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25-6655 Kerry E. Silvers v. Indiana Indiana 2026-01-23 Pending IFP circuit-split constitutional-interpretation federal-question ineffective-assistance state-court strickland-standard Whether the Indiana Court of Appeals has decided an important federal question in conflict with Seventh Circuit and Supreme Court precedent
25-6263 Sherri Richardson v. Irongate Mutual Homes, Inc., trading as Pear Tree Park Townhomes Fourth Circuit 2025-12-02 Pending IFP appellate-review counterclaims district-court federal-question jurisdiction procedural-considerations Whether the appellate court erred in affirming the district court's ruling on federal question jurisdiction and procedural considerations
25-5796 Daniel Matthew Matlock v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-statute federal-question mens-rea sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation Whether the term 'knowingly' in 18 U.S.C. § 2242(1) applies only to 'causing another person to engage in a sexual act' or whether it extends also to '…
25-83 Adrian Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties, et al. Second Circuit 2025-07-22 Granted Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) arbitration-award diversity-jurisdiction federal-arbitration-act federal-question jurisdiction post-arbitration-application Whether a federal court that initially exercises jurisdiction and stays a case pending arbitration maintains jurisdiction over a post-arbitration Sect…
24-6667 Luke John Scott, Sr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure false-testimony federal-question obstructing-justice sentencing-guidelines trial-testimony Does a criminal defendant's trial testimony constitute a willful intent to provide materially false testimony as required for a two-level increase for…
24-6645 Joseph DeLarosa v. Village of Romeoville, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-02-25 Denied IFP appellate-procedure circuit-conflict court-procedure federal-question judicial-review supervisory-power Whether the Seventh Circuit's decision conflicts with Supreme Court precedent and warrants supervisory review
24A748 Meng Uoy Chang v. David Rout, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-01-30 Presumed Complete civil-procedure dismissal-without-prejudice diversity-jurisdiction federal-question pleading-requirements subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether federal courts can dismiss a civil complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction when a plaintiff fails to adequately plead a basis for di…
24A743 Joseph Lee Conley v. Arizona Arizona 2025-01-29 Presumed Complete appellate-review certiorari extension-of-time federal-question jurisdiction supreme-court Whether the Arizona Court of Appeals' decision denying relief to the petitioner raises a substantial federal question warranting Supreme Court review
24A725 Natalia Dalton v. Julio Lacayo Fourth Circuit 2025-01-24 Presumed Complete child-custody due-process federal-question liberty-interest parental-rights supremacy-clause Whether a state court's child custody and support proceedings violate a parent's fundamental liberty interest in child-rearing when the proceedings al…
24-533 Unknown Heirs, et al. v. Howard Reiner, as Permanent Dependent Administrator for the Estate of Beda Garcia Barnett, Deceased Texas 2024-11-12 Denied court-of-appeals federal-question judicial-conflict obergefell-precedent supervisory-power texas-appellate-law Did the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeal's decision grossly depart from Texas law or create a substantial conflict with federal court decisions in…
24-476 Ascension Data & Analytics, LLC, et al. v. Pairprep, Inc., dba OpticsML Fifth Circuit 2024-10-30 Denied Response Waived arbitration circuit-split federal-question jurisdiction preclusive-effect res-judicata Whether a court or arbitrator should determine the preclusive effect of a prior judgment in an arbitration proceeding
24A410 Enbridge Energy, LP, et al. v. Dana Nessel, Attorney General of Michigan Sixth Circuit 2024-10-28 Presumed Complete 28-usc-1446b circuit-split federal-question removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation timeliness Whether a federal court can review an untimely notice of removal under 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b) when there is a circuit split on the issue of reviewability
24-5770 Barbara Marie Frantz v. Kansas, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-10-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation federal-question habeas-corpus medical-neglect prisoner-conditions Whether a prisoner's medical treatment and conditions of confinement at a state correctional facility constitute a violation of her constitutional rig…
24A170 Jonathan Zuhovitzky, et al. v. UBS AG Che 101.329.562, et al. Second Circuit 2024-08-13 Presumed Complete appellate-review civil-rico federal-question financial-institution investment-fraud summary-order Whether a civil RICO claim can be sustained against a financial institution based on alleged fraudulent investment practices involving complex interna…
