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25-6426 In Re Tamas Hampel 2025-12-23 Pending IFP appellate-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-process petition-for-rehearing third-circuit Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is required to docket a timely filed petition for rehearing and whether its failure t…
25A652 Zbigniew M. Laskowski v. Washington Department of Labor & Industries Washington 2025-12-03 Application certiorari-petition disability-accommodation judicial-process legal-representation pro-se time-extension Whether a pro se litigant with a disability can obtain an extension of time to file a Supreme Court certiorari petition when facing challenges in secu…
25-6128 In Re Joseph Cammarata 2025-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process judicial-process mandamus subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-precedent Whether a United States Court of Appeals violates due process by refusing to rule on an unopposed mandamus petition for over eight months, thereby nul…
25-5494 Donald A. Allen v. New Jersey New Jersey 2025-08-28 Denied IFP deportation due-process fourteenth-amendment fugitive-warrant judicial-process sentencing-delay Whether the State of New Jersey violated Petitioner's Due Process rights by sentencing him more than six years after his scheduled sentencing date due…
25-5192 John Patrick Fletcher v. Bryan Coleman, Warden Colorado 2025-07-24 Denied IFP illegal-seizure judicial-process kidnapping-statute law-enforcement subject-matter-jurisdiction warrant-clause Whether law enforcement can use judicial acts to further an illegal seizure and whether courts possess subject matter jurisdiction over such acts
24-7165 John Laurence Berman v. Richard Jordan, Senior Judge, Circuit Court of Maryland, Montgomery County, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-05-09 Denied IFP briefing-procedure court-rules fourth-circuit judicial-process legal-fraud procedural-integrity Is the Fourth Circuit's published 'informal briefing' sheet a fraud that should be disregarded
24-6900 Robert E. Hammersley v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2025-03-31 Denied IFP appellate-procedure court-of-appeals judicial-process legal-documentation procedural-requirement record-submission Is a party in the Court of Appeals required to independently submit documents relevant to that appeal as part of the record when said documents are al…
24-6590 John Dwayne Garvin v. Levern Cohen, Warden Fourth Circuit 2025-02-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights declaratory-judgment grand-jury habeas-corpus judicial-process void-indictment Whether a South Carolina Supreme Court's Order Declining to Entertain a Complaint for a Declaratory Judgment to Determine the Legality and Constitutio…
24A779 William Valentin v. United States Third Circuit 2025-02-11 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment judicial-process Whether the First and Fifth Amendments protect criminal defendants from alleged constitutional violations in federal judicial proceedings that may inf…
24-5512 Daniel Allen Le Clerc, Sr. v. John I. Guy, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-decision judicial-process legal-review scotus-petition Question not identified.
24-5465 William Orren Dawes v. California California 2024-09-05 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process evidence judicial-process legal-procedure Question not identified.
24-5068 Frankie Wayne Pope v. Kevin Sprayberry, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fraud habeas-corpus judicial-process post-conviction-relief state-court transcripts trial-fraud Question not identified.
23-7790 Marco Cadejuste v. Florida Florida 2024-06-28 Denied IFP case-review certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure discovery-violations due-process free-speech judicial-process legal-petition standing supreme-court Question not identified
23-7718 In Re Christopher L. Takhvar 2024-06-13 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-process legal-review petition-for-writ procedural-challenge standing right-to-appeal
23-7601 Khari Devon Coley v. Correctional Officer Wayne L. Garland, et al. Second Circuit 2024-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-remedies civil-rights custody-challenge due-process exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus judicial-process prison-litigation-reform-act prison-transfer prisoner-rights procedural-review standing Whether the petitioner's prison grievance procedures were rendered unavailable to the prisoner upon his transfer to the custody of the New York Office…
23-7316 David James Lack v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California Ninth Circuit 2024-04-26 Denied IFP case-document civil-rights court-filing due-process judicial-process juror-misconduct jury-selection legal-document new-trial petition prosecutorial-misconduct related-cases Whether a juror who concealed material information during voir dire should be disqualified from serving on a jury, and whether a juror's improper cond…
23-949 In Re David Erlanson, Sr. 2024-02-29 Denied Response Waived 9th-circuit administrative-law civil-procedure civil-proceeding civil-rights criminal-penalty criminal-procedure due-process judicial-duty judicial-process mandamus separation-of-powers Can the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals indefinitely prolong or avoid its judicial duty when a judicial process in the lower district court resulted obvi…
