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25A661 Oregon, et al. v. Paul Maney, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-12-04 Application communicable-disease covid-19 deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment prison-conditions qualified-immunity Question not identified.
25A431 Health Freedom Defense Fund, Inc., a Wyoming Not-for-Profit Corporation, et al. v. Alberto Carvalho, in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of the Los Angeles United School District, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-10-15 Presumed Complete bodily-autonomy covid-19 fundamental-rights medical-treatment substantive-due-process vaccine-mandate Whether the Substantive Due Process Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments permits a government entity to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for emp…
25-5524 Wesley Brian Earnest v. Kemsey Bowles, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-09-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP covid-19 dna-evidence habeas-corpus legal-research pro-se procedural-time-bar Should pre se, incaccecated Habeas Corpus petitioners be Procedural ly time-bacced when The multi- yeac COVID-19 Pandemic created "Extenocdinary Cireu…
24-1186 Alvin Boone, et al. v. Illinois Department of Corrections, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-05-20 Denied Response Waived covid-19 executive-orders mitigation-measures public-health religious-exemption workplace-safety Whether Executive Orders of the Illinois Governor requesting state agencies and public employers to impose mitigation measures allegedly to prevent th…
24-1169 Amanda Jackson v. Methodist Health Service Corporation, dba UnityPoint Health - Central Illinois Seventh Circuit 2025-05-14 Denied Response Waived covid-19 executive-orders mitigation-measures public-health state-agencies workplace-safety Whether Executive Orders of the Illinois Governor requesting state agencies and public employers to impose mitigation measures allegedly to prevent th…
24-6685 Rodney Douglas Eaves v. Ms. Kory, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-03-03 Denied IFP covid-19 eighth-amendment injunctive-relief mootness prisoner-rights pro-se-complaint Whether COVID-19 exposure in prison constitutes an Eighth Amendment violation and whether transfer between state institutions moots injunctive relief
24A670 Pierre Kory, MD, et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California Ninth Circuit 2025-01-08 Presumed Complete covid-19 first-amendment government-regulation medical-speech physician-speech strict-scrutiny Whether physicians' speech about medical treatments and Covid-19 recommendations is fully protected by the First Amendment or can be regulated as medi…
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…
24-438 Benjamin S. Goldberg v. Ralph Northam, former Governor of Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-10-18 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights covid-19 emergency-orders fourth-amendment mask-mandate state-action Whether COVID-19 emergency orders requiring masking violated the Fourth Amendment rights of a petitioner when enforced by state officials
24-5653 Aaron Abadi v. Marina District Development Company, LLC, dba Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, et al. Third Circuit 2024-09-27 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act cdc-guidance covid-19 direct-threat disability-rights public-accommodations Can a public accommodation categorically rely on CDC guidance to label an individual with a disability who cannot wear a mask as a 'direct threat,' th…
24-5369 Tommy T. Branch v. United States District of Columbia 2024-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP covid-19 imprisonment legislative-response rehabilitation sentencing-disparity term-reduction Question not identified.
24A150 GHP Management Corporation, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-08 Presumed Complete covid-19 eviction-moratorium fifth-amendment municipal-code regulatory-taking takings-clause Whether a municipal eviction moratorium during the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a regulatory taking under the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause that r…
24-73 Sherry L. Burt, et al. v. Jimmie Leon Gordon Sixth Circuit 2024-07-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) constitutional-rights covid-19 pandemic-response precedent prison-conditions prison-officials qualified-immunity sixth-circuit Did the Sixth Circuit improperly deny qualified immunity to prison officials based on their response to the unprecedented COVID-19 global pandemic?
