| 25A907 |
Samson K. Orusa v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2026-02-12 |
Application |
|
certiorari federal-court good-faith judicial-misconduct prisoner-petition pro-se |
Question not identified. |
| 25A868 |
Gregory Michael Nierenberg v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2026-02-03 |
Application |
|
certificate-of-appealability eleventh-circuit federal-court habeas-corpus post-conviction statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 25A862 |
Clark MacKendrick v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2026-02-02 |
Application |
|
certificate-of-appealability eleventh-circuit federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-due-process |
Question not identified. |
| 25-908 |
The Glynn Environmental Coalition, Inc., et al. v. Sea Island Acquisition, LLC |
Eleventh Circuit |
2026-02-02 |
Pending |
|
administrative-appeal citizen-suit clean-water-act federal-court jurisdictional-determination permit-waiver |
Is a Clean Water Act permittee's waiver of "any challenge" to the jurisdictional status of a wetland "in any Federal court" limited to government suit… |
| 25-6420 |
In Re Ryan D. Mumme |
|
2025-12-23 |
Pending |
IFP |
article-iii constitutional-jurisdiction federal-court government-liability judicial-power sovereign-immunity |
1. Whether the applicant has a right to the relief he demands;
2. If he has a right, and that right has been violated, whether the laws of his countr… |
| 25-741 |
Keith Allen Kiefer v. Isanti County, Minnesota, et al. |
Minnesota |
2025-12-22 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
constitutional-claims federal-court first-amendment petition-clause statute-of-limitations supreme-court-review |
To protect the right of access to the courts under the First Amendment's Petition Clause, during the petition stage of this Court seeking review of fe… |
| 25-582 |
Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. v. Enbridge Energy, LP, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-11-17 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse Waived |
ex-parte-young federal-court real-party-in-interest sovereign-immunity sovereign-lands state-officials |
Whether a State is the real party in interest, and therefore entitled to sovereign immunity, where a private plaintiff sues state officials in federal… |
| 25-6131 |
Zeno E. Sims v. Chris Brewer, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-11-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
concurrent-sentencing federal-court judicial-discretion legal-precedent sentencing-procedure state-court |
Whether this Court should revisit Setser and affirmatively hold that once a federal court runs a future state court sentence concurrently to a defenda… |
| 25A515 |
Jose Duran, Individually and as Representative of a Class of Judgment Creditors of the Estate of Ferdinand E. Marcos v. United States, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-11-04 |
Denied |
|
constitutional-claims federal-court judicial-relief preliminary-injunction state-officials status-quo |
Whether a federal court may issue a preliminary injunction against state officials based on a likelihood of success on constitutional claims without a… |
| 25A506 |
Walter W. Bullock, et al. v. Rivian Automotive, Inc., et al. |
California |
2025-11-04 |
Application |
|
corporate-charter federal-court forum-provision initial-public-offering securities-act state-court |
Whether a publicly-traded corporation can unilaterally amend its corporate charter to include a forum-steering provision that requires Securities Act … |
| 25-5289 |
Michael Oliver v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-08-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
federal-court interstate-comity jurisdictional-challenge legal-recognition nation-state sovereign-immunity |
1. Is the immunity of foreign sovereigns in the courts of the United States a Common Law doctrine that has been recognized by the Supreme Court of the… |
| 25-5172 |
William Trampas Widmyer v. Jonathan Frame, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-07-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-default rule-60b state-court |
1. Were the Petitioner 's Constitutional Amendment Rights violated when
petitioner 's Rule 60(B) motion was denied yet, the Northern District court o… |
| 25-67 |
Abhijit Bagal v. Kshama Sawant, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-07-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-challenge federal-court injury-in-fact judicial-review legal-standing standing |
1. What constitutes a cognizable injury to establish standing in a federal court to challenge an unconstitutional law?
2. Whether a geographical conn… |
| 24-7454 |
William Demont White, Jr. v. Lisa Stenseth, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-06-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists |
Whether a federal court may find that 'reasonable jurists would not disagree' about denying a certificate of appealability when other courts have reso… |
| 24-1289 |
Nissan North America, Inc. v. Sherida Johnson, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-06-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-iii-standing circuit-split class-action federal-court injury-in-fact rule-23 |
Whether a federal court may certify a Rule 23(b)(3) class when almost no one in the class has suffered an Article III injury, and whether a federal co… |
| 24-7418 |
In Re Zannie J. Lotharp |
|
2025-06-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
commitment-review criminal-procedure federal-court habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge writ-of-certiorari |
Can the Supreme Court grant a writ of habeas corpus of commitment, and does it extend to a prisoner committed by a court without competent jurisdictio… |
| 24-1198 |
Association for Government Accountability, et al. v. Steve Simon, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Minnesota Secretary of State, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-05-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
drivers-privacy-act ex-parte-young federal-court injunctive-relief seminole-tribe state-officials |
Whether the Ex Parte Young exception for prospective injunctive relief applies in federal court actions against state officials in their official capa… |
| 24-7212 |
Dequarn Markeyth Bell v. Lisa Stenseth, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-05-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal court may find that 'reasonable jurists would not disagree' with the denial of habeas relief when other courts have resolved similar… |
| 24-1167 |
Niagara-Wheatfield Central School District v. New York |
Second Circuit |
2025-05-14 |
Denied |
|
federal-court parens-patriae population-harm quasi-sovereign-interest standing state-attorney-general |
How widespread must an injury to a State's quasi-sovereign interest be, and how clearly must it transcend harm to particular private parties, to give … |
| 24-6868 |
In Re James Eric Mansfield |
|
2025-03-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
antiterrorism-act evidentiary-law federal-court habeas-corpus state-sovereignty tenth-amendment |
Whether a federal court violates the Tenth Amendment by commandeering state evidentiary law and adding a heightened provision for the admissibility of… |
| 24-6809 |
Ali R. Muhammad v. Lone Star Funds, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-03-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights due-process federal-court judicial-bias rooker-feldman-doctrine sherman-antitrust-act |
Does CAPERTON v. A.T. MASSEY COAL CO. allow a plaintiff to sue in federal court by claiming a due process violation due to an unconstitutional potenti… |
| 24-6780 |
Earl Felton Crago, Jr. v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2025-03-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conviction-review criminal-procedure federal-court habeas-corpus state-court subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the Federal Court has jurisdiction to hear successive petitions for writ of habeas corpus when state courts lack subject matter jurisdiction o… |
| 24-849 |
Laura Smith, as Duly Appointed Representative and Independent Administrator of the Estate of Andrea Manfredi, Deceased, et al. v. The Boeing Company, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-02-10 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response Waived |
admiralty-jurisdiction diversity-jurisdiction federal-court maritime-law subject-matter-jurisdiction wrongful-death |
Whether a federal court can have exclusive admiralty jurisdiction over a claim when a non-admiralty state court would have concurrent jurisdiction ove… |
| 24-838 |
Sol M. Leiner v. Dow, Inc., et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-02-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy-discharge constitutional-provisions federal-court jurisdiction product-liability supreme-court-review |
Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in dismissing the case involving product liability claims against Dow Defendants and jurisdiction over federal versus … |
| 24-812 |
La Dell Grizzell, on Behalf of Her Minor Children v. San Elijo Elementary School, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-31 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Relisted (2) |
constitutional-rights federal-court minor-representation ninth-circuit-rule pro-se-litigation statutory-interpretation |
Whether children must retain an attorney to pursue claims in federal court, or whether their parents may instead litigate pro se on their behalf |
| 24-718 |
Blake Andrew Warner v. Hillsborough County School Board |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-01-08 |
Denied |
Amici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
