| 24-7081 |
Michael Galluzzo v. Robin K. Edwards, Champaign County Treasurer |
Ohio |
2025-04-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-requirement judicial-authority jurisdiction oath-of-office plain-error standing |
Whether the court committed plain error by failing to adhere to constitutional requirements for judicial appointments and oaths of office |
| 23-7484 |
Lorenzo M. Wilson, et ux. v. Ford Motor Company, et al. |
Alabama |
2024-05-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
arbitration civil-procedure constitutional-requirement due-process finding-of-fact finding-of-law findings-of-fact findings-of-law motion-to-compel trial-court |
Does the United States Constitution require the trial court to make a finding of fact and law in the granting or denying a motion to compel arbitratio… |
| 22-7233 |
Justin Heath Thomas v. California |
California |
2023-04-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-punishment constitutional-requirement criminal-sentencing death-penalty due-process jury-finding jury-trial reasonable-doubt ring-v-arizona statutory-maximum |
Whether California's death penalty scheme violates the constitutional requirement that any fact, other than a prior conviction, that serves to increas… |
| 22-6755 |
Lecedric Prentice Harris v. Florida |
Florida |
2023-02-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-specific-justification constitutional-law constitutional-requirement courtroom-closure criminal-procedure judicial-discretion public-trial-clause split-of-authority statutory-interpretation |
Whether the state court correctly held that trial courts do not violate the Public Trial Clause by closing a criminal courtroom pursuant to a statute … |
| 21-5192 |
Gilberto Antonio Guillen-Hernandez v. Texas |
Texas |
2021-07-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-law constitutional-requirement continuous-sexual-abuse criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process jury-conviction jury-unanimity sexual-abuse sixth-amendment |
Does the constitutional requirement of jury unanimity, contained within the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution, require a jury to be un… |
| 20-7017 |
Dennis Martin Beyer, Jr. v. Texas |
Texas |
2021-02-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-requirement continuous-sexual-abuse criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process jury-conviction jury-unanimity sixth-amendment texas-court-of-criminal-appeals |
Does the constitutional requirement of jury unanimity require a jury to be unanimous as to specific acts of sexual abuse in order to convict a defenda… |
| 20-6190 |
Bradley R. Freeman v. New Mexico |
New Mexico |
2020-11-02 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
affirmative-defense brady-v-maryland constitutional-requirement criminal-procedure due-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-disclosure prosecutorial-misconduct |
Does the Constitution require the prosecution to disclose favorable, material evidence of an affirmative defense before entering a plea agreement? |
| 19-7385 |
Arthur Lee Kimbel v. Texas |
Texas |
2020-01-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
anders-brief appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-law constitutional-requirement criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-procedure pro-se pro-se-claims right-to-counsel |
When an Appellant files an Appellate Brief raising Pro Se claims after appointed counsel submits an Anders Brief, is the reviewing appellate court con… |
| 19-7379 |
Lee Samuel Capers v. California |
California |
2020-01-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-requirement criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing death-penalty due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-beyond-reasonable-doubt jury-finding jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-maximum |
Whether California's death penalty scheme violates the requirement under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments that every fact other than a prior… |
| 19-887 |
Aryeh Simon, et ux. v. Marriott International, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-01-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
cafa civil-procedure class-action class-action-fairness-act constitution constitutional-requirement diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction minimal-diversity statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal court can disregard the requirement of minimal diversity to exercise jurisdiction over a case that undisputedly lacks diversity, bas… |
| 19-5977 |
Kerry Lyn Dalton v. California |
California |
2019-09-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-requirement criminal-sentencing death-penalty fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-beyond-reasonable-doubt jury-finding reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment statutory-maximum |
Does California's death penalty scheme violate the requirement under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments that every fact other than a prior con… |
| 19-5927 |
Cuitlahuac Tahua Rivera v. California |
California |
2019-09-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-requirement criminal-sentencing death-penalty eighth-amendment fact-finding fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-beyond-reasonable-doubt jury-finding reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment |
Does California's death penalty scheme violate the requirement under the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments that every fact that serves to… |
| 18-9698 |
Ruben Perez Gomez v. California |
California |
2019-06-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-requirement death-penalty fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury jury-beyond-reasonable-doubt jury-finding reasonable-doubt sentencing-standard sixth-amendment statutory-maximum statutory-maximum-punishment |
Does California's death penalty scheme violate the requirement under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments that every fact other than a prior co… |
| 18-9349 |
Robert Lee McConnell v. William Gittere, Warden, et al. |
Nevada |
2019-05-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment aggravating-circumstances capital-sentencing constitutional-requirement due-process jury-finding mitigating-circumstances reasonable-doubt |
Whether the Constitution requires—in a state in which a jury is required to find that mitigating circumstances do not outweigh the aggravating circums… |
| 18-6262 |
Richard Penunuri v. California |
California |
2018-10-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-requirement criminal-sentencing death-penalty eighth-amendment fact-finding fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-beyond-reasonable-doubt jury-finding reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment |
Does California's death penalty scheme violate the requirement under the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments that every fact that serves to… |