24A59 Kathleen Wright-Gottshall, et al. v. New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2024-07-17 Presumed Complete constitutional-search covid-19 fourth-amendment government-mandate medical-testing qualified-immunity Whether government-mandated COVID-19 medical testing of public workers constitutes an unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment and whether quali…
23-7793 Jesus M. Romero, Sr., Individually and on Behalf of His Minor Child, J. R. v. Bellevue Hospital, et al. Second Circuit 2024-06-25 Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-review circuit-court civil-rights covid-19 due-process federal-courts free-speech jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation vaccine-mandate Question not identified
23-1291 Gazul Producciones SL Unipersonal v. Sheddf2-FL5 LLC Florida 2024-06-11 Denied corporate-disclosure covid-19 foreclosure general-appearance non-litigation-counsel pandemic-procedure service-of-process waiver zoom-hearing Whether a Spanish entity waived service of process
23A1048 Quentin Veneno, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-05-23 Presumed Complete covid-19 criminal-procedure preservation public-trial right-to-access sixth-amendment Whether a criminal defendant must object at the start of trial to preserve a Sixth Amendment challenge to a court's restrictions on public access to j…
23-7454 Jennifer L. M. Sendzul v. Jay C. Hoag, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeals-court civil-rights covid-19 district-court due-process indigent-rights judicial-access judicial-discretion remote-proceedings writ-of-certiorari Whether a writ of certiorari is appropriate when a district court denies any other form of meaningful access other than in-person for scheduled hearin…
23A942 Angelia and Kelvin Smith v. Snug Owner, LLC Texas 2024-04-19 Presumed Complete covid-19 eviction jurisdiction pro-se supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether a state court's judgment regarding potential eviction during the COVID-19 pandemic violates due process rights of pro se litigants
23-7232 Quotez Tyvick Pair v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights covid-19 district-court due-process federal-courts judicial-procedure pandemic-restrictions sixth-amendment speedy-trial Can a United States District Court's general order suspend rights under the Constitution of the United States of America?
23-1117 James A. Crowe, et ux. v. Savvy IN, LLC Indiana 2024-04-15 Denied administrative-law civil-procedure covid-19 due-process mail-notification property-rights signature-protocol tax-sale Whether due process requires additional notification efforts by a tax sale purchaser when the return mail receipt is returned with only notations by a…
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
23A872 Emanuel Mois v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-04-01 Presumed Complete §-2255-motion covid-19 extraordinary-circumstances legal-access pandemic-limitations procedural-ruling Whether the district court's procedural ruling denying a § 2255 motion should be reconsidered due to extraordinary COVID-19 pandemic circumstances tha…
23A743 Darryl Puderer v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-02-09 Presumed Complete access-to-courts covid-19 habeas-corpus law-library prison-conditions pro-se Whether a pro se prisoner's limited access to a law library during a COVID-19 lockdown constitutes a violation of his constitutional right to meaningf…
23A678 Jerome Yelder v. Department of Labor, Administrative Review Board Sixth Circuit 2024-01-23 Presumed Complete covid-19 decision-order extraordinary-relief judicial-proceedings pro-se supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant's lack of original decision order documentation due to COVID-19 circumstances constitutes grounds for extraordinary relief o…
23-722 Ralph Diaz, et al. v. Patricia Polanco, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-04 Denied Response Waived 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violation covid-19 due-process ninth-circuit prison-conditions qualified-immunity substantive-due-process Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly denied qualified-immunity to prison-officials in these cases by defining the relevant-law at a high-level-of-gene…
23A620 Christopher J. Pratt v. United States Second Circuit 2024-01-04 Presumed Complete access-to-courts covid-19 first-amendment incarceration legal-mail prison-law-library Whether restrictions on prison law library access during the COVID-19 pandemic violated an incarcerated individual's constitutional right of access to…
23-6349 Derrick Martin King v. Budget Car Mart, LLC Ohio 2023-12-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment pandemic remote-depositions Whether the Supreme Court of Ohio's administrative orders necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic regarding the use of remote depositions violates a civ…
23-630 James E. Pietrangelo, II v. Christopher T. Sununu, Individually and in His Official Capacity as the Governor of New Hampshire, et al. First Circuit 2023-12-12 Denied Response Waived civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-policy equal-protection qualified-immunity race-discrimination racial-discrimination section-1983 standing standing-doctrine Whether the First Circuit's affirmance of the District Court's decision conflicts with this Court's precedent holding that 'persons who are personally…
