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25-848 Alabama v. Michael Anthony Powell Alabama 2026-01-15 Pending Relisted (4) constitutional-procedure context-analysis griffin-error prejudice-standard prosecutorial-comment self-incrimination 1. Whether courts must reverse for Griffin error without examining a prosecutor's comment in context and without finding prejudice. Or the Court shou…
25-841 Henry Troy Wade v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-15 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2) brady-violation constitutional-procedure due-process grand-jury sixth-amendment wire-fraud 1. Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. §1343 must be vacated where the Government obtained a verdict under a theory materially broader than the indic…
25-6551 Esteban Burgos v. Florida Florida 2026-01-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court constitutional-procedure district-court judicial-administration speedy-trial-rule supreme-court-order 1. MAY A DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS, AND CIRCUIT COURT DISREGARD MANDATORY RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION ASSOCIATED WITH A SUPREME COURT ORDER? 2…
25-432 Carl Ellen Puckett, Jr., et ux. v. Ain Jeem, Inc., et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-10-09 Denied Response Waived auto-pen-signature constitutional-procedure informed-consent judicial-nomination presidential-delegation quorum-validity United States Supreme court precedent has determined that a party affected by the appellate circuit decision of what they believe to be an improper ju…
25-230 Carina Conerly, et al. v. Sharif R. Tarpin, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-08-27 Denied child-custody constitutional-procedure first-amendment judicial-discretion school-access videotaping-rights 1. WHETHER, Petitioner should consider a State Judges laws Constitutionally Powerful, when the Justice System Court Judges ban, by court order, Petiti…
25-5295 David C. Lettieri v. Department of Justice, et al. Second Circuit 2025-08-06 Denied IFP appeal-duration constitutional-procedure jurisdictional-timing notice-of-appeal prisoner-mailbox-rule procedural-prejudice 1. For a notice of appeal it is sixty days from the notice to the petitioner? 2. Does the "prisioner mailbox rule" matter? 3. Does length of duratio…
24-7483 DeAngelo Zieglar v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2025-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP caldwell-precedent capital-punishment constitutional-procedure death-penalty jury-selection moratorium-impact In light of Caldwell v. Mississippi, 472 U.S. 320 (1985), where a state has instituted an indefinite and formal moratorium on the death penalty, wheth…
24-7173 Terrell Perkins v. Gregory Hancock, Warden Eighth Circuit 2025-05-12 Denied IFP child-witness confrontation-rights constitutional-procedure courtroom-testimony defendant-presence emotional-distress Whether a defendant's confrontation rights under Craig, are violated when a court permits a minor child witness to testify outside the defendant's pre…
24-6935 Billy Minh Tran v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-04-07 Denied IFP aedpa-limitation constitutional-procedure court-jurisdiction judicial-fraud judicial-qualification oath-of-office (1) Does an elected judge must take the oath of office? (2) If yes, then must that judge sign the document in the present of the officer who administ…
24-6736 David C. Lettieri v. Federal Bureau of Investigation Second Circuit 2025-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-court constitutional-procedure in-forma-pauperis judicial-delay notification-requirement procedural-rights 1. How long does an appeal court have before it becomes a violation of rights? 2. Does the plaintiff have a right to be notified of ah informa paupri…
24-6619 Mutaz Al Shara v. United States Federal Circuit 2025-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-procedure due-process government-accountability injunctive-relief judicial-misconduct subject-matter-jurisdiction Capital Case. Questions presented where The Judge is wrong: This was supposed to have been a human rights defender who protect and defend the human …
24-6065 Joshua Austin Ward v. Kentucky Kentucky 2024-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-procedure defendant-rights hybrid-representation pro-se waiver witness-selection Where a defendant has been permitted to proceed pro se, does his agreement to the assistance of counsel on some issues — generally known as "hybrid re…
24-5702 James Robert Bailey v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-procedure district-court good-faith-exception legal-error void-ab-initio warrant-validity Whether the district erred by applying the good-faith exception to a warrant that was void ab initio?
