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25-6798 Jay Pemberton v. Bell's Brewery, Inc. Sixth Circuit 2026-02-12 Pending IFP civil-procedure disability-discrimination employment-discrimination evidence-standard mcDonnell-douglas summary-judgment Whether, in disability discrimination and related employment discrimination cases, a court of appeals may affirm summary judgment by resolving dispute…
25-6683 Roderick Leshun Rankin v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Eighth Circuit 2026-01-30 Pending IFP due-diligence evidence-standard habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance innocence-claim schlup-standard 1. Over thirteen years after Roderick LeShun Rankin was convicted of three murders and sentenced to death, the pastor of his deceased brother Rodney d…
25-6569 Jamarcus G. Jackson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-13 Pending Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing drug-purity evidence-standard methamphetamine preponderance-of-evidence sentencing-guidelines Whether a district court can infer that unseized methamphetamine has similar purity to seized methamphetamine. If so, what specific evidence must supp…
25-6239 Elijah D. Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP adversarial-testing circuit-split due-process evidence-standard fifth-amendment sentencing Whether the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause permits a district court to base a sentencing determination on technical and factual assertions that …
25A432 Kevin McCarthy, Superintendent, Elmira Correctional Facility v. Pedro Hernandez Second Circuit 2025-10-15 Presumed Complete cold-case constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence-standard jurisdiction-review missing-child Whether the constitutional rights of a criminal defendant are violated when a conviction is based on decades-old circumstantial evidence in a high-pro…
25-336 Elsie Franklin v. Kentucky Kentucky 2025-09-23 Denied adequate-opportunity confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination evidence-standard prior-testimony In Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), this Court held that, under the Confrontation Clause, an unavailable witness's prior testimony "is admi…
25-5435 Antuan L. Wynn v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence-standard Whether charging a single conspiracy with proof of a chain of distribution relationships, and without proof that a defendant agreed to join the broade…
25-217 CeramTec GmbH v. CoorsTek Bioceramics LLC, fka C5 Medical Werks, LLC Federal Circuit 2025-08-22 Denied Response Waived design-functionality evidence-standard intellectual-property product-design trademark-law utility-patent Whether under this Court's decision in TrafFix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc., 532 U.S. 23 (2001), a utility patent that produces a product…
25-5384 Christopher Kines v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Fifth Circuit 2025-08-15 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-violations court-procedure evidence-standard fifth-circuit judicial-proceedings 1. Is it the common practise of the Fifth Circuit to disregard facts in the record and ignore evidence the court itself agreed to consider? 2. Did …
25-5375 Arturs Spila v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent eleventh-circuit evidence-standard felony-proceeds money-laundering statutory-interpretation 1. Was there "insufficient evidence" presented by the United States to convict Spila of money laundering conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(B)(i)…
25-5244 Kristy Richard v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard judicial-procedure legal-representation pro-se-litigant Th youv '^uidLi in<&^ (OhWdert«wn "you sWe *Th< privuovu coACcfn o^4-ho supym Stw+ u ».*+o dearie caus pmv^f-ing issued t£ 'MpoHawez b*ja»ci 4Yh Tadi…
24-7205 Oscar Pliego-Pineda v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure evidence-standard federal-sentencing-guidelines leadership-role sentencing-enhancement Whether a Leadership Sentencing Enhancement Is Erroneous Without Evidence That a Defendant Supervised any Specific Individual
24-7158 Ramoine White v. United States Third Circuit 2025-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights convicted-felon criminal-activity evidence-standard firearm-possession second-amendment Whether the evidence established articulable facts that the Petitioner was involved in criminal activity and whether the prosecution and conviction fo…
24-7109 Justin Miles Ness v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure evidence-standard judicial-discretion jury-instruction plain-error temporal-scope Whether a district court's response of 'You have all the evidence you need to render your verdict' constitutes a plainly improper jury instruction whe…
24-7088 Sam Autry Fletcher v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-04-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-claims evidence-standard federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation Does Title 28 U.S.C. §2254(e)(1) provide federal courts discretion to disregard clear and convincing evidence submitted by a state habeas petitioner t…
24-890 Richard Lee Rynn v. Craig Jennings, Judge, Avondale City Court, et al. Arizona 2025-02-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights evidence-standard ex-parte-injunction labor-dispute title-vii workplace-rights Does the legal standard of evidence require a showing of imminent harm to justify the issuance of an ex parte injunction without notice?