23A1082 Eva A. Nieczyperowicz v. Andrew Nieczyperowicz Texas 2024-06-04 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure discretionary-review federal-question page-limits pro-se state-court Whether a pro se litigant's application for discretionary leave to exceed page limits in a state court appeal presents a substantial federal question …
23A1031 Ryan Welter v. Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Company, dba Coverys, et al. First Circuit 2024-05-20 Presumed Complete 28-usc-1446 federal-question removal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction subsequent-paper timeliness Whether a federal district court may retain jurisdiction over a case removed beyond the 30-day statutory window when the defendants were aware of fede…
23-1136 P. Koichi Yagi, aka Peter Yagi v. Estate of Robert C. Cannon Washington 2024-04-19 Denied Response Waived circuit-conflict civil-procedure due-process federal-question judicial-precedent legal-authority standing stare-decisis venue venue-selection Whether the lower court erred by ignoring Petitioner's right under Court precedent to original venue
23-7212 Keith P. Sequeira, et al. v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, et al. Third Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied IFP circuit-split civil-procedure federal-law federal-question jurisdiction jurisdictional-grant remand removal subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the courts below may decide an important question of federal law not settled by this Court by expanding 12 U.S.C. § 1821(d)(6)'s jurisdictiona…
23-677 Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc., et al. v. Anastasia Wullschleger, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-12-22 Judgment Issued Amici (9)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-split civil-procedure federal-question jurisdiction post-removal-amendment removal removal-jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction supplemental-jurisdiction Whether a post-removal amendment of the complaint defeats federal-question subject-matter jurisdiction
23-6235 John S. Romero, aka John Silva Romero v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP bargained-for-product district-court embezzlement federal-question health-care health-care-embezzlement insurance-coverage restitution victim-compensation victims Whether a district court may award restitution in a health care embezzlement case where all of the alleged victims received the product they bargained…
23-545 Achashverosh Adnah Ammiyhuwd Ngola Mbandi, et al. v. Pangea Adventures LLC, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-11-21 Denied alien-tort-statute civil-rights federal-question first-amendment free-speech human-rights international-law retaliation self-determination standing Whether aliens of the Hebrew Israelite Kingdom/Nation self-determination, self-governing and autonomy, expressive-first-amendment, retaliatory-tort, 4…
23-6043 Dwaun Jabbar Guidry v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure discretionary-review due-process federal-question law-of-the-case supreme-court-precedent Whether the Fifth Circuit's denial of relief violated due process by determining the law of the case doctrine was controlling despite the parties' app…
23-5803 Robert K. Decker v. Edwin Baez, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment excessive-force failure-to-protect federal-question shackling spoliation Did the United States District Court, Magistrate Judge err in the decision to have the Plaintiff, Robert K. Decker be hand cuffed, (left wrist) and sh…
23-103 Bruce Ellis, et al. v. City of Clarksdale, Mississippi, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-08-02 Denied Relisted (2) attorney-general-certification civil-procedure constitutional-amendment court-jurisdiction due-process federal-question federal-rule-civil-procedure solicitor-general takings vagueness-doctrine whether-federal-rule-civil-procedure-5.1(b)-requires-court-certification-of-unconstitutional-act
23-5108 Cassandra McGuire v. Tennessee, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-07-14 Denied IFP abuse-of-process civil-rights court-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts federal-question injunctive-relief judicial-misconduct judicial-orders section-1983 standing state-agencies Did the Appeals Courts err by Affirming the District Court in complete disregard for the Supreme Court rulings regarding State agencies can be sued fo…
22-7839 Christian Ruben Tirado v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-question gang-paraphernalia supervised-release vagueness-doctrine Is a special condition of supervised release that prohibits a supervisee from possessing any of a laundry list of items 'known to represent associatio…
22-1124 Christian Gilbert Tony Nadal v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-18 Denied Response Waived civil-rights coram-nobis declaratory-judgment due-process federal-question fraud habeas-corpus machine-gun-regulation machine-guns second-amendment silencers Are catalogues advertising illegal machineguns and silencers fraudulent?
