| 25-6597 |
Daniel Duane Smith, Jr. v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2026-01-15 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-validity criminal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is constitutionally valid as applied to an individual with non-violent prior felony convictions |
| 25-6594 |
William James Forbis v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2026-01-15 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-validity criminal-law felony-conviction firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is constitutionally valid as applied to an individual with non-violent prior felony convictions |
| 25-6422 |
Kenneth J. O'Brien v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-12-23 |
Pending |
IFP |
constitutional-validity due-process equal-protection florida-law judicial-review statutory-interpretation |
Were Florida Statutes, Chapters 794 and 800 constitutionally valid and enacted in accordance with Florida Constitutional mandates? |
| 25-571 |
In Re Rayon Payne |
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2025-11-13 |
Denied |
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appellate-relief constitutional-validity due-process judicial-defiance structural-conflict supervisory-intervention |
Whether supervisory intervention by the Supreme Court is required where a district judge with structural conflicts assumes jurisdiction in a case chal… |
| 24-7132 |
Donovan Jacob Farr v. Texas |
Texas |
2025-05-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-validity criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel guilty-plea plea-agreement |
Did the state court disregard this Court's precedent by upholding the constitutional validity of a guilty plea despite recognizing that undisputed fac… |
| 24-6762 |
Natalia Dalton v. Julio Lacayo |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-03-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-validity custody-rights due-process judicial-jurisdiction state-courts supremacy-clause |
Whether Virginia State, County, and City Courts are Unconstitutional based on the 1971 Virginia Constitution, U.S. Supremacy Clause, and Due Process C… |
| 24-6348 |
Christopher Howard v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2025-01-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-validity criminal-procedure inter-circuit-split jury-instructions rico-conspiracy vicar-statute |
Whether the Second Circuit's decisions overturning the District Court's acquittal on VICAR and 924(c) counts created an inter-circuit split regarding … |
| 24-5421 |
In Re Tiran R. Casteel |
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2024-08-29 |
Dismissed |
Relisted (2)IFP |
congressional-quorum constitutional-validity federal-criminal-law jurisdictional-challenge legislative-procedure statutory-enactment |
Whether Public Law 80-772 and Title 18 USC were constitutionally enacted without a proper congressional quorum, rendering federal criminal statutes nu… |
| 24A130 |
Keith Vernon Davis v. David Close, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale |
Third Circuit |
2024-08-05 |
Presumed Complete |
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constitutional-validity criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance plea-of-guilt pro-se suppression-of-evidence |
Whether a pro se prisoner's plea of guilty was constitutionally valid given claims of unknowing plea, ineffective assistance of counsel, and suppressi… |
| 24-5184 |
Alexander Kates v. Julie Wolcott, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-07-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-law constitutional-validity habeas-corpus-petition ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review lackawanna-v-coss legal-procedure plea-agreement statutory-interpretation strickland-v-washington |
Whether the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit should have issued the petitioner a Certificate of Appealability |
| 23-6187 |
Jamar Green v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-07 |
Rehearing |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
appellate-review constitutional-validity criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure guilty-plea plea-bargaining pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sentencing waiver-of-counsel waiver-of-rights |
Whether an uncounseled felony guilty plea is Constitutionally valid |
| 23-5780 |
Denis Chavez v. Florida |
Florida |
2023-10-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-law constitutional-validity criminal-law due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-procedure post-conviction-relief sexual-offense |
Whether the Florida Statutes, Chapter 794 and Chapter 800, are constitutionally valid |
| 23-5593 |
Shawn V. Castiglione v. Florida |
Florida |
2023-09-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-law constitutional-validity criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief sexual-offense statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Florida Statutes, Chapter 794 and Chapter 800, are constitutionally valid |
| 23-5385 |
Adam Knoll v. Florida |
Florida |
2023-08-18 |
Denied |
Relisted (3)IFP |
constitutional-law constitutional-validity criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus procedural-error sexual-offense standing |
Whether the Florida Statutes, Chapter 794 and Chapter 800, are constitutionally valid |
| 22-6112 |
Aakash A. Dalal v. New Jersey |
New Jersey |
2022-11-18 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP |
as-applied-challenge civil-rights constitutional-validity due-process facial-challenge salerno-test standing void-for-vagueness |
Whether litigants may bring facial constitutional challenges to laws without first successfully raising as-applied challenges? |
| 20-1241 |
Michael Paul Miselis v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-03-09 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
anti-riot-act civil-rights constitutional-validity criminal-prosecution due-process federal-prosecution first-amendment free-speech overbreadth protest-rights standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2101, the Anti-Riot Act, is facially invalid under the First Amendment |
| 20-6610 |
Luis Sanabria-Robreno v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-12-11 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-922g constitutional-validity criminal-procedure due-process essential-elements firearm-possession guilty-plea plea-bargaining rehaif-v-united-states |
When defendants plead guilty, can a court treat a plea as constitutionally valid when it was entered without knowledge of an offense element? |
| 19-8816 |
Willie Edward Blackshire v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-06-25 |
Denied |
Relisted (3)IFP |
circuit-split constitutional-validity due-process guilty-plea henderson-v-morgan rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states structural-error |
Whether a guilty plea is structural error? |
| 19-8553 |
Devian Phillips v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2020-05-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights constitutional-validity contract-law criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct guilty-plea plea-bargaining plea-inducement prosecutorial-promise |
Whether a guilty plea is voluntarily and intelligently made when it rests on a promise or agreement of the prosecutor that cannot be fulfilled |
| 19-7808 |
Richard Wayne Taylor v. Texas |
Texas |
2020-02-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-validity conviction criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure jurisdiction oath-of-office sentencing |
Whether the trial judge's failure to retake and refile a valid oath of office before pronouncing sentence renders a judgment, conviction and sentence … |
| 19-5330 |
Maurice Montrae Parks v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-07-26 |
GVR |
IFP |
burden-of-proof constitutional-validity criminal-conviction criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether a new trial is warranted where the District Court failed to instruct the jury on a crucial element of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) |
| 18-9783 |
Nasser Ghelichkhani v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-validity coram-nobis criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fundamental-error fundamental-rights guilty-plea immigration immigration-consequences plea-bargaining |
Whether a conviction, with tremendous adverse consequences, is constitutionally valid, when it is obtained through a plea (that does not waive appeali… |
| 18-1339 |
Mark Anthony Fornesa, et al. v. Fifth Third Mortgage Company |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
' 'appeals' ' 'bankruptcy-law" ' 'civil-rights" ' 'constitutional-law" ' 'foreclosure" ' 'fraud" automatic-stay bankruptcy bankruptcy-stay constitutional-rights constitutional-validity constitutional-violation damages debtor-rights eviction foreclosure foreclosure-fraud fraud-allegation mortgage-dispute mortgage-law property-seizure |
Unlawful seizure of debtor's property during bankruptcy without relief from stay, fraud against the United States, violation of 4th and 7th Amendment … |