23-6465 Lewis Slaughter v. New York New York 2024-01-12 Denied IFP appellate-review certiorari civil-procedure due-process judicial-process legal-petition notice opportunity-to-be-heard property-seizure supreme-court takings Whether the petitioners' due process rights were violated by the government's failure to provide adequate notice and opportunity to be heard before se…
23-6482 Christopher J. Barnett v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-01-12 Denied IFP appellate-review brady-rule constitutional-provisions conviction-integrity criminal-procedure due-process judicial-process legal-jurisdiction petition-review prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court-procedure writ-of-certiorari Whether the trial court and the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals erred in continuing to hold that the defendant's conviction stands despite a violat…
23-6303 In Re Walter Drummond 2023-12-19 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP case-consolidation civil-rights collateral-review due-process florida-supreme-court judicial-process legal-nomenclature miranda-rights procedural-posture retroactivity review-denial state-vs-federal Whether the state's admission of inadequate Miranda warnings under Roberts v. State constitutes a retroactive application of the law
23A404 Lisa Price v. Montgomery County, Kentucky, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-11-03 Presumed Complete circuit-split court-order exculpatory-evidence judicial-process prosecutorial-immunity section-1983 Whether absolute prosecutorial immunity under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 extends to a prosecutor's knowing destruction of exculpatory evidence and defiance of a…
23-408 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP v. Suzanne Ivie Ninth Circuit 2023-10-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) affirmative-defense burden-of-proof civil-procedure claim evidentiary-standard final-pretrial-order judicial-process litigation-procedure pretrial-order rule-16 Whether a party may generally contest the opposing party's burden of proof on a claim or affirmative defense in a final pretrial order under Rule 16, …
23-5707 Edward James Steiner v. Washington Washington 2023-10-03 Denied IFP case-review criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence-tampering insufficient-evidence judicial-process jury-instructions legal-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-fair-trial Was there prosecuter misconduct?
23-5574 Ramone L. Wright v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-process notice-requirement self-representation sixth-amendment trial-preparation Whether the trial court's denial of the defendant's right to self-representation and effective assistance of counsel constitutes a violation of the Si…
23-5516 Angela Jane Johnson, et al. v. Victoria Fire and Casualty Company Sixth Circuit 2023-09-05 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process judicial-process legal-review petition public-trial right-to-counsel sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial applies to a criminal defendant's sentencing hearing
23-5405 David Petersen v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights court-errors due-process fourteenth-amendment integrity-of-judicial-process judicial-discretion judicial-process material-errors securities-fraud Is it a violation of due process when any court makes no effort to address or remedy material abuses of discretion and material errors on the record?
23-5384 Wayne Lee Johnson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review attorney-withdrawal civil-procedure court-discretion due-process judicial-process legal-petition merits-review procedural-issue supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court should have allowed counsel to withdraw from petitioner's appeal, knowing the petitioner had issues of merit for an appeal on …
23-5197 Marshall Ray Partain v. Jason Hallmark, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-07-26 Denied IFP appeal-dismissal civil-procedure court-of-appeals deadlines due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure filing-deadline judicial-process legal-timeliness mental-illness procedural-grounds standing Should a federal district court allow an appeal to proceed if the opposing party fails to object to an untimely filed appeal?
22-1179 Sabena Puri v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-06-06 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-process foreign-government-inquiry good-faith irs-summons judicial-process judicial-review powell-framework tax-treaty treaty-request united-states-v-powell united-states-v-stuart Is a foreign government's abusive or bad faith purpose ever relevant to the enforcement of an IRS summons issued pursuant to a treaty request?
22-7556 R. J. Kulick v. Patrick Soon-Shiong, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied IFP 9th-circuit civil-procedure constitution constitutional-rights discretionary-exception due-process greater-good judicial-procedure judicial-process rule-of-law Whether the 9th Circuit denied due process in dismissing the petitioner's appeal
22-7413 Nathan G. Flemming v. Tennessee Tennessee 2023-04-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure defendant-rights delay due-process judicial-process presence-of-defendant pronouncement-of-sentence sentencing sentencing-delay Does a thirteen month delay between sentencing hearing and the pronouncement of sentence violate due process?