22-7565 Alex Estuardo Ixcopal-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal civil-procedure discretionary-review due-process federal-question supplemental-materials Whether the Fifth Circuit's ruling to expand the record on direct appeal without providing adequate opportunity to respond violates due process
22-6685 Warren Havens v. Arnold Leong, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review district-court-remand federal-law-supremacy federal-officer-removal federal-question federal-question-jurisdiction gorilla-rule maritime-communications removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tax-exemption Can a District Court remand a State Court action timely removed under 28 U.S. Code § 1442 without allowing the removing party rights to defend the rem…
22-6589 In Re Moses Jackson 2023-01-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction article-iii constitutional-review due-process federal-question judicial-power jurisdiction standing state-court-discretion supreme-court supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the judicial power of the United States under Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution extends to the issues raised in this case
22-6539 Israel Romero v. Allwell from Absolute Total Care, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-01-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction documentary-evidence federal-question pro-se pro-se-litigation rule-28-usc-1915 summary-judgment Whether a motion for summary judgment can be denied as premature
22-6117 Tracy Lamont Miles v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-question sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the term 'controlled substance' from the 'controlled substance offense' definition in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) is limited to substances that are fe…
22-245 Abolfazl Hosseinzadeh v. Bellevue Park Homeowners Association, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-09-15 Denied civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-question federal-question-jurisdiction motion-practice pendent-claims pendent-state-law-claims privilege-law related-proceedings summary-judgment Where a federal district court exercises federal question jurisdiction, does state or federal privilege law apply over pendent state law claims?
22-5460 Bradley Lane Croft v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-29 GVR Relisted (2)IFP aggravated-identity-theft circuit-split criminal-procedure discretionary-review federal-question identity-theft money-laundering sufficiency-of-evidence wire-fraud Whether an accused commits aggravated-identity-theft by merely uttering-someone's-name
21-8260 Tracy Garrett v. Warden, FCC Coleman-USP II Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appellate-review certiorari-standard circuit-split consent constitutional-violation federal-question fourth-amendment search-and-seizure supervisory-power warrantless-search Whether the 11th Circuit erred in declining to entertain a 4th Amendment violation issue
21-7999 Kristine Arutyunyan v. Cindy Fields, et al. Second Circuit 2022-05-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights diversity-jurisdiction diversity-of-citizenship federal-question pro-se public-importance standing supreme-court-rule Whether the pro se civil lawsuit based on federal question and diversity of citizenship has merit and should be heard by the Supreme Court
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…
21-7544 Erskine D. Salter v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review conflict constitutional-law due-process eleventh-circuit federal-question legal-procedure united-states-constitution Did the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decide a federal question in a way in conflict with the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution…
21-1278 Judy Wright v. May 27, 2011 Order, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-03-22 Denied civil-procedure coram-non-judice diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-question in-rem-complaint judicial-bias judicial-neutrality standing standing-doctrine state-court-judgment Does a petitioner require proof of harm to have standing to challenge a judgment by a judge with an appearance of undermined neutrality?
21-1223 Ohana Military Communities, LLC, et al. v. Kenneth Lake, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-09 Denied concurrent-jurisdiction enclave-clause federal-enclaves federal-jurisdiction federal-policy federal-question federal-question-jurisdiction hawaii-admission-act military-housing Whether the grant of concurrent jurisdiction divests federal courts of enclave jurisdiction
21-7273 Terron Gerhard Dizzley v. United States District Court for the District of South Carolina Fourth Circuit 2022-03-03 Denied IFP appellate-review double-jeopardy false-imprisonment federal-question lack-of-jurisdiction supreme-court-decisions trial-court-jurisdiction writ-of-mandamus Did the United Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decide an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the relevant decisions of thi…
21-7180 Hung M. Nguyen v. Cache Creek Casino Resort Ninth Circuit 2022-02-23 Denied IFP civil-rights civil-rights-statutes constitutional-rights due-process federal-question interstate-commerce self-government tribal-sovereign-immunity Does Cache Creek Casino Resort the subclass member of Yocha Dehe Wintum Nation as the tribal Indian of United States as trustee who owns this gambling…
21-1072 Steven Carrol DeMocker v. Arizona Arizona 2022-02-02 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights criminal-defense due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-question implausible-defense ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-strategy right-to-counsel third-party-culpability Whether offering an implausible third-party culpability defense violates a defendant's right to the effective assistance of counsel
21-924 Michael R. Atraqchi, et ux. v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-22 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-question frivolous-dismissal in-forma-pauperis pro-se standing statutory-interpretation surveillance wiretapping Whether the opinion of the Eleventh Circuit affirming the lower Court's decision in dismissing the Pro se, federal question in forma pauperis complain…
21-878 Carl Michael Seibert v. Jeremy McIntire, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-question rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine section-1983 state-court-judgments subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Eleventh Circuit's purported 'inextricably intertwined' standard for evaluating jurisdictional claims under Rooker-Feldman arbitrarily and…
21-6325 Leslie Reed v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certiorari-standard circuit-court-review civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-question judicial-precedent judicial-review precedent standard-of-review supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals had decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the relevant decisions…
21-5580 Marion Taylor v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-09-03 Denied IFP appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-rights due-process federal-question judicial-proceedings judicial-review standing supervisory-power supreme-court-precedent writ-of-certiorari Whether the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the relevant decisions…
21-5003 Don Edward Carter v. Shawn Phillips, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-07-02 Denied IFP due-process equitable-tolling federal-habeas-corpus federal-question habeas-corpus mental-incompetence post-conviction sixth-circuit-court-of-appeals statute-of-limitations Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision was an important question of federal law that has not been, but should be, settled by this Court, …
20-8454 In Re Randy Dale Jackson 2021-06-30 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-question rule-of-law standing Whether petitioner was deprived of equal justice and liberty under the rule of law?
