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25-6650 Michael Ledon Lee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-22 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on th…
25-844 Chicago Wine Company, et al. v. Mike Braun, Governor of Indiana, et al. Seventh Circuit 2026-01-15 Pending alcohol-regulation commerce-clause constitutional-law interstate-commerce physical-presence twenty-first-amendment Whether a physical-presence requirement that forbids out-of-state retailers from shipping alcohol directly to in-state consumers unless they establish…
25-6574 Christopher Michael Arredondo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-14 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on th…
25-788 Reed Day, et al. v. Ben Henry, in His Official Capacity as Director, Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control, et al. Ninth Circuit 2026-01-06 Pending Amici (3) alcohol-distribution constitutional-discrimination interstate-commerce state-regulation three-tier-system twenty-first-amendment Whether a physical-presence requirement that discriminates between in-state and out-of-state alcohol retailers can be deemed constitutional under the …
25-769 Lorillard Tobacco Company v. Marita R. Sciarrotta, Director of the New Jersey Division of Taxation New Jersey 2025-12-31 Pending Response Waived commerce-clause corporate-taxation due-process interstate-commerce royalty-payments tax-deductibility Whether New Jersey's corporate business tax scheme for taxing royalty payments conditions deductibility on the extent of the royalty recipient's in-st…
25A740 BNSF Railway Company v. Tanner Lynn Minnesota 2025-12-23 Application dormant-commerce-clause due-process interstate-commerce personal-jurisdiction service-of-process state-registration Whether a state statute requiring out-of-state businesses to register an agent for service of process violates the dormant Commerce Clause by discrimi…
25-6345 Felix Verdejo-Sanchez v. United States First Circuit 2025-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce pro-se-representation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Court of Appeals can deny a pro se motion challenging subject-matter jurisdiction and federalize local crimes without proving interstate c…
25-6291 Georgianna Parisi v. Estate of Jackie Jones, et al. Ohio 2025-12-05 Pending IFP equal-protection fourteenth-amendment interstate-commerce judicial-oversight probate-court trustee-compensation Whether a State's probate court violates the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause by permitting substantially higher compensation for corpor…
25A593 Chicago Wine Company, et al. v. Mike Braun, Governor of Indiana, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-11-19 Application alcohol-regulation dormant-commerce-clause interstate-commerce physical-presence three-tier-system twenty-first-amendment Whether a state's requirement that wine retailers establish an in-state physical presence before shipping alcoholic beverages to consumers discriminat…
25-6030 Terry Lee Miksell v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process evidence-sufficiency ineffective-assistance interstate-commerce jurisdiction sixth-amendment Whether the District Court had jurisdiction under Gonzales v. Raich to prosecute a case occurring entirely within one state due to out-of-state cell p…
25-6041 Kaleb Layne Nix v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 authorizes conviction based on interstate material movement for child pornography production when no direct causal link exist…
25-518 Canna Provisions, Inc., et al., v. Pamela J. Bondi, Attorney General First Circuit 2025-10-28 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived commerce-clause congressional-power economic-activity interstate-commerce marijuana-regulation rational-basis Should the Court overrule Raich's holding that Congress can regulate purely local economic activity if there is any 'rational basis' that such activit…
25A484 Ralph Kevin Tovar v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-28 Application circuit-split federal-criminal-law interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation Whether the use of internet-based interstate communication instrumentalities alone is sufficient to satisfy the 'in or affecting interstate commerce' …
25-5944 Chockie Lee Hightower v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law federal-statute firearms-possession interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
25-5946 Antonio Montrail Anderson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation When does a record show that the district court thought the sentence it chose was appropriate irrespective of the guidelines within the meaning of Mol…
25-5860 Robert Matthew Bowman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B) authorizes conviction based on interstate movement of a phone containing child pornography without direct evidence l…
25-5704 Jeanie Reese v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., et al. California 2025-09-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggregate-effects child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-authority federal-prosecution interstate-commerce Does the 'Aggregate Effects' doctrine under Gonzales v. Raich expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original constitutional limits of the Comme…
25-5565 Marcus Delars Branson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-05 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on th…
25-5481 Isaac John Olivas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-27 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-authority federal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether a federal law banning firearm possession by individuals with prior felony convictions is consistent with the Second Amendment and Congress's c…
25-5447 La'Shaun Clark v. Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC, as Assignee of One Main Financial Group, LLC Georgia 2025-08-22 Denied IFP contract-law debt-buyer due-process equal-protection federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce Whether debt buyers are defined as Lenders and whether state courts violate due process by refusing to enforce federal arbitration agreements
25-173 Elizabeth Flynt v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-law dormant-commerce-clause economic-regulation interstate-commerce market-discrimination state-law Whether a state law that discriminates against firms engaged in interstate commerce by forcing firms to choose between being part of the enacting stat…
25-5347 Daniel Lee Lusk, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession gun-rights interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession that has cross…
25-5352 Antonio Robledo Tovar v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority federal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether a federal law banning firearm possession by individuals with prior felony convictions is consistent with the Second Amendment and Congress's c…
25A180 Canna Provisions, Inc., et al., v. Pamela J. Bondi, Attorney General First Circuit 2025-08-13 Presumed Complete commerce-clause controlled-substances-act gonzalez-v-raich interstate-commerce intrastate-marijuana marijuana-regulation Whether Congress's power under the Commerce Clause to criminalize intrastate marijuana production and sale remains valid given changed economic and re…
25-5306 In Re Alexander Kawleski 2025-08-08 Denied IFP aggregate-effects commerce-clause constitutional-limits fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce Does the 'Aggregate Effects' doctrine under Gonzales v Raich expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original constitutional limits of the Commer…
25-5302 Cameron Edwards v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-prosecution firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the government's prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment and the Commerce Clause
25-120 Mark Gustafson, Individually and as Administrator and Personal Representative of the Estate of James Robert ("J.R.") Gustafson, et al. v. Springfield, Inc., dba Springfield Armory, et al. Pennsylvania 2025-07-31 Denied federalism gun-manufacturers interstate-commerce legislative-action state-sovereignty tenth-amendment Whether Congress has violated federalism principles and the Tenth Amendment through the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) by restricti…
25-5223 Burte Gucci Rhodes v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction interstate-commerce jury-instruction legal-sufficiency murder-for-hire procedural-error Whether a conviction for murder-for-hire can properly be affirmed when the jury was instructed that it need not conclude an interstate facility was us…
25-5139 In Re Michael Stevens 2025-07-17 Denied IFP aggregate-effects commerce-clause constitutional-limits fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce Whether the 'Aggregate Effects' doctrine under Gonzales v. Raich expands federal prosecution powers beyond constitutional Commerce Clause limits
25A17 Brandon Keith Thompson v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-07-08 Presumed Complete commerce-clause constitutional-challenge federal-prosecution firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s jurisdictional element for firearm possession violates the Commerce Clause when applied to a defendant whose firearm p…
25-5036 Wilfredo Feliciano-Rodriguez v. United States First Circuit 2025-07-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions federal-prosecution grand-jury interstate-commerce jurisdiction puerto-rico-statehood Whether a federal court can prosecute without verifying jurisdiction and whether the Respondent can usurp Puerto Rico's jurisdiction in violation of 1…
25-5032 In Re John Alan Conroy 2025-07-03 Denied IFP aggregate-effects commerce-clause constitutional-authority fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce Does the 'Aggregate Effects' doctrine under Gonzales v. Raich expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original constitutional limits of the Comme…
25-5017 Brant Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-conviction due-process firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether the government may deprive citizens of their Second Amendment rights based on a non-violent prior conviction and whether such prosecution viol…
24-7526 Dwayne Lamonica Ford v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on th…
24-7507 Osmar Alexis Alvarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession gun-rights interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession that has cross…
24-7471 Quintin T. Ferguson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP arson-statute criminal-law interstate-commerce overbreadth-doctrine sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Did the Seventh Circuit err by concluding Mr. Ferguson's § 844(i) arson conviction was not overbroad?
24-7453 In Re Curtis Baldwin 2025-06-17 Denied IFP aggregate-effects child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-limits federal-prosecution interstate-commerce Does the 'Aggregate Effects' doctrine under Gonzales v Raich expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original constitutional limits of the Commer…
24-7433 Zquareus Troyez Immanuel Thomas v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-power due-process federal-law interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether the 'affecting commerce' element of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(l) requires more than proving the firearm or ammunition traveled across state lines at …
24-7417 Michael Elias Jalomo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession that has cross…
24-7419 Cardari Bradley v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession that has cross…
24-7408 In Re Stephen Brewer 2025-06-12 Denied IFP aggregate-effects commerce-clause constitutional-limits fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce Whether the 'Aggregate Effects' doctrine under Gonzales v. Raich expands federal prosecution powers beyond constitutional Commerce Clause limits
24-1254 City of Palestine, Texas, et al. v. Union Pacific Railroad Company Texas 2025-06-09 Denied constitutional-interpretation iccta-preemption interstate-commerce retroactive-application separation-of-powers state-court-judgment Whether the Texas Supreme Court erred in retroactively applying the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act's preemption provisions to a final …
24-7347 Joshua Caleb Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on th…
24-7348 Spencer Wayne Bacon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause conviction-restriction criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) prohibiting firearm possession by persons with prior convictions violates the Second Amendment and the Commerce Clause
24-7339 Jonathan Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether the government may deprive citizens of their Second Amendment rights based on a non-violent prior conviction and whether such prosecution viol…
24-7328 In Re William Hopmeier 2025-05-30 Denied IFP aggregate-effects commerce-clause constitutional-limits fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce Whether the 'Aggregate Effects' doctrine under Gonzales v. Raich expands federal prosecution powers beyond constitutional Commerce Clause limits
24-7286 Christopher Glen Mason v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-27 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession that has cross…
24A1124 Corrigan Clay v. United States Third Circuit 2025-05-21 Presumed Complete congressional-power extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause interstate-commerce missouri-v-holland treaty-power Whether Congress's power under the Foreign Commerce Clause and the Treaty Power permits federal criminal prosecution for extraterritorial conduct not …
24-7217 Ladarius Dean v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-15 Denied IFP commerce-clause criminal-statute felony-possession firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) prohibiting firearm possession by persons with prior convictions violates the Second Amendment and the Commerce Clause
24-7182 Antjoun Riddick v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-05-12 Denied IFP commerce-clause constitutional-law federal-regulation interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the federal government has the authority under the Commerce Clause to regulate noncommercial, intrastate possession of an object that has cros…
24-7134 In Re Kesean Wilson 2025-05-05 Denied IFP constitutional-rights detainment dual-sovereignty equal-protection interstate-commerce tenth-amendment Does the dual sovereignty rule conflict with the Tenth Amendment and is the petitioner's detainment unlawful?
