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25-6617 Naquea Elaine Johnson v. New Jersey, et al. Fourth Circuit 2026-01-20 Pending IFP due-process fundamental-rights in-forma-pauperis jurisdictional-challenge section-1983 state-actors I. Whether federal courts violate due process and equal protection by denying in forma pauperis status based on gross income that includes mandatory p…
25-6527 Brian William Schumaker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-09 Pending Response WaivedIFP circuit-precedent jurisdictional-challenge motion-denial plenary-review record-expansion section-2255 I. WHETHER the lower courts erred in denying petitioner's motions to expanding the record in the district court and supplementing the record in the co…
25A732 Anastasios M. Smalis v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Third Circuit 2025-12-22 Application asset-seizure collection-action due-process iRS-notice jurisdictional-challenge tax-court-jurisdiction Whether the Tax Court's jurisdictional requirements for challenging IRS notices and collection actions violate a taxpayer's due process rights when th…
25A724 Wade Reeves v. Alisha Gregorio Oklahoma 2025-12-22 Application appellate-review constitutional-authority contempt-proceeding due-process jurisdictional-challenge void-judgment Whether a state court violates due process and appellate review rights by dismissing an appeal without obtaining the full record and by proceeding wit…
25-725 Edward Weinhaus v. Regina A. Scannicchio, Judge, Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-12-19 Pending Response Waived district-court-jurisdiction federal-lawsuit jurisdictional-challenge merits-dismissal rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-decision 1. Whether the District Court is precluded from exercising jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine when Petitioner's injury occurred prior to t…
25-5980 Kenny Taylor v. Brook Valley Management, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2025-10-28 Denied IFP background-context federal-removal independent-claims jurisdictional-challenge state-law-cause-of-action statutory-references Whether a state-law cause of action — such as a meal-period violation under Texas law — may be dismissed or removed to federal court solely because t…
25-5699 In Re Mark Woods 2025-09-22 Denied IFP constitutional-law federal-appeals habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge statutory-interpretation suspension-clause Did the District Court and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals violate the suspension clause of the United States Constitution when precluding petition…
25-5609 Jackie Kavaskia McMillan v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-11 Pending IFP appeal-waiver district-court illegal-sentence jurisdictional-challenge plea-agreement sentencing Does the appeal waiver in a plea agreement foreclose an appeal raising a claim that a sentence is illegal on its face and thus beyond the district cou…
25A226 Eric C. Burgie v. Arkansas Arkansas 2025-08-26 Presumed Complete capital-murder claim-preclusion criminal-procedure jurisdictional-challenge res-judicata underlying-felony Whether claim preclusion (res judicata) bars a criminal defendant from repeatedly challenging the jurisdictional basis of a capital murder conviction …
25-5461 Gary Eugene Maddox, II v. United States Federal Circuit 2025-08-25 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP clerk-obstruction document-misappropriation fraud-upon-court jurisdictional-challenge right-to-petition supreme-court-docket Did National Supreme Court clerk Danny Bickel violate Maddox's right to petition the Government by committing clerk obstruction and fraud upon the cou…
25-5457 Brian Kerry O'Keefe v. Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada, Clark County, et al. Nevada 2025-08-25 Dismissed IFP appellate-review collateral-review federal-procedure habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a conflict exists between 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) and procedural jurisdictional standards for tolerable collateral jeopardy subject-matter juri…
25-5321 Jeffrey Ricardo Wimberly v. Michigan Michigan 2025-08-11 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-violation equitable-tolling jurisdictional-challenge michigan-supreme-court subject-matter-jurisdiction Does a lower court lose subject-matter jurisdiction when an equitably tolled appeal is pending in a higher court, and did the Michigan Supreme Court's…
25-5294 Maria Navarro Martin v. Florida Eleventh Circuit 2025-08-06 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court due-process jurisdictional-challenge notice-of-judgment procedural-error Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals denied procedural due process by considering issues beyond the scope of appeal and failing to provide pr…
25-5289 Michael Oliver v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP federal-court interstate-comity jurisdictional-challenge legal-recognition nation-state sovereign-immunity Whether the Black Hebrew Nation State can be recognized as a sovereign entity for jurisdictional purposes in federal court
25-5185 George W. Smith, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2025-07-24 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process jurisdictional-challenge subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a trial court's failure to address subject matter jurisdiction or exercise of discretion to ignore jurisdictional challenges violates due proc…
24-7418 In Re Zannie J. Lotharp 2025-06-13 Denied IFP commitment-review criminal-procedure federal-court habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge writ-of-certiorari Can the Supreme Court grant a writ of habeas corpus of commitment, and does it extend to a prisoner committed by a court without competent jurisdictio…
24-1264 David M. Kirk v. Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc. Second Circuit 2025-06-12 Denied Response Waived appellate-review due-process financial-fraud jurisdictional-challenge punitive-damages venue-transfer Whether the Supreme Court should review a case involving alleged financial fraud with potential punitive damages exceeding $187.2 million and involvin…
24-1163 LaWanda Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-05-14 Denied Response Waived article-iii-standing cares-act confidentiality-statute federal-law-interpretation judicial-procedure jurisdictional-challenge Whether procedures under the CARES Act section 3221 are technically jurisdictional and whether Article III standing can be challenged at any stage of …
24-7099 In Re Jane Doe 2025-04-30 Denied IFP court-discretion evidentiary-issue fraud-allegation jurisdictional-challenge motion-to-quash summons-defect Whether the Superior Court abused its discretion by failing to rule on a crucial evidentiary issue regarding plaintiffs' fraud that rendered the summo…
24-6954 John Stephen Routt v. Michael Miller, Warden Tenth Circuit 2025-04-10 Denied IFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge pro-se-petition Did the Court of appeals err in denying a certificate of appealability by merging Title 28 U.S.C. §§ 2254 (d)(1) and (2) with 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (c) and…
24-6921 Benjamin Kohn v. State Bar of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-04-03 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP dismissal-with-prejudice federal-procedure jurisdictional-challenge rule-12b1 sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether sovereign immunity implicates subject-matter jurisdiction such that it may be resolved through factual challenges under Federal Rule of Civil …
24-6908 Harry Lee Goldsboro, II v. Florida Florida 2025-04-01 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process jurisdictional-challenge speedy-trial trial-rights warrant-service Does a non-capias warrant issued by a court lacking jurisdiction toll the 175-day speedy trial period when the defendant is located in another jurisdi…
24-6857 Maria Herta v. Superior Court of California, San Diego County, et al. California 2025-03-26 Denied IFP constitutional-rights custody-proceedings due-process first-amendment judicial-immunity jurisdictional-challenge Whether the Superior Court of San Diego County violated Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment right to due process by issuing and enforcing a custody orde…
24-6677 Ashley Parnell v. Tamika White Tenth Circuit 2025-02-28 Denied IFP antiterrorism-act habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge statute-of-limitations ultra-vires void-ab-initio Whether a jurisdictional challenge to an Oklahoma state criminal conviction can be raised at any time in a proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 notwithst…
24-888 Richard R., et al. v. Daniel Washburn, et al. Arizona 2025-02-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) child-custody due-process fraud-allegation judicial-review jurisdictional-challenge void-judgment Did the courts err in failing to review and address lower court findings that judgments were 'devoid of competent evidence'?
