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25A724 Wade Reeves v. Alisha Gregorio Oklahoma 2025-12-22 Application appellate-review constitutional-authority contempt-proceeding due-process jurisdictional-challenge void-judgment Question not identified.
25-704 Fulton County, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Dominion Voting Systems, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2025-12-17 Pending breach-of-contract constitutional-authority elections-clause procedural-error standing voting-machines Article I, § 4, cl. 1 , the " Elections Clause " of the United States Constitution , delegates to the states, the Time, Manner, and Place of conduct…
25A528 Fulton County, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Dominion Voting Systems, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2025-11-06 Application breach-of-warranty constitutional-authority election-administration election-contract subject-matter-jurisdiction voting-systems Whether a county election board and county commissioners have standing to bring a breach of contract claim against a voting machine vendor for alleged…
25-5704 Jeanie Reese v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., et al. California 2025-09-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggregate-effects child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-authority federal-prosecution interstate-commerce 1. Does-the "Aggregate Effects'! doctrine under Gonzales v Raich , 545 US 1 (2005) expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original limits desi…
25-5481 Isaac John Olivas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-27 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-authority federal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment 1. Federal law bans the possession of fire arms by anyone who has ever been convicted of a crime punishable by more th an one year of imprisonment. 18…
25-5407 Brandon Keith Thompson v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-authority criminal-possession federal-jurisdiction interstate-movement statutory-interpretation Apparently exercising its authority under the Commerce Clause, Congress criminally prohibited the simple possession of a firearm that was "in or affec…
25-5352 Antonio Robledo Tovar v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority federal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment 1. Federal law bans the possession of fire arms by anyone who has ever been convicted of a crime punishable by more th an one year of imprisonment. 18…
25-5348 Hector Cristobal Mejia-Estrada v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-commission standard-conditions supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
25-5032 In Re John Alan Conroy 2025-07-03 Denied IFP aggregate-effects commerce-clause constitutional-authority fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce 1. Does the "Aggregate Effects" doctrine under Gonzales v Raich , 545 US 1 (2005) expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original limits designa…
24-1286 Jeffrey Buford v. Georgia Georgia 2025-06-17 Denied Response Waived constitutional-authority due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure original-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the U.S. Supreme Court has original jurisdiction when a state is a party to the case and a citizen of another state is involved
24-1250 Art Bullock, et al. v. R-Ranch Property Owners' Association, et al. California 2025-06-06 Denied Response Waived appellate-rules constitutional-authority due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-review stare-decisis Whether the California Supreme Court's no-stare-decisis rules violate the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing lower court review of rule constitutional…
24-7321 In Re Adolfo Herrera-Sustaita 2025-05-29 Denied IFP aggregate-effects commerce-clause constitutional-authority fair-notice federal-prosecution intrastate-activity Does the 'Aggregate Effects' doctrine under Gonzales v Raich expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original constitutional limits of the Commer…
24-7258 In Re Paul Kenneth Cromar 2025-05-21 Denied IFP 16th-amendment constitutional-authority federal-district-court income-tax non-apportioned-tax subject-matter-jurisdiction Does the federal district court possess subject-matter jurisdiction to conduct tax trials and enforce IRS assessments of a non-apportioned direct tax …
24-7110 In Re Phillip James Colwell 2025-05-01 Denied IFP child-pornography-prevention commerce-clause constitutional-authority fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce Does the 'Aggregate Effects' doctrine under Gonzales v Raich expand federal prosecution powers beyond constitutional Commerce Clause limits, and can C…
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 …
24-6432 Zemirah El v. Bernard Moore, dba Administrative Clerk Third Circuit 2025-01-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-authority diversity-jurisdiction due-process judicial-immunity oath-of-office void-judgment Whether a judge refusing to take the oath of office loses judicial immunity and renders their orders void ab initio
24-6418 Patrick L. Booker v. South Carolina South Carolina 2025-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-authority contempt-of-court due-process hearing-rights judicial-discretion Question not identified.
24-5852 Alexander W. Kawleski v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-authority criminal-procedure due-process interstate-commerce witness-credibility Did the lower courts err in not granting a new trial based on contradictory witness testimony and potential due process violations in a child pornogra…
24-465 Texas, et al. v. Jerry Black, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-10-24 GVR Relisted (3) administrative-law constitutional-authority federal-trade-commission legislative-delegation private-rulemaking separation-of-powers Whether Congress unconstitutionally delegated legislative authority to a private entity in the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA)
24-439 Miller Mendel, Inc. v. City of Anna, Texas Federal Circuit 2024-10-18 Denied Response Waived article-iii constitutional-authority impeachment-process judicial-removal mental-health-evaluation patent-appeals Whether the Federal Circuit improperly removed an Article III judge from judicial duties and undermined patent appeals adjudication by mandating a men…
24-278 Ryan K. Jones, et ux. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-09-11 Denied Response Waived constitutional-authority due-process interstate-commerce iRS-discretion takings-clause tax-collection-powers Whether the Supreme Court should reconsider the IRS's tax collection powers and constitutional authority under the Interstate Commerce Clause and Taki…
24-5191 Quentin Veneno, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-07-31 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (22)IFP constitutional-authority courtroom-closure criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure intratribal-conduct presley-v-georgia public-trial rule-51(b) rule-51b tribal-sovereignty Does the constitutional mandate to consider alternatives to courtroom closure apply to audio/video streaming?