24-7110 In Re Phillip James Colwell 2025-05-01 Denied IFP child-pornography-prevention commerce-clause constitutional-authority fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce Does the 'Aggregate Effects' doctrine under Gonzales v Raich expand federal prosecution powers beyond constitutional Commerce Clause limits, and can C…
24-1057 Jerry Peoples v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-04-08 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure drug-dealing hobbs-act interstate-commerce motion-for-acquittal rule-29-motion Whether the Seventh Circuit erred by affirming the district court's denial of a Rule 29 Motion for Acquittal where the Government failed to prove the …
24-1021 Cedric Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corporation Pennsylvania 2025-03-25 Granted Amici (1)Relisted (2) arm-of-state constitutional-law federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce sovereign-immunity state-agency Whether the New Jersey Transit Corporation is entitled to interstate sovereign immunity under the Federal Constitution
24-6789 Johnell Lavell Barber, II v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-18 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen
24-6713 Elmer Alexis Montano Fuentes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce state-jurisdiction Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into the defend…
24-6686 Deonta Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law hobbs-act interstate-commerce substantial-effect In order to convict a defendant of robbery of a local business establishment under the Hobbs Act, must the prosecution prove beyond a reasonable doubt…
24-935 Flower Foods, Inc., et al. v. Angelo Brock Tenth Circuit 2025-02-28 Granted Amici (22)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) contract-law employment-law federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation transportation-workers Are workers who deliver locally goods that travel in interstate commerce —but who do not transport the goods across borders nor interact with vehicles…
24-6416 Carlos James Meeks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession gun-rights interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment and whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession that has cross…
24A745 American Airlines Group Inc. v. United States, et al. First Circuit 2025-01-29 Presumed Complete airline-regulation consumer-protection federal-preemption interstate-commerce marketing-claims pricing-practices Whether federal preemption principles bar state-level consumer protection claims challenging airline pricing and marketing practices
24-735 Raymond Liddy v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-01-13 Denied circuit-split federal-criminal-law internet-crime interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element statutory-interpretation Whether statutes containing 'in interstate or foreign commerce' language require proof of actual interstate transmission or merely internet use
24-6290 Brent Howard v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction due-process firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment and Due Process Clause by prohibiting firearm possession for individuals with prior convic…
24-728 Iowa Pork Producers Association v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-01-10 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) circuit-split dormant-commerce-clause fractured-opinion interstate-commerce judicial-interpretation pike-balancing-test Whether a party alleging that Proposition 12 discriminates against interstate commerce states a claim under Pike v. Bruce Church, and whether lower fe…
24-6082 Rhobashi Holmes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-power constitutional-rights felony-restrictions firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) unconstitutional as a violation of individual rights and congr…
24-596 Aircraft Service International, Inc., et al. v. Danny Lopez Ninth Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied Response Waived employment-contract federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent transportation-workers Whether workers who fuel airplanes, but who never directly or physically move interstate goods, are engaged in the interstate transportation of goods …
24-6051 Ralph Berry v. United States Second Circuit 2024-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP cannabis-regulation circuit-court controlled-substances cross-border-transactions federal-law interstate-commerce Whether a Second Circuit ruling violates federal prohibitions on cross-border cannabis transactions and interstate commerce regulations
24-6028 Jawan Fortia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split commerce-clause criminal-enterprise interstate-commerce rico-act vicar-act What proof is required to satisfy RICO and VICAR's interstate-commerce elements, and must prosecutors prove that an enterprise's activities in fact af…
24-551 Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company v. Oregon Department of Revenue Oregon 2024-11-15 Denied Response Waived commerce-clause interstate-commerce net-income-tax solicitation tax-immunity wholesaler-activity Whether Section 381 immunity applies when an out-of-state company engages in solicitation activities and sends retailer order requests to wholesalers …
24-5852 Alexander W. Kawleski v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-authority criminal-procedure due-process interstate-commerce witness-credibility Did the lower courts err in not granting a new trial based on contradictory witness testimony and potential due process violations in a child pornogra…
24A400 Iowa Pork Producers Association v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-10-24 Presumed Complete agricultural-regulation ballot-measure dormant-commerce-clause interstate-commerce ninth-circuit state-law Whether a state ballot measure regulating agricultural production methods imposes an undue burden on interstate commerce in violation of the dormant C…
24-5763 David Earl Boyd v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause congressional-power federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251 and 2252A exceed Congressional commerce authority in authorizing conviction based only upon proof that materials used to pro…
24-5767 Edgar Hernandez Lemus, aka Edgar Hernanez Lemus, and Junior Almendarez Martinez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent felony-proceeds interstate-commerce mens-rea ransom-demand statutory-interpretation Whether the government must prove a defendant's specific knowledge of the predicate felony offense when prosecuting a charge of receiving unlawfully o…
24-411 Jeffrey Gray Thomas v. State Bar of Nevada Nevada 2024-10-11 Denied Relisted (2) compelled-government-speech constitutional-rights due-process free-speech interstate-commerce right-to-travel Whether the Supreme Court of Nevada denied due process and constitutional rights through reciprocal disbarment that allegedly violated free speech and…
24-5661 Angelo Corey Stackhouse v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce kidnapping-statute mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1) regulating kidnapping through interstate commerce is constitutional and whether mens rea under 18 U.S.C. § 2421(a) can …
24-332 International Business Machines Corporation & Combined Affiliates v. New York Tax Appeals Tribunal, et al. New York 2024-09-24 Denied Amici (1) commerce-clause double-taxation foreign-commerce interstate-commerce state-taxation tax-nexus May a state impose a 'heads I win, tails you lose' regime that taxes either side of an interstate or foreign transaction, depending on which side has …
24-333 The Walt Disney Company v. New York Tax Appeals Tribunal, et al. New York 2024-09-24 Denied Amici (1) corporate-affiliates dormant-commerce-clause interstate-commerce royalty-income state-jurisdiction tax-discrimination Whether a state tax law that on its face treats royalty income derived from corporate affiliates less favorably if the affiliates do not subject thems…
24-5626 Julio Reynaldo Rivera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-sanctions federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 authorizes conviction based on interstate materials movement in child pornography cases and whether Congress can impose crimi…
24-5576 Jose Antonio Campos-Esqueda v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is constitutional under the Second Amendment and whether conviction for firearm possession based on interstate travel is …
24-5560 Adam Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is constitutional under the Second Amendment and whether conviction for possessing a firearm that has previously crossed …
24-278 Ryan K. Jones, et ux. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-09-11 Denied Response Waived constitutional-authority due-process interstate-commerce iRS-discretion takings-clause tax-collection-powers Whether the Supreme Court should reconsider the IRS's tax collection powers and constitutional authority under the Interstate Commerce Clause and Taki…
24-260 Anthony Pandrella v. United States Second Circuit 2024-09-09 Denied Response Waived criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act interstate-commerce loansharking robbery Whether a robbery of a former loanshark victim can establish federal jurisdiction under the Hobbs Act when the victim had previously withdrawn from th…
24-5479 Nathan Steward v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce prior-conviction second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment and the Commerce Clause in prohibiting firearm possession for individuals with prior convi…
24A243 Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company v. Oregon Department of Revenue Oregon 2024-09-06 Presumed Complete corporate-taxation interstate-commerce pre-book-orders public-law-86-272 solicitation tax-immunity Whether the transmission of pre-book order confirmation faxes by a manufacturer's sales representatives constitutes an activity that exceeds the prote…
24-5419 Jonathan Fitzpatrick Koen v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause congressional-power federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 exceeds Congressional commerce authority in authorizing conviction based only upon proof that materials used to produce child…
24-5376 Donald Davis Gipson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for firearm possession based on interstate travel and whether such statute is facially unconstitutional …
24-161 New York State Telecommunications Association, Inc., et al. v. Letitia James, Attorney General of New York Second Circuit 2024-08-14 Denied Amici (5)Relisted (5) broadband-service common-carrier communications-act interstate-commerce preemption rate-regulation Whether the Communications Act preempts New York's broadband rate-regulation law
24-5261 Miguel Tejada-Cruz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
24A138 New York State Telecommunications Association, Inc., et al. v. Letitia A. James, Attorney General of New York Second Circuit 2024-08-07 Presumed Complete commerce-clause infrastructure-regulation interstate-commerce state-regulation telecommunications wireless-networks Whether state regulations targeting telecommunications infrastructure and wireless communications networks impose an unconstitutional burden on inters…
24-5229 Justin Levar Taylor v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment
24-5101 Luis Eduardo Baez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
24-5103 David Thomas Overman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
24-5112 Austin Wayne Massey v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
24-5087 Travis Wayne Lovings v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law federalism firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into defendant'…
24A52 The Walt Disney Company v. New York Tax Appeals Tribunal, et al. New York 2024-07-16 Presumed Complete dormant-commerce-clause facial-discrimination interstate-commerce royalty-income state-taxation strict-scrutiny Whether a state tax law that conditions a royalty income exclusion on the geographic location of the royalty payor constitutes impermissible discrimin…
23-7776 Joshua Willis v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-06-21 GVR IFP 2nd-amendment criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce standing Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment
23A1122 Anthony Pandrella v. United States Second Circuit 2024-06-18 Presumed Complete circuit-split criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element Whether a potential or de minimis effect on interstate commerce is sufficient to satisfy the jurisdictional element of the Hobbs Act
23-7706 Tia Pugh v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-obedience-act civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority due-process first-amendment interstate-commerce legislative-vagueness standing vagueness Did Pugh's prosecution under the Civil Obedience Act exceed Congress' authority to legislate interstate and foreign commerce?
23-1296 Randstad Inhouse Services, LLC, et al. v. Adan Ortiz, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Amici (1) commerce-clause contract-exemption employment-law exemption federal-arbitration-act foreign-commerce interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation transportation-workers Are employees who handle goods that travel in interstate commerce—but who do not transport those goods across borders and whose work does not directly…
23-7689 Ardis Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-7692 Angel Jesus Paniagua v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-authority federal-statute firearm-regulation firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment framework of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen
23-7693 Jonathan Jamal Bangash v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) comports with the Second Amendment?
