| 25-6314 |
Jose Fernando Lopez-Anchundia v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-12-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-power criminal-prosecution drug-enforcement extraterritorial-jurisdiction international-law maritime-law |
1. Does Congress's power "[t]o define and punish . . . Felonies committed on the high Seas," authorize the United States to impose its laws upon forei… |
| 24-7433 |
Zquareus Troyez Immanuel Thomas v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-06-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-power due-process federal-law interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation |
Whether the 'affecting commerce' element of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(l) requires more than proving the firearm or ammunition traveled across state lines at … |
| 24-6691 |
Jose Miguel Rosario-Rojas v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-03-04 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-power criminal-jurisdiction exclusive-economic-zone high-seas international-law maritime-law |
Whether Congress's Article 1, Section 8, Clause 10 power '[t]o define and punish . . . Felonies committed on the high Seas' authorizes the United Stat… |
| 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… |
| 22-5937 |
Prince Jones v. District of Columbia, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-iii civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-power due-process government-accountability judicial-jurisdiction standing statutory-jurisdiction |
Can D.C. Superior Court Judges exercise Statutory Jurisdiction under the color of Article III judicial Power, when Article III does not provide a Stat… |
| 20-1735 |
Angel Manuel Ortiz-Diaz, et al. v. United States, et al. |
First Circuit |
2021-06-17 |
Denied |
Amici (7)Relisted (2) |
agriculture-improvement-act cockfighting commerce-clause constitutional-power cultural-tradition federal-regulation local-traditions puerto-rico puerto-rico-sovereignty sovereignty |
Whether Congress has power under the Commerce Clause to criminalize cockfighting on the island of Puerto Rico |
| 20-8066 |
James Hill v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-05-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-power criminal-law due-process federal-prosecution federalism firearm-possession interstate-commerce standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the federal government may obtain a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) based on the purely local possession of a firearm that has previous… |
| 20-7663 |
Andre Watson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-04-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-power criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce jurisdictional-hook murder-for-hire tenth-amendment |
Did the United States, under our federal-state jurisdiction as set out in our Constitution, fail to establish Watson was properly guilty of Use of Int… |
| 20-6420 |
Oscar Urias Espinoza, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-power criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-law felony-restriction firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 19-6084 |
Jair Mendoza Montoya v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals-court constitutional-power criminal-jurisdiction criminal-jurisdiction-territorial-principle-extrat district-court drug-enforcement extraterritorial-effect international-waters maritime-jurisdiction nicaragua-international-waters statutory-interpretation territorial-principle |
Was the criminal jurisdiction of the United States based upon territorial principle, and unlawfully conferred to the U.S.A. by implication given to ex… |
| 18-1088 |
Kamran Asghari-Kamrani, et al. v. United Services Automobile Association |
Federal Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 constitutional-grant constitutional-power judicial-exceptions patent-act patent-eligibility statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-test |
Whether the Court's 'judicial exceptions' test for patent eligibility is unconstitutional and deviates from the plain language of Section 101 of the P… |
| 18-7667 |
Marion Taylor v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-procedure article-3 civil-procedure constitution constitutional-power due-process federal-courts judicial-proceeding judicial-proceedings judicial-review standing supervisory-power supreme-court-jurisdiction |
Whether the U.S. 5th Cir. Court of Appeals has so far departure from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceeding |
| 18-717 |
PMCM TV, LLC v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2018-12-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-agency administrative-agency-interpretation administrative-law agency-interpretation cable-television-regulation chevron-deference constitutional-interpretation constitutional-power federal-judiciary federal-statutes statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Should courts continue to follow the Chevron policy of deferring to administrative agency interpretations of federal statutes? |