustee v. Marquee Funding Group, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-12-17 Application appellate-procedure intervention post-judgment pro-se property-refinancing trustee Whether a pro se trustee's post-judgment intervention and appeal challenging property refinancing claims can overcome procedural barriers and district…
25-6337 Reginald Sanders v. Fitness International, LLC, dba Esporta Fitness, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-filing appellate-procedure judicial-order local-rule petition-rejection rehearing-deadline Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 40(a)(1)'s mandatory 14-day rehearing deadline may be nullified through administrative filing systems that…
25-665 Colin R. Covitz v. United States Armed Forces 2025-12-08 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure due-process military-justice post-trial-delay sentencing-relief uniform-code-military-justice Did the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals err when it held there was 'no basis for relief' under 10 U.S.C. § 866(d)(2) merely because there was not …
25-6295 Caleb L. McGillvary v. Nicholas Scutari, et al. Third Circuit 2025-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure discretionary-appeal due-process federal-rules jurisdictional-review legal-standing Is the use of 3rd Cir. L.A.R. 27.4 to effectively convert an appeal as of right into a discretionary appeal, which denies an appellant the opportunity…
25-6286 Wilfredo Feliciano-Rodriguez v. United States First Circuit 2025-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation time-limit Whether the Appellate Court can violate 28 U.S.C. §2244(b)(3)(D) by treating the 30-day time limit as a guideline rather than a mandatory requirement
25-6269 Lairon Graham v. United States Second Circuit 2025-12-02 Pending IFP appellate-procedure circuit-split due-process ineffective-assistance party-presentation plea-agreement Whether the right to due process on appeal is violated when an appellate court relies on an argument not presented by the government, despite the part…
25A629 Rami Ghanem v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-12-01 Application appellate-procedure certiorari judicial-discretion petition-deadline supreme-court-rules time-extension Whether a criminal defendant may obtain a 30-day extension of time to file a petition for certiorari beyond the standard 90-day deadline after a feder…
25-616 Juston D. Beyer v. United States Armed Forces 2025-11-26 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure court-of-appeals discretionary-review judicial-review military-justice Did the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces abuse its discretion by failing to grant review?
25-6251 Caleb L. McGillvary v. Michael T. G. Long, et al. Third Circuit 2025-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure discretionary-appeal due-process federal-rules jurisdictional-review statutory-interpretation Is the use of 3rd Cir. L.A.R. 27.4 to effectively convert an appeal as of right into a discretionary appeal, which denies an appellant the opportunity…
25-6197 Edmund Lowell Fields v. Fredeane Artis, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process equitable-relief ministerial-duties notice-requirements Whether ministerial duties under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(6) regarding 'actual notice' and 'formal notice' create an equitable basis f…
25-591 Benjamin Jakes-Johnson v. United States Second Circuit 2025-11-19 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-split constitutional-claims habeas-corpus judicial-review Whether the circuit courts' practices of issuing summary denials for certificates of appealability are consonant with the Supreme Court's guidance in …
25A553 Shirley V. Remmert v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-11-13 Application appellate-procedure district-court frivolous-appeal in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation Whether a district court has the authority to dismiss an appeal as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 without providing a detailed explanation of its re…
25-6089 Curtis Solomon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-precedent due-process panel-rule stare-decisis statutory-right Whether the Eleventh Circuit's 'prior panel precedent rule' contravenes principles of vertical stare decisis and denies defendants their statutory rig…
25-6056 Ruben Santoyo v. City of Chicago, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jurisdiction pro-se-litigant sanctions Whether a district court may impose punitive monetary sanctions sua sponte after a notice of appeal has divested it of jurisdiction, in light of confl…
25A530 John Koe, aka Nicholas Krudy v. University Hospitals Health System, Inc., et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-11-07 Application appellate-procedure due-process jurisdictional-rule merits-determination party-presentation sua-sponte Whether a sua sponte dismissal without notice or opportunity to be heard, based on a procedural rule characterized as jurisdictional, violates due pro…
25A531 John Koe, aka Nicholas Krudy v. University Hospitals Health System, Inc., et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-11-07 Application appellate-procedure jurisdictional-dismissal merits-determination party-presentation procedural-rule sua-sponte Whether a federal appellate court can sua sponte dismiss a case without notice or opportunity to be heard when characterizing a procedural rule as jur…
25-6054 Clyde Miller v. United States Second Circuit 2025-11-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP appellate-procedure circuit-split constitutional-review firearms-regulation statutory-interpretation writ-of-certiorari Whether a writ of certiorari should be granted to settle the Constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(l) given the Circuit Courts of Appeals and Distric…
25-545 Julia M. Robinson v. FedEx Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-05 Denied appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation federal-law judicial-review monetary-relief Whether the lower courts improperly applied federal law and misinterpreted constitutional and procedural rules in denying monetary relief
25-546 Julia Mae Robinson v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-05 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-standards federal-law judicial-review monetary-relief Whether the Eleventh Circuit and Northern District of Georgia courts improperly applied federal law and constitutional standards in denying monetary r…
25-6015 Timothy Marcus Mayberry v. Aramark, et al. Indiana 2025-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment pro-se Whether the Court of Appeals of Indiana denies a litigant due process and violates the Equal Protection Clause by summarily disposing of appellate iss…
25A479 Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2025-10-27 Application appellate-procedure eleventh-circuit extension-of-time petition-for-certiorari pro-se-litigant supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari given multiple pending cases and no opposition from resp…
25-5941 Mohammad Reza Assadi v. Randolph N. Osherow, Chapter 7 Trustee Fifth Circuit 2025-10-23 Denied IFP appellate-procedure chapter-7-trustee due-process electronic-filing jurisdictional-issue notice-requirements Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(b) and Article III permit a federal appellate court to enter judgment in the name of a discharged Chapt…
25-5933 Willie Dennis v. United States Second Circuit 2025-10-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure counsel-abandonment court-of-appeals-inaction deadline-extension pro-se-petition record-access Whether the Supreme Court should grant relief due to constructive denial of appellate record access through counsel abandonment and court of appeals' …
25A461 Angela Kay Plese v. Ronald Austin, et al. Tennessee 2025-10-22 Application appellate-procedure certiorari judicial-discretion petition-deadline supreme-court-rules time-extension Whether a state appellate court's procedural ruling can constitute grounds for an extraordinary extension of time to file a petition for writ of certi…
25A449 Kerry E. Silvers v. Indiana Indiana 2025-10-17 Application appellate-procedure criminal-procedure indiana-supreme-court legal-standards post-conviction-relief retroactive-law Whether the Indiana Court of Appeals improperly applied retroactive legal standards in denying a post-conviction relief petition by failing to adhere …
25A433 Roberto Corral v. Arrow Electronics, Inc. Second Circuit 2025-10-15 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure extraordinary-circumstances medical-issues pro-se procedural-default second-circuit Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals improperly denied a pro se litigant's appeal based on a procedural default without considering exceptional…
25-5876 William Housman v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2025-10-14 Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability federal-constitutional-claim judicial-review reasonable-jurists state-court-decision Does a state court's divided decision on the merits of a federal constitutional claim demonstrate that reasonable jurists would debate the claim's mer…
25-5877 Samson Diamonte Xavior Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure harmless-error non-elemental-facts presentence-report sentencing-review shepard-documents Whether a reviewing court may properly rely on non-elemental facts in presentence reports and Shepard documents when conducting harmless-error review …
25A417 In Re Ramsey E. Clayter 2025-10-10 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure constitutional-rights emergency-relief judicial-review procedural-due-process state-court Whether the lower court's procedural rulings improperly denied the petitioner's constitutional right to judicial review
25-398 Adeayo O. Turton v. Saks Fifth Avenue, LLC Pennsylvania 2025-10-03 Denied appellate-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-review waiver-doctrine Whether Pennsylvania's appellate procedures and waiver doctrines violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment by d…
25-5780 Timothy Marcus Mayberry v. Stacy Hall Indiana 2025-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure court-of-appeals due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-review state-law Whether the Court of Appeals of Indiana deprived the petitioner of the secured right to one appeal under state law, in violation of the Fourteenth Ame…
25-375 CPC Patent Technologies Pty Ltd. v. Apple Inc. Federal Circuit 2025-09-30 Denied Response Waived administrative-review appellate-procedure federal-circuit patent-law rule-36 statutory-interpretation Whether Federal Circuit Rule 36 violates 35 U.S.C. § 144 by allowing affirmance without opinion when reviewing Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions
25-360 J. P. v. J. N. New Jersey 2025-09-25 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure constitutional-rights judicial-corruption judicial-impartiality procedural-fairness recusal Did corruption within the NJ judiciary violate the petitioner's constitutional rights and foster impropriety in judicial proceedings?
25-5733 Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Jesus Valdivia, Police Officer, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-25 Dismissed IFP access-to-court appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection Did the Appellate Court wrongly dismiss the appeal due to orders preventing effective litigation, and did the Southern District of Florida and Elevent…
25-327 Express Scripts, Inc., et al. v. California Ninth Circuit 2025-09-18 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure automatic-stay coinbase-precedent federal-officer-removal remand-order statutory-exception Whether a remand order appealed under 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d) is subject to an automatic stay pending appeal
25A297 Brent E. Webster v. Redwood Holdings, LLC, dba Wedgewood Inc. Oregon 2025-09-16 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure court-of-appeals pro-se supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se litigant's request for a 60-day extension to file a petition for writ of certiorari should be granted based on the complexity of the …
25A301 Michael Anthony Christopher Cochren, II v. White Castle System, Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit 2025-09-16 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure jurisdictional-deadline pro-se supreme-court-rule time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se litigant's request for a one-day extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari meets the legal standard for good caus…
25-298 Bi-Qem SA DE CV, et al. v. Trade Links, LLC Second Circuit 2025-09-15 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-rules docket-notation local-rule order-entry Whether an unsigned and uninitialed 'Courtroom Minutes - Civil' document constitutes an 'Order' for purposes of Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(…
25-5612 Andrew W. Bell v. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure ballot-access constitutional-rights due-process election-law procedural-fairness Whether the Eleventh Circuit violated Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 41(b) and due process by issuing a mandate during pending en banc rehearing …
25-254 Khamraj Lall v. United States Third Circuit 2025-09-04 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review legal-standard sentence-reduction Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals violated fundamental due process principles by granting a stay to delay proceedings until an unfavorable la…
25-5553 Adrian Goudelock v. United States Second Circuit 2025-09-04 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-discretion legal-argumentation procedural-fairness Whether the right to due process on appeal is violated where an appellate court invokes legal arguments not presented by parties or declines to acknow…
25A251 Erika Mabes, Individually and on Behalf of L. M., J. R. M., and J. A. M., Minor Children, et al. v. Shannon Thompson, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-09-02 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure legal-filing summary-judgment supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether a summary judgment record exceeding 3,800 pages warrants an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari
25-218 Brian Smith v. Florida Florida 2025-08-22 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure case-law florida-supreme-court jury-trial post-conviction-relief precedent Does case law from the Florida Supreme Court in 1999 take precedence over case law from the Florida 1st DCA in 1988, and what remedy exists when an ap…
25A209 Mahfooz Ahmad v. Colin Day, et al. Second Circuit 2025-08-21 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure employment-discrimination motion-to-consolidate pro-se second-circuit workplace-bias Whether an employment discrimination claim can proceed when a pro se plaintiff alleges workplace bias without meeting specific pleading requirements
25-197 T. M. v. University of Maryland Medical System Corporation, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-08-19 Granted Amici (3)Relisted (2) appellate-procedure doctrine-interpretation federal-jurisdiction judicial-review rooker-feldman state-court Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine can be triggered by a state-court decision that remains subject to further review in state court
25-5321 Jeffrey Ricardo Wimberly v. Michigan Michigan 2025-08-11 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-violation equitable-tolling jurisdictional-challenge michigan-supreme-court subject-matter-jurisdiction Does a lower court lose subject-matter jurisdiction when an equitably tolled appeal is pending in a higher court, and did the Michigan Supreme Court's…
25-5291 Consuelo Saldana, et al. v. William Campana California 2025-08-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-jury-trial constitutional-rights indigent-litigants seventh-amendment waiver-inference May California arbitrarily deny a civil jury trial to indigent litigants in violation of the Seventh Amendment and state constitutional protections?
25A159 Richard Rynn, et al. v. Craig Jennings, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-08-06 Application appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bias ninth-circuit record-correction Whether the Ninth Circuit's procedural actions, including deferring motions to correct the record and permitting premature briefing, constitute a viol…
25-5281 Tony Lamons Gooch, III v. Tennessee Tennessee 2025-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process ineffective-assistance structural-error When a State court judgment shows counsel of record was ineffective during all three phases of litigation, and a defendant is permanently-barred from …
25-116 Nicholas Roddy Ramlow v. Amanda Marie Mitchell Idaho 2025-07-30 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure constitutional-rights first-amendment mootness pandemic-law public-health Whether mask-wearing constitutes symbolic or expressive speech, and whether an appeal regarding pandemic-related mask mandates is moot given potential…
25-5235 Carlton Vose v. Peter F. Neronha, Attorney General of Rhode Island First Circuit 2025-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights federal-review habeas-corpus state-law Whether the First Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously applied state law and federal habeas corpus standards in reviewing a criminal defendant's const…
25-5166 Thomas E. Camarda v. Elizabeth M. Whitehorn, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-07-22 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process separation-of-powers summary-judgment supremacy-clause Whether a federal court of appeals may refuse to enter judgment following an unrebutted dispositive appellate brief and summary judgment motion, and w…
25-5138 Stephanie Mykonos v. Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider, LLP, et al. District of Columbia 2025-07-17 Denied IFP appellate-procedure brief-filing court-administration docketing pro-se writ-of-certiorari Whether the D.C. Circuit erred in failing to docket a pro se petitioner's timely filed brief
25-5120 Muzammil Ali v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability eighth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-error Was The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in error when it denied the Petitioner a Certificate of Appealability?
24-1323 Peter Kleidman v. Audrey B. Collins, Associate Justice, Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-06-30 Denied appellate-procedure briefing-rules court-of-appeals legal-theory procedural-fairness supervisory-power Whether the Supreme Court will use its supervisory power to require Courts of Appeals to provide parties an opportunity to be heard on new authorities…
24A1291 Cheri Poe v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Ninth Circuit 2025-06-27 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari lehman-brothers ninth-circuit state-law-certification supreme-court-rules Whether the Supreme Court should establish clear standards for when federal appellate courts may deny certification of state law questions to state su…
24-1313 Jeremy N. Miller v. Casi A. Miller, et al. Tennessee 2025-06-25 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure attorney-general-notice federal-preemption state-jurisdiction va-authority veterans-benefits Whether a state court can preclude a litigant from arguing federal law preemption on appeal due to failure to notify the state attorney general during…
24A1280 Serafim Georgios Katergaris v. City of New York, New York Second Circuit 2025-06-25 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari court-of-appeals judicial-discretion supreme-court-rules time-extension Whether the lower appellate court's ruling improperly interpreted or applied the legal standard for granting an extension of time to file a petition f…
24-7345 Anita Sue Bryant v. Estate of Laura J. Bryant Indiana 2025-06-03 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure case-dismissal court-of-appeals in-forma-pauperis notice-requirement procedural-due-process Whether the Indiana Court of Appeals improperly closed Appellant's case without addressing pending motions and without providing notice
24A1187 Mitzi Baker v. Social Security Administration Federal Circuit 2025-06-03 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure deadline-extension justice-standard medical-disability pro-se writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time for a pro se litigant with medical disabilities to file a writ of certiorari beyond the st…
24-7331 Jeremiah S. Farmer v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-05-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-claims district-court federal-review habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation Whether the district court's denial of habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 was proper after appellate review
24-7311 Percy L. Harris v. Mississippi Mississippi 2025-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure conviction-review judicial-oversight mississippi-supreme-court pro-se record-omission Did the appellant receive a proper review from the Mississippi Supreme Court after his conviction was affirmed due to documents that were a part of th…
24-1193 In Re Sean Murphy, et al. 2025-05-22 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure circuit-court constitutional-rights judicial-recusal judicial-review procedural-due-process Whether the Sixth Circuit clerks had the authority to render judgment on dispositive motions without judicial review or proper delegation; whether una…
24A1113 Elbert Gaynor v. Extended Stay America Maryland 2025-05-20 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari motion-to-stay reargument supreme-court-rules waiver-of-costs Whether a state supreme court's unanimous denial of a petition for writ of certiorari precludes subsequent motions for reargument or stay of enforceme…
24-7211 Jeffrey Spivack v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-05-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability court-of-appeals federal-rules-criminal-procedure motion-to-dismiss notice-of-appeal May a Court of Appeals disregard the scope of an appeal when the appellant has clearly articulated the scope and nature of the appeal by identifying t…
24-1158 Carol A. Lewis, et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services District of Columbia 2025-05-13 Denied appellate-procedure article-iii circuit-split class-action mootness standing Whether named plaintiffs in a class action retain standing to appeal a district court's denial of class certification when the named plaintiffs' claim…
24-7186 Albertico C. Cruz v. Texas Texas 2025-05-13 Denied IFP anders-brief appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance pro-se-response Did the Eleventh Court of Appeals deny Petitioner's due process by ordering a pro se response under Anders when the appeal was not an Anders proceedin…
24-1105 Alan Kushner v. Dave W. Sunday, Jr., Attorney General of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2025-04-24 Denied appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-default third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously denied the petitioner's application for a Certificate of Appealability
24-1063 Munson P. Hunter, III v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-04-08 Granted Amici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) appeal-waiver appellate-procedure circuit-split constitutional-challenge ineffective-assistance sentencing-rights Whether the only permissible exceptions to a general appeal waiver are for claims of ineffective assistance of counsel or that the sentence exceeds th…
24-6926 Elijah Bankston, aka Tommy Lee v. Florida Florida 2025-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-separation manifest-injustice Whether appellate counsel's failure to challenge jury separation constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel and a manifest injustice under Strickla…
24-6900 Robert E. Hammersley v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2025-03-31 Denied IFP appellate-procedure court-of-appeals judicial-process legal-documentation procedural-requirement record-submission Is a party in the Court of Appeals required to independently submit documents relevant to that appeal as part of the record when said documents are al…
24A937 J.A. Masters Investments, et al. v. Eduardo Beltramini Fifth Circuit 2025-03-28 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari fifth-circuit judicial-discretion supreme-court-rules time-extension Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari beyond the standard deadline
24-1029 Abram J. Harris v. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, et al. District of Columbia 2025-03-27 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure district-court jurisdictional-requirements removal-jurisdiction state-court statutory-interpretation Whether an action may be removed to the district court after it has been dismissed in the state court and a notice of appeal filed; Whether the remova…
24-6874 In Re Robert D. Batson 2025-03-27 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process eleventh-circuit mandamus pro-se-litigant Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has created local rules that arbitrarily encroach upon pro se litigants' rights and violate constitution…
24-6844 In Re Gayle George 2025-03-25 Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-procedure congressional-oversight constitutional-authority dc-home-rule judicial-review Whether the Superior Court of the District of Columbia is an agency subject to congressional oversight under the DC Home Rule Act, and whether the DC …
24-6711 Kris Chapter Jackson v. Soave Automotive Group, Inc., et al. Kansas 2025-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-review vexatious-litigant Whether a lower court's vexatious litigant order violates due process rights and is immediately appealable
24-6696 James R. Turner, III v. Edward Rapp Second Circuit 2025-03-04 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-protections due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion recusal Whether the Court of Appeals erred in denying in forma pauperis status and dismissing an appeal without proper constitutional consideration
24-948 Patricia Guerrero, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of California, et al. v. Stephen Moreland Redd Ninth Circuit 2025-03-04 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) appellate-procedure circuit-split judicial-review mootness munsingwear-doctrine vacatur Whether, under United States v. Munsingwear, a court of appeals' decision should be vacated when an appeal becomes moot by happenstance while a petiti…
24-6676 Louis Angel Mercado v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appellate-procedure brief-filing cronic-standard ineffective-assistance-counsel presumed-prejudice state-appeal Whether prejudice should be presumed under United States v. Cronic when defense counsel fails to file an appellee's brief under a state-initiated appe…
24-6682 Raequan Rucker v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-dismissal appellate-procedure fourth-circuit judicial-review legal-standing procedural-error Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by dismissing Mr. Rucker's Appeal before that Court
24-6683 Ferrell Walker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability clisby-rule constitutional-rights eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals properly applied the Clisby v. Jones precedent in determining the Certificate of Appealability and poten…
24-6645 Joseph DeLarosa v. Village of Romeoville, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-02-25 Denied IFP appellate-procedure circuit-conflict court-procedure federal-question judicial-review supervisory-power Whether the Seventh Circuit's decision conflicts with Supreme Court precedent and warrants supervisory review
24-915 In Re Bart Wade Reagor 2025-02-25 Dismissed Response Waived appellate-procedure court-of-appeals fifth-circuit judicial-delay mandamus writ-of-mandamus Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to issue a decision without delay
24-6551 William J. Wise v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure habeas-corpus ninth-circuit panetti-standard section-2255 successive-petition Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly dismissed an amended section 2255 motion to vacate sentence as a successive petition
24-6462 Ricky D. Ullman, Jr. v. Kentucky Kentucky 2025-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-error statutory-interpretation Whether a trial judge operating under an erroneous belief about the nature of a defendant's crime violates the defendant's federal due process rights
24-6428 Marc Anthony Hill v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure cert-petition constitutional-adjudication direct-review judicial-mandate supreme-court-rule Whether a petitioner's direct review is impacted by a new Supreme Court rule when lower courts enter an amended judgment before the Supreme Court's fi…
24-6378 Von Clark Davis v. Bill Cool, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-01-23 Denied IFP appellate-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-waiver rule-28j supreme-court-precedent Whether a court of appeals may render judgment without addressing a new Supreme Court decision cited under Rule 28(j), and whether a defendant is enti…
24-751 Giorgi Rtskhiladze v. Department of Justice, et al. District of Columbia 2025-01-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure circuit-court damages-claim footnote-defamation forfeiture privacy-act Did Petitioner forfeit his Privacy Act damages claim where the damages issue was fully briefed and the decision finds no support in existing caselaw?
24-762 Gary Pisner v. Robert McCarthy, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-01-17 Denied Relisted (2) appellate-procedure due-process judicial-review opinion-explanation procedural-requirements right-of-appeal Is there a minimum amount of explanation in an appellate opinion necessary to meet due process requirements, to verify that an appellate court has act…
24A686 Ruel M. Hamilton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-13 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari extension-of-time fifth-circuit judicial-discretion supreme-court Whether the Fifth Circuit correctly applied the standard for granting or denying a motion for extension of time to file a petition for certiorari
24A651 Jared Wade Hinman v. Illinois Illinois 2024-12-31 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure prison-mailing pro-se supreme-court time-limitation writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se petitioner's motion for leave to file a writ of certiorari can be timely preserved when mailed through the prison mailing system and …
24-680 Dennis G. Collins, et al. v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Eighth Circuit 2024-12-26 Denied appellate-procedure civil-procedure district-court rule-9b sua-sponte waiver Whether a United States Court of Appeals can sua sponte affirm a district court's judgment on Rule 9(b) and other grounds that were waived on appeal w…
24-6171 Demajio J. Ellis v. Linda Carper, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court-review district-court-decision evidence-suppression motion-to-suppress summary-judgment Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's decision to deny defendant's motion to suppress evidence and gran…
24-6116 In Re Frank E. Pate 2024-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-officer final-judgment judicial-review mandamus prosecutorial-discretion Whether the 5th Circuit can ignore 28 USC 2111 final judgment and review mandates after an 8-year dormant case period, and whether a U.S. Attorney mus…
24-6033 Frederico Bruno v. Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2024-11-26 Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability district-court evidentiary-hearing judicial-review third-circuit Whether the District Court and Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in refusing to issue a certificate of appealability and granting an evidentiary he…
24-6041 Daniel Hampton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Second Circuit 2024-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split claims-processing federal-rules jurisdictional-rules statutory-interpretation Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 4(a)(4)(B)(ii) is jurisdictional or claims processing?
24-544 Patrick Emanuel Sutherland v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-11-14 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure coram-nobis fourth-circuit judicial-review post-conviction-remedy writ-of-error Whether the Fourth Circuit improperly limited the post-conviction remedy of a writ of coram nobis and created ambiguity in its scope
24-5816 Terrance A. Burlison v. Jerry W. Benefield, dba Green Oaks Manor Mobile Home Park Florida 2024-10-24 Denied IFP appellate-procedure dismissal due-process florida-supreme-court fourteenth-amendment procedural-rules Whether the Florida Supreme Court violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause by entering an order of dismissal before the time prescribed …
24-461 Island Intellectual Property LLC v. TD Ameritrade, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2024-10-23 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (2) appellate-procedure due-process local-rule-36 patent-law seventh-amendment summary-judgment Whether the Federal Circuit's use of Local Rule 36 to issue one-word affirmances in patent cases violates due process and the right to reasoned appell…
24-5810 Andre Wilburn v. Virginia Nguyen, et al. Second Circuit 2024-10-23 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-defect in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion oath-of-office pro-se-prisoner Whether a district court errs when dismissing a pro se prisoner's complaint without leave to amend for futility reasons when defects could be cured, a…
24-5779 Allan Leslie Sinanan, Jr. v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2024-10-18 Denied IFP appellate-procedure court-discretion error-waiver legal-interpretation procedural-rules rule-of-law Whether the Commonwealth Court abused its discretion by applying Pa.R.A.P. 302(a) to conclude waiver of error, conflicting with Pa.R.A.P. 1925 and pro…
24-431 Danny Ray Dunn v. Caryn Alissa Dunn Georgia 2024-10-17 Denied appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-ethics recusal-motion Whether the lack of an adequate recusal enforcement mechanism in Georgia state courts violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
24-414 Reuben Larson v. CommunityWorks North Dakota, et al. North Dakota 2024-10-11 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure brief-requirements constitutional-challenge court-rules judicial-discretion procedural-due-process Whether a court rule mandating brief page limits and paragraph numbering, with dismissal for non-compliance, is unconstitutional
24A341 Ricky Kamdem-Ouaffo v. Colgate Palmolive Co., et al. Third Circuit 2024-10-10 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure civil-procedure fraud-upon-court judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation rule-60-challenge Whether a pro se litigant can successfully challenge multiple court orders and legal proceedings alleging fraud upon the court under Rule 60(b)(4) whe…
24-5734 In Re Abdur-Rahim Dib Dudar 2024-10-09 Denied IFP appellate-procedure default-judgment district-court judicial-discretion procedural-motion venue-transfer Whether the transfer of a case from District 1 to District 2 under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) was proper and whether the defendant is entitled to a default j…
24-388 Kariann V. v. Maine Department of Health and Human Services Maine 2024-10-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure judicial-discretion legal-review parental-rights procedural-due-process state-supreme-court Whether a state supreme court can deny an appeal without addressing all legal questions presented when statutorily required to do so
24A324 Harris Brumfield, Trustee for Ascent Trust v. IBG LLC, et al. Federal Circuit 2024-10-03 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari federal-circuit judicial-review time-extension trust-interests Whether the Federal Circuit improperly applied legal standards in reviewing a commercial dispute involving trust interests and financial transactions
24A322 Charles D. Hood v. Donald J. Trump, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-10-02 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure district-court-judgment federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirement notice-of-appeal time-limit Whether a federal court lacks jurisdiction to hear an appeal when the notice of appeal is not filed within the statutorily prescribed 60-day period af…
24-5663 George Ashetzie v. Illinois Illinois 2024-09-30 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights court-notification due-process judicial-review pro-se-appeal Whether the appellate court's denial of a pro se appeal and failure to provide proper notice constitutes a due process violation
24A306 Ernest Murphy v. United States Second Circuit 2024-09-30 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari en-banc-petition extension-of-time pro-se supreme-court-rules Whether a pro se criminal defendant may seek an extension of time to file a certiorari petition pending resolution of a petition for rehearing en banc…
24-5655 Juan M. Cruzado Laureano v. Popular Democratic Party and Its Governing Board Puerto Rico 2024-09-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure certiorari criminal-conviction department-of-justice supreme-court-rule waiver Whether a waiver by the US Department of Justice under Supreme Court Rule 15 constitutes an admission of the illegality of a criminal conviction
24-318 BASF Corporation v. Bader Farms, Inc. Eighth Circuit 2024-09-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure circuit-split claim-processing cross-appeal-rule judicial-discretion jurisdictional-issue Whether the cross-appeal rule is a jurisdictional rule, a mandatory claim-processing rule, or an informal and flexible rule in civil cases
24-322 Kristin Bausch v. Jacob Frost, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-09-20 Denied Response Waived accardi-doctrine agency-regulations appellate-procedure due-process subject-matter-jurisdiction turner-rogers-hearing Whether the Seventh Circuit lacked subject matter jurisdiction due to failure to conduct a mandatory Turner v. Rogers hearing and potential due proces…
24-324 Christina Paylan v. Florida Florida 2024-09-20 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure constitutional-infirmity due-process fair-trial judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics Whether Florida's lack of rules governing appellate judicial disqualification violates due process rights of litigants
24-5549 Norman Paul Felts v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure fourth-circuit-review ineffective-assistance legal-abandonment pro-se-representation timeliness Whether the Fourth Circuit should have considered an untimely appeal due to alleged attorney abandonment
24-292 Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., et al. v. Norwich Pharmaceuticals Inc. Federal Circuit 2024-09-13 Denied appellate-procedure evidence-standard factual-findings harmless-error judicial-review standard-of-review When a district court's findings of fact are unsupported by the evidence the district court relied on, may a court of appeals affirm based on other ev…
24-5502 William L. Mitchell, Jr. v. Frank Kendall, Secretary of the Air Force Fifth Circuit 2024-09-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adjudication-on-merits appellate-procedure civil-litigation federal-rules-civil-procedure judicial-review voluntary-dismissal Whether a second voluntary dismissal under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A) and (B) acts as an adjudication on the merits and forms a basi…
24A248 Ryan T. Thornton v. Circuit Court of Wisconsin, Racine County Wisconsin 2024-09-09 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari criminal-appeal ineffective-assistance judicial-review state-court-jurisdiction Whether the Wisconsin state courts improperly denied the petitioner's criminal appeal and effectively foreclosed meaningful judicial review of his und…
24A244 Richard Rynn v. First Transit Incorporated., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-09-06 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-rights pro-se rule-60 workplace-injunction Whether a pro se litigant can challenge a workplace injunction under Rule 60(b) based on alleged constitutional rights violations and procedural irreg…
24-5471 In Re Keith Girvan 2024-09-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure eyewitness-evidence habeas-corpus judicial-review pro-se-petition state-court-findings Whether 3rd Circuit Local Appellate Rules, Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 3(e), and 28 U.S.C. 2254 apply to Habeas Corpus Proceedings and provide…
24-5439 Richard Beasley v. Ohio Ohio 2024-09-04 Denied IFP appellate-procedure capital-punishment constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment sixth-amendment Whether a criminal defendant's due process rights are violated when a state supreme court dismisses a capital appeal and fails to appoint replacement …
24-5435 Orlando Sanchez v. Fidencio N. Guzman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-09-03 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review trial-rights Question not identified.