23-7696 Rit Tran v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecified p…
23-7660 Michael Steven Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federalism firearm-possession interstate-commerce standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-7653 Tayron Deshawn Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-7547 Branden Tyler v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2 5th-amendment aiding-and-abetting criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment interstate-commerce person principal statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant can be charged with aiding and abetting when the principal was not another actual person
23-7462 Michael Davis v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1958 channels-and-instrumentalities channels-of-interstate-commerce commerce-clause congressional-power instrumentalities-of-interstate-commerce interstate-commerce intrastate-activity murder-for-hire police-powers Whether an indictment charging murder-for-hire in violation of 18 USC § 1958 by intrastate use of cellphones and an automobile exceeds the proper limi…
23-7451 Hector Patricio Galvan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment congressional-power criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process enumerated-powers firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?
23-7401 Kristopher Lee Rocco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing takings Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-7402 Dequon Reon Stovall v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-possession due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-regulation interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any ammunition that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite pas…
23-7305 Ronald Jerome Davis, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-7293 Shawn Thomas Borne v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-04-23 GVR IFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment
23-1133 Rick Sasso, dba Indiana Spine Group v. Marc Harding, dba Harding Law Firm Iowa 2024-04-18 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure conflict-of-laws due-process interstate-commerce interstate-litigation jurisdiction-analysis legal-consultation medical-malpractice personal-jurisdiction Whether Iowa courts have specific personal jurisdiction over an Indiana doctor
23-7225 Leroy Hoyle v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-authority federal-statute firearm-regulation firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment framework of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen
23-7235 Troy Dontae Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-7179 Xavier Lamarr Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-7181 Austin Drake Day v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-7160 John Michael Carrasco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-1038 Food and Drug Administration v. Wages and White Lion Investments, L.L.C., dba Triton Distribution, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-03-19 Judgment Issued Amici (17)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-decision agency-deference arbitrary-and-capricious e-cigarettes fda-regulation interstate-commerce public-health tobacco-control tobacco-regulation Whether the court of appeals erred in setting aside FDA's denial orders as arbitrary and capricious
23-1016 William Facteau and Patrick Fabian v. United States First Circuit 2024-03-15 Denied Amici (1) arbitrary-enforcement fda-regulations fifth-amendment first-amendment interstate-commerce medical-device off-label-use truthful-speech Whether FDA's intended use' regulations violate the First Amendment and Fifth Amendment
23-7001 Todd Andre Whitfield v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing takings Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-6973 Oren Javentay Pichon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing takings Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-6850 Eric Michael Lujan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-6793 Timothy Burks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)
23-6769 Derrick Durrell Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-6716 Tommy Lee Walker v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-02-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment criminal-procedure due-process firearm-interstate-commerce interstate-commerce jury-instruction jury-instructions sixth-amendment speedy-trial-act standing Where the firearm at issue was manufactured in California and found in a home in California, did the district court err by refusing to give a requeste…
23-6687 Darius James Francis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)
23-6647 Davaudrick Antron EtchisonBrown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-01 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce precedent second-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)
23-6520 Gary Von Bennett v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power federal-authority federal-criminal-law firearm-regulation firearms-regulation interstate-commerce scarborough-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) requires a more substantial connection to interstate commerce
23-787 Sierra Nevada Transportation, Inc. v. Nevada Transportation Authority Ninth Circuit 2024-01-22 Denied Response Waived 42-U.S.C.-1983 42-U.S.C.-1985 dormant-Commerce-Clause federal-licensing federal-preemption interstate-commerce public-necessity state-regulation transportation-services Does a federally-licensed limousine company state a valid claim for relief under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 against state regulators for violating the…
23-716 Shawn Mark Henry v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-03 Denied Response Waived anti-kickback-statute criminal-intent federal-benefits federal-healthcare-benefits healthcare-fraud interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation travel-act Does the Anti-Kickback Statute require proof of knowledge of federal healthcare benefits?
23-669 Massachusetts Coastal Railroad LLC, et al. v. Chad Marsh Massachusetts 2023-12-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) conflict-preemption economic-regulation federal-preemption field-preemption iccta-preemption interstate-commerce massachusetts-prevailing-wage-act rail-transportation railroad-regulation state-wage-law Whether the ICCTA preempts Massachusetts' prevailing wage act for railroad maintenance workers
23-6291 Pietro P. A. Sgromo, aka Peter Anthony Sgromo v. Leonard Gregory Scott, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-12-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP arbitration arbitration-clause contract criminal-reference federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce lease-agreement public-policy waiver Does the residential lease agreement involve interstate commerce such that it falls within the Federal Arbitration Act?
23-6297 Kevin Hewlett v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2251 cellphone-evidence child-pornography commerce-clause criminal-conduct criminal-law criminal-procedure interstate-commerce jury-instruction mens-rea Whether the use of a cellphone in criminal conduct is a sufficient nexus to interstate commerce
23-6278 Devontae Nykel Racliff v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)
23-6218 Shaquille Dewayne Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession interstate-commerce new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment
23-6100 Joseph Eugene Dix v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce interstate-travel statutory-interpretation Whether a felon's intrastate possession of a firearm violates 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) solely because the firearm previously crossed state lines
23-6061 George Oscar Messer v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process federal-kidnapping federal-kidnapping-statute fifth-amendment interstate-commerce intrastate-crime statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness Whether the residual clause of 'or otherwise' of the federal kidnapping statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1201, is void for vagueness under the due process clause …
23-5995 Jake Messer v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion character-testimony commerce-clause federal-kidnapping-statute guidelines-calculation interstate-commerce noneconomic-violent-crime procedural-reasonableness sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the Sixth Circuit's interpretation of the Federal Kidnapping statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(), as applied to Petitioner, exceeded Congressional …
23-479 Jaswinder Singh v. Uber Technologies, Inc. Third Circuit 2023-11-07 Denied circuit-split contract-law federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce intrastate-transportation residual-clause seamen-railroad-employees statutory-interpretation transportation-worker-exemption transportation-workers Does the FAA's residual clause exempt a class of transportation workers that directly transports passengers across state lines, but primarily performs…
23-5960 Brandon Keith Wright v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions due-process federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecified p…
23-460 C.K. Sales Co., LLC, et al. v. Margarito V. Canales, et al. First Circuit 2023-11-01 Denied Relisted (2) and distribute baked goods within defined intrast sell civil-procedure contract-employment contract-exemption employment-contracts employment-law exemption-clause federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce intrastate-commerce statutory-interpretation transportation-worker transportation-workers Whether the Federal Arbitration Act's exemption for 'contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, and any other class of workers engaged in …
23-5934 Walter Leonard Jenkins v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-5920 Leopoldo Ramirez-Moreno v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation federal-authority firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce scarborough state-affairs united-states-v-lopez Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because the firearm crossed state lines at some point before the defendant …
23-5921 Vahe Sarkiss v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-10-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment child-pornography civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment interstate-commerce reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure supervised-release Whether Petitioner's Fourth Amendment rights were violated due to lack of reasonable suspicion for search
23-443 MMN Infrastructure Services, LLC, Successor in Interest to Vectren Infrastructure Services Corp. v. Michigan Department of Treasury Michigan 2023-10-27 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived corporate-disclosure extraterritorial-taxation factor-representation fair-apportionment interstate-commerce short-tax-year tax-apportionment tax-assessment temporal-element Whether a state must include in its tax apportionment formula the factors of a business giving rise to income to be taxed, and whether factor represen…
23-5876 Christian Lamar Porter v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-424 Amazon.com, Inc., et al. v. Jennifer Miller, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-10-23 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) circuit-split delivery-drivers employment-contract federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce local-deliveries statutory-interpretation transportation-workers Whether the Federal Arbitration Act's exemption for 'contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in f…
23-427 Domino’s Pizza, LLC v. Edmond Carmona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-10-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-procedure commerce-clause delivery-drivers federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce local-delivery standing statutory-interpretation transportation-law workers Whether local delivery drivers are 'engaged in foreign or interstate commerce' under the Federal Arbitration Act
23-5859 Matthew Steven Hackney v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 and § 2252(a)(5)(B) authorize convictions upon proof that materials used to produce or possess child pornography once crossed…
23-5830 Joseph Emerson v. Craigslist/Craig Newmark, et al. Ohio 2023-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights corporate-conspiracy defamation due-process fbi-interference interstate-commerce interstate-sex-trafficking legal-obstruction sex-trafficking standing union-job-rights Whether the FBI's alleged interference with Petitioner's employment and housing, as well as its alleged involvement in interstate sex trafficking, vio…
23-5804 Joseph Alexander Clarke v. Kimberly M. Esmond Adams, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce jurisdictional-limits legal-procedure maxims-of-law pleadings standing supreme-court-review Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals failed to properly address the issues raised in the petition, including the failure to address the suffi…
23-5781 Troy George Skinner v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-exploitation criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-conduct interstate-commerce sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) apply extraterritorially to permit the prosecution of a non-U.S. citizen located in a foreign country whose conduct giving ri…
23-5742 Joseph Michael Easton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-5649 Jonathan Monson v. United States First Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2251 child-exploitation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element minor-protection sexual-exploitation visual-depiction Does Section 2251(a) of Title 18 require evidence that a defendant sexually exploited a minor for the purpose of producing a visual depiction, and tha…
23A265 Jaswinder Singh v. Uber Technologies, Inc. Third Circuit 2023-09-26 Presumed Complete arbitration-exemption circuit-split federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation transportation-workers Whether the Federal Arbitration Act's exemption for 'any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce' applies to rideshare driver…
23-233 Antero Resources Corporation v. Matthew R. Irby, West Virginia Tax Commissioner, et al. West Virginia 2023-09-13 Denied Response Waived dormant-commerce-clause in-state-sellers interstate-commerce natural-gas out-of-state-sellers post-production-expenses property-tax tax-assessment Whether West Virginia's refusal to allow natural gas producers to deduct actual post-production expenses for property tax purposes, which favors in-st…
23-5566 Scott A. Anthony v. United States Third Circuit 2023-09-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 3rd-circuit 4th-circuit 8th-circuit child-abuse circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law interstate-commerce sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation visual-depiction What defines sexually explicit conduct under 18 USC § 2251(a)?
