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25-6756 Jacklin Cheramy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-02-09 Pending IFP criminal-procedure federal-statute predicate-offense recidivist-enhancement sentencing-guidelines state-conviction Whether, consistent with federal statute mandating the application of the United States Sentencing Guidelines in effect at the time of sentencing, a s…
25-935 United States v. Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell Fifth Circuit 2026-02-06 Pending constitutional-challenge controlled-substance criminal-conviction federal-statute firearm-possession second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) prohibiting firearm possession by persons with certain criminal convictions violates the Second Amendment as applied to de…
25-6697 Adedayo Abioye v. Mojisola Braimoh California 2026-02-03 Pending IFP criminal-conduct false-statement federal-statute fiduciary-duty mortgage-loan victim-damages Whether entities can be held accountable for false and misleading statements causing damages to victims under 18 U.S.C. § 1014
25-6566 William Dahl v. United States Eighth Circuit 2026-01-13 Pending IFP child-pornography criminal-law factfinder-standard federal-statute judicial-precedent statutory-interpretation How, if at all, may courts direct factfinders to rely on the 'Dost factors' in deciding whether a depiction includes a 'lascivious exhibition of the a…
25-673 Bradley Andrew Herbst v. City of Chicago, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-12-10 Pending Response Waived civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute statute-of-limitations Whether a statute of limitations should be applied to constitutional rights violations under Article 6 and the 14th Amendment
25-6286 Wilfredo Feliciano-Rodriguez v. United States First Circuit 2025-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation time-limit Whether the Appellate Court can violate 28 U.S.C. §2244(b)(3)(D) by treating the 30-day time limit as a guideline rather than a mandatory requirement
25-6187 Maurice Wilson, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?
25-520 Alan Howell Parrot v. United States First Circuit 2025-10-28 Denied Response Waived assault-on-officer domicile-entry federal-statute jury-instruction law-enforcement mistake-of-fact Whether a mistake of fact jury instruction is warranted in an Assault on an Officer prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 111 when law enforcement officers fa…
25-5944 Chockie Lee Hightower v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law federal-statute firearms-possession interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
25-5802 Tommy Phonthalangsy v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?
25-5790 Kyle Davey v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substances criminal-law federal-statute firearm-possession statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Whether a person can be convicted of possessing a firearm by an 'unlawful user' of a controlled substance under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) even if no law p…
25-383 Mark Van Epern v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-10-01 Denied Response Waived child-pornography criminal-law federal-statute minor-protection sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant 'uses' a minor to engage in 'sexually explicit conduct' by surreptitiously recording the minor nude during innocent activities, an…
25-5576 Nadege Auguste v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-statute money-or-property right-to-control wire-fraud Whether employment and its employee benefits constitute 'money or property' under the federal wire fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1343, and whether concea…
25A245 Scot Van Oudenhoven v. Wisconsin Department of Justice Wisconsin 2025-08-29 Presumed Complete domestic-violence expungement federal-statute firearm-possession misdemeanor-conviction restoration-of-rights Whether a state court expungement that does not completely negate a prior misdemeanor domestic violence conviction qualifies as an 'expungement' under…
25-5422 Lamont Johnson v. Michele Dauzat, Warden Fifth Circuit 2025-08-21 Denied IFP federal-statute habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief procedural-bar second-successive-application state-action Whether a second in time habeas application which raises a claim that the petitioner was prevented by state action from raising a claim in a prior app…
25-150 Anton Joseph Lazzaro v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-07 Denied Response Waived age-of-consent criminal-law federal-statute mens-rea sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation Does a person who engages in otherwise lawful, consensual sex with a 16 or 17-year-old dating partner commit 'sex-trafficking' if the person gives unc…
25-13 Marcellus Henderson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-07-03 Denied Relisted (2) bank-robbery crime-of-violence divisible-statute elements-clause federal-statute sentencing-enhancement Is federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) a 'crime of violence' for purposes of enhanced sentencing under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)?
25-5022 Shemica Taylor v. Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-07-02 Denied IFP executive-immunity federal-statute judicial-immunity legal-standard prosecutorial-standard rule-60 Whether an officer of the Judicial branch must be subject to a different standard to determine entitlement to immunity from prosecution
24-7509 Jacob Mathias Rubinstein v. Eric Rardin, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure custody-credit detention-definition federal-statute legal-restrictions statutory-interpretation Does 'official detention' under 18 U.S.C. §3585(b) include restrictive forms of 'release' under 18 U.S.C. §3142(c) when those restrictions severely li…
24-1282 Robert Menzer v. U.S. Bank, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-06-16 Denied Response Waived constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-statute full-faith-and-credit ninth-circuit void-judgment Does the full faith and credit clause and 28 U.S.C. § 1738 require an independent court analysis of a void judgment where due process rights are alleg…
24-7425 Joshua Sutherland v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-challenge federal-statute second-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comport with the Second Amendment? Does 18 U.S.C. §3583(g) comport with the Sixth Amendment?
24-7402 Braddic Deshaun Rollerson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether there is an obvious and irreconcilable clash between § 922(g)(1) and the rights protected by the Second Amendment
24-7340 Jerrell Anthony Bazile v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether there is an obvious and irreconcilable clash between § 922(g)(1) and the rights protected by the Second Amendment
24-7318 Wesley Eron Swick v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether there is an obvious and irreconcilable clash between § 922(g)(1) and the rights protected by the Second Amendment
24-7150 Oscar Williams, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-conviction extortion federal-statute u.s.c.-section-2251 u.s.c.-section-875 Whether the production of child pornography by the alleged victims supports a conviction under Title 18 U.S.C. Section 2251(a) and whether Oscar Willi…
24-7072 Du Truong Nguyen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-04-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split concealment criminal-law federal-statute money-laundering statutory-interpretation What is required to prove concealment money laundering?
24-7012 Carla McCray v. Miami Dade County Public Schools, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP employment-law federal-statute fmla medical-leave mental-health uniform-standard Whether the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. § 2601, should have one uniform standard applicable to qualifying claims concerning unforeseea…
24-6994 Dwayne W. Sherman v. United States Third Circuit 2025-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law federal-statute knowledge-requirement money-laundering statutory-interpretation Whether a circuit split exists regarding the interpretation of the money laundering statute's knowledge requirement under 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(2)(B)(i)
24-1066 Sam Sarkis Solakyan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-04-09 Denied circuit-split criminal-law federal-statute honest-services-fraud property-harm statutory-interpretation Whether a private individual may be convicted of honest-services fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1346 where the alleged scheme to defraud did not contemplate …
24-6843 Albert J. Townsend v. Jerry Spatny, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-03-25 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-due-process Whether petitioner sufficiently demonstrated a substantial denial of a constitutional right to require the issuance of a certificate of appealability …
24-6759 Paul Corey Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-12 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether there is an obvious and irreconcilable clash between § 922(g)(1) and the rights protected by the Second Amendment
24-6755 Xavier Armon Parker v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-12 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether there is an obvious and irreconcilable clash between § 922(g)(1) and the rights protected by the Second Amendment
24-6675 Pierre Cornelius Stewart v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-02-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP collateral-review constitutional-review federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-deference state-court Whether the principles of substantial limitation on collateral review in habeas corpus cases pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 apply to habeas corpus cases…
24-6560 Tamaz Pasternak, aka Tomas Pasternak v. United States Second Circuit 2025-02-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law federal-statute fraud-scheme property-deception statutory-interpretation wire-fraud Whether a scheme to induce a transaction in property through deception, but which contemplates no harm to any property interest, constitutes a scheme …
24-6512 In Re John David Stahlman 2025-02-10 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-split federal-statute judicial-conflict statutory-interpretation writ-of-certiorari Whether the Court of Appeals created a circuit conflict regarding the elements of a federal statute requiring proof or pleading of specific elements
24-6480 Andrew J. Johnston v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-procedure federal-statute habeas-corpus jurisdictional-bar post-conviction-relief Does 28 U.S.C. Section 2244(b)(1) apply to claims brought in second or successive motions for post-conviction relief under 28 U.S.C. Section 2255?