22-7355 Demarr M. Meyers v. Illinois Illinois 2023-04-25 Denied IFP amendment-violation appeals civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights court-review due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure judicial-process legal-procedure Was the Vu bing lay He Cline O+ PAppeels Hel cleported frm the accepled And Usvel COUvise of jucltetel procecelt ngs Violale the peh Honers fRtth and …
22-7353 Martin Robinson v. Ohio Ohio 2023-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP accountability civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-acts due-process judicial-process official-misconduct standing wrongful-imprisonment The right to an effective judicial process
22-983 Remingtyn A. Williams, et al. v. Lamar A. Davis, Superintendent, Louisiana State Police Fifth Circuit 2023-04-10 Denied Response Waived collateral-order eleventh-amendment interlocutory-appeal interlocutory-review judicial-process pendent-appellate-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity standing May a court of appeals exercise pendent appellate jurisdiction to consider an issue, such as standing, that 'significantly overlaps' with an immediate…
22-6877 Ramone Wright v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure clerk-authority criminal-procedure due-process grand-jury indictment-correction judicial-integrity judicial-process judicial-records prosecutorial-error public-confidence record-amendment Does the clerk of court have the authority to correct the record that was filed under oath and returned by the jurors concerning the indictment?
22-6729 Darlene Bennett v. Gina M. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce Fourth Circuit 2023-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence judicial-process standing Whether the lower courts erred in dismissing the case without allowing the plaintiff to present evidence, in violation of the plaintiff's constitution…
22-6078 James Wesley Scott v. Jacqueline Banks Fifth Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-process mississippi post-conviction-relief speedy-trial supreme-court-review Should the Barker v. Wingo four-factor test for determining speedy trial violations be overruled and replaced with a more precise method?
22-5541 Edwin Pawlowski v. United States Third Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review compulsory-process due-process harmless-error judicial-process re-cross-examination sixth-amendment structural-error trial-court-error Did the Trial Court error by improperly restricting the Defendant's right to re-cross examination in light of new matter and evidence presented by the…
21-1472 Claudia J. Rohr v. Hawaii Crime Victims Compensation Commission Ninth Circuit 2022-05-23 Denied ada-amendments-act administrative-law americans-with-disabilities-act board-action disability-discrimination false-evidence judicial-procedure judicial-process statute-of-limitations summary-judgment Whether the statute of limitations accrued upon service of Commission Decision and Orders or upon first communication of the concurring vote of all th…
21-7760 William James Siskos v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts fraud fraud-prevention judicial-process misconduct misrepresentation pro-se-litigants Did the Supreme Court err in holding that the federal courts have the right and the duty to protect themselves from fraud, misrepresentation and misco…
21-7716 Paul Douglas Jackson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-04-27 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment actual-innocence constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-process post-conviction-relief state-court-review Whether Welhee Jackson is entitled to relief on an evidentiary hearing where the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United S…
21-6619 Jeremiah Y. Nation v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Eighth Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction certificate-of-appealability constitutional-violation evidentiary-hearing fourth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-process legal-review procedural-grounds procedural-review state-court state-court-petition Should a Certificate of Appealability be issued on a Fourth Amendment claim in a Habeas Corpus petition where there was a dispute in the U.S. District…
21-6521 Jamar Allen v. Mississippi Mississippi 2021-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof constitutional-provisions court-filing due-process hallucinogenic-drug judicial-process legal-document procedural-rules reasons-for-granting-writ scotus-petition victim-testimony Whether the Due Process Clause requires the burden of proof to be met if the only evidence justifying the petitioner as the shooter is the victim's te…
21-6497 Hye-Young Park v. Colin S. Bruce Seventh Circuit 2021-12-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP alternative-remedies due-process false-statements federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-act judicial-immunity judicial-process Whether a judge knowingly replacing facts with false statements is a judicial act
21-6444 In Re James Joseph Knochel 2021-11-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus inaccessibility judicial-process medical-rights mental-incompetence next-friend next-friend-standing standing May a next friend be declared vexatious without considering evidence of fraud on the court?
21-5698 Jasper Crook v. Ricardo Aguilar, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-09-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts access-to-justice case-closure civil-rights court-fees due-process free-speech judicial-procedure judicial-process legal-rights ninth-circuit Does the petitioner have a right to 'free justice and open courts' without paying a fee to have their case heard in the Ninth Circuit?
21-363 Wendy Marie Meigs v. Trey Bergman, et al. Texas 2021-09-08 Denied abuse alternative-dispute-resolution court-ordered-mediation courtroom-guidelines family-court judicial-process manipulation mediation mediation-liability pro-se-representation victim-protection vulnerable-victim Should mediation participants and mediator be liable for abuse and manipulation of a vulnerable victim?