23-5506 Alisbey Santillon Gata v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-powers criminal-law criminal-offense interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element statutory-interpretation Whether a jurisdictional element satisfied by a de minimis connection to interstate commerce is sufficient to bring a purely local, non-economic crimi…
23-171 Chris Quinn, et al. v. Washington, et al. Washington 2023-08-23 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) commerce-clause constitutional-limits dormant-commerce-clause due-process excise-tax extraterritorial-taxation federalism interstate-commerce property-rights state-taxation Whether the Constitution permits a state to tax out-of-state transactions involving only out-of-state property
23-5265 Mark Alan Miller v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecified p…
23-70 Traffic Tech, Inc., et al. v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. Eighth Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied anti-waiver-statute choice-of-law constitutional-interpretation due-process employment-rights full-faith-and-credit interstate-commerce state-sovereignty Whether the Full Faith and Credit Clause and the Due Process Clause require a State, which has its own Anti-Waiver Statute, to uphold a sister State's…
23-51 Neal Bissonnette, et al. v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC, et al. Second Circuit 2023-07-20 Judgment Issued Amici (14) circuit-split employment-contract employment-contracts federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce railroad-employees seamen statutory-interpretation transportation-industry Whether a class of workers actively engaged in interstate transportation must also be employed by a company in the transportation industry to be exemp…
23-5076 David Linehan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-use circuit-split criminal-law criminal-solicitation elements-clause federal-felony interstate-commerce mens-rea physical-force Whether 'attempted use' in the elements clause means taking a substantial step toward the use of physical force plus the specific intent to use such f…
23-5063 Bradley M. Cox v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure interstate-commerce interstate-nexus judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal sufficiency-of-evidence threat-of-damage Question not identified
22-7791 Clark Downs v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 15-year-old circuit-court-review criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-sentencing interstate-commerce safety-valve sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction sexual-exploitation visual-depiction WHETHER THE EVIDENCE WAS LEGALLY INSUFFICIENT AS TO THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ELEMENT ON COUNT ONE, WHICH CHARGED SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A FIFTEEN YEAR …
22-7773 Belkis Soca-Fernandez, et al. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP check-and-balance civil-rights conspiracy-statute constitutional-protection due-process interstate-commerce judicial-administration judicial-review law-of-the-case legal-inconsistency sentencing-enhancement separation-of-powers Will jurists of reason find debatable the application of a double standard of law, by the Government's arguing of two opposite interpretations of the …
22-7766 Ramon Ramirez v. United States Second Circuit 2023-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure district-court federal-courts interstate-commerce jurisdiction second-circuit statutory-interpretation Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in concluding that the district court had jurisdiction based on evidence supporting the interstate c…
22-7684 Christopher Darnell Douglas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecified p…
22-1159 Troy Newman v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-06-01 Denied civil-rico false-identification interstate-commerce pattern-of-racketeering pattern-of-racketeering-activity predicate-acts proximate-cause rico-statute undercover-investigation Whether Respondents failed to establish a pattern of RICO predicate acts
22-7644 Mark Anthony Reyna v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-25 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
22-7621 Jerry Elkins v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction fraud-on-the-court hazel-atlas-fraud interstate-commerce jury-instructions rico-violation Whether the convictions were proper due to lack of federal jurisdiction
22-1136 In Re Robert Steven Mawhinney 2023-05-22 Denied Response Waived administrative-law due-process employment-contract federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce judicial-review labor-law nondiscretionary-duty statutory-interpretation Does 49 U.S.C. § 42121 provide the means to invalidate the exemption incorporated in 9 U.S.C. §1 and allow the deviation of the nondiscretionary duty …
22-7524 Larry Carl Mack v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
22-1083 Kent Chandler, in His Official Capacity as Chairman and Commissioner of Kentucky Public Service Commission, et al. v. Foresight Coal Sales, LLC Sixth Circuit 2023-05-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) coal-severance-tax discrimination dormant-commerce-clause economic-discrimination interstate-commerce state-regulation utility-costs utility-regulation Does a Kentucky law that directs a state agency not to consider any jurisdiction's coal-severance tax in assessing the reasonableness of a utility com…
22-1055 Lee Elbaz, aka Lena Green v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-05-01 Denied circuit-split criminal-prosecution domestic-application domestic-transmission extraterritoriality foreign-conduct interstate-commerce wire-fraud Whether the wire-fraud statute applies extraterritorially or is limited to domestic applications
22-7386 Louis McIntosh, aka Lou D v. United States Second Circuit 2023-04-27 Judgment Issued Amici (2)IFP appellate-courts commerce-clause criminal-forfeiture federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure federalism interstate-commerce jurisdiction rule-32.2 sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may enter a criminal forfeiture order outside the time limitations set forth in Rule 32.2, Fed.R.Crim.P.
22-7332 In Re Michael Paul Martin 2023-04-20 Denied IFP child-pornography commerce-clause congressional-findings constitutional-authority due-process economic-impact fair-notice federal-criminal-offense gonzales-v-raich interstate-commerce Whether there is proper Fair Notice under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a)
22-7333 David Jah, Sr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause criminal-procedure due-process interstate-commerce jury-instruction jury-instructions pro-se-representation sixth-amendment speedy-trial speedy-trial-act government-fabricated-evidence
22-7284 Herbert Bernard Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment criminal-law criminal-procedure harmless-error indictment indictment-amendment interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation structural-error Whether the statutory language of 18 U.S.C. §2252A(a)(5)(B)'s alternative interstate commerce elements constitute separate offenses or alternative mea…
22-950 Dorothy A. Smulley v. Safeco Insurance Company of Illinois, et al. Second Circuit 2023-03-29 Denied Response Waived commerce-clause digital-transactions due-process insurance-valuation interstate-commerce mccarran-ferguson-act public-interest securities-exchange-commission software-as-a-service standing Whether personal motor vehicle physical damage (MVPD) insurance valuations performed by a third party Software as a Service (SaaS) company over the In…
22-7117 Noel Macapagal v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP adult-intermediary commerce-clause criminal-enticement enticement federal-crime interstate-commerce minor minor-protection state-authority statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §2422(b) exceeds Congress's commerce-clause-authority by reaching in-person enticement of a real or fictive minor that is arranged o…
22-7089 In Re William Hopmeier 2023-03-24 Denied IFP aggregate-effects-doctrine child-pornography congressional-findings constitutional-authority due-process economic-impact fair-notice gonzales-v-raich interstate-commerce Whether there is proper Fair Notice under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) for intrastate production of child pornography
22-6993 Kenneth Ray Carlyle, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-rights ex-convict-firearms felons interstate-commerce right-to-bear-arms sawed-off-shotguns second-amendment strict-liability Whether the Second Amendment protects the right of felons to possess sawed-off shotguns
22-6853 Joshua Seekins v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-possession due-process federalism harmless-error interstate-commerce jurisdictional-issue second-amendment sentencing-guidelines Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of ammunition solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into the defen…
22-6854 Xavier Sims v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce precedential-authority scarborough-v-united-states second-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez Whether Congress may rely on Scarborough v. United States to criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm on the sole basis that the firearm once mo…
22-6529 Warren Havens v. Arnold Leong, et al. Delaware 2023-01-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP bankruptcy commerce-clause compact-clause constitutional-law contract-clause corporate-dissolution interstate-commerce standing state-court-jurisdiction Whether a corporation chartered for interstate commerce can be involuntarily dissolved and wound up in a state court other than the charter state
22-6522 Charvez Brooks v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure direct-appeal due-process federal-courts hobbs-act ineffective-assistance interstate-commerce judicial-discretion jury-instructions reasonable-doubt standard-of-proof Does a federal district court possess meaningful discretion to define 'proof beyond a reasonable doubt' in jury instructions?
22-6477 Claudius English, aka Jay Barnes, aka Brent English v. United States Second Circuit 2023-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction conviction-challenge due-process dunn-v-united-states fifth-amendment indictment indictment-theory interstate-commerce jury kidnapping-statute Whether the lower courts' affirmance of English's conviction on the basis of a theory not charged in the indictment or argued to the jury and advanced…
22-6267 Mack Doak v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction indictment indictment-requirements interstate-commerce interstate-travel sexual-offense statutory-interpretation What connection must exist between the defendant's travel and the unlawful sexual act or sexual activity to support the exercise of federal jurisdicti…
22-480 City of Palestine, Texas, et al. v. Union Pacific Railroad Company Fifth Circuit 2022-11-21 Denied Response Waived circuit-conflict circuit-split contractual-obligations iccta-preemption interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-commission-termination-act judicial-review preemption retroactive-application summary-judgment Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in retroactively applying the preemption provisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act (ICCTA) to a…
22-459 Ohio v. CSX Transportation, Inc. Ohio 2022-11-15 Denied CVSGAmici (4)Relisted (2) federal-railroad-safety-act grade-crossing grade-crossing-statute interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-commission-termination-act preemption railroad-preemption railroad-safety state-regulation transportation transportation-law Does 49 U.S.C. §101501(b) preempt state laws that regulate the amount of time a stopped train may block a grade crossing?
22-5919 Devonta Doyle v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-limits federal-criminalization fourth-circuit hobbs-act interstate-commerce local-crime morrison-v-united-states united-states-v-lopez Whether the Hobbs Act's jurisdictional element violates the Constitution when applied to the federal criminalization of traditionally local violent cr…
22-285 B-21 Wines, Inc., et al. v. Hank Bauer, Chair, North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission Fourth Circuit 2022-09-27 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedRelisted (2) circuit-split commerce-clause interstate-commerce nondiscrimination-principle public-health-and-safety retail-distribution retail-wine-distribution twenty-first-amendment wine-shipping Does the nondiscrimination principle of the Commerce Clause apply to and invalidate North Carolina's law allowing only in-state retailers to ship wine…
22-5639 Eddie Dewayne Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
22-182 Flom Disposal, Inc. v. Goodhue County, Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-08-29 Denied Response Waived antidiscrimination-doctrine competition competition 22-181" competition-doctrine constitutional-claims discrimination dormant-commerce-clause government-defendants incineration inter-circuit-conflict interstate-commerce judicial-review landfill mootness-doctrine voluntary-cessation waste-disposal Whether under the voluntary cessation exception to Are disposing of garbage by depositing it in a landfill and disposing of garbage—the same garbage from the same sources—by incinerating it, competitor…
22-5441 Felipe Mata-Benavidez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecified p…
22-5423 Elise LaMartina v. Jason Patrick Johnson, et al. Mississippi 2022-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-liability civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection indigent-rights interstate-commerce privileges-and-immunities Whether the State of Mississippi may unconstitutionally discriminate against interstate commerce to shield and protect its citizens and businesses fro…
22-5235 Louis McIntosh v. United States Second Circuit 2022-08-01 GVR IFP §924(c) criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction forfeiture hobbs-act interstate-commerce rule-32.2 sentencing Whether petitioner's §924(c) conviction based on an attempted Hobbs Act robbery should be vacated in light of United States v. Taylor
22-5190 Rafael Cortez-Oropeza v. United States First Circuit 2022-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility-of-evidence atf bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-and-firearms criminal-procedure evidence expert-testimony firearms interstate-commerce judicial-discretion legal-standard Whether the district court erred in allowing an unqualified ATF agent to testify as an expert on interstate commerce
22-5057 Wade Lawrence Duchaine v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922(g) commerce-clause criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element minimal-nexus scarborough-v-united-states statutory-interpretation substantial-nexus Can the government establish the interstate commerce element in a § 922(g) prosecution under the minimal nexus standard by only providing evidence tha…
21-1572 Domino's Pizza, LLC v. Edmond Carmona Ninth Circuit 2022-06-17 GVR Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) class-of-workers commerce-clause federal-arbitration-act goods-transportation in-state-delivery interstate-commerce intrastate-deliveries preemption statutory-interpretation workers-classification Whether drivers making solely in-state deliveries of goods ordered by in-state customers from an in-state warehouse are nevertheless a 'class of worke…
21-8130 Monica Ruiz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation substantive-element wire-fraud Is the interstate nexus required in § 1343 a substantive element of the crime of wire fraud?