24A739 Fei Fei Fan v. Yan Yao Jiang, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-01-28 Presumed Complete 18-usc-1589 18-usc-1591 federal-statute forced-labor ninth-circuit sex-trafficking Whether the Ninth Circuit correctly interpreted the scope of federal sex trafficking and forced labor statutes in a case involving complex allegations…
24-6406 Bryan Frederick Jennings v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2025-01-28 Denied IFP brady-claim competency-claim disclosure-violation federal-statute habeas-corpus second-petition Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b) bars a second-in-time federal habeas petition raising a Brady claim based on evidence that the State failed to disclose un…
24-6211 Roderick Wayne Bell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether there is an obvious and irreconcilable clash between § 922(g)(1) and the rights protected by the Second Amendment
24-6170 Robert E. Carter v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split commercial-contract federal-statute fraud-inducement property-deprivation wire-fraud Whether fraudulent inducement of a commercial contract violates federal wire fraud statutes when no property loss occurs and whether property deprivat…
24A591 Fernando Lopez-Armenta v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-12-17 Presumed Complete criminal-conviction drug-statute federal-statute jury-instructions ninth-circuit sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals correctly applied the legal standard for reviewing criminal convictions under federal drug and firearms sta…
24-6089 Recardo Cartrell Pierce v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
24-6020 Justin Rivera v. United States Second Circuit 2024-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-conviction federal-statute sentencing-guidelines sex-trafficking Whether the Second Circuit erred in affirming a sex trafficking conviction based on a sentencing guidelines interpretation that conflicts with the Nin…
24A444 Antonio Ulises Barrera-Mackorty v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-11-04 Presumed Complete constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure federal-statute immigration-law naturalization supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1425(a) and the Naturalization Application Form N-400 are unconstitutionally vague in their application to immigrant criminal proc…
24-501 V.V.V. & Sons Edible Oils Limited v. Meenakashi Overseas, LLC Ninth Circuit 2024-11-01 Denied appellate-damages circuit-precedent due-process federal-statute frivolous-appeal sanctions May an appellate court award damages for a frivolous appeal when the test used is unsupported by Circuit precedent and contradicts federal statute and…
24-5845 Jackie Robinson v. Jerry Spatny, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-10-29 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation federal-statute judicial-interpretation remedies section-1983 Whether the lower court's interpretation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 improperly limits civil rights remedies for constitutional violations
24-5785 Bernard Ross Hansen and Diane Renee Erdmann v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-18 Denied IFP criminal-fraud federal-statute mail-fraud property-deception statutory-interpretation wire-fraud Whether a scheme to induce a transaction in property through deception, without harm to any property interest, constitutes a scheme to defraud under f…
24-380 Matthew McCoy v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-10-03 Denied Response Waived child-pornography criminal-intent federal-statute minor-protection sexual-exploitation video-recording Does secretly recording a nude minor in the bathroom engaged in innocent daily activities constitute 'sexually explicit conduct' under 18 U.S.C. § 225…
24-320 Simon A. Soto, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. United States Federal Circuit 2024-09-20 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) administrative-determination barring-act combat-veterans federal-statute settlement-procedure special-compensation When a person makes a demand for money from the federal government pursuant to federal statute, what test should courts and agencies use to determine …
24-5581 In Re Joe Nathan Pyatt, Jr. 2024-09-19 Denied IFP criminal-law fbi-jurisdiction federal-statute legal-definition statutory-interpretation vawa-interpretation Whether the term 'members' in an indictment sufficiently alleges a specific 'person' under 18 USC 2261A(2)(A) and whether the FBI can be considered a …
24-5393 Taddius Tyrone Woods v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is constitutional under the Second Amendment
24-5109 Clinton Mark Lewis v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2252 child-pornography circuit-split circumstantial-evidence criminal-law evidence-standard federal-statute image-specific ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Is the charge of possession or accessing child pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B) 'image specific'?
24A46 Pennsylvania State Conference of NAACP Branches, et al. v. Al Schmidt, Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2024-07-16 Presumed Complete ballot-access circuit-split federal-statute mail-ballot materiality-provision voting-rights Whether the Materiality Provision of federal voting rights law prohibits excluding mail ballots due to immaterial paperwork errors beyond voter regist…
24-5082 Adam Sprenger v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP change-in-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute legal-interpretation plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation Have the federal courts misinterpreted and misapplied 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) et. seq. to encompass conduct neither proscribed nor enumerated in 18 U.S.C.…
24A42 Thanquarious R. Calhoun v. Warden, Baldwin State Prison, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-15 Presumed Complete clearly-established-law constitutional-claim federal-statute habeas-corpus state-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the federal habeas corpus statute under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 permits relief when a state court's adjudication of a constitutional claim was contra…
24-5043 Cortlin Reese v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen constitutional-law criminal-statutes due-process federal-statute firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) and (n) violate the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022)?
24-5027 Jovan Marquis Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP burrage-v-united-states causation-of-harm criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution evidentiary-hearing federal-statute heroin-distribution jury-instruction jury-instructions overdose sentencing-enhancement Did the trial court err when it refused to instruct the jury that the heroin distributed by the defendant was the same heroin that caused the victims'…
24-5 Luis Gutierrez v. Gary Miniard, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-07-03 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2254(i) castro-v-united-states constitutional-ineffectiveness constitutional-review federal-statute habeas-corpus habeas-petition procedural-law second-in-time second-petition unexhausted-claims Whether a subsequent habeas petition, containing only claims which were unexhausted when the initial habeas petition was untimely filed, was second-in…
23-1356 Justin K. Holder v. Mark Duvall Thomas Fourth Circuit 2024-06-28 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-statute injunctive-relief pro-se standing sua-sponte subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the District Court judge error in law, or abuse his discretion when he sua sponte dismissed Petitioner's pro se complaint for lack of subject matt…
23-1345 Danny Richard Rivers v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-06-26 Judgment Issued Amici (17)Response RequestedRelisted (4) 28-usc-2244(b)(2) appellate-review circuit-split federal-habeas federal-statute gatekeeping-requirements habeas-corpus second-or-successive-habeas second-or-successive-petition seven-factor-test Whether § 2244(b)(2) applies to second-in-time habeas filings
23-7692 Angel Jesus Paniagua v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-authority federal-statute firearm-regulation firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment framework of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen
23-7688 Chaves Hodges v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard circuit-split constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23-7668 Roylee Richardson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-06-07 Denied IFP arthur-andersen-llp-v-united-states criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute foreseeability official-proceeding statutory-interpretation subjective-intent witness-tampering Whether the federal witness tampering statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1512, requires proof that the defendant subjectively contemplated a federal official procee…
23-7568 Malek Lassiter v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-conviction criminal-procedure federal-statute section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court united-states-v-taylor Whether The Court Of Appeals Erred By Holding Lassiter's Convictions Under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) On Counts 25 And 28 Remain Lawful After United States v.…
23-7554 Rawtavious Moore v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard circuit-split constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process exceptional-importance federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23-7411 Larry Elwood Steptoe v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt career-criminal controlled-substances criminal-attempt criminal-law federal-statute predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines u.s-sentencing-guidelines Whether a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 of the U.S. Criminal Code which incorporates 'Attempt' crimes qualifies as a predicate offense for the Career C…
23-7317 Michael A. Maggio v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute nunc-pro-tunc plea-bargaining plea-modification post-conviction-relief property-rights statutory-interpretation statutory-limitation supreme-court-ruling Should Michael A. Maggio benefit from subsequent rulings of the United States Supreme Court that 18 U.S.C § 666(a)(1)(B) was limited to property right…
23A939 Doris Lapham v. Walgreen Co. Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-19 Presumed Complete appellate-decision certiorari eleventh-circuit federal-statute judicial-review time-extension Whether a plaintiff may seek relief under a federal statute after an adverse appellate decision when seeking an extension of time to file a petition f…
23-7229 Fredarius D. Jackson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23-7225 Leroy Hoyle v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-authority federal-statute firearm-regulation firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment framework of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen
23-7163 Kyle Melkonian v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights criminal-statute due-process eleventh-circuit federal-statute government-property government-property-theft plain-text plain-text-analysis statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit's conflation of 18 U.S.C. § 641's two distinct offenses runs afoul of the plain text of the statute, its application by e…
23-1040 Scott Smith v. Entrepreneur Media, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2024-03-20 Denied appeal civil-procedure federal-statute judgment-renewal motion-to-dismiss ninth-circuit renewal-of-judgment state-law Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit err in granting Respondent's Motion to Dismiss Appeal by failing to consider Petitioner's…
23-6899 James Earl Robinson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-851 career-offender categorical-approach drug-offense federal-statute sentencing-enhancement state-conviction state-convictions ussg-4b1.1 Whether prior state convictions qualify as 'felony drug offenses' when state statutes encompass broader conduct than federal statutes
23-6750 Patrick Aboite v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) complies with the Second Amendment?
23-6751 Delon Joseph Adams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 concurrent-sentence concurrent-sentences criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute firearm-offense sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c)(1)(D)Gi) precludes a sentencing court from imposing a sentence for a Section 924(c) firearm offense partially concurr…
23-850 Lucinda Jones v. David W. McKeague, Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-02-07 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights declaratory-judgment-act due-process due-process-claim federal-statute judicial-review jurisdiction non-merit-claim standing Does the Declaratory Act of 28 U.S.C. § 2201 afford jurisdiction over non-merit claims for due-process-violations?
23-6635 Leslie Fulwiler v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23-6397 Jaime Rivera v. United States Second Circuit 2023-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-statute force physical-force physical-inaction statutory-interpretation Whether a crime of physical inaction ever 'has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or propert…
23-6394 Andrew Tablack v. United States Third Circuit 2023-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-statute indictment indictment-defect scheduling statutory-interpretation Is there a legal element in 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1) that requires the CDS named in the indictment to be listed on the Controlled Substance Schedules at th…
23-6224 Terry Daum v. Joseph Corey, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 appellate-procedure brady-v-maryland certificate-of-appealability clear-and-convincing-evidence federal-statute gatekeeping-standard habeas-corpus reasonable-probability sawyer-v-whitley Does the 'reasonable probability' standard, established in Brady v. Maryland, conflict with the 'clear and convincing evidence' criteria, defined unde…
23-580 Lisa O'Brien, et al. v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Second Circuit 2023-11-30 Denied anti-terrorism-act damages federal-courts federal-statute preemption state-law statute-of-limitations wrongful-death Whether Congress intended to preempt state wrongful death distribution laws in enacting the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA)
23-6012 Rafael Espinal-Mieses v. United States First Circuit 2023-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(f) 21-usc-960(b) criminal-sentencing federal-statute maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act retroactivity safety-valve sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Did the First Circuit correctly interpret the pre-amendment version of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) as excluding MDLEA offenses from safety-valve relief?
