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25-820 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC v. WhereverTV, Inc. Federal Circuit 2026-01-12 Pending Amici (1)Response Waived appellate-procedure circuit-split jurisdictional-issue party-presentation sua-sponte waiver Whether a court of appeals may override the principle of party presentation by deciding sua sponte a non jurisdictional issue that a party deliberatel…
25-811 Matthew Lee Sepulveda v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-09 Pending Response Waived certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-precedent federal-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus jurisdictional-issue statutory-interpretation Does the Supreme Court's ruling that 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(3) is non-jurisdictional in nature overrule the Fifth Circuit's jurisprudence?
25-5941 Mohammad Reza Assadi v. Randolph N. Osherow, Chapter 7 Trustee Fifth Circuit 2025-10-23 Denied IFP appellate-procedure chapter-7-trustee due-process electronic-filing jurisdictional-issue notice-requirements Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(b) — and Article III permit a federal appellate court to enter judgment in the name of a Chapter 7 trus…
24-6053 Torrence Belcher v. Ron Neal, Warden Seventh Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-provisions jurisdictional-issue legal-petition statutory-interpretation supreme-court writ-of-certiorari 1. How can one argue their position on a matter without being argumentative? 2. How are precedents created? 3. Can evidence be materially relevant a…
24-479 Teresita A. Canuto v. Department of Justice, et al. District of Columbia 2024-10-31 Denied Response Waived case-caption circuit-court defendant-naming district-court judicial-procedure jurisdictional-issue 1. Whether the Circuit Judges of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit namely Judge Katsas, Judge Rao and Judge Childs erred when …
24-5688 In Re Eric Sutherland 2024-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-provisions due-process federal-regulatory jurisdictional-issue statutory-interpretation THE OSDC POLICY NOT ALLOWING ME TO DOCKET CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC FAITH AND CREDIT 28 at §1738 TO PROVE ALL LIVING EVIDENCE OF UNDERLYING CASE. BLANK …
24-318 BASF Corporation v. Bader Farms, Inc. Eighth Circuit 2024-09-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure circuit-split claim-processing cross-appeal-rule judicial-discretion jurisdictional-issue "[I]t takes a cross-appeal to justify a remedy in favor of an appellee." Greenlaw v. United States, 554 U.S. 237, 244-245 (2008). This is an "invetera…
24-5354 Angel L. Ruiz v. City of New York Police Department Second Circuit 2024-08-21 Denied IFP constitutional-provision court-filing jurisdictional-issue legal-document procedural-matter scotus-petition Question not identified.
24-5307 Phillip Lee Kelley v. Kevin Stitt, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-08-13 Denied IFP constitutional-provisions jurisdictional-issue legal-petition procedural-review supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
23-7446 Erika Jacobs v. Quest Diagnostics Fourth Circuit 2024-05-09 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process employment free-speech jurisdictional-issue legal-standing standing statutory-provisions supreme-court-procedure writ-of-certiorari I (YA 4-U> I©u3€r (uau/4 cu\& ftxoofV ©/ ornAs l>' Y 6^ • - < i i« i .1 ^.n 1\w(L (X fyim (JiDUifW ©+* ttx, U,«§> \o (Wfe <X pre-PLEcljeA^A/vdi ^£t&d …
23-7371 Laron Darrell Carter v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-05-02 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-court jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue mandate mandate-rule procedural-law waiver Whether the rule requiring a district court to follow the mandate of a court of appeals is "jurisdictional" such that it cannot be waived by a party.
23-7219 Ferrill Joseph Volpicelli v. Renee Baker, Warden Nevada 2024-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-review due-process jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure patent standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
23-6642 David Wayne Poydras v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-02-01 Denied IFP constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-standard factual-innocence indigent-defendants judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation IT. 3} id L * * Cadz. Ca I'm I Pro cedufie. ^ fl/tdfcla <3 &>* 3 (BJ j AllduJ dhe CouR't 's 7a/ Lou'iO/a d/L db deAfej dt5-j-i'-tui-be. 7aImade-'J d…
23-6606 In Re Jose Alonso Jimenez 2024-01-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP article-iii civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-interpretation jurisdictional-issue juvenile-justice legal-standards sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation I.HOW DOES-ONE NOT HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL SAME FREEDOMS AS A JUVENILE WHOSE STANDARDS -ULTS ARE LESS IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY?RIGHT TO THE FOR ADII.WHE…
23-6243 Offie Curtis Brown, Jr. v. North Carolina Department of Public Safety, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-provisions first-amendment free-speech jurisdictional-issue legal-standard procedural-question public-concern public-employee retaliation statutory-provisions Question not identified.