24A780 Thomas M. Adams v. United States Armed Forces 2025-02-11 Presumed Complete appellate-review court-martial jurisdictional-challenge military-justice service-member-rights supreme-court-procedure Whether a military service member's right to appeal a court-martial conviction is adequately protected when counsel with limited experience and resour…
24-6531 Mary Ruffin v. Mark Henry Texas 2025-02-10 Dismissed IFP court-fees fourteenth-amendment judicial-authority jurisdictional-challenge mandamus-writ procedural-due-process Whether multiple procedural due process violations occurred in a case involving jurisdictional challenges, court fees, and judicial authority under th…
24A733 Joshua Gunnar Olson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-01-27 Presumed Complete court-authority federal-appeals-court jurisdictional-challenge magistrate-judge procedural-forfeiture writ-of-certiorari Whether a federal court of appeals improperly determined that a petitioner forfeited his challenge to a magistrate judge's authority by failing to rai…
24-6219 Carla Cowan v. James Furlow Delaware 2024-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP chancery-court color-of-law constitutional-rights due-process estate-administration jurisdictional-challenge Did the lower courts violate the Estate of Alvin David Smith's constitutional rights under the Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments and 42 U.S.C. …
24A615 Keeba Scott Harris v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2024-12-20 Presumed Complete criminal-prosecution habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge native-american sepric-reservation tribal-jurisdiction Whether the tribal jurisdiction of the SEPRIC Reservation precludes criminal prosecution by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for offenses committed on…
24A560 Stephanie Mykonos v. Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider, LLP, et al. District of Columbia 2024-12-09 Presumed Complete case-management circuit-court-review jurisdictional-challenge pro-se procedural-rules time-extension Whether a pro se litigant's procedural challenges to district court and circuit court rules regarding case management and time extensions constitute a…
24-5991 Morgan Allen Armstrong v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-jurisdiction federal-court judicial-review jurisdictional-challenge legal-procedure Question not identified.
24-5927 William Dale Watson v. William Streeter, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure evidence-admissibility judicial-error jurisdictional-challenge prosecutorial-misconduct trial-fairness Did the Alabama Criminal Court of Appeals err in affirming Watson's conviction despite alleged jurisdictional defects, inadmissible evidence, and pros…
24-5912 David C. Lettieri v. Paul E. Bonanno, et al. Second Circuit 2024-11-05 Denied IFP absolute-immunity case-assignment due-process judicial-function jurisdictional-challenge prosecutorial-misconduct Whether absolute immunity shields prosecutors and judges from liability for fabricating evidence and potential jurisdictional overreach
24-5817 Lassissi Afolabi v. Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix Third Circuit 2024-10-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-court-review federal-prisoner habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge statutory-interpretation successive-petition Whether § 2244(b)(1) and (b)(2)'s bar, which explicitly references only § 2254, also applies to a claim by a federal prisoner who brings a successive …
24-5769 Tanya Tyson v. Quiktrip Corporation Oklahoma 2024-10-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review default-judgment jurisdictional-challenge petition-of-error service-of-process supreme-court-procedure Did the Supreme Court err in dismissing the Motion to Dismiss the Default Order when it had already been certified and docketed, and in mooting compan…
24-416 Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Jennifer Zuch Third Circuit 2024-10-15 Judgment Issued Amici (4) administrative-review internal-revenue-service jurisdictional-challenge pre-deprivation-proceeding tax-court tax-levy Whether a pre-levy proceeding under 26 U.S.C. 6330 becomes moot when there is no longer a live dispute over the proposed levy
24-5698 Tony Moore, Jr. v. South Carolina South Carolina 2024-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment grand-jury jurisdictional-challenge wrongful-imprisonment Whether the state court violated the petitioner's due process rights by refusing to hear jurisdictional challenges and improperly constituting the gra…
24-5643 In Re Deandre Arnold 2024-09-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP bias-and-prejudice court-clerk-duties in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion jurisdictional-challenge procedural-due-process Whether the Circuit Court Judge and Clerk exceeded their jurisdiction by denying an IFP motion and dismissing an appeal without proper notice
24-5632 Laura Marie Baldwin v. Joshua Devine, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-09-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administrative-process due-process judicial-authority jurisdictional-challenge land-classification state-citizenship Whether a state citizen can challenge the jurisdictional authority of state courts and prosecutors in classifying land and filing criminal complaints …
24-313 Christine A. Arakelian v. City of Falls Church, Virginia, et al. Virginia 2024-09-19 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment comity-doctrine due-process jurisdictional-challenge section-1983 tax-injunction-act Whether the Supreme Court of Virginia erred in dismissing Petitioner's appeal for procedural reasons despite alleged constitutional due process violat…
24-5421 In Re Tiran R. Casteel 2024-08-29 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP congressional-quorum constitutional-validity federal-criminal-law jurisdictional-challenge legislative-procedure statutory-enactment Whether Public Law 80-772 and Title 18 USC were constitutionally enacted without a proper congressional quorum, rendering federal criminal statutes nu…
24-209 In Re Palani Karupaiyan 2024-08-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure governmental-immunity jurisdictional-challenge mandamus writ-of-prohibition Whether a writ of mandamus or prohibition can be sought under multiple test conditions involving governmental entities
24A177 Kishna S. Minor v. Anne M. Heishman, Commissioner of Accounts Virginia 2024-08-16 Presumed Complete certiorari due-process final-judgment jurisdictional-challenge supreme-court-review virginia-court-of-appeals Whether a state appellate court's procedural ruling can constitute a final judgment for purposes of Supreme Court review when the underlying case invo…
24-98 Norman Abood, et al. v. James P. Carroll, Chapter 7 Trustee Third Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied article-iii-courts article-three bankruptcy bankruptcy-court congress-power constitutional-authority judicial-council jurisdictional-challenge statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Whether the Virgin Islands Bankruptcy Court is lawfully constituted under Article III, § 1 of the United States Constitution
23-7548 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2024-05-23 Dismissed IFP child-custody child-welfare civil-rights due-process family-law hearsay hearsay-evidence judicial-misconduct jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge parental-rights state-statute Can a trial court open and remove children in a 'protective custody' case based solely on hearsay accusations prohibited by state statute and in absen…
23-7432 Torrieo Monte Johnson, aka Torrieo Corker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights corporate-fraud criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge land-use multi-defendant-case ninth-circuit-interpretation state-jurisdiction What are the acceptance and recordation dates for which the Federal Government accepted concurrent legislative jurisdiction from the State of Georgia …
23-7426 Saye Henry Gofan, Jr. v. Cameron C. Gustafson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-issue court-of-appeals district-court due-process free-speech habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge legal-procedure standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's constitutional challenges to the government's actions
23-7183 In Re Joshua George Nowland 2024-04-10 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-procedure jurisdictional-challenge legal-standing procedural-mechanism separation-of-powers treason Whether the US Supreme Court has jurisdiction over crimes committed on its property in Washington D.C.?
23-1070 In Re Palani Karupaiyan 2024-04-01 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process government-liability jurisdictional-challenge mandamus multi-party-litigation official-capacity standing writ-of-prohibition Whether the petitioners' requested writs of mandamus, prohibition, or alternative relief were properly denied by the lower courts
23-6815 Martin Akerman v. Virginia State Corporation Commission, et al. Virginia 2024-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment appellate-review constitutional-implications constitutional-law due-process fourteenth-amendment fraud jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge state-corporation-commission Does the Supreme Court of Virginia's refusal to review the State Corporation Commission's (SCC) alleged introduction of fraudulent evidence and its pr…
23-6744 Darrel R. Fisher v. Robert E. Larsen, Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri Eighth Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied IFP 18-usc-1519 bodily-injury civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment federal-criminal-law jurisdictional-challenge mireles-v-waco Whether Smith was improperly sent to FMC Butner, NC 27509
23A681 Arthur Lopez v. MUFG Holding Corporation, et al. California 2024-01-24 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure court-filing forma-pauperis jurisdictional-challenge petition-for-review pro-se Whether a pro se litigant's procedural filings and petition for review can be substantively evaluated when submitted with potential formatting or juri…
23-6452 Shannon R. Thomas v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-01-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP compassionate-release criminal-procedure federal-sentencing first-step-act jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a person who does not qualify for relief under the First Step Act can be convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) without jurisdiction
23-6306 Devon Austin Earl v. Brandon Harris, et al. Third Circuit 2023-12-19 Denied IFP civil-rights dismissal-with-prejudice due-process false-arrest forma-pauperis jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge pro-se-litigation statute-of-limitations university-police issue being raised
23-585 John Duncan Fordham v. Georgia Department of Administrative Services, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-01 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure equity equity-doctrine jurisdictional-challenge mandatory-victims-restitution-act money-had-and-received presidential-pardon restitution restitution-funds Do funds collected under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act vest in a claimant or are they subject to recoupment after a Presidential Pardon?