23-5907 Brian Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP carjacking carjacking-statute criminal-law federal-statute fifth-circuit-interpretation force-and-violence intent intent-requirement serious-harm-or-kill taking-a-vehicle vehicle-theft Does a conviction for carjacking by 'force and violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 2119 require that the force and violence be employed, with the requisite in…
23-5759 Meredith McConnell v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-indictment false-statements federal-statute materiality neder-v-united-states ninth-circuit omissions wire-fraud Does an indictment charging the offense of wire fraud require pleading and proof of a specific false statement or omission, or is the allegation of an…
23-5725 Edward Troup v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP antiracketeering-statute criminal-jurisdiction due-process federal-law federal-statute murder-prosecution predicate-offense racketeering state-law statute-of-limitations Does a federal antiracketeering statute reach murders committed outside a state's statute of limitations, for which the defendant could not be adjudic…
23-306 The TriZetto Group, Inc., et al. v. Syntel Sterling Best Shores Mauritius Limited, et al. Second Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived actual-loss avoided-costs circuit-split damages defend-trade-secrets-act federal-statute misappropriation trade-secrets unjust-enrichment Whether a plaintiff may seek avoided costs as a measure of unjust-enrichment damages if and only if the plaintiff has suffered a 'compensable harm bey…
23-5581 Matthew R. Osuba v. United States Second Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied IFP child-pornography criminal-law federal-statute lower-court-split minor minor-protection production sexual-exploitation sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation visual-depiction Whether a person 'uses' a minor 'to engage in' sexually explicit conduct, and thereby produces child pornography, when he creates a visual image of hi…
23-219 Sherman Moore v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-08 Denied child-pornography circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a state offense relates to the 'sexual exploitation of children' under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(e)
23-5403 Luis Alfredo Moreira Bravo v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-law due-process federal-statute federal-transportation-of-a-minor interstate-transportation mens-rea minor-age sexual-offense statutory-interpretation statutory-rape Whether an individual may be convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a) for transportation of a minor, without regard to whether the defendant knew of the in…
23-5260 Mary Beth Harcrow v. Clyde Harcrow, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights domestic-violence due-process federal-statute full-faith-and-credit full-faith-credit interstate-enforcement judicial-notice protective-order vawa Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in failing to recognize and enforce a Delaware domestic violence order under the Violence Against Wom…
23-5095 Marland Maynor v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process facial-challenge federal-statute plain-error second-amendment standing Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment
22-7757 Samuel Lee Morrison v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment bruen bruen-standard constitutional-law federal-criminal-statutes federal-statute gun-rights historical-tradition jurisdiction second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(n) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)
22-7707 Kelvun Montrail Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-statute firearms gun-rights new-york-state-rifle-and-pistol-association second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(n) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)
22-1023 Dora L. Adkins v. American Service Center Associates, LLC, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-04-21 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1915 amendment amendment-right appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-statute in-forma-pauperis judicial-dismissal Whether the district court properly dismissed a civil action filed in forma pauperis without allowing the plaintiff to amend the complaint
22-969 City of Santa Maria, California, et al. v. San Luis Obispo Coastkeeper, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-06 Denied Response Waived agency-authority agency-discretion cooperative-federalism federal-statute nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers state-water-rights statutory-interpretation water-rights Whether the nondelegation doctrine and separation of powers prevent courts from interpreting a federal statute's 'and other purposes' clause to invest…
22-7175 Marvin Eduardo Luna Gomez v. Internal Revenue Service Fourth Circuit 2023-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-claim data-breach due-process federal-statute identity-theft iRS-liability standing tax-refund Whether the district court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's complaint for failure to state a claim
22-953 Pablo Calderon v. United States Second Circuit 2023-03-30 Denied Response Waived criminal-charges criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation substantive-law Does a federal district court have habeas corpus jurisdiction when a substantive element of the criminal charges was not found under the law mandated …
22-938 George Washington University v. Jabari Stafford District of Columbia 2023-03-27 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse Waived civil-rights civil-rights-act discrimination due-process federal-statute personal-injury personal-injury-claims state-law statute-of-limitations title-vi Whether courts should reflexively borrow the state-law general limitations period applicable to all personal-injury claims to govern any claim allegin…
22-7101 Charles Eugene Nolden v. United States Third Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-sentencing federal-statute sentence-reduction sentencing third-circuit Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit abused its discretion in denying Nolden's Motion for Compassionate Release/Reduction …
22-7061 Lorenzo Elias Mendez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-statute first-amendment minor-exploitation sentencing-guidelines sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation Whether the statutory term 'lascivious exhibition' refers to the defendant's act of exhibiting a minor's genitals on film, or to a particular type of …
22-717 Adrian Perkins, Mayor of the City of Shreveport, Louisiana v. Celcog, LLC, dba Strawn's Eat Shop Too, et al. Louisiana 2023-02-01 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 42-usc-1988 attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-statute judicial-procedure louisiana-constitution louisiana-revised-statutes state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the lower courts erroneously granted attorney's fees
22-6666 Leonel Ruiz-Lopez v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-statute hughey-v-united-states legal-definition restitution sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation title-18 victim-and-witness-protection-act victim-restitution What does an 'offense' mean for purposes of restitution awards under the VWPA?
22-6444 Stephen Duane Burgess v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-sentencing federal-statute second-degree-murder sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether a conviction for federal 'second degree murder' under 18 U.S.C. § 1(a) is a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)
22-6422 Richard Bernard Nichols v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g))
22-6314 Ramiro Leal v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g))
22-6229 In Re Steven B. Turner 2022-12-06 Denied IFP constitutional-violation due-process federal-claim federal-jurisdiction federal-statute habeas-corpus remedy remedy-unavailable state-prisoner supreme-court-holding Whether application of 28 U.S.C. 2244(b)(1) and (2) violates U.S. Const. Art. I, Sec. 9, cl. 2
22-6151 Demon Reese v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-statute felon-in-possession felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g))
22-6066 Brent Stephens v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2254 appeal appeal'\n\n'Whether the Federal Court of Appeals f appeal'\n\n'Whether the U.S. District Court Magist appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process exhaustion exhaustion'\n\n'Whether the Federal Court of Appea federal-statute fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-deference jury-trial jury-verdict magistrate-bar procedural-bar sentencing standard-of-review standard-of-review'\n\n'Whether the U.S. District trial-court-authority Whether the Trial Court had the authority to supplant the verdict of the jury on punishment
22-6047 Juan Teran v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-statute felon-in-possession felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g))
22-6001 Medgar Samuel v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP antiterrorism-act antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act circuit-split district-court federal-courts federal-statute habeas-corpus procedural-default state-courts Whether a State can forfeit the affirmative defense of procedural default
22-5918 Tommy Allen Dickenson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g))
22-5894 Terrence Gibbs v. United States Third Circuit 2022-10-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing-law federal-statute judicial-discretion retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-law Whether non-retroactive changes in federal sentencing law comprise 'extraordinary and compelling' circumstances for compassionate release
22-5637 Dwayne Stone v. United States Second Circuit 2022-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 circuit-split criminal-law elements-clause federal-statute force physical-force physical-inaction statutory-interpretation Whether crimes of physical inaction have 'as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of …
22-5292 Isiah Trujillo v. Hector Balderas, Attorney General of New Mexico, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts constitutional-cause due-process exhaustion-of-remedies federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-bias judicial-review remedies state-courts statutory-interpretation Whether the Supreme Court can provide guidelines regarding the material term 'state courts' embedded in the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and the Rul…
22-86 Charles Chavez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-07-29 Denied atm bank-robbery criminal-law custody customer federal-statute force-and-coercion property property-theft statutory-interpretation Whether a person violates the federal bank-robbery statute by forcing a bank customer to withdraw the customer's money from an ATM in order to take th…
22-73 Usha Jain, et vir v. David Barker, et al. Florida 2022-07-26 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-removal federal-statute jurisdiction remand-order removal-jurisdiction standing state-court state-court-proceedings Whether state court proceedings and orders are void during the removal period
22-5143 Malia Arciero v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion appellate-discretion compassionate-release criminal-justice federal-statute judicial-review motion-reconsideration reconsideration sentencing sentencing-modification Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit abused its discretion in denying Arciero's Motion for Compassionate Release Under 18 …
22-5 Peter Cooks v. Contra Costa County, California Ninth Circuit 2022-06-30 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute rehabilitation-act statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Does 28 U.S.C § 1658 supplying a 4 year statute of limitations apply to claims made under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended?
