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25-848 Alabama v. Michael Anthony Powell Alabama 2026-01-15 Pending constitutional-procedure context-analysis griffin-error prejudice-standard prosecutorial-comment self-incrimination Whether courts must reverse for Griffin error without examining a prosecutor's comment in context and without finding prejudice
25-841 Henry Troy Wade v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-15 Pending Response Waived brady-violation constitutional-procedure due-process grand-jury sixth-amendment wire-fraud 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 indictme…
25-6551 Esteban Burgos v. Florida Florida 2026-01-12 Pending Response WaivedIFP circuit-court constitutional-procedure district-court judicial-administration speedy-trial-rule supreme-court-order May a district court of appeals and circuit court disregard mandatory rules of judicial administration associated with a Supreme Court order?
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 Whether the use of an auto-pen signature by President Biden on judicial nominations and commissions without clear informed consent renders them null a…
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 Whether a State Judge can constitutionally ban a parent from videotaping public interactions during child custody exchanges and school-related matters
25-5295 David C. Lettieri v. Department of Justice, et al. Second Circuit 2025-08-06 Dismissed IFP appeal-duration constitutional-procedure jurisdictional-timing notice-of-appeal prisoner-mailbox-rule procedural-prejudice Whether the sixty-day notice period for appeal is triggered by notice to the petitioner and how the prisoner mailbox rule applies to appeal duration
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 pres…
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 Whether an elected judge must personally take the oath of office and sign the document in the presence of the administering officer, and if not, does …
24-6736 David C. Lettieri v. Federal Bureau of Investigation Second Circuit 2025-03-11 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appeal-court constitutional-procedure in-forma-pauperis judicial-delay notification-requirement procedural-rights Whether an appeal court's delay constitutes a violation of procedural rights and whether a plaintiff must be notified of an in forma pauperis terminat…
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 Were the judicial proceedings fundamentally unfair due to alleged judicial misconduct and procedural irregularities in an injunctive relief case invol…
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 Whether a pro se defendant's hybrid representation arrangement affects his right to determine witness selection, and if so, what constitutes a valid w…
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 Whether the United States Supreme Court has an obligation to correct lower court deviations from constitutional procedures and ensure jurisdictional p…
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 Whether the 9th Circuit panel and its staff have used unconstitutional procedural or substantive means to deprive petitioners of their contractually v…
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 either …
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 creation of Statute 794.011(2) leave the courts without subject-matter-jurisdiction?
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 Whether the Armed Career Criminal Act's 'occasions different' fact must be charged in the indictment and proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt
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 Whether a U.S. circuit court may concede its disqualification to adjudicate a matter and then refuse to transfer the action to another qualified circu…
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 Whether the U.S. District Court has personal or subject-matter jurisdiction over an indictment that was not filed in open court or voted on by a grand…
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 Whether petitioner established prima facie evidence demonstrating countervailing factors excusing him from making his similarly situated Batson-based …
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 Does Article I Section 15(a) of the Florida Constitution prohibit any person from being tried for a capitol crime without presentment or indictment by…
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 Whether the unconstitutionally vague language struck down by the Court in 18 U.S.C. 1030 applies to 18 U.S.C. 2232(a)(1)
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 Did the SEC properly exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign company?
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 Whether juvenile adjudications obtained without a trial by jury can be used to enhance a defendant's sentence in a later proceeding
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 ex…
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 Whether dismissing an appeal when a fee waiver Motion is pending is constitutional
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 Whether the federal prosecution's reliance on an unfiled state search warrant constitutes structural error
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 Whether officers can search a business without a search warrant
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 be mooted prior to resolution
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 Whether the unconstitutionally vague language of 18 USC 1001 applies to 18 USC 1343(a)(1)
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 Do the Circuit Courts' different tests used to determine custody status for purposes of Miranda lead to inconsistent results?
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 the New York state courts erred in not addressing the merits of the petitioner's claims regarding excessive bail
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 Did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004) effectively and silently overruled Bruton v. United States, 391 U…
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 Whether the Florida Supreme Court's procedure for imposing a death sentence violates the Sixth, Eighth, or Fourteenth Amendments
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 Whether there is a constitutional requirement that counsel engage in plea negotiations with prosecuting authorities to provide effective assistance an…
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 Whether petitioner's case can be denied in forma pauperis
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
20-5705 In Re Paul Satterfield 2020-09-16 Dismissed IFP aedpa-statute constitutional-procedure district-attorney federal-courts habeas-corpus jurisdiction-defects jurisdictional-defects marbury-v-madison moot-issue standing Whether the court of appeals judgments were invalid for failure to resolve numerous preexisting fundamental jurisdictional defects?
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 Whether Apprendi applies to a mandatory criminal restitution order, and whether the Seventh Amendment requires a restitution order to comply with trad…
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 Can the Government compel speech without a warrant, nor a subpoena?
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
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 Whether the Constitution requires the exclusion of physical evidence found as a result of incriminating statements made by a suspect with a known ment…
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 Whether a court's supervisory authority empowers the court to toll the speedy-trial terms in cases not before the court
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 whether the Ninth Circuit should sua sponte vacate a grand jury conviction and sentence because the defendant alleges court error in failing to apply …
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 Is Nevada's capital sentencing procedure unconstitutional after Hurst v. Florida?
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 Whether it is unconstitutional for the Court to write, rewrite, modify, or add to a so-called settlement agreement without the consent of the parties …
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…
19-6913 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 Does the Petitioner have a Sixth Amendment Booker error?
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 Should the rule of Apprendi apply to the imposition of criminal restitution?
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 there four (4) prongs to establishing a Brady claim?
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 Whether the District Court Violated the Fourth and Fifth Amendment; Federal Rule Criminal Procedure
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 Whether the district court abused its discretion in granting summary judgment under Rule 60(b) and denying the appellant's motion for summary judgment…
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 violate the requirement that every fact, other than a prior conviction, that serves to increase the statutory m…
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 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 cau…
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 Whether it is constitutionally permissible to use a prior juvenile adjudication to enhance a sentence regardless of whether the juvenile had a right t…
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 Whether the potential for bias and lack of impartiality when a judge makes probable cause determinations and presides over all proceedings in a felony…
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?
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 Whether a court of appeals should grant a new trial when it finds that the district court failed to complete all three steps of the Batson analysis
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 Whether a court must evaluate all of the circumstances surrounding the interrogation, including a lack of personal mobility, when deciding whether a p…
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 Whether due process allows the denial of the right to petition the government for redress of grievances due to lack of funds to pay court costs and fe…
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 Whether a pro se litigant shall share the same rights as those represented by lawyers that are protected by the United States Constitution
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 Whether the Florida Court of Appeals unreasonably applied this Court's precedent
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 Whether the District Court, Appeals Court for the Second Circuit, and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals sitting En Banc committed reversible legal e…
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 Whether the lower Appellate Court departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings in failing to file an appeal under FRAP Rule 4, …
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 Whether the prosecution's nondisclosure of arguably impeaching information relating to a witness who linked the defendant with two murders can be mate…