21-8004 Kofi Adomako Ohene Kyei v. Oregon Division of Child Support Oregon 2022-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-order civil-rights commerce-clause due-process federal-preemption injunction interstate-commerce judicial-injunction license-suspension Whether the State's administrative order violated the licensee's federal constitutional rights
21-7971 Gaston Salazar-Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
21-1296 City of Edmond, Oklahoma, et al. v. BNSF Railway Company Tenth Circuit 2022-03-25 Denied federal-railroad-safety-act interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-commission-termination-act preemption public-safety rail-crossing-safety rail-safety railroad-preemption state-authority state-law statutory-interpretation Whether state laws affecting railroads are preempted under the ICCTA must consider all relevant federal railroad statutes, not just the ICCTA
21-7450 Nicholas Andrew Waldman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-regulation interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) permits conviction for the receipt of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, and,…
21-7359 Kaleb Gattis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
21-7195 James Leon Higgins v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearms firearms-possession interstate-commerce perjury-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
21-7180 Hung M. Nguyen v. Cache Creek Casino Resort Ninth Circuit 2022-02-23 Denied IFP civil-rights civil-rights-statutes constitutional-rights due-process federal-question interstate-commerce self-government tribal-sovereign-immunity Does Cache Creek Casino Resort the subclass member of Yocha Dehe Wintum Nation as the tribal Indian of United States as trustee who owns this gambling…
21-7156 Floyd Allen Hawkins v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause criminal-law due-process interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecified p…
21-7078 Jawan Fortia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights drug-trafficking due-process interstate-commerce judicial-fact-finding racketeering rico-act taylor-v-united-states Whether the government can obtain a RICO conviction without proving the targeted enterprise's activities affected interstate commerce, if members enga…
21-1066 Washington Bankers Association, et al. v. Washington, et al. Washington 2022-02-01 Denied Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split corporate-taxation discriminatory-proxy discriminatory-taxation dormant-commerce-clause interstate-commerce out-of-state-entities precedents proxy-discrimination state-taxation Does a law that is triggered by a proxy for participating in interstate commerce and that burdens out-of-state entities almost exclusively violate the…
21-6955 Erica Umbay v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interstate-commerce plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing-guidelines Whether a Criminal Defendant Can Withdraw a Plea Under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(b)(8) if the Plea Lacked an Adequate Factual Basis?
21-6768 Emanuel E. Goines, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether a felon's intrastate possession of a firearm violates 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) solely because the firearm previously crossed state lines
21-6769 Luke Joseph Burning Breast v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-921(a)(20) 18-usc-922(g) civil-rights-restoration criminal-prosecution felon-in-possession firearm firearm-components interstate-commerce rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Can the government establish the interstate commerce element in a § 922(g) prosecution by showing that a single interchangeable part of a firearm trav…
21-6722 Daniel Dario Trevino v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power controlled-substances-act due-process federalism interstate-commerce legal-landscape marijuana-regulation medical-marijuana standing-akimbo state-legalization Should this court reconsider its decision in Gonzales and determine that Congress cannot regulate solely intrastate marijuana distribution due to the …
21-6614 Mario Martell Spencer v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-law fifth-amendment hobbs-act interstate-commerce sentencing sentencing-enhancement witness-tampering Whether the Hobbs Act, in accordance with constitutional limits, only punishes a robbery when the Government proves that the robbery itself affected i…
21-6581 Derek Jerome Moore v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-power firearms interstate-commerce Whether Congress exceeded its Commerce Clause power when it enacted 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)?
21-641 Ferrellgas Partners, LP v. Director, Division of Taxation New Jersey 2021-11-02 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) commerce-clause general-fund internal-consistency interstate-commerce partnership-levy regulatory-fee state-taxation Whether a levy that raises revenue for a State's general fund, and that is not restricted to the in-state activities of the levy-payor, may be charact…
21-6046 Jacques Lisbey v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional
21-5993 Michael Lee Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm and ammunition on the sole basis that the firearm and ammunition once moved, befor…
21-5952 Robert Paul Rundo, Robert Boman, Tyler Laube, and Aaron Eason v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-10-13 Denied Amici (1)IFP 18-usc-2101 anti-riot-act brandenburg-v-ohio civil-rights constitutional-interpretation first-amendment free-speech interstate-commerce overt-act riot speech-restriction Whether the Anti-Riot Act is facially unconstitutional
21-468 National Pork Producers Council, et al. v. Karen Ross, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the California Department of Food & Agriculture, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-09-29 Judgment Issued Amici (54)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9) animal-welfare dormant-commerce-clause economic-effects extraterritoriality federalism interstate-commerce pike-balancing pork-production state-regulation Whether a state law with dramatic economic effects largely outside the state and requiring pervasive changes to a nationwide industry violates the dor…
21-396 Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Dev Anand Oman, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-09-13 Denied airline-deregulation-act commerce-clause extraterritorial-regulation interstate-commerce multi-state-work-shifts transportation-workers wage-and-hour-laws Whether California may extend its wage-and-hour laws to flight attendants who spend the vast majority of their workweek outside of California
21-392 Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc., et al. v. Eric Holcomb, Governor of Indiana, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-09-10 Denied Response Waived circuit-split dormant-commerce-clause governmental-authority highway-tolling interstate-commerce market-participant-exception state-action state-discrimination Whether state conduct constitutes proprietary 'market participation' exempt from the dormant Commerce Clause
21-5627 William Brinson Ball v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-exploitation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction federal-criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction international-law interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) extends to conduct occurring outside the United States
21-5631 Elton Vallare v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-09 Dismissed IFP child-pornography circuit-split criminal-law federal-statute interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation unit-of-prosecution What is the unit of prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B)?
21-5559 Selvin Leonell Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-procedure criminal-statute evidence evidentiary-standard federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea Whether possession of a firearm is 'in or affecting commerce' when there is no evidence that the defendant moved the firearm across state lines or tha…
21-309 Southwest Airlines Co. v. Latrice Saxon Seventh Circuit 2021-08-31 Judgment Issued Amici (15)Relisted (2) circuit-city-stores-v-adams circuit-split contract-exemption eastus-v-iss-facility-services federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce ramp-agent-supervisor statutory-interpretation transportation-workers Whether workers who load or unload goods from vehicles that travel in interstate commerce, but do not physically transport such goods themselves, are …
21-5523 Amos Kiprop Koech v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof cell-phone-evidence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-statutes interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element jury-instruction reasonable-doubt Does the jurisdictional element 'in or affecting interstate commerce' in federal criminal statutes require an actual effect on interstate commerce and…
21-171 Joel Zupnik v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-08-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) ' 'entice ' 'induce ' or 'coerce' in 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) require more circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-state-balance federalism interstate-commerce mens-rea minor-protection sentencing sexual-offense statutory-interpretation Whether the verbs in 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) require the defendant to transform the minor's will or merely attempt to cause unlawful sexual activity
21-5141 Terrance Tyrell Edwards v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP commercial-sex-trafficking conclusive-presumption criminal-procedure due-process interstate-commerce jury-instruction jury-instructions plain-error Is evidence that establishes only the use of cellular-telephones, internet, hotels sufficient to find the interstate-commerce element for commercial-s…
21-50 D. R. S. v. D. P. H. L., et al. Florida 2021-07-14 Denied Response Waived child-welfare civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection family-law fourteenth-amendment government-overreach interstate-commerce parental-rights Should the Government have the sole and final say on the Frankensteining of the American Family?
21-27 Arrow Highway Steel, Inc. v. Robert Dubin California 2021-07-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) dormant-commerce-clause former-resident interstate-commerce judicial-enforcement non-discriminatory residency-status state-statute stipulated-judgment tolling-law tolling-statute Whether the dormant commerce clause may be used to invalidate the application of a state's neutral, non-discriminatory tolling statute to defeat the e…
20-8361 Josh Small and Joni Amber Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element kidnapping kidnapping-statute statutory-interpretation Does a purely local home invasion satisfy the interstate commerce nexus element of the federal kidnapping statute?
20-1662 William B. Trescott v. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-28 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment administrative-law agency-deference agency-rulemaking chevron-deference due-process interstate-commerce professional-judgment Is it Constitutional for a court to defer to a person lacking professional experience under Chevron-vs-NRDC-Inc
20-1615 Colin Masseau, et ux. v. Guy Henning, et al. Vermont 2021-05-19 Denied Response Waived 9-usc-10(a)(3)&(4) arbitration-review contract-of-adhesion due-process federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce intrastate-commerce manifest-disregard manifest-disregard-of-law motion-to-dismiss notice-pleading Does a court have the right to review an arbitrator's decision for manifest disregard of the law?
