| 25-7016 |
Christopher Pullen v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2026-03-12 |
Pending |
IFP |
closing-argument due-process-clause evidentiary-standards fair-trial fourteenth-amendment prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether the Virginia Court of Appeals erred in holding that a prosecutor's closing argument- asserting as a "reasonable inference" that the complainin… |
| 25-6886 |
Justin A. Wadsworth v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2026-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review attorney-testimony credibility-determinations defendant-testimony evidentiary-standards structural-error |
1) Does the ordinary rules of credibility determinations apply to claims of structural error?
2) Is an-attbrny's .-uncorroborated testimony categoric… |
| 25-874 |
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. v. Narguess Noohi, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-01-22 |
Pending |
Amici (2) |
civil-procedure class-certification daubert-standard evidentiary-standards expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence |
Whether expert testimony must be admissible under Federal Rule of Evidence 702 and the framework enunciated in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals,… |
| 25-191 |
James Napier v. Orchard School Foundation |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-08-18 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights-act employer-bias employment-discrimination equal-protection evidentiary-standards title-vii |
Whether the opinion of the court of appeals below disregarding evidence of the background circumstances of the employer's bias against male employees … |
| 24-6829 |
Timothy Dasler v. Jennifer Knapp, fka Dasler |
Vermont |
2025-03-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
due-process evidentiary-standards judicial-review pro-se-litigant procedural-safeguards retroactive-restrictions |
Does a state violate the Due Process Clause and fundamental common law principles when it retroactively imposes litigation restrictions on a pro se li… |
| 23-7438 |
Anthony Espinosa Gonzales v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-05-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review computer-generated-evidence conviction court-of-appeals due-process evidence evidence-authentication evidentiary-standards federal-rule-of-evidence-901(b)(9) federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-procedure |
Did the court of appeals' ratification of the use of computer-generated evidence to convict petitioner represent a clear departure from the requiremen… |
| 23-1178 |
First Floor Living, LLC v. City of Cleveland, Ohio, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-05-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-procedure discovery discovery-rights due-process evidentiary-standards federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-procedure motion-to-dismiss summary-judgment trial-court-discretion |
I. Whether a trial court may enter summary judgment —other than on purely legal grounds — against a party when the court has not allowed that party to… |
| 23A507 |
Lotus Vaping Technologies, LLC v. Food and Drug Administration |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-12-05 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-procedure agency-discretion evidentiary-standards fair-notice marketing-denial regulatory-review |
Question not identified. |
| 23A421 |
Magellan Technology, Inc. v. Food and Drug Administration |
Second Circuit |
2023-11-15 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-law arbitrary-and-capricious circuit-split evidentiary-standards fair-notice fda-regulation |
Question not identified. |
| 23-159 |
Antonio Perez v. City of Miami, Code Enforcement Board |
Florida |
2023-08-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (3) |
administrative-law appellate-review brady-standard civil-enforcement civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidentiary-standards judicial-disqualification judicial-review standing substantive-due-process |
Petitioner, a US citizen, was deprived of the granny flat in his home by a board where the city had a 99.4% win rate. Review was by appeal only. The c… |
| 23-5310 |
Joseph Tyshawn Darren Favorite v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-08-09 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
burden-of-proof confrontation-clause criminal-conduct criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standards judicial-discretion police-report sentencing-enhancement uncorroborated-accusation |
May the Court rely on an uncorroborated accusation of criminal conduct in a police report to enhance a defendant's sentence when the report is not par… |
| 23A110 |
Taylor J. Matson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-08-08 |
Presumed Complete |
|
attempted-child-enticement circuit-split evidentiary-standards expert-testimony jury-trial law-enforcement-agents |
Question not identified. |
| 23-40 |
Brenda Bellay v. Officer Tyler Shue, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-07-14 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
