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25-6357 Frank A. Walls v. Florida, et al. Florida 2025-12-15 Denied IFP atkins-rule constitutional-protection death-penalty hall-v-florida intellectual-disability procedural-bar 1. Has Florida's partial retroactive treatment of Hall v. Florida denied intellectually disabled people the protections of Atkins and should procedura…
25-5955 Jarred Javon Ford v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-protection criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process judicial-inquiry waiver-of-counsel Whether the Court should prescribe more specific requirements to ensure consistency and that defendants' waivers are knowing, voluntary, and intellige…
25-368 Hal Taylor, Secretary, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency v. Jonathan Singleton, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-29 Pending Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-protection first-amendment injunction law-enforcement public-begging Whether the First Amendment protects begging.
25-280 Tracy Cox, et al. v. Association of Oregon Corrections Employees, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-09-10 Denied Response Waived constitutional-protection disassociation-rights first-amendment government-unions public-employees union-membership Does the First Amendment protect a public employee's right to disassociate from the union?
25A185 Kayle B. Bates v. Florida, et al. Florida 2025-08-14 Denied capital-punishment constitutional-protection cruel-and-unusual death-penalty eighth-amendment irreparable-harm Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of a death row inmate when the state supreme court has denied constitutional protections that saf…
25-153 Gator's Custom Guns, Inc., et al. v. Washington Washington 2025-08-08 Pending Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) ammunition-feeding-devices arms circuit-split constitutional-protection precedent second-amendment Whether ammunition feeding devices with the capacity to hold more than ten rounds are "Arms" presumptively entitled to constitutional protection under…
24-6899 In Re Samuel Rivera 2025-03-31 Dismissed IFP constitutional-protection double-jeopardy federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus supreme-law writ-of-mandamus Whether the district court and appellate court improperly dismissed the petitioner's habeas corpus writ under 28 U.S.C. §2241 by converting it to §225…
24-6338 Hakeem-Ali Shomo v. Ohio, et al. Ohio 2025-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-protection double-jeopardy fifth-amendment judicial-misconduct mistrial prosecutorial-intent QP: Does the Double Jeopardy Clause bar retrial when judicial misconduct leads to a defense-requested mistrial, even without specific intent to provok…
24-6275 Johnny Hamilton v. Georgia Georgia 2025-01-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady-violation constitutional-protection due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-emergency reckless-conduct Does Georgia's reckless conduct statute provide adequate notice of prohibited conduct and raise constitutional concerns under due process and Brady v.…
24A440 John Stockton, et al. v. Robert Ferguson, Attorney General of Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-11-04 Presumed Complete constitutional-protection covid-19 first-amendment government-censorship physician-speech strict-scrutiny Whether the First Amendment protects physicians' public speech on COVID-19 from government investigation and potential disciplinary action under stric…
24-5577 Victor Javier Grandia Gonzalez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP common-law-rule constitutional-protection fourth-amendment misdemeanor-offense officer-presence warrantless-arrest Whether a warrantless arrest for a misdemeanor offense violates the Fourth Amendment where the offense did not occur in the presence of an officer
24-131 Ocean State Tactical, LLC, dba Big Bear Hunting and Fishing Supply, et al. v. Rhode Island, et al. First Circuit 2024-08-06 Denied Amici (4)Relisted (17) 2nd-amendment ammunition-feeding-devices civil-rights common-use constitutional-protection due-process property-rights retrospective-ban second-amendment takings takings-clause Whether a retrospective and confiscatory ban on the possession of ammunition feeding devices that are in common use violates the Second Amendment
24A87 A.M.B., et al. v. Kelly J. McKnight, Presiding Judge, Circuit Court of Wisconsin, Ashland County Wisconsin 2024-07-25 Presumed Complete constitutional-protection due-process family-association fundamental-liberty parental-rights state-court Whether a state court's termination of parental rights violates a parent's fundamental constitutional right to familial association without providing …
24A15 Bobby Tatum v. Correctional Officer Hunter, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-07-09 Presumed Complete constitutional-protection cruel-and-unusual eighth-amendment injunctive-relief prisoner-rights sexual-assault Whether the district court's failure to issue an injunction protecting a prisoner from alleged sexual assault violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibit…