21-5076 Charlene Terry-Ann Walker Rosa v. Florida Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-process Whether the prior criminal proceeding violated the accused's due process rights
20-1741 Vincent Tang v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. California 2021-06-15 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process equal-protection forgery judicial-process property-rights property-title robo-signing Are forgery and robo-signing one and the same?
20-6422 Nazariy Kmet v. United States Third Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process federal-regulations hinton-v-alabama ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-process plea-bargaining strickland-v-washington supervisory-powers u.s-v-lee Whether the 3rd Circuit's denial of the Petitioner's 2255 Motion directly violates this Court's decisions in the U.S. v. Lee, Hinton v. Alabama and St…
20-655 Xiu Jian Sun v. R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant United States Attorney, et al. District of Columbia 2020-11-12 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions divine-intervention due-process free-speech judicial-process legal-standing religious-doctrine religious-freedom standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified
20-6056 Matthew Jones v. Jose Capiro Delaware 2020-10-16 Dismissed IFP 8th-amendment abuse-of-process civil-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-psychiatrist due-process judicial-process legal-frivolity malicious-prosecution medical-misdiagnosis section-1983-claim standing Did the lower Courts correctly use the 10-delaware-code-subsection-8803
20-488 Sangeeta Bhargava v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. California 2020-10-15 Denied civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure forgery fraud judicial-process robo-signing standing Are forgery and robo-signing one and the same?
20-5726 In Re Charlette Dufray Johnson 2020-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-process mandamus standing Whether the only legal remedy to resolve the biggest miscarriage of justice in the 21st century is the issuance of a writ of mandamus
19-8893 Darryl Henry v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-rights appeal-waiver circuit-split collateral-relief criminal-sentencing involuntary-waiver judicial-integrity judicial-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing-rights statutory-entitlement Are broad waivers of appellate rights lawful and, if so, what are the limits on their validity and enforcement?
19-8879 Gurminder Sekhon v. California California 2020-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines judicial-process standing trial-transcript Did the courts violate the petitioner's due process rights by rejecting a defense under the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines?
19-8572 Roland Chambers, aka Troy Chambers v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-rights appellate-waiver collateral-relief criminal-sentencing judicial-integrity judicial-process plea-agreement plea-agreements sentencing-rights statutory-entitlement Are broad waivers of appellate rights lawful and, if so, what are the limits on their validity and enforcement?
19-8498 Winnie Diggs v. Neil Gallucci, Chief of Police, City of Carlsbad, California Ninth Circuit 2020-05-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP affirmative-action antidiscrimination civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-process law-enforcement racial-discrimination supreme-court-jurisprudence Whether the disjuncture between the statutory and constitutional prohibition of racial discrimination and the continuing subordination of racial minor…
19-7852 Edwin F. Parson v. United States Air Force, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure-abuse-of-discretion-standing-fede civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-statutes judicial-process legal-review remedy scotus-petition standing supreme-court Whether there is an absence of a remedy when a federal magistrate judge acknowledges there is a civil right that has been violated
19-7740 Yolanda Bell v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review case-dismissal civil-rights collateral-order disability disability-accommodation disability-rights due-process interlocutory-appeal judicial-discretion judicial-process motion-denial reasonable-accommodation Did the Court of Appeals commit legal error and abuse their discretion when denying Petitioner's appeal of the district courts denial of her motions r…
19-7556 Erika Jacobs v. Maricopa Integrated Health Care System Arizona 2020-02-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure arizona-judiciary citizens-rights civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights due-process judicial-power judicial-process judicial-review judicial-system regulatory-standards standing state-government state-government-bias Whether the Arizona judicial system is biased against the state government
19-6615 Jayvonne Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-rights appellate-rights appellate-waiver collateral-relief criminal-sentencing due-process involuntary-waiver judicial-integrity judicial-process plea-agreement plea-agreements statutory-entitlement statutory-rights Are broad waivers of appellate rights lawful and, if so, what are the limits on their validity and enforcement?
19-5902 Sharvelt Mister v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Arkansas 2019-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression judicial-hearing judicial-process jurisdiction procedural-fairness standing supremacy-clause Whether the actions taken by law enforcement, including arrest and detention without a judicial determination of probable cause, violate the petitione…
18-9672 Jill Andras LeBlanc v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-rights appellate-waiver circuit-split criminal-sentencing due-process involuntary-waiver judicial-integrity judicial-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing-procedure statutory-rights Are broad waivers of appellate rights lawful and, if so, what are the limits on their validity and enforcement?