20-8440 Jerry Douglas, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure federal-question felon-in-possession felon-possession jury-instruction justification-defense minor-child-safety minor-protection second-amendment Is a defendant entitled to a justification jury instruction on a charge of possession of ammunition in commerce by a felon when the defendant is actin…
20-8175 Timothy Alan Marr v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP violating Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment Right constitutional-rights due-process federal-question fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus petition statutory-interpretation untimely-filing Whether the courts below decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the relevant decisions of this Honorable Court
20-8078 Calvin Lamont Mack v. Florida Florida 2021-05-20 Denied IFP blockburger-test constitutional-interpretation double-jeopardy enhanced-compound-felony federal-question judicial-discretion legal-precedent legislative-intent same-element-offenses state-court-review supreme-court-discretion Whether the state and federal constitutions were violated under the Double Jeopardy Clauses
20-7911 Anthony Ates v. Florida Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-03 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-question habeas-corpus judicial-review petition-timeliness standing Whether the courts below decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the relevant decisions of this Honorable Court
20-7836 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Ted Wire, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-04-23 Dismissed IFP administrative-law age-discrimination appointment-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment employment-law federal-employment federal-question standing Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals erred in affirming the order of the district court to dismiss the Title VII civil rights and Age Discrimination in E…
20-1268 Michael Suarez v. Alf J. Aanonsen Florida 2021-03-12 Denied Response Waived appellate-court-conflict appellate-court-decision business-nexus federal-question foreign-corrupt-practices-act national-importance supremacy-clause Is the opinion rendered by the Third District Court of Appeal of Florida in conflict with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Supremacy Clause?
20-6423 Byron Lee v. AT&T Services, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP breach-of-contract breach-of-duty equal-protection federal-question feha feha-violation procedural-due-process removal removal-procedure subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the lower courts commit Equal Protection or FEHA violations?
20-152 Anastasia Wullschleger, et al. v. Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-08-13 Denied appellate-jurisdiction class-action fake-products federal-question federal-question-jurisdiction jurisdictional-interpretation legal-procedure marketing state-law-claims subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the court of appeals erred in finding federal question jurisdiction over a state-law class action complaint alleging marketing of fake pet foo…
19-1318 Michael Anthony Deem v. Lorna M. DiMella-Deem, et al. Second Circuit 2020-05-28 Denied abstention civil-rights domestic-relations domestic-relations-abstention due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-question jurisdiction jurisdiction-stripping malicious-prosecution standing May lower federal courts refuse to exercise jurisdiction over federal question claims in the absence of a warrant to do so from Congress or this Honor…
19-8287 Muhammad Toure v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2020-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-question judicial-review jurisdiction precedent-analysis standing statutory-interpretation Whether the scope of a court's discretion in declining to exercise jurisdiction over a claim for relief in the absence of a federal question is limite…
19-7748 Kevin Souffrant v. Kevin Kauffman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certiorari circuit-split civil-rights class-action due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction federal-question habeas-corpus judicial-conflict legal-standard standing supreme-court-review Whether petitioner should be granted certiorari, where his claim not only affects him, but also hundreds of others
19-7596 Julia L. McDuffy-Johnson v. Daniel A. Lane, III Fifth Circuit 2020-02-07 Denied IFP amendment-violations Amendments-I-IV-VIII-XIII-XIV appeals civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-question fifth-circuit judicial-procedure sexual-assault standing Supervisory-power-of-SCOTUS Whether the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit has entered a decision which is in conflict with the federal guidelines handout of the lower…
19-6412 Dennis Jones v. Arizona Arizona 2019-10-28 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure conflict-with-precedent constitutional-interpretation due-process essential-elements-of-crime federal-jurisdiction federal-question judicial-review precedent-conflict right-to-counsel standing state-court-decision supreme-court supreme-court-procedure Whether the state court decided a federal question in a way that conflicts with this Court's precedent on the right to counsel and due process