23-7761 Eddie L. Hatch, Jr., et ux. v. Tom Barrett, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-06-20 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct mail-tampering political-corruption pro-se-litigation rule-of-law Question not identified
23-7712 C. B., Father v. Vermont Department for Children and Families Vermont 2024-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP balancing-test bright-line-rule constitutional-protection due-process fundamental-right fundamental-rights government-intervention parental-rights termination-of-parental-rights Whether the fundamental right to conceive and raise children without government interference requires a more objective, bright-line protection similar…
23-1301 Ben Brinkmann, et al. v. Town of Southold, New York Second Circuit 2024-06-13 Denied Amici (5)Relisted (3) bad-faith bad-faith-taking constitutional-protection pretext property-rights public-use section-1983 state-federal-split takings-clause Whether the Takings Clause is violated when a property is taken for a public amenity as a pretext for defeating an owner's plans for another use
23-1083 Shula Waxwoman, fka Shlomit Ruttkamp v. The Bank of New York Mellon, et al. Connecticut 2024-04-04 Denied constitutional-protection covid-19 due-process equal-protection eviction-stay foreclosure foreclosure-moratorium fraud-misrepresentation judicial-procedure property-rights state-of-emergency Whether the lifting of COVID-19 foreclosure moratoriums deprives individuals of due process and equal protection
23-6300 Richard Paiva v. Rhode Island Rhode Island 2023-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-protection due-process incarcerated-rights incarceration parole parole-eligibility sentence sentencing-procedure statutory-rights Are the protections of the 14th-Amendment-Due-Process-Clause triggered, when an incarcerated-person has a statutory-right-to-be-parole-eligible during…
23-624 United States v. Donald J. Trump District of Columbia 2023-12-11 Pending Amici (2) constitutional-law constitutional-protection criminal-prosecution due-process executive-immunity executive-privilege impeachment impeachment-clause presidential-immunity presidential-powers Whether a former President is absolutely immune from federal prosecution for crimes committed while in office or is constitutionally protected from fe…
23-6067 Michael A. Lajeunesse v. Kris Karberg, Warden Eighth Circuit 2023-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack constitutional-protection constitutional-rights direct-review due-process gideon-v-wainright habeas-corpus issue-preclusion res-judicata If legal claims preserved by a state court during direct review share the same constitutional protections as the right to an appeal from a final judgm…
23-5700 Paul Gray v. Louisiana Louisiana 2023-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-economy montgomery-v-louisiana nonunanimous-verdict sixth-amendment Does the State of Louisiana have the right to invoke 'judicial economy' as a ruse for violations of constitutional guarantees?
23-5460 Clinton D. Johnson, Jr., aka Kayzon Ru v. Sgt. Johnson, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 8th-amendment antiterrorism-act civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process excessive-force fourteenth-amendment law-enforcement Was excessive force used during an arrest and detention at a detention center?
23-5106 John B. Freitas v. Superior Court of California, Alameda County, et al. California 2023-07-14 Denied IFP constitutional-protection due-process equity equity-theft fifth-amendment government-action homeowner-rights just-compensation property-rights takings-clause Whether the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment requires just compensation when the government improperly denies a homeowner the ability to use thei…
22-1226 Idaho v. Kirby Anthony Dorff Idaho 2023-06-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 4th-amendment constitutional-protection drug-detection drug-detection-dog fourth-amendment governmental-conduct law-enforcement lawfully-stopped-car physical-intrusion search search-and-seizure Does a drug-detection dog's physical intrusion on a lawfully stopped car constitute an unreasonable search?
22-7773 Belkis Soca-Fernandez, et al. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP check-and-balance civil-rights conspiracy-statute constitutional-protection due-process interstate-commerce judicial-administration judicial-review law-of-the-case legal-inconsistency sentencing-enhancement separation-of-powers Will jurists of reason find debatable the application of a double standard of law, by the Government's arguing of two opposite interpretations of the …
22-7759 Shirley Douglas v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-protection contract contract-law due-process government-intrusion medical-consent medical-privacy plea-agreement privacy Is a plea proffer agreement and defense counsel retainer fee agreement legally enforceable contracts?
