| 24A1120 |
Anita Louise Jackson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-05-20 |
Presumed Complete |
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criminal-charges criminal-conviction first-impression fourth-circuit medical-instrument physician-liability |
Whether a physician can be criminally convicted for adulteration of a medical instrument under circumstances presenting a novel legal issue |
| 24-981 |
Structured Asset Sales, LLC v. Edward Christopher Sheeran, pka Ed Sheeran, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-03-13 |
Denied |
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agency-interpretation chevron-deference copyright-law first-impression legal-judgment second-circuit |
Did the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously abdicate its responsibility to decide legal questions by applying their own judgment by deferring … |
| 23-7196 |
Adam Carson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-rights first-impression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper missouri-v-frye plea-bargaining plea-offer sentencing-reduction sixth-amendment |
Whether the panel's opinion violated the defendant's Sixth Amendment right by failing to accept the government's plea proposal |
| 23-973 |
Randy Tarum, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert L. Lindsay, et al. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-03-06 |
Denied |
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certification-of-state-law-questions comity cooperative-federalism divergent-decisions diversity-jurisdiction efficient-federal-practice erie-doctrine federal-procedure first-impression judicial-comity lehman-bros-v-schein state-law-certification |
Should cooperative-federalism, comity, efficient-federal-practice, divergent-decisions, lehman-bros-v-schein, certification-of-state-law-questions |
| 23-5376 |
Enrique J. Diaz, et ux. v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, dba Mr. Cooper |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law circuit-court civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-impression fundamental-fairness legal-review prisoner-rights standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions |
| 23A107 |
Matthew Edwin Gronda, et al. v. Title Check, LLC |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-08-07 |
Presumed Complete |
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28-u-s-c-section-1927 attorney-liability bad-faith first-impression frivolous-claims sanctions-on-counsel |
Whether sanctions under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 may be imposed on trial counsel for advancing a novel legal theory in a case of first impression without evid… |
| 22-6982 |
Diogenes De Jesus Sierra v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-03-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender-statute circuit-split first-impression first-step-act inchoate-conspiracy mandamus-review plain-error plain-error-standard |
Whether mandamus review on issue of first impression should have been applied to claim that was created by way of intervening change of First Step Act… |
| 22-6698 |
Robert Hadley Gross v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-02-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law first-impression frivolity ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-merit non-frivolous-appeal rational-defendant roe-v-flores-ortega totality-of-circumstances |
Is the Roe v. Flores-Ortega test for a non-frivolous appeal issue a case of first impression? |
| 22-5361 |
Ernest Bustos v. Bexar Appraisal District, et al. |
Texas |
2022-08-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure first-impression fraud fraudulent-scheme jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge plea-of-jurisdiction standing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Court failed to view the Plea of Jurisdiction as a statutory-construction case |
| 22-5108 |
Zachery Keesee v. Arkansas |
Arkansas |
2022-07-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
arkansas-statute arkansas-supreme-court capital-murder conviction due-process first-impression nonjurisdictional-argument separation-of-powers |
Whether the Arkansas Supreme Court violated due process |
| 21-301 |
Mario Lamont Sims v. Bank of New York |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-08-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-procedure court-of-appeals due-process first-amendment first-impression judicial-conduct judicial-integrity judicial-misconduct judicial-openness judicial-transparency judicial-tyranny |
Whether the conduct of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals was so outrageous that due process principles would absolutely bar the anonymous three judge p… |
| 21-5492 |
Marcus Phillips v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure drug-agent-testimony drug-enforcement expert-testimony first-impression legal-admissibility mental-acuity perceptive-ability witness-credibility |
Whether expert testimony about mental acuity is admissible to show a person's ability to observe and to act to exercise dominion and control over a ho… |
| 20-922 |
Lisa Marie Montgomery v. Jeffrey A. Rosen, Acting Attorney General, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-01-09 |
Denied |
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appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process federal-regulations first-impression judicial-procedure legal-standard standing summary-reversal |
whether the director may designate a new execution date while a stay is in place |
| 19-6451 |
Lori Zarlenga v. Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals |
Rhode Island |
2019-10-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure capable-of-repetition-yet-evading-review civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-consequences constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-impression mootness mootness-doctrine public-interest public-interest-exception |
Whether the Rhode Island Supreme Court erred by dismissing Petitioner's appeal on the grounds of mootness |
| 19-5434 |
Juan Fletcher Gordillo v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-08-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-law constitutional-requirements constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit first-impression judicial-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether this Court should review the decision of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to determine whether the decision in this case of apparent firs… |
| 19-13 |
Tennessee v. Tamarin Lindenburg, Individually and as Natural Guardian of Her Minor Children ZTL and SML |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-07-01 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
abstention certification diversity-jurisdiction federal-court first-impression judicial-procedure state-constitution state-constitutional-issue state-law state-statute |
Whether a federal court exercising its diversity jurisdiction should certify an important state constitutional issue of first impression to the State'… |
| 18A1361 |
Raymont Wright v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-06-26 |
Presumed Complete |
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first-impression indictment-dismissal judicial-power mistrials prosecutorial-discretion separation-of-powers |
Whether a federal trial court has inherent power to dismiss an indictment with prejudice after multiple mistrials resulting from deadlocked juries |
| 18-8769 |
Hilton Rios-Rivera v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-04-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-questions constitutional-review due-process first-impression plain-error plain-error-standard standard-of-review |
Whether the Supreme Court should review and reverse the First Circuit's holding that an appellant is without recourse under the plain error standard o… |
| 18-7518 |
Kevin Holt v. J.A. Terris, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-cfr-chapter-1-2-61 federal-bureau-of-prisons federal-judicial-system first-impression good-time-credits life-sentence military-prisoner military-prisoners military-prisoners-life-sentence presumptive-release sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation title-18-usc-4206 title-18-usc-4206a |
Should the Supreme Court of the United States hear this case that presents a substantial issue of 'first impression in the Federal Judicial System tha… |
| 18-7079 |
Franklyn Morillo v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-waiver certiorari controlled-substances criminal-procedure district-court due-process first-impression first-impression' 'Should certiorari be granted i judicial-discretion knowing-intelligent-voluntary legal-standard plea-bargaining procedural-rights role-enhancement sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review' 'Should certiorari be granted |
Should certiorari be granted to decide whether a district court can only ask a Petitioner a single question about an appellate waiver, even though tha… |