federal-court legal-standing litigation parental-representation pro-se statutory-interpretation |
Whether children must hire an attorney to pursue their claims in federal court, or whether their parents may instead litigate pro se on their behalf |
| 24A656 |
Jessica Arong O'Brien v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-01-02 |
Presumed Complete |
|
asset-forfeiture criminal-restitution district-court-order federal-court retirement-assets sentencing-judgment |
Whether a federal district court may order the turnover of a defendant's retirement assets to satisfy a criminal restitution judgment |
| 24-6217 |
Ricky Kamdem-Ouaffo v. Colgate Palmolive Co., et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-12-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights federal-court patent-application procedural-action state-court subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether a federal court has subject-matter jurisdiction to order a state court judge's jurisdiction and adjudge a patent application's procedural acti… |
| 24-5991 |
Morgan Allen Armstrong v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-jurisdiction federal-court judicial-review jurisdictional-challenge legal-procedure |
Question not identified. |
| 24-304 |
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, dba Labcorp v. Luke Davis, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-09-18 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (23)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) |
article-iii certification class-action federal-court injury-in-fact standing |
Whether a federal court may certify a class action when some of its members lack any Article III injury |
| 24A223 |
In Re Lorenzo Cole |
|
2024-08-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-violations federal-court habeas-corpus page-limitations pro-se-petition word-limits |
Whether a state prisoner may seek extraordinary relief from word and page limitations in a federal habeas corpus petition based on the complexity of a… |
| 24-5370 |
Michael Deangelo Lowery v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2024-08-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
court-of-appeals federal-court judgment petition writ-of-certiorari |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5301 |
Derek J. DeGroot v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-08-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
equitable-exception federal-court jurisdictional-limitation mootness rluipa sua-sponte |
Whether the doctrine of mootness remains a jurisdictional limitation given equitable exceptions and the 'capable of repetition yet evading review' sta… |
| 23-7129 |
Cedric Jones v. Brian Eller, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law appeals-court civil-rights due-process federal-court jurisdiction petition public-health rehearing standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Appellate Court has the authority to rule District Court lacked authority to enjoin the CDC from enforcing its eviction moratorium |
| 23-7008 |
Lawrence Martin v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-03-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment brady-violation civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence federal-court new-trial relief trial-rights |
Was Martin entitled to production of documents, did a Brady violation occur when favorable material evidence was withheld/discarded, was Martin entitl… |
| 23-1004 |
Moises Sandoval Mendoza v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-03-13 |
Denied |
|
capital-punishment capital-sentencing due-process federal-court fifth-circuit habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance merits-adjudication section-2254 state-court |
Whether a federal claim is 'adjudicated on the merits' in state court under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) |
| 23-6953 |
Anthony Lamont Mason, II v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
federal-court federal-sentencing indian-major-crimes-act mandatory-minimum mcgirt-v-oklahoma sentencing-guidelines state-court state-sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether federal sentencing courts should treat a sentence that is optional in state court as mandatory in federal court under the Indian Major Crimes … |
| 23-6816 |
Wayne Resper v. YesCare Corp., fka Corizon Health, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-02-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
ballot-access civil-procedure constitutional-challenge due-process election-law election-procedures federal-court removal standing state-court voting-rights |
Whether the Circuit Court for Alleghany County, Maryland should have given the pro se petitioner an opportunity to challenge the removal of his compla… |
| 23-6511 |
Thomas Albert Sosnowski v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-01-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-protective-services constitutional-rights due-process exhaustion-requirement exigent-circumstances federal-court fourth-amendment habeas-corpus social-worker state-court warrantless-search |
Whether a wrongfully convicted Section 2254 petitioner's U.S. constitutional rights violation claims that were not previously exhausted in the state c… |
| 23A626 |
Robert Shawn Ingram v. Warden, Holman Correctional Facility |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-01-08 |
Presumed Complete |
|
criminal-conviction eleventh-circuit federal-court habeas-corpus petition-review supreme-court-jurisdiction |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals improperly denied a federal habeas corpus petition challenging a criminal conviction or sentence |
| 23-6258 |
Sherman L. Fields v. Donald J. Trump, former President of the United States, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2023-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights detention due-process federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-review liberty liberty-restraint remedy standing state-prisoner |
Whether the Petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when he was illegally detained and denied a remedy for such violation |
| 23A469 |
Mike Moyle, Speaker of the Idaho House of Representatives, et al. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-11-27 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-challenge federal-court gender-affirming-care legislative-standing preliminary-injunction state-law |
Whether a state legislature has standing to challenge a federal court's preliminary injunction restricting enforcement of a state law regulating gende… |
| 23-6047 |
Ralph Reed v. Robert May, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-11-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights due-process federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure state-court state-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether the State of Delaware's denial of Petitioner's request for a writ of habeas corpus violated his due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendm… |
| 23A437 |
William Plummer v. Wellpath, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-11-15 |
Presumed Complete |
|
extension-request federal-court habeas-corpus prisoner-rights pro-se procedural-rules |
Whether a federal district court properly denied a pro se prisoner's request for a 30-day extension to file a habeas corpus petition under federal pro… |
| 23A438 |
Lynn Richard Norton v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-15 |
Presumed Complete |
|
extension-of-time federal-court interest-of-justice petition-for-certiorari prisoner-rights pro-se |
Whether a pro se prisoner's request for a brief extension to file a petition for certiorari should be granted in the interest of justice |
| 23-344 |
Apple Inc. v. Epic Games, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-10-02 |
Denied |
Amici (5) |
civil-rights class-certification constitutional-limitations due-process federal-court injunction injunctive-relief judicial-scope ninth-circuit nonparties nonparty-impact standing |
Whether, in the absence of class certification, a federal court is precluded from entering an injunction that extends to nonparties without a specific… |
| 23-5394 |
In Re Justin Lewis |
|
2023-08-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process eighth-amendment federal-court fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-review legal-procedure |
Whether the denial of a defendant's motion to dismiss on double jeopardy grounds constitutes a constitutional violation |
| 23-5395 |
In Re Justin Lewis |
|
2023-08-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
4th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-court judicial-review prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-interpretation |
Whether the government's prosecution of an individual complies with the Fourth Amendment and due process when the individual's behavior does not const… |
| 23-149 |
Sabine River Authority, Louisiana v. Perry Bonin, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
11th-amendment civil-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eleventh-amendment federal-court louisiana-civil-law sovereign-immunity state-agency subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether Louisiana's conditional waiver of sovereign immunity to allow suits against it to proceed only in Louisiana courts deprives federal courts of … |
| 22-7895 |
Anthony James Merrick v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-06-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence certiorari-appeal civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance standing |
Whether the trial court had a duty to put on the record a colloquy that the defendant knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waived his right to te… |
| 22-7850 |
In Re James C. Winding |
|