21-1583 Jerry Bird v. Oregon Commission for the Blind, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-06-23 Denied Response Waived 11th-amendment administrative-procedures-act arbitration-process blind-vendor-rights commercial-contract eleventh-amendment federal-arbitration federal-statute sovereign-immunity vending-services Does a State waive its sovereign immunity from money damages when it voluntarily enters into a commercial vending services contract with a private ind…
21-8107 Keith Undray Ford v. Suzanne M. Peery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP adjudication criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-statute habeas-corpus legal-interpretation presumption-of-innocence presumption-of-law state-court state-courts When an issue before a state court is resolved by an assumption of fact, as opposed to a factual finding, has the issue before the state court been 'a…
21-8075 Ricky Bagola v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-801 advisory-range controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense controlled-substances-act criminal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines federal-statute prior-conviction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-4b1.2(b) Is the term 'controlled substance' in § 4B1.2(b) limited to those substances defined and regulated under the federal Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S…
21-8013 In Re Mark Stinson 2022-06-01 Denied IFP administrative-law circuit-court circuit-executive civil-procedure court-of-appeals federal-courts federal-statute judicial-administration mandamus statutory-interpretation Whether the Circuit Executive Staff of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is in violation of 28 U.S.C. § 1361
21-1499 Mahesh Ramchanndani v. Sunil Gahdhi, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-31 Denied civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-law federal-statute property-rights racial-discrimination security-deposit standing tenant-rights Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1982 for failure to state a claim
21-7992 Reginald Andre Molette v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-05-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary categorical-approach criminal-law federal-statute generic-burglary sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether North Carolina breaking and entering categorically qualifies as generic burglary under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B) Gi)?
21-7695 Allen Wayne Hatcher v. Anna Valentine, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 extraordinary-circumstances federal-statute habeas-corpus limitations-period prisoner-diligence prisoner-rights procedural-sufficiency Can extraordinary circumstances be established by the same facts that establish a prisoner's diligence?
21-7714 Gurmeet Singh Dhinsa v. United States Second Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c categorical-analysis crime-of-violence federal-predicate federal-statute generic-definitions judicial-review predicate-offense state-law statutory-interpretation Whether categorical analysis of the predicate crime of violence for a 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c) offense allows a reviewing court to 'look through' the …
21-7679 Richard Morrison v. CCA CORR - Civil, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-21 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-statute jurisdiction standing Whether the U.S. Middle-District Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals violated the Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause
21-7569 Miguel Scott Arnold v. United States Third Circuit 2022-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute human-trafficking jury-instructions rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation third-circuit-court third-circuit-court-of-appeals unit-of-prosecution allowable-unit-of-prosecution-for-18-usc-1591(a)
21-7560 Martin Andres-Tomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres certiorari constitutional-interpretation court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7530 Paul M. Weadick v. United States First Circuit 2022-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1512 circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-statute federal-witness-tampering fowler-v-united-states reasonable-likelihood specific-intent statutory-interpretation witness-tampering Whether the 'reasonable likelihood' standard applies even when the witness may not have made any communication to any officials at all
21-7532 Palani Karupaiyan v. International SOS, et al. Third Circuit 2022-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conley-v-gibson copyright-ownership federal-courts federal-procedure federal-statute joint-employment pleading-standards remedies software-engineering sullivan-v-little-hunting-park whether-the-plaintiff's-allegation-of-joint-employers-not-paying-is-enough-for-fcp-rule-8(a)'s-short-and-plain-statement-requirement
21-7395 Konstantinos Zografidis v. United States Second Circuit 2022-03-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus second-circuit writ-of-habeas-corpus Did the Second Circuit Court of Appeals en banc err in failing to reverse the District Court's ruling denying my Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus …
21-7330 Japher Yosuf Rajab v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-consent conviction criminal-law due-process federal-statute law-enforcement mens-rea non-existent-victim statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2422 (b) authorizes a conviction based on an imaginary, non-existent victim
21-7311 Linda Baldwin v. Office of Injured Employee Counsel Fifth Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process federal-statute qualified-immunity reckless-conduct section-1983 Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, is a public official liable for reckless conduct that proximately injured another, even with qualified immunity?
21-7215 Clayton Walker v. Freeman's Electric Service, Inc., et al. South Dakota 2022-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights cross-examination disputable-facts due-process federal-statute medical-records subpoena witness-examination Does the Petitioner have the right to his own medical records after they are subpoenaed, and when those records are not given to the petitioner by the…
21-1170 Louis Ciminelli v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2022-02-24 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) circuit-split criminal-procedure economic-decision federal-statute fraud-statutes property-fraud right-to-control second-circuit wire-fraud Whether the Second Circuit's 'right to control' theory of fraud states a valid basis for liability under the federal wire fraud statute
21-1023 Kay Gow v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1348 contract contract-breach federal-statute grant-application grant-funding investment-agreement investor-sophistication misrepresentation subscription-agreement wire-fraud Can a breach of contract by a grant recipient be criminalized under the federal wire fraud statute?
21-6854 Joe Byrd v. Bank of New York Mellon, fka Trustee for the Benefit of Alternative Loan Trust 2007-J1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-01-14 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-jurisdiction dismissal dismissal-with-prejudice due-process equal-protection federal-statute subject-matter-jurisdiction Is it an error, a violation of federal statute, and an impermissible denial of due process of law and equal protection of law for a court without subj…
21-6826 Todd Stands Alone v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-01-12 Denied Amici (1)IFP assault circuit-split common-law-assault conviction criminal-law due-process federal-law federal-statute statutory-interpretation Whether common-law simple assault is an essential element of 18 U.S.C. § 111(b)
21-6630 Daniel A. Rodriguez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-455 appeal appellate-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute guilty-plea judicial-recusal recusal waiver-of-rights Whether an unconditional guilty plea waives a federal criminal defendant's right to appeal a district court's failure to recuse under 28 U.S.C. § 455(…
21-6510 Luis Solis-Vasquez v. United States First Circuit 2021-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process elements-of-offense federal-statute jury-determination jury-instructions mandatory-victim-restitution RICO rico-offense state-law state-law-predicates Whether state law RICO predicates are elements of a RICO offense that must be found by the jury
21-6474 Kristie Leanne Sluder v. R. Patrick Bentancourt, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP adoption-and-safe-families-act civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process federal-statute ku-klux-klan-act liberty-interest notice-and-hearing standing statutory-interpretation Did the Ded Macon County Department of Social Services violate federal law by failing to notify the foster parent of the permanence planning hearing?
21-6410 Steve Herbert Speckman v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process federal-procedure federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review limitations-period petition-deadline statute-of-limitations supreme-court-interpretation Whether the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals misconstrued the federal statute when it failed to recognize the one-year limitations period begins to r…
21-6383 Harinder Singh v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-split concealment criminal-conviction drug-proceeds federal-statute insufficient-evidence money-laundering regalado-cuellar statutory-interpretation Where the evidence at trial was insufficient was insufficient to prove that the design or purpose of the cash transmittals was to 'conceal or disguise…
21-6297 Henry Cervantes and Jaime Cervantes v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-statute jury-trial obstruction-of-justice official-proceeding sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the federal obstruction of justice statute, 18 U.S.C. §1512(c)(2) (obstruction of an official proceeding), can be applied to street level crim…
21-6080 Carl Henry Olsen, III v. Renee Baker, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa anti-terrorism-act circuit-split federal-habeas federal-statute habeas-corpus presumption-against-retroactivity retroactive-application retroactivity second-or-successive-petitions second-petition Whether AEDPA's restrictions on second or successive habeas petitions apply retroactively to petitioners who filed pre-AEDPA federal habeas litigation
21-5969 Derrick E. Steilman v. Reginald D. Michael, Director, Montana Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute habeas-corpus ninth-circuit procedural-timeliness section-2254 standard-of-review statute-of-limitations timeliness Whether the Ninth Circuit erred when it determined that Steilman's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition is untimely?
21-5731 Sheridan Sisk v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied IFP circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines federal-statute sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does the phrase 'controlled substance' in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) include substances excluded from the Controlled Substances Act?
21-5631 Elton Vallare v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-09 Dismissed IFP child-pornography circuit-split criminal-law federal-statute interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation unit-of-prosecution What is the unit of prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B)?
21-169 James Gatto, et al. v. United States Second Circuit 2021-08-05 Denied Amici (1) 18-usc-1843 criminal-law federal-statute incidental-harms jury-instructions property-rights statutory-interpretation statutory-text united-states-v-kelly wire-fraud Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1843 requires the Government to prove the object of the alleged wire fraud scheme was to obtain money or property
21-124 Emmanuel Torres v. Bay Area Credit Services, et al. Second Circuit 2021-07-29 Denied civil-rights consumer-protection debt-collection due-process fair-debt-collection federal-jurisdiction federal-statute new-york-business-law private-right-of-action statutory-interpretation Does a consumer have a private right of action under New York General Business Law Section 349 for a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Violation?
