| 25-29 |
Priscilla Villarreal v. Isidro R. Alaniz, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-07-09 |
Pending |
Amici (11)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) |
arrest-without-cause civil-rights first-amendment free-speech government-officials qualified-immunity |
1. Whether it obviously violates the First Amendment to arrest someone for asking government officials questions and publishing the information they v… |
| 23-1155 |
Priscilla Villarreal v. Isidro R. Alaniz, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-24 |
GVR |
Amici (13)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
arrest-without-cause civil-rights criminal-procedure first-amendment free-speech government-officials news-reporting public-officials qualified-immunity |
whether-it-obviously-violates-the-first-amendment-to-arrest-someone-for-asking-government-officials-questions-and-publishing-the-information-they-volu… |
| 23A489 |
Martin Akerman v. General Daniel Hokanson, Chief, National Guard Bureau,et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-11-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-law bivens-claim constitutional-violations federal-employment government-officials national-guard |
Whether a federal employee can bring a Bivens claim against multiple government agencies and officials for alleged constitutional violations related t… |
| 23-513 |
Randy Smith, Sheriff, et al. v. Jerry Rogers, Jr. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-U.S.C.-§-1983 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights discretionary-functions government-officials harlow-v-fitzgerald legal-doctrine qualified-immunity statutory-rights |
What does it mean for a statutory or constitutional right to be 'clearly established,' beyond debate for purposes of § 1983 qualified immunity? |
| 23-5825 |
Robert Robinson v. Savvy Ventures, LLC, c/o Gregory Real Estate, Inc., dba Gregory Property Management |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment civil-rights constitution constitutional-rebellion due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment government-officials standing supreme-court-precedent |
Does the third section of Amendment XIV guarantee citizens of the United States freedom from government officials who rebel against the Constitution o… |
| 23-200 |
Byungmin Chae v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2023-09-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
customs-inspection diplomatic-pouches gifts government-officials import-regulations mail-exemptions military-personnel personal-effects plant-material |
Which of the following mail articles are not subject to examination or inspection by Customs? |
| 23-177 |
Terrence Fitch v. Thomas McAdams, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-08-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
accardi-doctrine agency-regulations civil-procedure due-process government-officials standing subject-matter-jurisdiction turner-hearing turner-v-rogers |
Whether the Seventh Circuit erred in determining subject-matter-jurisdiction |
| 23-5444 |
Adam P. Strege v. Eric A. Vos, Individually and in His Official Capacity as the Chief Defender for the Office of the Federal Public Defender District of Puerto Rico, et al. |
First Circuit |
2023-08-25 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-civil-procedure free-speech government-officials malicious-prosecution standing |
Question not identified |
| 22-1211 |
Uvaldo Guzman v. Skinner C. Sturgis, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
causation causation-element civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process government-officials retaliation retaliation-claim subjective-intent taunts |
Whether government officials' statements of intent to continue violating an individual's constitutional rights can establish subjective intent for del… |
| 21-5090 |
Jason Alan Smith v. City of Bremerton, Washington |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-07-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
accountability civil-rights due-process free-speech government-officials standing |
Whether individuals have a right to petition the government for a redress of grievances under the First Amendment |
| 19-1261 |
Trent Michael Taylor v. Robert Riojas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-04-30 |
GVR |
Amici (2)Relisted (4) |
42-usc-1983 circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment government-officials obvious-violation prisoner-rights qualified-immunity section-1983 standing |
Whether the unconstitutionality of government officials' conduct is clearly established even absent binding precedent directly on point |
| 19-7938 |
In Re Aretha Townsend |
|
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
all-writs-act bankruptcy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-review government-officials judicial-error jurisdictional-challenge procedural-dismissal standing writ-of-certiorari |
Whether District Judge May erred in dismissing the petitioner's complaint as frivolous |
| 19-1093 |
Aleashia Clarkston, et al. v. John White |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fifth-circuit government-officials legal-standard qualified-immunity section-1983 standing takings |
Did the Fifth Circuit err in holding that there is a second type of qualified immunity—that government officials are also entitled to qualified immuni… |
| 19-7452 |
Jeffrey R. Golin, et ux. v. San Andreas Regional Center, et al. |
California |
2020-01-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983 constitutional-violation developmental-disability due-process government-officials governmental-duties governmental-immunity harmless-error jury-determination qualified-immunity standing |
Whether persons who are not government officials and not performing governmental duties can claim qualified immunity from suit in a civil rights actio… |
| 19-7453 |
Nancy Delaney v. San Andreas Regional Center, et al. |
California |
2020-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983 constitutional-violation developmental-disability due-process government-officials governmental-duties harmless-error involuntary-confinement jury-determination qualified-immunity standing |
Whether persons who are not government officials and not performing governmental duties can claim qualified immunity |