2023-06-22 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
14th-amendment attorney-general civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-review mississippi-court procedural-challenge standing state-court |
Whether the U.S. Supreme Court should review the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the South… |
| 22-1104 |
Shawn Talbot v. Louis Eric Johnson, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-05-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure court-jurisdiction due-process facial-challenge federal-court federal-rules jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge material-allegations pleading-requirements standing |
Whether the United States District Court, District of Nevada lacked lawful jurisdiction in cause no: 2:09CR-0078, and 2:10-CR-00520 |
| 22-1087 |
Douglas Bruce v. City and County of Denver, Colorado, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-05-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure due-process federal-court judicial-review procedural-due-process rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-litigation subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Does the Rooker-Feldman doctrine preclude the District Court from recognizing subject matter jurisdiction over the claims filed by Mr. Bruce in federa… |
| 22-1073 |
Team Resources Incorporated, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-penalty disgorgement due-process eighth-amendment evidentiary-hearing federal-court securities-and-exchange-commission securities-law |
Whether a federal court may grant a disgorgement request from the Securities and Exchange Commission without granting a defendant's request for a live… |
| 22-1050 |
Cedric Epple v. Albany Unified School District, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-04-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 administrative-actions civil-rights due-process exhaustion federal-court judicial-exhaustion ninth-circuit section-1983 state-court-remedies summary-reversal |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in requiring exhaustion of state court remedies for a Section 1983 claim |
| 22-7328 |
Carroll Wayne Haynes v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2023-04-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights consent-decree department-of-justice due-process federal-court prosecution |
Whether the U.S. Department of Justice and the federal court violated the Consent Decree by taking further steps in the prosecution under Art. 5(b), S… |
| 22-6912 |
Michael Wright v. J. Pickett, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-03-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sufficiency-of-evidence |
Can the Federal court deny a Certificate of Appealability on the issue of ineffective assistance of counsel for his failure to raise a constitutional … |
| 22-799 |
Marie Pfau v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-02-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights due-process employment employment-law federal-court fifth-circuit reasonable-jury sex-discrimination summary-judgment |
Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that a reasonable jury could not hold that the Petitioner experienced discrimination based on sex |
| 22-6655 |
Theodore Washington v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-01-30 |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
criminal-procedure deference due-process fact-finding federal-court federal-habeas habeas habeas-corpus judicial-deference procedural-review state-court state-court-findings |
Must a federal habeas court defer to a state-court finding of fact that favors the defendant? |
| 22-466 |
Herederos de Roberto Gomez Cabrera, LLC v. Teck Resources Limited |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-11-16 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights due-process extraterritorial-statute federal-court federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment foreign-defendant fourteenth-amendment international-law personal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Fifth Amendment imposes the same restrictions as the Fourteenth Amendment on the exercise of personal jurisdiction by a federal court unde… |
| 22-310 |
A. W., et al. v. Princeton Public Schools Board of Education, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-10-03 |
Denied |
Relisted (3) |
civil-rights educational-placement educational-placement-and-settlement-agreement federal-court individuals-with-disabilities-education-act procedural-safeguards special-education state-law waiver-of-rights |
Whether a school district can condition special education services on a parent's agreement to waive a child's federal statutory and civil rights |
| 22-5557 |
David Laurence Hodges v. William Bolin, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-09-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-discretion reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal court may find that 'reasonable jurists would not disagree' about the denial of relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 where other courts hav… |
| 22-5526 |
William Paul Burch v. Homeward Residential Incorporated |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
article-iii-judge bankruptcy civil-procedure constitutional-procedure due-process federal-court judicial-discretion jurisdiction removal removal-jurisdiction standing state-court |
Is it a violation of the United States Constitution for a federal court to accept removal of a case from state court after thirty days or can it be ex… |
| 22-205 |
Demetrios Stavrakis, aka Dimitrios Stavrakis, aka Jimmy v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-09-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split circumstantial-evidence criminal-procedure evidence-sufficiency federal-court judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal rule-of-equipoise sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether a federal court must apply the 'rule of equipoise' and grant a motion for judgment of acquittal when evidence of guilt and innocence is evenly… |
| 22-187 |
County of Orange, California, et al. v. Kathy Craig, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-08-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
42-usc-1983 circuit-split civil-rights damages due-process federal-court section-1983 state-law survival-claim survival-claims |
Must a federal court apply a state law prohibition on 'loss of life' damages in survival claims pursued via 42 U.S.C. § 1983? |
| 22-5371 |
Darrell Harris v. Robert Hudgins, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
collateral-estoppel federal-court federal-offense federal-prosecution issue-preclusion res-judicata sixth-amendment speedy-trial |
Whether principles of res judicata triggered application of issue preclusion and collateral estoppel |
| 22-5351 |
Gary Lee Johnson v. Minnesota |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-08-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-court federalism legal-standing sovereign-immunity standing state-procedure takings |
When is State Sovereignty allowed to override a U.S. citizen's unalienable rights? |
| 22-5133 |
Rian G. Waters v. Facebook, Inc., et al. |
First Circuit |
2022-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-court issue-preclusion obstruction procedural-fairness standing witness-protection |
Whether plaintiffs and witnesses have a right to receive protection from obstructive crimes while a case is proceeding in federal courts of justice? |
| 21-1598 |
City of Anaheim, California, et al. v. Fermin Vincent Valenzuela, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-28 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
42-usc-1983 42-usc-1988 circuit-split civil-rights federal-court hedonic-damages robertson-v-wegmann section-1983 state-law survivorship-claim wrongful-death |
Whether state law prohibitions on hedonic damages apply to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 survival claims |
| 21-1601 |
Areli Carbajal Escobar v. Texas |
Texas |
2022-06-28 |
GVR |
Amici (3)Relisted (7) |
capital-murder criminal-procedure death-penalty dna-evidence due-process false-evidence federal-court habeas-corpus state-court |
Did the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals err in holding that the prosecution's reliance on admittedly false DNA evidence to secure petitioner's convict… |
| 21-7937 |
Richard Rodrick MacDonald v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2022-05-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
arbitration-act arbitration-award authority contract contract-enforcement dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act federal-claims-court federal-court judicial-authority parties |
Did the United States Court of Federal Claims lawfully invalidate this Arbitration Award? |
| 21-7628 |
Cedric Lee Goliday v. Randee Rewerts, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence aedpa appellate-review constitutional-infringement constitutional-rights federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-discretion petition-review pro-se |
Whether a federal habeas court can intentionally slight, dissemble, and neglect a pro se applicant's petition |
| 21-7541 |
In Re Taumu James |
|
2022-04-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process federal-court habeas-corpus standing takings |
Whether the exceptional circumstance of Petitioner being unable to have a federal court review the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment due process violatio… |
| 21-7329 |
Von Lester Taylor v. Robert Powell, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-03-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
certification comity federal-court federalism judicial-certification legal-ambiguity state-law state-law-interpretation tenth-amendment |