23-501 Norman A. Mallory v. Rocky Mountain Human Service SSVF Tenth Circuit 2023-11-14 Denied civil-rights covid-19 equal-protection public-accommodations racial-discrimination veterans-affairs Whether the denial of a black elderly veteran's application to a veterans program during the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes unlawful race discriminatio…
23-490 Enrique Jevons, as a Managing Member of Jevons Properties LLC, et al. v. Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-11-08 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived covid-19 declaratory-judgment eviction-moratoria fifth-amendment just-compensation regulatory-taking standing takings-clause Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in dismissing a challenge to Washington State's COVID-19 eviction moratoria as moot
23-5658 James Kevin Ball v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP covid-19 covid-19-delay criminal-defendant-rights district-court due-process ends-of-justice ends-of-justice-provision jury-trial-suspension jury-trials ninth-circuit-review speedy-trial Whether a district court may continue to rely on emergency circumstances to delay a trial under the ends-of-justice provision at 18 USC. § 3161(h)(7)(…
23-5441 Mika 'ya Ali Shakur v. Sergeant Thompson Fourth Circuit 2023-08-25 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment federal-rules-of-civil-procedure prison-healthcare serious-medical-need Whether the plaintiff's allegation of denial of Eighth Amendment right to serious medical need for COVID-19 vaccine fails to satisfy Fed. R. Civ. P. 8…
23-5414 Joseph D Gilberti, Jr. v. The Pentagon, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-08-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy-theory covid-19 due-process free-speech government-corruption legal-fraud standing takings water-resources Why did the lower Courts with the entire US Media, CDC hide this US Resource and faked a Pandemic, knowing the Covid19 Mask was printed on the $20bill…
23-89 Jennifer Reinoehl v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-07-31 Denied Response Waived americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights covid-19 covid-emergency-powers due-process emergency-powers federal-civil-procedure individual-capacity-suit mootness mootness-doctrine standing state-official-immunity Whether a case involving COVID-19 emergency powers is moot
23-5202 Aaron Abadi, et al. v. Transportation Security Administration District of Columbia 2023-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-authority air-carrier-access-act congressional-intent covid-19 health-regulations major-questions-doctrine pandemic-response statutory-interpretation transportation-security tsa-authority Did TSA have the authority to mandate nationwide restrictions and mandates with regards to health-related issues
23-60 Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. v. Feds for Medical Freedom, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-07-21 GVR Relisted (9) administrative-law civil-service-reform-act covid-19 covid-vaccination executive-order federal-employee federal-employment mootness preliminary-injunction Whether the court of appeals' judgment should be vacated and remanded as moot
23-5 Breon Powell v. John Rivello, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit 2023-07-03 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability court-closure covid-19 covid-19-pandemic due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus Did the Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying due process to Appellant Powell by denying a Certificate of Appealability from the District Court's de…
22-1225 Jason Payne v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. District of Columbia 2023-06-21 GVR Relisted (8) administrative-law civil-rights civil-service-reform constitutional-challenge covid-19 covid-vaccination executive-order judicial-review mootness munsingwear-doctrine standing Whether the judgment below should be vacated and the case remanded for dismissal as moot under United States v. Munsingwear, Inc.
22-7782 Stephanie Morgan v. Prime Wimbledon SPE, LLC, et al. Oregon 2023-06-13 Denied Relisted (3)IFP covid-19 covid-19-shutdowns disability-discrimination fourteenth-amendment housing-protections mental-health-disability privacy privacy-rights reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations Whether COVID-19 shutdowns, along with proof of a Mental Health Disability and Reasonable Accommodations on file with the landlord, allow the tenant p…
22-7617 David Anthony Battle v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP barker-factors constitutional-rights covid-19 covid-19-delay dismissal-with-prejudice due-process jury-trial pretrial-incarceration sixth-amendment speedy-trial Whether the district court failed to make proper ends of justice findings to justify a sixteen month delay in the trial
22-1115 Chris Noel Tagunicar v. California California 2023-05-15 Denied bill-of-rights courtroom-access covid-19 covid-19-restrictions criminal-defendant first-amendment media public-trial sixth-amendment Does the Sixth Amendment public trial right mean that members of the public have a right to be physically present in the courtroom during the trial, i…
22-880 Ohio v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-03-14 Denied Amici (3) american-rescue-plan constitutional-limits covid-19 covid-relief federal-spending-clause intergovernmental-immunity jurisdictional-challenge spending-clause state-sovereignty state-standing tax-mandate Do courts have jurisdiction over the States' constitutional challenges to the Tax Mandate?
