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25A496 Robert W. Feldman v. Colorado Colorado 2025-10-30 Application cause-of-death executive-branch forensic-pathology legislative-branch separation-of-powers subdelegation Whether the separation of powers doctrine precludes a county coroner from delegating or allowing testimony about the cause and manner of an unattended…
25A478 Todd Blanche, et al. v. Shira Perlmutter District of Columbia 2025-10-27 Application executive-branch federal-vacancies-reform-act legislative-branch officer-classification presidential-removal separation-of-powers Whether the Librarian of Congress and Register of Copyrights are executive or legislative branch officers for purposes of presidential removal authori…
25A269 Department of State, et al. v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, et al. District of Columbia 2025-09-08 Presumed Complete Amici (2) administrative-procedure-act agency-discretion congressional-appropriations executive-branch funding-restrictions judicial-review Whether the Administrative Procedure Act permits judicial review of executive branch funding decisions that potentially conflict with congressional ap…
24-1216 In Re Micron Technology, Inc., et al. 2025-05-29 Denied Response Waived civil-discovery district-court executive-branch national-security protective-order technical-documentation Does a district court clearly and indisputably err in ordering production of sensitive technical documentation without applying the standards set fort…
23-7639 Louis C. Bouie v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Pennsylvania 2024-06-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP drug-treatment-program due-process ex-post-facto executive-branch judicial-review sentencing-discretion separation-of-powers stare-decisis statutory-construction Did the Pennsylvania High Court unconstitutionally permit the statutory construct at 61 Pa.C.S.A. § 4105 to grant the executive branch carte blanche s…
23-903 David E. Stone, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-21 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act bundled-mortgages executive-branch executive-branch-discretion income-tax internal-revenue-code mortgage-taxation sovereign-immunity tax-collection Whether the Commissioner has absolute discretion and sovereign immunity to decline to collect income taxes on bundled mortgages
23-5775 Suvad Dardagan v. Charles Truitt, Warden Illinois 2023-10-12 Denied IFP affirmation charging-instrument executive-branch fourth-amendment judicial-determination oath probable-cause warrant warrant-requirement Whether in the absence of a judicial determination of probable cause the executive branch of the state government lacks a legal authority to seek a ch…
22-1209 PDVSA U.S. Litigation Trust, et al. v. LUKOIL Pan Americas LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure executive-branch foreign-government judicial-review jurisdictional-challenge political-question-doctrine standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the application of the political question doctrine deprives a court of subject matter jurisdiction
22-6962 Antonio Rosas-Ramirez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure claim-processing-rule enforcement-action executive-branch immigration-law immigration-removal legislative-rule notice-to-appear statutory-requirement statutory-requirements Whether a statutory requirement for initiation of an enforcement action is a claim-processing rule or constrains the government's statutory license
22-244 Stephen A. Tanner v. Idaho Department of Fish and Game, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-09-14 Denied Response Waived executive-branch fourth-amendment game-check-stations roadblocks separation-of-powers wildlife-management Whether the Director and Officers of the State of Idaho Department of Fish and Game violate the Separation of Powers doctrine
21-7823 Robert L. Allum v. Montana Montana 2022-05-10 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge due-process executive-branch financial-gain fourteenth-amendment judicial-integrity judicial-pool res-judicata state-constitution workers-compensation Whether a 46-year history of a state court violating due-process rights constitutes sufficient injury to the judicial system
21-1248 Snoqualmie Indian Tribe v. Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-15 Denied Amici (4)Response Waived congressional-action constitution executive-branch federal-courts indian-treaty-rights issue-preclusion Whether the federal courts have the constitutional authority to unilaterally abrogate all rights guaranteed to an Indian tribe under a treaty with the…
21-6365 Anthony A. Patel v. Patricia Miller, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights congress-executive congressional-oversight due-process executive-branch judicial-authority judicial-discretion separation-of-powers standing vexatious-litigants vexatious-litigation Does a judge have the authority to deem the interests of Congress and the Executive Branch to be vexatious?
21-6266 Mary Aragon, aka Mary Delgado, and German Ramirez-Gonzalez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP acting-attorney-general appointments-clause constitutional-law due-process executive-branch principal-officer senate-confirmation united-states-attorney Did the Ninth Circuit's disposition of Petitioners' claim under Article II's Appointments Clause contravene Eaton's longstanding rule?
21-400 Melecia Baltazar-Sebastian v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-14 Denied Response Waived article-iii-court bail-reform-act civil-detention executive-branch executive-branch-authority immigration-and-nationality-act immigration-detention separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Whether the executive branch can keep a person in civil detention despite an Article III court's release order
21-5441 Brandon Mark Bjerknes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment article-1-section-3 constitutional-construction double-jeopardy executive-branch federal-government federal-lawmaking judicial-minimalism senate-representation state-representation Does the Senate's constitutional construction link state governments to the federal lawmaking process?
20-1738 Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. v. United States House of Representatives District of Columbia 2021-06-15 GVR article-iii-standing border-wall border-wall-expenditures congress congressional-standing executive-branch executive-branch-challenge mootness separation-of-powers statutory-authority Whether, pursuant to United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950), this Court should vacate the court of appeals' judgment that a single Hou…
20-1657 Minor Lee McNeil v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-05-27 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-authority due-process executive-branch federal-jurisdiction federal-power trading-with-enemy-act trading-with-the-enemy-act treason war-powers Whether the use of the federal War power via the amended (TWEA), to establish federal jurisdictions inside the Union States is an act of Treason?