24-698 Rose Ann Kimble-Davis v. Office of Personnel Management Federal Circuit 2024-12-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law administrative-review beneficiary-designation due-process evidence-standard opm-procedure Whether an agency or court can determine an individual is not a designated beneficiary without providing the claimed beneficiary with the appropriate …
24-6109 Kevin Lewis and Otis Ponds v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure department-of-justice evidence-standard statutory-interpretation title-iii wiretap-authorization What evidence must the government present in a wiretap application to establish that an authorized official approved the application, and what is the …
24-6079 Lance Hullum v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2024-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard judicial-review jury-verdict legal-prejudice Whether a jury's verdict can be overturned when critical evidence is deemed erroneous and potentially prejudicial against the petitioner
24-520 James G. Connell, III v. Central Intelligence Agency District of Columbia 2024-11-06 Denied agency-disclosure circuit-split evidence-standard foia glomar-response judicial-review Whether a court may weigh all relevant evidence or only agency-acknowledged evidence when assessing the legality of a Glomar response under the Freedo…
24-415 Cicel (Beijing) Science & Technology Co., Ltd. v. Misonix, Inc. Second Circuit 2024-10-15 Denied Relisted (2) circuit-court email-interpretation evidence-standard judicial-review non-movant-rights summary-judgment Whether the Second Circuit erred in granting summary judgment by disregarding evidence and adopting a disputed interpretation of email correspondence
24-292 Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., et al. v. Norwich Pharmaceuticals Inc. Federal Circuit 2024-09-13 Denied appellate-procedure evidence-standard factual-findings harmless-error judicial-review standard-of-review When a district court's findings of fact are unsupported by the evidence the district court relied on, may a court of appeals affirm based on other ev…
24-5500 Terris Chanley Baker v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-procedure evidence-standard federal-rule-of-evidence probative-knowledge whether-character-evidence Whether character evidence dated after the conclusion of a conspiracy is probative of knowledge under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b)?
24-5239 John C. Coleman v. Michael Swartz, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-08-06 Denied IFP actual-innocence appellate-review brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process evidence-standard fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel trial-procedure Why was COLEMAN denied equal protection of law?
24-107 Ivan To Man Pang v. Anthony Ye, Citi Realty Services, Financial Manager, et al. Second Circuit 2024-07-31 Denied abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure credibility credibility-challenge evidence-standard genuine-issues-of-material-fact material-fact nonmoving-party summary-judgment summary-judgment
24-5109 Clinton Mark Lewis v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2252 child-pornography circuit-split circumstantial-evidence criminal-law evidence-standard federal-statute image-specific ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Is the charge of possession or accessing child pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B) 'image specific'?