Does a federal court violate principles of federalism and comity enshrined in the Tenth Amendment by selecting one possible interpretation of an ambig… |
| 21-7318 |
Abraham A. Augustin v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-03-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
due-process federal-court mandatory-sentence resentencing right-to-counsel section-2255 section-3553a sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-requirements |
Whether the trial court erred by not complying with 18-U.S.C-3553(a) and conducting a plenary resentencing hearing after vacating a conviction and rem… |
| 21-7319 |
Abraham A. Augustin v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-03-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ancillary-jurisdiction civil-action criminal-investigation due-process equity federal-court property-seizure return-of-property rule-41(g) rule-41g |
Whether the United States indictment of a defendant created ancillary jurisdiction over the property |
| 21-7140 |
Taquan Rashe Gullett-El v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-02-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction international-law jurisdiction-challenge pro-se-petition sovereign-immunity standing |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the government's actions |
| 21-1098 |
Laura Canaday, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. The Anthem Companies, Inc. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-02-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
civil-procedure collective-action due-process fair-labor-standards-act federal-court opt-in-plaintiffs personal-jurisdiction wage-and-hour |
Whether a federal court has the authority, absent general personal jurisdiction over the defendant or the defendant's consent, to maintain a Fair Labo… |
| 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… |
| 21-6470 |
Michael George Kogianes v. Edward Jensen, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-rights state-court |
Did the state violate the federal due process rights of my petitioner by sanctioning the proper format accepted by the court to deny a sub-trial based… |
| 21-6373 |
Krishna Mote v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania |
Third Circuit |
2021-11-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals-court civil-action criminal-matter federal-court fugitive-disentitlement judicial-review mandamus warrant-issuance writ-of-mandamus |
Whether the Fugitive Disentitlement Doctrine bars a petitioner from litigating a civil action in federal court when the petitioner was indicted and a … |
| 21-6360 |
Qian Williams v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-procedure factual-findings federal-court federal-custody federal-jurisdiction grand-jury-indictment judicial-discretion search-warrant speedy-trial-act |
Did the court of appeals properly affirm the trial court's decisions? |
| 21-6320 |
Devon Carl Jordan-McFeely v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ambiguous-statute criminal-procedure divisibility divisibility-inquiry federal-court federal-sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancement state-court state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-ambiguity supreme-court-precedent |
Whether a federal court may certify the divisibility inquiry to state court and rely on the newly created judicial interpretation of state law to enha… |
| 21-6161 |
Adam Rene Rodriguez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-court judicial-review jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions |
| 21-5972 |
Alfredo Camargo v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-10-14 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
certificate-of-appealability circuit-split federal-court federal-habeas habeas-corpus procedural-decision procedural-default reasoned-decision substantial-claim |
Whether a certificate of appealability should issue as a matter of course |
| 21-511 |
Tim Shoop, Warden v. Raymond A. Twyford, III |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-10-06 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (7)Relisted (3) |
all-writs-act circuit-split evidentiary-development federal-court habeas-corpus state-prisoner state-prisoners statutory-interpretation transportation writ-of-transportation |
Whether federal courts may use the All Writs Act to evade the limitations on state prisoner transportation in 28 U.S.C. §2241(c) |
| 21-5061 |
Henry Johnson Lucas, Jr. v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2021-07-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-court fourteenth-amendment legal-interpretation standing supreme-court-rules virginia-law |
Whether the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires the Commonwealth of Virginia to provide a criminal defendant with a meaningful opp… |
| 20-8301 |
Daniel J. Heffley v. Kimberly Steele, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
ada ada-compliance deliberate-indifference disability disability-accommodation discrimination discrimination-intent due-process federal-court federal-court-obligations rehabilitation-act |
Does the Federal court have an obligation to follow the spirit and letter of the ADA and § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act? |
| 20-8290 |
Anthony Leon Waits v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-06-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court federal-court federal-rule forfeiture forfeiture-judgment indictment indictment-notice statutory-basis |
Does Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2(a) prohibit a district court from entering a forfeiture judgment when the indictment does not give notice… |
| 20-8172 |
Jorge Antonio Perez, aka Steven Mark Hamm v. Gavin Newsom, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-05-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-due-process constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-sentencing free-speech judicial-interpretation prior-conviction-doctrine standing state-secrets-doctrine |
Whether the circuit court erred in ruling against the petitioner and finding violations of the state-secrets-doctrine |
| 20-7949 |
Terry Kent Holcomb, II v. Rick Whitten, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-05-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal constitutional-right due-process evidence evidentiary-ruling federal-court habeas-corpus probative-evidence section-2254 state-court tenth-circuit |
Did the Tenth Circuit err in holding that the admitted evidence at trial established the same probative facts as the rejected evidence, without determ… |
| 20-1541 |
Pivotal Software, Inc., et al. v. Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco, et al. |
California |
2021-05-05 |
Granted |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
discovery-stay federal-court private-action reform-act securities-act securities-litigation state-court |
Whether the Reform Act's discovery-stay provision applies to a private action under the Securities Act in state or federal court, or solely to a priva… |
| 20-7933 |
Erika Jacobs v. 35 West Apartments |
Oklahoma |
2021-05-05 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process federal-court judgment-reconsideration judicial-review post-trial-motion standing state-court supreme-court-jurisdiction trial-court-decision |
Whether the Supreme Court erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeal |
| 20-1490 |
Quinn Alexander Marez v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2254 federal-court federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-state-defense procedural-requirements state-court state-court-review |
May a federal court substitute its own reasons for denying a habeas petition when the state court's reasons were legally in error? |
| 20-7627 |
Khaled Shabani v. City of Madison, Wisconsin, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-04-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights due-process federal-court free-speech judgment malicious-prosecution police-department qualified-immunity related-cases state-court |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the police and prosecutors |
| 20-1273 |
Franek Olstowski v. Petroleum Analyzer Company, L.P. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-03-15 |
Denied |
|
arbitration arbitration-award bankruptcy federal-court federal-procedure full-faith-and-credit judicial-proceeding state-court state-court-judgment trade-secret |
Whether state-court judgments confirming arbitration awards, including state-court orders clarifying such judgments, are 'judicial proceedings' entitl… |
| 20-7302 |
Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Rentgrow, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-03-02 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-court jurisdiction legal-claim procedural-rules standing |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing the complaint against the defendant(s) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction |
| 20-7096 |
Brian Edward Reynolds v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-02-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-circuit exclusionary-rule federal-court mandate search-and-seizure standing |
Whether the district court erred in denying the petitioner's motion to suppress evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment |
| 20-1061 |
Dantzler, Inc., et al. v. S2 Services Puerto Rico, LLC, et al. |
First Circuit |
2021-02-03 |
Denied |
|
article-iii-standing causation circuit-split federal-court federal-jurisdiction injury judicial-standing standing third-party third-party-action |
Does the causal connection required for standing exist when it is substantially likely that a third party will respond to the defendant's conduct in a… |
| 20-6976 |