20-7427 Leefatinie Tirosh Cole v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 34-U.S.C.-§-20913(d) constitutional-law Executive-Branch Gundy legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-delegation Whether this Court should revisit nondelegation-doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34-U.S.C.-§-20913(d) is an unconstit…
20-6809 Anthony Lynn Wood v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-law executive-branch legislative-power nondelega tion-doctrine nondelegation separation-of-powers sex-offender-registration statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Should this Court overrule Gundy and, if appropriate, revisit its approach to nondelegation claims, and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) is an unconstit…
20-298 El Paso County, Texas, et al. v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-09-08 Pending appropriations-clause border-wall caa congressional-spending department-of-defense executive-branch executive-power separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation transfer-of-funds Whether the Executive Branch's expenditure of $2.5 billion on border-wall construction violates the CAA and thus the Appropriations Clause
20-5178 Jimmy Fernetus v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment district-court eighth-amendment executive-branch executive-power legislative-branch legislative-power minimum-mandatory-sentence separation-of-powers Whether the separation of powers doctrine prohibits the legislative and executive branches from forcing a district court judge to impose a minimum man…
20-5004 Michael Joseph Zeroni v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 34-USC-20913(d) constitutional-law Executive-Branch Gundy legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Whether the nondelegation doctrine should be revisited
19-8918 Donovan G. Davis, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court civil-procedure criminal-procedure executive-branch judicial-branch judicial-interpretation property-return rule-41g standing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Federal-Rules-of-Criminal-Procedure-41(g)
19-8889 Hector Guagua-Alarcon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-02 Denied IFP article-iii article-three due-process executive-branch executive-power federal-jurisdiction maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction Does the MDLEA violate Article III and the Sixth Amendment by giving dispositive weight to the Executive Branch's assertion that jurisdiction exists?
19-8422 Todd Lee Glenn v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law executive-branch gundy-v-united-states legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers sex-offender-registration sorna statutory-interpretation Whether this Court should revisit its nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) is an uncon…
19-8381 Joseph Benjamin O'Donnell v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-law executive-branch legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers sex-offender-registration statutory-interpretation Whether this Court should revisit its nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) is an uncon…
19-7535 Norman Eugene Reed v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 34-U.S.C.-20913(d) 34-usc-20913(d) constitutional-law executive-branch Gundy legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-delegation Whether this Court should revisit its broad nondelegation doctrine precedent and, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) is an unconstituti…
19-7494 Ricky Lynn Thomas v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 34-usc-20913(d) constitutional-limits executive-branch gundy gundy-precedent legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-delegation Whether this Court should revisit its broad nondelegation doctrine precedent and, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) is an unconstituti…
19-6626 Allen Dodson v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 34-usc-20913(d) administrative-law constitutional-law criminal-law due-process executive-branch gundy-v-united-states legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers sex-offender-registration-and-notification-act statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should revisit its nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) is an uncon…
19-185 Kalev Mutond, et al. v. Darryl Lewis District of Columbia 2019-08-12 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) civil-procedure common-law-immunity conduct-based-immunity diplomatic-immunity executive-branch executive-branch-position executive-branch-views foreign-official-immunity foreign-officials personal-capacity personal-capacity-suit personal-capacity-suits samantar-v-yousuf torture-victim-protection-act Whether conduct-based immunity applies when foreign officials are sued in their personal capacities
19-55 James W. Richards, IV v. Barbara M. Barrett, Secretary of the Air Force, et al. Armed Forces 2019-07-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) all-writs-act article-i article-i-court caaf executive-branch extraordinary-writ jurisdiction military-courts military-jurisdiction uniform-code-military-justice uniform-code-of-military-justice Can the Executive Branch divest an Article I military court of appeals of jurisdiction over an extraordinary writ brought under the All Writs Act, 28 …
18-9802 Rodney B. Benson v. Utah Labor Commission, et al. Utah 2019-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 7th-amendment article-iii article-iii-section-2 article-vi article-vi-paragraph-2 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process executive-branch fourteenth-amendment judicial-branch seventh-amendment utah-constitution workers-compensation Does Utah's Executive Branch and/or Judicial Branch have the power to deny constitutional rights
18A1205 James W. Richards, IV v. Deborah Lee James, Secretary of the Air Force, et al. Armed Forces 2019-05-21 Presumed Complete article-i-courts executive-branch extraordinary-writ jurisdiction military-courts uniform-code-of-military-justice Whether an Article I military court of appeals can be divested of jurisdiction over an extraordinary writ by executive action after jurisdiction has i…
18-1322 The Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos, et al. v. New York City Police Department, et al. New York 2019-04-18 Denied Response Waived animal-cruelty establishment-clause executive-branch free-exercise judicial-branch legislative-branch mandamus separation-of-powers standing writ-of-mandamus Can the New York State Judicial Branch refuse to issue a writ of mandamus when the executive branch defies the legislative branch?
18-966 Department of Commerce, et al. v. New York, et al. Second Circuit 2019-01-25 Denied Amici (52)Relisted (3) administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act-apa agency-decision agency-decision-making census discovery executive-branch standing Whether the district court erred in enjoining the Secretary of Commerce from reinstating a question about citizenship to the 2020 decennial census
18-557 Department of Commerce, et al. v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied Amici (8)Relisted (2) administrative-procedure-act agency-action agency-decisionmaker agency-officials discovery executive-branch executive-discretion judicial-review mandamus mental-processes standing Whether a district court may order discovery outside the administrative record to probe the mental processes of an agency decisionmaker when there is …
18-5992 Amilcar C. Butler v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-782 commutation criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing executive-branch executive-commutation judicial-branch judicial-discretion judicial-executive-branch-interaction mandatory-minimum sentencing-guidelines Does Butler's statutory mandatory minimum sentence initially imposed by the judicial branch and later commuted by the executive branch bar him from se…