24-5436 David Fink v. California California 2024-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-of-appeal Should an appellant have a voice in their own appeal when the Court of Appeal appoints counsel who fails to raise substantial constitutional claims?
24-214 Karen E. Ellingstad, et al. v. Kake Tribal Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-27 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment oral-argument Whether the Ninth Circuit's policy of denying oral argument violates litigants' constitutional rights to due process and a day in court
24-5400 Javontae Quintez White v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split constitutional-law due-process judicial-review waiver Is a Constitutional Due Process violation triggered when an appellate court holds that an issue is waived if not specifically raised in the statement …
24-5403 Tynia Levesy v. Christopher Scolese, Director, National Reconnaissance Office, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-08-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-claims fourth-circuit jurisdiction rule-26f rule-56d Did the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals have jurisdiction over constitutional claims and properly apply procedural rules in this case?
24-207 Carlos A. Alonso Cano, et al. v. 245 C & C, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-26 Denied appellate-procedure civil-rights fraud-upon-court judicial-discretion pro-se-representation transcript-integrity Whether a federal court can prohibit pro se representation in a civil case when the plaintiff has demonstrated prior ability to represent themselves, …
24-5384 Carlton Eugene Hooker, Jr. v. Kevin T. Hanretta, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure case-dismissal civil-rights court-remand judicial-discretion procedural-error Whether the Eleventh Circuit abused its discretion in denying the appellant's motion for judgment and remanding the case due to procedural irregularit…
24-5371 In Re Eric Martin Matthews 2024-08-22 Denied IFP aedpa-constitutionality appellate-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review plea-agreement subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Anti-Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) remains constitutional after Jones v. Hendrix and its impact on subject matter jurisdiction and p…
24-177 Alison Gershenson v. Elizabet Da Silva Florida 2024-08-20 Denied appellate-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment per-curiam-decision summary-judgment Whether Florida's appellate procedure of issuing per curiam decisions without opinion on summary judgment appeals violates due process and equal prote…
24-159 The Wall Guy, Inc., et al. v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver for The First State Bank Fourth Circuit 2024-08-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure bond-surety en-banc-review federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure governmental-taking judicial-review Did the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals err in failing to address the appellant's appeal on the merits and in not granting en banc review despite complia…
24-5318 Norberto Serna v. O’Brian Bailey, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process judicial-standard miranda-warning Whether the Court of Appeals imposed an incorrect standard for granting a certificate of appealability in conflict with Supreme Court precedent
24A163 Ryan Lawrence Anthony v. Josh Highberger, Superintendent, Oregon State Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2024-08-12 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari due-process electronic-filing supreme-court-rules time-extension Whether the Ninth Circuit's procedural handling of an appeal warrants extraordinary relief due to potential electronic file storage errors that may ha…
24A148 Jane Doe v. East Lyme Board of Education Second Circuit 2024-08-08 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari litigation pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se litigant's personal and professional circumstances constitute sufficient grounds for an extraordinary extension of time to file a pet…
24-5255 Benjamin Burciaga-Herrera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
24-5223 Michael Domonic Sales v. Tennessee Tennessee 2024-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-issue court-record due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-petition related-cases standing supreme-court takings Question not identified
24A112 David Hatchigian v. ABCO, et al. Pennsylvania 2024-07-31 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure federal-rules good-cause pro-se supreme-court-jurisdiction time-extension Whether a pro se litigant's motion for an extension of time to file an appeal meets the standard for good cause under Federal Rule of Appellate Proced…
24-95 Jason Lou Peralta, et al. v. Worthington Industries, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied 28-usc-2072 28-usc-455 appellate-procedure certiorari court-of-appeals due-process judicial-disqualification judicial-misconduct recusal supervisory-powers Should-the-United-States-Supreme-Court-impose-a-requirement-of-mandatory-disqualification-of-Chief-Judges-of-the-Courts-of-Appeals
24A109 Irina Collier v. Donald J. Trump District of Columbia 2024-07-30 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-rules jurisdictional-requirement notice-of-appeal time-bar Whether a notice of appeal filed beyond the 60-day period established in Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(1)(B) can be deemed timely when the …
24A99 Nicolyn Plummer v. New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association Second Circuit 2024-07-26 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure dismissal human-rights insurance-underwriting motion-for-reconsideration pro-se Whether a pro se plaintiff can challenge an insurance underwriting decision through an appeal lacking an arguable basis in law or fact
24A44 Tarek Youssef Hassan Saleh v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Second Circuit 2024-07-15 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure court-filing legal-deadline pro-se time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se litigant's international travel and limited preparation time constitutes sufficient grounds for an extension of time to file a petiti…
24-5081 Larry Edward Webster, Jr. v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office of Colorado, et al. Colorado 2024-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts administrative-law administrative-review appellate-procedure civil-procedure colorado-constitution constitutional-rights due-process judicial-access workers-compensation Whether 8-43-307, C.R.S. (1994 Supp) and 8-74-107, C.R.S. (1986 1994 Supp) and C.A.R. 46.4 and 46.7 unconstitutionally deny workers compensation parti…
23-7825 Eduardo Margarito Soto, aka Edwardo Margarito Soto v. Texas Texas 2024-06-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim counsel-performance due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review prejudice record-development Whether the applicant was denied effective assistance of counsel in the appeal proceedings, due to the silent and undeveloped record that resulted the…
23-7816 In Re William H. Wright, Jr. 2024-06-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process emergency-motion jurisdiction jurisdictional-review petition-for-review standing Question not identified
23A1156 Rona J. Adeoye v. Clayton County DFCS Employees, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-06-25 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure court-of-appeals dismissal jurisdiction pro-se sua-sponte Whether a pro se litigant's procedural challenges to a sua sponte dismissal by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals for lack of jurisdiction warrant …
23-7759 Israel Santiago-Lugo v. United States First Circuit 2024-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-reasoning procedural-error reasoned-decision-making supreme-court-precedent May the District Court and Court of Appeals ignore the Supreme Court's decision in Concepcion v. U.S.
23-7749 Carlos Enrique Lopez-Soto v. United States First Circuit 2024-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-of-appeals dismissal due-process government-objection judicial-procedure notice notice-of-judgment standing timeliness Whether the Court of Appeals could dismiss an action based on untimely notice where (1) the district court's judgment was never notified, and (2) in t…
23-7718 In Re Christopher L. Takhvar 2024-06-13 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-process legal-review petition-for-writ procedural-challenge standing right-to-appeal
23-7658 In Re Robert Gene Rega 2024-06-07 Denied IFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-delay standing third-circuit writ-of-certiorari due-process
23-7650 Samuel Cuellar v. Jeff Tanner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-violation criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel informed-decision mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences plea-bargaining plea-negotiations sentencing Whether petitioner is entitled to reinstatement of plea offer due to counsel's failure to inform him of mandatory minimum sentence
23A1087 Maximo DiazLeal-DiazLeal v. Ronald Haynes, Superintendent, Airway Heights Corrections Center Ninth Circuit 2024-06-06 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure constitutional-claims due-process federal-review habeas-corpus section-2254 Whether a state court's denial of a federal habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 comports with due process and federal constitutional standards
23-7630 Jamaal Elwood Dance v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appellate-procedure constitutional-law contract-law criminal-procedure judicial-enforcement jurisdiction plea-agreement Was the appeal barred by the appeal waiver in the plea agreement?
23A1082 Eva A. Nieczyperowicz v. Andrew Nieczyperowicz Texas 2024-06-04 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure discretionary-review federal-question page-limits pro-se state-court Whether a pro se litigant's application for discretionary leave to exceed page limits in a state court appeal presents a substantial federal question …
23-1258 Royce Wade Lander v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-31 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus jurists-of-reason motion-to-vacate standard-of-review threshold-showing Whether the Order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit holding that Petitioner failed to make the threshold showing for a certi…
23-7608 Carney Turner v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion life-sentence sentencing standard-of-review Whether, in federal criminal cases where the district court has imposed a discretionary life sentence, the courts of appeal should employ a de novo st…
23-7610 David K. Horsley v. Ohio Ohio 2024-05-31 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment anders-review appellate-procedure constitutional-violation due-process procedural-safeguards right-to-counsel sixth-amendment stare-decisis time-limit Does Ohio's App. R. 26(B)(1) violate the 6th Amendment by applying a time limit to reopen an appeal when an applicant has proven counsel error in not …
23A1076 Jason Wade Grant v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-31 Presumed Complete anders-review appellate-procedure criminal-appeal fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance pro-se-defendant Whether the Fifth Circuit improperly dismissed a criminal appeal without fully evaluating the defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel
23-7558 Marcus Jones v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court-ruling judicial-review merits-denial merits-determination procedural-denial reasonable-jurists whether-court-of-appeals-denial-of-certificate-of-appealability
23A1054 Rory Cook v. Mark Williams, Warden Seventh Circuit 2024-05-24 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim federal-review habeas-corpus section-2254 Whether a federal habeas petitioner can obtain a certificate of appealability (COA) after the district court denied relief on a constitutional claim u…
23-7529 Reginald Andrew Paulk, Sr. v. L. Benson, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-22 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights counsel due-process federal-law judicial-review probable-cause qualified-immunity racial-animus sovereign-immunity standard-of-review Did the District Court and the Eleventh Circuit use the incorrect standard to review the issues and thus incorrectly apply the law?
23-7511 Rodney Johnson v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2024-05-20 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure Whether the issuing authority failed to comply with the rules of court to exclude the judge's signed order of the AEE and deny a writ of probable caus…
23-7515 Carlos Davis v. Hemmersbach US, L.L.C. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appellate-procedure circuit-rules civil-procedure contract-law due-process evidence evidence-presentation jurisdiction verbal-agreement verbal-contract Does the 5th Circuit's circuit rules supersede The Federal Circuit and U.S Supreme Court, particularly when parties may present new arguments for the …
23-7507 Kenneth Allen Washington v. Deputy Rayl, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-05-17 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-of-appeals due-process judicial-discretion motion-to-extend ninth-circuit standing time-extension Did the United States District Court Judge Abuse his discretion in denying the Plaintiff's motions?
23-7474 Bogdan Nicolescu v. Dave Bobby, Warden Seventh Circuit 2024-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review court-of-appeals due-process judicial-discretion judicial-explanation merits-panel pro-se-litigant procedural-fairness uncandid-briefing Is a 3-judge merits panel of a U.S. court of appeals at liberty, perhaps over-reliant on the opposing party's counseled but uncandid briefing, to not …
23-7479 Ronald Lee Howard v. Texas Texas 2024-05-14 Denied IFP appeal appellate-procedure constitutional-rights discretionary-review douglas due-process evitts fourteenth-amendment griffin state-court texas-court-of-criminal-appeals Is procedural due process violated regarding the constitutional requirement of a meaningful or effective appeal of right under Evitts, Griffin and Dou…
23-7408 Melvin Warren Rivers v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure final-order judicial-review motion-denial probation probation-revocation procedural-appeal revocation Whether the denial of a motion to terminate probation made during a probation revocation hearing but prior to the final revocation hearing is a final …
23-7389 Brad Evans v. Florida Florida 2024-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigants Whether the State of Florida has created rules of criminal and appellate procedure that arbitrarily and unreasonably encroach upon the personal rights…
23-7378 Frederick Herrod v. Members of the 79th Congress Fifth Circuit 2024-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP adjudication appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus liberal-construction motion necessary-and-proper-clause pro-se pro-se-litigant speech-and-debate-clause if-the-congressional-command-of-federal-rule-of-appellate-procedure-24(a)(5)-requires-certain-submissions-must-be-included-with-a-motion,-is-a-pro-se-…
23A981 Alberta Rose Jones v. Donald David Jones Oklahoma 2024-05-03 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure jurisdictional-timeliness motion-to-strike procedural-rules supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether a state supreme court can dismiss a petition for writ of certiorari as untimely under procedural rules without addressing the underlying merit…
23-7366 Carlos Enrique Navarro-Trevino v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres appellate-procedure case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-7371 Laron Darrell Carter v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-05-02 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-court jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue mandate mandate-rule procedural-law waiver Whether the rule requiring a district court to follow the mandate of a court of appeals is jurisdictional
23-7315 In Re Craig Michael Ralston 2024-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-procedure clerical-error federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure houston-v-lack judicial-review mail-receipt postal-service prison-mailbox-rule timely-filing Is a certified mail receipt and date-stamp from the United States Postal Service along with the Prison Mailroom time-stamp enough to meet the requirem…
23A916 Karen E. Ellingstad, et al. v. Kake Tribal Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-15 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment ninth-circuit oral-argument Whether the First and Fifth Amendments require meaningful oral argument as a fundamental component of due process in federal appellate proceedings
23-7185 Lawrence Northern v. Lizzie Tegels, Warden Wisconsin 2024-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure counsel-of-choice direct-appeal due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment state-v-machner strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Question not identified.
23-7170 Edward Revenous Brown v. Florida Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation district-court due-process federal-habeas federal-law habeas-corpus judicial-error notice-of-appeal state-habeas Did the United States District Court magistrate err in denying the petitioners' 28 U.S.C. §2254 state habeas corpus petition without ruling on the mer…
23A894 Terrance Brown v. Andrew Beshear, Governor of Kentucky Sixth Circuit 2024-04-08 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure federal-rules jurisdictional-prerequisite notice-of-appeal pro-se-litigant time-limitation Whether a pro se litigant's notice of appeal filed outside the standard 30-day window can be considered timely under federal appellate procedural rule…
23-7130 In Re William Graven 2024-04-02 Denied IFP appeals-court appellate-procedure circuit-court dismissal judicial-error judicial-oversight judicial-review mandamus motion-to-dismiss orders panel Can an Appeals Court Panel 'accidentally' miss/not rule on a second appealed/argued Order, and then just ignore that second argued Order, even when re…
23A877 Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. Big Sky Water & Sewer District, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-02 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari court-of-appeals petition-deadline supreme-court-rules time-extension Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari under the Court's rules governing appellate procedure
23-7095 Jerico Matias Cruz v. Illinois Seventh Circuit 2024-03-28 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure common-law due-process filing-fee judicial-review non-precedential-order nonprecedential-disposition procedural-error standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and three Circuit Judges entered a nonprecedential disposition order with a citatio…
23-7103 Marilyn Eason v. Cook County Correctional Facility, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-standing pleadings standing Whether the district court erred in denying the petitioner's motion to amend the complaint under Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
23-7084 Gregory S. Kudla v. Kenneth Black, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure arbitrary-enforcement constitutional-vagueness discriminatory-enforcement due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment vagueness Is the undefined, non-specific, ambiguous language used in Ohio's App-R.26(B)(2)(c) that results in arbitrary, inconsistent, and discriminatory enforc…
23-1057 Paul Johnson v. Matthew Tepper Texas 2024-03-27 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech judicial-neutrality party-presentation pro-se pro-se-plaintiff sua-sponte sua-sponte-arguments supreme-court-review Whether the United States Supreme Court will review the actions of a Texas Court of Appeals, which departed from its role as a neutral arbiter by enga…
23-7077 Wayne M. English v. Lowell T. Cage, as Trustee Fifth Circuit 2024-03-26 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure district-court-clerk judicial-jurisdiction mail-delivery mailbox-rule postal-service pro-se-litigation timely-filing Whether the Fifth Circuit's dismissal of the petitioner's appeal as untimely conflicts with the 'mailbox rule' established by this Court and other cir…
23-7043 C. Holmes v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-03-21 Denied Relisted (3)IFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure district-court due-process judicial-neutrality judicial-review procedural-due-process standing substantial-rights Whether the lower appellate court misapprehends appealability and/or overlooks the request and denial in the district court for certification of appea…
23-7016 Gregory Chatten Stockman v. California California 2024-03-18 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process evidence judicial-interpretation patent-infringement patent-licensing standing state-court-review Whether the terms and conditions of a patent license agreement are admissible as evidence in a patent infringement case
23-7006 Kelly Porter v. Axelon, Inc., et al. Kentucky 2024-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process fraud legal-notice standing workers-compensation Whether the Supreme Court's decision affirmed the Appellant Court is an abuse of discretion and against the rule of law
23-6955 Donald Kissner v. Michigan Michigan 2024-03-11 Denied IFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure civil-rights communication-breakdown constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review right-to-counsel right-to-present-defense Was Mr. Kissner's state and federal constitutional rights to effective assistance of appointed appellate counsel violated?
23-6930 Anthony Brian Williamson v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2024-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review legal-claim standing supreme-court Whether Supreme Court precedent demands review of this claim where the lower court did not grant the writ of certiorari?
23-983 Nicholas Harding v. Google LLC Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-08 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure article-iii civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction equal-protection federalism fourteenth-amendment standing state-citizenship Does the 'state wherein they reside' provision of the Fourteenth Amendment define state citizenship for purposes of Article III diversity jurisdiction…
23-6910 Jeffri Dávila-Reyes v. United States First Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied IFP 46-usc-70502 46-usc-70504 appellate-procedure constitutional-jurisdiction constitutional-review felonies-clause plea-bargain plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction vessel-jurisdiction Does the United States jurisdiction over a vessel under 46 U.S.C. § 70504(a) present a question of subject-matter-jurisdiction?
23A813 Homayoun Maali v. William K. Harrington First Circuit 2024-03-04 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure circuit-court dismissal filing-fee pro-se procedural-default Whether a pro se litigant's failure to timely file an appellate brief and pay filing fees warrants dismissal of an appeal under First Circuit procedur…
23-6846 In Re Shirron Jozette Gayles-Zanders 2024-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mandamus nevada-supreme-court post-conviction-relief Whether the Nevada Supreme Court violated petitioner's fundamental due process and equal protection rights under the 14th Amendment by denying her pet…
23-6853 William Marcellus Campbell v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review merits-determination procedural-denial standard-of-review Whether a court of appeals must state the basis for denying a certificate of appealability
23A799 Raul Mendez v. Moonridge Neighborhood Assocociation, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-28 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure due-process frivolous-dismissal judicial-discretion ninth-circuit pro-se-appeal Whether the Ninth Circuit violated due process by dismissing a pro se appeal as frivolous without providing legal reasoning or analysis, and whether s…
23A767 Emiliano Emmanuel Flores-González v. United States First Circuit 2024-02-22 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure circuit-precedent criminal-sentencing en-banc-review procedural-reasonableness sentencing-review Whether a federal appellate court can affirm a criminal sentence by an equally divided en banc court when the original panel found the sentence proced…
23A759 Warren Chen, et al. v. Razberi Techologies, Inc., et al. Texas 2024-02-20 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari court-of-appeals supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether the Texas Court of Appeals improperly applied procedural rules in a manner that prejudiced the applicants' right to seek Supreme Court review
23-883 Lawrence Wilson Kingsley v. Ann Elizabeth Lange Louisiana 2024-02-16 Denied access-to-courts appellate-procedure case-dismissal civil-procedure due-process equal-protection fraud judicial-intervention procedural-intervention standing Should this case be allowed to conflict with federal and state cases on nonparty intervention
23-887 In Re Eugene Misquith 2024-02-16 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process judicial-review magistrate-judge magistrate-review procedural-fairness Did the Eleventh Circuit's opinion improperly introduce the Magistrate Judge and deny due process by providing no reasoning?
23-870 Metal Conversion Technologies, LLC v. Department of Transportation Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-13 Denied Amici (2) administrative-law agency-action appellate-procedure civil-procedure equitable-tolling federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure hazardous-materials-transportation-act judicial-review statutory-deadline statutory-interpretation Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 26(b) precludes equitable tolling of 49 U.S.C. § 5127(a)'s ordinary and nonjurisdictional deadline to peti…
23A735 Noel West Lane, III v. Matthew Curtis Witt, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-02-07 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari medical-hardship pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se litigant's medical condition and surgical recovery constitute sufficient grounds for an extraordinary extension of time to file a pet…
23-6677 Michael Isidoro Sanchez v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP anders-review appeals appellate-procedure civil-rights colorable-claims due-process indigent-defense of-right-appeal post-conviction-review right-to-counsel smith-v-robbins Whether the Ninth Circuit's reliance on Chavez II was erroneous
23A716 Ikorongo Texas LLC, et al. v. Bumble Trading LLC Federal Circuit 2024-02-02 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari due-process federal-circuit judicial-transparency summary-judgment Whether the Federal Circuit's summary judgment procedure without an opinion violates due process or appellate transparency requirements
23-6613 Kathy Allen v. Arthur Allen, et al. North Carolina 2024-01-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure appellate-rules civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-rules due-process estate-litigation motion-to-dismiss national-interest north-carolina standing Did the NCCOA and NCSC improperly deny appellant's motions or was it a violation of appellate rules and of national interest to court litigation and c…
23-6603 Johnnie Demond Jackson v. Kevin R. Sproul, Sheriff, Dougherty County, Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights confinement constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction interference jurisdiction retaliation summary-judgment Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the defendants' actions, which allegedly caused him more than 30 minutes of delay in r…
23-6593 Larry Rush, aka Leroy Thomas v. Michael Zaken, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al. Third Circuit 2024-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction petition-denial third-circuit Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err in affirming Mr. Rush's Denial of Habeas Corpus?
23-810 Harold Jean-Baptiste v. Almonte Stream Food Corporation Second Circuit 2024-01-26 Denied appellate-procedure circuit-rule civil-procedure court-procedure default-judgment due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-error procedural-default second-circuit standing Whether inexcusable error or neglect by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Clerk by not ruling for default judgment
23A694 Jabari J. Johnson v. Carolyn Hansen Tenth Circuit 2024-01-26 Presumed Complete appeal-dismissal appellate-procedure failure-to-prosecute pro-se procedural-rules tenth-circuit Whether a pro se litigant's failure to prosecute an appeal constitutes grounds for dismissal under Tenth Circuit procedural rules
23-806 Indiezone, Inc., et al. v. Todd Rooke, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-25 Denied appellate-procedure civil-procedure electronic-filing excusable-neglect federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure good-cause intervening-circumstances judicial-discretion pioneer-investment-services Whether Congress intended to treat 'excusable neglect' and 'good cause' separately in Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5)(A)(ii) and the appropriate standard of r…
23A681 Arthur Lopez v. MUFG Holding Corporation, et al. California 2024-01-24 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure court-filing forma-pauperis jurisdictional-challenge petition-for-review pro-se Whether a pro se litigant's procedural filings and petition for review can be substantively evaluated when submitted with potential formatting or juri…
23-6549 Delon Scott v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment motion-to-withdraw penson-v-ohio right-to-counsel standing Whether the petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when the United States Court of Appeals granted counsel's motion for leave to withd…
23-791 Peter Thompson v. Gregg Sullivan, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-23 Denied Response Waived appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure district-court-proceedings due-process fraud ninth-circuit-rules pro-se-filing procedural-due-process record record-exclusion standing Did the Ninth Circuit err in concluding that the lower US District Court of Montana proceedings could be equitably affirmed when the district court ob…
23-6519 Tonette L. Vazquez v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security Ninth Circuit 2024-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review mediation remand settlement Whether the district court erred in approving the proposed settlement of $50,000 through mediation
23-780 Eugene Misquith v. St. Mary's Medical Center Florida 2024-01-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure florida-constitution florida-statute judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdiction-decline legal-process motion-to-dismiss standing Did the Supreme Court of Florida invalidate the law itself when it did not assume mandatory jurisdiction?
23A662 Jacques Saade v. Fay Servicing, LLC, et al. First Circuit 2024-01-18 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure filing-restrictions judicial-economy mortgage-default pro-se-litigation sanctions Whether a pro se litigant's repeated filing of substantially similar lawsuits challenging a mortgage default constitutes vexatious litigation warranti…
23A650 Scott Smith v. Entrepreneur Media Inc., a California Corporation Ninth Circuit 2024-01-12 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari filing-deadline ninth-circuit supreme-court-rules time-extension Whether a federal appellate court's procedural ruling can extend the standard 90-day certiorari filing deadline under Supreme Court rules
23-741 Iftikar A. Ahmed v. Securities and Exchange Commission, et al. Second Circuit 2024-01-09 Denied appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure cross-appeal-rule greenlaw-v-united-states judicial-discretion jurisdiction remand remedy-limitation substantive-law Whether the cross-appeal rule is jurisdictional or mandatory, or admits of exceptions
23A633 Sean P. Gaskin, et al. v. Stephen May, et al. District of Columbia 2024-01-09 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure procedural-relief supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari
23A625 Shaheryar Khan v. Kent Seton, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-08 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure court-dismissal frivolous-appeal in-forma-pauperis ninth-circuit pro-se-litigant Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeal as frivolous and denying in forma pauperis status
23-6395 In Re Daniel Lee Beckley 2023-12-28 Denied IFP all-writs-act appellate-procedure federal-appeals filing-deadline houston-v-lack incarcerated-person mandamus prison-mail prisoner-litigation pro-se-filing supreme-court-mandate timely-filing Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the court of appeals to abide by the Supreme Court's holding in Houston v. Lack and accept Petitione…
23-6375 Mark E. Sells v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court-precedent constitutional-rights dismissal-of-appeal due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure plea-agreement supreme-court-precedent tenth-circuit-court united-states-supreme-court-law due-process-access-to-court
23-6330 Raymond Ghaloustian v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule harmless-error harrison-v-united-states miranda-rights miranda-warning opening-brief Does a defendant forfeit reliance upon Harrison by failing to anticipate in his opening brief on appeal that the Government would argue violations of …
23-6332 Antonio Misael Rivera-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure case-law circuit-split criminal-procedure harmless-error judicial-review legal-precedent precedent procedural-error sentencing standard-of-review Whether Holguin-Hernandez v. United States, __U.S.__, 140 8.Ct. 762 (2020), applies to claims of procedural error
23-6313 In Re Jason D. Fisher 2023-12-21 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure discovery due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion standing sua-sponte-dismissal Do appellate courts and district courts have authority to raise and decide issues without party input?
23-6321 Barbara Johnson-Luster v. Christine E. Wormuth, Secretary of the Army Fifth Circuit 2023-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-counsel disability-rights due-process equal-protection exceptional-circumstances title-vii Whether an appellant in the Circuit Courts, with an invisible disability and previous court appointed attorneys in the Lower District Courts should re…
23A546 National Religious Broadcasters v. Copyright Royalty Board, et al. District of Columbia 2023-12-14 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari religious-broadcasters supreme-court-rules time-extension trade-association Whether a trade association representing religious broadcasters can seek an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari under Supreme Court pr…
23-6254 William Graves, III v. Florida Florida 2023-12-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigants Whether the state of Florida has created rules of criminal and appellate procedure that arbitrarily and unreasonably encroaches upon the personal righ…
23-6239 Christopher Everson v. Angel Quiros, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction, et al. Second Circuit 2023-12-12 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fraud fraud-on-court independent-action judicial-procedure mandate-rule rule-60 timing timing-limitations Is the filing of an independent action under FRCP 60(d)(1) for fraud on the court distinguishable from FRCP 60(b)(3) fraud?
23-6214 Sealed v. Sealed Florida 2023-12-11 Denied Relisted (3)IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-proceeding judicial-review manifest-injustice parental-rights Does the decision of the Florida State Courts to deny the Petitioner opportunity for belated appeal of the Lower Court's decision to terminate her par…
23-6224 Terry Daum v. Joseph Corey, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 appellate-procedure brady-v-maryland certificate-of-appealability clear-and-convincing-evidence federal-statute gatekeeping-standard habeas-corpus reasonable-probability sawyer-v-whitley Does the 'reasonable probability' standard, established in Brady v. Maryland, conflict with the 'clear and convincing evidence' criteria, defined unde…
23-629 DeAndre Gordon v. Harold May, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-split constitutional-rights habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review Whether a Certificate of Appealability must issue when a circuit judge votes to grant one
23A525 Randall Cope v. Thomas Lillard, Warden Seventh Circuit 2023-12-11 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari prisoner-petition pro-se supreme-court-rule time-extension Whether a pro se prisoner's motion for an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari should be granted under Supreme Court Rule 30
23-6192 David Lewis Holland v. Texas Texas 2023-12-07 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review case-law constitutional-law constitutional-provision criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process right-to-counsel speedy-trial trial-preparation Whether the new Speedy Trial requirement created by the Texas 7th Court of Appeals in the instant case is in conflict with current case law precedent,…
23-6148 Lawrence Jeffrey Brooks v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure district-court drug-quantity due-process judicial-discretion judicial-transfer motion-to-dismiss sentencing sentencing-enhancement standard-of-review transfer-of-venue Whether the District Court erred by transferring the case back to the original District Court Judge
23-6113 Michael Eugene Lewis v. Texas Texas 2023-11-28 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-for-new-trial right-to-counsel texas-criminal-law whether-the-petitioner-was-afforded-effective-assistance-of-counsel
23-6114 Andre Jackson v. California California 2023-11-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights court-opinion due-process evidentiary-issues ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure legal-issue legal-relief procedural-error record-development Whether APPELLATE Counsel's PERFORMANCE WAS deFiciut uNneteR StrickiANnd
23-6127 Shawna Karnes, et al. v. Tiffany Montengo, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-11-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-courts federal-jurisdiction fraud-exception judicial-review jurisdiction rocker-feldman-doctrine state-court state-court-judgement Does the federal district court and federal court of appeals have the jurisdiction to reverse or modify a state-court judgement though a fraud excepti…
23-563 Obaida Abdulky, et al., as Parents and Next Friends of Anthony Abdulky v. Lubin & Meyer, P.C., et al. Massachusetts 2023-11-27 Denied appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidence judicial-review legal-standards notice procedural-fairness Whether the Appeals Court of Massachusetts violated the due process rights of the Petitioners
23-6089 Christopher Lenard Blockson v. Ronald Oliver, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct judicial-review prosecutorial-misconduct standing What is the proper course of action when a court ignores the record on appeal and engages in fraud on the court?
