constitutional-standard

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25-380 Sean Kuhlmeyer v. Isabelle Latour Washington 2025-10-01 Denied constitutional-standard due-process family-court fundamental-rights no-contact-order parental-rights What due process is owed a parent when the state terminates, or significantly interferes with, the parent/child relationship by issuing a lifetime no …
25A18 Juan Carlos Sandoval-Rodriguez v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-07-08 Presumed Complete constitutional-standard criminal-trial due-process fourth-circuit jury-instruction reasonable-doubt Whether the Due Process Clause requires trial courts to provide a definition of 'reasonable doubt' to a jury upon request in criminal proceedings
24A439 John Xavier Portillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-11-01 Presumed Complete appellate-counsel bureau-of-prisons constitutional-standard ineffective-assistance prejudice writ-of-certiorari Whether the standard for evaluating prejudice in claims of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel requires a showing of a reasonable probability …
23-7457 E. R. v. Colorado, In the Interest of S. M. and E. M., Children Colorado 2024-05-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-standard due-process equal-protection judicial-bias parent-child-rights racial-bias racial-prejudice standard-of-review termination-of-parental-rights Whether this Court's precedents on judicial racial bias bind the Colorado Supreme Court
23-1107 Joan Ghougoian, et al. v. Lamarr Monson Sixth Circuit 2024-04-11 Denied 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-standard devenpeck fourth-amendment malicious-prosecution manuel pre-trial-detention probable-cause section-1983 Whether the Fourth Amendment's objective standard applies to all claims arising thereunder, such that there is no violation so long as probable cause …
23A608 J. W., et al. v. Elvin Paley, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-01-02 Presumed Complete circuit-split constitutional-standard excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor school-officials Whether the Fourth Amendment governs excessive force claims by students against school officials, resolving a circuit split on the appropriate constit…
23-260 Daniel Erwin v. Karla Howell, as Administratrix of the Estate of Cornelius Pierre Howell Sixth Circuit 2023-09-18 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-standard deliberate-indifference due-process farmer-v-brennan fourteenth-amendment kingsley-v-hendrickson medical-need pretrial-detainee section-1983 Whether Kingsley v. Hendrickson applies to deliberate-indifference claims by pretrial-detainees
22-6119 Jaques Fearence v. Brenda M. Cash, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion attorney-abandonment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-standard due-process federal-review habeas-corpus standing state-court-decision Whether the U.S. District Court abused its discretion by denying the Rule 60(b)(6) motion based on the unreasonable application of the constitutional …
22-450 Gregory Shields, Sr. v. Kentucky Kentucky 2022-11-15 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) confrontation-clause constitutional-standard crawford-v-washington cross-examination due-process preliminary-hearing state-court-division state-court-split witness-testimony When, if ever, does a preliminary hearing provide an 'adequate opportunity' for cross-examination under the Confrontation Clause?
22-449 Christopher E. Larson, et ux. v. Snohomish County, Washington, et al. Washington 2022-11-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-standard due-process financial-disclosure fourteenth-amendment judicial-neutrality judicial-partiality judicial-recusal objective-standard recusal Whether judges must address judicial partiality claims
22-5602 Edward Ellis, III v. Missouri Missouri 2022-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-standard ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-argument missouri-law prejudice reasonable-strategy sixth-amendment trial-counsel witness-testimony Whether trial counsel can be held to have an objectively reasonable strategy in not making a legal argument when he never considered that legal argume…
21-8187 Jesse Bell v. Florida Florida 2022-06-21 Denied IFP aggravating-factors alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-sentencing constitutional-standard due-process mitigating-circumstances reasonable-doubt ring-v-arizona standard-of-proof Whether the Due Process Clause requires the additional determinations under Florida's capital sentencing scheme to be made beyond a reasonable doubt
21-658 Rodolfo Canales, Jr. v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. Texas 2021-11-03 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) constitutional-standard criminal-law due-process facial-challenge felony-offense indefinite-financial-support statutory-interpretation texas-supreme-court vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether a statute with no definitions, explicit standards, reasonably clear guidelines, or objective criteria that allows a court to order indefinite …
21-410 Gregorio Gigliotti and Angelo Gigliotti v. United States Second Circuit 2021-09-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 4th-amendment 4th-amendment-violation constitutional-standard criminal-investigation criminal-procedure foreign-law-enforcement fourth-amendment joint-investigation law-enforcement wiretapping Whether the Fourth Amendment is violated when foreign law enforcement officials engage in wiretapping at the behest of United States officials pursuan…
21-5553 F. Daly v. Maine Maine 2021-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP beyond-reasonable-doubt boyde-v-california burden-of-proof constitutional-standard criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions standard-of-proof sullivan-v-louisiana witness-testimony Whether the jury instruction misdescribes the standard of proof, resulting in a reasonable likelihood of unconstitutional application
21-5554 Joseph H. Gibbs v. South Carolina South Carolina 2021-09-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-standard due-process federal-courts fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus harmless-error standing state-court-process state-courts Whether the state court abrogated this court's constitutional holdings in its application of the legal standard of 'fundamental fairness shocking to u…
21-48 Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center Commission v. John Doe 5, et al., By and Through Their Next Friend, Nelson Dolores Lopez, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated Fourth Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-standard due-process federal-custody immigrant-detainee injunctive-relief juvenile-detention medical-care professional-judgment standing Whether professional judgment rather than deliberate indifference is the proper constitutional standard for a claim of inadequate medical care
20-7724 John K. Wilson v. Rosemary Ndoh, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-standard de-novo-review due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-constitutional-rights fourteenth-amendment guilty-plea no-contest-plea plea-bargaining standard-of-review state-court-proceedings Whether a defendant is entitled to de novo review of a claim that his guilty plea was involuntary under the Fourteenth Amendment
20-7683 Paul Wesley Baker v. California California 2021-04-07 Denied IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky constitutional-standard equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination standard-of-review What showing must a trial court make to demonstrate a 'sensitive inquiry' under Batson v. Kentucky?