22-6931 In Re DeAnn Graham 2023-03-06 Denied IFP civil-rights court-administrative-errors covid-19 covid-19-leave due-process federal-law ffcra postal-service-interference unemployment unemployment-discrimination writ-of-mandamus Whether a writ of mandamus should be issued directing the court of appeals and or the district court without delay to change the dismissal
22-6711 Antonio Walton v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 district-court due-process fair-trial national-emergency whether-mr-walton-was-denied-his-constitutional-rights-to-a-fair-trial-and-due-process-of-law
22-6675 Barrett S. Tunsil v. Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2023-02-01 Denied IFP civil-rights covid-19 due-process equal-protection free-exercise pandemic Whether the COVID-19 pandemic and related government orders violate the constitutional rights of the petitioner, including due process, equal protecti…
22-694 Jermaine Andra Whitaker v. Timothy C. Ward, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2023-01-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-restrictions due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance prison-access prison-law-library statute-of-limitations Whether the 11th circuit Court erred in determining that the covid-19 pandemic, which led to the quarantine of the Wheeler Correctional Facility for m…
22-6585 Tennessee, ex rel. David Jonathan Tulis v. Bill Lee, Governor of Tennessee, et al. Tennessee 2023-01-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 covid-restrictions due-process executive-orders free-speech press-freedom religious-liberty standing Can Tennessee courts lawfully deny relief to press member petitioner where the governor and a local official by executive orders and directives chill …
22-6478 Hanan Shiheiber v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. California 2023-01-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP chase chase-bank covid-19 estoppel fdic fdic-dissolution federal-law mortgage-foreclosure mortgage-foreclosure-crisis washington-mutual Whether the ownership of a former Washington Mutual mortgage is a question of fact
22-6325 Travis Ray Thompson v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-16 Denied IFP administrative-grievance civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-prison due-process due-process-protections exhaustion exhaustion-requirement imminent-danger-exception plra prison prison-litigation-reform-act Whether the Eastern District abused its discretion finding Petitioner was not entitled to an 'imminent danger' exception to the PLRA, 42 USC § 1997e(a…
22-6234 Rex Gainey v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-limitations constitutional-law covid-19 covid-19-impact district-court-discretion habeas-corpus prison-law-library pro-se-petitioner statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Should district courts adopt a holistic approach to late habeas filings caused by COVID-19 conditions?
22-6086 Dale McCoy v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights covid-19 covid-19-quarantine due-process equitable-tolling federal-bureau-of-prisons fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment section-2255 Whether the unforeseen and unexpected quarantining of the Petitioner, by the Federal Bureau of Prisons due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, justifies 'Equita…
22-461 Scott Troogstad, et al. v. City of Chicago, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied Response Waived civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-mandate due-process employment employment-condition first-amendment religious-exemption substantive-due-process vaccination-mandate vaccine-policy Whether the City of Chicago violated substantive due process in requiring employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of their employme…
22-438 Glow In One Mini Golf, L.L.C., et al. v. Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-11-10 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 5th-amendment constitutional-rights covid-19 covid-19-shutdown emergency-powers equal-protection equal-protection-clause fifth-amendment qualified-immunity takings-clause Whether Minnesota's Governor has qualified immunity against Petitioners' Fifth Amendment Takings Clause claims
22-5971 Joseph Michael Ladeairous v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. District of Columbia 2022-11-02 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-court access-to-courts civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-restrictions due-process judicial-precedent prison-law-library prison-litigation prisoner-rights standing Denial of meaningful access to prison law library due to COVID-19 restrictions
22-5967 Hunter Halver Brown v. Alabama Alabama 2022-11-01 Denied IFP covid-19 covid-restrictions criminal-procedure due-process evidence interstate-agreement-on-detainers restitution speedy-trial trial-timeline whether-interstate-agreement-on-detainers-act-was-violated
22-5934 Gemar Morgan v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release constitutional-due-process covid-19 criminal-justice-reform first-step-act health-conditions judicial-discretion retroactive-application sentence-modification sentencing-reform sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation Whether the district court erred in denying the petitioner's motion for compassionate release under the First Step Act, in light of the petitioner's h…
22-5853 Steven Trapp v. Erica Huss, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-10-17 Denied IFP civil-rights complaint-dismissal constitutional-violation covid-19 departmental-memorandum due-process pleadings sixth-circuit standing Should the Sixth Circuit Court's dismissal of petitioner's complaint for failure to state a claim be overturned?
22-5808 Zachary Spada v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Pennsylvania 2022-10-12 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-restrictions damages-claim due-process exercise-opportunities inmate-rights institutional-liability mootness mootness-doctrine standing Whether an inmate has a right to sue for denial of exercise and recreation opportunities during COVID-19 restrictions
22-333 U.S. Well Services, Inc. v. Scott Easom, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-10-11 Denied Response Waived causal-connection covid-19 employment-law mass-layoff natural-disaster plant-closing statutory-interpretation warn-act Does COVID-19 qualify as a natural disaster under the WARN Act's natural disaster exception?