23-7771 Stephen Lundquist v. Idaho Idaho 2024-06-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-intent due-process duress evidence evidence-standard judicial-procedure post-conviction-relief reasonable-probability state-court Is the Idaho state court in violation of the Brady-v-maryland rule by changing the evidence, contrary to uncontroverted evidence, in dismissing the th…
23-7156 Robert Shields v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP chain-of-custody chemical-identity constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process evidence evidence-standard Does the Constitutional right to due process of law require some evidence that a drug that resulted in death was chemically identical to the drug a De…
23-7058 James E. Palmer v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equitable-tolling evidence-standard habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-remedies Whether the denial of a state prisoner's constitutional right to the writ of habeas corpus permits equitable tolling of the AEDPA statute of limitatio…
23-7007 Howard T. Tyson, Sr. v. Kris Y. Lee, et al. District of Columbia 2024-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 7th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard judicial-orders judicial-procedure motion-to-dismiss pleadings pro-se-appellant standing why-do-courts-fail-to-follow-supreme-court-opinions-on-pro-se-motions-to-dismiss
23-7004 Noel Vincent Thomas v. Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Florida 2024-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure claim-dismissal discovery-process dismissal due-process evidence evidence-standard judicial-review pleading-sufficiency pleadings standing trial-court-discretion Whether the Trial Court erred in dismissing Petitioner's claim
23-6943 Michael Lawrence Kerlin v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing cross-reference disproportionate-effect due-process evidence evidence-standard pro-se-petition sentencing-guidelines standard-of-proof Whether a cross reference which has a disproportionate effect on the sentence requires a higher standard of proof than mere preponderance
23-6939 Jaime Dean Charboneau, aka Jaimi Dean Charboneau v. Tyrell Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-03-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence admissibility-of-evidence circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review statutory-interpretation whether-28-usc-b-2-b-ii-actual-innocence-standard
23-6642 David Wayne Poydras v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-02-01 Denied IFP constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-standard factual-innocence indigent-defendants judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation Did La. Code Criminal Procedure, Article 142.3(B), Allow the Court's in Louisiana to deny destitute inmates the right to prove they are Factually Inno…
23-763 JDH Pacific, Inc. v. Precision-Hayes International, Inc. Texas 2024-01-17 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-standard clear-and-unmistakable-evidence evidence-standard first-options-precedent first-options-v-kaplan judicial-interpretation post-termination post-termination-claims state-supreme-court supreme-court-review united-states-supreme-court Whether a state supreme court can disregard the 'clear and unmistakable evidence' standard established by the United States Supreme Court in First Opt…
23-6175 Phillip A. Kenner v. United States Second Circuit 2023-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process evidence-standard government-witness napue-standard napue-v-illinois perjury prosecutorial-misconduct witness-perjury What evidentiary showing is required, under Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264 (1959), to establish that a prosecution witness has offered false testimon…
23-5605 Alfred John McDonald v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-history drug-quantity due-process evidence-standard hemp marijuana procedural-fairness relevant-conduct Whether McDonald's right to due process was violated
23-5535 Michael Rocky Lane v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-claim brady-rule circuit-split clear-and-convincing-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard federal-jurisdiction federal-law habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation Whether the circuit courts have decided an important question of federal law that should be definitively settled by this court?
22-7878 Kenny Eugene Smart v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922(g) criminal-procedure evidence-standard evidentiary-rulings federal-rule-of-evidence-404(b) federal-rules-of-evidence prior-convictions rule-404b rule-of-inclusion standard-of-review statutory-interpretation What is the proper standard of review of evidentiary rulings under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) and is Rule 404(b) a rule of inclusion which always…
22-1194 Lillian M. Jones v. Hawai'i Medical Board, et al. Hawaii 2023-06-09 Denied Response Waived evidence-standard healthcare-quality-improvement-act judicial-review medical-board national-practitioner-data-bank physician-reporting physicians-blacklist reporting-immunity state-lines summary-judgment Whether Congress intended HCQIA to protect reporting physicians and entities to the National Practitioner Data Bank
22-1112 Avail Vapor, LLC, et al. v. Food and Drug Administration Fourth Circuit 2023-05-15 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-procedure-act arbitrary-and-capricious evidence-standard evidentiary-standard fda fda-regulation marketing-authorization premarket-applications tobacco-product-regulation tobacco-products Whether FDA's marketing denial order was arbitrary and capricious
22-7249 Daryl Lee Godette Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constructive-possession criminal-procedure drug-possession due-process evidence evidence-standard possession reasonable-doubt Whether the Government proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Godette possessed the heroin found in the apartment