22-1018 Jeffrey L. Moeser v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2023-04-20 Denied Response Waived constitutional-protection federal-courts-of-appeals fourth-amendment general-warrants individual-liberty law-enforcement oath-affirmation oath-or-affirmation probable-cause warrant-requirement Whether a sheriff who indisputably did not make an oral or written oath or affirmation to anyone and who falsely signed a preprinted affidavit stating…
22-7246 Mikequale Miller v. Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack of Delaware, Inc., et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process gideon-v-wainwright pro-se-litigant products-liability standing strict-liability Should a Pro Se Litigant in a products-liability case be given the same or similar Constitutional protection and liberties as Pro Se criminal defendan…
22-6944 Paige C. Sullivan, nka Paige C. Auer v. Jacob James Culwell Florida 2023-03-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law constitutional-protection custody custody-dispute de-facto-parenthood due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment liberty-interest parental-rights standing Whether a natural parent has a fundamental liberty interest in the care, custody, and management of her child
22-6774 Dewayne Lewis v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-02-14 Denied IFP 4th-amendment constitutional-protection dog-sniff economic-status fourth-amendment multiunit-living-space multiunit-living-spaces privacy-rights property-rights warrantless-search Does warrantless use of a drug detection dog constitute an unreasonable search when the officer and dog are standing in the common area of a multiunit…
22-614 Troy Chrisman, et al. v. Estate of Seth Michael Zakora, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-01-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) civil-rights constitutional-protection corrections corrections-liability criminal-law drug-contraband due-process eighth-amendment institutional-supervision prisoner-rights Whether a prisoner's criminal act of voluntarily ingesting an illegal drug banned within the prison can give rise to that prisoner's federal constitut…
22-6374 Damian Perry v. United States First Circuit 2022-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-protection criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process first-circuit same-offense sentencing-enhancement successive-punishments Has the First Circuit impermissibly narrowed the application of Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution therefore removing any practi…
22-5755 Ervin Carter v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitution constitutional-protection court-transfer federal-preemption judicial-review jurisdiction lower-court state-law transfer Whether this Honorable United States Supreme Court 'must' investigate and resolve jurisdiction if raised by one of the petitioning party(ies) to the l…
22-5739 LaTausha Simmons v. Michigan Michigan 2022-10-03 Denied IFP acquittal appeal circuit-court constitutional-protection criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy insufficient-evidence jurisdiction michigan-supreme-court reconsideration Whether the Michigan Supreme Court erred in concluding that the prohibition against double jeopardy did not apply in this case
22-5683 Gregory Scott Savoy v. Peter Franchot, Comptroller of Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 9th-amendment antipsychotics brain-integrity brain-shrinkage civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process government-tyranny medical-intervention ninth-amendment unenumerated-rights whistleblower Do Americans have an unenumerated right to retain a full-sized brain?
22-42 Dipendra Tiwari, et al. v. Eric Friedlander, Secretary, Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-07-14 Denied Amici (7) civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process economic-liberty fourteenth-amendment individual-liberty meaningful-review occupation-rights occupational-licensing rational-basis-review substantive-due-process Does the Fourteenth Amendment require meaningful review of restrictions on the right to engage in a common occupation?
21-1514 Paula Steven v. Dennis Schroader, Jr., et al. Washington 2022-06-02 Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment amendment-interpretation civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process eviction governmental-reporting landlord-tenant month-to-month-tenancy retaliation retaliatory-eviction tenant-rights Whether month-to-month tenants are protected from retaliatory eviction for reporting unlawful acts
21-7498 Eric Lloyd Hermansen v. Anna Valentine, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-03-30 Denied IFP atypical-hardship civil-rights constitutional-protection covid-19 cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus health-complications prisoner-rights Are state prisoners protected from COVID-19 exposure?
