| 25-6811 |
Gifford Johnson, III v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-02-13 |
Pending |
IFP |
circuit-court-split constitutional-duty ineffective-assistance newly-discovered-evidence schulp-claim sixth-amendment |
Whether the Fifth Circuit's application of Schulp's claim was unreasonable when newly presented evidence was not heard at trial and would qualify as n… |
| 25-6736 |
Tarra Anne Perez v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2026-02-06 |
Pending |
IFP |
constitutional-compact constitutional-duty government-branches judicial-protection liberty treason |
Whether the Constitution remains enforceable when all three branches of government fail to protect the People against actions amounting to treason, th… |
| 25-6395 |
In Re Wilfredo Feliciano-Rodriguez |
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2025-12-17 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-duty federal-jurisdiction judicial-power subject-matter-jurisdiction territorial-status writ-of-mandamus |
Whether the Court of Appeals violated its constitutional duty by failing to determine the absence of federal subject-matter jurisdiction and whether t… |
| 25-7 |
Dawn Keefer, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-07-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-iii-standing constitutional-duty elections-clause federal-elections legislative-authority state-officials |
Whether individual legislators have Article III standing to sue state and federal executive officials for altering the manner of federal elections in … |
| 24-6970 |
Brian Kerry O'Keefe v. Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada, Clark County, et al. |
Nevada |
2025-04-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-authority constitutional-duty federal-jurisdiction manifest-injustice supremacy-clause trial-court |
Whether the Supremacy Clause justifies a stay once the trial court had been provected and whether a state court of last resort maintains a constitutio… |
| 24-6307 |
In Re Bryan Lee Gregory |
|
2025-01-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-duty due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-review subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the United States federal court system has a constitutional duty to review and reach the merits of a subject matter jurisdiction challenge in … |
| 24-6199 |
Leon Paul Kavis, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-12-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal-consultation certificate-of-appealability constitutional-duty flores-ortega ineffective-assistance trial-counsel |
Could reasonable jurists debate that trial counsel's constitutional duty to consult with a defendant on whether to file an appeal pursuant Rose v. Flo… |
| 23-1374 |
Keyvon Sellers v. Jerry Nelson, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Eddie Lee Nelson, Jr., Deceased, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-07-02 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
civil-rights constitutional-duty deliberate-indifference due-process equal-protection jail-intake procedural-guideposts procedure qualified-immunity racial-segregation |
Whether a jail intake officer had a clearly-established constitutional duty to inform others about an inmate's alleged racial animus in underlying cha… |
| 23-680 |
In Re Frander Salguero |
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2023-12-22 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
brady-rule brady-violation constitutional-duty due-process false-evidence judicial-power mandamus mandamus-petition napue-rule prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether mandamus should compel the prosecutor to fulfill his constitutional duty and correct the known false record |
| 23-609 |
Frander Salguero v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, et al. |
California |
2023-12-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
constitutional-duty false-evidence habeas habeas-corpus mandamus prejudice-test prosecutor-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct structural-error |
Whether habeas is the sole remedy or remedy by mandamus is a permissible means to effectuate the constitutional duty to correct false evidence when a … |
| 22-1235 |
Brandon E. Ogbolu v. Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-06-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-duty disability-discrimination due-process emotional-distress felony-conduct pro-se public-interest standing sua-sponte |
Whether lower courts have a constitutional duty to sua sponte assess all unlawful conduct and harm to the public interest |
| 22-1028 |
Loy Arlan Brunson v. Alma S. Adams, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-04-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-duty due-process electoral-process national-security oath-of-office standing treason |
Whether the Supreme Court has the authority and duty to immediately cure a serious ongoing national security breach affecting the U.S., Canada, and Me… |
| 21-1606 |
Chase Yarbrough v. Santa Fe Independent School District, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-duty due-process nonstate-actor state-created-danger |
Whether this Court should resolve a Circuit split on the 'state-created danger' theory of a constitutional duty to protect citizens from a nonstate ac… |
| 21-6388 |
Calvin Roach v. Donald W. Washington, Director, United States Marshals Service, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-11-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-duty due-process federal-law legal-interpretation military-law military-oath oath-of-office retiree-obligations standing |
Whether military retirees are bound by their Oath to protect the United States Constitution against foreign and domestic enemies |
| 20-7865 |
Terry Lee Froman v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2021-04-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment constitutional-duty death-penalty fair-trial jury-selection racial-bias structural-error voir-dire |
Does trial counsel have an obligation to conduct a meaningful and comprehensive voir dire as it relates to racial bias, explicit or implicit, of juror… |
| 20-1392 |
Jason Fowler, et al. v. Brittany Irish, et al. |
First Circuit |
2021-04-05 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Relisted (3) |
circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-duty due-process law-enforcement qualified-immunity state-created-danger |
Did the First Circuit err in denying qualified immunity to Petitioners? |
| 20-6028 |
Carmencita Maria Pedro v. City Fitness, LLC, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-10-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-duty due-process equal-protection evidence-fabrication forgery judicial-integrity judicial-misconduct rule-of-law standing |
If United States District Court Judges are unable to discern the falsity of forged documents, how can the public have confidence in the federal judici… |
| 20-5961 |
Lemar Gant v. Brian Williams, Sr., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment constitutional-duty criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance prejudice state-court-review strickland-v-washington witness-investigation |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erroneously concluded Gant could not establish ineffective-assistance-of-counsel |
| 20-320 |
Jane Doe, et vir, Individually and as the Natural Parents and Next of Kin of Minor Doe v. Jackson Local School District Board of Education, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-09-10 |
Denied |
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circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-duty deliberate-indifference deshaney-exception due-process state-created-danger supreme-court-review |
Whether DeShaney v. Winnebago Cty. Dep't of Soc. Servs. created the exception of the State Created Danger Test? |
| 19-6409 |
Sean Reilly v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-duty contract-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel misunderstanding plea-bargaining sixth-amendment written-plea-offers |
Whether counsel for the accused has a constitutional duty under the Sixth Amendment to document and present the client plea offers (contracts) in writ… |
| 19-6110 |
Abimael Ayala-Gonzalez v. New York |
New York |
2019-10-01 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review brady-violation constitutional-duty criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification federal-claim ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel meaningful-representation-standard performance-prejudice-test prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment state-appellate-court strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Does a state appellate court have a duty to resolve a federal claim of ineffective assistance of counsel claim under the Federal performance/prejudice… |
| 18-5417 |
David Hardy v. William Adams, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-07-31 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-vi civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-duty due-process judicial-bias judicial-conduct legal-precedent rule-10 sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-court-of-appeals standing supreme-court |
Do federal judges have a constitutional duty to uphold the U.S. Constitution, via the mandate language of Article VI of same Constitution? |
| 18-114 |
G. Russell Rollyson, Jr., in His Official and Individual Capacity v. Jeffrey O'Neal, et ux. |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-26 |
Dismissed |
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constitutional-duty due-process notice notice-requirements property-rights qualified-immunity service-of-notice state-auditor statutory-interpretation tax-deed tax-lien tax-lien-purchaser |
Whether a Deputy State Auditor is entitled to qualified immunity because no previous court had interpreted the State's statutory scheme as imposing th… |