22-823 Alicia Thompson v. Janelle Henderson Washington 2023-03-01 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) burden-of-proof due-process equal-protection evidence-standard implicit-bias jury-verdict prima-facie racial-bias Whether the Washington Supreme Court's novel standard addressing implicit bias violates the Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause
22-819 Franz Wakefield, dba CoolTVNetwork.com v. Blackboard, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2023-02-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 7th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-standard magistrate-judge markman-test patent patent-validity standing statutory-interpretation Whether a Magistrate Judge can invalidate a patent using a preponderance of the evidence standard and failing to follow the Markman test
22-6830 Michael Joseph Loukas v. Sarah Schroeder, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 404(b) due-process evidence-standard ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion medication-warning-labels prior-bad-acts prosecutorial-misconduct separation-of-powers sixth-circuit-review Was the Sixth Circuit decision based on an unreasonable determination of the facts
22-6111 In Re Katrese Nickelson 2022-11-18 Denied IFP appellate-procedure case-sealing civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-standard motion-to-quash service-of-process standing statutory-interpretation unlawful-detainer writ-of-mandate Whether Assembly Bill No.2819's mandatory automatic and permanent case sealing requirements in limited unlawful detainer cases extends to sealing Appe…
22-5198 Akeem Markiese Rogers v. Virginia Virginia 2022-07-27 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process evidence evidence-standard jurisdiction legal-standard possession procedural-review search-and-seizure writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
22-5134 Bart J. Tarulli v. Ameriprise Financial Services Second Circuit 2022-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-standard judicial-discretion legal-violations merit-based-decision preponderance-of-evidence procedural-fairness self-representation standing Does the court believe that 'cheating' and violating established law/rules must be addressed with an imposition of the clear penalties so listed?
22-5112 Roberto Hernandez-Aldama v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-standard fifth-amendment judicial-interpretation methamphetamine sentencing Whether the court of appeals violated the defendant's Fifth Amendment right to due process
21-8096 Barbara Frantz v. Patrick C. Frantz Tenth Circuit 2022-06-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP beneficiary-dispute civil-procedure contingent-beneficiary criminal-appeal evidence evidence-standard life-insurance murder-allegation summary-judgment Whether the district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of the contingent beneficiary where there is a genuine dispute of material fact…
21-1227 MRI Associates of Tampa, Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Florida 2022-03-10 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process evidence evidence-standard florida-supreme-court stipulation-of-facts summary-judgment unpreserved-issue waived-issue waiver-doctrine Did the Florida Supreme Court violate the Petitioner's constitutionally guaranteed due process rights?
21-7320 Devin Marques Carter v. Iowa Iowa 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard federal-rights irrational jury-verdict privileges-and-immunities reasonable-doubt Did the state of Iowa violate petitioner's federal privileges and immunities and due process rights when it upheld an irrational jury verdict?
21-7253 Luis D. Sambolin-Robles v. Corrections Administration First Circuit 2022-03-02 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-standard judicial-review legal-procedure standing trial-fairness Whether the federal government's prosecution of the petitioner violated the petitioner's constitutional rights
21-6990 Roger D. Roberts v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process evidence-standard habeas-corpus informant-credibility police-misconduct search-and-seizure state-court-review Whether the prosecutor's use of evidence obtained from a confidential informant was lawful, where the informant's credibility was questionable
21-6952 Sunrise Lee v. United States First Circuit 2022-01-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split conspiracy controlled-substances criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard federal-court judgment-of-acquittal legal-sufficiency physician prescription-drugs Whether a non-physician may be convicted of conspiring with a physician to prescribe controlled substances outside of the course of professional pract…
21-994 John Kapoor v. United States First Circuit 2022-01-13 Denied Relisted (2) conspiracy controlled-substances criminal-law due-process evidence-standard judgment-of-acquittal medical-prescription physician-liability professional-practice sufficiency-of-evidence Whether a non-physician may be convicted of conspiring with a physician to prescribe controlled substances outside the course of professional practice
21-6833 Jason Lee Sarabia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-01-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure double-jeopardy evidence-standard fifth-circuit jury-conviction jury-instructions lesser-included-offenses multiplicity Do convictions of greater and lesser-included offenses violate the Double Jeopardy Clause when the prosecution uses the same evidence to obtain both c…
21-6694 Lawrence S. Brantley, Jr. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Texas 2021-12-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion clear-and-convincing Colorado-v-New-Mexico due-process evidence-standard legal-precedent parental-rights trial-court-discretion witness-testimony Did the trial court abuse its discretion by allowing a witness with no firsthand knowledge to testify, conflicting with Oakley v. State?