23A462 Zachary S. Spiegel v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-21 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure criminal-conviction eleventh-circuit judicial-review sentencing writ-of-certiorari Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals correctly applied legal standards in affirming the petitioner's criminal conviction and sentence
23-528 Michael S. Barth v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process intervention-rights judicial-access media-representation procedural-due-process recusal standing Whether Petitioner is entitled to intervene
23-6041 Luis Alberto Hernandez-Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-505 Garrett A. Arrowood v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-14 Denied Response Waived appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause crawford-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-law habeas-corpus hearsay-evidence whether-the-record-supports-the-court's-conclusion-that-the-state-court-hearing-regarding-the-inadmissible-hearsay-(crawford-violation)-did-not-violat…
23-508 Micah Sherif Matthews v. Chris Tripp, Warden Eighth Circuit 2023-11-14 Denied appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability district-court due-process eighth-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review sixth-amendment Whether the United States District Court For the District of Iowa erred in denying Petitioner Matthews a Certificate of Appealability
23-494 MacNeil IP LLC v. Yita LLC Federal Circuit 2023-11-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law agency-deference appellate-procedure fact-finding judicial-review patent patent-law remand standard-of-review Whether the Federal Circuit erred in substituting its own findings of fact for those of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board instead of remanding as requ…
23-5950 Kent Leroy Clark v. United States Third Circuit 2023-11-03 Denied IFP 28-usc-2253 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court-remedy federal-prisoner postconviction-relief Whether a federal prisoner is required to obtain a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) to appeal a district court's choice of remed…
23-448 Aparna Vashisht-Rota v. Howell Management Services, LLC Utah 2023-10-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure choice-of-law civil-procedure final-judgment interlocutory-appeal jurisdiction mootness rule-37 voluntary-dismissal Whether an exception to the final judgment rule is valid under U.R.A.P. 5
23-5883 Shardaye Jeacole Malik Bey v. Ohio Sixth Circuit 2023-10-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1443 appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-rights court-fees criminal-procedure criminal-removal due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis Whether filing fees are required for removal of a criminal action under 28 U.S.C. § 1443
23A377 Anthony Andrews v. United States, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-10-25 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure frivolous-dismissal imminent-danger in-forma-pauperis prison-litigation-reform-act serious-physical-injury Whether a prisoner with three prior frivolous dismissals can proceed in forma pauperis under the Prison Litigation Reform Act without demonstrating im…
23A373 Brenda Evers Andrew v. Tamika White, Warden Tenth Circuit 2023-10-24 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari extension-of-time judicial-review tenth-circuit writ-of-certiorari Whether the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals correctly applied legal standards in reviewing the lower court's judgment
23-5865 Jason Dix v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error separation-of-powers sua-sponte Whether an appellate court may relieve a government party of its burden to show that a favorable error is harmless, decide the issue sua sponte, and t…
23-5810 Christopher L. Laureano-Perez v. United States First Circuit 2023-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jury-verdict procedural-error section-2255-motion Should a writ of certiorari be granted to determine if the First Circuit of Appeals erred in not granting a certificate of appealability?
23-5822 Gina Russomanno v. Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2023-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure frcp-rules jurisdiction jurisdiction-statement motion-for-permission pro-se rule-54b standing Whether the Supreme Court will consider the merits of the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
23A337 Caesar Mark Capistrano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-13 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure federal-rule-appellate-procedure-4 incarcerated-litigant petition-for-rehearing prison-mailbox-rule timely-filing Whether the prison mailbox rule under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(c)(1)(A)(i) and 28 U.S.C. § 1746 requires a federal appellate court to dee…
23-5772 Cornel Jackie Drummer v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-10-12 Denied IFP appellate-procedure court-records due-process federal-review habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence meaningful-appeal procedural-default statute-of-limitations tolling Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit err in sustaining the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas' hol…
23-5746 James H. Hayes v. Jerry Howell, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-10-11 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standing standing Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Mr. Hawes' petition for a certificate of appealability concerning the district court's den…
23-5750 Todd Ferry v. Melissa Hainsworth, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Somerset, et al. Third Circuit 2023-10-11 Denied IFP appellate-procedure brady-violation civil-rights default-rule due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se pro-se-petition state-court Did the State and the Federal Habeas courts' decision that ineffective-assistance-of-counsel issues were defaulted conflict with precedents
23-5716 Jimmy Zavala v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 10(e) appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-petition motion-to-correct procedural-rules rule-10e successive-appeal When should the Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 10(e) be recharacterized as a successive appeal?
23-297 Lawrence T. Newman v. Robert York Indiana 2023-09-26 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure appellate-review attorney-fees civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion res-judicata Whether the Indiana courts' judgments violated Newman's Constitutional rights to due process by denying hearings, imposing punitive attorney fee award…
23A257 In Re Gregory Mercer 2023-09-21 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment separate-sovereigns Whether a state appellate court violates the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments by dismissing federal constitutional claims on procedural grounds without…
23-5569 Francisco Gutierrez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure criminal-procedure de-novo-resentencing de-novo-review judicial-discretion law-of-case law-of-the-case open-record resentencing sentencing Does law of the case apply to an appeal from a de novo resentencing on an open record?
23-5559 Jarrish Outlaw v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2023-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion legal-remedy manifest-injustice manifest-of-injustice standing supreme-court-review writ-jurisdiction Whether the Florida Supreme Court erred in denying the petitioner's petition to invoke all writ jurisdiction on a manifest of injustice claim
23-231 Linda A. Porter v. Kennard Law PC, dba Kennard Richard PC, et al. Texas 2023-09-12 Denied appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment pro-se pro-se-litigant standing Whether the appellate court violated Porter's Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment Constitutional Rights
23-5560 Anthony Ravon Ruffin v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts jones-v-hendrix judicial-review ninth-circuit rehab-act standing Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals violated the Fifteenth Amendment
23A229 Richard Summerall v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-11 Presumed Complete access-to-courts appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-prisoner Whether a prisoner's right to adequate access to legal resources and law library facilities is violated when institutional lockdowns and heavy caseloa…
23-5537 Euphrates Earl Bean v. Virginia Virginia 2023-09-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation contract-rights contracts due-process equal-rights judicial-review standing takings vested-rights Was there an 'obligation of contracts' inferred?
23-204 WY Plaza LC v. Safeway Stores 46 Inc. Tenth Circuit 2023-09-05 Denied affirmance affirmance-standard alternative-bases alternative-grounds appellate-procedure brief-waiver circuit-split civil-procedure judicial-procedure legal-waiver waiver Whether an appellee is obligated to raise all alternative bases for affirmance in its answer brief, or risk waiver of those alternative bases
23-5495 SirMichael Dyess v. California California 2023-08-31 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion ada appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct post-conviction-review procedural-default Whether the District Court violated ADA rights under Title II, whether the District Court's procedural and evidentiary rulings constituted an abuse of…
23-5480 Jesus C. More v. Florida Florida 2023-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure competency-hearing due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-bar procedural-rules remedies separation-of-powers subject-matter-jurisdiction Question not identified
23-5487 Jose Humberto Hernandez-Mendez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-rule almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi-rule constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent-analysis sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
23-5471 Scott A. Shreffler v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2023-08-29 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure clerical-error due-process evidentiary-hearing houston-v-lack notice-of-appeal prisoner-mailbox-rule pro-se-filing timeliness Whether the Pennsylvania appellate court erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeal for untimely filing of notice of appeal
23-5384 Wayne Lee Johnson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review attorney-withdrawal civil-procedure court-discretion due-process judicial-process legal-petition merits-review procedural-issue supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court should have allowed counsel to withdraw from petitioner's appeal, knowing the petitioner had issues of merit for an appeal on …
23-5368 Larry Scott Reynolds v. Brian Eller, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-08-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-default sixth-circuit Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred in denying petitioner a COA?
23-137 Yvonne Crews v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-08-15 Denied Response Waived administrative-law appellate-procedure clear-error congressional-intent effective-date federal-circuit statutory-interpretation substitution substitution-of-claimant veterans-benefits When Congress enacted 38 U.S.C. § 5121A to authorize for the substitution of a deceased claimant, was its intent clear that a substituted appellant co…
23-5337 Noel Brown v. State Correctional Institution at Somerset, Administration Office, et al. Third Circuit 2023-08-11 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-costs court-rules default-judgment due-process federal-rules inmate-accounts notice-of-appearance standing stare-decisis Does the substantial holding in Commonwealth v. Spotz apply on appeal from the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania?
23-5221 Gilberto Betero-Carrillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-rule almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi-rule constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation precedent-analysis sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
23-66 Norbert A. King, II v. United States Armed Forces 2023-07-24 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure child-sex-crimes due-process federal-appellate-practice judicial-impartiality military-judge military-justice prosecutorial-ethics record-on-appeal record-supplementation statutory-interpretation Does the lower court's decision to allow the government to supplement the record mid-appeal demonstrate a misapplication of statutory canons and affec…
23-5124 Quincetta Yvonne Cargill, aka Queen, aka Tonya, aka Angela Scott, aka Antela Scott, aka QuincetTucker, aka Quincetta Tucker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-counsel appellate-procedure civil-rights direct-appeal due-process eleventh-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-proceedings petition-for-rehearing right-to-counsel Whether the exclusion of the appellant's opinions, requests for inclusion of psychiatrist's testimony, and other information as to the preserved issue…
23-5077 In Re Ronald Boyajian 2023-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-court appeal-of-right appellate-procedure appointed-counsel court-access due-process legal-representation ninth-circuit pro-se pro-se-litigation supplemental-brief Did the Ninth Circuit violate the defendant-appellant's due process right of access to the court in denying his pro se supplemental brief?
23-25 Michael Charles Ward v. James V. Chafin, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-07-07 Denied absolute-immunity appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process prosecutorial-immunity prosecutorial-misconduct section-1983 Whether the Eleventh Circuit overextended the holding of Ashcroft v. Iqbal such that § 1983 plaintiffs are unjustly deprived of an opportunity to cond…
23-11 Gary Victor Dubin v. United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Ninth Circuit 2023-07-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abuse-of-discretion americans-with-disabilities-act appellate-procedure claims-processing-rule due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion temporary-disability Whether the dismissal of timely filed appeals for failure to file opening briefs, a claims processing rule, without verifying the factual circumstance…
23-5006 Robert Timothy Blake v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appeal appellate-procedure case-consolidation consolidation due-process judicial-discretion prejudice procedural-fairness relevant-issues Whether a defendant may suffer prejudice when a court orders consolidation of cases where one case will lose its specific issues raised on appeal
22-7777 Saria Walker v. R. Castriotta, et al. South Carolina 2023-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bias rule-interpretation standing Why is the Constitution ~~ Right To Due Process ' NOT being Upheld ?
22-1201 Captain Mariella Creaghan v. Lloyd J. Austin, III, Secretary of Defense, et al. District of Columbia 2023-06-12 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process government-policy judicial-review legal-standard mootness-doctrine standing voluntary-cessation Whether under the voluntary cessation exception to mootness the government must satisfy the 'absolutely clear' standard if it maintains the authority …
22-1188 Douglas K. Smith v. Eric Terry Fifth Circuit 2023-06-08 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion appellant-brief appellate-procedure bankruptcy circuit-court civil-procedure dismissal-of-appeal extension-of-time judicial-discretion procedural-dismissal Whether the Circuit Court's March 8, 2023 denial of a second motion for thirty-day extension of time to file appellant brief, and resultant dismissal …
22-7732 George Cerron v. Personal Investment Inc. Florida 2023-06-08 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure deadlines discretion dismissal motions Whether the Second District Court of Appeals erred in granting the appellant's former counsel's motion to amend the initial brief and extend the deadl…
22-7737 Stewart Hines v. Gwendolen Cleopha Nelson South Dakota 2023-06-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure beneficiary-standing civil-procedure pro-se pro-se-litigation real-party-in-interest rule-60b-motion standing trust-beneficiary trust-representation trust-trustee trustee-rights Whether the sole beneficiary and sole trustee of a trust is the real party interest and can represent that trust pro se?
22-7713 Javier Giovanni Araujo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights due-process federal-custody fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-discretion section-2255-motion Whether the Fifth Circuit Erred in Denying Araujo's Motion for Certificate of Appealability
22-7647 Nicasio Nevarez-Zamudio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial precedent sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7648 In Re William M. Windsor 2023-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure exceptional-circumstances federal-court-jurisdiction federal-court-order in-forma-pauperis judicial-review jurisdiction-challenge state-court-authority void-orders Is a federal court order void when jurisdiction is never determined?
22-1143 Renee Sweet v. Douglas County Board of Commissioners Colorado 2023-05-24 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-rights colorado-revised-statutes constitutional-rights courtroom-security douglas-county-colorado-zoning-resolutions due-process property-rights property-taking zoning zoning-resolution Is a zoning resolution a policy or the equivalent of a zoning ordinance?
22-1138 John C. Eastman v. Bennie G. Thompson, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-23 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure attorney-client-privilege civil-procedure crime-fraud-exception district-court emergency-stay mootness production-order vacatur work-product-doctrine Whether complying with a court order disqualifies a petitioner from the equitable remedy of vacatur
22-7579 Keith Grant Schneider v. Florida Florida 2023-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP anders-brief anders-v-california appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-right counsel-appointment due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief sixth-amendment Whether the appellate court has a duty to conduct a full review of the record under Anders v. California when appointed counsel files an Anders brief …
22-7563 Joseph I. Wilkes v. Ohio Ohio 2023-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-rights constitutional-rights delayed-appeal due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment plain-language trial-court-jurisdiction Whether the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution were violated when a request for delayed appeal was denied
22-7574 Nawaz Ahmed v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure final-judgment mental-illness notice-of-appeal pro-se-motion separate-document-rule separate-judgment statutory-interpretation timely-appeal whether-the-court-of-appeal-erred-in-its-reliance-on-28-u.s.c.-§-2101(c)
22-1105 Carlo Giuseppe Civelli, et al. v. JPMorgan Chase Securities, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure fifth-circuit notice notice-requirement preservation sua-sponte summary-judgment trial-court Whether an appellate court may sua sponte raise grounds for summary judgment, which were not noticed or preserved in the trial court
22-7499 Judy Thorpe v. Rosemarie Cipparulo, et al. New Jersey 2023-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure court-certification due-process equitable-review judicial-review legal-review manifest-error prejudicial-error trial-court-decision Whether it was manifest error and significantly prejudicial for the Supreme Court of New Jersey to Deny Certification and Not Fairly and Equitably Rev…
22-7478 Marla Faith Crawford v. David Patrick Corrigan, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-05-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-dismissal dismissal due-process en-banc-review judicial-discretion legal-review procedural-error rehearing-en-banc standing Did the Appeals Court of the Fourth Circuit err in dismissing the petition and refusing to grant a rehearing en banc?
22-7454 In Re Reginald Swinton 2023-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure case-law circuit-court discretionary-review due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandate statutory-interpretation sua-sponte Is the Circuit Court's order an abuse of discretion?
22-7433 Carlos Garcia v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-05-01 Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in not granting a COA on the basis that the Petitioner was not able to argue his case without appoint…
22-1036 Ronda L. Cormier v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Fifth Circuit 2023-04-25 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-circuit meaningful-access pro-se pro-se-appeal summary-judgment willis-v-cleco Did the Fifth Circuit's automatic application of Willis v. Cleco violate the pro se Petitioner's rights to equal-protection, meaningful-access-to-cour…
22-7322 Tevaris Crawford v. Mack Bailey, Warden Fourth Circuit 2023-04-19 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process fourth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-error standing writ-of-certiorari Whether the Appeals Court of the Fourth Circuit erred by denying a certificate of appealability
22-7325 Noel Brown v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2023-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-review court-review federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion prisoner-appeal standing Did the denial of appellant's motion for in forma pauperis violate Rule 24(A)(5) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure?
22-7313 Rakim Moberly v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court-standard compassionate-release criminal-procedure excusable-neglect federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure first-step-act notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-appeal Whether the petitioner's letter to the district court clerk qualified as a notice of appeal
22-994 Wall Street Apartments, LLC, et al. v. All Star Property Management, LLC, et al. Washington 2023-04-13 Denied access-to-court appellate-procedure constitutional-rights court-hearing decision-based-on-record due-process equal-protection judicial-review meaningful-hearing scrutiny-of-state-court-proceedings Whether the Court of Appeals violated the constitutional rights of Appellants to due-process, equal-protection, meaningful-hearing, decision-based-on-…
22-7252 Marlon McCay v. Kevin Genovese, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review merits-determination merits-review petition-denial sixth-circuit standard-of-review Did the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying the petitioner's petitions for a COA and rehearing?
22-7215 Robert William Wazney v. South Carolina South Carolina 2023-04-05 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-review criminal-procedure direct-review due-process exhaustion-of-remedies jury-instructions post-conviction-relief retroactivity state-court-jurisdiction Did the trial court have jurisdiction to convict the petitioner?
22-7220 Geronimo Juarez-Medellin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-05 Denied IFP appellate-procedure Apprendi-v-New-Jersey certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7159 Denzel Simmons v. Mike Walczak, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-03-30 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fraud-on-court free-speech ineffective-assistance-of-counsel police-misconduct sixth-circuit QUESTION(S) PRESENTED
22-7160 Daniel J. Rios v. New Jersey New Jersey 2023-03-30 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge court-rule criminal-sentencing due-process federal-case-law post-conviction-relief post-conviction-review rehabilitation rehabilitative-efforts sentencing state-court-decisions Whether Rule 3:21-10(b) authorizes a reviewing court to reconsider a sentence based upon post-conviction rehabilitative efforts
22-7161 Moses D. Estrada v. California California 2023-03-30 Denied IFP access-to-courts appeal-rights appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process finality procedural-fairness time-limitation timeliness transcript-denial Whether the Court of Appeals' failure to issue its order for over 11 months and then denying the appellant the opportunity to file a petition for rehe…
22-7140 George Cerron v. Personal Investment Inc. Florida 2023-03-29 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure counsel-disqualification due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment nonfinal-appeal nonfinal-order standing state-law Does a nonfinal appeal qualify to be dismissed by the court, claiming it is dismissed as being from a nonappealable nonfinal order?
22-944 Lois Yankah v. Sgt. Moore, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-03-29 Denied appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure filing-deadline fugitive-disentitlement fugitive-disentitlement-doctrine speedy-trial speedy-trial-act Whether an appellate court may dismiss an appeal filed after the filing deadline but before the 3-day extension for notices sent by mail
22-7114 Miguel Ortiz-Castillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-03-27 Denied IFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation precedent-analysis sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-7092 Lorenzo Hardwick v. United States Third Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability collateral-estoppel double-jeopardy fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel third-circuit Did the appeals court for the Third Circuit err by denying petitioners certificate of appealability where appellate counsel rendered ineffective assis…
22-7096 Appellant 1 and Appellant 2 v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-discretion appellate-procedure breach constitutional contract-interpretation cooperation-agreement crime-of-violence judicial-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines Was it unconstitutional and improper for the Fifth Circuit to rely on the government's newly argued application of an undefined contract provision to …
22-7033 DeAndre Forrest v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment Whether Forrest's Sixth Amendment was violated when his counsel conceded his guilt during trial
22-6939 Francisco Flores v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-03-06 Denied IFP appellate-procedure circuit-court constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-appeals federal-review habeas-corpus mailbox-rule procedural-default Whether a state habeas petitioner's pleading was timely filed under the mailbox rule
22-6942 Kwame Burrell v. Willis Chapman, Acting Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-counsel appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process guilty-plea judicial-discretion right-to-counsel state-constitution Did the trial court fail to protect the petitioner's fundamental due process right to substitute appellate counsel after the original appellate counse…
22-6897 Ruben Hernandez-Correa v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-03-01 Denied IFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi certiorari constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation precedent sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-6851 David Freeman v. John Q. Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-23 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254d appellate-procedure due-process federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel party-presentation sixth-amendment state-post-conviction Whether a court of appeals violates the principle of party presentation and due process rights when it raises an issue sua sponte that the parties did…
22-6804 Joseph Mark Williams, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-procedure appellate-procedure civil-procedure criminal-statute due-process legal-timeline minor-protection motion-to-withdraw standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the 90 days under 28 U.S.C. § 1254 and Supreme Court Rule 13 applies to an order granting a motion to withdraw an appeal
22-6805 Cornelius L. Jones v. Illinois Illinois 2023-02-16 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection precedent-analysis statutory-interpretation Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in contradicting a statute pursuant to Peery v. Rinehart, 2015 1 App (a) 135935 and denying the defen…
22-6788 In Re Kent Williams 2023-02-15 Denied IFP access-to-courts administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ninth-circuit prisoner-rights standing Should this court order the ninth circuit court of appeals to discontinue its practice of sending orders and answers to prisoner litigants to a third …
22-6767 Travis Ray Thompson v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-02-13 Dismissed IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure covid-restrictions district-court due-process excusable-neglect federal-courts frap-4 habeas-corpus notice-of-appeal standing Whether the Ninth Circuit abused its discretion in finding that the petitioner had not shown excusable neglect for not filing his Notice of Appeal wit…
22-758 Aparna Vashisht-Rota v. Howell Management Services, LLC Utah 2023-02-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-immunity procedural-rules record record-review standing u.r.a.p-11 Whether the Court of Appeals allowing materials not on the record conflicts with the requirements of U.R.A.P 11?
22-6671 Rodney P. Mazzulla v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure criminal-procedure due-process franks-hearing Franks-v-Delaware ineffective-assistance reasonable-performance search-warrant Strickland-v-Washington Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
22-6667 Robert Henry Steele v. Dan Redington Eighth Circuit 2023-01-31 Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process eighth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-standard reasonable-jurists standard-of-review summary-reversal Whether this Court should summarily reverse the Eighth Circuit's denial of a COA where the underlying issues were clearly debatable by jurists of reas…
22-6637 Roberto Francisco-Francisco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-6630 John Butler v. Howard Sissem, et al. Third Circuit 2023-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-procedure correctional-facility federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure jurisdiction legal-standing prisoner-rights standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals, for the Third Circuit, did in fact have jurisdiction concerning Petitioners' appeal under the Federal Rule…
22-6596 Laverne C. Henderson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process eighth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review precedent standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit violated Henderson's rights
22-6603 Miguel Angel Valencia-Sandoval v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation precedent-interpretation sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-6610 Nicodemo S. Scarfo v. United States Third Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure attorney-withdrawal civil-procedure court-appointed-counsel court-appointment due-process en-banc-petition legal-remedy petition-for-certiorari standing withdrawal-of-counsel What remedy is available for petitioner, where court appointed attorney is granted withdrawal from filing a petition for certiorari, when the attorney…
22-6611 Joseph P. Counts v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights cohen-collateral-order due-process jurisdictional-issue legal-counsel notice-of-appeal pro-se standing timeliness urgent-matters Whether district courts must rule on pro se motions regardless of representation
22-671 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation v. HEC Pharm Co., Ltd., et al. Federal Circuit 2023-01-20 Denied Amici (3) 28-usc-46 appellate-procedure case-law judicial-administration judicial-review panel-composition patent-law statutory-interpretation written-description Whether 28 U.S.C. §46 and principles of sound judicial administration preclude a court of appeals from adding a new judge to form a new panel and rede…
22-6557 Diana Louise Houck v. Lifestore Bank, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-01-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure cumulative-finality dismissal finality interlocutory-appeal right-to-appeal rule-58 vacatur Cumulative Finality
22-637 In Re Larry Elliot Klayman 2023-01-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure civil-rights court-intervention due-process injunctive-relief judicial-misconduct judicial-review mandamus new-trial standing Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the District Court to conduct a new trial in the JW Case
22-645 Blanca Telephone Company v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-01-11 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference appellate-mandates appellate-procedure civil-procedure compliance due-process false-statements federal-agencies judicial-deference judicial-review Whether federal agencies are exempted from the rule requiring strict compliance with appellate mandates
22-6425 Mirwais Mohamadi v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion procedural-default standard-of-review Did The Court Of Appeals Err In Denying A Certificate Of Appealability?
22-578 Richard Behar v. Department of Homeland Security Second Circuit 2022-12-22 Denied Amici (2) agency-records appellate-procedure confidentiality foia-exemption-7c freedom-of-information-act party-presentation-principle presidential-administration privacy-interests statutory-interpretation Whether documents obtained and used by a federal agency in the legitimate conduct of its official duties are not 'agency records' and thus never subje…
22-6361 Michael Jason Fetherolf v. Ohio Ohio 2022-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure assignment-of-error certificate-of-appealability due-process exhaustion exhaustion-requirement habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-default state-court-proceedings state-court-review Question for review #One
22-6328 Versiah M. Taylor v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing Whether the USCA erred in screening or denying notice of appeal and reasons for costs
22-6249 Ruben James Rios v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure jurisdiction motion-to-reopen notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-deficiency Whether a pro se litigant's 'Notice of Appeal' constitutes a liberally-construed 'Motion to Reopen Time to File' as well as a 'Notice of Appeal
22-6251 Onofre Tommy Serrano v. California California 2022-12-07 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appointment-of-counsel civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review medical-treatment reasonable-time-to-consult right-to-counsel Whether the court has a prompt duty to appoint counsel once indigency attaches
22-6218 Carlos Brito-Brito v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-6220 Martin Robert Moncada-Aguirre v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review sentencing supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-6196 Morris Rucker v. Jim Purviance, Executive Director, Tennessee Board of Parole, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-12-01 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim district-court due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto filing-fee standing Whether the TN U.S. District Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals erred in denying petitioner's ex-post-facto-claim
22-6198 Darrel Thorn v. Racetrac Petroleum, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2022-12-01 Denied IFP access-to-courts appellate-procedure appellate-process civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process judicial-leniency meaningful-opportunity pro-se pro-se-litigation standing Whether the procedural treatment currently afforded to pro-se litigants by federal courts comports with due process or whether more leniency is requir…
22-6153 Vincent Johnson v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus miller-el-standard miller-el-v-cockrell procedural-due-process sixth-circuit supreme-court-review What is the correct mechanism and procedure to present a COA violation made by a Circuit court to the appellate court after Certiorari denial?
22-6105 Eric Malmstrom v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-precedent en-banc federal-courts judicial-review stare-decisis Must a federal court of appeals adhere to the principle of stare decisis and abide by prior circuit precedent absent an intervening decision from this…
22-6111 In Re Katrese Nickelson 2022-11-18 Denied IFP appellate-procedure case-sealing civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-standard motion-to-quash service-of-process standing statutory-interpretation unlawful-detainer writ-of-mandate Whether Assembly Bill No.2819's mandatory automatic and permanent case sealing requirements in limited unlawful detainer cases extends to sealing Appe…
22-6066 Brent Stephens v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2254 appeal appeal'\n\n'Whether the Federal Court of Appeals f appeal'\n\n'Whether the U.S. District Court Magist appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process exhaustion exhaustion'\n\n'Whether the Federal Court of Appea federal-statute fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-deference jury-trial jury-verdict magistrate-bar procedural-bar sentencing standard-of-review standard-of-review'\n\n'Whether the U.S. District trial-court-authority Whether the Trial Court had the authority to supplant the verdict of the jury on punishment
22-6043 Jose Rene Cante-Dondiego v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent-reconsideration sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-6034 Francis Stock v. Chanelle Braswell, et al. Third Circuit 2022-11-09 Denied IFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure district-court due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-filing notice notice-of-appeal prisoner-rights service-of-process standing Whether a prisoner's notice of appeal was timely filed when he did not receive notice of the district court's dismissal order within 21 days
22-5953 Robert Lee Swinton v. New York New York 2022-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-of-right appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal procedural-default right-to-appeal Whether counsel can fail to file a Notice of Appeal after a defendant has shown a desire to appeal
22-5924 Carl Jones v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2022-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-law constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standard legal-sufficiency self-defense standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Does the well-settled standard and scope of review governing claims a standard and scope of constitutional dimension prohibit an appellate court from …
22-391 Shahrouz Jahanshahi v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, et al. California 2022-10-26 Denied Response Waived anti-SLAPP anti-slapp-statute appellate-procedure appellate-review case-transfer civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process ghostwriting judicial-procedure standing Does California anti-SLAPP statute protect illegal activity?
22-392 Bel Air Auto Auction, Inc. v. Great Northern Insurance Company Fourth Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied Response Waived abstention appellate-procedure certification circuit-split civil-procedure deference erie-doctrine federal-courts interlocutory-appeal judicial-deference state-courts state-law-certification Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit violate the principle of Erie v. Thompkins
22-5911 Clark Wesley Betts, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review merits merits-review procedural-order statutory-interpretation Is a certificate of appealability needed to appeal an order unrelated to the merits of a habeas proceeding if that order is part of an order on the me…
22-5912 William Gonzalez-Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-5904 Matthew S. Becker v. George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2022-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-split habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review standards threshold-determination Whether the Court should clarify and resolve the circuit split on the standards to be utilized when deciding the threshold determination on whether to…
22-5865 Charles Smith v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure criminal-conviction criminal-procedure jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect ninth-circuit plea-agreement sentencing waiver Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in dismissing the appeal
22-5819 Jose Efrain Vega v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-10-12 Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-default standard-of-review standing Whether the court of appeals properly denied Petitioner's certificate of appealability?
22-5758 Augustus H. Evans, Jr. v. Delaware Delaware 2022-10-04 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-provisions due-process energy-policy environmental-regulation judicial-review legal-jurisdiction procedural-rules statutory-interpretation takings Does the Louisiana statute banning the sale of petrol-based motor vehicles violate the dormant Commerce Clause?
22-5734 Timothy W. Saunders v. Terry Raybon, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-03 Denied Relisted (3)IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-split due-process gatekeeping-function habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation sua-sponte Question not identified
22-5740 Rony Alexander Granados-Ortez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent-analysis sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-304 Frank Oswald v. Nicholas Mauer, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-09-29 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review reasonable-jurists sixth-circuit Does a Circuit Court's denial of an application for a Certificate of Appealability based on the merits of the appeal, rather than on whether reasonabl…
22-284 Gary Frisby, pka G-Money v. Sony Music Entertainment, dba RCA Records, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-09-26 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisprudence appellate-procedure case-consolidation copyright-infringement judicial-review musical-composition procedural-error sound-recording subject-matter-jurisdiction supervisory-power Does the Ninth Circuit's ruling that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the musical composition infringement claim appeal constitute a wrongfu…
22-5668 Thomas Guerriero v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit judicial-review legal-argument precedent prior-precedent-rule stare-decisis Whether the Eleventh Circuit's prior precedent rule should be overturned
22-5620 Ebrahim Kalatehe v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure criminal-procedure due-process evidence-collection fourth-amendment judicial-review pen-register standing third-party-doctrine waiver Whether the government may use information obtained through a pen register against an individual over whom the government did not obtain a pen registe…
22-5603 Faustino Sanchez-Lugo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-rule almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi-rule constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-5607 Steven Justin Villalona v. Mr. Hansen, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-09-19 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure equity equity-doctrine federal-rules-civil-procedure filing houston-v-lack notice notice-of-judgment pro-se pro-se-prisoner statutory-interpretation Whether this Court's holding in Houston v. Lack was based on equity or the interpretation of the word filed?
22-5598 Ramiro Montoya-De La Cruz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-5571 Wamel Allah v. L. Latona, et al. Second Circuit 2022-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure brief-submission briefs circuit-court-jurisdiction civil-procedure dismissal due-process government-misconduct government-response judicial-review procedural-due-process Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeals without a response from the government who faile…
22-5551 Jose Carmen Barajas-Salvador v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-206 Bernice Curry-Malcolm v. New York State Teachers' Retirement System, et al. New York 2022-09-07 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process pension pension-benefits property-rights standing state-constitution state-retirement-system state-statute Whether the word 'substantial' in the governing statute CPLR 5601(a) and the New York State Constitution provision for appeals as of right on constitu…
22-5511 Edmundo Portillo-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-5499 Scott James Repella v. Luzerne County Children and Youth Services, et al. Third Circuit 2022-09-02 Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process judicial-review legal-error procedural-challenge standard-of-review standing Did the court of appeals err in denying the COA and not taking into account the complexity and severity of the constitutional rights violation?