23-5879 Richard Wayne Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-10-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge sentencing standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a motion pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) is a part of the mitigation of a defendant's sentence that can challenge the subject-matter jurisdict…
23-5858 Anthony Schneider v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review appellate-waiver circuit-split criminal-procedure guilty-plea jurisdictional-challenge jurisdictional-challenges plea-bargaining supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-goodall united-states-v-taylor Whether a guilty plea that includes an appellate waiver bars jurisdictional challenges on appeal
23-5834 Herbert Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c appellate-waiver categorical-analysis criminal-procedure illegal-conviction illegal-sentence jurisdictional-challenge plea-agreement statutory-interpretation Whether an illegal sentence exception to plea agreement waivers can coexist alongside a bar of illegal convictions when a sentence and conviction are …
23-405 Kristy Ross v. Federal Trade Commission Fourth Circuit 2023-10-18 Denied arguable-basis article-iii civil-procedure frcp-60(b)(4) jurisdictional-challenge rule-60(b)(4) rule-60(b)(6) subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-precedent void Whether a judgment lacking in subject matter jurisdiction under Article III is void under FRCP 60(b)(4) even with an arguable basis for jurisdiction
23-5728 Daniel E. Salley v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure court-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts federal-district-court habeas-corpus judicial-procedure jurisdictional-challenge standing state-court-review subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the district court correctly dismissed a motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. 2255 for lack of subject matter jurisdiction
23-5694 Orlando Peay v. Michael Burgess, Warden Michigan 2023-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights collateral-estoppel constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus illegal-arrest ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdictional-challenge malfeasance obstruction-of-justice res-judicata Did homicide detectives violate court order to discharge from confinement?
23-113 Michael G. Pohl v. United States Federal Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied Response Waived 10-usc-1552 28-usc-1491 administrative-appeal administrative-procedure jurisdictional-challenge military-law military-records standard-of-review statutory-interpretation tucker-act What is the proper standard of review for an appeal to correct a military record under 10 U.S.C. § 1552 or 28 U.S.C. § 1491?
23-5103 Brandon Tate v. Louisiana Louisiana 2023-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights court-transfer due-process federal-supremacy jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge procedural-challenge remand standing supreme-court Whether the lower court's jurisdiction must be investigated and resolved if raised by a petitioning party
22-7860 Marijan Cvjeticanin v. United States Third Circuit 2023-06-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence claim-preclusion constitutional-precedent due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-jurisdiction fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice issue-preclusion jurisdictional-challenge miscarriage-of-justice Did the Third Circuit violate the Constitution's Due Process Clause and this Court's established precedents
22-7817 Garland E. Williams v. United States Federal Circuit 2023-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process internal-revenue-service jurisdictional-challenge standing statutory-interpretation takings takings-clause tax tax-refund Whether claimed pursuant 28 U.S.C. § 1491 (a) (1) United States Constitutional Article II, Section 2, Amendment J, due-process, takings, 26-usc-6402
22-1209 PDVSA U.S. Litigation Trust, et al. v. LUKOIL Pan Americas LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure executive-branch foreign-government judicial-review jurisdictional-challenge political-question-doctrine standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the application of the political question doctrine deprives a court of subject matter jurisdiction
22-7578 In Re Carlos A. Seino 2023-05-17 Denied IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-appellate jurisdictional-challenge massachusetts-law procedural-rules search-and-seizure standing Whether the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourth Amendment in the context of a warrantless s…
22-1104 Shawn Talbot v. Louis Eric Johnson, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-jurisdiction due-process facial-challenge federal-court federal-rules jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge material-allegations pleading-requirements standing Whether the United States District Court, District of Nevada lacked lawful jurisdiction in cause no: 2:09CR-0078, and 2:10-CR-00520
22-7323 Henry E. Gossage v. Office of Personnel Management, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administrative-law agency-decision civil-procedure due-process freedom-of-information-act jurisdictional-challenge merit-systems-protection-board pro-se-filing standing suitability-determination unusual-circumstances Whether this appeal is frivolous
22-962 Usha Jain, et vir v. David Barker, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-04-04 Denied 28-usc-1443 anti-injunction-statute appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-removal finality jurisdictional-challenge remand removal statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to review when finality is not reached in the District case as there is no formal written remand order i…
22-7166 Anthony H. Warnick v. Steven Harpe, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2023-03-31 Denied IFP aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act civil-procedure due-process judicial-precedent jurisdictional-challenge subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court tenth-circuit Can subject matter jurisdiction be raised at any time?
22-7017 In Re Ronald Williams-El 2023-03-15 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus international-law jurisdictional-challenge legal-remedy property-rights sovereign-immunity standing Whether a sovereign man who has been unlawfully imprisoned by the Commonwealth of Virginia has the power to vote for a writ of habeas corpus to challe…
22-880 Ohio v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-03-14 Denied Amici (3) american-rescue-plan constitutional-limits covid-19 covid-relief federal-spending-clause intergovernmental-immunity jurisdictional-challenge spending-clause state-sovereignty state-standing tax-mandate Do courts have jurisdiction over the States' constitutional challenges to the Tax Mandate?
22-827 Carlos Herrera, Daniel Sanchez, and Anthony Ray Baca v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-03-01 Denied commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge post-trial-motion rule-12 waiver Whether a facial constitutional challenge to a criminal statute under the Commerce Clause can be brought by post-trial motion under Federal Rule of Cr…
22-811 John E. Reardon v. New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2023-02-28 Denied Response Waived 42-U.S.C.-§1983 42-usc-1983 absolute-immunity civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violations constitutional-rights due-process judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct jurisdictional-challenge standing Judges Liability for Equity, Prospective and/or Legal Relief
22-6590 In Re Harry Sharod James 2023-01-20 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law district-court federal-courts federal-jurisdiction judicial-review jurisdictional-challenge mandamus procedural-standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the petitioner is entitled to a writ of mandamus to compel the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for th…
22-6545 Kamil Hakeem Johnson v. R. M. Wolfe, Warden Fourth Circuit 2023-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge sentencing-discretion sentencing-options statutory-interpretation Whether the district court had jurisdiction to impose a term-of-years sentence when the statute only provided for death or life imprisonment without p…
22-6502 Jerry Joseph Higdon, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge procedural-bar sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is using its procedural bar rules in a manner inconsistent with the United States …
22-6456 Paul D. Weldon v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment attorney-general-authorization due-process irs jurisdictional-challenge tax-assessment tax-collection third-party-filing third-party-filings Whether the IRS violated the petitioner's procedural due process rights in the tax collection and assessment process
22-523 Sunoco LP, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-06 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) circuit-conflict climate-change climate-change-litigation federal-jurisdiction federal-officer-removal federal-preemption greenhouse-gas-emissions jurisdictional-challenge preemption statutory-interpretation transboundary-pollution Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that 28 U.S.C. § 1442 precludes removal by federal officers and persons acting under them unless the rem…
22-407 Maria Herta v. Terrie E. Roberts Ninth Circuit 2022-11-01 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights corporate-governance due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech freedom-of-speech jurisdictional-challenge oath-of-office standing Is the federal government's statutory law and corporate policies superior to the U.S. Constitution?