18-9489 Aaron J. Bressi v. John Gembic, et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP amendment appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-process legal-claims procedural-rules remand standing supervisory-power writ-of-certiorari Why the Honorable United States District Court ordered the case closed without granting a 30-day order to amend the complaint
18-9295 Juan Aurelio Sanchez v. Arizona Arizona 2019-05-15 Denied IFP arizona-rules-evidence civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fraud-upon-court judicial-misconduct judicial-process prior-judgment-preclusion standing takings Can Arizona courts refuse to afford relief for fraud upon the court that is deeply embedded in the justice system?
18-9215 Dale Giles v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process eighth-circuit fair-notice in-forma-pauperis judicial-process opportunity-to-be-heard procedural-fairness supreme-court-precedent Did the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals violate petitioner's due process rights to fair notice and an opportunity to be heard?
18-8836 Frizzell Carrell Woodson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP sovereign-immunity-waiver 28-usc-2106 appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process federal-tort-claims-act judicial-process judicial-recusal judicial-review recusal sovereign-immunity standing Whether the Supreme Court may consider the risk of manifest injustice and potential effect on public confidence in the judicial process when an impair…
18-8829 Leonid Djuga, aka Leonid Dzhuga v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-rights appellate-waiver circuit-split criminal-sentencing due-process involuntary-waiver judicial-integrity judicial-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining statutory-rights Are broad waivers of appellate rights lawful and, if so, what are the limits on their validity and enforcement?
18-8342 Edward Spears v. R&R Cleaning Services, et al. South Carolina 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause equal-protection-of-the-law judicial-process legal-review petition standing supreme-court Did the Supreme Court deprive me of my constitutional rights of equal protection of the law?
18-8279 George Wayne Brooks v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-03-05 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP brady-law constitutional-standards criminal-procedure due-process evidence-determination federal-law fraud-on-the-court judicial-process newly-presented-evidence Whether the United States has a substantial interest in preventing the risk of injustice to defendant and an interest in the public's confidence in th…
18-8102 Vivian Monroe Holman v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-process post-conviction-relief Whether the procedural protections required to challenge a conviction under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 were violated, including the right to an impartial trial …
18-7575 Alexis Valdes Gonzalez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9)IFP criminal-case criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit judicial-process mandatory-form panel-decision preclusive-effect prior-panel-precedent strict-deadline writ-of-certiorari Whether the Due Process Clause permits the Eleventh Circuit to afford preclusive effect in a criminal case to a prior panel decision
18-7091 Steven Anthony Butler v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-12-18 Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing competence competency-evaluation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation judicial-process judicial-review mental-competence mental-health mitigating-evidence procedural-fairness When must the Court exercise its supervisory power to assure the fairness of the judicial process?
18-559 Meteku Negatu v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. District of Columbia 2018-10-30 Denied african-american-defendants civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure judicial-process mortgage mortgage-foreclosure standing summary-judgment Whether the decision of the D.C. Court of Appeals should be reversed and the case remanded because the due process and equal protection rights of Peti…
18-6401 James Gabriel Smith v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review competency criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure informed-consent judicial-process plea-bargaining plea-colloquy rule-11-procedure Whether the district court followed the procedure mandated by FED. R. CRIM. P. 11 in accepting a guilty plea
18-6099 In Re Terry Margheim 2018-09-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 due-process judicial-administration judicial-integrity judicial-process stare-decisis supervisory-authority When the courts below violate due process by denying a meaningful opportunity to be heard in a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 proceeding, will the United States Sup…
18-214 Tawoos Bazargani v. Latch's Lane Owners Association, et al. Pennsylvania 2018-08-17 Denied appeal civil-procedure civil-rights constitutionality court-dismissal due-process judicial-process judicial-review legal-entitlement legal-threat medical-leave obstruction-of-justice respondent-intimidation retaliation standing threat threat-of-harm trial-entitlement Whether petitioner is entitled to a trial on the identified claim due to threats from respondent, lower court's dismissal of the claim while petitione…
23A1169 Torrey Lynne Henderson, Amara Jana Ridge, and Justin Royce Thompson v. Texas Texas Presumed Complete appellate-review constitutional-rights court-of-appeals judicial-process procedural-rules texas-law Whether the Texas Court of Appeals improperly applied procedural rules that effectively denied petitioners their constitutional right to meaningful ap…