24-5582 Clement Mosseri v. 7 West 21 LI LLC Second Circuit 2024-09-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-procedure court-jurisdiction due-process federal-review judicial-jurisdiction 1. Does the United States have an obligation, and a duty, to provide a Fair and Unbiased forum to resolve legal issues, a system of courts that abide …
24-205 Michael Alan Weiss, as Executor of Estate of Jane L. Marsh v. Peggy Pei Lin, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-23 Denied Relisted (2) 9th-circuit constitutional-procedure due-process federal-appellate-procedure judicial-misconduct property-rights (a) Has the 9th Circuit panel, and/or its clerk and staff attorney, used procedural or substantive springes unconstitutional under the 5th Amendment D…
24-121 John Won v. United States Second Circuit 2024-08-02 Denied Amici (1) confrontation-clause constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process evidence exceptional-circumstances interest-of-justice sixth-amendment two-way-video video-testimony Whether the Confrontation Clause contains an exception that permits the government to present testimony at a criminal trial by two-way video so long a…
23-6849 Juan Salazar-Grimaldo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-procedure criminal-indictment criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-determination jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe…
23-6624 In Re Johnny Jones 2024-01-30 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-procedure criminal-law due-process florida-statutes jurisdiction legislative-process legislative-validity statutory-interpretation statutory-revision subject-matter-jurisdiction DOES THE LAW AS ENACTED BY THE 1974, LEGISLATURE IN CHAPTER 74-121 APPEAR IN THE 1974 SUPPLEMENT TO FLORIDA STATES 1973? Does Statute 794.011(2) exis…
23-6013 Calvin Cogdill v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-11-15 GVR Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-procedure criminal-sentencing fifth-amendment indictment jury reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation May a district court judge properly find, by a preponderance of the evidence, the uncharged, non-elemental fact that a person committed three prior of…
23-399 In Re Bahig F. Bishay 2023-10-17 Denied Response Waived all-writs-act article-iii circuit-disqualification civil-rights civil-rights-claims constitutional-procedure due-process judicial-impartiality mandamus mandamus-relief standing May a U.S. circuit concede its [dis]qualification to adjudicate matters naming the Petitioner; after the majority of its judges in regular active serv…
22-6864 In Re Abdush S. DuBose 2023-02-24 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-procedure criminal-defendant due-process grand-jury indictment judicial-discretion jurisdiction jury-selection standing trial-rights Question not identified.
22-6745 Robert Hill v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP Batson-challenge civil-rights constitutional-procedure due-process eighth-circuit equal-protection jury-selection prima-facie-evidence prosecutorial-discretion standard-of-review A. WHETHER PETITIONER ESTABLISHED PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATING COUNTERVAILING FACTORS EXCUSING HIM FROM MAKING HIS SIMILARLY SITUATED BATSON-BAS…
22-6382 James A. Warren v. Florida Florida 2022-12-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP capital-crime capitol-crime constitutional-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process fifth-amendment florida-constitution grand-jury indictment presentment 1. Does Article I Section 15(a) of the Florida Constitution prohibit any person from being tried for a capitol crime without presentment or indictment…
22-6225 Jerome Kieffer v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-procedure criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction fourth-amendment imprisonment-rights religious-land-use rluipa sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness (1) Does the Unconstitutionally Vague language, Struck down by the Court in 18USC 10), apply to 18USC 722(c)(G)? (2) May a Stipulation Suffice To Con…
22-332 Terraform Labs Pte Ltd., et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission Second Circuit 2022-10-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-procedure corporate-tag corporate-tag-jurisdiction due-process personal-jurisdiction sec-rules service-of-process 1. Did the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") properly exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign company when its only purpo…
22-5593 Richard Anthony Rodriguez v. California California 2022-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-rule constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial jury-trial-right juvenile-adjudication prior-conviction-exception prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sixth-amendment Can juvenile adjudications, obtained without a trial by jury, be relied upon to enhance a defendant's sentence in a later proceeding? Thus, the quest…
22-5526 William Paul Burch v. Homeward Residential Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP article-iii-judge bankruptcy civil-procedure constitutional-procedure due-process federal-court judicial-discretion jurisdiction removal removal-jurisdiction standing state-court "Is it a violation of the United States Constitution for a federal court to accept removal of a case from state court after thirty days or can it be e…
