| 25-165 |
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-08-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
district-court equitable-relief inherent-power injunctive-standards treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty |
Whether a district court has "inherent equitable power" to enter a coercive "decree" restricting an Indian tribe's treaty rights without its consent a… |
| 24-839 |
Roman Storm v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York |
Second Circuit |
2025-02-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
criminal-procedure district-court federal-rules inherent-power judicial-discretion mandamus |
I. Whether a district court may rely on its "inherent power" to contravene an express provision of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure Rule 16, where t… |
| 20-8466 |
Paul Anthony Ashby v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2021-07-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
co-conspirator-liability constitutional-limitations criminal-law dc-charter district-of-columbia inherent-power judicial-power legislative-authority pinkerton-doctrine separation-of-powers |
As both the United States and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals recognized in this case, the Pinkerton doctrine of co-conspirator liability is… |
| 19-6921 |
Brian H. Jones, Sr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process inherent-power legal-definition prosecution-standards same-transaction sovereignty sovereignty-doctrine tribal-sovereignty vagueness |
1. Is the term "same transaction" unconstitutionally vague?
2. How would two incidents separated by four months constitute the "same transaction"?
3… |
| 19-5643 |
Raymont Wright v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-08-20 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
double-jeopardy indictment-dismissal inherent-power inherent-power-of-courts judicial-integrity jury-deadlock mistrials prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct separation-of-powers trial-court-discretion trial-court-power |
Whether a trial court possesses inherent power to dismiss an indictment with prejudice following serial mistrials for jury deadlock or whether the exe… |
| 19-59 |
Loop AI Labs, Inc., et al. v. Anna Gatti, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-sanctions due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure inherent-power national-hockey-league-v-metro-hockey-club nonmonetary-sanctions punitive-sanctions rule-37 standing |
Does Nat'l Hockey League v. Metro. Hockey Club authorize a court to issue punitive nonmonetary sanctions under Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(b)(2) and its inhere… |
| 18-301 |
Chieftain Royalty Company v. Charles David Nutley, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-09-07 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights class-action common-fund common-fund-fees diversity diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-law inherent-power judicial-discretion state-law |
Whether common-fund fee awards are governed in diversity cases by state or federal law |
| 18-5794 |
Ronnie Keith Davis v. Benjamin Maddie |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights civil-rights-procedure civil-rights-proceeding evidentiary-hearing first-national-bank-v-lustig fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court hazel-atlas-glass inherent-power miscarriage-of-justice rozier-v-ford-motor rule-60(b)(3) rule-60b3 sanctions summary-judgment |
Whether a motion to vacate a judgment under Rule 60(b)(3) is governed by the grave miscarriage of justice standard when alleging fraud upon the court … |
| 18-80 |
Pamela Melvin v. Peter O'Rourke, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2018-07-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-discretion due-process equal-protection inherent-power judicial-review search-and-seizure standard-of-review statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-law waived-arguments |
Whether 38 USC §7292 prohibits review of the Veterans Court's decision and evidence |