| 25-5979 |
Hubert Arvie v. Cathedral of Faith Missionary Baptist Church, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights due-process federal-intervention judicial-immunity section-1983 younger-abstention |
Whether federal courts must compel state courts to certify records and whether civil liability can be imposed on judges and attorneys for failing to r… |
| 25-5316 |
Feifei Gu v. Michael Sher, New York City Police Officer, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-08-11 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
abstention-doctrine civil-procedure constitutional-rights federal-intervention judicial-comity state-interests |
Whether a federal court should apply a stringent test to determine the importance of state interests when considering abstention from enforcing a stat… |
| 23A658 |
Pedro Rodriguez v. Jeff Macomber, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-17 |
Presumed Complete |
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aggregate-sentence constitutional-proportionality federal-intervention habeas-review sentencing state-court-discretion |
Whether a federal court can review and potentially modify a state court's aggregate sentencing determination that allegedly violates constitutional pr… |
| 21-6957 |
David Kent Thacker, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-01-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
amendment-due-process civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings due-process exclusionary-rule federal-intervention investigation-scope miranda-rights pecuniary-interest self-incrimination |
whether MERANDA is part of the 5th Amendment's protection |
| 20-6267 |
In Re Graham Schiff |
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2020-11-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
bad-faith civil-rights constitutional-rights constitutional-violations criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process federal-intervention post-conviction-relief state-criminal-proceedings state-officials |
Whether federal intervention in a state criminal proceeding is appropriate given the petitioner's showing of 'bad faith and harassment by state offici… |
| 19-5942 |
Wade Lay v. Oklahoma Department of Corrections, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-09-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-due-process brown-vs-board civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-principles due-process federal-intervention federalism judicial-review standing state-governance substantive-due-process takings |
Whether substantive due process as a legal doctrine has been so altered over time that it has distorted the principles of our political system, underm… |