22-133 Lakshmi Arunachalam v. Kronos Incorporated Federal Circuit 2022-08-11 Denied Response Waived appeal-dismissal civil-procedure collateral-estoppel constitutional-procedure court-docketing due-process fee-waiver improperly-decided-case judicial-conflict-of-interest precedent-review standing trustees-of-dartmouth-college-v-woodward 1. Whether dismissing an appeal when a fee waiver Motion is pending is constitutional. 2. Whether dismissing the appeal after annihilating the record…
22-5327 Lavone Ganithus Dixon, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-08-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-procedure court-record due-process evidence-admission federal-prosecution record-of-court search-warrant structural-error 1. As Courts of the United States are Courts of Record, is it structural error for the federal Prosecution to rely upon a state search warrant for the…
21-7719 Gary Wall v. Jeffrey Kiser, Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-procedure due-process executive-detention habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-rules retroactivity teague-nonretroactivity teague-v-lane Does the Fourth Circuit's holding that new procedural rules cannot apply to any federal habeas proceeding, even where federal habeas is a petitioner's…
21-6800 Abdulkhaliq Mohammed Murshid, aka Andy v. Mississippi Mississippi 2022-01-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment business-records civil-rights compulsory-process constitutional-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-action law-enforcement prosecutorial-discretion search-and-seizure Wether officers can Search my business without a search waran Also, wether the prosecution should look for wonvictron but not justice in addition to …
21-6574 Robert Tracy Warterfield v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-12-10 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-procedure contracts-clause due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment interlocutory-appeal plea-agreements right-to-petition Can a lawfully perfected interlocutory appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1292(a)(1) that has been fully briefed and pending in the United States Court of …
21-5321 Jerome Kieffer v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phone-privacy civil-rights constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment free-speech government-seizure standing (1) Does the unconstitutionally vague language, stack down, as by the Court in USC 10@) Apply to 18 USC 72a¢g)(L)? (2) May a Stipulation Suffice to C…
21-5201 Susan Kaytlin Scott v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split circuit-courts constitutional-law constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure custody-determination due-process fifth-amendment law-enforcement-interrogation miranda-custody miranda-warning 1. Do the Circuit Courts' different tests used to determine custody status for purposes of Miranda lead to inconsistent results? 2. Did the District …
20-8106 Roy Taylor v. Cynthia Brann, Commissioner, New York Department of Corrections New York 2021-05-21 Denied IFP bail-modification bail-reform constitutional-procedure court-discretion criminal-procedure discretion due-process excessive-bail misdemeanor misdemeanor-charges WHETHER NEW YORK STATE COURTS "ERRORED" NOT ADDRESSING THE MERITS OF: 1. WHETHER THE NEW YORK COUNTY SUPREME COURT ERRED EXONERATING BAIL ($125,000) …
20-7990 Jose Meza v. Stuart Sherman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruton-v-united-states co-defendant-statements co-defendants confrontation-clause constitutional-procedure crawford-v-washington criminal-evidence informant ninth-circuit-interpretation testimonial testimonial-statements 1. Did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004) effectively and silently overruled Bruton v. United States, 39…
20-7732 Tina LaSonya Brown v. Florida Florida 2021-04-13 Denied IFP aggravating-factors appellate-review capital-sentencing constitutional-procedure death-penalty due-process ex-post-facto jury-finding jury-findings sixth-amendment ONE: Petitioner Tina Brown sought state postconviction relief from a 2012 death sentence imposed under the procedure subsequently held unconstitutiona…
20-7583 Thomas Mark Hild v. Colorado Colorado 2021-03-26 Denied IFP 6th-amendment autonomous-rights constitutional-procedure criminal-justice defendant-rights due-process effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel habitual-criminal plea-bargaining plea-negotiations prior-convictions 1) Given this Court has ruled that our criminal justice system is largely a system of pleas rather than trials, is there a constitutional requirement …
20-7222 Ian Lamonte Cormier v. Riverside County District Attorney, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-23 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-procedure dismissal due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction judicial-access judicial-review standing How Can (Witness Case Be Dismissed from Proper Remedy If This Court Look at Response to the Central District's Dismissal (Pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6)) (…
20-6698 Richard H. Morrison v. Florida Florida 2020-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-burden habeas-corpus legal-burden procedural-standard state-courts state-jurisdiction DO THE STATE HAVE THE BURDEN, AND THEN THAT BURDEN SHIFT BACK TO THE DEFENDANT TO CHALLENGE?