22-5506 Kacey Lewis v. Angel Quiros, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction Connecticut 2022-09-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial habeas-corpus judicial-discretion state-court-proceedings Whether the petitioner was deprived of his rights to a fair trial
22-5395 Michael Gorrio v. Correctional Officer Francis, et al. Third Circuit 2022-08-19 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rico civil-rico-conspiracy civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review motion-to-dismiss standard-of-review well-pleaded-facts Did the appellant's amended complaint ECF 43 present substantial 'well pleaded facts,' as to plausibly state a claim and support the claim to overcome…
22-5392 Jane Doe v. City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-08-18 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-accountability due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct legal-procedure Whether the federal court of appeals should be allowed to disregard the US Supreme Court's law, the US Code, the Federal Rules, the Constitution, the …
22-5375 Nathaniel Waugh v. A. Ralph, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-08-17 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-principles court-procedure due-process evidence-application judicial-review legal-standards miscarriage-of-justice standing Whether lower Court proceeded 'according to Justice' or deprived petitioner of fundamental Substantial rights?
22-5376 Jerico Matias Cruz v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis standing Whether the pro se plaintiff-appellant was denied due process and equal protection under the 14th Amendment when the district court denied his motion …
22-5339 Maria Navarro Martin v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida Eleventh Circuit 2022-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-law federal-review habeas-corpus legal-precedent post-conviction-relief standing state-court-decision state-law Whether the court erred in declaring the federal law 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(4) and the Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.430(b) invalid
22-128 Michelle Herczeg v. City of Dallas, Texas Texas 2022-08-10 Denied Response Waived appeal appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection police-misconduct retaliation sexual-harassment Is the denial of a fair trial or appeal rights for a decorated police officer who was a victim of sexual assault and harassment repugnant to the Const…
22-122 Philip Snyder v. Tenth Presbyterian Church Pennsylvania 2022-08-09 Denied appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure due-process factual-findings legal-review pennsylvania-law rule-of-law standard-of-review superior-court Did the decision of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania constitute erroneous factual findings and/or misapplication of a properly stated rule of law?
22-127 Abraham Moses Fisch v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-09 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1515(c) appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights fifth-circuit impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-proceedings judicial-review prosecutorial-misconduct Has the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit so far departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings, or sanctioned…
22-5317 Dora L. Adkins v. Merrifield Hotel Associates, LP Fourth Circuit 2022-08-09 Dismissed IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fourth-circuit-review judicial-reasoning standard-of-review standing summary-affirmance unpublished-opinion Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Erred in the Order, Dated, July 28, 2022
22-5325 Malcolm Bernard Benson v. Randee Rewerts, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-registry due-process standing statutory-interpretation Whether the petitioner's notice of appeal obligation was satisfied when the funds were deposited in the court registry before the filing deadline
22-5272 J. R. v. North Dakota North Dakota 2022-08-03 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-review constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance jurisdictional-findings juvenile-court standing Did the Juvenile Court's record contain substantial evidence to support the court's jurisdictional findings as to the father
22-5258 Jeremy Lafitte v. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Ninth Circuit 2022-08-02 Denied IFP appellate-procedure cause-of-action civil-procedure court-of-appeals federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction jurisdictional-dismissal pleading procedural-error rule-8(a) Whether a plaintiff must plead a specific set of facts that constitute a cause of action under the federal pleading requirements of Rule 8(a) of the F…
22-94 Robert Alan Fratta v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-08-01 Denied Relisted (2) appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure habeas habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-grounds procedural-default rule-60(b) rule-60b Must a habeas petitioner obtain a certificate of appealability to appeal the denial of a Rule 60(b) motion on jurisdictional grounds?
22-5222 Travis Lee Combs v. Washington Washington 2022-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process individual-rights judicial-review legal-standard patent standing takings Unsure
22-5194 Maxo Jean v. United States Second Circuit 2022-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 appeals appellate-procedure criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-discretion jurisdiction motion-to-vacate timeliness timely-filing Whether the appeals court abused its discretion by dismissing petitioner's notice of appeal from the denial of a motion to vacate, filed pursuant to 2…
22-5200 Robert Oulton, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights constitutional-showing due-process eleventh-circuit federal-jurisdiction federal-review habeas-corpus indigent-rights ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-standard Can a specific record reference by an indigent be considered a substantive part of demonstrating a substantial showing of the denial of a constitution…
22-31 Arizona v. Brian Mecinas, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-07-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure article-iii-standing civil-procedure intervention mootness munsingwear-doctrine political-question standing vacatur Whether the motion to intervene was timely
21-8259 In Re Johnny Brett Gregory 2022-06-29 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process federal-courts federal-tort-claims-act habeas-corpus mandamus ninth-circuit standing united-states-court-of-appeals writ-of-certiorari Should this court issue a writ of mandamus ordering the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to issue a writ of mandamus
21-8273 Jesus Fernando Fierro-Renteria v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
21-8252 Isaac Jude Rodriguez v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry Ninth Circuit 2022-06-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process excusable-neglect jurisdiction jurisdictional-time-limit legal-filing procedural-rules state-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the court of appeals correctly concluded that petitioner's motion for certificate of appealability was filed untimely
21-8256 Ortaz Sharp v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure due-process government-abandonment government-appeal judicial-discretion party-presentation sentencing sentencing-hearing sineneng-smith statutory-interpretation Whether a court of appeals violates the party-presentation principle
21-8175 Adrian Castro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability court-of-appeals due-process government-objection habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-jurisdiction sua-sponte sua-sponte-review Whether the Court of Appeals may sua sponte raise an alleged inadequacy of its own Certificate of Appealability after the parties have fully briefed t…
21-8147 John P. Tomkins v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-06-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure court-fees due-process federal-prisoners judicial-review section-2255-motion Have the lower courts imposed too high of a standard on federal prisoners who seek a certificate of appealability following the denial of a 28 U.S.C. …
21-8098 Rocky Christian v. Florida Florida 2022-06-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP anders-review appellate-procedure appellate-review fourteenth-amendment jury-instruction plain-error self-defense self-defense-instruction sixth-amendment Did the Fifth District Court of Appeal for the State of Florida conduct an adequate review of the record pursuant to Anders v. California 386 U.S. 738…
21-1545 Allen Whitaker v. District of Columbia Concealed Pistol Licensing Review Board District of Columbia 2022-06-09 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-vagueness due-process gun-rights license-revocation standing vagueness Can the government render moot a fully briefed appeal challenging the denial of a license to carry a pistol by granting the license — though not confe…
21-1541 Quannah L. Harris v. Jerry Biddle, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-06-08 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-filing due-process equitable-relief federal-courts federal-rules judicial-discretion procedural-limitations standing Does Rule 4(a)(6) of the Rules of Appellate Procedure limit equitable relief as it is part of the broad powers granted to the Federal Courts?
21-8072 Erik Daniel Salgado-Castellano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres appellate-procedure case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7967 Jairo Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction procedural-default retroactivity statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-precedent unconstitutional-statute Can a defendant procedurally default a claim that the court lacked jurisdiction to imprison him under an unconstitutional statute?
21-7972 Demajio Jerome Ellis v. Indiana Indiana 2022-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-claims criminal-conviction due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review post-conviction post-conviction-relief standing supreme-court-appeal Whether the Indiana Court of Appeals erred in affirming the post-conviction court's denial of my post-conviction petition for relief
21-7962 Jimmie Spratt v. Timothy Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure direct-appeal district-court due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review lozada-precedent lozada-v-deeds Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying a certificate of appealability, which deprives the petitioner of a direct appeal from the …
21-7938 Larry Wayne Kimes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion rule-52 Should federal appeals courts require district courts to explain their opinions and orders in sufficient detail to aid in appeals?
21-1468 Erickson Meko Campbell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-23 Denied appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process judicial-discretion party-presentation sineneng-smith standing sua-sponte Whether a court of appeals violates the principle of party presentation
21-7932 Sameer Muhammad v. Florida Florida 2022-05-19 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process florida-constitution judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction mandate trial-court-authority Whether the trial court was without jurisdiction to enter an order reinstating the previous order vacating offense under double jeopardy principle des…
21-7895 Antoine Mayes v. United States Second Circuit 2022-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis Whether it was error for the Second Circuit to deny Mayes the right to file an appeal or collaterally attack his conviction in light of the Supreme Co…
21-7875 Freya D. Pearson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-05-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-right direct-appeal due-process effective-counsel ineffective-assistance notice-of-deficiency notice-of-withdrawal notice-requirement prosecutorial-misconduct tax-deficiency Right To Counsel
21-7882 In Re Lin Ouyang 2022-05-16 Dismissed IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-of-appeals court-rules exceptional-circumstances final-judgment finality-of-judgment frivolous-appeal mandamus statutory-provisions writ-of-mandamus Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the court of appeals to rule the motion for reconsideration
21-1442 In Re Adriano Kruel Budri 2022-05-16 Denied appellate-procedure brief-dismissal civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fifth-circuit judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-litigation timely-filing Did the Panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit err by dismissing for want of prosecution a pending Appellant's Opening Brief filed i…
21-7873 Charlie Branner, Jr. v. Georgia Georgia 2022-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process georgia-appeals-court motion-for-reconsideration service-of-order service-of-process state-court writ-of-certiorari Was the Georgia Supreme Court's denial of the writ of certiorari error when the Georgia Appeals Court failed to serve all parties with the order dismi…
21-7765 Rafael Lora v. United States Third Circuit 2022-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence judicial-review standing Whether the Appeals Court erred in denying, neglecting, avoiding, and failing to document the appellants' submitted evidence
21-7738 Guillermo Mata-Valerio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent sentencing sixth-amendment stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7692 Manuel Geraldo v. United States Second Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review petitioner-rights procedural-fairness Whether a Court of Appeals Paying Lipservice in denying a COA violates the princples of Due-Process
21-7654 Gregory Munoz v. Superior Court of California, Orange County, et al. California 2022-04-19 Denied IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment appellate-procedure cell-phone-search civil-rights constitutional-rights digital-evidence digital-privacy due-process search-and-seizure supreme-court-review Whether the California Supreme Court erred when it denied petitioners' request for review on the summary denial of petitioners' writ of mandate and pr…
21-7630 Mickey Roy Anderson, Sr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-split criminal-law deliberation first-degree-murder mens-rea premeditation Whether a mere matter of seconds suffice as premeditation for first degree murder
21-7552 Kalvin Bishop v. Thomas McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP adequate-grounds appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-of-appeals debatable-issue due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard procedural-error third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing Petitioner's application for certificate of appealability
21-7482 Gregory Jean-Louis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appellate-procedure circuit-split criminal-appeal criminal-defendant criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process judicial-review sentencing waiver-exception Whether the United States Supreme Court should grant certiorari to resolve the circuit split regarding the exception to a criminal defendant's valid w…
21-7493 Thomas Carl Bruni v. Craig Apple, Sheriff, Albany County, New York Second Circuit 2022-03-29 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights counsel-appointment due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus standing Does appellant prove exemption from certificate of appealability?
21-7422 Edward Shane West-El v. Internal Revenue Service, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-21 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access delegated-authority due-process government-authority in-forma-pauperis judicial-review standing tax Where does Charles P. Rettig and his employee's that are on his staff get the Delegated Authority to question the Plaintiff Edward Shane WestEl regard…
21-7383 Francis B. Armah v. Janet Dowling, Warden Tenth Circuit 2022-03-16 Denied IFP abrogation access-to-courts appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review pro-se pro-se-litigant supreme-court-precedent tenth-circuit Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit rendered an unreasonable application of Holland v. Florida, 560 U.S. 631 (2010) witho…
21-7360 Marc N. Greenberg v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure fundamental-fairness notice-of-appeal supervised-release Whether the technical requirements of Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 3(c)(1)(B) trump an individual's due process rights
21-7343 Harry Hueston v. United States Second Circuit 2022-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-discretion legal-remedy procedural-default timeliness Whether it was error for the Second Circuit to deny Huestion the right to file an appeal or COA when timeliness was the result of facts beyond his con…
21-7347 Anthony Phillips v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Does the legal standard for equitable tolling apply to the one-year deadline for filing a notice of appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 2107(c)
21-7240 Robert Carr, Jr. v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2022-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeal court-of-appeals due-process judicial-review legal-standard standing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Did the lower courts erroneously employ the wrong legal standard?
21-7203 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Michael Schwab Oregon 2022-02-25 Dismissed IFP adverse-judgment appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure court-dismissal due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements procedural-default service-of-notice service-of-process standing Was it justified for the appellate commissioner to dismiss Petitioner's appeal
21-7123 John J. Wilson, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2022-02-15 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-violation due-process florida-constitution florida-supreme-court judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction record-keeping records standing Can the Supreme Court of Florida rule on whether to accept jurisdiction on a case which has no records?
21-7110 Jorge Alberto Funez-Zapata v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
21-7102 Elmer Josue Rivas-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
21-1115 In Re Wanda Bowling 2022-02-11 Denied abuse-of-discretion appellate-court appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-mandate due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jurisdiction mandamus petition-for-review Is the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal's deliberate refusal to adjudicate appealed issues a failure to execute duties or abuse of discretion?
21-6975 David James Lola v. Rick Ramsay, Sheriff, Monroe County, Florida Florida 2022-01-27 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech incarceration legal-resources prisoner-access Does an innocent citizen representing themselves against criminal allegations, also known as pro se, and incarcerated prior to trial have a due proces…
21-6961 Mauro C. Palacio v. Justin Caraway, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admission fifth-amendment fourth-amendment judicial-discretion procedural-error Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the petitioner abandoned, through failure to brief, a separate claim that he is subject to an illeg…
21-6958 Vorarut Vorasiangsuk v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit formatting-deficiency motion-to-exceed-page-limit motion-to-supplement prisoner-rights pro-se Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals abused its discretion and violated due-process, civil-procedure, pro-se
21-1033 Edward Mandel v. White Nile Software, Inc., et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-01-21 Denied appellate-procedure bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-law civil-procedure discharge due-process judicial-review non-dischargeable-claims settlement-agreement Whether the court of appeals erred in declining to allow evidence, witness and expert testimony at trial on the Settlement Agreement
21-6828 James Jonathan Mitchell v. Florida Florida 2022-01-12 Denied IFP appellate-procedure collateral-relief due-process equal-protection gideon-v-wainwright habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel state-court-procedure Does it tonsure (shear) due process & equal protection for the State (Florida) to summarily 'dismiss as unauthorized' a prison Petitioner's is State w…
21-6791 Daryoush Javaheri v. U.S. Bank N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-01-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure capable-of-repetition civil-procedure constitutional-rights crawford-vs-us due-process judicial-review res-judicata spencer-v-kemna spencer-vs-kemna standing Did the lower courts fail to apply the 'capable of repetition yet evading review' doctrine?
21-6700 Tremaine Rashon Wray v. Dennis Bush, Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel expert-witness forensic-evidence fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-review sixth-amendment whether Petitioner was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel and Fourteenth Amendment Due Process right to a fair trial
21-920 Kalab D. Willman v. United States Armed Forces 2021-12-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure article-66-ucmj courts-martial due-process judicial-interpretation military-justice sentence-review sentencing statutory-interpretation uniform-code-military-justice Does the CAAF's decision prevent the CCAs from fulfilling their Congressionally imposed mandate pursuant to Article 66, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 866, to dete…
21-6673 John Beatty v. Ohio Ohio 2021-12-20 Denied IFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-jurisdiction due-process evitts-v-lucey ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel smith-v-murray strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Is the standards set forth in Smith v. Murray, 477 U.S. 527, 536 (1986) and Evitts v. Lucey, 469 U.S. 387, 396 (1985) the more appropriate test for ap…
21-6662 Bryant Christopher Watts v. Texas Texas 2021-12-17 Denied IFP affirmative-defense appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process reasonable-doubt self-defense standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence trial-court Did the court of appeals err in affirming the trial court where evidence is insufficient to rebut the affirmative defense of self-defense beyond a rea…
21-6636 Leroy Fears v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2021-12-16 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-review death-penalty due-process homophobia judicial-impartiality judicial-misconduct partiality racism religious-bigotry supreme-court Was Due Process Violated when A State Supreme Court Justice Showed Partiality
21-6637 Kenan Ivery v. Ohio Ohio 2021-12-16 Denied IFP appellate-procedure application-for-reopening due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions ohio-law procedural-dismissal state-court-of-appeals Is a petitioner denied due-process and equal-protection when the state-court-of-appeals procedurally-dismisses his application-for-reopening
21-6579 Cesar Hidrogo-Marin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-rule almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi-rule constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
21-881 Linda Shao v. McManis Faulkner, LLP California 2021-12-14 Denied Relisted (2) appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure conflicts-of-interest court-jurisdiction due-process filing judicial-bias procedural-irregularity vexatious-litigant Question not identified
21-6508 Daniel Jones v. Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2021-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appointment-of-counsel circuit-court-jurisdiction circuit-court-split civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion motion-for-counsel pro-se-litigant standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the appeal pursuant to 25 U.S.C.§ 1915(e) based solely on the denial of the motion for…
21-6550 Wade Lay v. Aboutanaa El Habti, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-12-07 Denied IFP 8th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process execution judicial-discretion standing Whether the execution protocol used by the State of Oklahoma violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment
21-6553 Chad L. Enderle v. Iowa Iowa 2021-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process heemstra legal-retroactivity pending-appeals retroactive-application retroactive-availability statute-of-limitations supreme-court-precedent Do the federal Supreme Court cases require Iowa law to apply full retroactive availability to pending appeals?
21-805 Douglas Norberg v. Nevada Center for Dermatology, et al. Nevada 2021-12-01 Denied appellate-procedure civil-rights common-law court-rules due-process judicial-precedent precedent stare-decisis unpublished-opinions Is Nevada Supreme Court Rule 36 allowing appellate decisions to be unpublished and unable to the cited as precedent a violation of the rule of stare d…
21-816 Melvyn Gear v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied appellate-procedure burden-of-proof criminal-law due-process firearms greer-v-united-states legal-status plain-error rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether other subdivisions of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) require knowledge of collateral law
21-6457 Ervin Anibar Lopez-Ordonez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
21-6417 Mausean Carter v. Maryland Maryland 2021-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection judicial-review miranda-rights search-and-seizure standing state-law Whether the lower courts' decision conflicts with an important federal question
21-6351 Holly Harvey v. Georgia Georgia 2021-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-review legal-standard standing Whether the right to a direct appeal can be waived, diminished or abandoned due to a silent record?
21-6329 Steven Blakeney v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process eighth-circuit evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-standard summary-reversal Whether this Court should summarily reverse the Eighth Circuit's denial of a COA where the underlying issues were clearly debatable by jurists of reas…
21-6252 Ryder Shane Altman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure collateral-appeal collateral-review criminal-defendants criminal-procedure fact-finding ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se Whether federal criminal defendants presenting substantial claims of ineffective assistance of counsel should receive the benefit of additional fact-f…
21-6243 Richard Barnhart, Jr. v. Neil Turner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-for-new-trial ohio-appellate-court search-and-seizure supreme-court-precedent unreasonable-application Is a Petitioner denied his due process rights when the Ohio Appellate Court applies an unreasonable application of U.S. Supreme Court precedent in reg…
21-694 Bel Air Auto Auction, Inc. v. Great Northern Insurance Company Fourth Circuit 2021-11-10 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure business-interruption certification-motion civil-rights due-process federal-state-relations insurance-contract insurance-contract-law judicial-discretion standing state-court-certification supreme-court-jurisdiction Did the Fourth Circuit abuse its discretion in denying certification of novel questions of state insurance law to the state's highest court?
21-648 Edward Hedican v. Walmart Stores East, L.P., et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-11-03 GVR Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) appeal appellate-procedure certiorari civil-procedure intervention legal-standard motion-to-intervene post-judgment standing statutory-right timeliness Whether the Seventh Circuit erred in holding that Petitioner's post-judgment motion to intervene for the sole purpose of filing a petition for certior…
21-6139 Yency Nuñez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-01 Denied IFP appellate-procedure article-iii circuit-courts circuit-precedent criminal-procedure due-process jurisdictional-facts maritime-drug-law precedent statutory-interpretation Whether proof of jurisdictional facts is an element of an MDLEA offense
21-601 Michael B. Ellis, et al. v. Amy Berman Jackson, et al. District of Columbia 2021-10-26 Denied Response Waived anti-injunction-act appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process irs judicial-review pro-se-litigation record-falsification standing Do courts of appeal nationwide exhibit a pattern and practice of refusing to adjudicate EVERY issue presented by the Class of disrespected, unrepresen…
21-578 John Raynor v. Dennis Walker, et al. Nebraska 2021-10-20 Denied appellate-procedure color-of-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection internal-affairs-doctrine nebraska-supreme-court subject-matter-jurisdiction Does the Equal Protection Clause circumscribe the Nebraska Supreme Court's discretion to disregard a Color of Law adjudication?
21-5999 Steven Dewayne Gilbert v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure career-offender-guideline circuit-split criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion guideline-interpretation holguin-hernandez procedural-reasonableness sentencing-review substantive-reasonableness Whether the holding in Holguin-Hernandez that a defendant's argument in the district court for a lower sentence preserves appellate review of the subs…
21-5995 Christopher Emory Cramer v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-18 Denied IFP appellate-procedure conference-in-chambers due-process eighth-amendment federal-rule federal-rule-of-appellate-procedure-10(c) federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure-43 fifth-amendment judicial-proceeding record-completion record-on-appeal sixth-amendment whether-an-unrecorded-conference-is-a-hearing-or-trial-under-federal-rule-of-appellate-procedure-10(c)
21-5961 David K. Horsley v. Ohio Ohio 2021-10-14 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal-waiver appellate-procedure constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process garza-v-idaho ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-rule sixth-amendment state-appellate-procedure Whether the holding in Garza v. Idaho, 586 U.S. 10 (2019) applies to Ohio App. R. 26(B)(1) which requires a defendant to prove ineffective assistance …
21-545 Michael B. Ellis, et al. v. United States District of Columbia 2021-10-13 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-review due-process judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation record-falsification recusal standing Do courts of appeal nationwide exhibit a pattern and practice of refusing to adjudicate EVERY issue presented by the Class of disrespected, unrepresen…
21-523 Damon Simon, et ux. v. Roche Diagnostics Corporation Fifth Circuit 2021-10-08 Denied Response Waived appellate-discretion appellate-procedure certification civil-procedure court-of-appeals discretion judicial-procedure legal-review standard-of-review state-law state-law-certification Whether the court of appeals applied an improper standard of review in exercising its discretion when ruling on the Simons' request to certify the dis…
21-510 PDVSA US Litigation Trust v. Lukoil Pan Americas, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-06 Denied Response Waived and raised in the appellate briefing to such an e appellate-procedure appellate-review argument-abandonment civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-court issue-preservation judicial-review legal-briefing merits-determination waiver Whether a court of appeals may deem an argument to have been abandoned when it was properly raised and fully briefed in the district court, and raised…
21-5916 Ramiro Medina-Oliden v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
21-5895 In Re David Angel Sifuentes 2021-10-05 Denied IFP appellate-procedure banister-v-davis case-precedent constitutional-provisions judicial-review mandamus mandamus-petition rule-21 rule-60(b) rule-60b-motion sixth-circuit-jurisdiction Is the Sixth Circuit required to docket Petitioner's Writ of Mandamus and apply Banister v. Davis to Petitioner's Rule 60(b) motion?
21-5869 In Re Abdul Mohammed 2021-10-04 Dismissed IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure executive-committee judicial-transfer nunc-pro-tunc standing transfer venue void-ab-initio whether the 7% Circuit shall transfer pending Appeal # 20-2419 and Appeal # 21-1591 to a different circuit
21-5818 Cynthia Lozano v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judgment judgment-amendment legal-rights notice-of-appeal time-to-file Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly split from the well-established rule of the Court and other Circuits
21-5785 Gregory Albert Darst v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights coram-nobis due-process irs-records judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation record-falsification standing Does a pattern and practice exist whereby appellate courts refuse to adjudicate every issue presented by the Class of unrepresented litigants appealin…
21-5778 Jeffrey Glenn Hutchinson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-24 Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-court circuit-split district-court habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard merits-analysis merits-ruling standard-of-review Does a court of appeals violate the threshold certificate of appealability (COA) standard when it adopts the district court's merits rulings as its ow…
21-5761 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Michael J. Buseman PC, et al. Oregon 2021-09-23 Denied IFP adverse-parties appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure dismissal due-process jurisdiction pro-se-litigation service-of-process standing Was the Appellate Commissioner correct in determining that Petitioner needed to have served Respondents as 'adverse parties' to the appeal?
21-5762 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. City of Eugene Police Department, et al. Oregon 2021-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure court-jurisdiction due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-dismissal legal-standing oregon-supreme-court service-of-process standing Was the Appellate Commissioner justified in dismissing the appeal on jurisdictional grounds
21-5764 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Roberto Rios, et al. Oregon 2021-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP adverse-parties appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-dismissal due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-dismissal legal-review service-of-process standing Was the Appellate Commissioner justified in denying the application for appellate court filing fees?
21-5750 Richard A. Waite v. Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility New Hampshire 2021-09-22 Denied IFP appellate-procedure bar-regulations civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process ethical-rules judicial-standards lawyer-conduct legal-ethics professional-responsibility standing Whether the conflict of interest between a public defender's office and its appellate division violates a defendant's constitutional right to effectiv…
21-422 Steven Hatton v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-20 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability counsel-claims due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review sixth-amendment Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his ineffective-assistance-o…
21-5623 Felix Roberts v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-09-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process en-banc-review judicial-discretion motion-for-reconsideration motion-for-rehearing procedural-timeline recusal rehearing time-limits Whether the petitioner was denied due process by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in its handling of the petitioner's appeal
21-5580 Marion Taylor v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-09-03 Denied IFP appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-rights due-process federal-question judicial-proceedings judicial-review standing supervisory-power supreme-court-precedent writ-of-certiorari Whether the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the relevant decisions…
21-5573 Richard M. Miller v. Maryland Maryland 2021-09-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure constitutional-appeal constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-review post-conviction standing writ-of-certiorari Did The Intermediate Appellate Court Of Special Appeals Of Maryland Err When Denying Petitioner His Absolute Constitutional Right To An Appeal Or Bela…
21-5555 Ross Allen Hartwell v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-09-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process fair-trial jurisdictional-limits jury legal-interpretation sixth-amendment standing state-court statutory-interpretation Does the Supreme Court's decision in Washington v. Deleon, 568 U.S. 068 (2014) allow lower courts to violate an individual's right to a fair and impar…
21-301 Mario Lamont Sims v. Bank of New York Seventh Circuit 2021-08-30 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure court-of-appeals due-process first-amendment first-impression judicial-conduct judicial-integrity judicial-misconduct judicial-openness judicial-transparency judicial-tyranny Whether the conduct of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals was so outrageous that due process principles would absolutely bar the anonymous three judge p…
21-5468 Fredrick Mackie v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure criminal-appeal due-process in-forma-pauperis knowing-and-intelligent-waiver pro-se-appeal right-to-appeal right-to-counsel Whether a court must ascertain that a defendant-appellant's decision to abandon a criminal appeal is knowing and intelligent
21-5421 Michael A. Payne v. Ohio Ohio 2021-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction-challenge magistrate-orders motion-to-reconsider pandemic-impact Whether the Supreme Court of Ohio erred in refusing to accept jurisdiction of appellants' memorandum, despite the fact that the appellate court erred …
21-229 Lawrence T. Newman v. Robert W. York Indiana 2021-08-17 Denied appellate-procedure attorney-fees civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion legal-review takings Whether the Indiana courts violated Newman's due process rights by awarding $167,437.50 in appellate attorney fees against him without affording him C…
21-5378 Anthony Kirkland v. Ohio Ohio 2021-08-16 Denied IFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure capital-punishment constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct Is a capital sentence invalid when the prosecutor leads the jury to believe the judge has already decided the defendant should be sentenced to death?
21-5343 Jimmie Washington, aka Jim Washington v. United States District Court for the District of South Carolina Fourth Circuit 2021-08-11 Denied IFP appellate-procedure cheney-standard cheney-test civil-procedure immediate-relief injunction injunctive-relief judicial-review mandamus mandamus-petition stay writ-of-certiorari Whether a court of appeals failure to grant a first and second amended petition for writ of mandamus conflicts with this court and other court of appe…
21-5337 Garrett McElveen v. Illinois Illinois 2021-08-10 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-ethics Whether the Sixth District Appellate Court of Illinois erred in finding that the defendant's original public defender became the victim's attorney, th…
21-158 Bobcar Media, LLC v. Aardvark Event Logistics, Inc. Federal Circuit 2021-08-04 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-circuit rule-36 seventh-amendment Whether the Court should resolve the circuit split under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 36 and elucidate the constitutional and statutory boundar…
21-5292 Lin Ouyang v. Achem Industry America, Inc. California 2021-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure due-process extraordinary-writ judicial-bias recusal summary-adjudication writ-proceeding Did the California Court of Appeal justices' failure to recuse themselves from deciding the appeal of the final judgment violate the Due Process Claus…
21-5243 Charles Givens v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability district-court due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-due-process standard-of-review unelaborated-opinion Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in issuing an unelaborated opinion denying a certificate of appealability after denial of a COA by…
21-5214 Ademola O. Adebayo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment frap-36 Whether the Eleventh Circuit entered a decision that strengthens the circuit split created by Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 36, which allows a m…
21-5188 Malik Nasir v. United States Third Circuit 2021-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation ninth-circuit standing third-circuit Should the Ashrict court's denial of the defendant's motion for payment of attorney's fees be reversed by the Third Circuit?
21-5157 Gary Simmonds v. Territory of the Virgin Islands Third Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law due-process judicial-power jurisdiction lesser-included-offense statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Is a lesser-included-offense of an unconstitutional-statute authorized by federal-statute
21-5074 Samuel Ridder v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleged-bias appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability forfeiture ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias merits-brief prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-circuit Did the Sixth Circuit misconstrue the Certificate of Appealability as a merits brief?
