individual-liberty

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-238 Cutberto Viramontes, et al. v. Cook County, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-08-29 Pending Amici (1)Relisted (6) constitutional-rights fourteenth-amendment gun-rights individual-liberty second-amendment semiautomatic-weapons Whether the Second and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to possess AR-15 platform and similar semiautomatic rifles.
24-6627 Anthony Washington v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction gun-ownership individual-liberty second-amendment Whether a person previously convicted of a felony is categorically excluded from the protections of the Second Amendment
24-6487 Kareem Reaves v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-05 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction gun-ownership individual-liberty second-amendment Whether a person previously convicted of a felony is categorically excluded from the protections of the Second Amendment
24-6301 Deion Shawn Hester v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction gun-ownership individual-liberty second-amendment Whether a person previously convicted of a felony is categorically excluded from the protections of the Second Amendment
23-863 Dominic Bianchi, et al. v. Anthony G. Brown, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-02-12 Denied Amici (1) 2nd-amendment bruen civil-rights common-use constitutional-rights due-process firearms-regulation gun-ownership heller individual-liberty second-amendment self-defense Whether the Constitution allows the government to prohibit law-abiding, responsible citizens from protecting themselves, their families, and their hom…
23-5045 Evans Samuel Santos Diaz v. United States Third Circuit 2023-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP associational-rights conditions-of-release constitutional-scrutiny criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment freedom-of-association individual-liberty supervised-release Does a condition of supervised release that prevents association between an individual and their fiancée for two years pass First Amendment scrutiny?
22-1018 Jeffrey L. Moeser v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2023-04-20 Denied Response Waived constitutional-protection federal-courts-of-appeals fourth-amendment general-warrants individual-liberty law-enforcement oath-affirmation oath-or-affirmation probable-cause warrant-requirement Whether a sheriff who indisputably did not make an oral or written oath or affirmation to anyone and who falsely signed a preprinted affidavit stating…
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…
22-453 Hyuk Kee Yoo, aka Keith Yoo v. United States Second Circuit 2022-11-15 Denied Response Waived extradition-proceedings extradition-treaty individual-liberty judicial-discretion judiciary-role limitations-provisions statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent treaty-interpretation Whether interpreting Article 6 of the U.S.-South Korea Extradition Treaty as a discretionary issue for the Secretary of State conflicts with Supreme C…
22-42 Dipendra Tiwari, et al. v. Eric Friedlander, Secretary, Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-07-14 Denied Amici (7) civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process economic-liberty fourteenth-amendment individual-liberty meaningful-review occupation-rights occupational-licensing rational-basis-review substantive-due-process Does the Fourteenth Amendment require meaningful review of restrictions on the right to engage in a common occupation?
21-1233 Mark R. Joubert v. Todd Miley Massachusetts 2022-03-10 Denied Response Waived attorney-client-relationship collateral-estoppel due-process fourteenth-amendment individual-liberty legal-restriction liberty-interest non-legal-business occupational-freedom standard-of-review state-court May a state court establish an attorney-client relationship that will restrict an individual's liberty under the Fourteenth Amendment to pursue a long…
21-5520 Brunson Roberts v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 35-usc-101 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process individual-liberty judicial-review legal-precedent patent standing statutory-interpretation Does a district court abuse its discretion when it upholds and does not reconsider 35 U.S.C. 101 factors for eligibility, and does a district court ab…
21-5464 Steven Eric Walker v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-regulation individual-liberty second-amendment self-defense standing supremacy-clause Whether the Second Amendment's command that 'the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed' permits government to prohibit any…
20-782 Raymond Holloway, Jr. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Third Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied Amici (5) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process firearms-prohibition gun-ownership individual-liberty misdemeanor-conviction second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does a lifetime firearms prohibition based on a nonviolent misdemeanor conviction violate the Second Amendment?
19-8906 Nathan Matthew Kinard v. Michael Hoffman, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-07 Denied IFP abuse civil-rights commitment-procedures constitutional-rights criminal-procedure custody due-process habeas-corpus individual-liberty mental-health Whether Dera's testimony and emails should be considered, and whether others were tortured into pleading while in Escombra County jail's protective cu…
18-6515 Kevin Wayne Vanover and Meredith Ann Yates v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment 2nd-amendment,constitutional-interpretation,histor civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process firearm-rights founding-era government-power historical-evidence historical-intent individual-liberty military-force right-to-bear-arms second-amendment standing takings Whether the Second Amendment protects the right of the people to be prepared to resist abuse of government power by military force, with equal force