20-8066 James Hill v. United States Third Circuit 2021-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-power criminal-law due-process federal-prosecution federalism firearm-possession interstate-commerce standing statutory-interpretation Whether the federal government may obtain a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) based on the purely local possession of a firearm that has previous…
20-7998 Tuan Ngoc Luong v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commercial-transaction craigslist criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act interstate-commerce local-robbery Does Hobbs Act jurisdiction extend to a local robbery of a local individual not engaged in interstate commerce or any federally regulated activity, by…
20-7663 Andre Watson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-power criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce jurisdictional-hook murder-for-hire tenth-amendment Did the United States, under our federal-state jurisdiction as set out in our Constitution, fail to establish Watson was properly guilty of Use of Int…
20-7490 Martin Stanley Ivie v. Washington Washington 2021-03-18 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights commerce-clause due-process excessive-force false-charges interstate-commerce medical-cannabis police-misconduct qualified-immunity regulatory-burden state-licensing Whether it is legally permissible for police to use excessive force against a U.S. citizen committing no crimes, including shooting the person in the …
20-7482 Lavellous Purcell v. United States Second Circuit 2021-03-17 Denied IFP electronic-data-privacy federal-rules-of-evidence fourth-amendment general-warrants internet-privacy interstate-commerce mann-act particularity-requirement probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant Whether a search warrant ordering Facebook to hand over the defendant's entire account to law enforcement for review, without limiting either Facebook…
20-7404 De Andre Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act individual-victim interstate-commerce intra-state-robbery mandatory-sentencing robbery software-purchase Whether the intra-state robbery of an individual satisfies the interstate commerce nexus sufficient for a Hobbs Act prosecution
20-7377 Benjamin Drake Daley v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied IFP anti-riot-act civil-rights civil-unrest criminal-prosecution due-process facial-constitutionality federal-statute first-amendment free-speech interstate-commerce overbreadth standing Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2101, the Anti-Riot Act, is facially invalid under the First Amendment
20-1215 North American Meat Institute v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-03 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) agricultural-regulation animal-welfare commerce-clause constitutional-limits dormant-commerce-clause extraterritorial-regulation interstate-commerce preemption state-police-power Whether the Constitution permits California to extend its police power beyond its territorial borders by banning the sale of wholesome pork and veal p…
20-7243 David Linehan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law first-amendment free-speech interstate-commerce interstate-communication statutory-interpretation threat-transmission Whether 18 U.S.C. § 875(c) requires the government to allege and the jury to find that the defendant threatened to injure a specific natural person
20-1077 Amazon.com, Inc., et al. v. Bernard Waithaka First Circuit 2021-02-08 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) arbitration-exemption circuit-split civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce national-boundaries state-boundaries statutory-interpretation transportation-workers Whether the Federal Arbitration Act's exemption for classes of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce, 9 U.S.C. 1, prevents the Act's appli…
20-6964 Dallas Ray Morales v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP ammunition-possession commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-regulation interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any ammunition that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past…
20-6791 Alvin Christopher Penn v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied IFP affirmative-defense commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law felon-in-possession interstate-commerce minimal-nexus united-states-v-bailey united-states-v-lopez united-states-v-scarborough Whether United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), compels overruling Scarborough v. United States, 431 U.S. 563 (1977)
20-6640 James David Perryman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce sentencing-enhancement standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
20-6641 Jose Angel Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(a) is unconstitutional by exceeding the scope of the commerce clause and whether the statute requires knowledge of the interst…
20-807 Bradley LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Company Seventh Circuit 2020-12-15 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-split federal-employers-liability-act foreseeability in-use interstate-commerce locomotive-inspection-act negligence-per-se railroad-liability safety-regulation statutory-interpretation Whether a locomotive is in use on a railroad's line and subject to the LIA and its safety regulations
20-6594 Juan Fredy Hernandez-Zozaya v. United States Third Circuit 2020-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-intent criminal-law federal-law human-trafficking interstate-commerce interstate-transportation prostitution prostitution-statute statutory-interpretation transportation-across-state-lines Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2421(a) is violated where prostitutes arranged and paid for their own transportation across state lines
20-6492 Calvin James v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms government-power interstate-commerce sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the government is improperly denying a defendant's right to a pre-attachment hearing under the 5th Amendment
20-6460 Reginald Hollie v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act commerce-clause conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure drug-offense interstate-commerce jury-trial plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement Whether courts of appeals may rely on information not proven to the jury to affirm a conviction on plain-error review
20-712 Leonid Burlaka, et al. v. Contract Transport Services, LLC Seventh Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied Response Waived fair-labor-standards-act federal-jurisdiction federal-law interstate-commerce intrastate-commerce intrastate-transport shipper-intent statutory-exemption transportation-jurisdiction transportation-regulation Are drivers subject to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Transportation, and therefore exempt under 29 U.S.C. §213(b)(1)
20-6344 Phyllis Marie Knight v. John C. Chatelain, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law bill-of-rights civil-rights diversity-jurisdiction diversity-of-citizenship due-process interstate-commerce jury-trial seventh-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction Is the state or federal court the proper forum for this dispute?
20-6359 Andrew Rey Ybaben v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction child-pornography discretionary-conditions due-process federal-criminal-law interstate-commerce sentencing statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecified p…
20-635 Soo Line Railroad Company, dba Canadian Pacific v. Consolidated Rail Corporation, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-11-10 Denied Response Waived exclusive-jurisdiction federal-preemption interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-commission-termination-act jurisdiction preemption rail-corporation state-law termination-act Whether the court of appeals erroneously held that the exemption provision of the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act (49 U.S.C. § 11321(a)…
20-641 LSP Transmission Holdings, LLC v. Katie Sieben, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-11-10 Denied Amici (2) commerce-clause discrimination dormant-commerce-clause electric-utilities electricity-transmission interstate-commerce market-preference state-law state-regulation transmission-lines Whether a state law that grants an express preference to entities with an existing in-state presence to build facilities serving a distinctly intersta…
20-622 Amazon.com, Inc., et al. v. Bernadean Rittmann, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-11-09 Denied Amici (2) arbitration-exemption arbitration-regimes contract-interpretation federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce local-delivery ninth-circuit seamen-railroad-employees transportation-workers Whether the Federal Arbitration Act's exemption for classes of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce prevents the Act's application to loc…
20-572 James R. Young v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-30 Denied Response Waived constitutional-review criminal-law criminal-penalties felon-in-possession felony-possession firearm-statute firearms habeas-corpus interstate-commerce retroactivity Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) requires proof of a defendant's knowledge of their felon status or the firearm's interstate commerce connection
20-6169 Tykei Garner v. United States Third Circuit 2020-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial drug-conviction due-process evidence interstate-commerce interstate-transportation prejudice third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the District Court's Decision
20-6151 Thomas Mario Costanzo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-by-case-inquiry commerce-clause constitutional-limits constitutional-reach facilities-used-for-interstate-transactions interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element lopez-precedent transaction-analysis Whether the court of appeals' opinion conflicts with United States v. Lopez regarding the jurisdictional element of a federal statute
20-468 Xpedite Systems, Inc. v. John J. Ficara, Acting Director, New Jersey Division of Taxation New Jersey 2020-10-09 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived apportionment commerce-clause deference due-process due-process-clause interstate-commerce revenue-reapportionment state-taxation tax-apportionment Whether granting unfettered deference to a State tax commissioner's decision to reapportion the revenues of an interstate business violates the Due Pr…
20-441 Minnesota Sands, LLC v. County of Winona, Minnesota Minnesota 2020-10-06 Denied commerce-clause discrimination interstate-commerce mineral-rights mining permitting-requirements property-interest property-rights state-regulation takings-clause Does a state or local government impermissibly discriminate against interstate commerce when it allows a mineral to be mined for all uses that are com…
20-5914 Clifton Robinson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech interstate-commerce regulatory-authority sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the lower courts erred in determining that the scheme involved in this case did not affect 'interstate commerce' as required by the Hobbs Act
20-361 James Courtney, et al. v. David Danner, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-17 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause fourteenth-amendment interstate-commerce navigable-waters privileges-immunities privileges-or-immunities-clause slaughter-house-cases state-government state-power Is the 'right to use the navigable waters of the United States' limited solely to uses involving interstate or foreign commerce?