22-5701 Terry Wayne Cope v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release congress covid-19 criminal-procedure district-court judicial-discretion public-health sentencing Does the precedent that a defendant's incarceration during the COVID-19 Pandemic, when the defendant has access to the COVID-19 vaccine, does not pres…
22-5544 Jason L. Sanders v. Matt Macauley, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights covid-19 due-process medical-care prisoner-rights Question not identified
22-5321 William S. Divine v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-challenge covid-19 covid-19-restrictions due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus procedural-deadline section-2255 statutory-interpretation Whether the court's application of 28 U.S.C. §2255(f)(1) with complete zeal, while failing to apply 28 U.S.C. §2255(f)(2) with equal zealousness, viol…
22-5253 Dennis Charles Helmer v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-justice-reform first-step-act medical-care sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines Whether the District Court erred in denying relief to Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) motion based on the applicability of 18 U.S.C. 3553(a)(2…
22-5192 Jose Manuel Hernandez-Miranda v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release court-review covid-19 criminal-justice due-process eighth-amendment extraordinary-reasons judicial-discretion petitioner-rights sentencing sentencing-relief Whether the Petitioner should receive compassionate release based on the stated extraordinary and compelling reasons
22-5049 Percy Love, III v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP artuz-v-bennett covid-19 covid-19-exception diligence equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances federal-tolling-doctrine habeas-corpus procedural-timeliness statutory-interpretation When is a 2255 petition 'properly filed' under Artuz v. Bennett?
21-8265 Michael S. Gorbey v. United States District of Columbia 2022-06-29 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-review appointment-of-counsel compassionate-release constitutional-rights covid-19 criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation Question not identified
21-8274 Melvin Martinez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP covid-19 criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plain-error plain-error-review plea-bargaining plea-hearing virtual-proceedings Whether the 'reasonable probability of prejudice' showing required for plain error review of plea hearing defects was met where the petitioner informe…
21-8257 Edwin Oland Andrus v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-restrictions due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-due-process section-2255 statutory-interpretation Can the Court omit exculpatory facts to deny a citizen his one year guaranteed by 28 U.S.C. §2255(f£)(1) when the government by locking down the defen…
21-8213 James York v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion administrative-remedies asthma compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-procedure discretionary-review federal-corrections sentencing-factors Whether the District Court Abused its Discretion by Denying Mr. York's Motion for Compassionate Release?
21-7926 Jonathan D. Stephen, Jr. v. Palestine Police Department, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-05-19 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-violation covid-19 due-process eleventh-amendment federal-jurisdiction qualified-immunity sovereign-immunity standing state-officials Whether the plaintiffs' claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for deprivation of their constitutional rights were improperly dismissed
21-7806 Mike Webb v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Fourth Circuit 2022-05-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP covid-19 executive-privilege glomar-response grand-jury mandamus marbury-vs-madison public-interest supreme-court-rules Whether a writ of mandamus can compel the convening of a grand jury
21-1358 Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma, Inc., dba Goodwill Career Pathways Institute v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company Tenth Circuit 2022-04-18 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure covid-19 covid-related-claims direct-physical-loss erie-doctrine federalism insurance insurance-coverage state-law state-law-interpretation Whether federal courts are violating Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), and principles of federalism in uniformly refusing to seek guidance …
21-7635 William F. Kaetz v. United States Third Circuit 2022-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-orders content-and-viewpoint-discrimination court-jurisdiction covid-19 covid-19-continuance due-process fraud-on-the-court judicial-authority public-debate unconstitutional viewpoint-discrimination Are the administrative internal court operation orders in response to the covid-19 pandemic an act that lacks authority, jurisdiction, due-process, a …
21-1339 Carlton Richard Nebergall v. Florida Florida 2022-04-08 Denied Response Waived closing-arguments covid-19 covid-19-context deliberation-pressure due-process fair-trial impartial-jury judicial-instruction jury-coercion Did the trial court violate Petitioner's constitutional right to a fair and impartial jury?
21-7547 Gabriel Gonzalez v. John P. Yates, Warden Eighth Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights covid-19 cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment imprisonment prison-conditions sentencing sentencing-guidelines Does continued imprisonment under unconstrained exposure to a lethal contagion violate Eighth Amendment rights?
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?