21-5061 Henry Johnson Lucas, Jr. v. Virginia Virginia 2021-07-09 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-court fourteenth-amendment legal-interpretation standing supreme-court-rules virginia-law Whether the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires the Commonwealth of Virginia to provide a criminal defendant with a meaningful opp…
20-1823 K. S. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources West Virginia 2021-07-01 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-timeframe due-process good-cause notice-of-appeal procedural-fairness state-supreme-court Whether a due process violation under the 14th Amendment exists when a State Supreme Court refuses to permit the docketing of a late notice of appeal
20-8477 Stephen Aguiar v. United States Second Circuit 2021-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure article-three case-or-controversy civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review sentencing standing supervised-release Whether the Second Circuit wrongly dismissed petitioner's appeal prematurely as moot before allowing him the opportunity to show that his appeal meets…
20-1792 Patricia Earnest, et al. v. Joann Ellison, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-06-23 Denied 14th-amendment appellate-procedure appellate-review due-process due-process-clause issue-preservation legal-basis procedural-fairness trial-court Does a court of appeals deny a party due process under the 14th Amendment when it decides the case on a basis never litigated or passed on as a matter…
20-1793 Aura Moody, on Behalf of Her Minor Child, J. M. v. National Football League Second Circuit 2021-06-23 Denied appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-procedure judicial-discretion motion-to-amend procedural-due-process standing Whether the court had authority to dismiss the appeal without giving the petitioner opportunity to present evidence and be heard on the merits
20-8343 Joseph Jenkins v. United States Second Circuit 2021-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appearance-of-impropriety appellate-procedure constitutional-review due-process judicial-bias laws-of-case mandate-rule panel-composition sentencing Questions Presented
20-1754 Lawrence Joey Smith v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-16 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure burden-of-proof certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-review criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions prosecutorial-argument prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt Is it objectionable for a prosecutor to argue to the jury that a lack of evidence does not give rise to a reasonable doubt?
20-8319 John J. Wilson, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2021-06-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure criminal-counsel direct-appeal due-process florida-bar-investigation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel misrepresentation plea-bargaining torture Can same criminal counsel misrepresenting defendant in the same L.T. case, and other cases in the trial court documenting instances of 'torture' to in…
20-8281 Dominic Franza v. James Stinson, Superintendent, Great Meadow Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2021-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure discretion judicial-procedure legal-precedent mandate-recall recall-of-mandate second-circuit Was it an abuse of discretion for the Second Circuit to deny Petitioner's Recall of the Mandate motion
20-1710 Zafar Bakhramovich Yadigarov v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-11 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-writ appellate-procedure coram-nobis delay due-process judicial-discretion legal-diligence legal-standards procedural-standard sound-reasons writ-of-error What constitutes a legally sufficient standard of diligence for pursuing coram-nobis-relief
20-8196 William Severs v. Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2021-06-02 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-error right-to-counsel supreme-court-precedent third-circuit-court Whether the Decisions of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the District Court for the District of New Jersey were contrary to the United States S…
20-8161 Lisa Marie Belyew v. Mike Pallares, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-05-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure bail constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process evidence-standard federal-law judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure statutory-interpretation Whether the district court erred in denying petitioner's motion for release on own recognizance pending appeal
20-1658 Thomas Rimini v. Department of Labor First Circuit 2021-05-27 Denied Response Waived administrative-exhaustion appellate-procedure civil-procedure department-of-labor federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure non-waiver-mandate sarbanes-oxley subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the First Circuit lack subject-matter-jurisdiction to rule while an earlier-filed Sarbanes-Oxley matter with identical causes of action is not yet…
20-8123 Verlan Perez, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal precedential-ruling Can an appeals court deny a certificate of appealability to a petitioner who has shown that the district court ignored precedential rulings from this …
20-8131 Brent Lang v. Erica Huss, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard procedural-requirements CERTIORARI IS APPROPRIATE WHERE THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SHOULD HAVE GRANTED A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE QUESTIONS…
20-8108 Roy Lee Dykes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure bail bond bond-motion criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard motion-denial Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by failing to find that the District Court erred in denying Mr. Dykes' Motion for Release on Bond pending appeal?
20-8012 Jack Vo v. California California 2021-05-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process election-law judicial-review public-interest standing supreme-court-discretion supreme-court-review voting-rights Whether the U.S. Supreme Court should grant certiorari to review a case of public importance that was denied consideration by the lower courts
20-7968 Charles Ahumada v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-05-10 Denied IFP appellate-procedure circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-defendants direct-appeal en-banc-review panel-rehearing petition-for-writ-of-certiorari right-to-counsel statutory-provisions Should the constitutional right to counsel exist for petitions for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc in a Circuit Court, after an adverse opinion …
20-1553 Reiyn Keohane v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-07 Denied appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process gender-dysphoria mootness munsingwear-doctrine standing vacatur Whether, pursuant to United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950), the court of appeals' judgment should be vacated where the FDC, after pre…
20-7954 David Armando Butler v. Florida Florida 2021-05-07 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure direct-appeal due-process florida-district-court standing trial-court written-order Whether the Florida District Court of Appeal denied the petitioner due process in failing to grant him a direct appeal on the merits by virtue of the …
20-7932 Virgil Delano Presnell v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-05 Denied IFP 2254-limitations 2254(d) appellate-procedure factual-findings federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus implicit-findings judicial-interpretation state-court state-court-findings wilson-v-sellers Does Wilson v. Sellers permit federal habeas court to assign 'implicit' factual findings to state court order when applying 2254(d)'s limitations on r…
20-7933 Erika Jacobs v. 35 West Apartments Oklahoma 2021-05-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process federal-court judgment-reconsideration judicial-review post-trial-motion standing state-court supreme-court-jurisdiction trial-court-decision Whether the Supreme Court erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeal
20-7871 Jemone Lawrence Walker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure criminal-indictment fairness-integrity-public-reputation federal-jurisdiction intervening-supreme-court-decision plain-error-review subject-matter-jurisdiction substantial-rights trial-record Whether the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction
20-7877 Robert Washington v. David Gomez, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-review due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-circuit strickland-v-washington Whether the United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying petitioner's application for a certificate of appealability
20-1477 Randy R. Bell v. New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, et al. Second Circuit 2021-04-21 Denied appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-discretion district-court due-process fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction notice-of-appeal standing Did the district court lack jurisdiction due to fraud upon the court?
20-7795 Antwan Lamar Hutchinson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-04-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure competency competency-hearing criminal-procedure drope-standard due-process mental-health procedural-review sixth-circuit standard-of-review Should the Court reverse the Sixth Circuit's modified version of the three-factor legal test in Drope v. Missouri
20-1456 Walter Osborne v. Douglas E. Kellogg, et al. Florida 2021-04-16 Denied appellate-procedure change-of-venue civil-rights court-recusal due-process judicial-bias legal-review procedural-fairness recusal standing venue Whether the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying the petitioner's request for a change of venue due to bias and impartiality
20-7733 In Re Antwoyn Terrell Spencer 2021-04-15 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus mandamus unlawful-detention Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated when the court of appeals refused to adjudicate his case without reasons
20-7753 In Re Derrick Adrian Johnson 2021-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing Whether the appellate court erred in disregarding the noted issue on standing appeal, can the appellants request a writ of mandamus of the Supreme Cou…
20-7734 Imeh U. Affiah v. Texas Southmost College, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure court-jurisdiction due-process fabricated-evidence judicial-review legal-review procedural-due-process standing summary-judgment Whether the lower courts erred in relying solely on a summary judgment report without addressing all documents and concerns raised by the plaintiff
20-1417 Miguel Estivill, et ux. v. Philip Von Kahle Florida 2021-04-08 Denied appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fair-hearing fraud-allegations judicial-conduct judicial-duty judicial-review motion-for-rehearing standing Where the 3DCA neglected their prime duty to Rule by affirming the Trial Court's order which was in clear violation of R. Jud. Admin. '2.215(f) and Fl…
20-7688 Roderick B. Lewis v. Florida Florida 2021-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus independent-state-ground procedural-default standing state-court Can a state's procedural default rule preclude a federal court from reviewing a defendant's federal constitutional claims?
20-1411 Starline Tours of Hollywood, Inc. v. EHM Productions, Inc., dba TMZ, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure dismissal district-court-dismissal finality finality-doctrine judicial-participation ninth-circuit-interpretation pragmatic-approach technical-construction Whether the Ninth Circuit's undefined requirement for meaningful judicial participation impermissibly abandons this Court's longstanding mandate that …
20-1389 Kaboni Savage v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-05 Denied appellate-procedure district-court federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion procedural-barriers record-on-appeal record-reconstruction statement-of-proceedings supplemental-record third-circuit transcript Whether the Third Circuit properly held—in conflict with decades of federal practice endorsing flexible procedures to assemble a complete record on ap…
20-7618 Krystal Alexander-Jasmin v. Santa Monica Police Department, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process expert-witness governmental-immunity judicial-review separation-of-powers standing Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in its dissent from well-established Constitutional and case law?
20-7602 Bienvenido Rodriguez, Jr. v. Ulli Klemm, et al. Third Circuit 2021-03-30 Denied IFP appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process ineffective-representation judicial-discretion legal-representation motion-to-dismiss procedural-due-process settlement-agreement standing Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals abused its discretion in summarily affirming the district court's order, dismissing plaintiff Rodriguez's a…
20-7597 In Re Gary Peel 2021-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-delay mandamus seventh-circuit subject-matter-jurisdiction writ-of-mandamus Whether a Writ of Mandamus should issue
20-7570 David Travis Frazier v. Herbert H. Slatery, III, Attorney General of Tennessee, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process judicial-review limitations-period standing statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio void-judgment When a court enters a judgment that is later determined to be void ab-initio, and a petitioner appeals from that decision, does that start the limitat…
20-7541 Billian Jo, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Mee Jin-Jo v. JPMC Specialty Mortgage, LLC Second Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied IFP appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure clerk-authority due-process federal-rules judicial-discretion judicial-oversight summary-order Whether the Second Circuit Clerk's authority regarding Summary Orders is appropriate under FRAP
20-7480 Mickey Thomas v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Eighth Circuit 2021-03-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure day-v-mcdonough federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan procedural-default sua-sponte wood-v-milyard Whether a court of appeals can sua sponte raise a habeas defense that a state abandons on appeal
20-7376 Howard E. Martin, III v. Ohio Sixth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied IFP access-to-justice appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis legal-access standing systemic-racism Where are the Justices, Honorable Seer, who is sentencing Petitioner denied an opportunity to present Petitioner's defense, failed to avail the Petiti…
20-7306 Agustin Madrid, aka Augustin Madrid v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure case-preservation circuit-split criminal-procedure holguin-hernandez-v-united-states judicial-interpretation legal-objection preservation-of-error procedural-unreasonableness sentencing sentencing-review standard-of-review Whether Holguin-Hernandez v. United States is relevant to the objections necessary to preserve claims of procedural unreasonableness
20-7308 Michael N. Kelsey v. New York New York 2021-03-03 Denied IFP appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance post-conviction-motion right-to-appeal sentencing-judge-advisement Are New York's criminal appellate procedures deficient or prejudicial to due process?
20-7310 Derrick Arnold Johnson v. Raybon C. Johnson, Jr., Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus standard-of-review Did the Ninth Circuit misapply the standard for the issuance of a certificate of appealability (COA) articulated by this Court in cases such
20-7320 Zbigniew Laskowski v. Washington State Department of Labor and Industries Washington 2021-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights de-novo-review due-process evidence judicial-findings prosecutorial-discretion standing statutory-interpretation Whether the appellate court must apply de novo review where the trial judge failed to make specific findings on the prosecution's justifications for o…
20-1207 Alexander Balbuena v. Brian Cates, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-03-02 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) aedpa amendment appeal appellate-procedure circuit-split federal-courts habeas-corpus habeas-petition petition-amendment second-or-successive Whether a district court filing that seeks to amend a habeas petition pending on appeal constitutes a 'second or successive' petition under the Antite…
20-7294 James Peter Sabatino v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit appeal appellate-procedure civil-rights communication-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process mootness statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing petitioner's appeal as moot
20-7296 Dane Schrank v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-03-02 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appellate-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum oral-argument reasoned-decision sentencing-guidelines standing Must Circuit Courts provide reasoned decisions to deny parties oral argument under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2)?
20-7288 Nazari Vasilich Cam v. Oregon Oregon 2021-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment halbert-v-michigan indigent-defendant right-to-counsel sua-sponte-appointment swenson-v-bosler Whether a state appellate court must appoint counsel sua sponte for an indigent criminal defendant who represents himself at trial, files a notice of …
20-7269 Antonio U. Akel v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-26 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction final-judgment habeas-corpus rule-60b-motion standing Whether the district court erred in denying a Rule 60(b) motion to reopen a final judgment denying habeas corpus relief, where the denial of the Rule …
20-1188 Marilynn Thomason v. Beneficial Financial I Inc. Idaho 2021-02-25 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1956 28-usc-1651 appellate-procedure constitutional-authority court-records due-process equal-protection idaho-appellate-rule-28 judicial-discretion Whether any State Supreme Court, state appellate court, state district court and/or any clerk of such court has the constitutional and statutory autho…
20-7196 Kristy Renee Rasnick v. Dickenson County Department of Social Services Virginia 2021-02-23 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-protection counsel counsel-representation due-process parental-rights state-court state-court-appeal statutory-interpretation Whether Petitioner was deprived her constitutional right affording her due process
20-7180 William Hugh Wilson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review motion-denial sixth-circuit wilson-case Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred in denying Wilson's Motion for Certificate of Appealability and Granting Relief
20-7182 Anton Tuomi v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure conflict-of-interest faretta-rights faretta-v-california guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel waiver-of-rights Whether the petitioner was denied his right to counsel
20-7184 Mitchell Wagner v. Archie D. Scarborough, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis legal-complexity legal-representation pro-se pro-se-litigation right-to-counsel standing Whether the failure of an appellate court to recognize an already approved and accepted in forma pauperis status violates the petitioner's constitutio…
20-1117 Philip Jay Fetner v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure bankruptcy-appeal bankruptcy-matters chapter-conversion conflicts-among-federal-courts constitutional-mandate constitutional-mandates equitable-mootness jurisdictional-deadline national-legal-standard supervisory-role timing-of-conversion-order Should the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals' invocation of equitable-mootness foreclosing Petitioner's appeal of the Bankruptcy Court's denial of an ex…
20-7132 Roy Lee Dykes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure bail bond bond-motion criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard motion-denial Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by failing to find that the District Court erred in denying Mr. Dykes' Motion for Release on Bond pending appeal?
20-1090 Thasha A. Boyd v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-10 Denied Response Waived administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling federal-courts federal-employment judicial-review retroactive-legislation statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection Whether the 60-day deadline for seeking judicial review pursuant 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1)(B) and the FRAP sets a bar to an appeal, as the Eleventh Circui…
20-7100 Ryan Detrell Robinson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure district-court-judgment due-process equal-protection sentencing sentencing-variance Whether the Circuit Court Erred Failing To Reverse District Court's Imposition of an 'Alternate Variance Sentence' Which Was Designed To Insulate The …
20-7013 In Re William M. Windsor 2021-02-03 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process federal-law jurisdiction remand removal removal-and-remand standing texas-courts Can Texas courts be allowed to violate federal law on removal and remand?
20-7012 Stanley Dan Reczko, III v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court continuance district-court judicial-discretion legal-doctrine party-presentation sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-challenge united-states-v-sineneng-smith Does the Ninth Circuit's rule permitting it to decline to address a defendant's Sixth Amendment challenge (arising from the district court's denial of…
20-1024 Geoffrey M. Young v. Adam Edelen, et al. Kentucky 2021-01-28 Denied appellate-procedure civil-complaint civil-procedure civil-rights due-process pro-se-litigation rule-11-sanctions rule-12-dismissal sanctions standing whether-trial-court-construed-complaint-favorably
20-6967 Justin Loper v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge conviction crime-of-violence due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals erred in dismissing the appeal where the conviction and sentence were unconstitutional because Hobbs Act robbery is not a…
20-6981 Phillip Jay Walter, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2021-01-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment appellate-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel meaningful-appeal pro-se-litigant sixth-amendment venue Is an Appellate Court duty bound to ensure that an Appellant - whether Represented or Pro Se - is afforded a full, fair, and meaningful appeal
20-6917 Frank McAfee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure counsel-performance fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance insufficient-record legal-standard procedural-dismissal sixth-amendment specific-objection strategic-reasons Did the Fifth Circuit fail to follow its own law and that of other circuits when it dismissed Mr. McAfee's appeal alleging ineffective assistance beca…
20-6932 Jorge Armando Jamaica-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
20-6945 Robert White v. Kubotek Corporation, et al. First Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure excusable-neglect federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure motion-for-reconsideration rule-59(e) timeliness timely-filing Does the act of mailing a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) motion for reconsideration in time for normal US Mail Second Day delivery to the US Di…
20-6950 In Re John Poullard 2021-01-26 Dismissed IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-challenge due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure rule-60-motion standing subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment Can the United States District Court of Appeals 5th Circuit Clerk of Court refuse to file my FRCP(60)(B)(4) motion for relief from the 2-1 decision ju…
20-6877 In Re William M. Windsor 2021-01-14 Dismissed IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure conflict-of-laws federal-law jurisdiction remand removal texas-courts Can Texas courts be allowed to violate federal law on removal and remand?
20-6883 Christopher Brent Garner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge due-process federal-authority jury-trial legal-error sentencing sentencing-review standard-of-review supervised-release trial-by-jury Whether 18 U.S.C. §3583(g) unconstitutionally deprives federal supervised releasees of the right to trial by jury?
20-6833 Clorey Eugene France v. North Carolina North Carolina 2021-01-11 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review due-process federal-law free-speech standing state-court supreme-court-review Whether the appellate court has a constitutional duty to state its reasons for denying a petition for a writ of certiorari?
20-6812 Keith McCoy v. Michael Atherton, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection inter-prison-transfer involuntary-treatment liberty-interest mental-health prison-transfer pro-se-representation state-law stigma Did the Appeals Court err in its decision regarding McCoy's transfer to a mental health facility?
20-6755 Alejandro Tovar-Regalado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-rule almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi-rule constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation precedent-interpretation sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
20-6765 Kevin Wayne Dickson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-01-04 Denied IFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process expert-witness ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-sufficiency standard-of-review state-court-review Whether the Fifth Court of Appeal committed error in concluding that the appellant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim could not be reviewed on …
20-6721 Monwell Dwight Booth v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights district-court fourth-amendment legal-standard search-and-seizure standard-of-review Whether the court erred in affirming the district court's decision that petitioner's Fourth Amendment rights were not violated?
20-6696 La Verne Koenig v. Andrew Wheeler, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-precedent due-process equal-protection erie-doctrine federal-rules-of-civil-procedure full-faith-and-credit pro-se-litigation state-rights Does the Federal Rule [Fed. R. Civ. Pro. Rule 4] significantly affect the result of a litigation for a Federal Court to disregard a law of a State tha…
20-6707 Cary Lee Peterson v. United States Third Circuit 2020-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-violation due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment judgment procedural-irregularity standing transcripts Whether the court erred in issuing an unpublished opinion without including the 'Bill of Costs' or 'Attorney's Fees' or 'Costs of Appellate Procedure'…
20-847 Billie Renee Frances Lillian Powers v. The Bank of New York Mellon, fka Bank of New York, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-12-23 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-fairness ninth-circuit pro-se pro-se-litigation summary-affirmance supervisory-authority Whether the pro se petitioner was denied due process and equal protection by the circuit court's treatment of informal briefs
20-6603 In Re Antonio Akel 2020-12-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus mandamus right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying the petitioner's request for a writ of mandamus to compel the court to provide the peti…
20-6588 Kenneth Scott Gordon v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP adversarial-testing appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability criminal-defense effective-assistance-of-counsel fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel meaningful-adversarial-testing prosecutions-case sixth-amendment Should a certificate of appealability issue due to ineffective assistance of appellate counsel?
20-6469 Hector Valentine v. United States Third Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-innocence criminal-law double-jeopardy judicial-review plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit erred in not addressing conduct rendered non-criminal by an intervening Supreme Court decision
20-6457 Phillip Watkins v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process hybrid-representation pro-se right-to-counsel sixth-circuit standing supplemental-brief Whether the appellate court erred in denying the appellant's motion to dismiss court-appointed counsel and allow him to submit pro se supplemental bri…
20-6403 Casey Mattingly v. Duval County Jail, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-trial summary-judgment Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court erred in dismissing the Plaintiff's appeal, demonstrating a violation of the Plaintiff's constitutional rights unde…
20-6404 Henry T. Liggins v. Bob Vashaw, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-11-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-standing statutory-interpretation Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated due to the alleged misconduct of the court and prosecution during his criminal trial
20-692 Rosemary Webster, et al. v. Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., aka Fresenius Medical Care North America Sixth Circuit 2020-11-19 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure bias civil-procedure due-process fundamental-rights impartial-tribunal judicial-bias prejudice standard-of-review tribunal-neutrality Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a judgment that violated the Petitioner's fundamental rights by supporting an opinion that (I) rep…
20-6354 Richard A. Poplawski v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fee-provisions fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis prison-litigation-reform-act standing Can courts strategically exempt litigants from the law to thwart test cases?
20-619 R. S., et al., Individually and on Behalf of Their Son, A. S. v. Board of Education Shenendehowa Central School District, et al. Second Circuit 2020-11-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure autism civil-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion motion-to-reopen pro-se pro-se-litigant standing time-limitations Whether an appellate court may sua sponte dismiss an appeal
20-6252 David Boyle v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-11-06 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-rules civil-rights constitutional-remedy due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus Jimenez-v-Quarterman judicial-interpretation statute-of-limitations How can Ohioans reset the statute of limitations pursuant to 28-USC-2244(d)(1)(A) when Ohio-Rules-of-Appellate-Procedure prohibit the only remedy rais…
20-611 Robert J. Doyle v. Jacqueline M. Vigilante Third Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied access-to-courts appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-violation due-process judicial-procedure procedural-due-process right-to-sue Whether the right to sue, right of access to courts, and procedural due process require a court of appeals to address and resolve every issue raised o…
20-6234 Karen Moynihan v. West Chester Area School District, et al. Third Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process endrew-f-v-douglas-cty-sch-dist individuals-with-disabilities-education-act judicial-review special-education standing supreme-court-precedent third-circuit third-circuit-court Did the United States District Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit disregard this Honorable Court's Opinion on the Individuals with Disabilities Ed…
20-562 John Yearwood, et al. v. Department of the Interior, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-10-29 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act appellate-procedure constitutional-claims district-court forney-v-apfel judicial-review national-importance res-judicata standing standing-to-appeal Whether the decision below denying the Petitioners' standing to appeal the district court's final judgment on their constitutional claims under the Ad…
20-6144 David Allen Kuntz v. California California 2020-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure coercion confession constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment miranda-rights personal-autonomy psychological-evaluation trial-counsel Whether appellant's waiver of his rights under Miranda v. Arizona and the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments was not knowing, intelligent, and voluntary
20-545 Barbara D. Terrell v. John Lewis Renner, II West Virginia 2020-10-26 Denied appellate-procedure civil-rights domestic-relations-exception due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment marital-assets notice privileges-immunities property Whether the domestic-relations-exception applies to property rights under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
20-6052 Donald R. Conway v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review case-law-conflict circuit-court-precedent constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection procedural-default Did the Court of Appeals err or abuse its discretion
20-479 David C. Shinn v. Ryan Robert Baker Ninth Circuit 2020-10-13 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) adversarial-system appellate-procedure case-transformation civil-procedure gvr judicial-restraint ninth-circuit party-presentation sineneng-smith summary-reversal Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision violated the principle of party presentation
20-5934 Thomas Holden v. Sherry L. Burt, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure conflict-with-supreme-court constitutional-review due-process federal-law ineffective-assistance premeditated-intent right-to-counsel sixth-amendment sixth-circuit strickland-standard trial-court-error Whether a United States Court of Appeal's has decided an important question of federal law that conflicts with relevant decisions of this Court
20-5919 Astarte Davis v. Joseph Wilson, Judge, Superior Court of California, Marin County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-10-06 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fraud-upon-court judicial-conduct standing void-judgment Is non-judicial conduct/actions by judges subject to due-process protection?
20-431 John L. Corrigan, Sr. v. Grant County, Washington, et al. Washington 2020-10-05 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment motion-to-dismiss standing sua-sponte summary-judgment Was Corrigan's U.S. Constitutional Fifth Amendment right to due process violated?
20-5916 Veronica Delph v. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-10-05 Denied IFP 14th-amendment appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-law due-process issue-preservation legal-basis procedural-fairness trial-court Does a court of appeals deny a party due process under the 14th Amendment when it decides the case on a basis never litigated or passed on as a matter…
20-409 Christopher Michael Marino, et ux. v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC Ninth Circuit 2020-09-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure attorney-fees bankruptcy bankruptcy-code circuit-split discharge-violation judicial-review recurring-issue statutory-interpretation Whether debtors may recover attorney's fees incurred on appeal to remedy a discharge violation
20-5832 Damon Graham v. United States First Circuit 2020-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process expectation-of-privacy habeas-corpus k-9-search sentencing-enhancement standard-of-review warrantless-search Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit abused its discretion by improperly denying Petitioner a certificate of appealability
20-5826 Chris Anthony George v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-09-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel party-presentation plea-bargaining pro-se pro-se-petition sua-sponte Whether the Ninth Circuit violated the principle of party presentation by raising and deciding an issue sua sponte in petitioner's habeas appeal
20-5750 Chester Alan Staples v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-09-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit err in denying my motion (Stanles) for a Certificate of Appealability?
20-311 Deborah Walton v. First Merchant's Bank Seventh Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction Whether the Appellants' 14th Amendment rights were violated when she was not afforded the right to respond to the Appellee's motion for Attorney fees
20-312 Texas Brine Company, LLC, et al. v. Rodd Naquin, Clerk, Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit Louisiana 2020-09-10 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure appellate-review due-process geographical-bias judicial-discretion judicial-procedure panel-assignment random-selection state-law Whether due process requires judges to be assigned to panels randomly from the pool of all the judges available to hear a particular case
20-5625 Ricky Williams v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus standard-of-review Whether the Court of Appeals employed the correct legal standard in determining that the Petitioner was not entitled to the issuance of a certificate …
20-278 Marguerite Smith v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 11th-circuit appellate-procedure circuit-rules civil-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion jurisdiction mandate-issuance standing Does the 11th Circuit's circuit rules supersede the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedures, particularly when it results in depriving an individual due…
20-5509 Christopher L. Pugh v. Linton Deloach, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-question court-of-appeals due-process habeas habeas-corpus judicial-review non-published-order unpublished-order Whether the Court of Appeals erred in disposing of the constitutional question presented by habeas petitioner by denying his application for Certifica…
20-5502 Kareem K. Kirk, Sr. v. Janet Richardson, et al. Florida 2020-08-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation district-court-review due-process judicial-bias judicial-competence judicial-discretion judicial-duties motion-for-rehearing unelaborated-decision MAINTAIN PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE IN IT, AND PERFORM JUDICIAL DUTIES WITHOUT BIAS, OR PREJUDICE
20-5524 Ranau D. Johnson v. Ohio Ohio 2020-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-counsel appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ohio-appellate-rule sixth-amendment unit-of-prosecution Can the State Court deprive the Appellant the fundamental right to effective assistance of Appellate Counsel?
20-5467 Carlos Michael Lopez v. Texas Texas 2020-08-24 Denied IFP adversarial-process appeal appeal-waiver appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process garza-v-idaho inherent-powers sua-sponte-dismissal waiver Does due process require courts to treat at least some claims as unwaiveable on appeal?
20-5431 Walter Ackerman v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process fourth-amendment good-faith-exception law-of-the-case waiver warrantless-search Did the Tenth Circuit err under the law-of-the-case doctrine when it permitted the government to raise in a second appeal a claim the government waive…
20-5388 Michael J. Buck v. Texas Texas 2020-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP adversarial-process appeal appeal-waiver appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process inherent-powers sua-sponte sua-sponte-dismissal waiver Whether due process requires courts to treat certain claims as unwaivable on appeal, whether due process guarantees a limited right to appeal, and whe…
20-5389 Milkiyas Bayisa v. United States District of Columbia 2020-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure closing-argument constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review prosecutorial-misconduct rebuttal religious-references Whether the prosecutor's repeated references to God during rebuttal closing argument constituted highly prejudicial prosecutorial misconduct resulting…
20-5353 Ramone L. Wright v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-precedent qualified-immunity standing statutory-interpretation whether-the-court-erred-in-dismissing-the-petitioner's-claims-on-the-basis-of-lack-of-standing
20-5316 Tyrone Smith v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim discretionary-review due-process equal-protection federal-courts federal-district-court habeas-corpus standing Whether the Federal District Court erred in dismissing Petitioner's claims contrary to Supreme Court precedent
20-5201 Travaris Crawford v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability cross-appeal district-court eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus jennings-v-stephens judicial-procedure Whether Jennings v. Stephens allows an appellee to expand the certificate of appealability and urge affirmance of a district court denial of a habeas …
20-81 Diana Berber v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-28 Denied appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process employment en-banc-petition judicial-administration judicial-review rehearing-denial rehearing-en-banc supervisory-jurisdiction wells-fargo Did the Eleventh Circuit, by denying Ms. Berber's petitions for rehearing en banc, so far depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial admini…
20-67 Delaney E. Smith, Jr. v. County of Los Angeles, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-07-24 Denied Relisted (2) appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights contradictory-rulings due-process en-banc-panel federal-removal notice-of-appeal racial-discrimination standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals forfeited subject matter jurisdiction
20-5149 Marcel Malachowski v. United States Second Circuit 2020-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process evidence judicial-misconduct judicial-review legal-claim objective-standard standing Question not identified
20-5107 Vernon Montgomery v. Delaware Delaware 2020-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-review court-review due-process judicial-duty legal-argument perjury probable-cause prosecutorial-misconduct standing Does a State's appellate court have to address the contentions of its appellant in its opinion?
20-5073 Gilberto Martinez-Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure clear-error evidentiary-errors harmless-error judicial-review judicial-standard legal-sufficiency standard-of-review Whether the court of appeals committed clear error by concluding that significant evidentiary errors were harmless
19-8881 George A. Foote, Jr. v. Indiana Indiana 2020-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment anders-procedure appellate-procedure counsel-withdrawal davis-hatton-procedure direct-appeal due-process state-procedure Did the Indiana appellate court overstep its authority in supporting counsel depriving a direct appeal as of right, without following Anders or equal …
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?
19-8852 Madhu Sameer v. Sameer Khera California 2020-06-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights document-access due-process judicial-misconduct section-1983 standing transcript transcript-denial Whether dismissal of appeal for refusal of the lower courts to provide designated records and transcripts for appeal constitutes deprivation of civil-…
19-8859 Brian A. Maus v. Scott Eckstein, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure attorney-withdrawal client-rights counsel-withdrawal criminal-procedure criminal-rights due-process evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance no-merit-brief Can appellant counsel withdraw off of the petitioners case, because the petitioner wouldn't agree to allow appellate counsel to file a no-merit brief?