20-6676 Hernandez Daniels v. Florida Florida 2020-12-21 Denied IFP alibi alibi-defense brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland constitutional-procedure criminal-appeal due-process effective-assistance evidence-suppression strickland-v-washington Whether suppression of (some) evidence is sufficient according to the procedures mandated by Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 S. Ct. 1194, 10 L. Ed. 2d(…
20-5705 In Re Paul Satterfield 2020-09-16 Denied IFP aedpa-statute constitutional-procedure district-attorney federal-courts habeas-corpus jurisdiction-defects jurisdictional-defects marbury-v-madison moot-issue standing 1. WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS JUDGMENTS WERE INVALID FOR FAILURE TO RESOLVE NUMEROUS PREEXISTING FUNDAMENTAL JURISDICTIONAL DEFECTS? 2. WHETHER THE…
20-5669 Christopher Paul George v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-procedure criminal-restitution equity-practice fifth-amendment jury-trial jury-verdict seventh-amendment sixth-amendment 1. Whether Apprendi applies to a mandatory criminal restitution order, and whether the Seventh Amendment requires a restitution order to comply with t…
20-5161 Roberto Gonzalez-Gatica v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-determination jury-trial prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
20-5044 Ilya Liviz v. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Massachusetts 2020-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-obligations compelled-speech constitutional-procedure first-amendment fourth-amendment free-speech government-compulsion search-and-seizure speech-rights subpoena subpoena-law warrant-requirement 1. Can the Government compel speech without a warrant, nor a subpoena? 2. Can an attorney be held in contempt for failing to cooperate with the Govern…
19-8831 Eric Reid v. Arkansas Arkansas 2020-06-26 Denied IFP capital-case capital-cases constitutional-procedure criminal-trial death-penalty due-process jury-selection morgan-v-illinois voir-dire Whether the Arkansas' voir dire framework in capital cases conflicts with this Court's ruling in Morgan v. Illinois, 504 U.S. 719 (1992).
19-8759 Terry Dale Ray v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule interrogation-rights mental-health miranda-rights miranda-warning When a suspect with a history of mental health illness known to law enforcement makes incriminating statements in violation of Miranda, does the Const…
19-8665 Anthony Jackson v. Supreme Court of Illinois Illinois 2020-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-continuance constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process ends-of-justice judicial-supervisory-authority speedy-trial speedy-trial-rights supervisory-authority trial-tolling unconstitutional void-ab-initio 1. Whether a court's supervisory authority empowers the court to toll the speedy trial terms in cases not before the court? a. Whether such supervisor…
19-8537 Susan Xiao-Ping Su v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-05-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure district-court due-process judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction legal-remedy procedural-error sentencing A. whether the Ninth Ciruit should sue sponte vacate or grant Conviction/sentence becanse ind: ctment alleged certificuateont of statnte scope aleordi…
19-8438 Rodney Lyn Emil v. Nevada Nevada 2020-05-12 Denied IFP aggravating-factors burden-of-proof capital-sentencing constitutional-procedure death-penalty jury-finding jury-instructions mitigating-circumstances reasonable-doubt Nevada courts instruct juries that they may consider imposing a death sentence only after finding at least one statutory aggravating factor beyond a r…
19-823 Susan Pearsall v. Thomas C. Guernsey, DDS Ohio 2019-12-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review civil-procedure consent constitutional-procedure court-intervention due-process judicial-modification legal-consent separation-of-powers settlement-agreement I. Whether it is unconstitutional for the Court to write, rewrite, modify, or add to a so-called settlement agreement without the consent of the parti…
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 There are a number of questions and sub questions whether to revisit, or distinguish this case from, National Private Truck Council. Inc, v. Oklahoma …
19-6913 Neal Benjamin v. Jennifer Saad, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review booker-error constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error judicial-review lower-court-error sentencing sixth-amendment standard-of-review 1) Does the Petitioner have a Sixth Amendment Booker error? 2) Does the Petitioner have a Harmless Error ground? 3) Did the Lower Court overlook the…
19-6789 Joseph Jasman v. DeWayne Burton, Warden Michigan 2019-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-procedure court-jurisdiction due-process judicial-misconduct judicial-oath jurisdiction legal-detention standing takings void-judgment Question not identified.