21-6108 Paradise L. v. Arizona Department of Child Safety, et al. Arizona 2021-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-general clear-and-convincing-evidence constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard fourteenth-amendment parental-rights termination-of-rights witness-exclusion Whether the termination of mother's parental rights was supported by clear and convincing evidence as required by the due process clause
21-6014 Yina Maria Castaneda Benavidez, aka La Reina, aka Ingeniera v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence evidence-standard knowledge-element sentencing sentencing-disparity Did the Eleventh Circuit reversibly err in affirming a conviction for which the Government failed to prove the essential element of knowledge or reaso…
21-5911 Michael Herman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-07 Denied IFP complete-defense compulsory-process due-process evidence-standard evidentiary-standards mens-rea right-to-present-defense sixth-amendment Can a defendant's right to present a complete defense be violated by the arbitrary and disproportionate application of a general evidentiary standard …
20-8431 Brandon Kendale Dudley v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard judicial-discretion preponderance-of-evidence sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the use of the preponderance of the evidence standard at sentencing to substantially enhance a criminal defendant's advisory guideline range c…
20-8400 Daryl Wendell Barley v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP clear-and-convincing-evidence criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence-standard first-step-act preponderance-of-evidence relevant-conduct sec-404 sentencing-reduction sixth-amendment Whether the 'clear and convincing evidence standard' should be used instead of the 'preponderance of evidence standard' when determining the relevant …
20-1709 David Ming Pon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-10 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (2) appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process evidence-standard government-case harmless-error judicial-review presumption-of-innocence standard-of-review Whether an appellate court reviewing a cold criminal trial record may determine that an error at trial was harmless by applying an 'overwhelming evide…
20-8161 Lisa Marie Belyew v. Mike Pallares, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-05-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure bail constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process evidence-standard federal-law judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure statutory-interpretation Whether the district court erred in denying petitioner's motion for release on own recognizance pending appeal
20-7905 Christopher K. Skagen v. Oregon State Bar Oregon 2021-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP client-privacy constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard evidentiary-standard lawyer-discipline procedural-due-process substantive-due-process Question not identified
20-1460 Rolando Cruz, Jr. v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-16 Dismissed Response Waived appellate-review conspiracy criminal-procedure evidence evidence-standard indictment indictment-variance rico-conspiracy third-circuit united-states-v-rowe Whether the Third Circuit erred in affirming RICO conspiracy convictions based on evidence of a different conspiracy than was charged
20-1216 Faysal Khalaf v. Ford Motor Company, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-03-03 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-standard jackson-v-virginia jury-findings seventh-amendment sixth-amendment Whether the standard under the Sixth Amendment, as established by the Court in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979), should apply in civil cases u…
20-1107 Roddie Melvin v. Federal Express Corporation Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived age-discrimination circuit-split eleventh-circuit employment-discrimination evidence-standard preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-of-the-evidence seventh-circuit standard-of-proof summary-judgment What standard of proof must courts apply in evaluating summary judgment motions in employment-discrimination cases?
20-964 Orien L. Tulp v. Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, et al. Third Circuit 2021-01-22 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure evidence-standard genuine-issue-for-trial judicial-review motion-for-summary-judgment non-movant-evidence non-movant-inference standard-of-review summary-judgment tolan-v-cotton Did the lower Court fail to adhere to the axiom that in ruling on a motion for summary judgment 'the evidence of the non-movant is to be believed and …
20-6191 Daniel Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-sexual-abuse criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions ninth-circuit sexual-abuse victim-age Was the error in the jury instruction harmless?