19-1426 Paul Pecina v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Third Circuit 2020-06-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure fraud fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-proceeding judicial-review standard-of-review supervisory-powers third-circuit third-circuit-court-of-appeals united-states-v-sierra-pacific-industries Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the lower Western District Court of Pennsylvania depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial proc…
19-8827 David Fowler v. Indymac Bank, FSB, et al. New York 2020-06-26 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure collateral-estoppel complaint-dismissal court-of-appeals due-process judicial-review leave-to-amend motion-for-leave state-court-jurisdiction Whether the State of New York Court of Appeals erred in denying Petitioner's motion for leave to appeal without detailed reasoning
19-8840 Darnell Cooper v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection filing-fees in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion partial-filing-fee prison-litigation-reform-act standing Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection by being required to pay a partial filing fee to appeal his civil rights case, when…
19-1419 Michael A. Henry-Bey v. Hector Castro, et al. Federal Circuit 2020-06-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appeals appellate-procedure arbitration civil-procedure court-transfer due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review pro-se-litigant standing subject-matter-jurisdiction transfer Whether the court had federal question jurisdiction to hear the petitioner's appeal, and if not, should the court have transferred the appeal to the c…
19-1422 Nakisha Jackson v. Roy L. Brun, Judge, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-06-25 Denied Relisted (2) 501(3)c appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech funding internet-communication jurisdiction jurisdiction-challenge legal-records-access misrepresentation personal-jurisdiction pro-se-litigation secretary-of-state small-business-administration standing Is it considered 'misrepresentation' when an individual is not registered with the Secretary of State (SOS), in their state, to represent an entity, b…
19-8796 Gary Daniel Rodgers v. R. McIntyre, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-06-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-filing due-process evidence legal-equivalence motion motion-to-release notice-of-appeal procedural-requirements Whether Petitioner's timely filed 'Motion and Order to Release Evidence' satisfies the requirements as a functional equivalent of a Notice of Appeal
19-8784 Chester Brown v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2020-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability criminal-proceedings due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lower-court motion-denial standard-of-review Did the lower court err when it denied petitioner's motion for certificate of appealability?
19-8758 Li Qin, et al. v. 99 Cents Only Stores, LLC, et al. California 2020-06-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection evidence-tampering fraud judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice Question not identified
19-8724 Michael Garry v. Trane Company Wisconsin 2020-06-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure court-procedure evidence-review federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion judicial-procedures mandate-rules mootness newly-discovered-evidence procedural-error structural-error whether-the-wisconsin-supreme-court-contravened-appellate-procedure
19-8726 Terrance D. Goodman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-standards civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review due-process eleventh-circuit holmes-v-united-states judicial-discretion standing Was the Eleventh Circuit overruled its own precedent of Holmes v. United States, 657 F.2d 1545 (11th Cir. 1981) by assuming an order that conflicts wi…
19-8734 In Re Ren Y. Deng 2020-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure district-court genuine-issue jurisdictional-review material-fact material-facts procedural-rule procedural-rules standard-of-review summary-judgment Did the district court deviation from procedural rule while there was overwhelming genuine issue of material fact disputed in the record granting the …
19-1359 Michelle Dawn Murphy v. City of Tulsa, Oklahoma Tenth Circuit 2020-06-11 Denied an abuse of discretion because it violates the pa and wrong factually about the issue it reached ou which was based on an issue not presented on appe abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure due-process party-presentation sineneng-smith standing summary-judgment tenth-circuit united-states-v-sineneng-smith Is the Tenth Circuit's affirmance of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee City of Tulsa an abuse of discretion?
19-8638 Walter Brzowski v. Executive Committee of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Seventh Circuit 2020-06-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-statute judicial-review procedural-due-process remand removal removal-jurisdiction statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction Can the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit review and discredit a previously entered Certified Copy of Order of Remand
19-8639 Derrick Allen v. Ted Wire, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-06-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights contract-law discrimination due-process employment equal-protection federal-jurisdiction fourth-circuit Whether a plaintiff-African American male has been denied due process and equal protection under the 14th Amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Caucasian …
19-8585 Van Jackson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-06-02 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure due-process federal-prisoner post-conviction-relief procedural-law rule-60b section-2255 statutory-interpretation Whether a federal prisoner has a right to present an argument based on a change in procedural law on his first motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255
19-8563 Michael Lee v. United States First Circuit 2020-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review criminal-law criminal-review due-process first-time-offender life-sentence sentencing sentencing-review sex-crimes Whether a circuit court is presented with a substantial question warranting full appellate review rather than summary disposition when a petitioner wi…
19-8560 Ricardo Noble v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-05-28 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure court-order criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion legal-appeal motion-correction self-representation sentencing transcript transcript-error did-court-err-and-abuse-discretion-by-erroneously-quashing-as-untimely-petitioner's-pro-se-appeal
19-8476 Robert R. Yerton, Jr. v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2020-05-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction oklahoma-court post-conviction-relief Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals erred in their original 3-3-2020, and subsequent 3-4-2020 request for rehearing, decision to refuse jur…
19-8465 Earl T. Moore v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit 2020-05-14 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus procedural-timeliness third-circuit timeliness writ-of-habeas-corpus Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals Erred in Denying Petitioner a Certificate of Appealability on His Claim that His Petition for a Writ of Hab…
19-1288 Alan Singer v. Mondex Corporation Arizona 2020-05-13 Denied appellate-procedure attorney-fees choice-of-law civil-procedure cross-appeal jurisdiction minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction waiver Did the Arizona Supreme Court have subject matter jurisdiction to grant attorney's fees on behalf of an appellee after it declined to grant review; al…
19-8424 José Yeyille v. Miami-Dade County Public Schools, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-08 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure coppedge-v-united-states disputed-facts district-court-review due-process in-forma-pauperis legal-conclusions standing summary-disposition Whether the district court appropriately resolved genuine issues of disputed facts; correctly applied legal conclusions; and provided any statement ex…
19-8394 Paul Anthony Hatton v. Douglas L. Combs, Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech judicial-enforcement standing state-court-rules state-supreme-court subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether federal courts have duty to hear 42-usc-1983 action challenging state-court rule
19-8383 Luis A. Soro v. Pedro Lopez Florida 2020-05-01 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process judicial-review material-facts notice notice-requirement property standing summary-judgment trial-court-discretion Whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment without providing the appellant the required 10-day notice
19-8365 Arthur Lopez v. California California 2020-04-27 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment free-speech habeas-corpus judicial-review standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights under the First, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments were violated by the state court's denial of his peti…
19-8366 Andres Fernando Cabezas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction forfeiture property-recovery property-rights rule-41g subject-matter-jurisdiction Does a district court have subject-matter jurisdiction to decide 41(g) motions for recovery of property that is unrelated to a criminal judgment on ap…
19-8315 Todd Michael Vincent v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review rule-60b section-2255 statutory-interpretation Is issuance of a certificate of appealability a prerequisite to appealing the denial of a Rule 60(b) motion?
19-8297 Leif O'Connell v. Dushan Zatecky Seventh Circuit 2020-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance insanity-defense plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Whether the Indiana courts erred in affirming the post-conviction court's decision despite the State's procedural default
19-8289 Jose Yeyille v. Cecilia M. Altonaga, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-17 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure dismissal district-court-review due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis jury-trial seventh-amendment standing Whether the district court appropriately resolved genuine issues of disputed facts; correctly applied legal conclusions; and provided any statement ex…
19-8290 Robert Taylor v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2020-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court-discretion civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-procedure procedural-due-process standing Did The Circuit Court Abuse Its Discretion?
19-8293 Timothy Walker v. United States Third Circuit 2020-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-procedure circuit-court clerk clerk-discretion court-access due-process mandate mandate-recall third-circuit Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals error when it failed to compel its Circuit Clerk to accept, file, and submit Appellant's recall the mandate mot…
19-8161 In Re Curtis Smith 2020-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court due-process federal-courts gatekeeper-standard habeas-corpus sanctions statutory-interpretation Did the court of appeal adopt divergent interpretation of the gatekeeper standard?
19-8162 In Re Curtis Smith 2020-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court-discretion due-process judicial-precedent mandate mandate-recall post-judgment-relief recall seventh-circuit supreme-court writ-of-certiorari writ-of-mandamus Did the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit adopt a divergent interpretation of the Supreme Court of the United States binding precedent case law…
19-8176 Homer Lawrence Lane v. Alabama Alabama 2020-04-02 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-claim constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas legal-preclusion procedural-bar state-law state-rule structural-error Whether the State of Alabama may impose a state procedural bar rule to preclude a structural error claim
19-8136 In Re Lawrence Crawford 2020-03-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1651 appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process extraordinary-writ federal-courts jurisdictional-claims mandamus parties standing supreme-court-jurisdiction writ-of-mandamus Did the petitioner sufficiently establish the right to have the writ of mandamus granted?
19-8144 Franco Nicholas Padgett v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure concurrent-sentence-doctrine convictions courts-of-appeals federal-postconviction-motions federal-sentences federal-sentencing judicial-review postconviction-motion sentence-challenge sentences Whether the concurrent sentence doctrine applies to challenges to federal sentences when there is no challenge to a conviction
19-8108 Dana Albrecht v. Katherine Albrecht New Hampshire 2020-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review child-custody due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment parental-rights uccjea Whether the State of New Hampshire's discretionary appellate process is unlawful or unconstitutional, and whether the State has unlawfully infringed u…
19-8109 Antonio Bogan v. Deanna Brookhart, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process fair-hearing habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-ruling threshold-inquiry Whether a certificate of appealability (COA) can be denied without an overview of the habeas claims and issues in the request and a general assessment…
19-1156 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General v. Cesar Alcaraz-Enriquez Ninth Circuit 2020-03-20 Judgment Issued administrative-adjudication administrative-law appellate-procedure appellate-review credibility credibility-determination due-process immigration-law judicial-review standard-of-review withholding-of-removal Whether a court of appeals may conclusively presume an applicant's testimony is credible and true whenever an immigration judge or the Board of Immigr…
19-8037 Shlomit Ruttkamp v. Bank of New York Mellon, fka The Bank of New York Connecticut 2020-03-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process foreclosure foreclosure-litigation fourteenth-amendment fraud fraud-allegations jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the court of Connecticut has acted unreasonably and in clear abuse of its discretion when it violated the Fourteenth Amendment to due process …
19-1129 Charles T. Fote v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure certiorari-petition civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-opinion judicial-reasoning judicial-review legal-reasoning rehearing supervisory-authority written-opinion Whether a court of appeals must provide an opinion explaining its reasoning in an appeal that involves a complex and unsettled area of the law and in …
19-7935 Dennis Andrew Ball v. City of Marion, Illinois Illinois 2020-03-11 Dismissed IFP appellate-procedure beneficiary civil-procedure due-process judicial-review quiet-title real-estate standing supreme-court-jurisdiction trust trust-assets writ-of-certiorari Appellant's Standing To Protect Inherited Property
19-7967 Kenneth Durant v. Frank Lawrence, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-counsel appellate-procedure constitutional-rights filing-deadlines habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-remedy procedural-due-process right-to-counsel tolling Whether the petitioner was denied effective assistance of trial counsel and appellate counsel, and whether the petitioner was denied access to the cou…
19-7922 Scott L. Rendelman v. William True, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-03-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeals appellate-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals docketing-fee due-process legal-fees non-frivolous-appeal prison prison-discipline prisoner-rights standard-of-review standing Whether 'some evidence' is required to support a finding on every element of a prison disciplinary offense, or if 'some evidence' supporting any singl…
19-7924 Shanel Stacz v. ESA Management, LLC, et al. California 2020-03-10 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-amendments court-jurisdiction due-process jurisdiction timeliness transfer-petition writ-of-mandate Whether the Supreme Court of California erred by not granting and transferring the Appellant's Writ of Mandate of original jurisdiction back to the Co…
19-7926 Lin Ouyang v. Achem Industry America, Inc. California 2020-03-10 Denied IFP civil-procedure fraud misconduct oral-argument standing appeal appellate-procedure attorney-misconduct civil-procedure due-process fraud fraud-upon-court judicial-misconduct oral-argument standing Where rules of the court provides that oral argume Whether refusal of California Court of Appeal to vacate a judgment procured by fraud upon the court violated the right to due-process, civil-procedure…
19-7928 Al Prince v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus judicial-review miscarriage-of-justice post-conviction-relief Whether a state-created delay of uninformed notification that a second amended (corrected sentencing) judgment of conviction had become final and ripe…
19-7930 Roderick Pearson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure criminal-justice-reform criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process finality first-step-act judicial-review retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether certiorari should be granted to vacate the decision below and remand to the Eleventh Circuit to consider whether § 403 of the First Step Act o…
19-7940 Luis Fernandez Morales v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 28-usc-1915 appeals appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-procedure federal-courts in-forma-pauperis merits-determination sentence-modification sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether defendant in a federal criminal case is entitled to appeal the district court's judgment denying motion to modify sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3…
19-7941 Jane Doe v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act appellate-procedure civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process pro-se pro-se-litigation reasonable-accommodation standing Whether the Second Circuit violated the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments by dismissing the appeal without ruling on the reasonable accommodation reques…
19-7895 David Dwayne Brown v. Florida Florida 2020-03-06 Denied IFP access-to-court-rights appellate-court-orders civil-procedure due-process pro-se-petitions state-appellate-courts access-to-courts appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-order due-process judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-petitions state-courts Whether the constitutional right of access to court is violated when a state appellate court does not issue a show cause order before holding pro se p…
19-7885 In Re Kenton G. Findlay 2020-03-05 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment appellate-procedure constitutional-amendment court-jurisdiction disqualification due-process foreclosure impartiality judicial-impartiality motion-for-rehearing timely-filing Whether the Florida Supreme Court and the Third District Court of Appeal of Florida violated the due process protection of the 5th and 14th Amendments…
19-7872 Samuel A. Wilder v. William F. Krebs Fourth Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process fourth-circuit informal-brief motion-to-extend pro-se pro-se-litigation procedural-ripeness standing waiver-doctrine Whether the court should have assisted this pro se litigant with time to respond to the Defendant's motion to extend time and Defendant's response to …
19-7845 Omar Weise v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus standard-of-review standing Did the Circuit apply an improper, too demanding, and unduly burdensome COA standard? Should a COA be granted in this case?
19-7796 Kevin T. Hawkins v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure interlocutory-appeal ninth-circuit vindictive-prosecution Does the Ninth Circuit circuit rules supersede the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedures, particular when it results in depriving an individual due pr…
19-7772 John Lee Barron v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review life-sentence Whether a Petitioner who is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole is denied due process
19-7668 Darlene Kay Herran v. Indiana Indiana 2020-02-14 Denied IFP 6th-amendment 6th-amendment-rights appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process home-detention indigent-client indigent-rights pro-bono-counsel sixth-amendment standing transcript-costs Did the Indiana Court of Appeals err by ruling that when a trial court states that pro-bono counsel may be charged for costs of a transcript for an in…
19-1005 Hotze Health Wellness Center International One, LLC, et al. v. Environmental Research Center, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure article-iii-standing circuit-precedent en-banc-review federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure intra-circuit-splits jurisdictional-dismissal local-appellate-rules local-rules motions-panel subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Ninth Circuit's local rules for en banc review violate FED. R. APP. P. 47(a)(1) by allowing a three-judge motions panel to deny en banc re…
19-7627 Ernesto Salgado Martinez v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections Ninth Circuit 2020-02-11 Denied IFP appellate-procedure brady-claim brady-evidence brady-violation capital-case gonzalez-v-crosby ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias kyles-v-whitley ninth-circuit Whether the Ninth Circuit misapplied this Court's law of implied judicial bias
19-7621 Allanah Benton v. Shawn Brewer, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-02-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel Did the state and federal courts violate Ms. Benton's right to effective assistance of trial and appellate counsels in violation of U.S. Constitutiona…
19-993 Irma Rosas v. Austin Independent School District, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-02-07 Denied appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-procedure dismissal due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion legal-interpretation motion-to-reopen Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims when it denied her motion to reopen her appeal, contrary to Federal Rule of Appellate …
19-7556 Erika Jacobs v. Maricopa Integrated Health Care System Arizona 2020-02-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure arizona-judiciary citizens-rights civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights due-process judicial-power judicial-process judicial-review judicial-system regulatory-standards standing state-government state-government-bias Whether the Arizona judicial system is biased against the state government
19-7527 Marcus Rashawn Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-03 Denied IFP appellate-procedure binding-precedent due-process fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus judicial-review meaningful-review precedent-rule second-or-successive-2255 second-or-successive-2255-motion section-2255 truncated-time-frame without-adversarial-testing Does the Eleventh Circuit's practice of applying published panel orders—issued in the context of an application for leave to file a second or successi…
19-7493 Charles T. Kirvin v. L. Grant, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-30 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process excusable-neglect good-cause jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge ninth-circuit notice-of-appeal standing timeliness Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit arbitrarily and erroneously denied appeal notice for lack of jurisdiction
19-7483 Lisa Washington v. Diana Deleon, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeals appellate-procedure certiorari-petition civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-court in-forma-pauperis judicial-bias judicial-recusal jurisdiction procedural-due-process recusal standing Whether the District of California's rules satisfy the First Amendment's right to access the courts
19-7405 Francienna B. Grant v. Marshall L. Williams New Jersey 2020-01-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights damages-denial due-process evidence ex-parte-evidence judicial-fairness legal-malpractice pro-se pro-se-litigation standing Whether a Pro Se litigant can prevail in a Legal malpractice case on liability after having suffered damages and be denied damages incurred
19-936 Terry Trentacosta v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-01-27 Denied 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure evidentiary-hearing federal-habeas habeas-corpus slack-v-mcdaniel state-prisoner Should a state prisoner take a separate, direct appeal of the denial of an evidentiary hearing in a federal habeas case when no 'certificate of appeal…
19-904 Michael Ramon Ochoa v. Arthur Levine, et al. Pennsylvania 2020-01-23 Denied appellate-procedure civil-conspiracy collateral-order collateral-orders constitutional-protection criminal-complaints defamation malpractice pa-constitution us-constitution questions-presented
19-905 Michael Ramon Ochoa v. Arthur Levine, et al. Pennsylvania 2020-01-23 Denied appellate-procedure civil-conspiracy civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-order constitutional-protection defamation due-process malpractice standing Whether claims of malpractice, civil-conspiracy, or defamation would be irreparably lost if this appeal is not heard
19-7385 Arthur Lee Kimbel v. Texas Texas 2020-01-23 Denied IFP anders-brief appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-law constitutional-requirement criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-procedure pro-se pro-se-claims right-to-counsel When an Appellant files an Appellate Brief raising Pro Se claims after appointed counsel submits an Anders Brief, is the reviewing appellate court con…
19-7276 Ketut Pujayasa v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules due-process judicial-discretion prejudice prisoner prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-litigant rule-4a6 time-limitation timeliness Did the district court and appellate court err in concluding that the petitioner's Rule 4(a)(6) motion, which was sent on February 20, 2019, and recei…
19-7266 Mickie Stone v. Centene Corporation Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-14 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 11-usc-1915-e-2-b appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process eeoc eeoc-complaint eleventh-circuit frivolous-appeal frivolous-claim in-forma-pauperis standing statute-of-limitations tolling Whether the Court in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in denying my motion for leave to proceed on appeal in forma pa…
19-7229 Asata D. Lowe v. Mike Parris, et al. Tennessee 2020-01-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process procedural-due-process property-interest state-action state-court-procedure subject-matter-jurisdiction substantive-due-process Does the Petitioner have a property interest in Rule 13 and 36 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure and the Right to relief secured by the 14…
19-7163 Paul Anthony Hatton v. Douglas L. Combs, Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-court-jurisdiction federal-courts federal-jurisdiction judicial-enforcement standing state-court-rules state-courts state-supreme-court subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether federal courts have an affirmative duty to exercise jurisdiction over a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action challenging a state court rule
19-7170 Dante Taylor v. New York New York 2020-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure appellate-review carpenter-v-united-states constitutional-law constitutional-ruling due-process fourth-amendment griffith-v-kentucky ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel retroactive-application retroactivity supremacy-clause supreme-court-precedent What is the appropriate appellate protocol for appellate counsel to follow when: (i) the Supreme Court has issued a new constitutional ruling affectin…
19-7150 Michael J. Walton v. Jack Kowalski, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-01-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review child-witness criminal-conviction direct-appeal due-process false-testimony ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-appellate-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct witness-coaching Whether counsel was ineffective for failing to reveal indisputably false testimony and coaching to the 4-year-old child who gave the false testimony
19-7117 Vance Edward Ingram, III v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appellate-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process government-power plea-agreement plea-bargaining waiver Is a defendant's right to due process of law violated when the government requires an appeal waiver as part of a plea agreement?
19-7135 Hye-Young Park v. Charles Secolsky, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure campus-retaliation civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-litigation retaliation sexual-violence standing statute-of-limitations Whether the Seventh Circuit's treatment of pro se litigants was correct
19-7136 Karen Lynn McClaflin v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit appeal appellate-procedure cja-appointment counsel-appointment criminal-justice-act criminal-justice-act-1964 criminal-procedure due-process fee-waiver in-forma-pauperis prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing standing writ-of-certiorari Whether the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's denial of Ms. McClaflin's motion to dismiss the indictment on the b…
19-7090 Warren Evans, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure attorneys-fees copyright-law copyright-registration effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure flores-ortega 19-708" ineffective-assistance-of-counsel infringement notice-of-appeal publication-status registration-accuracy right-to-counsel roe-v-flores-ortega sixth-amendment Whether a court can invalidate a copyright registr Whether application of the deadline for filing a Notice of Appeal under the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure violates the appellant's right to cou…
19-7073 Anthony Thomas v. Kenmark Ventures, LLC Ninth Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure bankruptcy-law civil-procedure due-process fraud fraud-on-the-court judicial-bias judicial-fraud mandate mandate-recall supreme-court-precedent void-judgment Did the Ninth Circuit commit error by failing to recall the mandate based upon this Court's intervening decision in Lamar, Archer & Cotrin. LLP v. App…
19-7033 Ali Darwich v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appeals-court appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60-b-6 district-court district-court-discretion due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-review motion-for-reconsideration rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) sixth-circuit-appeal standing Whether the panel erred in construing Darwich's motion as a motion for reconsideration under local rule 7.1(h)(1) and remanding the case back to the d…
19-6985 Boaz Pleasant-Bey v. Shelby County, Tennessee, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appropriate-relief circuit-court-conflict first-amendment-free-exercise inmate-led-religious-services inmate-rights qualified-immunity rluipa rluipa-appropriate-relief-clause sixth-circuit trial-on-merits trial-on-the-merits Whether RLUIPA's 'appropriate relief' clause encompasses the requested relief of a trial on the merits
19-6994 Christopher William Manikowski v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights debatable due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)
19-6955 Shondell J. Paul v. New York New York 2019-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-question due-process federal-constitutional-law fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel precedent stare-decisis state-court state-court-precedent state-court-procedure Does the Fourteenth Amendment place an obligation on the New York Court of Appeals to address a federal constitutional question when its prior precede…
19-749 William S. Ritter v. John R. Tuttle, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2019-12-12 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process full-faith-and-credit interstate-judicial-recognition new-york pennsylvania res-judicata sealed-documents Does the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution (Article IV, Section 1) attach to an order of a New York Appellate Court that …
19-6903 Alvin R. Barney, II v. Escambia County, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure failure-to-prosecute final-judgment judicial-discretion jurisdiction notice-of-appeal premature-appeal sanction sanctions subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Eleventh Circuit had the authority or subject matter jurisdiction to dismiss a premature notice of appeal as a sanction for failure to pro…
19-6874 In Re Stephen Daniel Leonard 2019-12-06 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1915 abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure circuit-court-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion judicial-power pro-se-litigation standing three-strikes three-strikes-provision Whether the Eleventh Circuit abused its discretion in refusing to file the petitioner's motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal
19-6827 Wesley Dorcelus v. Chris Brannon, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability certiorari-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-procedure motion-denial standing Whether certiorari review should be granted where the Eleventh Circuit denied Dorcelus' motion for issuance of a certificate of appealability
19-6780 Darius Kinney v. Ohio Ohio 2019-11-29 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-rights constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel ineffective-counsel mail-box-rule ohio-appellate-rules sixth-amendment time-limitation time-limits Were Petitioner's Sixth Amendment rights violated?
19-6790 Mark Gerth v. Warden, Allen Oakwood Correctional Institution Sixth Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights direct-appeal due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reopened-appeal right-to-counsel Whether Petitioner had a constitutional right to counsel
19-6756 Rene Torres v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellant-notification appellate-procedure civil-procedure counsel-notification dismissal due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure legal-procedure notice rule-42(b) rule-42b standing Does the plain language of Rule 42(b) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure require counsel, when retained, to notify Appellant of dismissal?
19-6759 James A. Lackey v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-deference jurists-of-reason mandatory-sentencing-guidelines ninth-circuit residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review vagueness void-for-vagueness Whether the Ninth Circuit misapplied this Court's 'debatable among jurists of reason' standard for a certificate of appealability
19-6734 Arthur Lopez v. Cheryl Lopez California 2019-11-22 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-litigation civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction domestic-relations due-process equal-protection family-law habeas-corpus indigent right-to-counsel standing Whether a petitioner who is indigent and unable to afford private counsel is entitled to a court-appointed attorney for a civil proceeding under the D…
19-6712 Adam Scott Caward v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-waiver circuit-split civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion legal-interpretation miscarriage-of-justice sentencing standing Whether the Court should adopt the rule espoused in the First, Third, Fourth, Tenth, and D.C. Circuits, which hold that an appellate court can decline…
19-6696 Barbara Myers-McNeil v. North Carolina North Carolina 2019-11-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indigent-defense language-access right-to-counsel transcript Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel requires a court to appoint a language translator or interpreter for an indigent …
19-6670 Michael Bridge v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure brief-formatting career-offender constitutional-rights due-process johnson-v-united-states judicial-discretion mandatory-guidelines procedural-fairness residual-clause sentencing-guidelines timeliness Whether Pennsylvania Superior Court can dismiss an Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker car…
19-639 Linda Shao v. Tsan-Kuen Wang California 2019-11-18 Denied Relisted (2) appellate-procedure california conflicts-of-interest court-disclosure due-process fraudulent-referencing incomplete-records judgment judicial-conflict judiciary-corruption oral-argument-waiver procedural-irregularity record-completeness sixth-district-court-of-appeal Does due process require reversal of California Sixth District Court of Appeal's Judgment of June 4, 2019 when the named Justice writing the Judgment …
19-6592 Monir George v. Dana Metzger, Warden Third Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-a-fair-trial right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion for a new trial based on the defense counsel's failure to disclose exculpatory evidenc…
19-6540 Howard Grant v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure civil-procedure clay-v-united-states criminal-procedure extraordinary-circumstances final-judgment-rule forgery habeas-corpus indictment standing Is a 28 USC SEC. 2255 MOTION premature if filed less than 90 days after the appellate court enters its judgment in accordance with the holdings in Cla…
19-591 Chestnut Hill Sound Inc. v. Apple Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-transparency patent reasoned-opinions rule-of-law summary-affirmation summary-affirmations Can a court ever choose to write reasoned opinions for one class of losing appellants and not another under the Due Process and Equal Protection Claus…
19-6534 Saad Bahoda v. Sherman Campbell, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure Bunkley-v-Florida conflict-of-interest effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing forged-affidavits ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions michigan-law People-v-Triplett plain-error self-defense sixth-amendment witness-conflict Whether petitioner was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel at trial
19-581 Paul Dovin, et ux. v. Kenneth L. Sweitzer, et al. Pennsylvania 2019-11-05 Denied appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure collateral-order-doctrine collateral-orders collateral-orders-doctrine due-process judicial-review pennsylvania-supreme-court procedural-doctrine right-to-appeal standing Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Erred in Denying Petitioners Right to Appeal Under the Collateral Orders Doctrine?
19-6488 Javier Yebra v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-11-04 Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-review due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel merits-review standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent trial-counsel Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit continue to impose an improper Certificate of Appealability (COA) standard that contraven…
19-6451 Lori Zarlenga v. Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals Rhode Island 2019-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure capable-of-repetition-yet-evading-review civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-consequences constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-impression mootness mootness-doctrine public-interest public-interest-exception Whether the Rhode Island Supreme Court erred by dismissing Petitioner's appeal on the grounds of mootness
19-6430 Harold Blake v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review standing Whether the petitioner has demonstrated that jurists of reason could disagree with the federal courts' resolution of his constitutional claims or that…
19-6374 Kim Moss v. Michigan Michigan 2019-10-25 Denied IFP appeal appeal-of-right appellate-procedure consolidation constitutional-rights constitutional-rights-to-appeal constitutional-violation due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-delay right-to-appeal state-court-procedures state-procedures trial-court-error Was Petitioner Moss' constitutional right to appeal violated where the trial court failed to reinstate his appeal of right?
19-6401 Anthony Viola v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Second Circuit 2019-10-25 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure arkansas-v-sullivan civil-rights constitutional-ruling court-of-appeals due-process error-correction ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review lower-court-decision statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether Title 28 U.S.C. § 2106 gives the court of appeals error correction power to set aside or reverse a lower court's decision that is clearly inco…
19-6289 Brian Thomas Mohr v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied IFP appellate-procedure case-review circuit-court-case criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-reconsideration jury-instructions legal-probability rehaif-v-united-states remand standard-of-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether there is a reasonable probability of different result if the court below is directed to reconsider its judgment in light of Rehaif v. United S…
19-6259 Keino S. Chrichlow v. Dana Metzger, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2019-10-11 Denied IFP abandonment-of-counsel appellate-procedure appellate-process civil-rights constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel direct-appeal due-process habeas-corpus indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel standing whether-an-indigent-defendant-is-entitled-to-equitable-toll-where-he-was-denied-the-right-to-challenge-his-sentence-and-convictions-by-way-of-direct-a…
19-6221 George E. Brown, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard procedural-requirements standing When a defendant meets the requirements for issuance of a certificate of appealability (COA), is he then entitled to issuance of the certificate?