19-6616 Alberino Magi v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-procedure criminal-fines criminal-penalty criminal-restitution due-process jury-finding jury-findings jury-trial sentencing southern-union southern-union-v-united-states In Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 490 (2000), the Court held that "[o]ther than the fact of a prior conviction, any fact that increases the pen…
19-6612 Jerome Small v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion brady-claim constitutional-procedure due-diligence judicial-discretion pcra-court-discretion plea-agreement prosecutorial-disclosure prosecutorial-misconduct timeliness Is their four (4) prongs to establishing a Brady claim ? Is the burden on the defense to scavage for Brady material to show due diligence ? Is a Br…
19-6202 Manuel Rodriguez-Santana v. United States First Circuit 2019-10-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP affidavit constitutional-procedure criminal-complaint criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fifth-amendment fourth-amendment magistrate magistrate-review probable-cause No. 1 Whether the District Court Violated the Fourth and Fifth Amendment; Federal jlule Criminal Procedure(Rules 3-4) When it Accepjted; an Accusation…
19-5594 Tina Davis v. Texas Children's Hospital Fifth Circuit 2019-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-procedure due-process eeoc-rights employment-discrimination employment-law judicial-disqualification recusal standing summary-judgment ten-amendment The Court review[s],the district court 's decision granting the summary judgment under Rule 60 (b) for abuse of discretion A. The Notice of Appeal o…
19-5394 Michael Leon Bell v. California California 2019-07-30 Denied IFP aggravating-circumstances capital-punishment constitutional-procedure death-penalty due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-fact-finding jury-trial mitigating-circumstances reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-standards sixth-amendment Does California's death penalty scheme, which permits the trier of fact to impose a sentence of death without finding beyond a reasonable doubt (1) th…
18-9655 Sylvester Ekwunife v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2019-06-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment affidavit affidavit-accuracy civil-rights constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure detective-misconduct fourth-amendment groh-v-ramirez probable-cause warrant warrant-preparation 1. Whether the dictates of Groh v. Ramirez were violated when the Detective in this case did not have all the correct facts when preparing a probable …
18-9664 Lilron Ravon Jones v. California California 2019-06-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi apprendi-rule Apprendi-v-New-Jersey constitutional-procedure Descamps due-process jury-trial jury-trial-right juvenile-adjudication Mathis prior-conviction-exception sentence-enhancement sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment In Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 490 (2000), this Court held that "[o]ther than the fact of a prior conviction, any fact that increases the pe…
18-9591 Brandon Wayne Taylor v. Texas Texas 2019-06-07 Denied IFP brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process evidence full-faith-and-credit full-faith-credit interstate-evidence standing state-law-conflict texas-law When evidence is illegally obtained in violation of California laws can Texas legally benefit from this illegal act by allowing this evidence in a Tex…
18-9561 In Re Benny Stewart 2019-06-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-procedure due-process due-process,recusal,probable-cause,felony-prosecut felony-prosecution information judge-recusal judicial-bias judicial-recusal probable-cause prosecutorial-discretion recusal state-law The unconstitutional potential for bias and judge recusal when a felony is prosecuted by an information under state law when the same judge makes the …
18-9507 Theon Smith v. Charleston County Domestic Relations, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-06-03 Denied IFP administrative-law child-support-enforcement civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-government parental-rights sovereign-immunity standing title-iv-d Does the United States unequivocally wave its sovereign immunity when it does business with its citizens? Is the office of Child Support Enforcement …
18-9423 Ayanna Angle v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky constitutional-procedure equal-protection harmless-error judicial-review jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination When a court of appeals finds that a district court, in overruling an objection to the prosecution's use of peremptory juror strikes, failed to comple…
18-8938 Elza Budagova v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-04-22 Denied IFP apprendi apprendi-rule constitutional-procedure criminal-fines criminal-restitution judicial-discretion jury-findings sentencing sentencing-exposure southern-union-co Should Apprendi's rule apply to the imposition of criminal restitution?