appellate-review civil-procedure dismissal-with-prejudice evidentiary-standards flury judicial-sanctions less-severe-sanctions sanctions spoilation-of-evidence spoliation-of-evidence |
In considering the standards set forth in Flury, should a Court of Appeals uphold the dismissal of a case with prejudice due to the spoilation of evid… |
| 22-7393 |
Allen W. Thompson v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Virginia |
2023-04-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
affidavit-requirement collateral-attack credibility-of-witnesses criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standards habeas-corpus habeas-petition ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-litigation standard-of-review |
Pro se litigants filing claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and claims 1. are
routinely dismissed as "insufficient " "where it is merely concl… |
| 22-7335 |
Enrique Holguin v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-04-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standards expert-testimony judicial-discretion law-enforcement preliminary-hearing preliminary-proceedings trial-procedure |
Whether district courts should be required to hold some type of preliminary proceedings before allowing experienced-based law enforcement experts to t… |
| 22-7232 |
Darrell Gunn v. Frederick N. Berntein, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-04-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment assault assault-case civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standards judicial-review medical-treatment retaliation |
whether plaintiff was within the 3 year time limit of 42 U.S.C.A. Section 1997e(a)
whether the plaintiff's factual allegations of Anthony Annucci, et… |
| 22-5072 |
Basil Bey v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-07-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process evidence-rule-701 evidentiary-standards federal-rules-of-evidence law-enforcement-testimony opinion-evidence uniform-standards witness-testimony |
1. Whether this Court should set limits on what law enforcement testimony should be admitted as opinion evidence under Federal Rule of Evidence 701. |
| 22-5055 |
Amin Wadley, aka Jamil Abdul Amin White v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2022-07-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-trial-procedure evidence-rules evidentiary-standards federal-rules-of-evidence law-enforcement law-enforcement-testimony lay-witness lay-witness-testimony opinion-evidence opinion-testimony |
1. Whether this Court should set limits on what law enforcement testimony should be admitted as opinion evidence under Federal Rule of Evidence 701. |
| 21-8228 |
Angel Daniel Caraballo v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
competency-hearing criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standards habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health sworn-testimony |
Question (1)
WHETHER DEFENDANT IS ENTITLED TO A COMPETENCY HEARING WHERE THE FACE OF THE COURT RECORD REFLECTS THAT THE STATE, DEFENSE COUNSEL AND THE… |
| 21-8041 |
Markentz Blanc v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence evidentiary-standards judicial-interpretation procedural-protections standing state-law vagueness-doctrine |
1. Whether an unaddressed constitutional claim not affirmatively contradicted by the record deserves relief, and if so, should review under Due proces… |
| 21-7192 |
Thomas Johnny Wilkins v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-02-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-court-interpretation civil-rights due-process evidentiary-standards federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review new-evidence supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-supervisory-power |
Question not identified. |
| 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 … |
| 21-5434 |
Demontrae Wilson v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-08-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
authentication circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence evidentiary-standards lay-witness social-media social-media-evidence |
Social media evidence presents unique foundational issues and is now a nearly ubiquitous component of many criminal cases. The standards for admission… |
| 21-5095 |
Melissa Elizabeth Lucio v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-07-13 |
Denied |
Amici (2)IFP |
arbitrary-exclusion civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-exclusion evidentiary-standards expert-testimony false-confession right-to-defense right-to-present-defense |
1. Whether, as the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits have held, this Court's cases clearly establish … |
| 20-7422 |
Antuan V. Little v. Dan Cromwell |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standards legal-reliability witness-testimony |
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| 20-5913 |
Bradley M. Cox v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-10-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bail-reform-act constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standards factors-for-detention presumption-of-innocence pretrial-detention release-conditions witness-testimony |
