federal-investigation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-7161 Todd Sheffler v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law federal-investigation fowler-standard post-offense-evidence statutory-interpretation For what purposes may courts use facts or events that occurred after the offense to determine the 'reasonable likelihood' of a federal investigation a…
22-5335 Julius Wayne Baker v. Bryan K. Dobbs, Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-investigation federal-jurisdiction free-speech incarceration legal-jurisdiction miranda-rights standing Did the 4th Circuit err in denying the petitioner's grounds for relief when the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by agents of the Fede…
21-6715 Leihinahina Sullivan v. United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Ninth Circuit 2021-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-investigation psychotherapist-patient-privilege self-representation subpoena-validity Whether a criminal defendant can represent themselves pro se, or does a defendant have to waive their privilege to their attorney-client relationship?
21-5428 Crystal V. L. Rivers v. United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia Fourth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights crime-victims-rights-act criminal-procedure federal-investigation government-disclosure government-misconduct ongoing-investigation rico victim-notification Whether the Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA) requires the government to inform a victim of her rights under the CVRA and the status of the investigati…
20-8165 Mitchell N. Nicholas v. Territory of the Virgin Islands Third Circuit 2021-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process exclusionary-rule federal-investigation fourth-amendment grand-jury miscarriage-of-justice standing unreasonable-searches Whether the federal courts have jurisdiction to issue grand jury subpoenas when the petitioner was never the subject of a federal investigation
20-7741 Wen Dong Zhao v. Department of State Second Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights department-of-state due-process embassy-communication federal-investigation freedom-of-information government-misconduct intellectual-property judicial-review letter-disposition standing Denial-of-access-to-letters
20-354 In Re Lorcan Kilroy 2020-09-16 Denied civil-rights criminal-obstruction criminal-procedure due-process federal-investigation judicial-review kamala-harris ninth-circuit political-bias standing Whether or not democrat political bias to protect Sen. Kamala Harris from exposure to criminal prosecution existed
19-1027 David Caswell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-18 Denied Response Waived child-pornography computer-search federal-investigation fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-exception jurisdiction magistrate-jurisdiction network-investigative-technique search-warrant Did the FBI act in good-faith when it indicated to a magistrate judge that property to be searched pursuant to a search warrant application was locate…
19-7362 John Alfred Regalado v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. District of Columbia 2020-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-authority civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-investigation due-process federal-investigation free-speech government-conspiracy government-misconduct government-overreach judicial-identity-protection national-security presidential-misconduct standing witness-protection Whether the President and federal government have engaged in unconstitutional conduct, including abuse of authority and violations of civil rights and…
19-6423 Halisi Uhuru v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-investigation federal-jurisdiction incarceration legal-proceeding mens-rea obstruction-of-justice rico rico-organization Whether the appellant was improperly convicted of RICO participation and obstruction of justice
18-8064 Fernando Luviano v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute document-falsification evidence federal-investigation obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-standard statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1519 requires the government to prove a 'reasonable likelihood' that the falsified reports were written in contemplation of a poss…