Timothy Tijwan Doctor v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure different-occasions federal-court non-elemental-facts plea-colloquy prior-offenses sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
whether-a-federal-court-may-increase-a-defendant's-sentence-under-the-armed-career-criminal-act |
| 20-6893 |
Patrick Wallace v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-review certificate-of-appealability district-court due-process federal-court habeas-corpus recusal right-to-be-present section-2255 |
Did the courts commit reversible error denying petitioner's COA, to resolve the factual disputes |
| 20-6762 |
James W. Knipfer v. Reed A. Richardson, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-01-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction due-process federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct jurisdiction jury jury-trial procedural-due-process |
Can there be a 'perpetual jury', 'phantom jury', 'forever jury' or a 'jury on a judge's whim' in the United States? |
| 20-6605 |
Demondray D. Mayo v. Perry Russell, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split federal-court federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-petition reasonable state-court state-court-reasoning statutory-interpretation wilson-v-sellers |
Whether a federal court incorrectly applies 28-U.S.C-2254(d) |
| 20-6507 |
Darrell Berry, et ux. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment foreclosure rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court |
Whether the Berrys' Fifth Amendment Rights to Due Process were Violated |
| 20-754 |
Albert Von Weingarten v. Lonnie Chester |
Second Circuit |
2020-12-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
certification-to-state-court civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction estate-administration federal-court independent-cause-of-action legal-certification maladministration state-law statutory-interpretation |
Does Title 14 Vermont Statutes Annotated Section 1208 provide for an independent cause of action for maladministration of an estate, which can be brou… |
| 20-687 |
Walter L. Allen v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2020-11-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law due-process eminent-domain federal-court legal-procedure property-rights standing takings |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the government seized his property without just compensation |
| 20-608 |
Tatyana E. Drevaleva v. California Department of Industrial Relations |
California |
2020-11-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure california-department-of-industrial-relations employment-dispute evidence-transfer federal-court government-code retaliation state-court transfer-of-record unlawful-termination |
Does the Opposing Party the Governmental Entity the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) have a right to refuse to transfer the record … |
| 20-522 |
Xavier Demetrius Porter v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-10-20 |
Denied |
|
categorical-approach dicta federal-court federal-court-interpretation judicial-precedent legal-interpretation precedent state-court state-court-dicta statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal court applying the categorical approach is required to give significant weight to on point dicta from the relevant State's highest c… |
| 20-6059 |
Paul Edward Duran v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-10-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review arbitration-award civil-rights constitutional-violations district-court due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-arbitration-act federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-discretion motion-to-vacate |
Did the Ninth Circuit Court err by not issuing a COA, when the Court had knowledge that there were allegations of constitutional violations that were … |
| 20-5964 |
Marlow Shelton McDonald v. Jeff Titus, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-10-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal court may find that 'reasonable jurists would not disagree' about the denial of relief on procedural grounds where other courts have… |
| 20-5856 |
Alimamy Barrie v. Matthew M. Robinson |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-10-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-counsel civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief procedural-rules strickland-v-washington |
Whether an Omission by habeas Counsel to include a Supporting fact that Appellate Counsel was Ineffective |
| 20-5495 |
Ruben Sanchez v. United States, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-08-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights complaint-amendment due-process federal-court federal-court-jurisdiction immunity marginalized-defendants pro-se standing state-actor-immunity |
Does a pro se plaintiff have the right to appointment of counsel to amend a complaint challenging state-actor-immunity? |
| 20-5413 |
Josiah English v. Jo Lynn Gentry, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, et al. |
Arizona |
2020-08-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-court federal-courts judicial-discretion standing state-courts |
Did the Arizona Supreme court err by denying Father Fesigh English TIL's Petition for Review and request for a stay of proceedings, despite the fact t… |
| 20-5301 |
David L. Shanks, Jr. v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-08-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process federal-court fifth-amendment judicial-procedure sixth-amendment trial-commencement trial-in-absentia |
Whether Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 43 and a criminal defendant's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights are violated |
| 20-123 |
Jason Edward Rheinstein v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland |
Maryland |
2020-08-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment 28-usc-1450 5th-amendment constitutional-rights discovery-requests due-process federal-court federal-removal-law procedural-due-process removal-law state-court |
Whether pre-removal discovery requests are nullified upon removal to federal court |
| 20-5278 |
Melvin Whitehead v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-08-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
crime-of-violence federal-court federal-recidivism-enhancement federal-sentencing-guidelines intentional-conduct mens-rea negligence negligence-standard recidivism-enhancement state-offense |
Whether the definition of a crime of violence under federal recidivism enhancement provisions requires more than negligence with respect to harm to an… |
| 20-5160 |
Keith Henderson v. Eddie Miles, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-07-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal court may find that 'reasonable jurists would not disagree' about the denial of relief on procedural grounds where other courts have… |
| 19-1233 |
Robert Doyle v. Douglas Palmer, Clerk, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York |
Second Circuit |
2020-04-20 |
Denied |
|
bar-admission civil-rights delegation-of-power due-process federal-court federal-courts first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-association freedom-of-conscience judicial-branch judicial-delegation legislative-power standing |
Whether Congress may delegate power to the Judicial Branch to enact federal-court bar-admission requirements |
| 19-1110 |
Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, et al. v. Boston Scientific Corporation |
Federal Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-challenge due-process federal-court federal-patent-statute federal-statute patent-infringement patent-venue personal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity sovereign-rights state-rights state-sovereign state-sovereignty |
Whether a state's sovereign right to try its causes within its borders when there is personal jurisdiction over the defendant renders unconstitutional… |
| 19-7874 |
Jackie Dewayne Andrews v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-provisions district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction federal-proceedings habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings integrity-of-proceedings judicial-review jurisdiction procedural-defect rule-60(b) rule-60b |
Does the district court have jurisdiction to consider a Rule 60(b) motion in habeas proceedings so long as the motion attacks, not the substance of th… |
| 19-1079 |
M.W. Watermark, LLC, et al. v. Evoqua Water Technologies, LLC |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-03-03 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights consent-decree contract-assignment contract-law due-process federal-court four-corners injunction injunctive-relief sixth-circuit standing |
Does a person or entity lack standing to enforce a federal court's consent decree that includes an injunction if it was not a party to the original co… |
| 19-7606 |
Robert McKinnon, III v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2244 28-usc-2254 civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling extrinsic-fraud federal-court federal-courts federal-petition habeas-corpus jurisdictional-default standing statutory-tolling subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Does statutory tolling as described in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(B) and (D) permit a petitioner's direct filing of second 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus … |
| 19-978 |
Team Resources Incorporated, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-02-04 |
GVR |
Relisted (3) |
disgorgement equitable-remedy federal-court penalty penalty-analysis sec sec-enforcement securities-law securities-violations |
