| 23-5524 |
Michael Jones, Jason Reed, and Shaun Myers v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-09-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof daubert daubert-standard dual-role-testimony due-process evidence expert-witness fifth-amendment standard-of-review |
Whether the Seventh Circuit applied the wrong standard of review and erroneously shifted the burden of proof by failing to review the Daubert error de… |
| 23-5489 |
Lonnie Dee Brown v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2023-08-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure daubert daubert-standard evidence expert-testimony ineffective-assistance kumho-tire standard-of-review strickland-test |
Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals' review of trial courts decisions to admit or exclude expert testimony comport with the United States S… |
| 22-6331 |
Lance Green v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-12-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment 6th-amendment-confrontation confrontation-clause daubert dna-evidence due-process firearm-possession sixth-amendment speedy-trial-act |
6th-amendment-confrontation,due-process,speedy-trial-act,6th-amendment,daubert,dna-evidence |
| 22-279 |
Norine Cave v. Suvidha Sachdeva, et al. |
Georgia |
2022-09-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
14th-amendment daubert daubert-standard directed-verdict discovery discovery-requirements due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment |
Whether a litigant's fundamental right to a fair trial is unjustly deprived by a directed verdict preceding discovery and Daubert requirements |
| 22-5308 |
Lashawn Lewis v. New York |
New York |
2022-08-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure daubert daubert-standard due-process expert-testimony frye-standard scientific-evidence |
Was Petitioner deprived of Due Process where the court denied her any meaningful opportunity to contest the use of junk science at her trial? |
| 21-7870 |
Greg Cantoni v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2022-05-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-split circuit-court-standards daubert discovery-violation expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence harmless-error jencks-act prosecutorial-discretion |
Which standard must be applied to determine whether a Jencks Act violation is prejudicial or harmless? |
| 21-5301 |
Justin Lane Foust v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-08-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
daubert daubert-standard expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence forensic-evidence general-acceptance handwriting-analysis handwriting-comparison judicial-reliability kumho-tire scientific-methodology |
Can the admissibility of expert testimony about the supposed author of a forged writing be upheld on a record that shows little (if anything) more tha… |
| 21-5032 |
Paris Poe v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-07-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
daubert daubert-standard evidence evidence-admissibility expert-testimony feature-comparison federal-rules-of-evidence reliability-standard scientific-methodology scientific-reliability subjective-feature-comparison |
Whether Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Federal Rule of Evidence 702 require lower courts to properly analyze the admissibility of ev… |
| 20-533 |
Jeffrey Boudreau, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Wendy Boudreau v. Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc. |
First Circuit |
2020-10-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
business-invitee daubert daubert-standard expert-testimony foreseeability kumho premises-liability rule-702 summary-judgment |
Whether foreseeability of harm is a factual issue for the jury in a premises liability case |
| 19-7652 |
Steven Craig Whyte v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
common-sense common-sense-topics daubert daubert-standard drug-enforcement drug-experts evidence-admissibility expert-testimony jury-instructions kumho-tire |
Whether this Court's Daubert/Kumho Tire jurisprudence bars presentation of law-enforcement agent 'drug experts' testifying regarding plain-English exc… |
| 19-7235 |
Trevon Gross v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-01-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
daubert due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence hearsay prosecutorial-discretion |
Should the Government be able to convert an expert witness into a summary witness? |
| 19-6277 |
Mario Ruvalcaba-Garcia v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review circuit-split daubert daubert-standard evidentiary-reliability expert-testimony harmless-error judicial-gatekeeping make-initial-daubert-decision relevance-and-reliability remand remand-for-new-trial standard-of-review |
When a trial court errs by failing to exercise its 'gatekeeping' role of determining whether expert testimony is relevant and reliable under Daubert v… |
| 18-1153 |
Timothy J. Rizzo v. Applied Materials, Inc., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-03-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
7th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights daubert daubert-standard due-process expert-testimony scientific-evidence seventh-amendment standard-of-review summary-judgment |
Whether the courts below erroneously abused their discretion in dismissing Rizzo's experts, whether the courts below erroneously held a different stan… |
| 18-7971 |
Kilunnun Adyden Chivoski v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
admissibility admissibility-threshold child-sexual-abuse daubert daubert-standard expert-testimony expert-witness gate-keeping-hearing kumho-tire peer-review psychological-testimony |
Should a district court be required to conduct a hearing under Daubert to consider the admissibility of expert testimony when the proffered expert adm… |
| 18-7505 |
Demian Pina v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
confrontation-clause daubert due-process ecpa ecpa-violation electronic-surveillance evidence-admissibility fourth-amendment kyllo search-and-seizure speedy-trial |
Does the use of computer/internet surveillance technology violate the defendant's Fourth Amendment rights? |
| 18-327 |
N. K., an Infant, By His Mother and Natural Guardian, Tanja Bruestle-Kumra v. Abbott Laboratories |
Second Circuit |
2018-09-13 |
Denied |
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alternative-causation alternative-cause causation-opinion daubert daubert-standard daubert-v-merrell-dow differential-diagnosis expert-testimony expert-testimony-admissibility federal-rule-of-evidence-702 genetic-causation genetic-testing rule-702 |
Whether additional genetic testing is required to eliminate a possible alternative cause when an expert has completed a differential diagnosis and exp… |
| 18-213 |
H. Richard Austin v. Hanover Insurance Company, aka Massachusetts Bay Insurance Company |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-08-17 |
Denied |
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appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure collateral-estoppel court-interpretation daubert daubert-standard en-banc-review fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court homeowners-insurance judicial-interpretation judicial-procedure motion-for-summary-judgment res-judicata sanctions summary-order |
Whether an initial appellate 'Summary Order' is the definitive source regarding the subject matter contested, or if courts in the same dispute can ado… |
| 18-5546 |
Billie Wayne Coble v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-case capital-sentencing constitutional-rights daubert daubert-standard due-process eighth-amendment expert-testimony future-dangerousness reliability |
Whether the Fifth Circuit and Texas courts improperly applied Barefoot v. Estelle to categorically foreclose claims that unreliable expert testimony o… |