19-5470 Spencer Tracy Holloway v. Michigan Michigan 2019-08-06 Denied IFP brady-violation constitutional-claim due-process federal-question liberty-interest michigan-state-law post-conviction prosecutorial-disclosure sixth-judicial-circuit state-law supreme-court-rule-10 Whether the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court for Oakland County decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the decision of Brady v…
19-5164 Lamont Renard Stewart v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-07-15 Denied IFP conflict-with-precedent court-decision court-of-appeals federal-law federal-question important-issue judicial-review jurisdiction legal-conflict legal-settlement petition-for-writ settled-by-supreme-court standing Whether a State Court or a United States Court of Appeals has decided an important question of federal law that has not been, but should be, settled b…
19-50 John DeRaffele v. United States First Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals fair-housing-act federal-district-court federal-question judicial-procedure judicial-proceedings jury-verdict pro-se pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation standing tenant-standing writ-of-certiorari Does a Pro Se litigant have the right to request a Writ of Certiorari when the Court of Appeals has upheld a lower Court ruling on an important Federa…
19-5075 Grace Makau v. Louise Meyer, Judge, District Court of North Carolina, Wake County, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-reunification family-rights federal-question first-amendment ncgs-50-13.5(d)(3) sibling-rights Issues being raised
19-5041 Matthew Jamison v. Levern Cohen, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review conflict-with-other-states constitutional-law due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto federal-constitutional-rights federal-question retroactive-application vested-rights Did S.C. Supreme Court decide on an important federal question in ways conflicting with decision of other state?
18-9648 Jamelle Edward Armstrong v. California California 2019-06-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP african-american batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky due-process equal-protection federal-question jury-selection peremptory-challenges race-neutrality supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review Did the California Supreme Court improperly decide the issue of the race-neutrality of respondent's exercise of its trial peremptory challenges to exc…
18-9472 Reginald Donell Rice v. Carey D. Cockell, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-06-03 Denied IFP circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-question due-process federal-law federal-question jurisdiction precedent standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Whether the court of appeals decided an important question of federal law that has not been, but should be, settled by this Court
18-9496 Darren Deon Johnson v. Barbara Hoober, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-05-31 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-among-circuits due-process environmental-law federal-question standing takings Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in finding that the decision of the district court in Loggerhead Turtle v. County Council of Volus…
18-9287 Carole L. Scheib v. James Rozberil Pennsylvania 2019-05-16 Dismissed IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ex-parte federal-question fifth-amendment foreclosure property-law real-property statute-of-limitations Whether an appellate court must apply established state rules and laws pertaining to real-property, statute-of-limitations, due-process, but continue …
18-1374 Chris Ann Jaye v. Oak Knoll Village Condominium Owners Association, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights controlling-law due-process erickson-v-pardus federal-courts federal-question interlocutory-appeal pleading-standard pleading-standards statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Is the Third Circuit acting in opposition to controlling law and different from other circuits by implementing a heightened pleading standard?
18-9051 Quintonius B. Golston v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-05-01 Denied IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation circuit-conflict conflict criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression federal-question fifth-circuit important-question prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit has decided an important federal question that conflicts with this Court in Brady v. Maryland…
18-1340 Bonnie R. Fowler v. Utah, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-estoppel dismissal due-process federal-question res-judicata standing state-actor supervisory-power Does the doctrines of res-judicata and collateral estoppel fail when the Petitioner has repeatedly disputed and proven that not any one of the necessa…
18-8878 Abdullahi Hamu Jara v. Standard Parking, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-04-17 Denied IFP administrative-exhaustion civil-procedure claim-preclusion collateral-estoppel due-process federal-question issue-preclusion labor-management-relations-act merits merits-judgment res-judicata title-vii What degree of conduct following the first judgement is necessary to give rise to a new claim?
18-1281 Hayes B. Milliman v. Timothy L. Randall California 2019-04-08 Denied Relisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-law congressional-intent constitutional-interpretation diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction federal-question markham-v-allen probate-exception state-probate-court trust trusts wills What is the scope of the probate exception to federal jurisdiction?
