| 24A1294 |
Jose Antonio Hernandez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-06-30 |
Presumed Complete |
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circuit-split constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession fundamental-right second-amendment |
Whether a federal statute prohibiting firearm possession by individuals with prior felony convictions, including non-violent offenses, violates the Se… |
| 23-7712 |
C. B., Father v. Vermont Department for Children and Families |
Vermont |
2024-06-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
balancing-test bright-line-rule constitutional-protection due-process fundamental-right fundamental-rights government-intervention parental-rights termination-of-parental-rights |
Whether the fundamental right to conceive and raise children without government interference requires a more objective, bright-line protection similar… |
| 22-1090 |
Christopher David Tarpey v. Wyoming |
Wyoming |
2023-05-09 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-waiver due-process fundamental-right personal-right public-trial sixth-amendment waiver |
Is the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial a fundamental right that is personal to the defendant such that waiver must be on the record by the def… |
| 22-980 |
Neil Paul Noble v. Texas |
Texas |
2023-04-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment fundamental-right harmless-error indictment-notice notice sixth-amendment state-courts |
Is the Sixth Amendment right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation a fundamental federal constitutional right that should be made a… |
| 22-748 |
Golden Glow Tanning Salon, Incorporated v. City of Columbus, Mississippi |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-02-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-law due-process economic-liberty fundamental-right individual-liberty lawful-occupation occupation strict-scrutiny |
Is the right to pursue a lawful occupation a fundamental right deeply rooted in this nation's history and traditions such that any infringement upon t… |
| 21-6586 |
Mark James Martinez v. California |
California |
2021-12-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
california-law civil-rights common-law constitutional-right deadly-force due-process fundamental-right governmental-interest heightened-scrutiny imminent-harm self-defense |
Whether California's rule that self-defense is not available when a person does not act out of fear alone impermissibly infringes on the right to self… |
| 21-5368 |
Alberto Rodriguez v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-right legal-representation notice-of-charges sixth-amendment waiver |
Whether the Sixth Amendment fundamental right to notice of charges can be waived by the lawyer's failure to object or whether the defendant must perso… |
| 20-5150 |
Ernest R. Jenkins v. Daniel Clarke, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-07-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-right habeas-corpus harmless-error judicial-review jurisdiction standing state-prosecution |
Was the Circuit Court's denial of the petitioner's request for a certificate of apealability (COA) erroneous? |
| 19-5544 |
Overille Denton Thompson, Jr. v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-08-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review barker-default constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discretionary-review due-process fundamental-right lower-courts presumption-against-waiver procedural-default speedy-trial texas-court-of-criminal-appeals |
Did the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals err in refusing to grant Mr. Thompson's petition for discretionary review, and therefore, sanction the lower c… |
| 18-445 |
Tanya Ramirez v. Texas |
Texas |
2018-10-10 |
Denied |
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civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process equal-protection fundamental-right fundamental-rights intimacy legal-infringement privacy procreation sexual-conduct sexual-relationship texas-penal-code |
Is Texas Penal Code §21.12, which criminalizes an otherwise legal sexual relationship, unconstitutional in its infringement upon a constitutionally-pr… |
| 18-177 |
Kenneth Jerome Dawson v. Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson County, Colorado, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-08-09 |
Denied |
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bond-release constitutional-rights criminal-procedure detention detention-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment fundamental-liberty fundamental-right judicial-scrutiny liberty-interest reasonably-related strict-scrutiny substantive-due-process |
When does a criminal defendant's right to be released from jail after posting bond implicate a fundamental right of liberty? |