21-1259 Jay J. John v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-16 Denied adversarial-system civil-procedure covid-19 covid-19-procedure district-court due-process judicial-inquiry judicial-neutrality legal-contention motion-standard standing Must a district court decide a motion based on those judicial inquiries framed by the movant and his adversaries by applying the legal contentions of …
21-7269 Joseph Peter Clarke v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion covid-19 criminal-history downward-variance drug-offenses juvenile-offenses sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines stash-house-robbery Whether the appellate court erred in affirming the district court's abuse of discretion
21-7187 Paul E. Jozwiak v. Raytheon Missile Systems, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-02-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP alternative-service civil-procedure civil-rights covid-19 covid-restrictions due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-procedure jurisdictional-authority magistrate-judge service-of-process What-methods-for-service-of-process-must-a-court-accept-when-mail-signature-services-and-personal-process-services-were-suspended
21-1143 Dr. A., et al. v. Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2022-02-16 Denied Amici (12)Relisted (10) administrative-rule covid-19 covid-vaccine-mandate employment-division-v-smith free-exercise free-exercise-clause medical-exemption religious-exemption secular-conduct vaccine-mandate Whether a COVID vaccine mandate that provides no religious exemption while allowing medical exemptions violates the Free Exercise Clause
21-7138 Roy Franklin Echols, Jr. v. CSX Transportation, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2022-02-16 Denied IFP access-to-courts americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure covid-19 due-process federal-employers-liability-act fela fourteenth-amendment standing summons-service Did the United States District Court err in denying the initial request to expedite process?
21-6655 Henry Trevillion v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure covid-19 covid-19-pandemic equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing federal-procedure judicial-review lockdown statute-of-limitations Is petitioner Henry Trevillion entitled to an evidentiary hearing regarding his claim that the statute of limitations should be equitably tolled becau…
21-6577 Christine Kay Ostopowicz v. United Healthcare Seventh Circuit 2021-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-delays disability-discrimination due-process medical-evidence mental-health postal-delays procedural-fairness remote-plaintiff united-healthcare Why was my case previously denied without medical expertise, medical records or reports being taken into consideration even when supplied and without …
21-6565 Edmond Maynor v. Ron Haynes, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center Ninth Circuit 2021-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights covid-19 due-process lockdowns standing takings Whether the COVID-19 lockdowns and related government actions violated the constitutional rights of individuals and businesses
21-6308 Iona Sanders v. Christwood Fifth Circuit 2021-11-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP amendment-seven civil-rights covid-19 due-process jury-trial medical-records-privacy pandemic-jury-trial race-discrimination recusal-motion standing summary-judgment Whether a pandemic overrides Amendment VII
21-717 John Does 1–3, et al. v. Janet T. Mills, Governor of Maine, et al. First Circuit 2021-11-15 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (3) covid-19 covid-19-mandate free-exercise free-exercise-clause healthcare-workers preemption preliminary-injunction religious-accommodation supremacy-clause title-vii Whether a state governor's order mandating that private healthcare employers, on penalty of revocation of their business licenses, terminate their hea…
21-698 Butler County, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2021-11-12 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived capable-of-repetition civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 due-process government-response mootness-doctrine pandemic-response pandemic-restrictions standing takings voluntary-cessation Whether the doctrine of mootness applies
21-6205 Emem Ufot Udoh v. Nate Knutson, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-11-05 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence administrative-law constitutional-vagueness covid-19 covid-19-impact crime-of-violence deportation due-process immigration immigration-law Whether the Supreme Court holding in Session v. Dimaya vacates administrative charges under 18 U.S.C. §16(b)
21-6060 Ance Payton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-procedure district-court federal-criminal-procedure health-conditions motion sentencing Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Payton's Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)
21-5992 Jose Miguel Ramirez-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP COVID-19 criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection felony-convictions judicial-discretion medical-records procedural-error sentencing-enhancements sentencing-guidelines time-served Whether the sentencing court erred in its application of the Sentencing Guidelines
21-5947 Jorge Petter v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-of-appeals covid-19 due-process fifth-amendment filing-deadlines incarcerated-filers pandemic-response standing-order Whether the Court of Appeals violated the petitioner's due process rights under the Fifth Amendment by failing to issue a standing order extending fil…
21-5807 Christian Estrada Comacho v. Nebraska Nebraska 2021-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause covid-19 covid-19-exception criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process interpreter-testimony two-way-video video-testimony witness-demeanor witness-testimony Did the district court err in allowing testimony via two-way interactive video over confrontation objections due to witness' COVID-19 concerns?