21-5219 Bryan James Collins v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process evidence federal-statute fifth-circuit sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the Fifth Circuit wrongly affirmed Collins's conviction
21-73 Albon Diamond v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-20 Denied Response Waived 28-U.S.C.-§-2254 actual-innocence circuit-split due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review post-conviction-relief procedural-standard Whether a freestanding claim of actual innocence is cognizable in a 28-U.S.C.-§-2254-proceeding
21-44 Kevin Lee Boutte v. Yvonne Renea Boutte Louisiana 2021-07-13 Denied disability-pay federal-preemption federal-statute military-benefits military-powers res-judicata supremacy-clause veterans-benefits veterans-rights Does Congress' enumerated Military Powers exercised pursuant to the Supremacy Clause bar a state court from raising res-judicata to a post-judgment ch…
21-5075 Elizabeth Shaw v. Derek Shaw Michigan 2021-07-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-custody due-process equal-protection federal-statute icwa jurisdiction-challenge mifpa tribal-law Whether the Supreme Court will order the immediate return of the children to their mother, Elizabeth Shaw, in violation of court orders, ICWA, MIFPA, …
21-5068 Leonard Griffin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP age compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-procedure district-court-discretion family-circumstances federal-statute health-conditions motion-for-relief race sentencing Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Griffin's Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)
21-5025 James Galen Hanna v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-07-07 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 abuse-of-writ banister-v-davis due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-law second-or-successive second-or-successive-petition When a petition for writ of habeas corpus presents claims that do not constitute an 'abuse of the writ,' is it a 'second or successive' petition under…
20-1729 In Re Dimitri Jonthiel Patterson 2021-06-15 Denied 28-usc-2241 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus legal-documentation procedural-challenge state-custody Whether a petitioner raising a 28 U.S.C. §2241 habeas corpus claim should remain in state custody without certified legal documentation in violation o…
20-1730 In Re Dimitri Jonthiel Patterson 2021-06-15 Denied civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus legal-documentation procedural-challenge standing state-custody Should a Petitioner raising a 28-U.S.C.-2241-habeas-corpus petition remain in state-custody without certified-legal-documentation in violation of his …
20-8257 Oscar Daniel Rios Benitez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-06-09 GVR IFP 18-usc-16a bodily-injury borden-v-united-states criminal-law federal-statute legal-definition recklessness statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §16(a) includes offenses that may be committed by the reckless infliction of bodily injury?
20-8085 Michael James Barnes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release covid-19 covid-19-pandemic extraordinary-circumstances federal-statute health-conditions prisoner-relief sentencing sentencing-modification Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Barnes' Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)
20-7877 Robert Washington v. David Gomez, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-review due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-circuit strickland-v-washington Whether the United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying petitioner's application for a certificate of appealability
20-1453 Cal Cartage Transportation Express, LLC, et al. v. California, et al. California 2021-04-16 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) commercial-ramifications federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-statute independent-contractor independent-contractors motor-carrier preemption pricing-regulation statutory-interpretation worker-classification Does the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act preempt state laws that have an effect on a motor carrier's prices and services by discoura…
20-7715 In Re Richard DeCaro 2021-04-12 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP double-jeopardy ex-post-facto federal-statute first-degree-murder ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-life second-degree-murder sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment Whether the Ex Post Facto Clause is violated
20-7512 Forrest R. Cox, III v. Nebraska Nebraska 2021-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure federal-statute fourth-amendment good-faith-doctrine immutable-evidence independent-source-doctrine search-warrant Whether the Nebraska Supreme Court erred in applying the good-faith doctrine to a search warrant executed after the federal statute and relevant case …
20-1263 Gianinna Gallardo, an Incapacitated Person, By and Through Her Parents and Co-Guardians Pilar Vassallo and Walter Gallardo v. Simone Marstiller, In Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-11 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) beneficiary-rights federal-statute future-medical-expenses healthcare-reimbursement medicaid-act medicaid-recovery medical-expenses preemption reimbursement statutory-interpretation tort-recovery tort-settlement Whether the federal Medicaid Act provides for a state Medicaid program to recover reimbursement for Medicaid's payment of a beneficiary's past medical…
20-7377 Benjamin Drake Daley v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied IFP anti-riot-act civil-rights civil-unrest criminal-prosecution due-process facial-constitutionality federal-statute first-amendment free-speech interstate-commerce overbreadth standing Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2101, the Anti-Riot Act, is facially invalid under the First Amendment
20-7090 Michael David Omondi v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP authorized-entry civil-rights common-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute jurisdictional-boundary military-installation section-1382 trespass Does Section 1382 codify the common law of trespass, such that Petitioner could be convicted for unlawfully entering a military installation when he c…
20-7021 Martel Valencia-Cortez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP assault assault-charge criminal-law dangerous-weapon due-process federal-statute sentencing statutory-interpretation weapon-definition weapons Whether a 'deadly or dangerous weapon' for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 111(b) includes a natural object that was not designed to be a weapon, such as a ro…
20-6938 Muhammad E. Milhouse v. Camba Inc. Staff Members, et al. Second Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-law due-process federal-statute freedom-of-religion freedom-of-speech prosecutorial-discretion sex-trafficking standing statutory-interpretation Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the government's actions in this case
20-968 R. M. S. v. Madison County Department of Human Resources Alabama 2021-01-15 Denied child-custody due-process equal-protection federal-statute federal-statutory-notice grandparent-rights social-service-agency state-proceedings termination-of-parental-rights Does a state's child custody proceedings violate a grandparent's federal statutory right of notice?
20-6878 Edward Joseph Curran, III v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute firearm-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
20-6867 Noel Romero-Espinal v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP continuing-offense criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute illegal-reentry immigration immigration-law sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-code Whether illegally reentering the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. §1326 is a continuing offense
20-907 SFR Investments Pool 1, LLC v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights conservatorship due-process federal-agency federal-statute foreclosure property-interest quiet-title separation-of-powers standing takings Whether the FHFA's structure violates separation of powers and whether its conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must be set aside
20-6738 Lisa Yvette Coffman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-law embezzlement federal-statute fifth-circuit fraud plain-error-review statutory-interpretation substantial-rights Does the first paragraph of 18 U.S.C. § 641 set out separate offenses or different means of committing one offense?
20-6500 Alfred Bourgeois v. T. J. Watson, Warden, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-12-03 Denied Amici (1)IFP death-penalty diagnostic-standards due-process federal-death-penalty-act federal-statute habeas-corpus intellectual-disability judicial-review Does the Federal Death Penalty Act prohibit the execution of a federal prisoner who is intellectually disabled?
20-6484 Willie Tyler v. United States Third Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied IFP 18-usc-1512 communication-prevention criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction federal-statute federal-witness-tampering fowler-v-united-states reasonable-likelihood specific-intent witness-tampering Whether the 'reasonable likelihood' standard applies to cases where the defendant acted with intent to prevent communications only to state officials
20-6249 Thomas F. Kuzma v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment administrative-law criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process federal-statute firearms machinegun-definition statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness Is the definition of a machinegun in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b) void for vagueness as applied here to a receiver (frame for a firearm) used to make a shop to…
20-575 Royal Truck & Trailer Sales and Service, Inc. v. Mike Kraft, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-10-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) authorized-access circuit-split computer-fraud-and-abuse-act criminal-law federal-statute improper-purpose standing statutory-interpretation unauthorized-access Whether a person who is authorized to access information on a computer for certain purposes violates Section 1030(a)(2) of the Computer Fraud and Abus…
20-555 Kyle Stephen Thompson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-27 Denied Response Waived circuit-split criminal-intent criminal-law federal-statute mens-rea minor-protection minors purpose-element sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation visual-depiction Whether the 'for the purpose of' element of § 2251(a) means the defendant's prevailing or most influential purpose for the sexually explicit conduct w…
20-6135 Justin Mertis Barber v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default statute-of-limitations Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Barber's motion for leave to file a motion for a certificate of appealability
20-5947 Craig Martin Shults v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-115 criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process evidence-admissibility federal-judge federal-rules-of-evidence federal-statute federal-threat subsequent-act-evidence Whether subsequent act evidence of additional threats is admissible in an 18 U.S.C. § 115(a)(1)(B) prosecution for threatening a federal judge when th…
20-5938 Robert B. Wister v. Donald R. White, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-10-07 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process elder-abuse equal-protection federal-statute petition-of-grievances Denial of due process and equal protection in elder abuse case
20-5912 Adam Alan Henry v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-10-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-2256 constitutional-vagueness criminal-law due-process federal-statute first-amendment overbreadth sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether the definition of 'sexually explicit conduct' in 18 U.S.C. § 2256(2)(A)(v) is vague, ambiguous, overbroad and a violation of due process
20-5877 Demetrius Cherilus Morancy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3013 criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-statute legal-procedure offenses-against-the-united-states sentencing special-assessment statutory-interpretation Whether the special assessment required by 18 U.S.C. Section 3013 applies to all offenses or only offenses against the United States
20-5609 In Re Gary Wayne Barnes 2020-09-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence civil-rights dna-evidence due-process federal-statute fifth-circuit habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief state-court-conviction Can the claim of Actual innocence be reviewed under a petition for HABEAS CORPUS ON PETITION FOR EXTRAORDANATY WRIT pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and 2…
20-5347 Bakari McCant v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 attempt crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-statute hobbs-act statutory-interpretation violent-force Whether an attempt to commit an offense that has as an element of the use of physical, violent force categorically qualifies itself as 'a crime of vio…
20-5210 Ashley L. Dunn v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-29 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling federal-statute habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief procedural-timeliness substantial-showing timeliness Did petitioner make a substantial showing that her 28 U.S.C. 2254 petition was timely?
20-5153 Jamiell Sims v. United States Third Circuit 2020-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1594 conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute force-fraud-coercion offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines sex-trafficking What is the base offense level for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1594(c)?
