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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A652 Zbigniew M. Laskowski v. Washington Department of Labor & Industries Washington 2025-12-03 Application certiorari-petition disability-accommodation judicial-process legal-representation pro-se time-extension Question not identified.
25A613 Ammon Ra Sumrall v. Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-24 Application appellate-litigation-clinic certiorari-petition court-appointed-counsel jurisdictional-deadline supreme-court-rules time-extension Whether a court-appointed counsel from an appellate litigation clinic may be granted an extension of time to file a certiorari petition due to personn…
25A351 James Anthony Brian Morelock v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-26 Presumed Complete categorical-approach certiorari-petition circuit-split founding-era-practice historical-interpretation legal-doctrine Whether a circuit split exists regarding the proper categorical approach to interpreting a specific legal doctrine based on Founding-era historical pr…
25A325 Delmart Edward Vreeland v. Colorado Colorado 2025-09-19 Presumed Complete appellate-review certiorari-petition due-process extraordinary-circumstances illegal-sentence jurisdictional-defect Whether a state court's untimely and potentially jurisdictionally defective modification of a previously acknowledged illegal sentence violates a crim…
25A277 Christopher J. Rahaim v. Nancy M. Ley, former Judge, Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-10 Presumed Complete certiorari-petition court-rules fraud-on-court motion-for-leave page-limit pleading-requirements Whether the lower court improperly applied procedural rules that prevented a full and fair review of the petitioner's substantive claims involving fra…
25A195 Marcus T. Dixon v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-08-19 Presumed Complete certiorari-petition court-of-appeals federal-criminal-case jurisdiction supreme-court-rules time-extension Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari in a federal criminal case
24-7053 Valente Brito, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition fifth-circuit firearms-conviction plain-error-review second-amendment supreme-court-precedent Did the Fifth Circuit err in denying petitioner's argument that his federal firearms-related conviction violated the Second Amendment under plain erro…
24A305 RSBCO v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-30 Presumed Complete certiorari-petition counsel-representation fifth-circuit legal-procedure supreme-court-rules time-extension Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari in a case involving a Louisiana partnership's …
24-5399 Bruce K. Florence, III v. Eric Flowers, Sheriff, Indian River County, Florida Florida 2024-08-27 Denied IFP certiorari-petition constitutional-provision judicial-review legal-issue statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction Question not identified.
23-7843 Luis Alfredo Nanez-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent precedent precedent-overruling sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-7788 Francisco Valtierra-Zuniga v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure jury-trial precedent precedent-overruling sentencing supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-7737 Raul Gardea, Jr. v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process exhaustion ineffective-counsel jurisdictional-statement prosecution-costs state-habeas statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Question not identified.
23-7599 Jorge Ortiz-Juarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure overruling precedent-overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23A830 Shawn Thomas Borne v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-03-11 Presumed Complete certiorari-petition criminal-conviction felon-in-possession firearm-statute supreme-court-review tenth-circuit Whether a conviction for felon in possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(c)(1) is constitutionally valid or requires further judicial review
23-6869 Corey Jarren Forbito v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment certiorari-petition circuit-split civil-rights constitutional constitutional-challenge due-process firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment?