22-5720 Mark Julian Edmonds v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge procedural-standard residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement unconstitutional Whether Mr. Edmonds was required to prove that it is 'more likely than not' that the sentencing judge 'actually relied on' the ACCA's unconstitutional…
22-276 Aparna Vashisht-Rota v. Howell Management Services, et al. Utah 2022-09-23 Denied Relisted (2) appellate-review civil-procedure contempt due-process jurisdictional-challenge rule-11 rule-83 safe-harbor vexatious-litigant Whether application of the contempt analysis associated with Utah R. Civ. P. 11 sanctions to review a Utah R. Civ. P. 83 Vexatious Litigant order is f…
22-5592 Harry Sharod James v. Eddie M. Buffaloe, Jr., Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety Fourth Circuit 2022-09-15 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-interpretation court-authority due-process federal-courts jurisdictional-challenge legislative-power state-courts subject-matter-jurisdiction Does Suloskantial and Procedure Due Process of the 5th and 14th Amendments establish Subject Matter Jurisdiction, and do Courts (Federal and STATE) ha…
22-5548 In Re David Moore 2022-09-12 Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge state-court-jurisdiction successive-petition successive-petitions unconstitutional-conviction Did Congress intend to preclude as successive under the AEDPA a state prisoner habeas claim that he is held unconstitutionally upon conviction and sen…
22-217 Grant S. Kim v. Superior Court of California, County of Riverside Ninth Circuit 2022-09-09 Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights default-judgment due-process eleventh-amendment eleventh-amendment-immunity eminent-domain jurisdictional-challenge military-service-protection servicemembers-civil-relief-act standing Whether the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) protects an active military servicemember from a default judgment resulting in the loss of real pro…
22-5463 Rahmael Sal Holt v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2022-08-29 Denied IFP adequate brady-claim default-ruling due-process federal-law federal-review independent jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony Does the United States Supreme Court have jurisdiction to hear Petitioner's Brady claim because the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania's default ruling was…
22-5439 In Re Tyvon Montrey Spencer El-Bey 2022-08-24 Denied IFP brown-vs-board civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge political-sovereignty racial-discrimination standing Whether the petitioner, a self-proclaimed 'Moorish American Sovereign,' is unlawfully detained and denied due process and equal protection under the C…
22-5361 Ernest Bustos v. Bexar Appraisal District, et al. Texas 2022-08-16 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure first-impression fraud fraudulent-scheme jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge plea-of-jurisdiction standing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the Court failed to view the Plea of Jurisdiction as a statutory-construction case
22-5224 In Re Alfred Lane-Bey 2022-07-29 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus human-rights jurisdictional-challenge moorish-american native-american-rights sovereign-citizen sovereign-immunity standing Whether this Court should use its power to grant a writ of habeas corpus to a Moorish American sovereign man who was convicted without subject matter …
22-68 Perry Adron McCullough v. David F. Levi, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-07-26 Denied Response Waived accardi-doctrine civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-procedure jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge prosecutor-misconduct prosecutorial-authority standing tort-claim Whether a prosecutor can legally escape answering the 'Accardi Doctrine' by dismissing a case as 'frivolous' or 'meritless' without a substantive basi…
22-5081 Palani Karupaiyan, et al. v. Township of Woodbridge, New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2022-07-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 11th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-procedure foreign-sovereign-immunities-act jurisdictional-challenge racial-discrimination sovereign-immunity standing When USCA does not have jurisdiction to Constitutional challenges, US Supreme Court has (Original) Jurisdiction for the [following] reliefs petitioner…
21-8226 Eric C. Sutherland v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa-statute-of-limitations constitutional-claim habeas-corpus indictment indictment-sufficiency jurisdictional-challenge new-evidence procedural-default schlup-standard schlup-v-delo subject-matter-jurisdiction If an indictment omits an essential element and a prisoner files a §2255 after AEDPA's one-year statute of limitations has passed, in asserting his in…
21-8201 Judel Espinoza-Gonzalez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-waiver constitutional-violation conviction-review criminal-procedure district-court-authority due-process jurisdictional-challenge mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentence sentencing unconstitutional-conviction Whether a court can summarily enforce an appellate waiver to bar motions to vacate convictions and mandatory prison sentences under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)…
21-1476 Stephen Loftis White v. Nicholas B. Cox, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-24 Denied birth-certificate-trust civil-rights commercial-law corporate-fiction due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge prosecutorial-authority redemption secured-interest standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court had subject-matter and personal jurisdiction over the petitioner
21-7775 In Re Crystal Maye 2022-05-04 Denied IFP agency-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process jurisdictional-challenge state-taxation tax-jurisdiction taxation trustee-residency trusts whether agency proceedually followed notice requirement to service trustee, on Trust, or beneficaries or , whether Court over reach authority to tax t…
21-7209 Juan Alfonso Nuno-Velasco v. Steve Sisolak, Governor of Nevada Nevada 2022-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights consular-agreement discretionary-decision due-process foreign-national-rights foreign-nationals immigration-law jurisdictional-challenge standing treaty-interpretation Whether the Consular Agreement between the United States and a foreign country provides access to foreign nationals with certain exceptions?
21-7173 Herman J. Snell, II v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-02-22 Denied IFP collateral-attack criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice fundamental-rights jurisdictional-challenge miscarriage-of-justice state-conviction subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the United States Supreme Court enter a new procedural rule of law that overrules subject matter jurisdiction?
21-7017 Kenneth Lynn Funkhouser v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-02-01 Denied IFP federal-preemption habeas-corpus habeas-jurisprudence indian-lands jurisdictional-challenge mcbratney-draper-rule public-law-83-280 retroactivity-jurisprudence subject-matter-jurisdiction void-ab-initio Does Oklahoma's 1906 Federal Enabling Act preempt the State from exercising jurisdiction over 'Indian lands'—despite race—thus rendering petitioner's …
21-6873 Juan J. Torres v. Illinois Illinois 2022-01-14 Denied IFP appellate-court court-denial criminal-procedure custody-violation due-process fifth-amendment jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge legal-procedure miranda-rights right-to-counsel sixth-amendment What was the United States Supreme Court ruling about informing a suspect about having a lawyer present during questioning?
21-6835 Roland Ma v. Gallery Belltown Condominium Association Washington 2022-01-13 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process homeowners-association judicial-bias jurisdictional-challenge preliminary-injunction property-rights recusal standing Does the Homeowner Association have jurisdiction to eject a homeowner from his own home?