24-98 Norman Abood, et al. v. James P. Carroll, Chapter 7 Trustee Third Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied article-iii-courts article-three bankruptcy bankruptcy-court congress-power constitutional-authority judicial-council jurisdictional-challenge statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Whether the Virgin Islands Bankruptcy Court is lawfully constituted under Article III, § 1 of the United States Constitution
24-5159 Luis Marin and Luis Chavez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority constitutional-power due-process felonies-clause high-seas international-law maritime-law statutory-interpretation vessel-status Whether Congress' authority to 'define and punish...Felonies committed on the high Seas,' U.S. Const. art. I § 8, cl. 10 (the 'Felonies Clause'), is l…
23-7817 Fernando Angel Puga v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines standard-conditions supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
23-1237 County of Fulton, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Al Schmidt, Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. Pennsylvania 2024-05-24 Denied Response Waived article-i-section-4 constitutional-authority county-boards-of-elections due-process election-integrity election-law elections judicial-sanctions pennsylvania-general-assembly pennsylvania-supreme-court voting-equipment voting-machines Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court err in allowing a special master to order voting machines owned by the County of Fulton to be placed in custody of …
23A901 Carl Gordon v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-09 Presumed Complete california-constitution conflict-of-interest constitutional-authority false-claims-act gubernatorial-recall void-ab-initio Whether the California gubernatorial recall election and laws enacted during that period are void ab initio due to Governor Newsom's alleged lack of c…
23-7044 Melanie A. Ogle v. Hocking County Common Pleas Court, et al. Ohio 2024-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process personal-jurisdiction right-to-counsel sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction void-conviction Absence-of-counsel,Sixth-Amendment,Sentencing,Personal-jurisdiction,Subject-matter-jurisdiction,Void-sentence
23-6798 Qaya Mikel Gordon v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-power constitutional-authority due-process indian-affairs major-crimes-act native-nations tribal-sovereignty trust-obligations Whether Congress exceeded its authority under the Constitution by enacting the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. §1153, as applied to crimes committed by In…
23-5940 John Paul Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
23-5773 Adrian De La Torre v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
23-5503 Roman Alvarado, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
23-96 Fulton County, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al. Pennsylvania 2023-08-02 Denied Response Waived article-i-section-4 constitutional-authority contempt-sanction county-boards-of-elections dominion-voting dominion-voting-systems election-board election-law election-procedures pennsylvania-general-assembly pennsylvania-supreme-court voting-rights Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court err in holding Petitioners, County Board of Elections, in contempt for conducting an inspection of voting machines …
22-7873 Aguina Aguina v. Choong-Dae Kang, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii bankruptcy-settlement constitutional-authority court-of-appeals judicial-discretion ninth-circuit public-policy rooker-feldman-doctrine Did the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit err in approving the settlement of Trustee's and petitioner ex-wife's dispute
22-1232 Bernard D. Holland v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fourth Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-authority constitutional-law direct-taxation due-process form-4852 internal-revenue-service irs-authority standing tax-law Is the IRS required to follow the Constitution and tax laws?
22-7526 Charles Edward Krupalla v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-commission separation-of-powers supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
22-7332 In Re Michael Paul Martin 2023-04-20 Denied IFP child-pornography commerce-clause congressional-findings constitutional-authority due-process economic-impact fair-notice federal-criminal-offense gonzales-v-raich interstate-commerce Whether there is proper Fair Notice under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a)
22-7089 In Re William Hopmeier 2023-03-24 Denied IFP aggregate-effects-doctrine child-pornography congressional-findings constitutional-authority due-process economic-impact fair-notice gonzales-v-raich interstate-commerce Whether there is proper Fair Notice under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) for intrastate production of child pornography
22-6626 Jonathan Jefferson Ferris v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
22-6510 Daniel Marmolejo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-commission separation-of-powers supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
22-6423 Michael Deshawn Homer v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-authority criminal-law felon-in-possession firearms police-power Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g))
22-6422 Richard Bernard Nichols v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g))
22-6420 Rodney Deangelo Jordan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power felon-possession firearms-regulation police-power statutory-interpretation Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g))
22-6314 Ramiro Leal v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g))
22-6246 Antonio Osorio-Mendez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-commission separation-of-powers supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
22-5963 Russell Spain v. Shenese Jones New York 2022-11-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-authority custody custody-dispute federal-law federal-law-violation judicial-jurisdiction national-security procedural-compliance rule-10 Did the lower courts preside within the scope of the United States Constitution?