23-6714 Ramon Umberto Cortez-Rodriguez, aka Ramon Humberto Cortez-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-appeal judicial-review jury-trial precedent-overruling sentencing Supreme-Court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23A707 Gavin G. Brown v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-31 Presumed Complete certiorari-petition constitutional-claims eleventh-circuit federal-review habeas-corpus section-2254 Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals correctly applied the standard for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in denying the petitioner…
23A629 Henry Eugene Gossage v. Reality Homes, Inc., et al. Washington 2024-01-09 Presumed Complete certiorari-petition court-procedure extension-of-time pro-se-filing procedural-defect supreme-court-rules Whether a pro se litigant's procedural deficiencies in filing a Supreme Court application for extension of time can be cured through subsequent correc…
23A482 Mark Anthony Crudup, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-11-29 Presumed Complete certiorari-petition court-appointed-counsel fourth-circuit ineffective-assistance jurisdictional-deadline withdrawal-of-counsel Whether a criminal defendant's right to effective assistance of counsel is violated when his court-appointed attorney seeks to withdraw without ensuri…
23-5917 Salvador Diaz-Diaz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent precedent-overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23A277 David Wong v. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-09-28 Presumed Complete appellate-jurisdiction certiorari-petition extension-of-time memorandum-opinion ninth-circuit standard-of-review Whether the Ninth Circuit properly applied the applicable standard of review in evaluating petitioner's claims on appeal
22-5866 Gregory A. Milton, aka G v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 924(c) categorical-approach certiorari-petition constitutional-claim hobbs-act section-924c supreme-court-review united-states-v-davis united-states-v-taylor Whether a Hobbs Act conviction can support a violation of 18 U.S.C. §924(c) under the categorical approach
21-7531 Michael G. Peters v. City of Houston, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-04-04 Dismissed IFP certiorari-petition civil-procedure civil-rights court-review due-process federal-tax-code free-speech legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation takings tax-liability Whether the court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims
21-7002 Jeffrey Charles Wren v. Rosemary Ndoh, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition civil-procedure civil-rights court-filing due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review legal-document pleadings scotus-petition standing supreme-court Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
21-5922 Edwin Oland Andrus v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certiorari-petition civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process individual-rights judicial-review statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Should this Court grant writ of Certiorari addressing constitutional issues, correcting a miscarriage of justice
20-6616 In Re Theresa Romain 2020-12-14 Denied IFP 6th-amendment certiorari-petition civil-procedure constitutional-fairness due-process fairness finality-of-legal-process legal-process standing state-interest void-order Whether a void order within the meaning of the Constitution can automatically restrain a petition to Certiorari?
20-5751 Pedro Fernandez-de Campa v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law certiorari-petition criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-reconsideration precedent precedent-review sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether Al/mendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), should be overruled
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 …
19-7717 Tarvis M. Wilson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2020-02-20 Denied IFP bail certiorari-petition civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process excessive-bail federal-statute fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge lower-court-conflict pretrial-detention standing supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether the constitutional prohibition on excessive bail, as incorporated through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, requires a state cour…
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
19-6345 William N. Lucy v. Mary Cooks Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review bankruptcy-proceedings certiorari-petition civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process eviction habeas-corpus judicial-error post-conviction-relief property-rights standing trial-court-discretion Whether the Mobile County Circuit Court abused its discretion in granting an eviction order while the petitioner was in bankruptcy
19-6207 Kevin Henderson v. Don Bottom, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition circuit-conflict civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-question due-process federal-courts judicial-precedent legal-interpretation merits precedent standing supreme-court supreme-court-review Did the Sixth Circuit err when reaching conclusions arguably in conflict and inconsistent with this Supreme Court's decisions?
19-5309 William Dante Mitchell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP certiorari-petition criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearms-violation habeas-corpus sentencing sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court violent-felony Whether this Court should hold the instant petition in light of Shular v. United States
18-9116 Jesus Cotto v. Jacqueline Lashbrook, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition compliance-exception due-process exhaustion-of-remedies federal-court-discretion federal-court-review federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review post-conviction procedural-default procedural-rules state-court-determination state-court-rules state-courts Whether Federal Courts May Excuse A Petitioner's Failure To Comply With The State Court's Procedural Rules, Notwithstanding The State Court's Determin…
18-6567 Luis Delprado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition criminal-history-enhancement generic-offense herrold-v-united-states quarles-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines statute-of-conviction statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states supreme-court-review united-states-v-stitt Whether the required fit between a defendant's prior statute of conviction and a 'generic' offense for the purposes of a criminal history enhancement
18-5847 Jaime Shakur Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition chavez-meza circuit-split criminal-procedure en-banc en-banc-review plain-error reasonableness remand sentencing sentencing-reasonableness Should this Court hold this Petition until the court below renders its forthcoming en banc decision in United States v. Reyes-Contreras?
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…