20-294 Lamont Kortez Gaines v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-09-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process equipoise evidence evidence-standard hobbs-act motion-for-acquittal standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether a trial court must grant a motion for acquittal when, in viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, the evidence pro…
19-1471 Jessica Lynn Tkacz v. Daniel G. Bogden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response Waived administrative-law due-process evidentiary-standard. immigration standard-of-review administrative-law administrative-review burden-of-proof due-process evidence-standard immigration immigration-law judicial-review marriage-fraud standard-of-review Is the deferential 'substantial evidence' standard employed by federal courts to review decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals fundamentally in…
19-8509 Joaquin Gonzales v. California California 2020-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP alpr automated-license-plate-reader evidence-standard fourth-amendment license-plate physical-movements reasonable-expectation-of-privacy reasonable-expectation-privacy search-and-seizure warrantless-search Did a detective's warrantless search of an ALPR database for images and locations of Petitioner's license plate violate petitioner's Fourth Amendment …
19-8483 Walter Barton v. William Stange, Warden Eighth Circuit 2020-05-18 Denied IFP actual-innocence actual-innocence-evidence circuit-split competency-to-be-executed due-process evidence-standard execution-competence habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation schlup-standard schlup-v-delo Does new evidence of actual innocence require that it was not available at trial or not presented to the jury?
19-8456 Thomas Hopes v. United States Third Circuit 2020-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split essential-elements evidence-standard federal-rules-of-evidence helpfulness law-enforcement-witnesses lay-opinion-testimony personal-perception rule-701 usurping-jury-role Whether the personal perception and helpfulness requirements of Rule 701 are satisfied where the government's law enforcement witnesses provide lay op…
19-8290 Robert Taylor v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2020-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court-discretion civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-procedure procedural-due-process standing Did The Circuit Court Abuse Its Discretion?
19-1213 Buck Leon Hammers v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-04-14 Denied Response Waived conspiracy conspiracy-conviction-inferences-executive-positio criminal-conviction evidence evidence-standard exculpatory-evidence executive-position hearsay hearsay-exculpatory-evidence-chambers-v-mississipp inference judicial-review tenth-circuit Whether the Tenth Circuit improperly found sufficient evidence for Mr. Hammers to be convicted of conspiracy based solely upon inferences from his exe…
19-1172 Mark Targowski v. Zachary Lee Rawlins Eighth Circuit 2020-03-27 Denied Response Waived 8th-circuit civil-procedure civil-rights direct-appeal due-process evidence evidence-standard jury per-curiam reasonable-jury standing verdict writ-of-certiorari Whether no reasonable jury could have reached the same verdict based on the evidence submitted.
19-7775 Rande Brian Isabella v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-review circumstantial-evidence conflict-among-circuits criminal-liability criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-18-usc-2251a due-process evidence evidence-standard jackson-v-virginia judicial-procedure sexting statutory-interpretation substantial-step Whether the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in disregarding review of essential elements at 18 U.S.C.§2251(a) and relying solely on circumstantia…
19-7489 Paul Edward Duran v. Ralph Diaz, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2020-01-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-provisions criminal-conviction criminal-procedure empirical-evidence evidence evidence-standard exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment illinois-v-krull judicial-review search-and-seizure standing statutory-provisions united-states-v-leon Whether the Circumstances regarding the Fourth Amendment Exclusionary Rule § 2010F not evolved around the obtaining, holding and exclusion of evidence…
19-7255 Fernando Duran v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP acknowledgment criminal-procedure drug-possession due-process evidence evidence-standard jury narcotics-law reasonable-doubt Does the due process clause's requirement of proof beyond a reasonable doubt obligate the government in a drug possession case to present evidence of …
19-6911 Father v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Texas 2019-12-12 Denied IFP 14th-amendment appeal appellate-review burden-of-proof due-process evidence evidence-standard fourteenth-amendment texas-constitution Does Article V, Section 6 of the Texas Constitution violate Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution when its distincti…
19-6485 Ryan Van Stevenson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-waiver criminal-procedure discretion due-process due-process,appellate-waiver,abuse-of-discretion,s evidence-standard extrinsic-evidence judicial-discretion preponderance-of-the-evidence sentencing-enhancement Did the Court abuse its discretion when it enforced an appellate waiver on an issue that was outside the scope of the appellate waiver's provisions?