21-7042 Craig Nelsen v. Southern Poverty Law Center Eighth Circuit 2022-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-malice constitutional-protection defamation diversity-jurisdiction first-amendment free-speech public-figure summary-judgment Whether the US Court for the 8th Circuit wrongly allowed the District Court's improper statement of a Missouri Supreme Court ruling
21-6968 Jay Anthony Jones v. Maryland Maryland 2022-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-protection criminal-procedure criminal-remand double-jeopardy due-process judicial-discretion north-carolina-v-pearce sentencing sentencing-enhancement twigg-v-state Is the State of Maryland's case Twigg v. State, 447 Md. 1 (2016) afoul of the long standing principal set forth in North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. …
21-839 Thomas H. Oehmke v. Patrick Andrew Guinan Michigan 2021-12-07 Denied Response Waived actual-malice civil-rights constitutional-protection defamation first-amendment free-speech malicious-reporting qualified-privilege Qualified Privilege for FBI Crime Tips
20-1747 Erich Sorenson v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2021-06-16 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-protection curtilage due-process fourth-amendment home-privacy law-enforcement search-and-seizure standing warrantless-arrest Whether the hallway area immediately adjacent to an apartment, in a private multi-family dwelling that is not open to the public, is part of the curti…
20-1381 Matthew Fox, et al. v. Charles A. Summers Ohio 2021-04-01 Denied Amici (6) compelling-state-interest constitutional-protection crime-victim due-process fourteenth-amendment government-dissemination informational-privacy public-officials Whether the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process right to informational privacy protects information of a personal, sexual nature related to one's victimi…
20-7379 Miguel Angel Corujo Mercado v. Florida Florida 2021-03-09 Denied IFP conspiracy constitutional-protection continuous-act criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure defendant-rights double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment multiple-charges Can a criminal defendant be charged and convicted with multiple conspiracies for a single continuous conspiracy act without violating right to be free…
20-1234 Marianne Baptiste, et al. v. Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, et al. Massachusetts 2021-03-08 Denied 42-usc-1983 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process juvenile-detention juvenile-rights medical-treatment state-custody Whether a juvenile committed to the custody of the State enjoys the protection of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process clause when evaluating the ju…
20-7196 Kristy Renee Rasnick v. Dickenson County Department of Social Services Virginia 2021-02-23 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-protection counsel counsel-representation due-process parental-rights state-court state-court-appeal statutory-interpretation Whether Petitioner was deprived her constitutional right affording her due process
20-1109 George C. Chatman v. Arrowhead Credit Union Ninth Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitution constitutional-protection due-process federal-law legal-process property-rights social-security Whether we abide by the laws and the constitution of the United States in protecting our secured property Social security?
20-1078 Danyelle Bennett v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee Sixth Circuit 2021-02-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) constitutional-protection first-amendment free-speech hecklers-veto pickering-balancing-test political-speech public-employee rankin-v-mcpherson Whether a public employee's political debate on an issue of national importance may be silenced based solely on the speaker's use of an offensive word
20-530 Harold H. Burbank, II v. Connecticut Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel Connecticut 2020-10-21 Denied attorney-discipline civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech petition petition-rights political-speech Did the First Amendment and Connecticut Constitution preclude Connecticut from reciprocal attorney discipline
20-5401 Tim Sundy v. Friendship Pavilion Acquisition Company, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-19 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP abstention access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process equal-protection federal-forum judicial-abstention pro-se-litigation standing Whether the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the U.S. District Court's abstention from ruling on Sundy's independent claims despite Su…
20-5336 Matthew Jones v. Captain Alice Brumbley Delaware 2020-08-12 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-liability civil-procedure civil-prosecution civil-rights constitutional-protection criminal-law criminal-liability due-process government-immunity immunity legal-accountability official-misconduct Do government employees enjoy immunity from committed crimes and civil prosecution?