18-8288 Derrick Allen v. Envirogreen Landscape Professionals, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied IFP circuit-court-conflict civil-rights conflict-of-circuits due-process eeoc-decision employment-discrimination equal-protection federal-question judicial-discretion judicial-proceedings judicial-review lower-court-review supervisory-powers Can the US Supreme Court review at their judicial discretion for the compelling reason
18-7377 Jarvis Harris v. Joe Easterling, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts federal-law federal-question judicial-review legal-precedent standing supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and District Court for the Western District has entered a decision in conflict with t…
18-7279 Christian Thomas v. District Attorney of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights collateral-review constitutional-review due-process eighth-amendment federal-question graham grant juvenile-sentencing mental-capacity miller sixth-amendment teague Whether a federal question is raised by a claim that a state collateral review erroneously failed to find a Teague, Graham, and Grant case and Miller …
18-7158 Tony Knox v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2018-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process federal-question federal-questions judicial-review legal-standard novel-claim procedural-default statutory-vagueness unconstitutional vague-statute Did The State Court Decide Important Federal Questions In A Way That Conflicts With Relevant Decisions Of This Court, such as: (1) A Vague Statute Was…
18-769 Minnesota Living Assistance, Inc., dba Baywood Home Care v. Ken B. Peterson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-12-18 Denied Response Waived abstention abuse-of-discretion administrative-proceeding civil-administrative-proceeding civil-rights-preemption de-novo-review federal-preemption federal-question standard-of-review state-law younger-abstention younger-v-harris whether the principles enunciated in Younger v. Harris and its progeny require a federal court to abstain from deciding a federal preemption question
18-6805 Jose Rodriguez v. Daniel Paramo, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-question first-degree-murder ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence jury-instructions penal-code-187a principal reasonable-doubt Whether the petitioner's conviction for first-degree murder lacked sufficient evidence to support the verdict
18-628 Rebekah Cooper, as Administrator of the Estate of Jason Cooper, Deceased v. Ehtsham Haq, et al. Alabama 2018-11-14 Denied civil-procedure federal-question medical-malpractice state-law-claims statute-of-limitations supplemental-jurisdiction tolling tolling-provision wrongful-death Are the state-law periods of limitation for Alabama wrongful-death and medical-malpractice claims immune from the tolling provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 13…
18-6652 Michael Carlton Lowe v. Tom Roy, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Corrections Minnesota 2018-11-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights district-court-discretion due-process federal-question habeas-corpus jurisdiction liberty-interest standing Did the district court abuse its discretion by answering a federal question on petitioner's liberty interest in a state court?
18-6218 Desrel Ray Linden v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-10-04 Denied Relisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-question habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure supervisory-power Whether the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in inverting the statutory order of operation by deciding the merits of the appeal and then deny…
18-352 South Carolina v. Raymond Lewis Young South Carolina 2018-09-18 Denied appellate-review batson-challenge batson-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure deference-to-trial-court discretionary-review equal-protection federal-question jury-selection peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination trial-court-deference Whether the South Carolina Court of Appeals erred in reversing Respondent's conviction on grounds that the trial court failed to conduct a proper Bats…
18-5895 Justin Lyle Izatt v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 constitutional-law court-of-appeals due-process eighth-amendment federal-courts federal-habeas-corpus federal-question gross-disproportionality habeas-corpus judicial-review petition-for-writ-of-certiorari post-conviction-relief sentencing Whether the Court of Appeals committed error by denying the Petitioner's 28 U.S.C. §2255 petition?
18-267 Electronic Privacy Information Center v. Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, et al. District of Columbia 2018-08-31 Denied article-iii article-iii-standing civil-rights congressional-intent due-process federal-election-commission-v-akins federal-question federal-statute informational-injury injury-in-fact judicial-review munsingwear-doctrine munsingwear-vacatur privacy public-disclosure standing standing-injury-in-fact statutory-interpretation Does a plaintiff suffer an Article III injury in fact when the plaintiff fails to obtain information which must be publicly disclosed pursuant to a st…
23A962 Julian Ash v. Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation, et al. Tenth Circuit Presumed Complete extension-of-time federal-question in-forma-pauperis pro-se supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se litigant's in forma pauperis application denial and subsequent request for an extension of time to submit a writ of certiorari presen…