21-985 Oklahoma v. Gage Christopher J. Shriver Oklahoma 2022-01-11 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indian-law jurisdictional-challenge McGirt-precedent native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
21-961 Oklahoma v. Patrick Wayne Olive Oklahoma 2021-12-30 Denied criminal-law criminal-procedure federalism jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-6633 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. White Bird Clinic Oregon 2021-12-16 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure claim-payment due-process fundamental-error judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge poverty procedural-dismissal standing waiver Whether an appellate court can dismiss a case for lack of payment of an 'undertaking' on appeal when the undertaking was not allowed in the first plac…
21-6583 Roger Edward Picard v. United States First Circuit 2021-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mental-health-assessment rule-35 rule-35-motion sentencing sentencing-procedure Did the First Circuit err in denying a jurisdictionally sound motion filed pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 35(a)
21-868 Oklahoma v. Kevin Tyler Foster Oklahoma 2021-12-10 Denied Amici (1) criminal-appellate-review criminal-jurisdiction federal-indian-law indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
21-798 Oklahoma v. Stephen Tanner Vineyard Oklahoma 2021-11-30 Denied Amici (1) criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-jurisdiction indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
21-773 Oklahoma v. Harold Denton McCurtain Oklahoma 2021-11-24 Denied Amici (1) criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-indian-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
21-734 Oklahoma v. Justin Dale Little Oklahoma 2021-11-17 Denied Amici (1) criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-indian-law federalism jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-rights native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-704 Oklahoma v. Samantha Ann Perales Oklahoma 2021-11-15 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law oklahoma-sovereignty overruling-precedent precedent-review stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-705 Oklahoma v. Ted Roosevelt Yargee Oklahoma 2021-11-15 Denied Amici (1) civil-rights criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federalism jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law standing tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
21-644 Oklahoma v. Floyd Joseph Ball, Jr. Oklahoma 2021-11-02 Denied Amici (1) criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-state-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
21-645 Oklahoma v. Chandler Kyle Ned Oklahoma 2021-11-02 Denied Amici (1) appellate-review criminal-law federal-jurisdiction indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
21-646 Oklahoma v. Dameon Lamar Leathers Oklahoma 2021-11-02 Denied Amici (1) 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled court-of-criminal-appeals criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federalism jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law oklahoma-jurisdiction precedent-challenge stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-6096 In Re Byron T. McCollum 2021-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge mandate-recall pro-se-prisoner procedural-due-process void-judgment Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals can refuse to consider and rule upon a duly filed Motion to Recall Mandate
21-502 Oklahoma v. Terrance Lucas Cottingham Oklahoma 2021-10-05 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-sovereignty overruling-precedent stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-503 Bo Peng v. F.M. Tarbell Co. California 2021-10-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-violation due-process fraud-on-the-court judicial-corruption jurisdictional-challenge subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment Whether a court's judgment is void if it lacked jurisdiction over the subject matter or parties, or acted inconsistently with due process
21-493 Susan Chen v. Darren Migita, et al. Washington 2021-10-04 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-dismissal due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdictional-challenge legal-representation notice personal-jurisdiction procedural-ambiguity standing unrepresented-minor Whether a state court's dismissal order, absent clear languages about the legal effects, and its further refusal to clarify — which has led to four ye…
21-484 Oklahoma v. Sonny Raye McCombs Oklahoma 2021-10-01 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (3) civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge McGirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-sovereignty standing statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
21-486 Oklahoma v. Dakota James Alleyn Shriver Oklahoma 2021-10-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-jurisdiction native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-law oklahoma-sovereignty precedent-review stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
21-488 Oklahoma v. Dakota Shay Fox Oklahoma 2021-10-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled appellate-review criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-sovereignty oklahoma-statehood stare-decisis tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-5812 Carlos Velazquez-Fontanez v. United States First Circuit 2021-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(1)(A) actual-innocence crime-of-violence davis-precedent davis-v-us first-step-act jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge sentencing sentencing-review Whether the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals erred in failing to find that appellant Carlos Velazquez-Fontanez is 'actually innocent' of violating …
21-5763 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Downtown Eugene, Inc. Oregon 2021-09-23 Denied IFP administrative-procedure appellate-review board-of-immigration-appeals civil-procedure due-process immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge service-of-notice service-of-process standing Was the Appellate Commissioner justified in dismissing Petitioner's appeal on jurisdictional grounds due to lack of service on adverse parties when Pe…
21-369 Oklahoma v. Bea Ann Epperson Oklahoma 2021-09-08 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law overruling-precedent stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-372 Oklahoma v. Charles Michael Cooper Oklahoma 2021-09-08 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-373 Oklahoma v. Joses Ric-E Beck Oklahoma 2021-09-08 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge McGirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-5564 Russell Jay Reger v. Texas Texas 2021-09-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure court-procedure due-process jurisdictional-challenge legal-nullity personal-jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment Is an uncontested void judgment still viewed by this court as being 'mere waste paper'?
21-319 Oklahoma v. Nacole Ryan Bain Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-law stare-decisis state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-320 Oklahoma v. Robert William Perry, II Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law overruling-precedent stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-321 Oklahoma v. Ryan Cortlan Johnson Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law overruling-precedent stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-322 Oklahoma v. Joseph Harjo Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-323 Oklahoma v. Michael Eugene Spears Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-324 Oklahoma v. Kadetrix Devon Grayson Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Relisted (3) criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-jurisdiction indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-326 Oklahoma v. Devin Warren Sizemore Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge McGirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
21-327 Oklahoma v. Floyd Joseph Ball, Jr. Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federalism jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-332 William A. White v. Daniel Sproul, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-09-01 Denied Response Waived 18-USC-1503 18-USC-373 28-USC-2241 28-USC-2255(e) federal-criminal-law habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge non-existent-offense post-conviction-relief sentencing statutory-interpretation When, if ever, is relief available under 28-USC-2241 and 28-USC-2255(e), where a person stands convicted and remains in custody for a non-existent-off…
21-257 Oklahoma v. Jimmie Dewayne Starr Oklahoma 2021-08-23 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled criminal-appellate-procedure criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-228 Michael Murphy v. Richard Sarta, et al. Tennessee 2021-08-17 Denied access-to-justice civil-rights constitutional-rights constitutional-vagueness due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge jury-trial state-court-procedure WHETHER THE TENNESSEE STATE TRIAL AND APPELLATE COURTS ARE USING A CONSTITUTIONALLY VAGUE STATUTE TO DENY CITIZENS SIMILARLY SITUATED HEREIN AN OPPORT…
21-200 Willie Frank Walker v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-11 Denied 14th-amendment accardi-doctrine civil-procedure due-process foreign-state jurisdictional-challenge personal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunities sovereign-immunities-act subject-matter-jurisdiction transient-foreigner Lack of subject-matter and personal jurisdiction
21-5331 Zachary R. E. Rusk v. Fidelity Brokerage Services Tenth Circuit 2021-08-11 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-review civil-procedure due-process judicial-interference judicial-procedure jurisdictional-challenge rule-11 rule-11-motion rule-60-motion standing timeliness Did the 10th circuit apply the law incorrectly?