20-347 Charles Malcolm Spivey, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-09-15 Denied circuit-split criminal-law criminal-prosecution due-process forum-shopping interstate-commerce registration-requirement sorna venue Whether venue for a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a) for failing to update a registration under SORNA after traveling in interstate commerce can …
20-237 Old Republic Home Protection Company, Inc. v. William B. Sparks, et al. Oklahoma 2020-08-28 Denied appellate-court-decisions federal-arbitration-act insurance-contracts interstate-commerce mccarran-ferguson-act preemption reverse-preemption state-arbitration-statute Whether a state arbitration statute that excludes insurance contracts from its scope can qualify as a 'law enacted by [a] State for the purpose of reg…
20-159 John Devos v. Rhino Contracting, Inc., et al. Minnesota 2020-08-13 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process employment employment-law equal-protection interstate-commerce state-law state-residency workers-compensation Does a State's workers compensation statute violate Equal Protection when it treats Minnesota residents injured on the job in Minnesota differently ba…
20-5197 Lamar Moore, aka Kane v. United States Second Circuit 2020-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender-status criminal-penalties due-process factual-findings ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interstate-commerce plea-waiver second-amendment sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements should-moore's-plea-and-conviction-be-vacated
20-75 Jeffrey G. Heston v. G. B. Capital Holdings, LLC Ninth Circuit 2020-07-27 Denied civil-procedure contract-formation federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce maritime-contract police-authority standing takings vessel-berthing Does such a contract obtained in this manner sustain a determination of a 'free and fair' formation on grounds equitable to both parties under the Fed…
20-47 Lebamoff Enterprises, Inc., et al. v. Gretchen Whitmer, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-07-20 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) commerce-clause direct-to-consumer-shipping interstate-commerce liquor-regulation nondiscrimination-principle state-authority state-liquor-law twenty-first-amendment Whether a state liquor law that allows in-state retailers to ship wine directly to consumers but prohibits out-of-state retailers from doing so, is in…
20-5079 Charles Monroe Finchum v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
20-5080 Christopher George Wiggin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP with no evidence of defendants' conduct causing s criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
20-5008 Emilio Garza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-law due-process federal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
19-1409 Howard B. Bloomgarden v. California California 2020-06-24 Denied Response Waived circuit-split crime-of-violence double-jeopardy extortion federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation travel-act unlawful-activity Whether the court below erred in holding that 'extortion' was both the 'unlawful activity' and 'crime of violence' in Petitioner's conviction under 18…
19-1368 Walmart Stores, Inc., et al. v. Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-06-12 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) commerce-clause constitutional-scrutiny corporate-form discriminatory-effect dormant-commerce-clause exxon-corp-v-governor-of-maryland exxon-v-maryland interstate-commerce state-protectionism Whether a state law that has the predominant effect of protecting in-state retailers from out-of-state competition is immune from constitutional scrut…
19-8662 Jason Paris Scott v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
19-8568 James Stephen Thorpe v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-prosecution due-process hobbs-act home-invasion interstate-commerce private-residence robbery targeting-rule Whether the United States Court of Appeals properly held that there exists an interstate commerce connection for a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 an…
19-1319 David R. Morabito, et ux. v. New York, et al. Second Circuit 2020-05-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process due-process-14th-amendment eleventh-amendment hydraulic-fracturing interstate-commerce rosemary-knick rosemary-knick-v-township-of-scott standing takings takings-clause takings-clause-5th-amendment Whether the New York State Law, adopted on or about April 3, 2020, permanently banning high volume hydraulic fracturing in the State of New York is an…
19-8364 Adam C. Vance v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-device-fraud aggravated-identity-theft criminal-procedure identity-theft internet-transactions interstate-commerce reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence united-states-v-alexander united-states-v-vance Was Vance Entitled To Acquittal for Online Internet-based Aggravated Identity Theft
19-8138 Jeanette Woolsey-Ross v. James Woolsey, et al. Virginia 2020-03-30 Denied IFP child-support civil-rights due-process interstate-commerce social-security standing Whether the Due Process Clause is violated when the federal interstate child support enforcement process under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act d…
19-8075 S. Patrick Mendel v. UBER Technologies, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP antitrust federal-authority-transportation federal-preemption interstate-commerce intrastate-rates intrastate-routes intrastate-services passenger-transportation public-safety regulatory-conflict transportation-network-companies Whether private contracts, with the aid of the States, designed to defeat federal transportation and antitrust laws should be enjoined
19-8002 Humberto Herrera v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-jurisdiction federal-crime federal-offense federalism hobbs-act interstate-commerce retail-robbery stirone-v-united-states taylor-v-united-states Whether the Hobbs Act makes the robbery of any retail store that engages in interstate commerce a federal offense
19-1081 Arlene Rosenblatt v. City of Santa Monica, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied circuit-split constitutional-scrutiny discriminatory-purpose dormant-commerce-clause extraterritorial-reach interstate-commerce legislative-intent nonresident-discrimination presumption-of-no-extraterritorial-intent Whether a local ordinance that discriminates against interstate commerce, and was enacted for a discriminatory purpose, must additionally discriminate…
19-7620 Bradley Campbell v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standard federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce judgment-of-acquittal kidnapping motion-for-acquittal motion-to-dismiss Whether Petitioner's motion for judgment of acquittal on the kidnapping charge should have been granted where there was no evidence that Petitioner us…
19-985 Native Wholesale Supply Company v. California, ex rel. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, et al. California 2020-02-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) contract-law indian-commerce-clause indian-reservation indian-tribe interstate-commerce personal-jurisdiction state-regulation tribal-corporation tribal-sovereignty Whether a contract for the purchase of goods entered into, and fully performed by, an Indian Tribe outside the exterior boundaries of the state in whi…
19-7566 Javed Asefi v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce predicate-acts racketeering rico rico-prosecution substantial-effect Whether federal jurisdiction exists in a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d) where neither the activities of the alleged enterprise nor the individu…
19-7030 Margaret Guevara v. Mark Padin, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-20 Denied IFP child-support civil-rights commerce-clause commerce-clause-violation constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce interstate-dispute judicial-procedure standing Whether the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office is breaching the Commerce Clause by deducting wrongly calculated child support from Guevara's paychecks…
19-762 Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc., et al. v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, et al. Third Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied Response Waived actual-deterrence congressional-authorization congressional-silence constitutional-claim dormant-commerce-clause evansville-vanderburgh-airport interstate-commerce right-to-travel toll-fees user-fees Can courts find that Congress authorized states to impose burdens on interstate commerce that would otherwise violate the dormant Commerce Clause on t…
19-6850 Ledell Tyler v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute due-process force-definition hobbs-act home-invasion interstate-commerce jurisdiction non-violent-conduct statutory-interpretation violent-conduct Whether The Meaning of The Word 'Force' Under The Hobbs Act Provision Encompasses Both Violent and Non-Violent Conduct
19-625 Rita Guerrero, Individually and as the Special Administrator of the Estate of Celso N. Guerrero v. BNSF Railway Company Seventh Circuit 2019-11-15 Denied Response Waived federal-employers-liability-act interstate-commerce interstate-rail-service jury-trial negligence scope-of-employment seventh-amendment summary-judgment Whether the decision by the Seventh Circuit panel conflicts with provisions of the Federal Employers' Liability Act, and the uniform precedents of thi…
19-6630 Dannez W. Hunter v. Keith Rupert Murdoch, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-11-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 1866-civil-rights-act 42-usc-1981 civil-rights commerce commerce-interference copyright-infringement debt-collection interstate-commerce judicial-misconduct rico rico-statute title-42-usc-1981 ucc-lien Whether to establish 1866 Civil Rights Act, Title 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (a) against high-ranking government officials and officers of the court
19-6569 Keyon W. Carraway v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether there is a reasonable probability that the court of appeals would conclude that Rehaif v. United States requires knowledge of a firearm's inte…
19-6517 Lynden Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g 2nd-amendment bond-v-united-states commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-statute firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea nfib-v-sebelius rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
19-6306 Jonathan Mota v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-18 Denied IFP circuit-split commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process hobbs-act interstate-commerce ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation Whether the Hobbs Act requires an actual impact on interstate commerce or merely a potential/probable impact
19-6178 Jose Bryan Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
19-5888 David Tkhilaishvili v. United States First Circuit 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-conflict criminal-procedure due-process extortion hobbs-act interstate-commerce legal-nexus property-rights property-transfer third-party Whether the government may sustain a Hobbs Act extortion charge based on evidence that the defendant 'obtained' property for the benefit of a third pa…
19-5699 Robert Gray v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
19-5654 Shederro Lemarc Brooks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-firearms-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
19-5601 Clinton Devone Hicks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-16 GVR Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process felony felony-status firearms firearms-possession indictment-requirements interstate-commerce knowledge mens-rea prior-conviction statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(a) provides for criminal penalties for felons who possess firearms in interstate commerce absent proof that they knew of their…
19-136 Saban Rent-A-Car LLC, et al. v. Arizona Department of Revenue, et al. Arizona 2019-07-29 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived arizona-supreme-court maricopa-county nonresident-taxation rental-car-industry tax-discrimination car-rental-tax commerce-regulation discriminatory-design discriminatory-purpose dormant-commerce-clause interstate-commerce nonresident-burden nonresident-discrimination state-taxation tax-discrimination tax-incidence Whether a car-rental tax designed to foist a disproportionate share of the tax's burden onto nonresidents is nonetheless immune from dormant Commerce …
19-129 Neil Feinberg, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Tenth Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response Waived civil-rights controlled-substances-act drug-policy drug-trafficking federal-preemption federalism interstate-commerce irs-tax-code marijuana-legalization preemption state-legalization state-rights tax-law Did the Tenth Circuit err in holding that the Controlled Substances Act superseded and preempted Colorado marijuana laws?
19-119 Staples, Inc., et al. v. Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland Maryland 2019-07-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) apportionment commerce-clause constitutional-taxation due-process franchise-fees income-apportionment income-tax interstate-commerce royalty royalty-fees royalty-income state-courts state-taxation When an out-of-State business receives royalty fees, franchise fees, or similar payments from in-State businesses, may a State imposing income taxes c…
19-5114 Jovanny Rodriguez v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP alibi due-process evidence fifth-amendment indictment indictment-variance interstate-commerce jury-finding jury-instructions sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent trial variance Petitioner was convicted and sentenced without having an opportunity to establish an alibi due to a variance between the indictment and evidence at tr…
18-9726 Lorenzo Hale v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-19 GVR IFP 2nd-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea prior-occasion recent-past state-lines statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
18-9589 Nicholas Bradley Gilbert v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-07 GVR IFP appellate-review criminal-penalties criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion felon-possession interstate-commerce sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review substantive-reasonableness Whether substantive reasonableness review requires or permits the courts of appeals to 'substantively second guess' the district court and/or to 'rewe…
18-9575 In Re Phillip Love 2019-06-06 Denied IFP commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-power federalism interstate-commerce jurisdiction necessary-and-proper-clause statutory-interpretation Can the federal government punish felonious crimes under the constitutional Interstate Commerce Clause within the 50 compact states of the Union?