20-5101 Timothy Visage v. R. E. Woodall, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment arbitrary-action arbitrary-and-abusive-conduct civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process fourteenth-amendment government-liability government-policy state-created-danger state-custody Whether the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment imposes upon the State an affirmative duty of care and protection to connected persons in S…
19-8111 Todd James Broxmeyer v. L. Ray Ormond, Warden Fourth Circuit 2020-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct constitutional-protection due-process fifth-amendment preponderance-of-evidence presumption-of-innocence sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Is the use of the preponderance of evidence standard to enhance at sentencing deemed unconstitutional when the presumption of innocence is restored, i…
19-1051 Kansas v. Timothy C. Boettger Kansas 2020-02-24 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (3) civil-rights constitutional-protection criminal-law criminal-threats due-process first-amendment free-speech reckless-disregard standing state-law threat Does the First Amendment prohibit a State from criminalizing threats to commit violence communicated in reckless disregard of the risk of placing anot…
19-905 Michael Ramon Ochoa v. Arthur Levine, et al. Pennsylvania 2020-01-23 Denied appellate-procedure civil-conspiracy civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-order constitutional-protection defamation due-process malpractice standing Whether claims of malpractice, civil-conspiracy, or defamation would be irreparably lost if this appeal is not heard
19-904 Michael Ramon Ochoa v. Arthur Levine, et al. Pennsylvania 2020-01-23 Denied appellate-procedure civil-conspiracy collateral-order collateral-orders constitutional-protection criminal-complaints defamation malpractice pa-constitution us-constitution questions-presented
19-903 Michael Ramon Ochoa v. Arthur Levine, et al. Pennsylvania 2020-01-23 Denied appellate-review civil-conspiracy civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-order-doctrine collateral-orders constitutional-protection defamation standing wrongful-use-of-civil-proceedings Whether claims of wrongful use of civil proceedings, civil conspiracy, or defamation would be irreparably lost if this appeal is not heard
19-902 Michael Ramon Ochoa v. Arthur Levine, et al. Pennsylvania 2020-01-23 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1846 civil-conspiracy collateral-order collateral-orders constitutional-protection criminal-complaints defamation judicial-notice pa-constitution trial-court-discretion Does Exhibit F. The Hill School Conversations sufficiently represent the facts supporting civil-conspiracy,defamation
19-7082 Mark J. Lipski v. Maine Maine 2019-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-protection conviction-consequences criminal-procedure due-process economic-disadvantage indigent-defense ineffective-assistance judicial-oath legal-ethics legal-representation liberty-interests right-to-counsel state-prosecution Was the right to counsel waived?
19-5577 Spencer Salcedo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP community-standards constitutional-protection due-process first-amendment free-speech hard-core-sexual-conduct obscenity obscenity-standard pornography sexual-content Whether a still image of an erect penis portrays the kind of 'patently offensive,' 'hard core sexual conduct' that qualifies as constitutionally unpro…
19-5483 Grant Thomas McAdams v. Washington Washington 2019-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure collateral-review constitutional-protection due-process federal-constitution insufficient-evidence intent-to-commit-theft post-conviction-relief pro-se pro-se-petition standing state-court-procedure washington-state Does the Due Process protection of the federal Constitution apply to Washington State's collateral review procedures?
19-5243 Larry Marvel v. Delaware Delaware 2019-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-protection criminal-law criminal-offense double-jeopardy double-punishment due-process legislative-definition multiple-punishments sentencing state-prosecution statutory-interpretation Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits multiple punishments for the same offense
19-63 Murphy J. Painter v. Shane Evans Louisiana 2019-07-11 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-protection defamation first-amendment government-speech new-york-times-v-sullivan public-figure Does the First Amendment apply to government speech such that defamatory government speech is protected free speech?
19-21 Gregory Owens v. United States First Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement-procedure property property-rights search search-and-seizure standing warrant warrant-requirement Does the Fourth Amendment protect a person's property from a search without a warrant?
19-3 Ryan Begay v. New Mexico New Mexico 2019-06-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) blockburger-test blockburger-v-united-states constitutional-protection double-jeopardy due-process fourteenth-amendment reckless-abuse reckless-child-abuse self-defense Whether the 'same elements' test adequately protects against multiple punishments for 'the same offence'
18-9504 Rahmat Jevon Barrett v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2019-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-protection criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel,due-process,sixt post-conviction-relief To what extent does the Constitution prohibit conviction and punishment of an accused whereby trial counsel failed to raise exculpatory evidence durin…
18A1199 Gregory Waddell Hayes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-20 Presumed Complete constitutional-protection criminal-conviction double-jeopardy federal-statute fifth-amendment supervised-release Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits revoking supervised release based on conduct for which a defendant has already been criminally convicted …
18-1420 Timothy Burns v. Alabama Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-13 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment citizenship civil-rights constitution constitutional-protection court-procedure court-reporting custody damages discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-conduct legal-damages standing Are Plaintiff and minor child A.B. citizens of the United States?