23-6181 Deryke Matthew Pfeifer v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process fifth-amendment jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue legal-standard procedural-question property-rights statutory-provisions takings Question not identified.
23-6047 Ralph Reed v. Robert May, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights due-process federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure state-court state-law statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5436 Christopher J. Barnett v. David Guten, District Judge, District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-08-24 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-petition self-representation supreme-court timeliness writ-of-certiorari Does representation access the Sixth Amendment person who has dismissed a body affirm profit have timely filed the Petition to See-k Appeal? If a Judg…
23-5399 Milton Melvin Rodgers v. California California 2023-08-18 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process evidence jurisdictional-issue legal-writ search-and-seizure statutory-provisions Cm, f_j:_shou\A (kc\\g 4k &(lauxr^ \^cWl yelloA of iquk Mi>q. <X ^jkj^AgLSpe &eSeion of a tixeAfm !?^iso0*Ljy2^QsA-^^ X- A\A nrel ^,,A A fc/uAg*, U)K…
23-5355 Johnny Lee Warren v. Chris Nanos, Sheriff, Pima County, Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-15 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdictional-issue legal-petition procedural-review standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
22-6853 Joshua Seekins v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-possession due-process federalism harmless-error interstate-commerce jurisdictional-issue second-amendment sentencing-guidelines (1) Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of ammunition solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into the d…
22-6611 Joseph P. Counts v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights cohen-collateral-order due-process jurisdictional-issue legal-counsel notice-of-appeal pro-se standing timeliness urgent-matters Question not identified.
22-432 Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. v. Operating Engineers’ Local 324 Fringe Benefit Funds, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-11-08 Denied contract-claim erisa-claim erisa-section-515 federal-jurisdiction garmon-preemption jurisdictional-issue labor-practice multiemployer-funds nlra-section-8(a)(5) nlrb-jurisdiction unfair-labor-practices Under San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon, 359 U.S. 236, 245 (1959), the NLRB has exclusive jurisdiction, and federal courts lack jurisdiction…
22-5804 In Re David Kevin Lewis 2022-10-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acquittal-standard affirmative-defense civil-procedure due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure motion-for-acquittal statute-of-limitations trial-motion Is the Law of the United States for Statute of limitations a matter of jurisdiction and by Lewis raising the issue in trial as well as filing the tria…
22-5275 Russell M. Boles v. Jeff Long, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-08-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP case-statement civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process evidence jurisdictional-issue jury-instructions legal-procedure negligence standard-of-review statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari 1) How might a court's attention be draun to merits without providing them escape routes? 2) Is construc tive denial oleounsel" allouable by imposing…
21-8106 Jay Jurdi v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure government-misconduct ineffective-assistance jurisdictional-issue legal-standard preservation-of-error procedural-question self-incrimination sentencing statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Was Jurdi's counsel ineffective for failing to object to, and thereby preserve for appeal, the fact that the government intended to use a non-qualifyi…
21-6072 Patsy N. Sakuma v. Association of Apartment Owners of the Tropics of Waikele, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights clause 2 for obstruction-of-justice due-process federal-jurisdiction standing judicial-foreclosure jurisdictional-issue pro-se section-1343 section-1985 sua-sponte Whether a putative claim under 42 U.S.C. §1985(2), clause 2 for obstruction of justice in a state proceeding, like state judicial foreclosure action, …
21-5026 Kevin L. Martin v. Ashlynn Ledford Seventh Circuit 2021-07-07 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-law due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure procedural-rights statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-8153 Samantha J. Jackson v. AT&T Retirement Savings Plan, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-05-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court civil-procedure docketing excusable-neglect filing-deadline jurisdictional-issue notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-filer Question 1: Did the Appellate Court erroneously calculate the filing deadline for the Notice of Appeal as January 21, 2021 instead of January 25, 2021…