20-5111 James Earvin Sanders v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 extraordinary-circumstances federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review rare-and-exceptional-circumstances statutory-interpretation tolling tolling-provision Whether a petitioner must demonstrate 'extraordinary circumstances' or 'rare and exceptional circumstances' if he falls under a statutory tolling prov…
20-5120 Giovanni Cotto, aka Monte v. United States Second Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution federal-statute mens-rea official-proceeding statutory-interpretation witness-retaliation Whether the government must prove the defendant knew the witness testified at an 'official proceeding' under 18 U.S.C. § 1513(b)(1)
20-5008 Emilio Garza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-law due-process federal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
19-8725 Jarvis Lee Glenn v. Michigan Michigan 2020-06-17 Denied IFP 4th-amendment access-rights civil-rights constitutional-protections defendants-rights due-process equal-protection federal-statute judicial-review search-and-seizure standing state-appeal Did the State of Michigan Supreme Court deny Glenn the equal protection under the state and federal constitution when it rubber-stamped Dr. Glenn's ap…
19-8638 Walter Brzowski v. Executive Committee of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Seventh Circuit 2020-06-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-statute judicial-review procedural-due-process remand removal removal-jurisdiction statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction Can the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit review and discredit a previously entered Certified Copy of Order of Remand
19-8615 Vera Zhiry and Pyotr Bondaruk v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP cross-examination federal-statute jurisdictional-hook mail-fraud materiality misrepresentation ninth-circuit remote-connection substantial-connection What level of connection between the fraudulent scheme and the mailing is required to trigger the federal statute's jurisdictional hook?
19-1312 Weih Steve Chang v. Children's Advocacy Center of Delaware Third Circuit 2020-05-22 Denied Response Waived 31-usc-3730 circuit-split constitutional-law dismissal-standard due-process federal-statute legal-malpractice legal-procedure qui-tam separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation Which one of the two differing standards, the D.C. Circuit's 'Unfettered Discretion' standard or the Ninth and Tenth Circuits' 'Rational Basis Test' s…
19-8467 Juan Petis McLendon v. United States District of Columbia 2020-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal-without-prejudice due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-procedure mandatory-review speech-trial-act standing statutory-interpretation stricklands-prejudice Does a failure to obtain dismissal without prejudice under the Speech or Debate Act constitute 'STRICKLAND's prejudice' when the mandatory reversal in…
19-8355 Lancey Darnell Ray v. Kevin Stitt, Governor of Oklahoma Oklahoma 2020-04-24 Denied IFP due-process equal-protection federal-grants federal-statute parole parole-eligibility prisoners-rights private-prisons sentencing-rules state-corrections truth-in-sentencing Whether 34 U.S.C.A. § 12104's (Formerly cited as 42 U.S.C.A. § 13704) 85% requirement disturb States' settled parole statutes regarding eligibility fo…
19-8262 Miguel Algarin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-15 Denied IFP 28-usc-636 appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review civil-procedure equitable-exceptions federal-statute judicial-review magistrate magistrate-review objection-standard procedural-waiver waiver Whether a party's failure to object to a magistrate's ruling under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A) creates a jurisdictional bar to appellate review, or merel…
19-1162 Addison Thompson v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2020-03-23 Denied Response Waived administrative-claim administrative-settlement civil-rights copyright-act copyright-law due-process exhaustion-of-claims federal-agency federal-government federal-statute sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation vara visual-artists-rights-act Whether the USA/USPS is immune from violating an artist's exclusive rights under the Copyright Act
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…
19-7896 Nicholas Hughes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-statute mens-rea sexual-abuse sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit shall be permitted to remain an outlying jurisdiction insofar as it interprets the phrase 'for the purpose of' to require…
19-7836 Tajuddin Salahuddin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-forfeiture criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute property property-rights property-seizure restitution restitution-lien seizure third-party third-party-rights When the United States of America seizes innocent third-party property and cash; applies 21 U.S.C 853 to forfeit the property but applies a separate r…
19-7717 Tarvis M. Wilson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2020-02-20 Denied IFP bail certiorari-petition civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process excessive-bail federal-statute fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge lower-court-conflict pretrial-detention standing supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether the constitutional prohibition on excessive bail, as incorporated through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, requires a state cour…
19-7538 Victoria Carlson, et vir v. Jodi Harpstead, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services, et al. Minnesota 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure administrative-procedures breast-cancer-treatment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute medicaid medicaid-coverage medical-assistance medicare state-statute statutory-interpretation Whether the applicable language requires or allows removal of Victoria from Medicaid breast cancer treatment coverage
19-912 Albert T. Robles v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-01-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bribery campaign-contribution campaign-contributions federal-officials federal-statute first-amendment hobbs-act quid-pro-quo Whether conviction of a federal bribery charge against a state or local official under 18 U.S.C. § 666 requires proof of a quid pro quo where the alle…
19-7083 Leroy L. Perdue v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 851-enhancement criminal-procedure due-process enhancement federal-statute notice role-adjustment sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-compliance statutory-interpretation Whether the sentence should be vacated for failure comply with the requirements of 21 U.S.C. § 851(b)
19-809 Michael Bonin v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied Response Waived criminal-law due-process false-identity federal-jurisdiction federal-statute first-amendment impersonation standing statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant violates 18 U.S.C. § 912's prohibition on falsely assuming or pretending to be an officer or employee acting under the authority o…
19-6979 Joassaint Josiah Aristil v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-2119 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) carjacking categorical-approach criminal-law federal-statute force intent intimidation physical-force sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether carjacking in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2119 requires an element of 'the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the pe…
19-722 Larry J. Hudack v. La Cresta Property Owners Association California 2019-12-06 Denied Response Waived anti-slapp anti-SLAPP-statute civil-procedure collateral-attack due-process federal-statute first-amendment jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect right-to-petition standing state-statute void-judgment void-judgments Is a collateral attack on void judgments, on its face, an assault on the constitutional Right to Petition under any state or federal statute?
19-6834 Lee Hope v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922g3 constitutional-vagueness controlled-substance criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-due-process-rehaif-v-united-sta due-process federal-statute judgment-of-acquittal rehaif-v-united-states unlawful-user vagueness Whether the Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal was properly denied by the District Court
19-655 In Re Dimitri J. Patterson 2019-11-21 Denied civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus legal-documentation procedural-challenge standing state-custody Should a Petitioner raising a 28-U.S.C-2241-habeas-corpus petition remain in State custody without certified legal documentation in violation of his c…
19-6611 William Severs v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-courts federal-statute habeas-corpus petition section-2254 statute-of-limitations time-bar Was the District Court's decision to dismiss Petitioner's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition as untimely correct?
19-6620 John Kevin Waldrip v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure federal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines federal-statute fifth-circuit judicial-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines special-assessments statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether the Fifth Circuit violated federal law when it refused to vacate the $15,000 special assessments
19-6517 Lynden Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g 2nd-amendment bond-v-united-states commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-statute firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea nfib-v-sebelius rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
19-6486 Eduard Bangiyev v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1963 21-usc-853 co-conspirator-liability conspiracy criminal-forfeiture federal-statute personal-possession-or-use proceeds-of-crime property-forfeiture statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-honeycutt Whether the elements that availed the Supreme court decision in United States v. Honeycutt also apply more broadly to the 18 U.S.C.S. 1963 statute
19-6424 Anthony Darnell Stokes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review conviction court-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-statute obstruction-of-justice sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals misapplied 18 U.S.C.S. § 1512(c)(1)
19-6378 Raymond Gentile v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 21-usc-846 criminal-justice-system due-process equal-protection federal-statute geographic-classification geographic-disparity geographic-location marijuana-legalization marijuana-offenses prima-facie prima-facie-claim prosecutorial-discretion selective-prosecution Is geographic location an arbitrary classification in the application of prosecutorial decisions for marijuana-related offenses under 21 U.S.C §§ 841 …
19-429 Charles R. Hunter v. United States, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2410a asset-depletion circuit-split federal-statute federal-tax-lien governmental-abuse quiet-title sovereign-immunity tax-lien taxpayer-interest third-party-agreement Whether a quiet title action requires taxpayer legal interest in property
19-441 In Re Dimitri Patterson 2019-10-02 Denied 28-usc-2254 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-documentation standing state-custody Should a Petitioner raising a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 Habeas Corpus remain in State custody without constitutional rights?
