excessive-fines
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25-6593 | Jason Jones v. Florida | Florida | 2026-01-15 | Pending | IFP | criminal-fines eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment immunities-clause incarceration-costs | Whether the Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment must restrict government from imposing costs of incarceration and criminal fines that are gr… |
| 25-703 | Calvary Chapel San Jose, et al. v. California, et al. | California | 2025-12-17 | Pending | Amici (7) | church-autonomy covid-restrictions excessive-fines free-exercise-clause religious-liberty strict-scrutiny | Do COVID restrictions with multiple exceptions trigger strict scrutiny under Employment Division v. Smith when they are not generally applicable? |
| 25-6060 | Katherine Henry, et vir v. City of Ormond Beach, Florida | Florida | 2025-11-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection excessive-fines local-law-compliance malum-prohibitum | Whether a class of one Equal Protection claim requires combining three distinct offenses for defining similarly situated parties, and whether a homeow… |
| 25-246 | Kenneth J. Jouppi v. Alaska | Alaska | 2025-09-03 | Pending | Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | constitutional-law culpability due-process excessive-fines judicial-standard property-forfeiture | Whether, in determining whether a fine contravenes the Excessive Fines Clause, courts may consider the gravity of the underlying offense purely in the… |
| 25-5366 | Jane Doe v. Jack Dwosh | California | 2025-08-14 | Denied | IFP | due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment indigent-party pro-per | Does the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause protect a pro per indigent party in State courts, whether or not she uses the term 'Eighth Amendmen… |
| 25A182 | Morgan Joseph Langan v. Chip Davis, et al. | Arizona | 2025-08-13 | Application | constitutional-protections due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines petition-rights republican-form-of-government | Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits local governments from imposing excessive fines that violate constitutional protections and deny citizens' righ… | |
| 24A1287 | Kenneth J. Jouppi v. Alaska | Alaska | 2025-06-26 | Presumed Complete | alcohol-transportation dry-village eighth-amendment excessive-fines forfeiture mandatory-seizure | Whether the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment prohibits the mandatory forfeiture of an aircraft used to transport a small quantity of alc… | |
| 24-7077 | Todd Stephens v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-04-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fifth-amendment pro-se-litigant restitution | Does imposing a restitution order of $130,220,803.65 derived from speculative calculations and disproportionately exceeding the petitioner's limited n… |
| 24-1077 | Sierra Health and Life Insurance Company, Inc. v. Sandra L. Eskew, as Special Administrator of the Estate of William George Eskew | Nevada | 2025-04-15 | Dismissed | constitutional-protections due-process excessive-fines fair-notice gore-guideposts punitive-damages | Whether Gore's constitutional protections against excessive punitive damages are inapplicable in cases where statutes purportedly authorize such award… | |
| 24-1045 | City of Los Angeles, California v. Jesus Pimentel, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2025-04-01 | Denied | Response Waived | 42-usc-1983 burden-of-proof eighth-amendment excessive-fines gross-disproportionality prima-facie-case | Does a government defending against an Eighth Amendment excessive fines claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 bear a burden to produce affirmative evidence tha… |
| 24A627 | United States v. Steven Zorn, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2024-12-26 | Presumed Complete | civil-penalty eighth-amendment excessive-fines false-claims-act medicaid-fraud qui-tam | Whether the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment limits the civil penalty amount in qui tam False Claims Act cases where the government decl… | |
| 24-31 | Michael J. Libman, et al. v. Antwon Jones, et al. | California | 2024-07-12 | Denied | ability-to-pay attorney-fees disgorgement eighth-amendment excessive-fines professional-conduct proportionality-test | Does the court-ordered disgorgement of attorney fees for violation of state rules of professional conduct fall under the 'excessive fines' clause of t… | |
| 23-7686 | Sammy David McLain, Jr. v. Michelle L. Thaller, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2024-06-11 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process excessive-fines judicial-jurisdiction standing sua-sponte-dismissal tort-claim | Can a Judge(s) dismiss a Claim sua sponte (frivolous) involving a Tort (civil wrong) Code (statute) Injury (loss of a legal right) and an Act (law) wi… |
| 23A1044 | Michael J. Libman, et al. v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. | California | 2024-05-22 | Presumed Complete | attorney-fees disgorgement eighth-amendment ex-post-facto excessive-fines professional-conduct | Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits a state court from disgorging an attorney's fees without finding harm to clients or assessing the attorney's ab… | |
| 23-7534 | Charles Feick v. The Brutsche Family Revocable Trust, et al. | Washington | 2024-05-22 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | ability-to-pay constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment indigent-rights | Whether the Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment require the state to demonstrate a rational basis for treating … |