19-6204 James Michael Biela v. Nevada Nevada 2019-10-08 Denied IFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure constitutional-amendments due-process fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-impartiality jury-selection sixth-amendment standard-of-review Whether the Nevada Supreme Court committed error when it applied the wrong standard in failing to grant Mr. Biela relief based upon an unfair and impa…
19-6208 Darrell Alan Lussier v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-motion appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability court-of-appeals district-court due-process established-precedent habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-appeal judicial-precedent precedent right-to-appeal section-2255 When a District Court's denial of a §2255 motion is contrary to established precedent, is the Court of Appeals required to grant a certificate of appe…
19-459 Texas Brine Company, LLC v. Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC Louisiana 2019-10-07 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing judicial-bias political-sensitivity random-assignment recusal When a litigant presents a colorable claim of judicial-bias, does due-process entitle that litigant to an evidentiary-hearing
19-451 Edward Ronny Arnold v. Jeff McCord, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Sixth Circuit 2019-10-04 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 1st-amendment appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules-of-appellate-procedure-due-p court-clerk-duties default-judgment due-process electronic-filing pro-se-litigation Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit incorrectly dismissed the civil action in conflict with existing rules of appellate p…
19-6150 Chad M. Cutler v. Illinois Illinois 2019-10-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-rules expert-testimony hearsay hearsay-statements prosecutorial-misconduct standards-of-review supreme-court-conflict Whether the Illinois Appellate Court and Illinois Supreme Court erred in their rulings on the admissibility of hearsay statements, the proper standard…
19-6126 Adelbaset A. Youssef v. Bill Schuette, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP abstention appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights doe-v-univ-of-ky due-process federal-courts judicial-review motion-to-dismiss sprint-communications-inc-v-jacobs standing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent younger-abstention Whether the Six Circuit Court of Appeals' decision affirming motion to dismiss on Younger-Abstention conflicts with the Supreme-Court's-decision-in-SP…
19-6098 Pablo Enrique Rosado-Sanchez v. Puerto Rico Department of Education, et al. First Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied IFP appeal-rights appeals appellate-procedure appellate-review bankruptcy bankruptcy-stay civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-misconduct promesa-act standing supreme-court-review Whether the First Circuit Court of Appeals erred in staying the appeal and requiring the appellant to seek relief from the automatic stay in the Title…
19-6113 Jose Armando Bazan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-01 GVR Relisted (4)IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review cocaine-conspiracy criminal-appeal criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing downward-adjustment fact-question guidelines plain-error plain-error-review role-adjustment sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that a defendant's claim for a minor or mitigating role downward adjustment under the Sentencing Guidelines…
19-6087 Atif Babar Malik v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-09-27 Denied IFP appellate-procedure charged-statute circuit-split cotton-precedent criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge scope-of-statute statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction united-states-v-cotton Do courts lack subject matter jurisdiction when alleged conduct falls outside the scope of the charged statute?
19-412 Peggy A. Cianchette, et al. v. Tucker J. Cianchette, et al. Maine 2019-09-26 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process ex-post-facto fair-notice judicial-review judicial-rules legal-precedent punitive-damages remand-standard stare-decisis tort-law Whether the Constitution requires remand when an appellate court overturns its own precedent
19-6015 Roque Arias-De Jesus v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alleyne appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
19-5990 David Alan Vogel v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-18 GVR Relisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure circuit-court-jurisdiction circuit-court-split civil-procedure due-process judicial-review jurisdiction notice-of-appeal procedural-defect right-to-appeal standing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals conflict with Supreme Court precedent by denying the petitioner's right to appeal based on a minor defect in th…
19-5930 Harold Blake v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review jurists-of-reason legal-standard standing Whether the petitioner has demonstrated that jurists of reason could disagree with the federal courts' resolution of his constitutional claims or that…
19-335 Jaideep S. Chawla v. Appeals Court of Massachusetts Massachusetts 2019-09-12 Denied appellate-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-panel notice panel-composition property-rights recusal Whether a state appeals court violates the Fourteenth Amendment by changing the composition of an appellate panel during the rehearing phase without n…
19-320 Harold Wade, et ux. v. Kreisler Law, P.C. Seventh Circuit 2019-09-10 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure claim-processing federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure functional-equivalence jurisdiction jurisdictional-rules mandatory-claim-processing-rules notice-of-appeal petition-for-appeal petition-for-permission-to-appeal whether the 'functional equivalence' doctrine applies to nonjurisdictional mandatory claim processing rules requiring a petition for permission to app…
19-5885 Olufemi S. Collins v. Mark Gonzalez, et al. California 2019-09-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-procedure california-appellate-law california-law california-rule-of-court civil-procedure court-rule due-process motion-to-recall parties procedural-dictate remittitur standing Whether the Appellant's motion to recall remittitur and reinstate appeal should be denied contrary to California Rule of Court 8.54
19-5869 Jaime Enriquez-Hernandez, aka Jaime Enriques-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
19-5875 Alfredo Gonzalez-Terrazas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent-analysis sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
19-5846 Joshua Eric Townley v. Texas Texas 2019-09-06 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-law constitutional-principles criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-discretion new-trial sua-sponte supremacy-clause trial-court trial-procedure whether a trial judge violates the Supremacy and Double Jeopardy Clauses of the United States Constitution
19-5809 Lloyde Dubry v. Kansas Kansas 2019-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-history descamps-v-united-states discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sixth-amendment state-v-wetrich Whether the petitioner was denied his remedy by due course of law due to disparate conclusions by Kansas courts on the retroactive application of Stat…
19-5814 Luis Armando Mesta v. John Myrick Ninth Circuit 2019-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-advocacy appellate-procedure constitutional-rights counsel-performance ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel new-trial sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-counsel state-court-deference state-court-review strickland-v-washington Whether the Ninth Circuit's opinion deferred to the state court's finding that counsel was not ineffective under Strickland, despite counsel's failure…
19-280 Judy Long v. Alameda Unified School District Ninth Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-procedure jury-trial motion-dismissal standard-of-review standing summary-judgment What is the appropriate standard of review when a trial court improperly grants a motion for summary judgment dismissing the right to a jury trial?
19-5784 Michael Villecco v. Daniel W. Stark, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appointed-counsel appointment-of-counsel civil-litigation civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-order-doctrine counsel-appointment district-court-order due-process interlocutory-appeal standing Whether the collateral order doctrine permits the immediate appeal of a district court order denying the appointment of counsel in civil cases
19-5708 Relonzo Phillips v. DeKalb County Assistant Public Defenders, et al. Georgia 2019-08-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process federal-question-jurisdiction prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner property-rights standing takings Whether the lower court erred in its application of the legal standard for determining standing to bring a claim under the Takings Clause of the Fifth…
19-5695 Riodejuonerol Hudson v. Charles Bradley, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-deference appellate-counsel appellate-procedure complete-defense due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction sixth-amendment standard-of-review Does the denial of an 'application' alone constitute a decision 'on the merits' that warrants AEDPA deference?
19-5683 Isaiah Jermale Legall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-deadline appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion standing time-limit Whether equitable tolling applies to the time limit to appeal set forth in Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(b)(1)(A)
19-5648 Desmond Justin Murray v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure basis-for-denying-relief certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus jurists-of-reason merits-of-claims standard-of-review Whether a petitioner seeking the issuance of a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 is required to demonstrate that jurists of reason w…
19-5552 Kevin Devon Sutton v. Nevada Nevada 2019-08-13 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection free-speech judicial-review legal-rights sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Whether Section 5 actually violates the First Amendment?
19-5579 Sebastian Eccleston v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-08-13 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts federal-prisoner habeas-corpus judicial-delay post-conviction-relief post-conviction-statute statutory-interpretation supervisory-power Whether § 2244(b)(3)(D)'s 30-day deadline for deciding motions for authorization is binding or merely advisory
19-175 Brad S. Francis, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eighth Circuit 2019-08-07 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act agency-misconduct appellate-procedure due-process jurisdiction notice-of-deficiency personal-jurisdiction reasoned-opinion statutory-notice subject-matter-jurisdiction tax-court tax-court-jurisdiction Does the Eighth Circuit's judgement and PER CURIAM AFFIRMANCE using Local Rule 47B AFFIRMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT WITHOUT OPINION of Case No. 18-2447 satis…
19-5501 Mandrail Jamar Woodberry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-07 GVR IFP appellate-procedure counsel-withdrawal criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit jurisdiction rehaif rehaif-decision rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review withdrawal-of-counsel Whether the court should vacate the opinion of the 4th Circuit and remand for further proceedings in light of Rehaif v. United States
19-5473 Samuel Benzant v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied IFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment standard-of-review Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)
19-5434 Juan Fletcher Gordillo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-law constitutional-requirements constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit first-impression judicial-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether this Court should review the decision of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to determine whether the decision in this case of apparent firs…
19-5439 MacKendy Strachan v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-02 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-sanctions due-process federal-review judicial-review legal-mail legal-procedure prison standing Whether the Court should review the question of a Departure from the usual rules of judicial proceedings on an order of denial of a motion for reconsi…
19-5429 Cantrell Lamont Burwell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment appellate-procedure clear-error consent-search consent-to-search de-novo de-novo-review eleventh-circuit fourth-amendment standard-of-review totality-of-circumstances Whether an appellate court should review de novo or for clear error a district court's finding that a defendant did not voluntarily consent to a searc…
19-5408 Gregory Daniels v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-dismissal dismissal due-process fourth-circuit jurisdiction legal-error notice-of-appeal standard-of-review standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred as a matter of law by dismissing petitioner's notice of appeal
19-5358 Victor Manuel Collazo-Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment judicial-review precedent-analysis sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
19-104 Flavio Tamez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appeal-waiver appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability collateral-attack constitutional-effectiveness criminal-defendant-waiver due-process immigration-consequences ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jae-lee-v-united-states sentencing-consequences waiver-of-rights Whether a criminal defendant's generic waiver of right to appeal or collateral attack can waive ineffective assistance of counsel claim
19-5269 Reginald Christopher Gilbert v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-22 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure defendant-rights federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-review jurisdiction objection reasonableness reasonableness-standard sentencing sentencing-review Whether a formal objection after pronouncement of sentence is necessary to invoke appellate reasonableness review of the length of a defendant's sente…
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 …
19-5253 Jonathan Thomas Wright v. Adam Holley, Acting Commissioner of the West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles West Virginia 2019-07-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-process appellate-procedure due-process due-process-rights fifth-amendment mootness state-agency state-statute stay-order Whether it is a violation of a substantial due process rights for a State agency to proceed with punishments in violation of state statute and a Stay …
19-5229 Saldy Marzan v. CoreCivic Correctional Center, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-07-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review dismissal documentary-evidence due-process federal-courts frivolous habeas-corpus ninth-circuit procedural-default standing Can the hintk Cireuid Courd of App esle dismissed My Lake US Frivelsus With 647. having given Ine opperrutedy 6 presentis documentary evidenze to demo…
19-96 Lincoln Rymer v. Robert Lemaster, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-07-18 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure appellate-review certiorari civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct sovereign-immunity standing void-judgments Whether lower court conduct and inadequate appellate review warrant a GVR with instructions
19-5210 Therian Wimbush v. Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General of Georgia, et al. Georgia 2019-07-17 Denied IFP access-to-courts appeal appeals appellate-procedure civil-rights discretionary-appeal due-process georgia-court-of-appeals georgia-courts incarceration jurisdiction mailbox-rule parental-rights pro-se pro-se-litigant time-limitation Should the 'Mailbox Rule' be extended to all notices of appeal that must be filed in the trial court, filed by pro se incarcerated litigants?
19-86 Maria Jordan v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-07-16 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act agency-adjudication appellate-procedure arbitrary-and-capricious constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review Whether the Administrative Procedure Act, as applied to Petitioner by the Fifth Circuit, is unconstitutional
19-5186 Mauricio Warner v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-court appellate-procedure application certificate-of-appeal certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review merits-ruling procedural-error standing Did the Appeal Court err in making a merits ruling on Warner's Application for a Certificate of Appealability and for failure to even consider the app…
19-5142 Charles Anthony Ball v. Mike Slagle Fourth Circuit 2019-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process federal-appeal federal-rule free-speech judicial-conflict meloy standing statutory-interpretation Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit err on an important federal question by entering its decision/judgment, which is in conf…
19-5104 Maurice Samuel Arrington v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied IFP appellate-procedure certiorari-review civil-rights court-records due-process evidence-assessment factual-findings federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-standards legal-review standing state-courts supreme-court-precedent Does the Court of Appeals deny prisoners Due Process by Ignoring vital Facts necessary to determining their Pre-COA issues and Merely quoting Black v.…
19-5097 Danny Fabricant v. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Ninth Circuit 2019-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-of-appeals declaratory-relief injunctive-relief judicial-recusal procedural-due-process recusal standing Whether a Court of Appeals may ignore an appellant's request to recuse itself in an appeal where the Court of Appeals is the only defendant and appell…
19-5079 Kenneth Blackwell v. Georgia Georgia 2019-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-discretion appellate-procedure appellate-review evidence issue-preservation judicial-discretion legal-sufficiency legal-theory prior-bad-acts prior-difficulties-evidence standard-of-review state-argument trial-court trial-court-discretion trial-procedure waiver Whether the Georgia Court of Appeals erred when it held that the trial court admitted Petitioner's sexual acts in Ohio as prior difficulties evidence …
19-5082 Julisa Tolentino v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review certiorari circuit-court criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review pending-case published-opinion reconsideration remand standing united-states-v-leal vacate Whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and the remand for reconsideration in the event that the defendant in the forth…
18-9804 Michael Zachariah Gomez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-revocation plain-unreasonableness sentencing sentencing-review standard-of-review Whether the standard of review in appeals of federal revocation sentences is limited to review for \'plain unreasonableness\'?
18-9844 Garner Wood v. Les Parish, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction post-conviction-relief postsentencing-motion sentencing sentencing-credit sentencing-error trial-counsel Whether the trial court denied Petitioner Wood's due process right under the Fourteenth Amendment by not granting his jail credit for 14-30 days after…
18-9797 Mark Anthony Johnson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review procedural-due-process right-of-appeal standing Was the petitioner improperly denied his right of appeal?
18-9669 Floyd M. Chodosh, et al. v. Palm Beach Park Association California 2019-06-14 Denied Relisted (2)IFP adr-employment appellate-procedure civil-procedure conflict-of-interest due-process judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-recusal recusal standing Whether the California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Div. 3 justices should have recused themselves from the appeal of a judgment against the peti…
18-9623 Robert William Wazney v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Fourth Circuit 2019-06-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment appellate-procedure appellate-relief asset-freezing constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection evidence indigent-defendant Whether the courts have abridged the defendant's 14th Amendment due-process, equal-protection rights by disregarding evidence and barring appellate re…
18-1507 Augustin Zambrano v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-06-04 Denied Response Waived appellate-court appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability certificates-of-appealability coa-standard court-discretion due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review judicial-standard procedural-ruling standard-of-review Should this Court grant certiorari to make explicit that in ruling on a request for certificates of appealability, an appellate court must apply the a…
18-9510 Rasaq Aderoju Raheem v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure conviction criminal-procedure defendant-conviction due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction fifth-circuit jurisdiction legal-review standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by affirming Defendant's Raheem conviction
18A1227 Michele Buckner, Warden v. Robert W. Allen Missouri 2019-05-29 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari judicial-review missouri-court supreme-court-rules time-extension Whether a state corrections official may be granted an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari after a state appellate court's final judgm…
18-9408 Freddie J. Hennington v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure criminal-procedure dismissal due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion legal-review procedural-error sentencing standing Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by dismissing Mr. Hennington's appeal without considering the merits of his arguments
18-9384 In Re Freya Pearson 2019-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel legal-standards mandamus pro-se standing takings writ-of-relief Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments when the district court dismissed her hab…
18-9392 Brent Edward Lovett v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure arbitrary-enforcement constitutional-rights debatable due-process fundamental-fairness ineffective-counsel jurists-of-reason slack-v-mcdaniel Whether courts should be required to state reasons and indicate evidence relied upon to protect against arbitrary enforcement
18-9361 Jordan Alexander Clemons v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-05-21 Denied IFP affidavit appellate-procedure civil-rights court-access criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-proportionality in-forma-pauperis indigence indigent-status juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing legal-representation life-imprisonment pro-bono Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court erred in rejecting petitioner's claim that his sentence of life imprisonment without parole for a crime committ…
18-9362 Timothy Stuart Ring v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability counsel-appointment federal-habeas-proceeding habeas-corpus motion-for-counsel motion-for-discovery ninth-circuit pro-se pro-se-petition Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in construing a pro se petitioner's appeal
18-1436 Ulric Jones v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-05-16 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure disbarment due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-proceedings judicial-review retained-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment supervisory-power Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit violated the petitioner's Sixth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights by disbar…
18-9302 Xing Lin v. United States Second Circuit 2019-05-16 GVR IFP 18-usc-924 appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-statute residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness Is the residual clause at 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) void for vagueness?
18-9249 Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 9th-circuit-rules answering-brief appellate-procedure brief-filing civil-procedure deadlines judicial-sanctions motion-for-sanctions notification pro-se-litigation procedural-deadlines sanctions Whether the 9th Circuit erred in denying Plaintiff-Appellant's motion for sanctions against Defendant-Appellee for failure to file an answering brief …
18-9264 Robert Marshall v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure buck-precedent buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisprudence DID THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT WRONGLY APPLY THIS COURT'S JURISPRUDENCE IN BUCK BY FAILING TO GRANT A COA IN THIS MATTER
18-9208 Robert Tringham v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights core-judicial-functions court-of-appeals due-process habeas judicial-delegation judicial-functions non-judicial-officer procedural-authority remand rule-12.1' 'Does the Court hold that pursuant to rule-22b2 rule-60b6 rule-60b6' 'Does FRAP 12.1 grant a Circuit Court standing Under what circumstances does access to the courts not mean access to justice
18-1406 Kristin Roebuck Bethell v. Bryan Stephens, et al. Arizona 2019-05-08 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure attorney-client-relationship attorney-ethics attorney-sanctions civil-rights client-advocacy client-representation conflict-of-laws due-process free-speech judicial-discretion judicial-procedure judicial-sanctions legal-ethics legal-ethics-and-professional-responsibility professional-conduct sanctions standing writ-of-certiorari Whether counsel Roebuck Bethell's Petition for Writ of Certiorari should be granted after she was sanctioned by the Arizona courts for: (1) believing …
18-9190 Parnell Smith v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Florida 2019-05-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure court-appointed-counsel direct-appeal due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel summary-denial unlawful-imprisonment Whether review should be granted because state court's summary denial of petition for writ of habeas corpus, seeking belated direct appeal or reinstat…
18-1402 Harold R. Stanley, et al. v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia District of Columbia 2019-05-07 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure appellate-procedure,filing-fees,refunds Can Circuits impose a burden to prove circumstance Can litigants present their case to appellate cour court-administration court-discretion due-process due-process,mandamus,judicial-misconduct,irs,recor irs judicial-misconduct mandamus mandamus-relief pacer,appellate-procedure,records-on-appeal procedural-due-process record-falsification rule-59-motion supervisory-powers When a judge refuses to adjudicate a Rule 59(e) motion alleging misconduct, can mandamus relief be conditioned on proving the refusal itself is 'egreg…
18-9188 Eric Thorton Von Hall v. Brad Cain, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2019-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court appellate-procedure article-iii article-three constitutional-interpretation due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion mistake-of-law party-presentation party-presentation-principle Whether Article III of the Constitution and the party presentation principle foreclose appellate court judges from relying on an argument not presente…
18-9150 Peter Victor Ayika v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights constitutional-speedy-trial effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment speedy-trial-act statutory-rights statutory-speedy-trial whether a certificate of Appealability (COA) should issue to pursue the Sixth Amendment claim on appeal
18-1390 Rochell Talley v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-estoppel due-process foreclosure notice-requirements pro-se pro-se-litigant standing time-limits Whether the appeal was wrongfully dismissed after the pro se litigant took measurable acts to protect the merits of his appeal after it was erroneousl…
18-9108 Milton Mitchell v. Glen Johnson, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process due-process-of-law equal-protection equal-protection-of-law grand-jury guilty-plea habeas-corpus indictments ineffective-assistance Whether the lower courts erred in failing to order the respondent to show cause and provide indictments, trial transcripts, habeas corpus, and all pro…
18-9119 Kirby Gardner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-05-03 Dismissed IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure custody-control double-jeopardy double-jeopardy-clause evidence full-faith-and-credit-clause full-faith-credit judicial-review liberty-interest parole prosecution re-imprisonment retrospective-forfeiture statutory-interpretation Whether the Full Faith & Credit Clause, Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits the State of Texas from re-prosecuting & re-imprisoning petitioner for an exp…
18-9125 Luzetha Wardrick v. Brooks Benton, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied IFP appellate-procedure circuit-court-decision civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-circuit-court federal-court legal-dispute patent procedural-irregularities standing supreme-court-review takings Does the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals have jurisdiction over this case?
18-9129 Delroy T. Booth v. Trevonza Bobbitt, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied IFP appeal appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-costs court-fees dismissal docketing-fees due-process eleventh-circuit fees in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigant standing Whether the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeal by stating 'Failed to Pay the Docketing & Filing Fee…
18-1374 Chris Ann Jaye v. Oak Knoll Village Condominium Owners Association, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights controlling-law due-process erickson-v-pardus federal-courts federal-question interlocutory-appeal pleading-standard pleading-standards statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Is the Third Circuit acting in opposition to controlling law and different from other circuits by implementing a heightened pleading standard?
18-1380 Thomas P. Gannon v. Riverwatch Condominium Owners' Assn., et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1927 appeal-procedure appellate-procedure attorney-fees attorney-sanctions civil-procedure dismissal-of-appeal due-process judicial-discretion notice-of-appeal procedural-technicality standing Whether an attorney's notice of appeal that identifies the judgment being appealed but does not specify the attorney as the party taking the appeal sh…
18-9104 Kurt Zamor v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure common-carrier criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-16 evidence evidence-sufficiency expert-testimony firearms firearms-regulation mens-rea sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit failed to properly apply Title 18 U.S.C. Section 922(e)
18-9049 Jackie Madore v. United States First Circuit 2019-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-waivers contract-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-disparity Whether the Supreme Court should review appellate waivers in criminal cases under principles of contract law
18-9007 Nicholas D. Weir v. Montefiore Medical Center, et al. Second Circuit 2019-04-26 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act-of-1964 district-court employment-discrimination frcp-rule-60(b) frcp-rule-61 frcp-rule-62.1 harmless-error retaliation retaliation-claim rule-60b substantial-rights Does a district court judge's misunderstanding of the initial timeline that establishes a retaliation claim (under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e) not considered a…
18-8976 Wilfred Warren Sheppard v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-04-24 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process exhaustion-requirement ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-code legal-review standing writ-of-certiorari Whether this Court has the power to issue a Writ of Certiorari to review the action of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
18-8917 Gilbert Demetrius Aguilar v. Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General of Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2107 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability counsel-ineffectiveness due-diligence due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition habeas-petition ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal statutory-interpretation Whether the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Aguilar's certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. Sections 2107, 2253(c)(2) despite cou…
18-8919 In Re Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva 2019-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure court-order due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-review mandamus procedural-due-process standing Does any Court have a legal right to issue a dispositive Order without a detailed explanation about why this decision was reached?
18-8901 Daniel H. Jones v. James F. Goodwin, Judge, Criminal Court for Sullivan County, Tennessee Sixth Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-review sovereign-immunity standing statutory-interpretation Did the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying the petitioner's absolute right in filing as well as to appeal his civil action in forma pa…
18-8852 Xavier Huron Sanders v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review motion-for-review standard-of-review Whether the trial and appellate court erred in denying Petitioner's Motion for Certificate of Appealability?
18-8863 Neville Turnbull v. Glen Johnson, Warden Georgia 2019-04-17 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-standard miscarriage-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct standing trial-process Whether a State's highest court errs, and abuses discretion by refusing to remedy a prisoner's miscarriage of justice claim, critical to all parties i…
18-8820 Carman L. Deck v. Richard Jennings, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability death-penalty district-court due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-standard reasonable-jurists standard-of-review Did Mr. Deck present grounds for relief as to which reasonable jurists could differ concerning the correctness of the district court's conclusion, thu…
18-8805 In Re Andre Rene Scott 2019-04-12 Denied IFP appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus judicial-jurisdiction judicial-review jurisdiction mandamus mandamus-petition procedural-rules standing void-judgment Whether the ruling in Marbury v. Madison still stands
18-8769 Hilton Rios-Rivera v. United States First Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-questions constitutional-review due-process first-impression plain-error plain-error-standard standard-of-review Whether the Supreme Court should review and reverse the First Circuit's holding that an appellant is without recourse under the plain error standard o…
18-8790 In Re Steven Michael Backstrom 2019-04-11 Denied IFP access-to-courts appellate-procedure circuit-court clerk clerk-discretion court-access judicial-power mandamus mandate recall-mandate Is mandamus the appropriate remedy to compel a circuit court clerk to accept, file, and submit a motion to recall the court's prior mandate?
18-8729 Alan Kenneth Thompson, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-claims constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction united-states-v-peter Whether the ambiguousness of the term 'material' within Title 18 USC 2252A(a)(2)(B) gives unintended breadth to District Courts to accept pleas of gui…
18-8675 Joshua Sedillo v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-precedent criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court due-process gall-v-united-states judicial-review rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-variance variance Is the Tenth Circuit precedent allowing a district court to say nothing when a reasonable request for a variance is made at sentencing consistent with…
18-8622 In Re Mark Garrett 2019-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction due-process free-speech judicial-review legal-remedy mandamus-petition opinions-below patent reason-for-granting-the-petition rules-involved standing takings writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant legal principles
18-1251 Sandy Annabi v. United States Second Circuit 2019-03-28 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claim constitutional-deprivation due-process habeas-corpus judicial-procedure legal-standard sentencing standing Whether petitioner has established a colorable claim of constitutional deprivation such that the Court of Appeals should have issued a certificate of …
18-8545 Debra Ann Lohri v. Specialized Loan Servicing, L.L.C. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-procedure bankruptcy civil-procedure due-process filing-deadline government-agencies mailbox-rule notice-timeliness procedural-technicality statutory-interpretation Whether the mailbox rule should apply to bankruptcy filings
18-8589 Demetrius S. Rankin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP anders-brief appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-split constitutional-law court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance legal-ethics legal-standards procedural-review right-to-counsel Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied and ignored the procedural pronouncements made in Anders v. California
18-8551 Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. Arizona Arizona 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure-appeal civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-standard motion-for-relief self-representation standing timeliness Whether or not the Court of Appeals, State of Arizona, correctly viewed Appellant's Motion To Dismiss this Appeal, submitted pursuant to Arizona Rules…
18-8451 Luciano Garcia v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court due-process gall-v-united-states judicial-review rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-variance tenth-circuit variance Is the Tenth Circuit precedent allowing a district court to say nothing when a reasonable request for a variance is made at sentencing consistent with…
18-8428 Samuel V. Martinez v. Travis Trani, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-conviction due-process federal-precedent habeas-corpus legal-ethics professional-conduct right-to-counsel standing state-court-review Should the United States District Court of Colorado have granted the Petitioner Counsel after he informed them that he had an ongoing Complaint agains…
18-8363 Joshua G. Stegemann v. United States Second Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 appellate-procedure circuit-court criminal-appeal dismissal federal-rules greenlaw-v-united-states gvr in-forma-pauperis neitzke-v-williams party-presentation-rule sua-sponte sua-sponte-dismissal Whether the Second Circuit may dismiss a criminal appeal sua sponte under Neitzke v. Williams and 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (e) without briefing by any party a…
18-8365 Derrick Scott v. Allen Stark, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-filing due-process imminent-danger in-forma-pauperis prisoner-rights standing three-strikes Whether the middle district Court and Fifth Circuit court of appeals erred in refusing to allow the petitioner to proceed IFP as an indigent prose pri…
18-8358 Joel S. Elliott v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure brief-denial certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-discretion jurisdiction merits standing Did the Circuit Court err when it denied in part the appellants Combined Opening Brief and Application for Certificate of Appealability on the merits?
18-8331 Jeffrey Bowers v. Frank Lawrence, Acting Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fourteenth-amendment harmless-error ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions jury-separation plain-error Whether a conflict exists between the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and Appellate Court in case at bar where jury separation after deliberations ha…
18-8336 London Ettione Dunbar v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-interpretation due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review miller-el-precedent miller-el-v-cockrell standard-of-review stare-decisis Should this court grant this petition to determine whether the lower court's refusal to issue a certificate of appealability is at conflict with this …
18-1142 Casimir M. Toczylowski v. Samantha Giuliano, et vir Pennsylvania 2019-03-05 Denied appellate-procedure appellate-procedures appellate-review civil-appeal civil-appeals civil-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-review merits-review property-rights state-appeals state-courts Denial of due process in state appellate procedures for civil litigants seeking to vindicate property rights
18-8271 Tony Hernandez v. Darlene S. Sims, et al. Wisconsin 2019-03-05 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-clerk due-process mailing-rule motion-for-stay petition-rejection pro-se pro-se-guideline standing workman's-compensation Did a Wisconsin Supreme Court clerk ignore the plus 3-day mailing self-represented rule given to pro-se mailing filer Petitioner Tony Hernandez when h…
18-8144 Sami Albra v. Selene Finance, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 9th-circuit appellate-procedure circuit-rules civil-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure injunctive-relief judicial-discretion standing Does the 9th Circuit's circuit rules supersede the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedures, particularly when it results in depriving an individual due …
18-8062 Saundra Taylor v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services District of Columbia 2019-02-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion administrative-law appellate-procedure appellate-review discretionary-review dismissal-with-prejudice due-process judicial-deference judicial-review standard-of-review substantial-evidence Whether memorandum and opinion is not supported by substantial evidence in the record, is not in accordance to the law and an abused of discretion
18-8075 Godwin Oriakhi v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper plain-error plain-error-review plea-bargaining pro-se-filing strickland-v-washington Whether Lafler v. Cooper is violated when trial counsel advises a defendant to enter a guilty plea to an indictment that, on its face, violates the Fi…
18-8097 Robert Herrera, Sr. v. Texas Texas 2019-02-22 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction standard-of-review Was the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied Mr. Benton's appeal and the Texas Court of Appeals stated that his counsel's actions were below a reaso…
18-8099 In Re Henry Lee Bryant 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1654 appellate-procedure collateral-proceeding collateral-review criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation self-representation-right statutory-interpretation Did the Court of Appeals violate 28 U.S.C. § 1654 by refusing to allow Mr. Bryant to represent himself in the appeal of the collateral proceeding?