Whether the Securities and Exchange Commission may obtain disgorgement from a federal court as an equitable remedy for securities violations despite t… |
| 19-7505 |
Lamar James Crump v. Tracy Beltz, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-01-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal court may find that 'reasonable jurists would not disagree' about the denial of relief on procedural grounds where other courts have… |
| 19-7483 |
Lisa Washington v. Diana Deleon, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts appeals appellate-procedure certiorari-petition civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-court in-forma-pauperis judicial-bias judicial-recusal jurisdiction procedural-due-process recusal standing |
Whether the District of California's rules satisfy the First Amendment's right to access the courts |
| 19-7406 |
Bartholomew Antonio Guzman v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction first-amendment freedom-of-information government-transparency habeas-corpus public-records standing state-court state-court-interpretation state-court-proceedings |
Whether the United States District Court erred in dismissing a pro se habeas corpus petition due to the lack of jurisdiction because the habeas per pe… |
| 19-915 |
Donald Henderson Scott, et ux. v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-01-22 |
Denied |
|
appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-court jurisdiction jury-trial standing supreme-court |
Whether the United States Court of Appeal for the Eighth Circuit misapprehended its jurisdiction in a way that conflicts with decisions of the U.S. Su… |
| 19-7327 |
Antonio Macli v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-01-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability claim-by-claim claim-determination constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus reasonable-jurists |
Does a federal habeas court have to determine the need for an evidentiary hearing on a claim by claim basis? |
| 19-775 |
In Re Philippe Buhannic |
|
2019-12-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
access-to-courts appeal appeal-rights bias constitution constitutional-rights due-process due-process-clause-of-the-14th-amendment equal-protection federal-court foreign-litigant judicial-bias prejudice pro-se-litigant pro-se-representation |
Whether the Federal court has the right based on an obvious prejudice and bias to refuse due process to a foreign pro se litigant |
| 19-6793 |
Quentin Herndon v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-12-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-court federal-courts physical-force sentencing-guidelines state-court state-court-interpretation state-courts statutory-interpretation USSG-4B1.2(a) |
Whether a federal court must defer to a state court's interpretation of the elements of a state criminal statute to determine if that offense requires… |
| 19-6721 |
Christopher Ray Parrish v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law criminal-conduct double-jeopardy federal-court federal-government punishment sentencing supervised-release |
Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits a federal court from revoking supervised release and sentencing someone based on criminal conduct for whi… |
| 19-6666 |
Christopher Thornton v. Patricia Anne Coyne-Fague, Director, Rhode Island Department of Corrections |
First Circuit |
2019-11-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-court filing-fees habeas-corpus return-of-fees rule-60 |
Does the filing of a State prisoner writ of habeas corpus prohibit the federal court from returning a filing fees? |
| 19-613 |
W&T Offshore, Incorporated v. Apache Deepwater, L.L.C. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
choice-of-law civil-procedure conflict-of-laws federal-courts precedent state-courts civil-law court-procedure federal-court highest-court judicial-methodology jurisdiction jurisdictional-interpretation legal-precedent methodology precedent |
Whether a federal court applying the law of a civil-law jurisdiction should follow the methodology that the jurisdiction's highest court would apply o… |
| 19-6552 |
Darrell Tykwan Atkinson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-11-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law criminal-conduct double-jeopardy federal-court federal-government punishment sentencing supervised-release |
Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits a federal court from revoking supervised release and sentencing someone based on criminal conduct for whi… |
| 19-6477 |
Charles Russell Rhines v. Darin Young, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-11-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3599 ayestas-v-davis clemency-request death-penalty exhaustion-requirement expert-services federal-court federal-courts federal-jurisdiction indigent-defendant state-remedies |
Must indigent death-sentenced state prisoners exhaust state remedies before a federal court may authorize access to expert services under 18 U.S.C. § … |
| 19-6467 |
Robert G. Pulley v. Daniel Paramo, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence due-process federal-court federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default state-court |
Whether the actual innocence exception to the procedural default doctrine applies to excuse the petitioner's failure to raise certain claims in state … |
| 19-565 |
Antonio Passaro, Jr. v. Virginia, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-10-30 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure federal-court federal-jurisdiction lapides-v-board-of-regents litigation removal sovereign-immunity state-court waiver |
Whether, in the context of a federal claim brought in state court where the state would enjoy sovereign immunity, a state's voluntary removal to feder… |
| 19-6317 |
In Re D'Angelo Hildan Shipman |
|
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment habeas-corpus illegal-sentence legal-sentence mandate |
Why am I still in prison? I filed a federal habeas corpus petition in the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Divis… |
| 19-6269 |
Eduardo Romero Martinez v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-10-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law criminal-conduct double-jeopardy federal-court federal-government punishment sentencing supervised-release |
Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits a federal court from revoking supervised release and sentencing someone based on criminal conduct for whi… |
| 19-463 |
Wilbur-Ellis Company LLC v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-10-08 |
Denied |
|
appellate-review comity comity-federalism comity-federalism-state-judicial-functions federal-court federal-court-override federalism interlocutory-orders judicial-function sealing-order state-court state-court-sealing state-court-sealing-order state-law-interpretation |
Whether a district court may override the order of a state court sealing a court filing necessary to resolve a motion in the state court, by compellin… |
| 19-6052 |
Rafie A. Lee v. Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-09-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-trial federal-court fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus judicial-review state-court state-court-proceedings |
Whether Petitioner was denied 'Fundamental Fairness' in the State Court Proceedings? |
| 19-380 |
Alfred Lam, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure-60b civil-rights discrimination disparate-treatment federal-court federal-rule-civil-procedure harassment hostile-work-environment judgment legal-error motion-for-relief ongoing-discrimination pro-se-plaintiffs retaliation |
Whether a federal court may grant relief from judgment under Rule 60(b) for legal error |
| 19-5861 |
Louise K. Saine v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-09-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal-denial appeals career-offender court-of-appeal crime-of-violence criminal-procedure drug-law due-process federal-case federal-classification federal-court federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure prior-convictions rehabilitation-programs rule-35 sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act state-officer |
When can Rule 35 be used error? |
| 19-5851 |
Felix O. Brown Jr. v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-09-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
2254-habeas cause-and-prejudice cause-prejudice constitutional-claim federal-court federal-procedure federal-procedure-rule habeas-corpus pro-se pro-se-petition procedural-default |
Is there a federal procedural rule that permits a court to refuse to acknowledge and determine a presentation of cause & prejudice in a habeas petitio… |
| 19-5727 |
Trayvon Smith v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP |
against-the-person-of-another crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-court federal-law federal-recidivism intentional-conduct mens-rea negligence recidivism recidivism-enhancement sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-court-interpretation state-law |
Whether a state offense qualifies as a crime of violence |
| 19-5749 |
Juan Manuel Perez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP |
against-the-person-of-another crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-court federal-law federal-recidivism intentional-conduct mens-rea negligence recidivism recidivism-enhancement sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether a state offense qualifies as a crime of violence |
| 19-219 |
Joan Demarest v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee for the Registered Holders of Nomura Home Equity Loan, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