18-1485 Michael Kansler, et ux. v. Mississippi Department of Revenue Mississippi 2019-05-29 Denied Response Waived commerce-clause double-taxation due-process income-tax internal-consistency internal-consistency-test interstate-commerce residency state-tax-law state-taxation statute-of-limitations tax-statute-of-limitations Whether Mississippi's income tax refund statute of limitation is immune from Commerce Clause scrutiny under Complete Auto Transit and the internal con…
18-9444 Gregory Greer v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-28 GVR IFP 922(g) 924(a)(2) commerce-clause congressional-authority criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea scarborough-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez whether-congress-may-criminalize-intrastate-firearm-possession
18-9071 Jason Moody v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-01 GVR Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process felon-in-possession felon-possession firearm-law firearms interstate-commerce knowledge-requirement mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §924(a) provides for criminal penalties to felons who possess firearms in interstate commerce absent proof that they knew of their f…
18-8842 Michael Demon Nixon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law-922g firearm-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea plain-error-review plea-agreement statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence sullivan-v-louisiana Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
18-8366 Anthony Eudean Woollis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-sanctions due-process federal-criminal-law interstate-commerce plain-error-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence sullivan-v-louisiana Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecified …
18-1145 Minerva Dairy, Inc., et al. v. Brad Pfaff, in His Official Capacity as Secretary-designee of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied Amici (3) burdens-on-interstate-commerce circuit-split civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-law discrimination disparate-impact dormant-commerce-clause due-process economic-liberty interstate-commerce local-benefits pike-v-bruce-church rational-basis rational-basis-test state-regulation substantive-due-process Dormant Commerce Clause challenge to Wisconsin butter grading law
18-1126 Mufasa Wilson Sejour v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response Waived commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution hobbs-act interstate-commerce jurisdictional-reach local-business robbery sentencing Robbery-of-local-gas-station-for-$200-prosecuted-under-Hobbs-Act
18-1097 SkyWest, Inc., et al. v. Andrea Hirst, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Amici (2) airlines discrimination dormant-commerce-clause federal-preemption federal-statute interstate-commerce judicial-review preemption state-law statutory-interpretation Is a state law exempt from the Dormant Commerce Clause merely because it does not discriminate against interstate commerce or because Congress has pas…
18-7824 John C. Killingbeck v. United States Second Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights computer-search digital-privacy due-process first-amendment free-speech government-search internet-forums internet-speech interstate-commerce prosecution search-and-seizure standing title-28-usc Whether the government can investigate and search a private citizen's computer and storage devices for allegedly illegal speech content obtained throu…
18-1011 Iveth Rodriguez Lopez v. ReadyOne Industries, Inc. Texas 2019-02-04 Denied Response Waived federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce preemption supremacy-clause which then preempts incompatible state law - civi commerce-clause contract-interpretation employment-law federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce preemption supremacy-clause supreme-clause texas-arbitration-act Whether an arbitration agreement must in fact be part of a contract evidencing a transaction involving commerce" to be within the coverage of Section …
18-7700 Luther Gene Ray v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process federal-statute force-requirement human-trafficking interstate-commerce mens-rea sentencing sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation Whether a conviction resulting in a fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 1591 requires, as the statute says, that force 'was used…
18-7352 Giovanni Ellis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-limits due-process federal-firearms-law federal-regulation firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional …
18-881 American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, et al. v. Jane O’Keeffe, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Amici (5)Response Waived commerce-clause commerce-clause,extraterritorial-regulation,inters constitutional-law due-process extraterritorial-regulation foreign-commerce fuel-regulation interstate-commerce standing state-discrimination Whether the Oregon Fuel Program violates the United States Constitution by restricting transportation fuel imports based on a 'life-cycle analysis' th…
18-866 Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Tennessee Department of Revenue, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 4-r-act discrimination fuel-tax infrastructure-funding interstate-commerce motor-carrier motor-carrier-taxation railroad railroad-taxation statutory-interpretation tax-discrimination transportation-law Whether Tennessee's tax on railroad fuel discriminates against railroads under 49 U.S.C. § 11501(b)(4)
18-7071 Chad Preston Brewer v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause commerce-clause-authority firearm-possession interstate-commerce legislative-history mens-rea police-power statutory-interpretation Whether Congress exceeded its authority under the Commerce Clause in enacting the Unlawful Possession of a Firearm or Ammunition statute
18-7013 In Re E. Edward Zimmermann 2018-12-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause congress constitution constitutional-interpretation federal-authority federal-government interstate-commerce intrastate-commerce legislative-interpretation regulatory-scope state-governments state-powers Does Article One of The Constitution of The United States (The Constitution) say, 'We the people grant to ... The Congress of the United States the co…
18-6808 Harlem Suarez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause commerce-clause-power criminal-procedure eighth-amendment first-time-offender hobbs-act interstate-commerce proportionality taylor-v-united-states united-states-v-lopez weapon-of-mass-destruction weapons-of-mass-destruction Whether the federal offense of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, 18 U.S.C. § 2332a, only requires a de minimis effect on interstate comme…
18-663 Fredric Russell Mance, Jr., et al. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Amici (6)Relisted (8) 2nd-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-firearms-licensees firearm-sales firearms-regulation handgun-sales interstate-commerce second-amendment standing Whether prohibiting interstate handgun sales, facially or as-applied to consumers whose home jurisdictions authorize such transactions, violates the S…
18-6755 Daederick Lacy v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP age-of-consent criminal-sexual-activity interstate-commerce mens-rea minor prostitution statutory-interpretation transportation-of-minors Does the statute require proof that the defendant knew the individual transported had not attained the age of 18 years?
18-612 CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Alabama Department of Revenue, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-09 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) commerce-clause csx-transportation discrimination discriminatory-taxation dormant-commerce-clause equal-protection interstate-commerce motor-carrier motor-carrier-tax preemption railroad-fuel state-taxation supreme-court-precedent tax-discrimination tax-jurisprudence Whether Alabama's imposition of a motor fuels tax on interstate motor carriers justifies its facially discriminatory sales and use tax on railroad die…
18-566 Heriberto Menendez v. Marshall Garber Sixth Circuit 2018-10-31 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3) civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-burden due-process interstate-commerce judicial-jurisdiction limitations long-arm-statute non-resident-tolling statute-of-limitations tolling Whether a state statute that tolls limitations while the defendant is absent from the state imposes constitutionally impermissible burdens on intersta…
18-6468 Bernabe Lugo-Santiago v. United States First Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-indictment criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm firearm-regulation firearms indictment interstate-commerce jury-finding jury-instructions prosecutorial-burden Whether the Government must allege and prove a connection to interstate commerce for a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)
18-499 Mark Griffioen, et al. v. Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railways Company, et al. Iowa 2018-10-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) alternative-remedy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-preemption federal-railroad-safety-act federal-remedy interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-commission-termination-act preemption preemption-under-iccta public-safety rail-transportation savings-clause state-law state-law-claims takings Whether the Iowa Supreme Court erred in holding that state laws of general application addressing primarily public safety issues and with only an inci…
18-509 Charles G. Kinney v. State Bar of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied Response Waived anti-trust civil-rights civil-rights-violations color-of-authority due-process first-amendment free-speech interstate-commerce judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct professional-speech standing state-bar-regulation vexatious-litigant Whether the Ninth Circuit abused its discretion in dismissing multiple appeals by the petitioner and using 'vexatious litigant' and 'puppet' labels to…
18-447 Alabama Department of Revenue, et al. v. CSX Transportation, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) commerce-clause discrimination dormant-commerce-clause equal-protection fuel-exemption interstate-commerce preemption state-taxation statutory-interpretation tax-discrimination tax-exemption transportation-carriers Under 49 U.S.C. § 11501(b)(4), when can a State justifiably maintain a sales-and-use tax exemption for fuel used by vessels to transport goods interst…
18-6222 Donte Timothy Bacon v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenges class-v-united-states commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure de-novo district-of-colombia-v-heller federal-criminalization federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution firearm-regulation guilty-plea interstate-commerce intrastate-firearm-possession intrastate-firearm-sale plain-error second-amendment standard-of-review statutory-interpretation unconditional-guilty-plea united-states-v-lopez Whether as-applied constitutional challenges to statutes of conviction are waived by an unconditional guilty plea, and the standard of review
18-427 Masoud Bamdad v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) agency-policy controlled-substances court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure defective-indictment due-process fed.r.civ.p.-54(b) final-judgment habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings interstate-commerce jurisdiction medical-practice procedural-rules Whether a habeas court must adjudicate all claims of a habeas petitioner before making a final judgment and closing the case, or else the judgment is …
18-6186 Alvin Gaitan Benitez, aka Pesadilla, aka Lil Pesadilla, aka Lil Tuner, aka Tooner, aka Lil Tunnel v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP antagonistic-defense antagonistic-defenses codefendant criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial interstate-commerce jurisdiction jurisdictional-element motion-for-severance severance Whether the circuit court erred in affirming the denial of a motion for severance
18-373 Floyd Rose v. United States Second Circuit 2018-09-21 Denied atm atm-robbery circuit-split commerce-clause commerce-element criminal-law federal-criminal-law fifth-circuit hobbs-act interstate-commerce robbery second-circuit Whether the Second Circuit erred by holding, in direct conflict with the Fifth Circuit, that a robbery in which an individual victim is forced to with…
18-6073 Tramain Deon Price v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause commerce-clause-authority criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce legislative-history mens-rea police-power statutory-interpretation Whether Congress exceeded its authority under the Commerce Clause in enacting the Unlawful Possession of a Firearm statute
18-6006 Gerson Gonzalez Tovar v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions criminal-statute due-process interstate-commerce plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence sullivan-v-louisiana Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child-pornography crossed state-lines at an unspecified-prior-…
18-279 Frank Konarski, dba FGPJ Apartments and Development, et al. v. City of Tucson, Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied civil-rights commerce-clause competitive-restraint due-process fair-housing-act interstate-commerce municipal-action rental-transactions restraint-of-trade standing takings vexatious-litigant Whether housing rental businesses are part of the federally protected domain of interstate commerce
18-5795 Luis Antonio Ibarra v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause double-jeopardy felon-in-possession interstate-commerce legislative-history mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether the Blockburger double jeopardy test is the sole test for double jeopardy analysis
18-5444 Kenyan Deon Buchanan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause commerce-clause-limits commerce-clause-limits,criminal-law,federal-power, constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-power felon-in-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez Whether the federal Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)) exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause
18-128 Mohamed Abouelmagd v. Debra Newell California 2018-07-27 Denied business-transaction business-transactions civil-procedure commerce-clause commerce-clause-violation constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection interstate-commerce midwesco-precedent nonresident-tolling out-of-state-residents personal-jurisdiction procedural-defense statute-of-limitations Is the California tolling statute that suspends statutes of limitations protection for out-of-state residents unconstitutional and violative of Bendix…
18-5363 Reynaldo Rendon, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-clause state-lines Whether the Interstate Commerce Clause authorizes Congress to criminalize the possession of every firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any tim…
18-5304 Raymond Sanchez Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions due-process interstate-commerce plain-error-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence sullivan-v-louisiana Whether 18 U.S.C. §2252A(5)(B) authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspec…
18-96 Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Association v. Russell F. Thomas, Executive Director of the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-07-20 Judgment Issued Amici (23)Response Waived dormant-commerce-clause interstate-commerce liquor-regulation liquor-sales residency-requirement residency-requirements retail-licenses retail-licensing state-licensing twenty-first-amendment wholesale-licenses wholesale-licensing Whether the Twenty-first Amendment empowers States, consistent with the dormant Commerce Clause, to regulate liquor sales by granting retail or wholes…
18-5074 Clifton McLean, aka Little Clif v. United States Third Circuit 2018-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 922(g)(1) 924(c) crimes-of-violence due-process entrapment firearm-possession hobbs-act interstate-commerce Did the trial court unconstitutionally deny Petitioner's request for an entrapment instruction?
18A1006 BNSF Railway Company, et al. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, et al. Montana Presumed Complete civil-procedure discovery-violations federal-preemption interstate-commerce railroad-litigation state-court-sanctions Whether a state court can impose sanctions on a federal railroad for alleged discovery violations in a state court proceeding involving federal preemp…
24A441 Victor Guyton, II v. Golden Donuts, LLC Georgia Presumed Complete federal-preemption financial-responsibility insurance-coverage interstate-commerce motor-carrier tort-claims Whether federal regulations governing motor carrier financial responsibility limits preempt state law tort claims and determine the scope of insurance…