| 23-7506 | Alicia L'Esperance v. Chloe Thibodeau | New Hampshire | 2024-05-17 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-fines fair-housing judicial-procedure landlord-tenant notification notification-requirements property search | Whether any State or judicial body should be allowed to violate Constitutional Rights |
| 23-1192 | Christine Mire v. University Hospital & Clinics, Incorporated, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2024-05-03 | Denied | Response Waived | attorney-conduct civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment estoppel excessive-fines first-amendment free-speech punitive-sanctions subject-matter-jurisdiction | Whether the lower courts' imposition of punitive sanctions violates Petitioner's rights under the First and/or Eighth Amendments |
| 23-7053 | Jonathan James Markle v. Texas | Texas | 2024-03-21 | Denied | IFP | 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 23-781 | Sammie Todd Moser v. Halifax County Board of Supervisors, et al. | Virginia | 2024-01-23 | Denied | Response Waived | appeals-limitation due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fifth-amendment forfeiture retirement-benefits | Whether the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines clause was violated in the forfeiture of Petitioner's vested retirement benefits |
| 23-6301 | Delbert Leroy Oldham v. Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 2023-12-19 | Denied | IFP | civil-rights constitutional-error cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines res-judicata sentencing | Whether the Court of Appeals erred by applying the doctrine of res-judicata,whether the District Court exceeded its authority,whether the trial court … |
| 23-5984 | Lawrence F. Curtin v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-11-09 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 23-388 | Richard W. Como v. Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement Board | Pennsylvania | 2023-10-12 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process excessive-fines excessive-punishment fourteenth-amendment pension pension-forfeiture public-employee retirement-law | Did the Commonwealth Court and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court err in forfeiting Mr. Como's entire pension due to criminal convictions as Superintenden… |
| 23-5066 | Juan Reyes v. Illinois | Illinois | 2023-07-10 | Denied | IFP | 14th-amendment 8th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-fines incorporation judicial-review legal-procedure statutory-interpretation | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 22-7342 | Dupree Penn v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2023-04-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 22-996 | Tawanda Hall, et al. v. Andrew Meisner, Oakland County Treasurer, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2023-04-13 | Denied | civil-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-punishment constitutional-law due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause property-forfeiture takings tax-foreclosure | Whether the forfeiture of property worth far more than needed to satisfy a debt plus interest, penalties, and costs is a fine within the meaning of th… | |
| 22-468 | Daniel James Altstatt v. City of Sacramento, California | California | 2022-11-18 | Denied | bajakajian-factors civil-penalty civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause fourteenth-amendment incorporation-doctrine united-states-v-bajakajian | Whether a state court erred by failing to apply the factors set out in United States v. Bajakajian in evaluating whether a civil penalty is unconstitu… | |
| 22-237 | Sandra K. Nieveen v. TAX 106, et al. | Nebraska | 2022-09-13 | GVR | Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) | due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines government-seizure just-compensation property-rights takings-clause tax-sale | Does the government violate the Takings Clause when it confiscates property worth more than the debt owed by the owner? |
| 22-166 | Geraldine Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2022-08-23 | Judgment Issued | Amici (44)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) | civil-forfeiture constitutional-law due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fine excessive-fines government-forfeiture property-rights takings-clause tax-debt | Whether the government's retention of surplus proceeds from the sale of a home to satisfy a tax debt violates the Takings Clause |
| 22-160 | Kevin L. Fair v. Continental Resources, et al. | Nebraska | 2022-08-22 | GVR | Amici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) | due-process equity-forfeiture excessive-fine excessive-fines government-seizure just-compensation property-rights takings-clause tax-foreclosure | Does the government violate the Takings Clause when it confiscates property worth more than the debt owed by the owner? |
| 22-5358 | James L. Miller v. Amir Kashani, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-08-17 | Dismissed | Relisted (2)IFP | 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation takings | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 21-8155 | Chad M. Vice v. City of Fort Madison, Iowa, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2022-06-16 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 21-1491 | City of Kent, Washington v. Adrian Jacobo-Hernandez | Washington | 2022-05-27 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process excessive-fines felony felony-instrumentality forfeiture livelihood-preservation property-forfeiture | Whether the Excessive Fines Clause provides a livelihood preservation protection which can prevent the forfeiture of the instrumentality of a felony? |
