| 22-7874 |
Joshua Piland, et ux. v. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, et al. |
Michigan |
2023-06-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-welfare due-process faith-based family-division governmental-interest least-restrictive-means natural-family parental-rights social-contract social-pact |
Should parents be able to appeal jurisdiction in a termination case? |
| 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… |
| 21-850 |
Chelsea C. Eline, et al. v. Town of Ocean City, Maryland |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-12-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection gender-classification gender-discrimination government-interest governmental-interest moral-sensibilities tailoring |
Is protecting traditional moral sensibilities an important governmental interest on which the government may lawfully base a discriminatory gender-bas… |
| 19-6735 |
Kwok Cheung Chow, aka Raymond Chow, aka Ha Jai v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-principles counsel-of-choice courtroom-closure government-interest governmental-interest harmless-error overriding-interest public-trial right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether federal courts have undermined the constitutional principles of the right to a public trial by adopting a test that requires a lesser governme… |
| 24A325 |
South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism v. Google LLC |
Fourth Circuit |
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Presumed Complete |
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constitutional-challenge fourth-circuit governmental-interest irreparable-harm sovereign-definition state-sovereignty |
Whether a state's sovereign definition and self-identification constitutes a compelling governmental interest sufficient to overcome constitutional ch… |