21-5260 James E. Nottingham v. Laurel Harry, et al. Third Circuit 2021-07-30 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process false-arrest habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge perjury standing writ-of-certiorari Whether the writ of certiorari should be granted in favor of the Petitioner James E. Nottingham for false arrest, perjury, fraud, void warrant, ineffe…
21-37 Henry E. Gossage v. Office of Personnel Management Federal Circuit 2021-07-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law constitutional-claims default-judgment federal-circuit-jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge merit-systems-protection-board mspb-judgment office-of-personnel-management opm-investigation statutory-review void-judgment Whether the Federal Circuit has Jurisdiction or 'lacks jurisdiction' to determine its original and lower court's jurisdiction in OPM Investigation Cas…
20-8286 Kemon Dominique Thompson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP categorical-approach constitutional-error crime-of-violence guilty-plea hobbs-act-robbery jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis Whether Mr. Thompson's plea of guilty was voluntary, knowing, and intelligent
20-8158 In Re Larry E. Starks 2021-05-27 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 collateral-attack collateral-review constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge jurisdictional-challenges subject-matter-jurisdiction suspension-clause Whether the denial of review on jurisdictional claims under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) is an unconstitutional suspension of the writ of habeas corpus
20-7863 Martin G. Lewis v. DeWayne Hendrix, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-04-28 Denied IFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 burrage-v-united-states detention-legality habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge merits-review procedural-bar retroactivity statutory-interpretation Whether the government should be foreclosed from relying on prior litigation that it concedes incorrectly invoked a procedural bar to review on the me…
20-1475 Wesley Perkins v. John Mischtian, Judge, County Court at Law 2, Bell County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-04-22 Denied arbitration civil-procedure civil-rights compelled-arbitration due-process jurisdictional-challenge probable-cause standing statutory-challenge transportation-code Statutory Challenge ; Compelled Arbitration
20-1325 Wesley Perkins v. John Lipscombe, Judge, County Court at Law No. 3, Travis County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied administrative-rules civil-procedure civil-rights compelled-arbitration consent-doctrine due-process ex-post-facto jurisdictional-challenge standing statutory-interpretation transportation-code Statutory Challenge-Pleading Standard
20-1297 In Re Barbara Riley 2021-03-18 Denied Response Waived administrative-order civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equal-rights judicial-misconduct jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge slavery Is it constitutional for officers of the courts to be creating, selling and buying facially null and void judge's personal orders entered/issued witho…
20-7501 Alfredo Arroyo-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Arroyo-Hernandez because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
20-1209 In Re Raymond L. Rogers 2021-03-02 Denied Response Waived all-writs-act appeals appellate-jurisdiction circuit-court criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge sentencing statutory-authority statutory-interpretation Whether the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in failing to vacate the Kansas District Court's criminal conviction and sentence of the petitioner
20-7158 Raymond J. Ramirez v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review certificate-of-appeal criminal-procedure due-process florida-rules habeas-corpus judicial-discretion jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge standing Whether a certificate of appealability should have been granted
20-1089 Chevron Corporation, et al. v. City of Oakland, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-09 Denied Amici (4) civil-procedure civil-rights climate-change due-process federal-common-law federal-removal interstate-pollution jurisdictional-challenge standing state-law takings tort-claims Whether putative state-law tort claims alleging harm from global climate change are removable because they arise under federal law
20-7091 Ray Anthony Chaney v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states jurisdictional-challenge residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-review violent-felony Whether Mr. Chaney should be resentenced without applying the armed career criminal provisions of the Armed Career Criminal Act
20-1085 Scott Erik Stafne v. Thomas S. Zilly, Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-08 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 article-iii civil-rights due-process good-behaviour-tenure judicial-independence judicial-tenure jurisdictional-challenge separation-of-powers standing Whether the challenge that a jurist is not an Article III judge because she or he does not have 'good behaviour' tenure is a jurisdictional one which …
20-984 Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey v. Defense Distributed, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-01-25 Denied Amici (1) cease-and-desist due-process forum-state jurisdictional-challenge minimum-contacts nonresident-defendant personal-jurisdiction purposeful-availment specific-jurisdiction Whether a nonresident state official subjects itself to personal-jurisdiction in another forum-state when it sends a single cease-and-desist-letter to…
20-967 Pedro Rodriguez-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-15 Denied Response Waived collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Rodriguez-Garcia because he was served a Notice to Appear that did not comply with federal law …
20-6857 Luis Pina v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge removal-order removal-orders separation-of-powers Whether the immigration court lacked jurisdiction to issue removal orders, violating separation of powers and due process
20-6882 Bo Zou v. Linde Engineering North America, Inc. Tenth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-conflict civil-rights court-procedure due-process federal-courts injunctive-relief jurisdictional-challenge legal-precedent standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Tenth Circuit's decision on injunctive relief conflicts with Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit precedent
20-6739 Larun E. Miller v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights due-process federal-criminal-procedure jurisdictional-challenge outrageous-government-conduct sixth-circuit-conflict standing statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in their refusal/failure to address the conflict amongst the courts, while not acknowledging a persuasive split amongs…
20-6630 Alejandro S. Estrada v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence administrative-law agency-decision certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-review jurisdictional-challenge procedural-default procedural-error sentencing Whether the lower courts should be sanctioned for protecting the unconstitutional imposition of void and obsolete statute
20-6487 Andrew Johnston v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdictional-challenge sentencing suppression-of-evidence Question not identified
20-6462 Anastacio Castruita-Escobedo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether the immigration court lacked authority to remove Mr. Castruita-Escobedo because he was not served a notice to appear with a hearing time
20-6464 Benito Moreno-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Moreno because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
20-6175 Rico Walker v. Vance Laughlin, Warden Georgia 2020-10-30 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment indictment-sufficiency ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-of-charges void-conviction Can Petitioner be convicted of a crime where the Indictment fails to allege the essential elements of the crime charged?
20-5995 Edwin Virgilio Gomez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Gomez because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
20-5925 Roberto Mendoza-Sanchez v. United States First Circuit 2020-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law due-process immigration-court-jurisdiction immigration-law jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear pereira-v-sessions removal-proceedings service-of-process statutory-interpretation Whether the immigration court has jurisdiction to remove a noncitizen where the removal proceedings were initiated by a notice to appear that did not …
20-5855 In Re Ruben Orlando Benitez 2020-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-authority civil-procedure court-procedure due-process judicial-oversight judicial-recusal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge legal-precedent new-evidence recusal standing Whether the Court committed errors therein arising from oversight
20-5817 Thomas Lewis v. Jonathan Decker, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-09-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure due-process exhaustion-of-remedies federal-rules grievance-procedure jurisdictional-challenge procedural-due-process standing summary-judgment Whether the appeals court erred in granting summary judgment based on a purported 'waived defense' under FRCP 12(b)(6) and contravening numerous decis…
20-5656 Priscilla Ann Ellis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure district-prosecution due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge overt-act venue venue-requirement Does proof of venue require that at least one defendant charged in a criminal conspiracy case have participated in an overt act in furtherance of the …
20-309 John E. Reardon v. New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2020-09-09 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-attack common-law-mandates due-process judicial-immunity jurisdictional-challenge prosecutorial-immunity prosecutorial-misconduct standing void-proceedings Whether Judges, Prosecutors and other officials can be held liable for either Equity and/or Legal relief
20-5482 Marvin Arido Sorro v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process federal-law fourth-amendment judicial-proceedings jurisdictional-challenge procedural-rights standing Did the United States District Court deprived the petitioner access to the courts and to state a claim?
20-5472 Henry Dailey v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-authority criminal-procedure due-process federal-law jurisdictional-challenge restitution sentencing state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the district court had legal and constitutional authority to impose restitution, in light of the clause in 18 U.S.C. 3231, and Mo. Rev. Stat. …
20-5444 Mark Louis Sanders v. United States Federal Circuit 2020-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-procedure asset-monetization civil-rights due-process government-overreach jurisdictional-challenge property-rights statutory-interpretation tax-procedure Whether the respondent violated the petitioner's constitutional rights by monetizing their assets without jurisdiction and in violation of statutory r…
20-5446 Jin H. Zheng v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review circuit-court-procedure civil-procedure interlocutory-appeal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge motion-for-new-trial precedent standing supreme-court-certiorari uniformity Jurisdiction of an appeal of an interlocutory order
20-5268 Luis Fernando Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Ramirez because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
20-5277 Joseph Thompson, Jr. v. Houma Terrebonne Housing Authority, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-08-05 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation discrimination due-process employment federal-review jurisdictional-challenge standing statutory-construction supreme-court-procedure Whether the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit erred in d…
20-5246 Jerry Luke v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights conviction-review court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process jurisdictional-challenge search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation Whether the district court erred in denying the defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained through a warrantless search
20-84 Teresita A. Canuto v. Troy Alexander, et al. District of Columbia 2020-07-28 Denied Response Waived acting-official civil-procedure due-process foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act immunity-doctrine individual-liability jurisdictional-challenge official-capacity standing statutory-interpretation Whether a foreign state's immunity from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act extends to an individual for acts taken in the individual's fo…
19-8576 Franklin Mackensie Robinson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-record court-of-appeals criminal-case criminal-procedure federal-grand-jury federal-jurisdiction grand-jury jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge statutory-compliance title-40-usc-s-255 Is the Petitioner entitled to review the Administrative Record?
19-8431 Ciro Cruz-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Cruz because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
19-8403 Juan Miguel Lopez v. Stuart Sherman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-05-05 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-review criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection judicial-oversight jurisdictional-challenge retroactivity sentencing-review Whether the Court can exercise its encompassing jurisdiction to redress the imposition of a disproportionate amount of time added to a primary base te…
19-1226 In Re Masoud Bamdad 2020-04-17 Denied 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 constitutional-rights constitutional-violation detention-review due-process federal-prisoner habeas-corpus inadequate-and-ineffective ineffective-assistance jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge procedural-remedy Whether a federal prisoner can obtain relief via the original writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. §2241 when the initial §2255 motion and its subseq…
19-8285 In Re David L. Williams 2020-04-17 Denied IFP constitutional-claims due-process equal-protection federal-court-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge sentencing Was dismissal of Petitioner Appeal error by the Fifth Circuit?