22-5918 Tommy Allen Dickenson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g))
22-5841 Harry Sharod James v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure commerce-clause confrontation-clause constitutional-authority district-court filing-fee judicial-tax procedural-discretion standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the United States District Court of North Carolina, Eastern District abuse its discr…
22-5208 In Re Paul C. Bolin 2022-07-27 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment administrative-rules civil-rights constitutional-authority court-filing due-process free-speech judicial-procedure legal-submissions ninth-circuit standing takings Does the SCOTUS petition raise a constitutional right to carry concealed firearms?
21-8186 In Re Douglas Cornell Jackson 2022-06-21 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-authority district-court due-process filing-refusal habeas-corpus petition-rights pro-se standing Whether the United States District Court Clerk was constitutionally authorized to refuse to file a pro se litigant's petition for habeas corpus
21-8060 Darrell Cordell Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-authority constitutional-limits federal-power felon-in-possession firearms-regulation police-power second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g))
21-1441 Emanuel McCray v. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration Sixth Circuit 2022-05-13 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-rulemaking constitutional-authority constitutional-interpretation executive-authority federal-constitution legislative-power occupational-safety public-health separation-of-powers What is the appropriate constitutional authority embodied in Articles I and III and the Tenth and Thirteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution that …
21-1280 In Re J. Cory Cordova 2022-03-22 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-authority fifth-circuit full-faith-and-credit improper-removal judicial-removal procedural-fairness removal subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Fifth Circuit exceeded its constitutional and appellate authority
21-1078 Office of the United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-02-04 GVR Relisted (2) bankruptcy-act bankruptcy-administrators bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-trustees congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-interpretation judicial-districts quarterly-fees uniform-laws Whether Section 1004(a) of the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 contravened Congress's constitutional authority to establish uniform laws on the bankr…
21-6338 Danquan A. Fanning v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii article-iii-authority article-iv-court constitutional-authority court-judgment criminal-procedure due-process judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction legal-usurpation territorial-court Whether the United States District Court, as an Article IV Territorial Court, illegally usurped Article III Constitutional Authority and illegally ent…
21-6312 Manuel Melgar-Diaz and Joaquin Benito-Mendoz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law congressional-delegation constitutional-authority constitutional-law executive-power government-branches legislative-delegation legislative-power non-delegation-doctrine separation-of-powers Whether Congress can delegate its authority to another branch of government consistent with the Constitution by merely providing an 'intelligible prin…
21-204 Montgomery Blair Sibley v. Frank Paul Geraci, Jr., et al. Second Circuit 2021-08-13 Denied Response Waived bivens-claim constitutional-authority due-process first-amendment frivolous judicial-immunity removal separation-of-powers sua-sponte-dismissal Whether a district court judge violates due process by sua sponte dismissing a complaint as frivolous without a hearing
20-8365 Richard L. Gathercole v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-authority constitutional-law due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-jurisdiction legal-remedy standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit exceeded the scope of its analysis in rejecting the appellant's resistance claim
20-1657 Minor Lee McNeil v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-05-27 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-authority due-process executive-branch federal-jurisdiction federal-power trading-with-enemy-act trading-with-the-enemy-act treason war-powers Whether the use of the federal War power via the amended (TWEA), to establish federal jurisdictions inside the Union States is an act of Treason?