| 21-7568 | Jimmy Stephens v. Florida Department of Corrections | Florida | 2022-04-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 21-1285 | M & N Financing Corporation, et al. v. Department of Fair Employment and Housing | California | 2022-03-23 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights civil-rights-statute constitutional-excessiveness eighth-amendment excessive-fines gender-discrimination penalty-damages small-business small-business-liability state-statute | Is an award of more than $6 million in penalty damages against a small business and its owner unconstitutionally excessive, as a violation of the Eigh… |
| 21-7124 | Pamela Polejewski v. Montana | Montana | 2022-02-16 | Denied | IFP | animal-seizure civil-forfeiture constitutional-rights due-process excessive-fines innocent-owner procedural-violations res-judicata takings vagueness | Are Animal Cost for Caring Civil Forfeiture Laws Constitutional |
| 21-6979 | Andrew J. Johnston v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2022-01-27 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 21-6622 | Rufus Lawson, Jr. v. Officer West, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2021-12-15 | Denied | IFP | 8th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process excessive-fines statutory-interpretation tax-evasion | Whether the statute prohibiting willful failure to pay income taxes violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines |
| 21-695 | Bennie Anderson v. New Jersey | New Jersey | 2021-11-12 | Denied | Response Waived | constitutional-scrutiny eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause national-importance pension-seizure public-pensions punitive-forfeiture punitive-forfeitures state-action | Can a state insulate its punitive forfeitures from federal constitutional scrutiny by limiting the definition of what constitutes a 'fine' for purpose… |
| 21-563 | Warren M. Lent, et al. v. California Coastal Commission, et al. | California | 2021-10-18 | Denied | Amici (4) | administrative-law administrative-penalty administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment property-rights takings | Whether administrative agency can permanently deprive person of millions in fines using summary hearing process |
| 21-5784 | Joe Vonzo Readon v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-09-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 21-437 | Yao Pone v. Board of County Commissioners for Calvert County | Maryland | 2021-09-23 | Denied | Response Waived | 8th-amendment administrative-abuse civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-fines racial-discrimination takings zoning zoning-violations | Were unjustifiable excessive fines imposed by the Calvert County's Planning and zoning employees to the Petitioner? |
| 21-5704 | Antoine Martwain Hill-El v. Calvin Johnson, Warden | Fourth Circuit | 2021-09-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 21-5550 | Darrel Welch v. Illinois | Illinois | 2021-09-01 | Denied | IFP | 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation takings | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states |
| 21-275 | Stars Interactive Holdings (IOM) Ltd., fka Amaya Group Holdings (IOM) Ltd., et al. v. Kentucky, ex rel. J. Michael Brown, Secretary of the Governor's Executive Cabinet | Kentucky | 2021-08-25 | Dismissed | Amici (1) | constitutional-law due-process excessive-fines gambling-losses kentucky-loss-recovery-act kentucky-supreme-court online-poker statutory-damages treble-damages | Whether an award of statutory damages violates due process when it exceeds by a factor of more than 30 any conceivable harm |
| 21-5444 | In Re Calvin James | 2021-08-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment | |
| 21-5305 | Alejandro Rosales-Gonzalez v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-08-05 | Denied | Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | ability-to-pay circuit-split constitutional-consideration constitutional-law criminal-fines eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause fine-assessment indigent-defendant judicial-discretion | Whether a defendant's ability to pay a fine is a relevant consideration when determining if a fine is excessive under the Eighth Amendment |
| 21-5088 | Chavalier Dwayne Johnson, Sr. v. Dr. Nichols, et al. | Florida | 2021-07-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation takings | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 20-8110 | Lawrence Edward Jackson, Jr. v. Maryland | Maryland | 2021-05-24 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection excessive-fines fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure takings wrongful-conviction | Whether the imposition of mandatory fees on the basis of a wrongful conviction violates the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments |
| 20-7976 | Treyton Lee Thomas v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-05-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-provision court-filing due-process excessive-fines incorporation jurisdictional-issue legal-document scotus-petition writ-of-certiorari | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 20-1277 | Richard Meyer v. Kentucky | Kentucky | 2021-03-15 | Denied | civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process excessive-fines forfeitability forfeiture kentucky kentucky-statutes timbs-precedent timbs-v-indiana | Does the Kentucky Court of Appeals decision in this case stand in direct contradiction to this Court's decision in Timbs v. Indiana, 139 S.Ct. 682 (20… | |
| 20-1038 | Darrell Wayne Brown v. Kevin Michael Comstock | Fourth Circuit | 2021-01-29 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 20-5112 | David Wayne Robinson v. Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado, et al. | Tenth Circuit | 2020-07-21 | Denied | IFP | 14th-amendment booking-fees civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection excessive-fines takings-clause | Whether the imposition of a booking fee on citizens of the Beaver County, Pennsylvania violates their due process and equal protection rights under th… |
| 19-8848 | Curtis Phillips v. Derek Oberlander, et al. | Third Circuit | 2020-07-02 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 19-8879 | Gurminder Sekhon v. California | California | 2020-07-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines judicial-process standing trial-transcript | Did the courts violate the petitioner's due process rights by rejecting a defense under the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines? |
| 19-8872 | James Henry Simpson v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections | Fourth Circuit | 2020-07-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 19-8858 | Xavier Deshawn Lymas v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-06-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation state-action takings | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states |
| 19-1344 | Lahkwinder Singh v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-06-05 | Denied | Response Waived | circuit-split criminal-forfeiture deprivation-of-livelihood eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause livelihood-deprivation proportionality-analysis sentencing | Whether the 'deprivation of livelihood' should be included in the proportionality analysis when determining whether a forfeiture meets the constitutio… |
| 19-8351 | In Re Vinodh Raghubir | 2020-04-24 | Dismissed | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause | |
| 19-8320 | Quintez Talley v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. | Third Circuit | 2020-04-21 | Denied | IFP | 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines federal-claims pleading-standards prisoner-rights pro-se-plaintiff state-law-claims supplemental-jurisdiction | Whether the party seeking to raise the possessory evidence privilege has an absolute evidentiary privilege |
| 19-7624 | Jerome Shaw v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-02-12 | Rehearing | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | acceptance-of-responsibility burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause fatico-hearing sentencing | Whether the District Court violated Petitioner's Due Process Rights |
| 19-6982 | Ernest Collins v. Barnes & Thornburg LLP, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2019-12-17 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | 1983-civil-rights-act case-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment incorporation judicial-discretion qualified-immunity section-1691 standing statutory-interpretation | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states under the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 19-6922 | Charles Edward Bates v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2019-12-13 | Denied | IFP | 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-punishment forfeiture sentencing | Whether the lower courts erred in their interpretation of the Eighth Amendment prohibition on excessive fines and punishments as the forfeiture amount… |
| 19-6919 | Michael Allen Channel, Sr. v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2019-12-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation jurisdiction standing takings | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 19-719 | Dami Hospitality, LLC v. Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Workers' Compensation | Colorado | 2019-12-06 | Denied | ability-to-pay civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-fines criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause proportionality sentencing | Whether an offender's ability to pay is relevant in determining whether a fine is unconstitutional under the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amen… | |
| 19-6813 | Lenore Luann Albert v. State Bar of California | California | 2019-12-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights constitutional-law due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines legal-costs license license-suspension reinstatement state-bar state-bar-costs | Whether the California State Bar's conditional suspension that conditions the time suspended to payment of State Bar costs and other amounts ordered d… |
| 19-641 | Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Workers' Compensation v. Dami Hospitality, LLC | Colorado | 2019-11-18 | Denied | 8th-amendment ability-to-pay civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation corporate-liability corporations due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines regulatory-enforcement state-law takings workers-compensation | Whether the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause applies to corporations as it does individuals and, if so, whether and to what extent it require… | |