19-1171 Reed Kirk McDonald v. Citibank, N.A., et al. Colorado 2020-03-26 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights consumer-protection court-procedure due-process due-process,civil-procedure,tila,respa,dodd-frank, foreclosure jurisdictional-challenge respa-violation standing tila-claim writ-of-ejection Whether Mr. McDonald held any cognizable claim under TILA, RESPA, TRA, and Dodd-Frank against Citibank
19-8051 Jack Benjamin Hessiani v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment indictment-defect jurisdictional-challenge mens-rea sixth-amendment Whether federal courts have jurisdiction over a criminal matter when the charging document omits an essential element of the offense
19-7996 Milton Mayorga v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied IFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court-authority immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Mayorga because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
19-7938 In Re Aretha Townsend 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP all-writs-act bankruptcy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-review government-officials judicial-error jurisdictional-challenge procedural-dismissal standing writ-of-certiorari Whether District Judge May erred in dismissing the petitioner's complaint as frivolous
19-7753 Juan Ramon Pineda-Fernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied IFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether the immigration court lacked authority to remove Mr. Pineda because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time
19-7717 Tarvis M. Wilson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2020-02-20 Denied IFP bail certiorari-petition civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process excessive-bail federal-statute fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge lower-court-conflict pretrial-detention standing supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether the constitutional prohibition on excessive bail, as incorporated through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, requires a state cour…
19-1013 Darru K. Hsu v. UBS Financial Services, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-14 Denied class-action controlling-question-of-law exculpatory-clause interlocutory-review appellate-jurisdiction arbitration civil-rights class-action due-process federal-arbitration-act investment-contract jurisdictional-challenge sec-regulation securities standing statutory-violation Whether the Supreme Court should grant the judgment for the violation of SEC Heitman Capital No Action Letter in UBS MAC wrap-fee investment contract …
19-965 Kenin L. Edwards v. Michael L. Atterberry, et al. Illinois 2020-02-03 Denied Response Waived administrative-law appeal conviction criminal-jurisdiction due-process illinois-supreme-court jurisdictional-challenge sentencing Whether it is a violation of due process for the Illinois Supreme Court to abstain from addressing criminal jurisdiction over Petitioner
19-7493 Charles T. Kirvin v. L. Grant, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-30 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process excusable-neglect good-cause jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge ninth-circuit notice-of-appeal standing timeliness Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit arbitrarily and erroneously denied appeal notice for lack of jurisdiction
19-7498 James Earvin Sanders v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights counsel-ineffectiveness criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdictional-challenge mitigating-evidence procedural-due-process psychiatric-mitigating-evidence time-bar-exception united-states-v-fessel Where counsel lies about the existence of psychiatric-mitigating-evidence,due-process,ineffective-assistance-of-counsel,habeas-corpus,constitutional-r…
19-7410 Victor Manuel Mora-Galindo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied IFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court-jurisdiction immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear procedural-due-process removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether the immigration court lacked authority to remove the petitioner because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time
19-7187 Tyree Miles v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights court-review due-process federal-jurisdiction ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdictional-challenge legal-interpretation post-conviction-relief pre-arrest-delay procedural-requirements speedy-trial statutory-interpretation Whether Petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was violated when trial counsel failed to raise certain evidentiary clai…
19-7147 In Re Khayree Smith 2020-01-03 Denied IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment chattel-property chattel-slavery civil-rights constitutional-rights denationalization due-process ex-post-facto jurisdictional-challenge racial-classification slavery slavery-abolition status What branch of law authorized States to apply abolished slave labels (Negro, Black, Colored) to any person of African descent after 1865?
19-7052 Jose Alexander Callejas Rivera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-23 Denied IFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court-jurisdiction immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge pereira-v-sessions removal-order removal-orders separation-of-powers Whether the immigration court lacked jurisdiction to issue orders of removal, violating separation-of-powers and due-process
19-6836 Therian Wimbush v. Willie Sue Mickens, Warden Georgia 2019-12-04 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal civil-rights court-appeal-procedure criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge speedy-trial standing Can the challenge of a void judgment of conviction be premature?
19-6576 James Marvin Reed v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP blackledge-v-perry circuit-court-review district-court district-court-power eighth-circuit guilty-plea jurisdictional-challenge penson-review subject-matter-jurisdiction united-states-v-cotton waiver Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in ruling that the defendant waived his jurisdictional challenge by pleading guilty, despite the well-settled princip…
19-6588 Carlos Javier Pedroza-Rocha v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-12 Denied IFP administrative-remedies collateral-attack due-process hearing-time illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-court-authority immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Pedroza because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
19-6394 Jacques Paul Villafana v. Henry Thomas Padrick, Jr. Fourth Circuit 2019-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction circuit-court-review civil-procedure collateral-order-doctrine conflict-with-supreme-court fourth-circuit interlocutory-appeal judicial-procedure jurisdictional-challenge memorandum-order supreme-court-precedent Whether the Court of Appeals' decision conflicts with this Court's opinions on collateral orders
19-6239 Randell Glen Laws v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-10-10 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-precedent jurisdictional-challenge merits-review procedural-due-process supervisory-power Whether a federal appellate court necessitates the exercise of the Supreme Court's supervisory power when it decides that a petitioner/appellant has n…
19-6087 Atif Babar Malik v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-09-27 Denied IFP appellate-procedure charged-statute circuit-split cotton-precedent criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge scope-of-statute statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction united-states-v-cotton Do courts lack subject matter jurisdiction when alleged conduct falls outside the scope of the charged statute?