citizenship citizenship-determination court-jurisdiction diversity diversity-jurisdiction federal-court federal-removal mortgage-investment-trust real-estate-investment-trust real-estate-trust removal trustee |
When a mortgage investment trust removes a case from federal court based on diversity, is its citizenship determined by the citizenship of each of its… |
| 19-196 |
Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Company, dba Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana v. Encompass Office Solutions, Incorporated |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-14 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
antiassignment-provision authoritative-guidance choice-of-law civil-procedure claim-processing clear-authoritative-guidance erie-doctrine erie-railroad erie-railroad-co-v-tompkins erisa erisa-antiassignment-provision erisa-benefits erisa-waiver federal-court federal-courts liability medical-provider standing state-law statutory-interpretation waiver |
Whether a federal court may choose the option that expands liability under state law, absent clear, authoritative guidance from the state's courts |
| 19-191 |
Ashley Wilcox Page v. Todd L. Hicks, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-08-13 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
11th-amendment civil-procedure eleventh-amendment federal-court federal-jurisdiction lapides-v-board-of-regents removal sovereign-immunity state-court state-removal waiver waiver-by-removal |
Does a state waive its sovereign immunity by voluntarily removing a civil claim from state to federal court? |
| 19-5564 |
Montye Benjamin v. Lynn Thomas |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-08-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights disputed-facts due-process federal-court federal-courts law-enforcement qualified-immunity section-1983 standing summary-judgment |
Whether a defense of qualified immunity raised by a law enforcement officer in a § 1983 action is a valid basis for a Federal court to resolve dispute… |
| 19-5066 |
Jordon Louis Dongarra v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-07-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3161 constitutional-claims double-jeopardy due-process federal-court habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel jurisdiction plea-agreement prisoner-rights pro-se speedy-trial statutory-interpretation |
Whether the dismissal of the first indictment under 18 USC 3161(b) and the subsequent untimely indictment without an alignment violates due process an… |
| 19-13 |
Tennessee v. Tamarin Lindenburg, Individually and as Natural Guardian of Her Minor Children ZTL and SML |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-07-01 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
abstention certification diversity-jurisdiction federal-court first-impression judicial-procedure state-constitution state-constitutional-issue state-law state-statute |
Whether a federal court exercising its diversity jurisdiction should certify an important state constitutional issue of first impression to the State'… |
| 19-15 |
Bank of Louisiana, et al. v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law civil-rights discrimination due-process federal-court federal-courts judicial-review jurisdiction legal-standing standing |
Where does one seek judicial review in a case alleging discrimination, neither on merits nor on a procedural ground, but for lack of jurisdiction? |
| 18-1578 |
Pfizer Inc. v. Alida Adamyan, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-25 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
cafa-removal civil-procedure class-action-fairness-act diversity-jurisdiction federal-court joint-trial mass-action products-liability removal state-court state-court-proposal |
Whether a state court's proposal to try jointly the claims of more than 100 plaintiffs can qualify for 'mass action' removal under the Class Action Fa… |
| 18-9488 |
Nasedra K. Lumpkin v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights default-judgment dismissal due-process equal-protection federal-court procedural-default standing |
Whether the Fifth Amendment's due process clause requires a hearing before dismissal of a civil complaint for failure to prosecute |
| 18-9187 |
Jason Brooks v. Matthew Hanson, Warden, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-05-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
adequate-appellate-review appellate-court appellate-review due-process exhaustion-of-state-remedies federal-appellate-court federal-court federal-court-jurisdiction habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition judicial-precedent prior-judgment procedural-grounds state-procedural-rules |
Whether a federal appellate court can substantially change its prior judgment to intentionally sabotage a petitioner being able to file a subsequent h… |
| 18-9125 |
Luzetha Wardrick v. Brooks Benton, Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure circuit-court-decision civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-circuit-court federal-court legal-dispute patent procedural-irregularities standing supreme-court-review takings |
Does the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals have jurisdiction over this case? |
| 18-9048 |
Brian Boykins v. Robert Napel, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-04-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-court right-to-counsel standard-of-review standing trial-court-record |
Whether a federal court must grant an evidentiary hearing and findings, contrary to Townsend v. Sain, 372 U.S. 293 (1963) |
| 18-1352 |
Commerce Bank v. Beverly Williamson, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-04-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure class-action class-action-fairness-act counterclaim diversity-jurisdiction federal-court jurisdictional-requirements original-defendant removal removal-statute standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether a counterclaim defendant in a state court class action is any defendant' entitled to remove a class action which satisfies the jurisdictional … |
| 18-9021 |
Valerie Arroyo v. Daniel J. Zamora, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-04-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
bill-of-rights civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-conduct deprivation-of-rights due-process federal-court federal-questions judicial-interference sovereign-immunity state-agencies state-court |
Did the lower tribunal's actions deprive the plaintiff's civil rights and due process? |
| 18-8850 |
Oscar L. Shaw v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
alteration-of-trial-records civil-rights due-process federal-court fraud lack-of-filing-original-indictment lack-of-jurisdiction-after-dismissal misconduct-by-court-appointed-attorney misconduct-by-state-judge misconduct-by-state-prosecutors rule-60b standing |
Whether the trial court has jurisdiction after the dismissal, to conduct a jury trial and enter judgment of conviction? |
| 18-8798 |
Brent Lynch v. Eddie Miles, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-04-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal court may find that 'reasonable jurists would not disagree' about the denial of relief on procedural grounds where other courts have… |
| 18-8695 |
Deontray Vershon Tate v. Jeff Titus, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-04-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal court may find that 'reasonable jurists would not disagree' about the denial of relief on procedural grounds where other courts have… |
| 18-8430 |
Juan Bosco Alvarez v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2254 aedpa constitutional-claim due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-court federal-review habeas-corpus state-court state-court-rules supreme-court-precedent |
Whether a federal habeas court contravenes this Court's precedent when it evaluates the merits of a petitioner's claim without regard for the state co… |
| 18-1190 |
DoctorDirectory.com, LLC, et al. v. Davis Neurology, P.A. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-03-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1446 article-iii federal-court jurisdictional-timing notice-of-removal other-paper removal removal-statute second-removal spokeo-v-robins standing state-court statutory-interpretation thirty-day-deadline |
Whether the thirty-day deadline for filing a notice of second removal from a state court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b)(3) can begin and expire in fe… |
| 18-8339 |
Joshua E. Shepherd v. Jeffrey E. Krueger, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-03-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acca-prior-conviction acca-purposes constitutional-interpretation constitutional-issue criminal-law due-process federal-court federal-court-jurisdiction federal-courts prior-conviction sentencing state-case-law state-courts state-statute state-statute-analysis statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Constitution permits a federal court to conclude that a prior conviction is 'generic' for ACCA purposes based solely on another federal co… |
| 18-8236 |
Robert L. Bianchi v. Sean Medeiros, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk |
First Circuit |
2019-03-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
10th-amendment 28-usc-2244(d)(2) civil-procedure due-process federal-court federal-procedure filing-requirements habeas-corpus mass-rule-25(b)(2) motion-for-new-trial motion-for-reduction-in-verdict new-trial state-court state-court-requirements statutory-interpretation |
Whether the United States District Court/United States Court of Appeals violated the 10th Amendments of the United States Constitution when they creat… |
| 18-8178 |
Charles E. Justise, Sr. v. David Liebel, et al. |
