| 25A300 |
Torrence Denard Whitaker v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-09-16 |
Presumed Complete |
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bruen-methodology certiorari-review felony-possession firearm-restriction second-amendment text-and-history |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment as applied to an individual with a prior felony conviction under the text-and-historical-t… |
| 25-5053 |
Damar D. Ruffin v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-07-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction certiorari-review habeas-corpus second-successive-motion statutory-interpretation transfer-order |
The question presented is whether a circuit court errs in finding that a transfer order is not appealable, dismisses a petitioner's appeal of the dist… |
| 24A1242 |
Richard Rynn, et al. v. UHS of Phoenix, LLC, et al. |
Arizona |
2025-06-16 |
Presumed Complete |
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abuse-of-process administrative-agencies certiorari-review constitutional-due-process fraud state-court-proceedings |
Whether state courts and administrative agencies have systematically violated constitutional due process rights through abuse of process and fraudulen… |
| 24-946 |
Olympic Collection, Inc., et al. v. Aklilu Yohannes |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-03-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
certiorari-review constitutional-claim due-process garnishment-writ interlocutory-order state-action |
Whether an interlocutory order and failure to meet Rule 10 considerations warrant certiorari review |
| 24-5076 |
Chi Meng Yang v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-07-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-U.S.C.-666 bribery certiorari-review federal-state-cooperation harmless-error joint-operations public-authority-defense statutory-interpretation United-States-v.-Snyder |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's harmless error holding was based on an interpretation of 18-U.S.C.-666 that was subsequently narrowed by the Supreme Court… |
| 23A955 |
Joseph Anoruo v. Department of Veteran Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2024-04-24 |
Presumed Complete |
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administrative-review certiorari-review federal-employment merit-systems-protection-board retaliation whistleblower-protection |
Whether a federal whistleblower who alleges retaliation and wrongful termination can challenge an agency's credibility determination and seek correcti… |
| 22-7655 |
Benjamin Edward Bradley v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-05-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 castro-v-united-states certiorari-review circuit-court-review civil-procedure federal-procedure habeas-corpus motion-classification statutory-interpretation successive-petitions |
Did the Court below err in determining that the petitioner's second-in-time, §2255 motion was 'second [or] successive?' |
| 21-1392 |
Abigail Simon v. Jeremy Howard, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-04-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
actus-reus certiorari-review criminal-law criminal-sexual-conduct due-process jury-instructions legal-error sexual-assault standard-of-review trial-court |
Whether the state trial court judge gave erroneous jury instructions on the critical actus reus element of the crime of criminal sexual conduct |
| 21-7067 |
Kimmie Dwayne Baker v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2022-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
certiorari-review criminal-procedure due-process electronic-surveillance evidence exculpatory-evidence government-misconduct government-response judicial-procedure new-trial new-trial-motion surveillance |
Whether the government was obligated to respond and contest the merits of the July 3, 2022 motion, rather than moving to dismiss on the basis of untim… |
| 21-350 |
Infineum USA L.P. v. Chevron Oronite Company LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-09-07 |
GVR |
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administrative-review appointments-clause certiorari-review federal-circuit federal-rule-of-appellate-procedure-41 final-written-decision judicial-mandate mandate patent-proceedings united-states-v-arthrex |
Whether this Court should vacate the judgment below in view of its recent decision in United States v. Arthrex, Inc., and remand so that the United St… |
| 20-6073 |
Desmond Littlejohn v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-10-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c certiorari-review civil-rights crimes-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-law fourth-amendment ninth-circuit sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits the government from using a person's prior convictions for a crime of violence as a basis to enhance the senten… |
| 19-8633 |
Weylin O. Rodriguez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certiorari-review due-process eleventh-circuit evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus miller-el-standard precedent remand section-2255 supreme-court-precedent title-28-U.S.C-2255 |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit's decision not to remand for an evidentiary hearing was contrary to precedent requiring such a hearing under 28-U.S.C-225… |
| 19-1004 |
Robert James Jaffe v. Brad Sherman, United States Congressman |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-12 |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
certiorari-review checks-and-balances civil-rights congressional-oversight due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-fraud judicial-misconduct summary-dismissal supervisory-power supreme-court-discretion void-judgment |
Whether US Supreme Court justices may refuse to enforce FRCP rules and precedent |
| 19-806 |
Michael S. Barth v. Township of Bernards, New Jersey, et al. |
New Jersey |
2019-12-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
certiorari-review civil-procedure constitutional-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction legal-precedent procedural-due-process standing supreme-court-review takings tax truck-council |
Whether to revisit or distinguish National Private Truck Council, Inc. v. Oklahoma Tax Commission, 515 U.S. 582 (1995) and General Motors Corp. v. Cit… |
| 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 |
| 19-5104 |
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.… |
| 18-9018 |
Jupiter Dennell Wilson, Sr. v. City of Chesapeake, Virginia |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-04-29 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
age-discrimination age-retaliation certiorari-review circuit-court-conflict civil-rights fraud fraud-allegations fraud-on-the-record judicial-discretion race-discrimination race-retaliation retaliation |
Whether the United States Supreme Court can affirm the Fourth Circuit's certification of the consolidated case |
| 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 |
| 18-6765 |
Bernard J. Bagdis v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2018-11-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 certiorari-review circuit-split due-process federal-procedure finality habeas-corpus rehearing statute-of-limitations timeliness |
When does a criminal conviction become 'final' under 28 U.S.C. §2255(f)(1) if a petition for rehearing is filed after the petition for certiorari has … |
| 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 |