| 19-6523 | Pasqual Andres McMurry v. Nevada | Nevada | 2019-11-07 | Denied | IFP | civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation standing takings | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 19-443 | Charles G. Kinney v. Philip S. Gutierrez, Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California | Ninth Circuit | 2019-10-03 | Denied | Response Waived | access-to-courts bivens bivens-claim cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines obstruction-of-justice vexatious-litigant | Whether the use of vexatious litigant laws to punish an individual and preclude access to the courts, resulting in excessive fines and cruel and unusu… |
| 19-6046 | Steven Gary Sanders v. William Beck, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-09-25 | Denied | IFP | 1st-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment law-enforcement search-and-seizure vehicle-seizure | Issues being raised |
| 19-5925 | Kavin Maurice Rhodes v. Peter C. Swarth, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2019-09-13 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | 14th-amendment 8th-amendment assets civil-procedure civil-rights court-fees due-process excessive-fines financial-disclosure financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis incorporation indigent-status liabilities poverty pro-se-petition standing | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 19-5864 | Brandon Jones v. Illinois | Illinois | 2019-09-09 | Denied | IFP | civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment free-speech incorporation standing takings | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 19-173 | Jonathan Quinn, Individually and as Guardian ad Litem for H. Q., a Minor Child, et al. v. Truck Insurance Exchange, et al. | South Dakota | 2019-08-07 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation term-1 term-2 term-3 term-4 term-5 term-6 | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 19-5371 | In Re Mary Capri | 2019-07-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice restitution supervised-release | Can the District Court Deny to Abide with the Supreme Court rulings on Restitution? | |
| 19-5364 | In Re Carl A. Courtright, III | 2019-07-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | Abuse-of-discretion access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights court-access due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines first-amendment judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-litigant sanctions | Did the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals abuse its discretion in ordering a $500 sanction against a pro se indigent petitioner? | |
| 19-5108 | Donald Covington v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-07-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourth-circuit sentencing sentencing-guidelines special-assessments standing statutory-claims | Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit err in denying the Petitioner the ability to have his substantive constitutional, statut… |
| 19-57 | Donald Dewees v. United States | District of Columbia | 2019-07-09 | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-procedure due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines international-tax international-taxation streamlined-filing-compliance-procedures tax-assessment tax-collection tax-compliance tax-convention tax-penalties | Did the lack of a meaningful review of the assessment and collection of a tax under the Convention violate Dewees' right to due-process? |
| 18-9341 | Antwon G. Whitten v. William A. Gunter, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2019-05-17 | Denied | IFP | civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment free-speech standing takings | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 18-9246 | Anthony G. Bryant v. Department of Education, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2019-05-14 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | administrative-procedure asset-seizure civil-forfeiture civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines first-amendment fourteenth-amendment tenth-amendment | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 18-1416 | Adam Bereki v. Gary Humphreys, et ux. | California | 2019-05-13 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-fines penal-forfeiture restitution standing statutory-interpretation takings unjust-enrichment | Are sections §7031(a) and (b) of the California Business and Professions Code unconstitutional in effect or as applied? |
| 18-9157 | Israel Arce v. Chicago Transit Authority | Seventh Circuit | 2019-05-06 | Denied | IFP | affidavit civil-rights costs court-fees declaration due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines financial-hardship fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis income-limitation incorporation litigation-expenses poverty redress social-security | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 18-8907 | In Re Samuel H. Williams | 2019-04-19 | Dismissed | Relisted (2)IFP | affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights declaration due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis incorporation poverty redress | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment | |
| 18-8538 | Rufus Spearman v. Mary Parson, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2019-03-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation standing takings | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 18-1053 | Ashland Specialty Co., Inc. v. Dale W. Steager, West Virginia State Tax Commissioner | West Virginia | 2019-02-11 | Denied | Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | bajakajian-standard civil-monetary-penalty civil-noncompliance civil-penalty cooper-industries-v-leatherman eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause-8th-amendment gross-disproportionality grossly-disproportionate master-settlement-agreement proportionality regulatory-compliance state-tax united-states-v-bajakajian | Whether a 500% civil penalty imposed on a small business for inadvertent noncompliance is grossly disproportionate under the Eighth Amendment's Excess… |
| 18-7606 | Samuel Davis v. Sergeant Florence, et al. | Second Circuit | 2019-01-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment free-speech incorporation standing takings | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 18-922 | Abraham M. Fisch v. Texas | Texas | 2019-01-16 | Denied | attorney-fees client-rights criminal-defense-attorney criminal-procedure due-process excessive-fines forfeiture sixth-amendment standard-of-review | What is the appropriate standard of review for the forfeiture of attorney's fees? | |
| 18-7207 | In Re Andrew Johnston | 2019-01-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation standing takings | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause | |
| 18-7198 | Julio Cruz v. David Hallenbeck, Superintendent, Hale Creek Correctional Facility | Second Circuit | 2018-12-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 14th-amendment 8th-amendment affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure declaration due-process excessive-fines habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis incorporation ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief poverty redress | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 18-809 | Curtis T. Lovelace v. Illinois | Illinois | 2018-12-26 | Denied | Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | acquittal bail-bond bail-bond-forfeiture clerk-of-courts due-process due-process,excessive-fines,equal-protection,bail- equal-protection excessive-fines fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment | Whether charging a person who was tried and acquitted a $35,000 bail bond forfeiture, not related to individualized costs or compliance with bail bond… |
| 18-6938 | Jarrod Phillips v. Rusty Washburn, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2018-12-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal appellate-procedure boykin-precedent boykin-v-alabama civil-rights constitutional-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining strickland-standard strickland-v-washington | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 18-463 | Bernard Morello v. Texas | Texas | 2018-10-12 | Denied | Response Waived | arbitrary-enforcement civil-rights constitutional-proportionality due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment proportionality state-law state-statute statutory-fines | Does a properly enacted state statute imposing fines and penalties violate the Eighth Amendment if the state applies the statute arbitrarily and abusi… |
| 18-6224 | Lamond Latney v. Anthony Parker | Fourth Circuit | 2018-10-04 | Denied | IFP | civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines federal-jurisdiction fourteenth-amendment incorporation standing takings | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 18-6153 | Tonya Lynn Raisbeck v. Anthony Stewart, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2018-10-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 14th-amendment 8th-amendment assets assets-liabilities civil-rights due-process excessive-fines expenses financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income incorporation monthly-expenses monthly-income poverty poverty-affidavit support | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 18-5710 | Alejandro Amor v. United States, ex rel. Juan Pena, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-08-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | double-jeopardy eighth-amendment election-of-remedies estoppel excessive-fines false-claims-act materiality res-judicata restitution seventh-amendment | Whether the False Claims Act 31 U.S.C. 3729-33 (FCA), estoppel provision violates the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution |
| 18-5455 | In Re Deborah Elizabeth Gouch-Onassis | 2018-08-06 | Dismissed | IFP | but the text you've provided appears to be incomp fragmented I cannot extract a meaningful question presented I will respond with: 'Question not identified." legible text of a SCOTUS petition for writ of cer or unreadable. Without a clear civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation jurisdiction standing takings | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause | |
| 18-5311 | Jack Reid v. United States | Second Circuit | 2018-07-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-procedure criminal-forfeiture criminal-procedure drug-forfeiture drug-offenses due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines property-rights property-seizure sentencing standing substantial-connection | Whether property subject to forfeiture under 21 U.S.C. §853(a)(2) must have a substantial connection to the underlying criminal activity |
| 18-5165 | Joh-ner Taylor Wilson v. Illinois | Illinois | 2018-07-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation patent standing takings | Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |