federal-constitution

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25-5915 Fareed Sepehry-Fard v. U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Greenpoint Mortgage Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-AR2 California 2025-10-20 Dismissed IFP due-process federal-constitution jurisdiction land-patents supremacy-clause treaty-law 1. Did the lower court violate Article VI Clause 2 as to the Supremacy Clause of Federal Constitution in relation to Land Patents and treaty laws on L…
24-7310 Ian Leonard Clark v. United States District Court for the District of Oregon, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-challenge federal-constitution judicial-interpretation state-law statutory-interpretation Does the Supreme Court agree with the Appellant's claim that Oregon Revised Statute 14.270 is unconstitutional?
23-7023 Johnny Mack Sketo Calhoun v. Florida Florida 2024-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-law federal-constitution florida-law state-criminal-law third-party-confession third-party-confessions Does the manner in which Florida deals with third party confessions violate defendant's rights under the Due Process Clause of the Federal Constitutio…
23-6407 Nira Woods v. Department of Housing and Community Development, et al. California 2024-01-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-constitution federal-procedure interlocutory-order judicial-review standing state-court state-courts Is the Existence of the State Courts Interlocutory Order(s) in this case impairs/offense/invalidate my Federal Constitution and Due processes?
23-6334 Nira Woods v. Department of Housing and Community Development, et al. California 2023-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-constitution interlocutory-order judicial-procedure state-court state-courts statutory-provisions Is the Existence of the State Courts Interlocutory Order(s) in this case impairs / offense / invalidate Federal Constitution and Due processes?
23-519 Stephanie Lynn Soondar v. Supreme Court of Colorado Colorado 2023-11-16 Denied Response Waived attorney-admission attorney-regulation colorado-supreme-court constitutional-jurisdiction due-process exclusive-jurisdiction federal-constitution federal-precedent state-court-authority supreme-court-rules Is the Colorado Supreme Court's attorney admission rules constitutional?
23-5727 Jeff Baoliang Zhang v. Kory Knapke California 2023-10-06 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 42-U.S.C.-1983 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process federal-constitution judicial-corruption judicial-misconduct medical-malpractice statute-of-limitations Can the lower courts ignore federal civil rights claims and allow a medical rapist to escape liability?
22-7765 Michael Tanner Lank v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-06-12 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process federal-constitution oklahoma-court-of-criminal-appeals petition-for-writ-of-certiorari state-constitution state-law-interpretation trial-by-jury Is the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Court, Rule 5.5 in conformity with the DUE PROCESS OF LAW standards of the United States Constitution?
22-7542 Wilber Curtis Johnson v. Texas Texas 2023-05-12 Denied IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-constitution sexual-assault texas-constitution trial-procedure witness-testimony Whether testimony can be sufficient to render harmless any error in admitting additional testimony as evidence, when trial counsel objected to testimo…
22-6748 John Paul Holland v. Kansas Kansas 2023-02-10 Denied IFP civil-rights conviction due-process evidence federal-constitution liberty Whether the Supreme Court of the State of Mars erroneously denied the petitioner's previously filed petition for a writ of habeas corpus
22-6492 Zoe Ajjahnon v. Sandler Holdings, LLC Florida 2023-01-09 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process eviction-proceedings federal-constitution fourteenth-amendment judicial-review procedural-deficiency property-rights state-constitution Whether Florida's Orange County trial court's final judgment, Florida's Fifth District Court of Appeals' deliberate denial of due process, and Florida…
22-457 Peter Whyte v. Dan Winkleski, Warden Seventh Circuit 2022-11-15 Denied Response Waived constitutional-claim federal-constitution federal-law habeas-corpus material-facts plain-statement state-pleading-standard state-procedural-rule Whether a state court's dismissal of a habeas petitioner's claim under the U.S. Constitution for failure to plead sufficient 'material facts' under a …
21-7872 Steven Guardado v. Billy K. Sipe, Jr., et al. Arizona 2022-05-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-constitution federal-question judicial-remedy pandemic-court state-courts Whether the decision of the Arizona Supreme Court prevents application of the Confrontation, Due Process and Compulsory Process Clauses of the US Cons…
21-1441 Emanuel McCray v. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration Sixth Circuit 2022-05-13 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-rulemaking constitutional-authority constitutional-interpretation executive-authority federal-constitution legislative-power occupational-safety public-health separation-of-powers What is the appropriate constitutional authority embodied in Articles I and III and the Tenth and Thirteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution that …
21-7008 Marco Dane Acoff v. Alabama Alabama 2022-01-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-protocol criminal-procedure due-process federal-constitution habeas-corpus judicial-discretion mental-evaluation state-constitution supreme-court-review whether-the-alabama-supreme-court-wrongfully-decided-an-important-issue
21-116 Missouri, ex rel. Michalene Hagan v. Milan Berry, Judge, 45th Judicial Circuit, Pike County, Missouri, et al. Missouri 2021-07-28 Denied criminal-procedure due-process excessive-bail federal-constitution missouri-constitution pretrial-detention Whether the Excessive Bail Clauses are preempted or stayed due to Missouri Supreme Court Rule 33
20-8141 Paul Castonguay v. Nebraska Nebraska 2021-05-26 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights dna-testing due-process federal-constitution fifth-amendment post-conviction-relief sexual-assault state-constitution statutory-rights Whether the state courts erred and abused their discretion by depriving and denying the defendant of his statutory rights to DNA testing
20-1348 True Harmony, et al. v. United States District Court for the Central District of California Ninth Circuit 2021-03-25 Denied Response Waived automatic-stay bankruptcy bankruptcy-stay civil-rights disqualification due-process federal-constitution federal-judge judicial-bias judicial-disqualification Whether a federal court judge should be disqualified for lack of impartiality due to prior violations of the automatic stay in bankruptcy and denial o…
20-6345 Thomas Reid DeCarlo v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-11-19 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights congressional-power constitutional-interpretation constitutional-supremacy due-process federal-constitution judicial-review legislative-acts legislative-process separation-of-powers Whether Congress can override the Federal Constitution
20-5683 Carlton Smith v. Hilton Hall, Warden Georgia 2020-09-14 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-review constitutional-rights due-process federal-constitution fundamental-fairness judicial-review legal-standard standing state-court structural-defect Does the state's waiver standard of fundamental constitutional rights violate the established standard of the Federal Constitution?
