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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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