19-5819 Arthur Rathburn v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard evidentiary-issues fair-notice jury-instructions reasonable-doubt right-to-jury-trial right-to-present-defense sufficiency-of-evidence vagueness Whether the government failed to present sufficient evidence to support the convictions beyond a reasonable doubt
19-5101 Darryl Puderer v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process equitable-tolling evidence-standard forcible-rape jurisdiction second-degree-kidnapping standing statute-of-limitations tolling Did the Federal District Court err in denying the petitioner's statutory or equitable tolling request when adequate record evidence was presented in s…
18-9817 Deterryon Tyrell Kelly v. Texas Texas 2019-06-26 Denied IFP criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-standard inference-stacking jackson-v-virginia legal-sufficiency speculative-evidence sufficiency sufficiency-of-evidence Can evidence meet the legal sufficiency standard of Jackson v. Virginia if the evidence relied upon for conviction is primarily speculative and infere…
18-1556 Peggy Edwards, et al. v. Louisiana Workforce Commission, et al. Louisiana 2019-06-20 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-adjudication agency-decision burden-of-proof due-process evidence evidence-standard medical-claims medical-treatment standing workers-compensation Does the Louisiana administrative system for adjudicating medical claims by injured workers violate due process
18-6987 Javon Sanders v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied IFP 13th-amendment civil-rights compensation constitutional-challenge due-process evidence-standard forced-labor-slavery interaction-log international-covenant international-law involuntary-servitude labor-conditions law-enforcement police-contact prison-labor prison-reform procedural-review Whether the failure of the Arkansas Department of Correction to pay equitable remuneration to its inmate population violates the Thirteenth Amendment'…
18-6586 Bruce Wood v. Delaware Delaware 2018-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard federal-rules judicial-review new-evidence post-conviction post-conviction-relief privileges-and-immunities Does Delaware's Amended' Superior Court Criminal Rule 61 and/or Delaware State Courts' decisions violate Due Process Rights (14th Amendment)
18-353 Tate Clark v. Southwest Airlines Company Fifth Circuit 2018-09-18 Denied Response Waived anderson-v-liberty-lobby appellate-review causation-standard civil-procedure district-court evidence-standard factual-inferences fmla-retaliation genuine-issue-for-trial judicial-review mixed-motive pretext prima-facie-case standard-of-review summary-judgment Whether the District Court and Court of Appeals failed to view the evidence presented in conjunction with Respondent's motion for summary judgment in …
18-248 Mohamed Idris Ahmed v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response Waived and whether the government must prove by clear an 8-usc-1451-a citizenship-revocation clear-and-convincing-evidence evidence-requirement evidence-standard Kungys-v-United-States legal-standard legal-test maslenjak-v-united-states naturalization-citizenship naturalization-process procurement procurement-element procurement-standard willful-concealment Whether the plurality decision in Kungys v. United States has caused confusion and varied interpretations by lower courts
18-5170 Ijaz Khan v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-determination citizenship-and-naturalization-fraud citizenship-status due-process evidence evidence-standard fraud immigration immigration-law jurisdiction legal-review marriage naturalization naturalization-fraud standing statutory-interpretation Whether there was evidence presented at trial that petitioner was lawfully married to Shabana before he became naturalized?
18-5011 Xavier Cardona v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment appellate-review asset-seizure burden-of-proof civil-forfeiture currency-seizure drug-trafficking drug-transaction due-process evidence-standard judicial-conversion procedural-due-process property-rights sentencing-guidelines Was the court of appeals correct in affirming the district court's conversion of the petitioner's seized cash into cocaine when there was no evidence …