1. When the rebuttable presumption of detention exists how much or what quality of evidence is sufficient to rebut it?
2. Is the presumption of innoc… |
| 19-8449 |
Gregory Harris, Jr. v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2020-05-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-prosecution evidentiary-standards federal-rules-of-evidence helpfulness law-enforcement-witnesses lay-opinion-testimony personal-perception usurping-jury-role |
The Third Circuit panel majority, deepening a mature circuit split regarding the foundational requirements of Federal Rule of Evidence 701, ruled that… |
| 19-7956 |
Molly Tsai v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
First Circuit |
2020-03-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion circuit-court civil-rights comparator-evidence employment-discrimination evidence-exclusion evidentiary-standards judicial-discretion minority-rights probationary-period standard-of-review |
1. Did the First Circuit Judge erred and abuse her discretion in excluding evidence concerning a minority employee terminated during her probationary … |
| 19-7319 |
Thomas Bradford Waters v. John Stewart, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-01-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process evidentiary-standards excessive-force free-speech judicial-interpretation legal-procedure procedural-review qualified-immunity standing summary-judgment takings |
Question not identified. |
| 19-5639 |
Kirby D. Crawford v. Georgia |
Georgia |
2019-08-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure deprivation-of-rights due-process evidence-of-proof evidentiary-standards fair-trial grand-jury indictment judicial-error legal-procedure petitioner standing trial-court |
Whether the trial Court erred to charge my he UE n__I sued__ wot aves sAessed Aaa SS! N. tac. 1__Of8 Ye by "the _gaches prior 4s _oe at tetal 2 cach _… |
| 19-5106 |
Janice A. Karella v. Green Tree Servicing, LLC |
Illinois |
2019-07-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
assignment assignment-interpretation backdated-documents backdating civil-procedure document-validity evidentiary-standards fabricated-documents legal-memorialization memorialization summary-judgment |
This case presents a substantial and important question of federal and state law: Whether a backdated document with no date can actually be a "memoria… |
| 19-23 |
Rockwood Casualty Insurance Company v. Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, Department of Labor, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
administrative-procedure-act agency-regulations agency-rulemaking black-lung-benefits-act burden-of-proof due-process evidence evidentiary-standards regulatory-amendment standing |
Does requiring a wrongly-named Responsible
Operator to issue benefits to a Claimant with normal
pulmonary function and normal arterial blood gas
testi… |
| 18-8367 |
Lamar Williams v. American Auto Logistics |
New Jersey |
2019-03-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-issues constitutional-review court-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standards expert-opinion judicial-opinion legal-standing standing witness-testimony witnesses |
My first question is if the decision made by the prior courts constitutional.
My second question is if someone that did not witness or examine anythi… |
| 18-7738 |
Kukia R. Farrish v. Navy Federal Credit Union |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights consumer-financial-protection-bureau consumer-protection credit-card-agreement credit-report credit-reporting damages debt-collection digital-forensics document-manipulation due-process electronic-evidence evidentiary-standards federal-credit-union financial-regulation judicial-review procedural-integrity |
The Cone Financal Protectin BueaCFPBad recenty fined Navy Federal Crodit Union for28M, for unlawful collections practicées which is what my claim is a… |
| 18-7514 |
Toni R. Palmer v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Technology Risk Office |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
case-merits civil-procedure complaint-analysis court-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standards judicial-review legal-interpretation pleadings standing summary-judgment |
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| 18-867 |
Matthew E. Jackson, Jr., et al. v. Frances Edith Jackson |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
civil-procedure civil-sanctions criminal-sanctions due-process eleventh-circuit equal-protection evidentiary-standards jurisdictional-limitations precedent procedural-protections sanctions supreme-court |
Whether the failure of a court to comply with the jurisdictional limitations, procedural and due process protections, evidentiary standards, the prece… |
| 18-798 |
Joanna Joy Blauch v. Colorado |
Colorado |
2018-12-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-error evidentiary-standards exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington waiver-of-rights |
There is a growing sinkhole-sized need for some things to be simply clearer.
Does ruliltg the substantive nature of materially relevant documentary e… |
| 18-6954 |
Steven Scott Wells v. California |
California |
2018-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standards expert-testimony fingerprint-analysis fingerprint-evidence forensic-evidence judicial-review scientific-methodology |
Does a fingerprint expert's testimony that two fingerprints "match" have any evidentiary value if the expert provides no explanation for that conclusi… |
| 18-5628 |
John Richard Tacquard v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2018-08-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights compulsory-process due-process equal-protection evidentiary-standards post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court-precedent |
2. Did Arizona State Reviewing Courts refuse to determine trial court's intentional Plain Error abuses of discretion to be perjurous ruling proved by … |