18-9144 Delbert Heard v. John R. Baldwin, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-protection cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment excessive-force failure-to-protect inmate-safety prisoner-rights standing substantial-risk Whether the risk of inmate-on-inmate assault became sufficiently substantial to trigger 8th Amendment protections under Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 82…
18-1077 Akil Jahi, aka Preston Carter v. Tennessee Tennessee 2019-02-19 Denied atkins-v-virginia collateral-review constitutional-protection death-penalty death-penalty-eligibility hall-v-florida intellectual-disability moore-v-texas retroactive-application retroactivity supreme-court-precedent Does Hall v. Florida apply retroactively to cases on collateral review?
18-7695 Leroy O. Williams v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law administrative-review civil-procedure clear-and-unmistakable-error clear-unmistakable-error constitutional-law constitutional-protection due-process fifth-amendment veterans veterans-rights Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment protects veterans seeking review of allegations for Clear and Unmistakable Error?
18-869 Shawn Hall Lecuona v. Mark R. Lecuona Texas 2019-01-08 Denied Relisted (2) conscience constitutional-protection due-process fourteenth-amendment liberty-interests marriage marriage-rights no-fault-divorce personal-identity religion texas-family-code Does section 6.001 of the Texas Family Code violate Petitioner's fundamental liberty interests protected by the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process cla…
18-864 John Tatum, et ux. v. The Dallas Morning News, Inc., et al. Texas 2019-01-07 Denied Response Waived constitutional-protection defamation first-amendment free-speech milkovich-precedent milkovich-v-lorain omnicare-v-laborers opinion opinion-piece opinion-speech Whether an otherwise verifiable accusation of dishonesty should be considered Constitutionally protected opinion under the First Amendment because suc…
18-6270 Cornelius Lynch v. Ohio Ohio 2018-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-protection criminal-procedure defendant-rights double-jeopardy double-jeopardy,criminal-procedure,constitutional- due-process mistrial retrial trial-procedure May a state, consistent with the protections of the Double Jeopardy Clause, try a defendant a second time when the first trial ended in a mistrial whi…
18-258 Hatem El-Khalidi v. Arabian American Development Company Texas 2018-08-29 Denied Response Waived access-to-court access-to-courts americans-with-disabilities-act burden-of-proof burdens-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-protection disability-rights due-process standing title-ii Must a person conclusively establish the limitations caused by a disability to invoke the protection of the constitutional right of access to court pr…
18-243 Anthony Fox v. John Powell, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied Response Waived 11th-amendment checks-and-balances civil-rights constitutional-protection constitutional-rights discovery due-process eleventh-amendment judicial-abrogation judicial-proceedings motion-to-dismiss rule-12b6 standing supervisory-liability supervisory-responsibility Is this Court not required to protect the Constitution as envisioned by our founding fathers in the Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution and does no…
18-70 William H. Cosby, Jr. v. Janice Dickinson California 2018-07-12 Denied attorney-client attorney-speech attorney-statements california-court-of-appeal client-representation constitutional-protection defamation first-amendment first-amendment-protection free-speech milkovich public-accusations public-figure third-circuit Whether an attorney's statement denying wrongdoing on behalf of a client who has been publicly accused of serious misconduct enjoys constitutional pro…
18-5003 Rolando Mulet v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied IFP 5th-amendment circuit-split constitutional-protection criminal-procedure fifth-amendment law-enforcement-questioning miranda miranda-rights pre-arrest pre-arrest-silence pre-miranda self-incrimination Whether the Fifth Amendment's Self-Incrimination Clause protects a defendant's pre-arrest, pre-Miranda silence from being used as evidence at trial