Indiana |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure exceptions federal-court federal-removal judicial-discretion jurisdiction multi-defendant procedural-rules removal state-court unrelated-claims |
Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 18 allows a case with unrelated claims to be removed from state court to federal court, and, if so, the except… |
| 18-8014 |
Wyley Tomas Baird v. Tammy Foss, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-court ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judgment jury-instructions opinion petition prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt sexual-assault supreme-court writ-of-certiorari |
Was Petitioner denied due process of law and the right to be convicted only upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt? |
| 18-1021 |
Travis Hawkins v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review preservation-of-error public-trial state-court state-court-decision state-courts |
Whether an objection is required to preserve appellate review for an alleged public trial violation |
| 18-7541 |
Adrian G. Rangel v. Tippecanoe County, Indiana, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
absolute-immunity appeals civil-procedure civil-rights complaint court-of-appeals dismissal due-process federal-court federal-trial-court immunity jurisdiction legal-error standing |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh and the Hammond Indiana Federal Trial Court err in dismissing Petitioner's Complaint based sole… |
| 18-960 |
Nationwide Biweekly Administration, Inc. v. BMO Harris Bank, N.A. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1367 arbitration arbitration-agreement article-iii article-three case-or-controversy civil-procedure federal-court supplemental-jurisdiction third-party third-party-complaint |
Whether a plaintiff loses their right to have all claims that form part of the same case or controversy under Article III of the United States Constit… |
| 18-871 |
Ronald Jarmuth v. The International Club Homeowners Association, Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-01-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
claim-preclusion extrinsic-fraud fair-housing-act federal-court federal-court-injunction precedent retaliation state-court state-court-order |
Whether the Court of Appeals and the District Court erred in ignoring all precedents by holding that a federal court may not enjoin a state court orde… |
| 18-7149 |
Mary Danielak v. Shawn Brewer, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-12-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 circuit-split due-process federal-court federal-court-review habeas-review habeas-review-28-usc-2254-d-1 sixth-circuit state-court-opinion statutory-interpretation summary-reversal supreme-court-precedent wilson-v-sellers |
Did the Sixth Circuit err by applying the pre-Wilson 'could-have-reasoned' approach—which blatantly disregarded Wilson and created a split with other … |
| 18-806 |
Jodi C. Hohman, et al. v. United States, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-12-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure federal-court financial-privacy-act fourth-amendment john-doe-summons jurisdictional-discovery limited-liability-company right-to-financial-privacy-act sovereign-immunity |
Whether limited liability companies are 'persons' under the Right to Financial Privacy Act |
| 18-770 |
Webtrends, Inc. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 abstract-idea alice-test claim-rejection federal-court patent patent-claims prior-art standing uspto |
Whether the USPTO or a Federal Court can declare 20 patent claims to be directed to an unpatentable abstract idea without carrying out the Alice two-p… |
| 18-737 |
Gregory Aime, et al. v. JTH Tax, Inc., dba Liberty Tax Service, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
certification common-law contract-formation diversity-jurisdiction federal-appellate-procedure federal-court lehman-bros-precedent lehman-bros-v-schein state-law state-law-certification virginia-common-law |
Whether a federal court should certify an issue of state law to the highest state court |
| 18-721 |
Norman Bloom v. Aftermath Public Adjusters, Inc., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-12-06 |
Denied |
|
certification circuit-split civil-procedure discretion diversity-jurisdiction federal-court federal-court-discretion federal-courts legal-uncertainty procedural-standards state-law state-law-certification |
Whether the language of a state's certification rule should factor into the federal court's decision to certify a dispositive state law question in a … |
| 18-6745 |
In Re Donald L. Spencer |
|
2018-11-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act district-court-judge due-process federal-court federal-courts federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations tolling-provision |
Whether the Honorable Richard Williams, U.S. District Court Judge has a clear duty to afford Petitioner the full one-year statute period from the enac… |
| 18-6671 |
Jimmy David Malone v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-11-13 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
acca constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federalism generic-conviction state-courts state-statute statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Constitution permits a federal court to conclude that a prior conviction is 'generic' for ACCA purposes based on an independent interpreta… |
| 18-6504 |
James D. Russian v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-10-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-defendant criminal-procedure federal-court habeas-corpus haines-v-kerner liberal-construction liberal-construction-rule pro-se pro-se-filings pro-se-pleadings right-to-counsel sixth-amendment substitution-of-counsel |
When a criminal defendant's pro se filings can be stated as a valid basis for substitution of counsel, must a federal court read those filings in such… |
| 18-6085 |
Gerald Daniels v. Janet Dowling, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-09-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-issue constitutional-law constitutional-review equal-protection evasion federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus race-discrimination state-court state-law state-law-interpretation |
Whether a federal habeas court may reexamine a state court's interpretation of state law when it is an obvious subterfuge to evade consideration of a … |
| 18-5980 |
Shelton Denoria Jones v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-U.S.C-2254(e)(2) 28-usc-2254 diligence evidentiary-hearing factual-basis fair-trial federal-court federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus sixth-amendment state-court state-court-review |
Whether a habeas applicant has 'failed to develop the factual basis' of a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(2) when the state court did not hold an evid… |
| 18-293 |
Janos Farkas v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, L.L.C., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights dispositive-motion due-process federal-court fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment motion-practice standing time-limits time-to-respond |
Does a federal court deprive a party's constitutional due process right when allowing only three days to respond to a dispositive motion? |
| 18-5832 |
William Dixon v. William Lee, Superintendent, Eastern New York Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2018-08-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
due-process exhaustion exhaustion-doctrine federal-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion open-file-discovery procedural-stay state-court-claims stay-and-abeyance |
Whether a Federal Court Can Stay and hold in Abeyance a 28 USC § 2254 Petition for Habeas Corpus to Permit Petitioner to Exhaust Claims in State Court… |
| 18-5701 |
Stephen Aguiar v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal coram-nobis criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-courts fifth-amendment habeas-corpus second-circuit-dismissal sentence sentencing-appeal writ-of-error-coram-nobis |
Did the Second Circuit err by dismissing petitioner's appeal? |
| 18-5499 |
Hilario Sanchez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-10 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2254 actual-innocence evidentiary-hearing federal-court habeas-corpus involuntary-plea state-court time-barred |
Whether a federal court failed to hold an evidentiary hearing on habeas corpus if, among other factors, the petitioner was unable to develop the factu… |
| 18-89 |
AmeriCulture, Inc., et al. v. Los Lobos Renewable Power, LLC, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-07-18 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
anti-SLAPP attorneys-fees circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal-motion expedited-motions federal-court federal-procedure fee-shifting free-speech public-participation |
Whether state anti-SLAPP fee-shifting provisions apply in federal court |
| 18-42 |
GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Louisiana |
Third Circuit |
2018-07-09 |
Dismissed |
Amici (4) |
11th-amendment absent-class-member civil-procedure class-action due-process federal-court federal-courts federalism opt-out rule-23 sovereign-immunity state-sovereign-immunity |
Whether state sovereign immunity bars a federal court from binding a State to a Rule 23 class settlement as an absent class member plaintiff based on … |
| 18-5039 |
Guy Kevin Rowland v. Kevin Chappell, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-procedure good-faith habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition local-rules state-court statute-of-limitations |
Does the AEDPA apply where Petitioner's attorneys relied in good faith on the federal district court's local rules |