20-7643 Nafis Antuan Faison v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 arrest-warrant constitutional-standard expectation-of-privacy fourth-amendment habeas habeas-corpus minnesota-v-olson probable-cause standing third-party-residence Whether the federal court impermissibly added an element to the expectation-of-privacy standard for a third-party overnight guest, in violation of 28 …
20-849 P. F. v. J. S., et al. Kansas 2020-12-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) adoption adoption-law biological-parenthood constitutional-standard due-process evolving-family-landscape family-dynamics family-rights gender-assumptions liberty-rights parental-rights Can the 'biology-plus' standard still be considered constitutional when it can no longer be justly applied?
20-6391 Timothy Ronald Hare v. Michigan Michigan 2020-11-20 Denied IFP constitutional-standard critical-stage effective-assistance ineffective-assistance lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining prejudice prejudice-analysis right-to-counsel sixth-amendment united-states-v-cronic Does the requirement to prove prejudice under Lafler v Cooper place a burden on the accused that is deemed unnecessary in United States v Cronic
20-5846 Anthony C. Green v. Kelly Lake, Sheriff, Carlton County, Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-10-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 8th-circuit civil-commitment civil-rights constitutional-standard due-process excessive-force fourteenth-amendment objective-reasonableness qualified-immunity Whether the 8th Circuit's decision is contrary to Kingsley
20-5783 Chia Jean Lee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review chapman-v-california circuit-split constitutional-standard criminal-procedure deliberate-indifference harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions standard-of-review Whether the Fifth Circuit should apply the Chapman beyond a reasonable doubt standard rather than the substantial evidence standard to consider the ha…
20-5342 Rigoberto Avila, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2020-08-13 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-standard conviction criminal-conviction due-process false-testimony innocence post-trial-developments post-trial-review scientific-evidence Does a conviction violate the Due Process Clause if a key part of the prosecution's case was scientific evidence that later developments have proven f…
19-8721 Vincent A. Argentino v. Ruanne Stamps, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-standard deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment estelle-v-gamble legal-precedent medical-evidence prisoner-rights summary-record Whether the Precedent of Placing Nesifyire, medical evidence in the Summary Record 5 Showing Oo * aeke' mental ef Peck' Places an Unrealis-hic exfecta…
19-7571 Richard Williams v. Tony Mays, Warden Tennessee 2020-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-law constitutional-standard criminal-procedure due-process evidence murder murder-investigation presumption statutory-interpretation statutory-presumption venue Whether the statutory presumption comports with the constitutional standard
19-853 Sandra R., et al. v. Arizona Department of Child Safety Arizona 2020-01-06 Denied Response Waived child-custody clear-and-convincing-evidence constitutional-standard due-process family-law parental-rights state-action state-intervention termination Whether the Due Process Clause requires a State to allege and prove a parent's unfitness by clear and convincing evidence to terminate parental rights
18-8848 Antyane Robinson v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-04-16 Denied IFP certiorari civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-standard due-process judicial-bias judicial-impartiality rippo-v-baker standard-of-review standing state-court state-court-review vacatur Where a state court denied a judicial bias claim based on another state court's finding that the judge in question had not demonstrated actual bias, d…
18-1079 Javier Flores Gaytan v. Michael Hardee Fourth Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied actual-innocence constitutional-standard criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-confrontation right-to-fair-trial summary-witness wire-recording Whether a State may obtain a criminal conviction and 37-year prison sentence against a defendant where the primary evidence of guilt was a wire-record…
18-7301 J. C. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Texas 2019-01-09 Denied IFP appellate-review clear-and-convincing-evidence constitutional-standard due-process equal-protection parental-rights standard-of-review Whether the Fourteenth Court of Appeals erred by employing an unconstitutional standard of review that violated the petitioner's due process rights
18-584 Angela Engle Horne v. WTVR, LLC, dba CBS6 Fourth Circuit 2018-11-05 Denied Response Waived actual-malice civil-rights constitutional-standard defamation first-amendment free-speech media-law public-figure public-official sullivan Whether this Court should overrule New York Times v. Sullivan
18-337 County of Orange, California, et al. v. Mary Gordon, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Matthew Shawn Gordon, Deceased Ninth Circuit 2018-09-14 Denied Amici (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-standard due-process eighth-amendment fourth-amendment medical-care objective-reasonableness pretrial-detainee qualified-immunity section-1983 standard-of-care Whether a pretrial detainee's 'inadequate medical care' claim pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 requires a showing of a jail professional's subjective inte…
18-5396 Calvin McMillan v. Alabama Alabama 2018-07-30 Denied IFP appearance-of-bias campaign-contributions caperton-v-massey capital-punishment constitutional-standard due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias judicial-recusal post-conviction Can a state court require a petitioner to establish actual, subjective bias to obtain judicial recusal even though this Court has held that the consti…
18-5331 Ralph Simon Jeremias v. Nevada Nevada 2018-07-24 Denied IFP aggravating-circumstances confrontation-clause constitutional-standard death-penalty due-process hurst-v-florida jury-finding jury-trial mitigating-circumstances ring-v-arizona Whether the Constitution requires that the finding that mitigating circumstances do not outweigh aggravating circumstances to impose death be made bey…