21-5721 In Re Michael Wappler 2021-09-20 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights covid-19 due-process prison-conditions Whether a prisoner who is among a group identified by the CDC as vulnerable to the more contagious COVID-19 'D' variant is entitled to early release t…
21-284 In Re Mathew Ryan Byrd 2021-08-27 Denied Response Waived appeal appellate-review covid-19 criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit incarceration mandamus medical-conditions medical-risk whether-the-fourth-circuit-abused-its-discretion-in-failing-to-render-a-timely-decision
21-5478 Ulises Alvarado v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP conditions-of-release COVID-19 covid-19-test criminal-law due-process federal-law federal-procedure revocation supervised-release Is it a violation of due-process for a defendant to have his supervised-release revoked for declining to take a COVID-19 test that was not clearly a c…
21-5355 Jung Won Yun v. Chung Cha Kim, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-12 Denied IFP civil-rights covid-19 due-process fee-waiver language-barriers legal-documents litigation pro-se standing supreme-court translation Whether the COVID-19 pandemic and economic conditions justify an exception to the normal rules for filing a petition for writ of certiorari
21-173 Marilyn Tillman-Conerly v. Office of Personnel Management, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-06 Denied Response Waived agency-closure alternative-service civil-procedure covid-19 due-process good-cause judicial-discretion ninth-circuit procedural-rules service-of-process Whether the Ninth Circuit Court abused its discretion
21-5068 Leonard Griffin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP age compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-procedure district-court-discretion family-circumstances federal-statute health-conditions motion-for-relief race sentencing Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Griffin's Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)
21-5071 Gigi Fairchild Littlefield v. California California 2021-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation prison-reform prosecutorial-discretion sentencing-guidelines standing systemic-injustice Whether the State of California's Department of Corrections has ignored a court ruling that jeopardized the lives and caused injuries and deaths of ma…
20-8471 Angel Morales v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights covid-19 due-process petition-clause standing Whether the COVID-19 pandemic and related government orders have unconstitutionally denied access to the courts and the right to petition the governme…
20-8420 Jimmie O'Neal v. Jay Christensen Ninth Circuit 2021-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-delay district-court-merits due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-discretion ninth-circuit procedural-timeliness standing Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying a certificate of appealability based solely on the untimely filing of the petition due to …
20-8340 Reginald Charles Harvey v. Tennessee, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights compassionate-release covid-19 due-process prison-reform What constitutional and statutory rights were violated when the Tennessee Department of Correction denied the petitioners' request for compassionate r…
20-8250 Nathaniel Howard Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-06-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeal appellate-rights civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 due-process federal-prisons legal-resources prison-access prisoner-litigation Was the petitioner denied due process of law during the COVID-19 pandemic due to federal prison closures?
20-8115 Christopher Scott Merrill v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 42-usc-1983 civil-rights covid-19 due-process habeas-corpus prison-conditions prisoner-rights standing Whether prisoners can challenge unsafe prison conditions causing death and other life-threatening conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreaks us…
20-8085 Michael James Barnes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release covid-19 covid-19-pandemic extraordinary-circumstances federal-statute health-conditions prisoner-relief sentencing sentencing-modification Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Barnes' Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)
20-7962 Wesley Brian Earnest v. Keith W. Davis, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-05-07 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-claims covid-19 dna-evidence equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances federal-review habeas-corpus pro-se procedural-grounds Should courts procedurally time-bar a pro-se-inmate's habeas-corpus petition when a prison-official with a serious-health-illness is responsible for t…
20-7563 Emem Ufot Udoh v. Becky Dooley, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1651 actual-innocence cares-act certificate-of-appealability covid-19 federal-court-authority prison-conditions prisoner-rights sentence-execution whether-federal-court-has-authority-to-order-release-of-state-prisoner
20-1290 In Re Adesijuola Ogunjobi 2021-03-17 Denied Response Waived civil-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-rights class-action covid-19 covid-19-challenge doj-officials due-process intervention-motion loan-blocking standing statutory-relief Whether DOJ officials have the authority to block $25,000,000 in loan secured by Petitioner to retain attorneys to prosecute the COVID-19 class action…
20-7385 William F. Kaetz v. United States Third Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail-conditions community-safety constitutional-rights covid-19 covid-19-considerations due-process pre-trial-detention pretrial-detention public-safety sentencing Whether Petitioner is entitled to release pending trial
20-7389 Emem Ufot Udoh v. Becky Dooley, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice certificate-of-appealability covid-19 covid-19-impact due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-v-washington Whether the district court applied an incorrect standard of review