18-8029 Charles Russell Rhines v. Darin Young, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Amici (6)IFP 28-usc-2244(b) amendment anti-gay-animus appellate-procedure appellate-proceedings civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus impartial-jury juror-bias second-or-successive second-or-successive-petition second-or-successive-petitions standing Could reasonable jurists debate whether a court may permit an amendment to an initial habeas corpus petition, without applying 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)'s l…
18-8081 Jared King v. Karen Creed, et al. Second Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights coppedge-v-united-states due-process fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis notice-of-hearing standing summary-judgment Whether the panel violated plaintiff's right to due process
18-8032 Edgar Arellano v. California California 2019-02-20 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance pre-trial-investigation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Ineffective assistance of counsel
18-7952 Stanley D. Partman, aka Goat v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-vagueness due-process fourth-circuit habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements standard-of-review unconstitutionally-vague Is the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal's Standard of Determination for Issuance of a Certificate of Appealability in Essence Decides an Appeal Without …
18-7921 James Howard Looman, III v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process F.R.A.P.-Rule-22(b) federal-courts federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation Did the Fifth Circuit err when it refused to apply 28 U.S.C. §2253(c) and F.R.A.P. Rule 22(b) and follow this Court's commands regarding review of app…
18-7929 Robert L. Burns, Jr. v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-court circuit-court-conflict civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-error sixth-circuit standing united-states-supreme-court Are the sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in conflict with the United States Supreme Court, and other Circuit Courts by denning a Certificate of Appealab…
18-7805 Michael Bohannan v. Wesley Griffin Fifth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure civil-rights court-discretion deputy-clerk discretion-abuse due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure indigent-representation legal-access motion-classification reconsideration rule-26(b) standing time-extension Does a court of appeals deputy clerk abuse discretion by refusing to consider appellate procedure rules in a time extension motion decision
18-7841 Adekunle Olufemi Adetiloye v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability district-court-files due-process habeas-corpus legal-standard standard-of-review substantial-showing-standard threshold-inquiry Whether a court of appeals can deny a certificate of appealablity without conducting the prerequisite 28 U.S.C 2253(c)(2) threshold inquiry, two-compo…
18-7749 Ada A. Gonzalez v. Grant Maloy Florida 2019-02-05 Denied IFP access-to-courts appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure certiorari-review civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-delay mandamus pro-se pro-se-litigant supreme-court-procedure Whether the Supreme Court of Florida unjust delay denied Petitioner access for certiorari review
18-7741 Robert Sills v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion merits-adjudication merits-review Whether the Court of Appeals' denial of the petitioner's request for a certificate of appealability (COA) was improper"
18-7657 Devi Smith v. Patrick Warren, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure criminal-trial defense-counsel defense-witnesses direct-review effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial Was the petitioner deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel at trial?
18-7688 Vincent Johnson v. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Sixth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied IFP appeal-proceedings appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure coa-process due-process federal-appeals integrity-of-proceedings integrity-of-process judicial-review procedural-motion rule-60(b) rule-60b standing Whether a R. 60(b) motion can be first presented at the Federal Appeals level to attack a defect in the integrity of the COA process of the appeal pro…
18-7664 John Felix Greer v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure appellate-review case-or-controversy civil-procedure court-of-appeals judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdiction-of-court jurisdictional-review legal-jurisdiction mandate mandate-recall procedural-error standing Whether the appellate court abused its discretion in deciding the merits of a motion to recall the mandate without first determining jurisdiction
18-7667 Marion Taylor v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure article-3 civil-procedure constitution constitutional-power due-process federal-courts judicial-proceeding judicial-proceedings judicial-review standing supervisory-power supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the U.S. 5th Cir. Court of Appeals has so far departure from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceeding
18-7674 Michael S. Gorbey v. Michael McCall, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process extradition federal-jurisdiction federal-prisoner habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief prisoner-rights standing state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Can a state habeas corpus be removed from state court to federal court?
18-7623 James Goolsby v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582-c-2 appellate-procedure dillion-v-united-states exceptional-circumstances judicial-discretion mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing misapplication-of-guidelines miscarriage-of-justice official-victim-enhancement recall-of-mandate retroactive-amendment sentencing-guidelines Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals abused its discretion in refusing to recall the mandate on the direct appeal to prevent a miscarriage of j…
18-7597 Carlos E. Ponce v. D. Baughman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-circuit-court-of-appeals fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prima-facie-showing sixth-amendment Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying the issuance of a certificate of appealability based on the decision that the petitioner d…
18-7549 Bonnie Robles v. Brookwood Terrace Apartments Kansas 2019-01-25 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion administrative-law appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure court-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion legal-fairness lower-court-rulings procedural-violations statutory-procedure Why should it be lawful for the lower court to ignore 'STATUTORY PROCEDURE' violations by the Respondents during a lower court hearing and then questi…
18-965 Donald Sullivan v. Robert Wayne Pugh, et ux. North Carolina 2019-01-25 Denied Relisted (2) appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-misconduct jury-trial north-carolina oath-of-office summary-judgment Whether the lower court judges violated their oaths by denying the petitioner's demanded constitutional trial by jury
18-7544 Briand Williams v. California California 2019-01-24 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure appellate-record due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance plea-bargain prejudice statute-of-limitations strickland-standard Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
18-7546 Sherman Vickers v. Marina del Rey Marina, LLC California 2019-01-24 Denied IFP appellate-dismissal appellate-procedure automatic-stay civil-procedure clerk-error court-dismissal designation-of-records due-process fair-hearing record-perfection right-to-fair-hearing right-to-fair-trial Whether there is an automatic stay for the Court of Appeals
18-7517 Donelle L. Johnson v. Jennifer McDermott, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-procedure legal-standard prisoner-rights procedural-rights Did the United States Court of Appeals err in denying Mr. Johnson a certificate of appealability?
18-933 Shraddha Patel v. Kirit Patel, aka Kiritkumar Ambalal Patel, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure deadline federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure grace-period notice notice-of-judgment rule-4(a)(5) rule-4(a)(6) time-to-appeal Whether a would-be appellant who missed Rule 4(a)(1)(A)'s deadline to appeal due to a lack of notice of the entry of judgment may seek relief under Ru…
18-7469 David Valenzuela Arzate v. James Robertson, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process fair-trial gang-evidence insufficient-evidence judicial-review legal-interpretation statutory-provisions Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals abuse discretion or err in denying petitioner's certificate of appealability?
18-7440 Christopher Whitman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit appeal appellate-procedure conflict-of-interest disqualification due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion juror-bribery plain-error-review sentencing-guidelines standing Should the appeals court have appointed an attorney who did not have a conflict of interest?
18-7462 William Anthony Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appeals-court-discretion appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-provisions court-discretion due-process finality finality-principle fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice judicial-discretion legal-finality mandate-recall miscarriage-of-justice recall-mandate statutory-provisions Whether the appeals court abused its discretion in denying petitioner's motion to recall mandate
18-7434 Christopher Adin Graham v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability closing-argument counsel-claims due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-standard prejudice testimony Whether the court of appeals correctly denied petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. 2253(c) on his ineffective-assistance-of-couns…
18-7377 Jarvis Harris v. Joe Easterling, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts federal-law federal-question judicial-review legal-precedent standing supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and District Court for the Western District has entered a decision in conflict with t…
18-7335 Alonzo Alexander McKay v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-review due-process fourth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel missouri-v-frye supreme-court-precedent Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit err by denying a Certificate of Appealability (COA), due to its exceeding the scope of t…
18-893 West Virginia House of Delegates v. West Virginia, ex rel. Margaret L. Workman, et al. West Virginia 2019-01-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-law federalism guarantee-clause house-of-delegates legislative-standing motion-to-intervene standing west-virginia west-virginia-supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia's decision in this case violates the Guarantee Clause of the United States Constitution
18-7310 Kadeem Thomas v. United States Third Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-ruling alleyne-v-united-states appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability direct-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurist-standard retroactivity Should the district court judge issue or deny a certificate of appealability
18-7316 Alice Annette Howell v. NuCar Connection, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure in-forma-pauperis leave-to-proceed motions pending-motions Whether the circuit court erred in denying Appellants' pending motions while granting leave to proceed in forma pauperis
18-875 Albert G. Hill, III, et al. v. PBL Multi-Strategy Fund, L.P. Fifth Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-courts circuit-split civil-procedure evidence evidence-standards judicial-review procedural-uniformity remand standards-of-review summary-judgment uniform-standards Should the Court grant the petition, vacate the judgment below, and remand to the District Court for further proceedings, because the Court of Appeals…
18-7274 Reginald L. Spears, aka RLS Ar Abdul Aziz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure bias certificate-of-appealability due-process fifth-circuit impartial-judge judicial-bias procedural-error strawman-argument Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals introduced and attacked a strawman argument as a basis to deny appellant a COA, and whether this violates d…
18-7213 Akash Dixit v. Christopher Brasher, Judge, Superior Court of Georgia, Atlanta Judicial Circuit Georgia 2019-01-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure attorney civil-rights divorce-proceeding due-process family fraud immigration immigration-status international-jurisdiction judicial-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct service-of-process standing unethical visa void-judgment Whether the Georgia appellate courts erred in not addressing questions about unethical conduct of a subordinate judge and a void lower court order des…
18-829 John H. Davis v. Jeanne W. Anderson, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-01-02 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure attorney-client-relationship attorney-discipline attorney-removal civil-procedure civil-rights court-rules due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-ethics presumptive-reasonableness seventh-circuit supervisory-power Whether the Seventh Circuit's removal of an attorney's name from the roll of attorneys is presumptively reasonable without due process, record support…
18-7180 Miguel Antonio Urquia-Melendez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi case-law certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review sentencing supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
18-789 Cecilia M. Hylton v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fourth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied Response Waived 26-usc-183 appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process hobby horse-activity-taxation horse-related-activities per-curiam-decision section-183-hobby-loss tax tax-law taxation unpublished-opinion Is petitioner denied due process of law when the court of appeals failed to timely advise her whether oral argument (which each party requested) would…
18-7131 Andreco Lott v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure constitutional-right constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard procedural-fairness standard-of-review standing Whether the lower courts applied the correct legal standard at the certificate of appealability stage?
18-7059 John H. Rosky v. Quentin Byrne, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied IFP access-to-courts appeal appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-review due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-due-process standing Whether the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit erred in denying petitioner's due process rights and access to the courts
18-7031 Kacey Lewis v. Angel Quiros, et al. Second Circuit 2018-12-14 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure dismissal due-process in-forma-pauperis standing Whether the court of appeals erred in denying the petitioner's motion to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis
18-6969 Brandon Bivins v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process eleventh-circuit judicial-review prior-panel-precedent prior-panel-precedent-rule stare-decisis statutory-right statutory-right-to-appeal three-judge-panels Does the Eleventh Circuit too rigidly apply its 'prior panel precedent rule' —effectively denying Eleventh Circuit defendants their statutory right to…
18-6938 Jarrod Phillips v. Rusty Washburn, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure boykin-precedent boykin-v-alabama civil-rights constitutional-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
18-6943 Gregory Dean Banister v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-12-06 Judgment Issued Amici (4)Response RequestedRelisted (4)IFP aedpa appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus pro-se rule-59(e) successive-petition Whether Gonzalez v. Crosby extends to Rule 59(e) motions
18-6840 John H. Rosky v. Renee Baker, Warden, et al. Nevada 2018-11-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process economic-wipeout equal-protection fifth-amendment habeas-corpus property-rights standing takings-clause Whether the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment protects the petitioner's property rights against the government's actions that result in a complete…
18-6796 Paul L. Muckle v. Wells Fargo Bank, et al. First Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights code-of-conduct due-process eleventh-amendment financial-conflict financial-interest judicial-conduct judicial-recusal ninth-amendment recusal standing Did the second panel err in denying Muckle's motion to remand or recuse itself due to appearance of impropriety and Canon 8C
18-6838 Alvin Leon Roundtree v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se section-2255 sixth-amendment standing Whether the district court's failure to construe Mr. Roundtree's pro se motion for specific performance as a motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. §2255 co…
18-6813 Rash B. Ghosh v. City of Berkeley, California California 2018-11-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure due-process final-determination judicial-review legal-argument relitigation standing vexatious-litigant Was petitioner deprived of due process of law when the appellate court based its decision on an argument that had never been raised in the trial court…
18-6716 Jerry Walker, aka Jerry Richmond v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-11-16 Denied IFP appeal appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court conviction conviction-reversal conviction-vacatur criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-preclusion sentencing superseding-indictment Whether the Seventh Circuit erred in vacating the Petitioner's conviction and sentence pursuant to Count One of his Superseding Indictment
18-633 Gary Jefferson Byrd v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-15 Denied Response Waived appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights district-court district-court-summary-denial due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-litigant standing summary-denial Should a Certificate of Appealability (COA) be denied to a pro se litigant thus denying an appeal when the issue has been extensively researched and c…
18-6687 Hilda T. Kennedy v. Frederic A. Pollock New Jersey 2018-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fee-waiver indigent-rights pauperis standing transcript transcript-fees trial-transcript Is a waiver of the fee for transcribing a trial court on appeal a constitutional entitlement?
18-6678 Jermeal White v. Charmaine Bracy, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-courts habeas-corpus standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred in denying petitioner's Certificate of Appealability under the law
18-6622 Keeland Duralle Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-review due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review Whether a court of appeals is required to grant a habeas petitioner a COA when the question presented clearly is debatable by jurist of reason as demo…
18-6582 Kareem Glass v. Melissa Hainsworth, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Somerset Third Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-rights capital-punishment constitutional-rights death-penalty due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-circumstances penalty-phase sixth-amendment waiver waiver-of-rights where-capital-counsel-induced-petitioner-into-a-waiver
18-6496 John Thomas v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-argument appellate-procedure appellate-review carpenter-v-united-states cell-phone-location cell-phone-location-data cell-phone-tracking constitutional-rights conviction-affirmance conviction-affirmation fourth-amendment search-and-seizure warrantless-search Whether the opinion of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which failed to address Thomas's appellate argument that his Fourth Amendment rights were…
18-6487 Alice Howell v. NuCar Connection, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure due-process in-forma-pauperis motions standing Whether the circuit court erred in denying Appellants' motions while granting leave to proceed in forma pauperis
18-504 Charles G. Kinney v. Roger W. Boren, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment Hobbs-Act Janus judicial-misconduct NIFLA professional-speech section-1983 vexatious-litigant Issue being raised
18-6381 William B. Crockett, III v. Richard Brown, Superintendent, Wabash Valley Correctional Facility Seventh Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review threshold-inquiry Whether a court of appeals' unreasoned, one-page order summarily denying a certificate of appealability conflicts with relevant decisions of this Cour…
18-501 Alim Adburahman, et al. v. Hyundai Motor America, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response Waived amendment appellate-procedure case-dismissal civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction docket-management final-order frcp-15 judicial-authority jurisdiction multidistrict-litigation procedural-conflict Does a U.S. District Court have the power to dismiss cases previously transferred to a Multidistrict litigation, interfering with the adjudication of …
18-6356 Earl Reyes v. Dale Artus Second Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure-appeal court-of-appeals federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure final-decision frap-rule-24 in-forma-pauperis indigent-appellant indigent-rights motion-to-vacate plain-error standing Whether the court of appeals abused its discretion Whether the court of appeals was correct to requir Whether it was plain error for a court of appeals to deny in forma pauperis relief to an indigent appellant
18-6332 Ricky Lee Stroble v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied IFP actual-innocence appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default Does Actual Innocence excuse a failure to properly brief an appeal in a Certificate of Appealability proceeding?
18-452 Jesse L. Wesley, III v. Town Square Media West Central Radio Broadcasting, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure civil-procedure de-novo de-novo-review motion-to-amend standard-of-review summary-judgment Whether a district court's decision on a motion to amend a summary judgment should be reviewed with the standard of abuse of discretion or de novo
18-6276 Marcus Anthony Terrell v. Walter Berry, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied IFP but no text of a SCOTUS petition was provided in I cannot generate a question presented or identif please include the full text of the petition. appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus standing state-courts Whether the dismissal of petitioners' certificate of probable cause by the Supreme Court of Georgia violated their due process rights and resulted in …
18-6249 Markos Pappas v. United States Second Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-851 28-usc-2253 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure-60(b) habeas-corpus rosales-mireles rule-60b section-2255 standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Does the certificate of appealability (COA) requirement apply to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) motions related to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 proceedings…
18-6255 Christopher Earl Oden v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-precedent circuit-precedent due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review reasonable-jurists standard-of-review Is it necessary for a petitioner to show that his claim is not foreclosed by binding circuit precedent to obtain a certificate of appealability?
18-434 Dawn Mosby v. Matthew G. Parilla New York 2018-10-05 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-practice civil-procedure due-process judicial-discretion Judicial-review Legislative-authority legislative-intent notice-of-appeal separation-of-powers timeliness-of-appeal Whether the Appellate Division, Second Department, violated the New York State Constitution's separation of powers doctrine by permitting a late appea…
18-6235 Michael Rocky Lane v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review miller-el-v-cockrell standard-of-review Whether, under this Court's precedent in Miller-El v. Cockrell and Buck v. Davis, it is sufficient for obtaining a Certificate of Appealability under …
18-6202 Amil Dinsio v. Appellate Division, Supreme Court of New York, Third Judicial Department Second Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure court-mandate discretion due-process federal-courts judicial-discretion legal-review mandate mandate-recall motion-denial recall standing Did the Second Circuit Court abuse its discretion when it denied the Petitioner's motion to recall the Court's mandate?
18-6123 Ameen Green v. United States Third Circuit 2018-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-dismissal dismissal legal-standing notice-of-appeal procedural-error standing third-circuit Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err in dismissing Mr. Green's Notice of Appeal?
18-6107 Jacob Logan Stone v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process notice opportunity-to-be-heard pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-bar procedural-bars reentry summary-affirmance supervised-release Does the 8th Circuit's practice of denying pro se litigants the opportunity to brief their appeal deny the basic requirements of Due Process, notice a…
18-6090 Eric Williams v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2018-09-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence appellate-procedure criminal-procedure due-diligence due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief recantation recantation-evidence witness-recantation Did the Pennsylvania Superior Court and Common Pleas Court abuse their discretion by denying Williams an evidentiary hearing to review the merits of h…
18-380 Darrel Vannoy, Warden v. John David Floyd Fifth Circuit 2018-09-24 Denied actual-innocence appellate-procedure brady-violation due-deference due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mcquiggin-v-perkins schlup-v-delo standard-of-review supreme-court-review Whether the court of appeals failed to apply due deference under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) and (e)(1) to the ruling of the Louisiana Supreme Court
18-6031 Noah R. Robinson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review direct-appeal due-process evidence-misstatement evidence-of-record evidence-tampering judicial-animosity judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct supreme-court supreme-court-review supreme-court-vacated Whether former Circuit Court Chief Judge Richard A. Posner misstated the evidence of record in the Green remand opinion, as a means to the end of just…
18-6005 Trayon L. Williams v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-09-17 Denied IFP appellate-procedure causation-element circuit-split claim-preservation criminal-procedure-waiver-forfeiture forfeiture preservation-of-issues preserved-claim standard-of-review sua-sponte-ruling violent-crime-definition violent-force-element waiver waiver-principles Whether a court of appeals can sua sponte hold a preserved claim forfeited and then dismiss it as waived when the government agrees the claim was prop…
18-5998 Keith Lapell Biggins v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure appellate-review buck-v-davis case-law certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process eleventh-circuit federal-procedure habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation statutory-operation Whether the United Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Contrary to Buck v. Davis, 137 S.Ct. 759 Inverted the Mode of Statutory Operation 28 U.S.…
18-303 Henryk Oleksy v. General Electric Company Federal Circuit 2018-09-12 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-procedure counterclaim-dismissal court-precedent due-process federal-circuit finality finality-of-judgment judgment-finality patent patent-law precedent supervisory-power Whether district court judgment was final despite lack of express dismissal of invalidity counterclaim
18-5889 James Ronald Welch, Jr. v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appeals appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-review standing Whether the U.S. Circuit Court Judge Kevin C. Newson erred in denying Appellant's appeal
18-5896 Beverly Allen Baker v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights confrontation-clause conspiracy criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel multiple-conspiracies sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment Whether the government committed a Kotteakos violation by using evidence of multiple conspiracies to support an indictment for a single conspiracy
18-5845 David L. Pierce v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review order procedural-default sixth-circuit standing Did the Sixth Circuit Court Of Appeals err when it denied petitoner a Certificate of Appealability based upon their 'ORDER'
18-5855 Derrick Knight v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure brady-violation constitutional-rights effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-acquittal motion-for-new-trial withholding-evidence Was Petitioner denied his constitutional right to effective assistance of appellate counsel?
18-5826 John C. Carter v. Antoine Caldwell, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-rights constructive-denial-of-counsel criminal-appeal criminal-procedure critical-stage-of-appeal due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel state-criminal-trial-court state-law-limitations Whether the right to have assistance of counsel extends to the appeal stage of the trial proceedings, where the petitioner was allegedly denied such a…
18-5785 In Re Clifford Winkles 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-prisoner habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge post-conviction-relief pro-se-petition saving-clause standing Whether Petitioner Clifford Winkles was improperly denied relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 due to procedural barriers, despite demonstrating actual innoc…
18-5789 John Thompson v. United States Second Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure district-court due-process habeas-corpus jurists-of-reason motion-for-appeal procedural-default procedural-ruling second-circuit standard-of-review standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred in denying Thompson's Motion for Certificate of Appealability
18-5796 Ray Jefferson Cromartie v. Eric Sellers, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure brady-v-maryland certificate-of-appealability circuit-split court-of-appeals exculpatory-evidence exculpatory-information habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-standard reasonable-diligence Where must a court of appeals grant a certificate of appealability in a habeas corpus action where at least one judge votes in its favor?
18-5797 Carlos Gutierrez-Torres v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plain-error preservation-of-error sentencing sentencing-review Whether a defendant must re-object to the district court's explanation of its sentencing rationale to preserve the arguments for appeal
18-5752 Randall B. Causey v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4(a)(5) appellate-procedure civil-procedure equitable-tolling federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure incapacitation judicial-discretion legal-tolling medical-condition medical-incapacity procedural-rules standing Whether Equitable Tolling applies to Federal Rules Of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(5) when the Petitioner was incapacitated due to a medical condition?
18-5718 James Willis Campbell, Sr. v. Virginia Virginia 2018-08-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment jurisdiction probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant standard-of-review Did the Supreme Court of Virginia err in reversing the Court of Appeals of Virginia's ruling and affirming the judgment of the trial court?
18-5675 David Pate v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process government-overreach plea-bargaining right-to-appeal Is a defendant's right to due process of law violated when the government requires an appeal waiver as part of a plea agreement?
18-5672 Charles S. Renchenski v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-21 Denied IFP appellate-procedure circuit-split conflict-of-laws constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default state-courts Has the Third Circuit Court of Appeals entered a decision that is in conflict with the United States Supreme Court, all other Courts of Appeals, feder…
18-213 H. Richard Austin v. Hanover Insurance Company, aka Massachusetts Bay Insurance Company Eighth Circuit 2018-08-17 Denied appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure collateral-estoppel court-interpretation daubert daubert-standard en-banc-review fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court homeowners-insurance judicial-interpretation judicial-procedure motion-for-summary-judgment res-judicata sanctions summary-order Whether an initial appellate 'Summary Order' is the definitive source regarding the subject matter contested, or if courts in the same dispute can ado…
18-201 Parviz Montazer v. Parvin R. Montazer California 2018-08-15 Denied appellate-counsel appellate-procedure civil-procedure conflict-of-interest constitutional-protections criminal-contempt criminal-procedure due-process indigent-defendant indigent-rights ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias right-to-counsel sixth-amendment transcript-costs Whether an indigent defendant in a criminal contempt proceeding has a right to appointed counsel and a free transcript on appeal
18-5586 William Knight v. Florida Florida 2018-08-15 Denied IFP abuse-of-authority appellate-procedure criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habitual-offender illegal-sentence judicial-abuse judicial-authority jurisdiction sentencing sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum Whether trial court abused their authority by allowing the state attorney office to impose a sentence contrary to the requirements of the law on doubl…
18-5605 Robert S. Beyer, II v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility appellate-procedure bad-character-evidence character-evidence criminal-procedure de-novo-review due-process evidence-rules federal-rules-of-evidence presumption-of-admissibility rule-403 rule-404 sentencing-guidelines victim-vulnerability Do Fed R. Evid. Rules 403 and 404 create a presumption favoring admissibility of bad character evidence?
18-5533 Brandon Maurice Shannon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review certiorari-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit harmless-error judicial-remand plain-error post-conviction-relief retroactivity rosales-mireles sentencing sentencing-guidelines Should this Court grant certiorari, vacate the judgment, and remand in light of Rosales-Mireles v. United States
18-5578 Antonio U. Akel v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure direct-appeal due-process exceptional-injustice federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure ineffective-assistance judicial-error right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standing supervisory-authority Whether the undisputed and clear violation of a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of counsel on direct appeal results in an exceptio…
18-5471 Roman Gabriel Contreras v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules constitutional-rights dog-sniff due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion precedent probable-cause procedural-rules search-and-seizure standing vagueness Does the Appellate Court need to follow rules? Or are they allowed to circumvent established procedure?
18-5451 Charles M. Steele v. Charlotte Jenkins, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-08-03 Denied IFP access-to-courts appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-access due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis indigent-plaintiff judicial-discretion prisoner-rights sua-sponte-dismissal Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in sua sponte dismissing the plaintiff's appeal for non-payment of filing fees when the plaintiff lac…
18-5459 Zachary David Warnell v. Texas Texas 2018-08-03 Denied IFP appeal appeals appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure douglas-v-california due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection evitts-v-lucey ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation right-to-counsel Can a state deny a criminal defendant the constitutional right to appeal with the effective assistance of counsel?
18-5410 Charles Podaras v. City of Menlo Park, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure good-faith good-faith-appeal in-forma-pauperis informal-form-brief ninth-circuit pro-se pro-se-litigant statement-of-reasons written-reasons Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in not permitting the petitioner to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis without further authorization
18-5419 Kevin Griffin v. Thomas DiNapoli Second Circuit 2018-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment appeal-dismissal appellate-procedure appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-appointment due-process fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis sixth-amendment standing Was petitioner erroneously denied in forma pauperis, appointment of counsel, and appeal dismissal?
18-5374 Adrian Demond Hyman v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP adversarial-system appellate-procedure claim-processing-rule claim-processing-rules criminal-appeal equitable-exception equitable-exceptions federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure jurisdictional-deadline jurisdictional-deadlines non-jurisdictional-deadline non-jurisdictional-rule sentencing sixth-amendment Whether an appellate court acts without authority when it enforces the non-jurisdictional deadline for a direct criminal appeal under Fed. R. App. P. …
18-5333 Scott Leslie Carmell v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jurisdiction sixth-amendment standing Whether the petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of appellate counsel was violated when the appellate court sua sponte dismissed…
18-5262 In Re Edward McLaughlin 2018-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure due-process equal-protection fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court independent-action judicial-delay judicial-procedure mandamus third-circuit writ-of-certiorari Whether a writ of mandamus is the proper remedy to compel the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to rule on petitioner's independent action alleging 'frau…
18-5294 Herbert Pridgen v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP adjudication appeal appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court-error civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-judgment judicial-review jurisdiction legal-adjudication procedural-defect sentencing Did the Circuit Court err in its opinion when it failed to properly address the four issues raised on appeal for adjudication, giving an insufficient …
18-5295 Miguel Pedraza v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied IFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction mental-competency procedural-default standard-of-review Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in denying petitioner's certificate of appealability application based on the conclusion that he failed to make a s…
18-5258 Howell Miller v. United States Second Circuit 2018-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure criminal-procedure due-process en-banc-review judge-found-facts judicial-fact-finding sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment uniformity-of-decisions united-states-v-booker whether-a-drastically-increased-sentence-violates-the-sixth-amendment
18-79 Tiberiu Klein, et al. v. Daniel O'Brien, et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-07-17 Denied Relisted (2) appellate-procedure appellate-review attorney-sanctions civil-procedure due-process fraud incompetence judicial-misconduct judicial-procedure judicial-standards notice opportunity-to-be-heard procedural-fairness sanctions subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the Seventh Circuit violates its own Standards and Rules and violate petitioners' due process rights in falsely accusing an attorney of pretense, …
18-68 Marie Conforto v. Richard V. Spencer, Secretary of the Navy, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-07-12 Denied Response Waived appeals-court appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process federal-government judicial-discretion notice procedural-fairness standing sua-sponte Whether an appeals court deciding a case sua sponte without hearing or chance to respond violates due process
18-5209 Michael Barrett v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal appellate-procedure attorney-client-relationship conflict-of-interest constructive-denial-of-counsel impermissible-risk ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion professional-ethics professional-responsibility right-to-counsel standard-of-review Does it create a conflict of interest for a lawyer to have to argue on appeal that the trial court should have replaced him? Can this create an imperm…
18-5156 D'Angelo Battis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process eleventh-circuit ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review plea-bargaining plea-voluntariness pro-se pro-se-brief pro-se-representation sentencing standard-of-review unconstitutional-sentence Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in ignoring the petitioner's pro se brief on appeal, affirming the petitioner's unconstitutional s…
18-25 Edward Mandel v. Steven Thrasher, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure appellate-review bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-court-decision damages damages-calculation damages-review judicial-review legal-standard reasonable-royalty remand standard-of-review trade-secret Whether the bankruptcy court properly calculated trade-secret damages
18-5117 Glendrict Frazier v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP anders-motion anders-v-california appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rule criminal-procedure direct-appeal direct-review due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance retroactivity Did the Appeals Court Follow the Ruling in Griffith v. Kentucky, 479 U.S. 314, 328, 107 S.Ct. 708 (1987) (holding that on direct review a new constitu…
18-5141 Taylor Don Frederiksen v. Texas Texas 2018-07-05 Denied IFP appeal appellate-procedure collateral-consequences court-standards criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-review legal-argument prejudice procedural-rules right-to-appeal right-to-counsel state-court-procedures state-court-rules Whether Mr. Frederiksen should continue to suffer prejudice and collateral legal consequences from his uncounseled conviction when the lower state cou…
18-5044 Laurenano Angulo Riascos v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance section-2255 sixth-amendment Whether the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in denying petitioner's request for a certificate of appealability to review the district …
18-5058 Deante Drake, aka Panama, aka Shawn, aka Papa Bear v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-timeliness appellate-procedure court-of-appeals criminal-procedure-rule-18-usc-3742-f-1-a en-banc-review federal-rules-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure first-amendment incoming-prison-mail legal-mail-delays mandamus-or-certiorari petition-clause rehearing-en-banc statutory-construction timeliness Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Deante Drake's petition for rehearing en banc as untimely under Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(3)(A…
18-5010 Christine Chang v. Robin Andrews California 2018-06-28 Denied IFP affidavit appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights collusion due-process equal-protection evidence-suppression evidence-tampering fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct legal-ethics subpoenaed-evidence Does collusion between the superior court judge and lawyer, covering up petitioner's evidence of: (1) subpoenaed surveillance photos and, (2) petition…
24A323 Frederick David Pina v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari-petition insurance-dispute judicial-hierarchy mandate-stay supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether a federal appellate court's mandate can be stayed pending Supreme Court review of a certiorari petition in an insurance dispute involving pote…
24A547 Frank Deville v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation District of Columbia Presumed Complete appellate-procedure filing-fees in-forma-pauperis pro-se supreme-court-rules writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se petitioner's failure to strictly comply with Supreme Court filing procedures and fee requirements constitutes grounds for dismissal o…