case-or-controversy

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6451 Thomas Steven Sanders v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-30 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP appellate-review case-or-controversy commutation death-penalty federal-sentencing mootness Following commutation of a death sentence to life in prison without the possibility of release, does a case or controversy regarding the death penalty…
25A578 Edgal Iribhogbe v. C. Lepe, Warden Fifth Circuit 2025-11-17 Application case-or-controversy habeas-corpus jurisdictional-dismissal mootness pretrial-detention section-2241 Whether a federal prisoner's appeal of a § 2241 petition challenging pretrial detention becomes moot upon conviction and sentencing
23-1161 Children’s Health Defense, et al. v. Food and Drug Administration, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-04-26 Denied Response Waived agency-action article-iii case-or-controversy constitutional-standing injury-in-fact resource-diversion standing vaccine-safety Whether a Constitutionally cognizable case or controversy exists under Article III
23-1145 Ojin Kim v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-22 Denied Response Waived case-or-controversy criminal-conviction deportation deportation-consequences federal-jurisdiction habeas immigration-consequences ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief sixth-amendment standing strickland-standard Whether the real threat of deportation as a result of a federal criminal conviction establishes standing and a real case in controversy for federal co…
23-729 Roee Kiviti, et ux. v. Naveen Prasad Bhatt Fourth Circuit 2024-01-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) article-iii article-three-courts bankruptcy-courts bankruptcy-jurisdiction case-or-controversy civil-procedure constitutional-law judicial-review mootness mootness-doctrine standing Whether bankruptcy courts are bound by the case-or-controversy requirement of Article III of the Constitution
23-6051 Stephen Aguiar v. United States Second Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii cares-act case-or-controversy drug-conspiracy home-confinement prison-term supervised-release Does a prisoner serving a 36-month prison term for revocation of supervised release concurrent with his 360-month prison term for a drug conspiracy me…
22-764 Hrair Kaladjian v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-14 Denied Response Waived administrative-law case-or-controversy civil-rights constitutional-standing equal-protection fifth-amendment freedom-support-act injunctive-relief presidential-waiver separation-of-powers standing Whether the President's violation of Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act is actionable by a private citizen under the Fifth Amendment Equal Protect…
22-6584 Meghan M. Kelly v. United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Third Circuit 2023-01-20 Denied IFP case-or-controversy civil-rights constitutional-rights disciplinary-proceedings due-process equal-protection reciprocal-discipline religious-beliefs self-incrimination standing whether-the-third-circuit's-rule-r.a-d-e.-16-violates-equal-protections
22-584 Children’s Health Defense, et al. v. Food and Drug Administration, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-12-23 Denied Response Waived agency-action article-iii case-or-controversy constitutional-standing injury resource-diversion risk-of-injury standing third-party third-party-injury Whether a Constitutionally cognizable case or controversy exists under Article III
22-250 Matthew Brach, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-09-16 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) article-iii article-three case-or-controversy civil-rights due-process emergency-powers executive-action mootness pandemic-restrictions standing Is a case moot under Article III's case or controversy requirement when the governor rescinds the offending policy after it is challenged in court, bu…
21-1242 Chad Chronister, Sheriff, Hillsborough County, Florida, et al. v. Andrew Joseph, Jr., as Natural Father, Next Friend, and Personal Representative of the Estate of Andrew Joseph, III, Deceased Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-14 Denied article-iii article-iii-standing case-or-controversy circuit-court circuit-court-precedent probable-cause qualified-immunity sovereign-immunity standing supreme-court-precedent Should the Supreme Court require the Eleventh Circuit to follow Supreme Court precedent and resolve challenges to Article III standing before resolvin…
21-6358 Michael A. Young v. Ned Lamont, et al. Second Circuit 2021-11-19 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP case-or-controversy civil-rights emergency-relief jurisdiction mootness standing Whether the Second Circuit Court erred in finding that the petitioner lacked standing despite a lack of mootness
21-5749 Krishna Mote v. United States Third Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii case-or-controversy civil-procedure injury-in-fact jurisdiction standing Whether the lower court erred in its application of the test for standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution
21-191 Sergei Vinkov v. United States District Court for the Central District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-11 Denied case-or-controversy civil-rights constitutional-claims declaratory-judgment diversity-jurisdiction establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech insurance-coverage standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the District Court abused its discretion retaining jurisdiction over the Declaratory Judgment Act (28 USC § 2201(a)) in the insurance dispute
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…
20-1243 Staci Burk v. Doug Ducey, Governor of Arizona, et al. Arizona 2021-03-10 Denied Response Waived case-or-controversy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process election-challenge equal-protection federal-jurisdiction first-amendment standing stare-decisis voter-registration Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing
19-1371 Roger Dean Waldner v. Bradley R. Hartke, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-06-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) article-iii case-or-controversy civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction judicial-admissions judicial-power jurisdictional-error rule-60(b)(4) standing void-judgment Is a district court's exercise of Article III judicial power over a non-controversy a rare instance of jurisdictional error that renders its judgment …
19-7586 Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania Civil Service Commission Pennsylvania 2020-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law case-or-controversy civil-procedure civil-rights civil-service due-process employment-law free-speech mootness public-employment ripeness standing statutory-interpretation veterans-rights voluntary-cessation Is the underlying case moot?
18-1487 Mercer County Board of Education, et al. v. Elizabeth Deal, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) case-or-controversy circuit-split civil-procedure exposure imminent-injury injunctive-relief mootness ripeness school school-program standing voluntary-cessation Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in finding that Jessica Roe has standing to seek an injunction against a school program to which she has no ongoing e…
18-9280 Miguel A. Jusino, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit 2019-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-or-controversy civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its application of the legal standard for determining if a plaintiff has standing to bring a claim
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
18-960 Nationwide Biweekly Administration, Inc. v. BMO Harris Bank, N.A. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1367 arbitration arbitration-agreement article-iii article-three case-or-controversy civil-procedure federal-court supplemental-jurisdiction third-party third-party-complaint Whether a plaintiff loses their right to have all claims that form part of the same case or controversy under Article III of the United States Constit…
18-6632 In Re Danny Howell 2018-11-08 Dismissed IFP adverse-consequences article-iii case-or-controversy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus standing Does the Court of Appeals abuse its discretion in refusing to permit consideration of a vital intervening legal development when petitioner's prior ha…
18-5800 Brent F. Williams v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-jurisdiction article-iii case-or-controversy civil-procedure heckler-v-chaney mootness mootness-doctrine standing standing-article-iii-constitution Whether the District Court lacks jurisdiction under Article III of the Constitution, Case or Controversy clause, in light of Heckler v. Chaney
18-5176 In Re Winex Eugene 2018-07-09 Denied IFP actual-innocence article-iii career-offender case-or-controversy categorical-approach constitutional-review redressability residual-clause sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers standing standing-civil-procedure Whether Mr. Eugene's incarceration constitutes a case involving substantial injury and satisfies the Article III case or controversy requirement