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…
20-1056 Justin Wolfe v. Virginia Virginia 2021-02-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-rights constitutional-authority criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas forfeiture-rule plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct vindictive-prosecution Whether a state court can avoid the federal constitutional issues raised by a vindictive-prosecution claim
20-6504 Carolyn Barnes v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority delegated-authority due-process ex-post-facto fundamental-rights judicial-review motion-to-recuse recusal retaliation standard-of-review Whether it violates due process to ignore a Motion to Recuse and apply the wrong standard of review
20-574 Jake Corman, et al. v. Pennsylvania Democratic Party, et al. Pennsylvania 2020-10-30 Denied Amici (2)Response WaivedRelisted (4) constitutional-authority election-deadlines election-integrity election-law election-procedures elections-clause intervention judicial-interpretation legislative-power mail-in-ballots presidential-electors Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court majority violated the United States Constitution by usurping the Pennsylvania General Assembly's plenary author…
20-542 Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Veronica Degraffenreid, Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. Pennsylvania 2020-10-26 Denied Amici (9)Response WaivedRelisted (4) constitutional-authority election-law elections-clause electors-clause federal-election-day federal-election-statutes judicial-interpretation mail-in-ballots mail-in-voting pennsylvania-supreme-court preemption Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court majority usurped the Pennsylvania General Assembly's plenary authority
20-5472 Henry Dailey v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-authority criminal-procedure due-process federal-law jurisdictional-challenge restitution sentencing state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the district court had legal and constitutional authority to impose restitution, in light of the clause in 18 U.S.C. 3231, and Mo. Rev. Stat. …
20-5284 Tony Lam v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-authority controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law drug-conspiracy sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does the U.S. Sentencing Commission's use of the Sentencing Guideline commentary in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 to capture drug conspiracy offenses within the me…
19-8916 Adam Lee Hamilton v. Eileen Ramey, Warden Missouri 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP arizona-v-youngblood brady-v-maryland constitutional-authority criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence first-degree-assault impeachment-evidence missouri-prosecution napue-v-illinois Does the State of Missouri have the authority under the Constitution of the United States to charge, try, and convict the petitioner of first-degree r…
19-8538 Jeffrey W. Smiles v. Berks County, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2020-05-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-taking civil-rights constitutional-authority due-process eminent-domain property-rights standing stare-decisis takings Can a political subdivision take private property without due process?
19-1152 ISL Loan Trust, et al. v. Millennium Lab Holdings II, LLC, et al. Third Circuit 2020-03-20 Denied Response Waived article-iii bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-court-authority constitutional-authority debtor-creditor-relationship equitable-mootness non-debtor-claims non-debtor-releases nonconsensual-release restructuring restructuring-debtor-creditor stern-v-marshall Whether a bankruptcy court has authority to enter final judgment releasing without consent a non-debtor's claims against other non-debtors
19-7964 Varis R. Aizupitis v. Delaware Delaware 2020-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege confidential-materials constitutional-authority criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-defect criminal-process defense-counsel due-process federal-judiciary federal-jurisdiction ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strategic-intentions structural-defect structural-error Whether the release of confidential materials by defense counsel creates a structural defect in a criminal process where the release is contrary to th…
19-715 Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Mazars USA, LLP, et al. District of Columbia 2019-12-05 Judgment Issued Amici (1) civil-rights congressional-oversight constitutional-authority due-process executive-privilege legislative-purpose separation-of-powers standing statutory-authority subpoena subpoena-power Whether the Committee has the constitutional and statutory authority to issue this subpoena
19-6803 Carmieshra Gorman v. Regina Cole California 2019-12-03 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-authority due-process insurance-law insurance-regulation intentional-tort judicial-discretion standing state-regulation takings Does the Court Exceed Constitutional Authority in Defending the State's Regulation of Insurance vis a vis the Court's Predatory Treatment of Personal …
19-6546 Elmer Misael Garcia Ramirez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-authority define-and-punish-clause due-process high-seas international-law international-waters jurisdiction maritime-law nexus Whether the trial court lacked jurisdiction because neither the U.S. Constitution nor any theory of international law permits jurisdiction to be asser…
19-323 Charles V. Schneider v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eighth Circuit 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-court-ruling circuit-court-rulings circuit-split constitutional-authority constitutional-authority-of-courts federal-law inferior-courts judicial-conflict judicial-hierarchy judicial-review judicial-supremacy legal-precedent statutory-interpretation supervisory-power supreme-court-precedent Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (or any other inferior court) has the Constitutional authority to rule in conflict with rulin…
18-1240 Phil Kerpen, et al. v. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-03-25 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) accountability articles-i-and-ii congressional-delegation constitutional-accountability constitutional-authority core-federal-power delegation federal-power federal-property federal-statute government-accountability guarantee-clause inherently-federal interstate-compact separation-of-powers Whether the delegation of federal power to an unaccountable interstate compact violates the separation of powers and the Guarantee Clause
18-1214 Wilbur L. Ross, Secretary of Commerce, et al. v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-18 GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-procedure-act apportionment-clause census-act census-citizenship-question census-data commerce-department commerce-secretary constitutional-authority constitutional-provisions district-court-injunction due-process equal-protection federalism judicial-injunction standing statutory-interpretation voting-rights-act Whether the district court erred in enjoining the Secretary of Commerce from reinstating a citizenship question to the 2020 decennial census
18-227 Justin Michael Wolfe v. Virginia Virginia 2018-08-22 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appeal appellate-review class-precedent class-v-united-states constitutional-authority constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-plea-bargaining double-jeopardy due-process guilty-plea plea-bargaining state-court state-court-appeals vindictive-prosecution Whether a guilty plea in state court waives the right to raise on appeal the constitutional authority of the State to prosecute based on a claim of vi…