19-6074 Gerald Nelson v. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181-1061, AFL-CIO, et al. Second Circuit 2019-09-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights complete-preemption due-process federal-claim federal-jurisdiction federal-statute fourteenth-amendment labor-management-relations preemption removal removal-procedure state-common-law subject-matter-jurisdiction well-pleaded-complaint-rule Whether the United States Court of Appeal and District Federal Court can sua sponte a case when plaintiff has not had a chance to file a complaint and…
19-5848 Saquawn Harris v. United States District of Columbia 2019-09-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP court-of-appeals due-process en-banc-review federal-rule-35 federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-statute judicial-procedure majority-vote recusal statutory-interpretation Whether recused judges are excluded from the count of a majority of judges in regular active service for purposes of granting en banc rehearing under …
19-304 Ranger American of the V.I., Inc., et al. v. Frederick J. Balboni, Jr. Virgin Islands 2019-09-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bill-of-rights congressional-power due-process equal-protection federal-legislation federal-statute guam-v-guerrero judicial-interpretation kepner-v-united-states supreme-court-precedent territorial-courts territorial-law Is the Virgin Islands Supreme Court bound by this Court's Equal Protection decisions where Congress explicitly applied the Equal Protection Clause to …
19-5804 Jesse Lewis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-04 GVR IFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute remand statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether the appellate court's reliance on the unconstitutionally vague definition of 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) requires remand f…
19-5793 Anton Jevon Alexander v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c bank-robbery constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process federal-statute residual-clause statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness supreme-court-precedent underlying-crime vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether Alexander's 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) conviction must be vacated in light of United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019)
19-5308 Oscar Minaya v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-25 GVR IFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c civil-rights conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute residual-clause sentence sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis void-for-vagueness Whether the residual clause at 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness
19-5264 Joseph Hyungseop Shim v. Michael Sexton, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-07-22 Denied IFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus standing Whether Petitioner has made a substantial showing of a denial of a constitutional right to authorize the granting of a certificate of appealability un…
19-5154 James Wardell Quary v. N. C. English, Warden Tenth Circuit 2019-07-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 appellate-review circuit-precedent circuit-split detention-challenge erroneous-precedent federal-criminal-defendants federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief May a federal prisoner file a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 to raise arguments foreclosed by erroneous circuit precedent
19-45 Nexus Services, Inc., et al. v. Donald Lee Moran, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Deputy Sheriff of Augusta County, Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied christiansburg-garment civil-procedure court-order federal-statute fee-shifting legal-relationship prevailing-party rule-41 rule-41(a)(1) voluntary-dismissal Can a party qualify as a 'prevailing party' under a federal fee shifting statute when an adverse party voluntarily dismisses its claims under Rule 41(…
19-5087 Willie Johnson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3559 categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing enumerated-list-of-offenses enumerated-offenses essential-nature federal-jurisdiction federal-statute federal-three-strikes-law prior-state-crime sentencing statutory-interpretation three-strikes-law Whether the categorical approach permits a court to compare 'the essence' of a prior state crime of conviction to the 'essential nature' of a specific…
19-35 Brandon Lee Mojica v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-review criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-statute habeas-corpus heightened-pleading post-conviction-relief sentencing standard-of-proof united-states-v-davis Whether the Court should grant, vacate, and remand this case to the Eleventh Circuit for reconsideration in light of United States v. Davis
19-5025 Isaac Thomas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-01 GVR IFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process federal-statute firearm-possession firearms rehaif rehaif-v-united-states remand statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez Whether the Court should grant the petition, vacate the judgment, and remand for further proceedings on Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) conviction …
18-9808 Manuel Reyes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-26 Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) 18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute statutory-vagueness vagueness Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief on his claim that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague and his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 9…
18-9684 David Prien-Pinto v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process federal-statute mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation stolen-firearm Does the commentary at U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1, Application Note 8, which does not require a mens rea to impose the stolen firearm enhancement at U.S.S.G. § …
18-9449 Nicole R. McCrea v. District of Columbia Police and Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Board District of Columbia 2019-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada ada-preemption americans-with-disabilities-act constitutional-law disability-discrimination disability-law employment-discrimination equal-employment-opportunity equal-employment-opportunity-commission family-medical-leave-act federal-preemption federal-statute fmla police-and-firefighters-retirement-and-disability- state-law wca workers-compensation workman's-compensation-act Does the ADA supersede a state Workman's Compensation Act?
18-9495 Jason Jones v. Martha Underwood, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-05-31 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 federal-habeas-corpus federal-jurisdiction federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-remedy intervening-decision mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence post-conviction-relief retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing statutory-construction Whether petitioner is entitled to seek federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241
18-9424 Lamar Eady, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 appellate-review criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-statute felon-in-possession knowingly legal-elements mens-rea possession rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment status statutory-interpretation Does the 'knowingly' provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2) apply to both the possession and status elements of a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) crime?
18A1199 Gregory Waddell Hayes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-20 Presumed Complete constitutional-protection criminal-conviction double-jeopardy federal-statute fifth-amendment supervised-release Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits revoking supervised release based on conduct for which a defendant has already been criminally convicted …
18-9323 Donald Duhart v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-17 GVR IFP 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Is the residual clause definition of 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) unconstitutionally vague?
18-9302 Xing Lin v. United States Second Circuit 2019-05-16 GVR IFP 18-usc-924 appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-statute residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness Is the residual clause at 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) void for vagueness?
18-1391 N'Dama Miankanze Bamba v. Kimberly Fenton, et al. Second Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Response Waived civil-rights civil-rights-discrimination discrimination due-process eleventh-amendment federal-financial-assistance federal-statute physicians-board protected-activity retaliation standing title-vii Whether the plaintiff's complaint of discrimination to the New York State Physicians Board was a protected activity under Title VII
18-8899 Eric Richard Eleson v. Joe A. Lizarraga, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied IFP constitutional-interpretation due-process due-process-equal-protection equal-protection federal-statute judicial-discretion legal-definition non-violent-offense-classification penal-code-definition reasonable-jurist-standard state-constitution-interpretation state-federal-judge-duties state-law supremacy-clause violent-felony Does the U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause require judges to follow a federal statute's legal definition even if the state law lacks such a definit…
18-8877 Reginald Knox v. Unknown Parties Sixth Circuit 2019-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional constitutional-error court-rules district-court due-process federal-statute judicial-review jurisdiction mandamus petition-for-certiorari standing statutory-provisions writ-of-mandamus Should the District Court's dismissal of the Petitioner's Writ of Mandamus under 28 U.S.C. § 1361 be reviewed?
18-1302 Robertson B. Cohen, Chapter 7 Trustee v. Andrea Chernushin Tenth Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-541 bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-estate-property-rights bankruptcy-jurisprudence bankruptcy-procedure circuit-split federal-preemption federal-rule-1016 federal-rule-of-bankruptcy-procedure-1016 federal-statute property-law property-rights statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause Whether the Tenth Circuit Opinion renders 11 U.S.C. § 541 subordinate to state property law and contravenes Congressional intent in enacting § 541 and…
18-1253 Brian Mark Burmaster v. Switzerland Third Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied 18-usc-229 asset-seizure chemical-weapon chemical-weapons civil-rights diplomatic-immunity due-process embassy-contact extradition federal-statute international-law international-terrorism standing swiss-assets terrorism uncontested-proceedings writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court should punish Switzerland for an alleged chemical weapon attack on a U.S. citizen by enforcing a lien on Swiss assets, despi…
18-1240 Phil Kerpen, et al. v. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-03-25 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) accountability articles-i-and-ii congressional-delegation constitutional-accountability constitutional-authority core-federal-power delegation federal-power federal-property federal-statute government-accountability guarantee-clause inherently-federal interstate-compact separation-of-powers Whether the delegation of federal power to an unaccountable interstate compact violates the separation of powers and the Guarantee Clause
18-8496 Anthony Swatzie v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 constitutional-decision criminal-defendant criminal-procedure district-court-judgment due-process federal-statute federal-statutory-provision habeas-corpus retroactive-constitutional-decision retroactive-relief retroactivity section-2255 sentencing silent-record statutory-interpretation successive-motion Whether a criminal defendant is entitled to relief under a retroactive constitutional decision invalidating a federal statutory provision
18-8445 Tommy McAdoo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery career-offender categorical-approach circuit-split civil-rights crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-bank-robbery federal-statute intimidation physical-force sentencing violent-physical-force Should this Court accept review to resolve the conflicting 'intimidation' interpretations the Circuits have given the federal bank robbery statute?
18-8423 Willie White v. Justin Hammers, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2248 administrative-law application-granted civil-procedure court-order court-orders default-judgment due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-procedure procedural-default respondent-failure statutory-interpretation Whether the application should have been granted after the respondent failed to reply to the court orders
18-8234 Jeremy Snider v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 advisory-guidelines advisory-sentencing-guidelines circuit-court-decision circuit-split cognizable-claims criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 federal-law federal-statute non-constitutional-claims post-conviction-relief sentencing-guidelines sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Whether non-constitutional claims for sentencing relief grounded on the advisory Sentencing Guidelines can ever be cognizable under 28 U.S.C. § 2255
18-8211 Russell Berger v. James Gibson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied IFP ada civil-rights criminal-law disability discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-statute judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-safeguards standing statutory-interpretation Can a person's height be a disability under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213?