19-334 Norman Douglas Diamond v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-12 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-rights document-retention due-process government-accountability government-liability jurisdictional-challenge non-resident-rights standing takings tax tax-refund unauthorized-collection Whether US non-resident citizens have any right to recovery of illegally retained tax overpayments, and to compensation for unauthorized collection ac…
19-5901 In Re Charles K. Hamilton 2019-09-10 Denied IFP civil-procedure-standing-jurisdiction-due-process- civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge legal-standing standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's petition for writ of mandamus
19-5725 Charles Rochester v. The Fortune Society Second Circuit 2019-08-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP anti-injunction-act civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest document-tampering due-process eeoc-review equal-employment fraud-upon-the-court jurisdictional-challenge obstruction-of-justice professional-responsibility retaliation tampering-with-documents whistleblower issues being raised
19-187 Kalim A. R. Muhammad v. AT&T, Inc., et al. Alabama 2019-08-12 Denied Response Waived arbitrability civil-procedure civil-rights contract-construction contract-immunities due-process equal-footing equal-protection federal-arbitration-act judicial-bias jurisdictional-challenge state-courts Does the Federal Arbitration Act allow state courts to construe the Congressional policy to incorporate or accommodate inherent inequality to parties …
19-5284 Salvatore J. Moretti v. Bergen County Prosecutor's Office New Jersey 2019-07-24 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery civil-asset-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process innocent-owner-defense jurisdictional-challenge opra police-misconduct political-corruption property-rights prosecutorial-misconduct standing Has Appellant Proven Liability in the Respondents, Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, Given the High-Profile Case Which Was Briefed by Deborah Poritz,…
18A1298 Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. Paul Penzone, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-06-11 Presumed Complete court-order federal-appeals jurisdictional-challenge ninth-circuit procedural-timeliness rehearing-denial Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals improperly denied a petition for rehearing in a federal case involving procedural timeliness and jurisdicti…
18-9099 Jean-Gespere Pierre v. Alliance Security Services, et al. Second Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied IFP civil-procedure-standing-due-process-takings-pate ' 'civil-procedure" ' 'civil-rights" ' 'due-process" ' 'patent' ' 'standing" ' 'takings" administrative-law civil-procedure due-process jurisdictional-challenge property-rights tax-assessment Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims related to due-process, civil-rights, standing, civil-procedure, takings, patent
18-1345 Charles G. Kinney v. Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-29 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-fraud civil-rights creditor-liability creditors discharged-debtor due-process federal-officers first-amendment fraud judges-and-justices judicial-crimes judicial-misconduct jurisdictional-challenge statutory-violation Whether federal courts have improperly ignored federal and state laws that violate the petitioner's First Amendment rights, and whether the applicatio…
18-1231 Xiu Jain Sun v. Philip O. Ohene, et al. New York 2019-03-21 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights divine-intervention due-process free-speech judicial-interpretation judicial-remedy jurisdictional-challenge legal-authority legal-confrontation mandamus mandamus-request mandarin-chinese-interpreter religious-doctrine religious-freedom separation-of-powers spiritual-petition standing statutory-interpretation Issue being raised
18-8257 Iris McClain v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-order dismissal due-process fraud judge judicial-procedure jurisdictional-challenge legal-review procedural-taint standing tainted Whether Judge Chuang was fair
18-8357 Richard A. Wilford v. Bradley M. Trate, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-privilege criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prisoner governmental-custodian habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge pro-se pro-se-petition standing unlawful-detention Whether the dismissal for lack of jurisdiction of a federal prisoner's pro se petition for the writ of habeas corpus against the governmental custodia…
18-7794 John M. Krott v. Scott May, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP arrest-validity backdated-warrant civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fabricated-warrant fabrication habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge standing substantive-rights warrant warrant-fabrication Whether the petitioner's substantive due process rights were violated when the courts dismissed his habeas petition despite the existence of an active…
18-7752 Mohan A. Harihar v. US Bank NA, et al. First Circuit 2019-02-05 Denied IFP 28-usc-1915 appointment-of-counsel circuit-panel-procedure civil-procedure-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process judicial-recusal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge legal-complexity pro-se pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation recusal standing Whether the replacement Circuit Panel repeatedly refused to address/clarify Jurisdiction issues, ultimately denying Petitioner's efforts to resolve a …
18-7686 In Re Alphonza Leonard Phillip Thomas Bey 2019-01-31 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-laws constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-misconduct judicial-review jurisdictional-challenge mandamus-prohibition national-importance separation-of-powers standing Whether the issues presented are important and beyond the particular facts and parties involved, whether there exists a conflict between courts of app…
18-7548 David Abiodun K. G. B. Onafeko v. Great Britain, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied IFP appellant-rights civil-rights district-court due-process human-rights international-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge legal-venue standing treaty united-nations Whether the Appellant is entitled to rights afforded him under the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights whilst he is residing in the United Stat…
18-970 Thomas Mitchell, et al. v. Tulalip Tribes of Washington Ninth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) allotment declaratory-judgment jurisdictional-challenge non-indian-fee-land regulatory-authority sovereign-immunity treaty treaty-rights tribal-authority tribal-taxation Does sovereign immunity bar the federal courts' consideration of a declaratory judgment action to determine whether Respondent Tribes can exercise reg…
18-7380 Ricardo Glover v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2019-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure deprivation-of-liberty due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge liberty prosecutorial-misconduct subject-matter-jurisdiction united-states-constitution Whether a person is deprived of their liberty when they are forcefully brought before a court in chains and shackles by the prosecution, the prosecuti…
18-7383 Jennifer Feldman v. Adoption Star Agency, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment adoption adoption-fraud adoption-law adoption-proceedings child-welfare civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-bonds family-separation jurisdictional-challenge standing Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court erred in denying jurisdiction over the District Court's decision, in light of this Court's precedents recognizing t…
18-716 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. v. EIG Energy Fund XIV, L.P., et al. District of Columbia 2018-12-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split conflict-among-circuits conflict-with-other-courts direct-effect foreign-sovereign-immunities-act international-corporate-structure international-investment investment-fund investment-loss judicial-restructuring jurisdictional-challenge overseas-conduct sovereign-instrumentality subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the D.C. Circuit correctly held that there is a 'direct effect' in the United States under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act when the plain…
18-638 Greg Anderson v. Gary Herbert, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-11-16 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy contract-law contractual-interpretation due-process judicial-misconduct jurisdictional-challenge property-rights standing state-court-procedure void-judgment Is a judgment void on its face when a State Court steals a paid-for home at the motion to dismiss stage of the proceedings, under the guise that the o…
18-575 YPF S.A. v. Petersen Energia Inversora S.A.U., et al. Second Circuit 2018-11-01 Denied CVSGRelisted (2) civil-procedure commercial-activity commercial-activity-exception expropriation federal-jurisdiction foreign-sovereign-immunities-act jurisdictional-challenge legal-exception sovereign-immunity Whether the 'commercial activity' exception to sovereign immunity in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. 1605(a)(2), is inapplicable to su…
18-6338 Briand Williams v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel contract contract-law due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge plea-bargain statute-of-limitations Is a Plea Bargain Agreement a contract between the defendant and the prosecutor on behalf of the State, and can the defendant be relieved from the res…
18-316 Brian Arthur Weese v. Maryland Fourth Circuit 2018-09-11 Denied civil-procedure-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process facial-challenge federal-jurisdiction federal-rules jurisdictional-challenge material-allegations nonmoving-party personal-jurisdiction pleading-requirements sovereign-immunity standing subject-matter-jurisdiction sufficiency-of-pleadings Whether the court lacks subject matter and personal jurisdiction over the case
18-5785 In Re Clifford Winkles 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-prisoner habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge post-conviction-relief pro-se-petition saving-clause standing Whether Petitioner Clifford Winkles was improperly denied relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 due to procedural barriers, despite demonstrating actual innoc…
18-5738 Bill Paul Marquardt v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction capital-collateral-regional-counsel collateral-order-doctrine constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge pro-se-claims self-representation whether-the-three-collateral-order-doctrine-conditions-are-satisfied-and-the-u.s.-court-of-appeals-can-take-jurisdiction-on-my-pro-se-claims,-where-th…
18-5661 Calvin Williams v. Samson Resources Corporation, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights contract contract-dispute docket-interpretation due-process jurisdictional-challenge lease lease-validity oil-and-gas resource-rights standing takings well-ownership Does Samson Resources actually hold a valid lease with the petitioner?
18-5568 Carline Curry v. City of Mansfield, Ohio, et al. Ohio 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bad-faith civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge opinions-below patent procedural-defect standing summary-judgment takings Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
18-173 Xiu Jian Sun v. Oren L. Zeve Second Circuit 2018-08-08 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights divine-intervention due-process ecclesiastical-claim ecclesiastical-dispute first-amendment jurisdictional-challenge legal-notice legal-promise mandamus messenger-claim property-rights religious-communication religious-freedom spiritual-testimony standing Whether the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its servant Xiu Jian Sun, the spiritual Adam, have standing to challenge the dismissal of …
18-115 Kimothy Maurice Wynn v. Washington Ninth Circuit 2018-07-26 Denied civil-procedure due-process facial-challenge federal-courts federal-rules jurisdictional-challenge material-allegations personal-jurisdiction pleading-requirements pleadings sovereign-immunity standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Lack of subject matter and personal jurisdiction
18-116 John E. Reardon v. Daniel B. Zonies, et al. Third Circuit 2018-07-26 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process fraud fraud-allegation heck-v-humphrey jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge legal-procedure ongoing-tort standing statute-of-limitations takings Does Heck v Humphrey apply to a case with ongoing constitutional violations, lack of jurisdiction, and fraud over 115 years?
23A422 R. J. Kulick v. Ruth Stubba, et al. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete constitutional-rights disability-rights due-process judicial-procedure jurisdictional-challenge pro-se Whether a pro se litigant with disabilities can challenge federal court procedural rules and jurisdictional determinations based on constitutional due…