20-5029 Richard Charles Lussy v. Henry Paumie Lussy Montana 2020-07-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-constitution free-speech hearsay-impeachment jury-verdict ministerial-oath standing stare-decisis Whether to apply Federal Constitution: [A] bad speech to impeach hearsay-stare decisis with particularized legislated Montana Code Annotated (MCA) in-…
19-7595 Rickey Todd Major v. Renee Baker, Warden Nevada 2020-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-constitution retroactivity state-courts substantive-function supreme-court-precedent welch-v-united-states Does the federal Constitution require state courts to apply retroactively decisions that narrow the scope of criminal laws?
19-7403 Theodore C. Shove v. Ron Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-01-24 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP capital-case constitutional-rights criminal-violations due-process federal-constitution habeas-corpus judicial-oath law-enforcement prosecution state-constitution state-court-judgment state-exhaustion statutory-demand us-constitution Whether a criminal judgment obtained through violations of state and federal constitutions and laws by law enforcement and prosecution qualifies for h…
19-789 Maghreb Petroleum Exploration, S.A., et al. v. John Paul DeJoria Fifth Circuit 2019-12-20 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) anti-retroactivity-provisions civil-rights constitutional-law de-novo-review due-process erie-doctrine federal-constitution foreign-judgment foreign-money-judgment judicial-review retroactive-application retroactive-legislation retroactivity texas-constitution texas-law texas-legislature uniform-foreign-country-money-judgments-recognitio Whether the retroactive application of the 2017 Texas Act violates the anti-retroactivity provisions of the Federal and the Texas Constitutions?
19-5483 Grant Thomas McAdams v. Washington Washington 2019-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure collateral-review constitutional-protection due-process federal-constitution insufficient-evidence intent-to-commit-theft post-conviction-relief pro-se pro-se-petition standing state-court-procedure washington-state Does the Due Process protection of the federal Constitution apply to Washington State's collateral review procedures?
19-5441 Louis Mercado v. Jacob Sorey, Warden, et al. Florida 2019-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-constitution habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief procedural-due-process property-rights standing state-statute takings Whether the petitioner's right to the writ of certiorari was unconstitutionally denied by the Florida appellate court
18-9583 Alfredo M. Vasquez v. California California 2019-06-07 Denied IFP constitutional-law due-process evidence federal-constitution jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sexual-assault sexual-contacts state-constitution victim Was the exclusion of evidence regarding the alleged victim's prior sexual contacts with her boyfriend a denial of due process under the Federal and St…
18-1016 Lloyd Gene Beam v. Michigan Michigan 2019-02-04 Denied Response Waived collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-constitution judicial-impartiality judicial-impartiality-standard-retroactivity montgomery-v-louisiana retroactive-application state-collateral-review teague-retroactivity teague-v-lane watershed-rule watershed-rules Was the new standard from People v. Stevens a decision by the Michigan Supreme Court interpreting the federal Constitution?
18-7111 Johnny Joe Guerra v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1291 constitutional-procedure court-of-appeals district-court due-process federal-constitution fifth-amendment fifth-circuit injustice jurisdictional-review mandate-recall unadjudicated-claims Whether the Fifth Circuit erred when it did not recall the mandate in order to prevent an injustice relative to two unadjudicated claims in the distri…
18-7085 Larry A. McGhee v. Michigan Michigan 2018-12-18 Denied IFP affirmative-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-constitution free-speech jurisdiction public-education standing state-constitution Whether the Michigan Constitution's prohibition on affirmative action in public education violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitutio…
18-6625 Darnell Bernard Blagmon v. Virginia Virginia 2018-11-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-constitution recantation state-court state-court-procedure witness-recantation writ-of-innocence Did the state court violate petitioner's federal constitutional right to due process by making this ruling without having held an evidentiary hearing?
18-5565 Nicholas Edwards v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-constitution habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel innocent laws-of-united-states miscarriage-of-justice post-conviction-relief procedural-limitations standing state-statute treaties whether-the-state-writ-of-habeas-corpus-is-valid