18-1097 SkyWest, Inc., et al. v. Andrea Hirst, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Amici (2) airlines discrimination dormant-commerce-clause federal-preemption federal-statute interstate-commerce judicial-review preemption state-law statutory-interpretation Is a state law exempt from the Dormant Commerce Clause merely because it does not discriminate against interstate commerce or because Congress has pas…
18-8059 Christopher David Simmons v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922g1 alderman-v-united-states bond-v-united-states commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power federal-statute felon-in-possession gun-control national-federation-of-independent-business-v-sebe police-power second-amendment Does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)) exceed Congress's authority to regulate under the Commerce …
18-8069 Eric Gonzalez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-241 18-usc-242 agreement civil-rights conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-law due-process enhanced-penalties federal-statute proximate-cause spontaneous-event statutory-interpretation Whether conspiracy liability under 18 U.S.C. § 241 may be premised on unsubstantiated inferences of an agreement or mere participation in a spontaneou…
18-7974 Carlos Cruz-Rivera, aka Chiqui, aka Cano, aka Cano Llorens v. United States First Circuit 2019-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing direct-appeal federal-statute first-step-act pending-cases retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(C), as amended and clarified by the First Step Act of 2018, should apply to this case on direct review
18-7915 Arthur Sean Warner v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP alternative-locational-elements categorical-approach categorical-match categorical-matching criminal-statute-interpretation descamps descamps-v-united-states federal-statute mathis mathis-descamps-standard mathis-v-united-states school-property state-criminal-statute state-statute Did the District Court and the Fourth Circuit Court Of Appeals findings result in a decision that was(1) Unreasonable in light of the evidence present…
18-7866 King Grant-Davis v. South Carolina Office of the Governor, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 administrative-procedure americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-rights due-process federal-statute procedural-rights property-interest rehabilitation-act vocational-rehabilitation Whether an individual with a disability has a protected liberty or property interest in vocational rehabilitation services
18-7813 Bradley Jared Barton v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-process judicial-review post-conviction-relief postconviction-remedy standing state-court-proceedings state-post-conviction state-procedure At what point does a state's post-conviction remedy become ineffective as contemplated by 28 U.S.C. 2254(b)(1)(B)
18-7779 Kenneth William Kirkland v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law destructive-device federal-courts federal-courts-split federal-statute firearm firearm-regulation firearms parts-possession statutory-interpretation unregistered-firearm Whether a combination of parts designed or intended for use as a bomb can qualify as a 'destructive device'
18-7720 Howard Webber v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split consent consent-defense criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute identity-theft mens-rea statutory-interpretation Can consent be a defense to aggravated identity theft under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A?
18-7700 Luther Gene Ray v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process federal-statute force-requirement human-trafficking interstate-commerce mens-rea sentencing sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation Whether a conviction resulting in a fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 1591 requires, as the statute says, that force 'was used…
18-7519 Daltonia Duncan v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-4246 civil-commitment civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute judicial-procedure mental-health mental-health-law state-custody statutory-interpretation united-states-code Whether a district court may civilly commit a person under 18 U.S.C. § 4246 without first determining whether suitable arrangements for state custody …
18-7340 Eric Dillon v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split consecutive-sentences criminal-law criminal-procedure-sentencing due-process federal-statute mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-v-battle Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(j) requires a minimum 10-year consecutive sentence
18-877 Frederick L. Allen, et al. v. Roy A. Cooper, III, Governor of North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-08 Judgment Issued Amici (20)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 14th-amendment article-i-power congress congressional-power constitutional-law copyright copyright-infringement copyright-remedy-clarification-act federal-power federal-remedies federal-statute intellectual-property sovereign-immunity state-sovereign-immunity Whether Congress validly abrogated state sovereign immunity via the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act
18-838 Scott Kaseburg, et al. v. Port of Seattle, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied civil-procedure federal-interest federal-jurisdiction federal-law federal-preemption federal-statute grable-type-jurisdiction property-rights quiet-title railroad-easement state-law subject-matter-jurisdiction trails-act Whether Grable-type subject matter jurisdiction exists where (A) it is undisputed that the Plaintiffs' state law cause of action for quiet title does …
18-7098 Amos Junior Scott v. Heriberto H. Tellez, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied IFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 federal-habeas-corpus federal-statute habeas-corpus inadequate-or-ineffective ineffective-assistance ineffective-remedy mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence nonexistent-prior-conviction prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement Whether Petitioner is Entitled to Seek Federal Habeas Corpus Relief Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, From an Erroneous Mandatory Minimum Sentence, That Was Bas…
18-6985 Dwayne Barrett, aka Sealed Defendant 3, aka Tall Man v. United States Second Circuit 2018-12-11 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-statute sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the residual clause at 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness
18-682 Manuel Enrique Santana v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied aggravated-identity-theft appellate-conflict circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute federalism identity-theft means-of-identification name statutory-interpretation Whether the use of a name, without more, constitutes the use of a 'means of identification of another person' under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A
18-6822 Mark Anthony Brown v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute lesser-included-offense notice-requirement prosecutorial-discretion sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Does § 851 allow the United States to be excused from the notice requirement when it receives an unexpected and disfavorable result after trial?
18-6489 Guetatchew Fikrou v. Montgomery County Office of Child Support Enforcement Division, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion bankruptcy bankruptcy-code child-support civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute standing state-law supplemental-jurisdiction Whether the abuse of discretion standard applies to review of the issues presented in the petition
18-545 First Advantage Background Services Corp. v. Superior Court of California, San Mateo County, et al. California 2018-10-25 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) burden-of-proof class-action due-process fair-credit-reporting-act federal-statute forum-state fourteenth-amendment harm nationwide-class-action non-resident-defendant personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction Whether a state court may exercise specific personal jurisdiction over a non-resident defendant in a nationwide class action when the alleged conduct …
18-6413 Joshua Jackson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 21-usc-841 controlled-substances conviction criminal-adjudication criminal-law due-process federal-statute recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation youthful-offender Is an Alabama youthful-offender adjudication a 'conviction' for purposes of sentencing enhancement under 21 U.S.C § 841(b)(1)(A)?
18-6393 Omar Qazi v. Janice Killian, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2243 certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-procedure petition-dismissal standing Does 28 U.S.C. § 2243 authorize dismissal of a 2241 petition for failure to state a claim?
18-6396 Guillermo Solorio, Jr. v. William Muniz, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244(b)(2) brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-defendant criminal-procedure evidence-suppression federal-statute habeas-corpus hidden-evidence second-or-successive-petition Whether a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus based on Brady v. Maryland Evidence That Was Hidden from a Criminal Defendant — Until After Appeal and …
18-6363 Calvin Bernhardt v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1512 arthur-andersen circuit-split criminal-law federal-statute obstruction-of-justice official-proceeding statutory-interpretation vagueness witness-tampering Should this Court now define corruptly persuade' and settle the matter for itself and the circuits?
18-449 Pharmavite LLC v. Noah Bradach Ninth Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied Response Waived class-action class-certification class-members federal-preemption federal-statute individual-inquiry preemption state-law-claims supremacy-clause Is it a violation of the Supremacy Clause for a federal court to certify a class that includes class members asserting state law claims that are expre…
18-6194 James Dow Vandivere v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP absurd-results civil-action civil-commitment civil-procedure congressional-act due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-statute procedural-law statute-of-limitations united-states Whether the 28 U.S.C. § 1658(a) four-year statute of limitations applies to civil commitment proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 4248
18-380 Darrel Vannoy, Warden v. John David Floyd Fifth Circuit 2018-09-24 Denied actual-innocence appellate-procedure brady-violation due-deference due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mcquiggin-v-perkins schlup-v-delo standard-of-review supreme-court-review Whether the court of appeals failed to apply due deference under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) and (e)(1) to the ruling of the Louisiana Supreme Court
18-347 West Congress Street Partners, LLC v. Rivertown Development, LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-09-17 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1985 42-usc-1986 civil-rights conspiracy conspiracy-claims discrimination due-process elliott-larsen-civil-rights-act federal-statute gentrification minority-protection real-estate real-estate-discrimination Is the plausibility standard for federal conspiracy claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1985 and § 1986 sufficient to protect minorities against discrimination i…
18-5988 Master Baye Balah Allah v. Brian Wilson, et al. Second Circuit 2018-09-14 Denied IFP 28-usc-1915-e abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure,standing,due-process,abuse-of-disc court-of-appeals due-process evidence federal-statute legal-standard lower-court standing Whether the court of appeals abused its discretion
18-5879 Emory Dickson Eneh v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power federal-statute felon-in-possession gun-control police-power second-amendment Does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)) exceed Congress's authority to regulate under the Commerce …
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…
18-5626 Bruce Wishnefsky v. Jawad Salameh, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-17 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights district-court-dismissal due-process federal-statute in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure prisoner-appeal prisoner-rights standing statutory-interpretation three-strikes-provision Whether the 'three strikes' provision of the federal in forma pauperis statute bars a prisoner from appealing in forma pauperis a district court dismi…
18-5569 Sean Weisner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2244 circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-habeas federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandate-rule mental-illness standing time-bar Whether the classification made by the Fifth Circuit Court in Colley v. Sattizahn, 130 F.3d 496 (5th Cir. 1997) constitutes a violation of clearly est…
18-5222 Corvain T. Cooper, aka CV v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-12 Denied IFP collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing federal-statute habeas-corpus invalidated-convictions life-without-parole resentencing sentencing state-convictions Whether a petitioner who was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, which was enhanced by two later invalidated state convictions, may a…
18-5210 Robert A. Espinoza v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) attempt-offense crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-statute johnson-v-united-states predicate-offense sentencing sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation Can an attempt offense be a predicate crime of violence for an 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) offense?
18-1 C. G. v. Deborah Heart and Lung Center, et al. New Jersey 2018-06-29 Denied federal-statute health-care-quality-improvement-act hospital-immunity immunity medical-reporting patient-care preemption professional-review state-law To what extent does the federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA), 42 U.S.C. § 11101 et seq., preempt state laws governing a hospita…