20-7390 Emem Ufot Udoh v. Nate Knutson, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence administrative-law constitutional-vagueness covid-19 covid-19-restrictions deportation due-process immigration immigration-law Whether the Supreme Court holding in Session v. Dimaya vacates administrative charges under the 'residual clause' of 18 U.S.C. §16(b)
20-7342 In Re Christopher Vigliotti 2021-03-05 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment covid-19 covid-19-risk cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus prison-conditions Should the court issue an emergency writ of habeas corpus requiring respondent's to release petitioner due to the fact COVID-19 and its variants prese…
20-1157 Michelle Stopyra Yaney v. Superior Court of California, Riverside County, et al. California 2021-02-23 Denied civil-rights covid-19 disability disability-rights due-process health-status judicial-discretion mortality-risk public-health standing writ-of-certiorari Whether a court has to consider a petitioner's health status or if they would have a higher rate of mortality if infected with COVID-19, prior to deny…
20-6849 Casey Rafael Tyler v. Katy Poole, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-01-12 Dismissed IFP access-to-courts civil-rights covid-19 cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process health-safety inmate-rights institutional-policy prison-conditions Does lawful imprisonment impose a legal duty on the prisoner to try surviving in the general population, so that he can be lawfully ordered to go into…
20-6587 In Re Marie Joy Tanamor-Steffan 2020-12-09 Denied IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-risk due-process habeas-corpus humanitarian-parole immigration immigration-detention medical-vulnerability public-health Whether the petitioner should be released from federal custody due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the petitioner's underlying medical conditions
20-6375 Molika Akwo Nweme v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights covid-19 due-process prison time-extension Whether the court erred in denying the petitioner's request for an extension of time to file a petition for rehearing due to limited access to the law…
20-688 Orlando Cordia Hall v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. District of Columbia 2020-11-19 Denied access-to-counsel clemency clemency-process covid-19 covid-19-pandemic due-process execution-notice federal-death-penalty-act right-to-counsel ultra-vires Whether the government should be allowed to move forward with Petitioner's execution on November 19, 2020?
20-689 Michael Lee Foster v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-11-18 Denied Response Waived bail-reform-act covid-19 covid-19-pandemic due-process excessive-bail internet-offenses internet-related-offenses presumption-of-detention pretrial-detention Whether a categorical presumption of pretrial detention for internet-related offenses violates the Bail Reform Act and the Due Process and Excessive B…
20-639 Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Steve Sisolak, Governor of Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-11-10 Denied Amici (6)Relisted (2) covid-19 covid-19-restrictions equal-protection first-amendment free-assembly free-exercise free-exercise-clause free-speech religious-liberty strict-scrutiny Whether the Governor's favoring of secular over religious gatherings violates the Free Exercise Clause
20-6095 Ray Anthony Chaney v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-3582 compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-justice district-court federal-criminal-procedure health-conditions home-confinement motion sentencing Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Chaney's Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)
20-482 Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General of Tennessee, et al. v. Adams & Boyle, P.C., et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-10-14 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-rights constitutional-challenge covid-19 covid-19-order executive-order medical-procedures mootness munsingwear-doctrine standing Whether the Sixth Circuit's judgment should be vacated and remanded as moot under Munsingwear
20-5673 In Re Ricardo Watkins 2020-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP cares-act civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 covid-19-management due-process home-confinement medical-conditions prison-conditions prison-safety Whether Ricardo Watkins should be released to home confinement under the CARES Act due to his medical conditions and FCI Luna's failure to protect aga…
20-305 Planned Parenthood Center for Choice, et al. v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-09-09 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (3) abortion abortion-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 due-process executive-order judicial-review mandamus mootness Whether, pursuant to United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950), this Court should vacate the court of appeals' judgments granting writs o…
20-5194 In Re Kevin D. Moore 2020-07-31 Denied Relisted (2)IFP compassionate-release covid-19 due-process equal-protection federal-prisoner habeas-corpus non-successive-claim post-conviction-relief sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the district court erred in denying petitioner's motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) based on the COVID-19 pandem…
19-8245 Scott Peters v. Illinois Illinois 2020-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights covid-19 due-process standing takings Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the petitioners' claims challenging the constitutionality of the Centers for Disease Co…
19-8211 Frederick Banks v. Scooter Braun, et al. Second Circuit 2020-04-07 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights covid-19 due-process habeas-corpus standing Whether the District Court erred in denying Petitioner's request for Habeas Corpus under 28 USC §2241?
19-7495 Abu Ala M. D. Badruddoza v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-30 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights covid-19 due-process employment equal-protection osha standing statutory-authority takings vaccination workplace-safety Whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) exceeded its statutory authority in issuing the COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emer…