18-8085 Steven Clayton Thomason v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-trust antitrust beacon-theatres beacon-theatres-inc.-v.-westover civil-procedure constitutional-procedure due-process jury-trial restraint-of-trade rooker-feldman standing Whether the Right to a Jury Trial Wherein Anti-Trust Issues are before the court in a Restraint of Trade Conflict with U.S. Supreme Court Holding in B…
18-7600 Johnathan Holt v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-procedure custody custody-analysis interrogation law-enforcement-interrogation miranda-custody miranda-v-arizona objective-analysis personal-mobility sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-interpretation totality-of-circumstances Under the objective analysis criteria established by Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), and its progeny, must a court evaluate all of the circum…
18-7524 Roger L. Harrison, Jr., et al. v. Charlotte H. Huggins, et al. Illinois 2019-01-23 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-procedure due-process government-seizure indigent-rights necessary-parties petition-clause petition-for-redress petition-rights recusal seizure-of-property standing takings trust-property The Peter Lux Jr. Estate of ±960 acres of prime farmland was settled in 1923.(App.113a) Moultrie County Judge John Laughlin also signed in 1936 the 36…
18-943 Fairfield County, Ohio, et al. v. Neil A. Morgan, II, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied civil-rights constitutional-procedure fourth-amendment knock-and-talk law-enforcement officer-safety perimeter-security search-and-seizure Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits law enforcement officers from securing the perimeter of a residence, for officer safety, when conducting a lawf…
18-7111 Johnny Joe Guerra v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1291 constitutional-procedure court-of-appeals district-court due-process federal-constitution fifth-amendment fifth-circuit injustice jurisdictional-review mandate-recall unadjudicated-claims Whether the Fifth Circuit erred when it did not recall the mandate in order to prevent an injustice relative to two unadjudicated claims in the distri…
18-6717 Lei Yin v. Thermo Fisher Scientific First Circuit 2018-11-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-court-rules federal-courts judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-rights standing summons summons-issuance 1. Whether a ProSe shall share the sareright ast hose represéntedby lawyers. -that are protected by United States Constitution? 2 Whether the Federal…
18-6646 John Edward Davis v. Florida Florida 2018-11-08 Denied IFP autopsy-photographs coercion constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-confession involuntary-statements juvenile-offender juvenile-offender-rights juvenile-rights motion-to-suppress right-to-testify self-incrimination Question #1: Whether the Florida Court of Appeals unreasonably applied this Court's precedent when it upheld the denial of a post-conviction claim all…
18-5961 Vincent Michael Marino v. Barbara Rickard, Warden Fourth Circuit 2018-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-rights collateral-attack constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure criminal-trial double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction jury-jeopardy supreme-court-precedent Ground One The District Court, Appeals Court for the Second Circuit and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals sitting En Banc committed reversible lega…
18-5925 Dean Loren v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2018-09-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-filing civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-procedure due-process federal-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-misconduct public-forum standing state-actor 1. Whether it is Constitutional for the lower Appellate Court, to so far depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings, or sanctio…
18-35 Pennsylvania v. Roderick Andre Johnson Pennsylvania 2018-07-05 Denied brady-analysis Brady-materiality confessions constitutional-procedure corroborating-evidence criminal-confession criminal-procedure due-process materiality prosecutorial-disclosure witness-impeachment 1. Whether the prosecution's nondisclosure of arguably impeaching information relating to a witness who linked the defendant with two murders can be m…