20-8059 Hasan Shareef v. Captain Moore, et al. Third Circuit 2021-05-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue legal-standard opinions-below procedural-question standing statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Did U.S Loots of Appeals theee CABE ge laws ANd DecsioN the 28 WRong SAme Jreaction get Disteicr LOT PO Both worg GheG I WAS A faRE State 20 clam Peti…
20-7976 Treyton Lee Thomas v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-provision court-filing due-process excessive-fines incorporation jurisdictional-issue legal-document scotus-petition writ-of-certiorari WHETHER RE GOVERNMENT PREACTE) E PLEA AGREEMEST BY ADVOCATING FON AN OSTRUCTON OF TUSTCE SENTENCIAL GOWDEUNES ENHAMCEMENT. WNHETHER RE CONERNMEN'S AS…
20-7622 Merle Denezpi v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-03-31 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP constitutional-provisions court-of-indian-offenses criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy federal-agency indian-law jurisdictional-issue procedural-history tribal-court ute-mountain-ute-agency Is the Court of Indian Offenses of Ute Mountain Ute Agency a federal agency such that Merle Denezpi's conviction in that court barred his subsequent p…
20-7487 Rodarius Grimes v. Alabama Alabama 2021-03-18 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process federalism jurisdictional-issue legal-conflict preemption standing state-court-decision supreme-court-law I. WHETHER THE STATE COURT DECISIONS WAS/IS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH CLEARLY ESTABLISH LAW AS DETERMINED FROM THE U.S. SUPREME COURT?
20-884 Chevron Corporation, et al. v. San Mateo County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-04 GVR Relisted (2) 28-usc-1442 28-usc-1447d appellate-review civil-rights-removal federal-officer-removal jurisdictional-issue remand-order statutory-interpretation Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d) authorizes appellate review of any issue encompassed in a remand order when removal was premised in part on the federal-of…
20-446 James W. Richards, IV v. Barbara M. Barrett, Secretary of the Air Force, et al. Armed Forces 2020-10-08 Denied Response Waived article-i article-i-courts article-iii article-iii-courts collateral-claims federal-courts jurisdictional-issue military-courts military-law military-prisoners Should military-specific collateral claims raised by military prisoners still subject to military law be adjudicated in the specialized, experienced A…
20-5251 Michael Owen Harriot v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2401b appeals appellate-review civil-procedure district-court federal-jurisdiction fourth-circuit heck-v-humphrey jurisdictional-issue standing statute-of-limitations statutory-time-bar IS WHETHER THE FOURTH CIRCUIT'S LACK' AUTHORITY SEE 28 U.S.C. § 1291, ON ITS OWN TO RAISED § 2401(b)'S TIME BAR WHEN THE DISTRICT COURT'S OPINION DID …
19-6433 Edward Anthony Torres v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-jurisdiction district-court due-process federal-courts indian-status jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue magistrate-court native-american native-american-law ninth-circuit pretrial-decision standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a district court may, pretrial, decide an Indian status jurisdictional question in light of conflicting Ninth Circuit law that results in a fe…
19-6328 Antonio Leonard Brown v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection federalism habeas-corpus jurisdictional-issue jury-selection mandatory-minimum state-criminal-procedure Does A State Constitutional violation Rise to the same severity As A United States Constitutional violation? If a majority of en banc Justices in A s…
19-6243 Jackie Ray Patrick v. Mississippi Mississippi 2019-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-defects due-process indictment indictment-validity jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue mississippi-law standing state-law void-for-failure-to-state-offense void-for-vagueness WHETHER PATRICK'S CONVICTION AND SENTENCE DERIVED FROM A DEFECTIVE INDICTMENT WHEREAS THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE INDICTMENT OR CHARGE(S) WHICH PATR…
19-5981 William James Truesdale v. Florida Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdictional-issue legal-standard patent procedural-question standing statutory-interpretation three-strikes-rule transfer Whether the united states Distriet court Middle District of Florido Tompo Division deliberately OF OBJEETIONS" U.S. DiSTrIET JUdYe ORDER DENYFNG MOTEO…
19-5361 Luis D. Cabrera Mejia v. Walmart Fourth Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-litigation civil-procedure civil-rights class-action court-procedure due-process employment federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue legal-parties lower-court-error standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in violation of 4 U.S.C. § 4
19-5149 Luis Rojas-Marceleno v. Kansas Tenth Circuit 2019-07-11 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment case-statement civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process free-speech habeas-corpus jurisdictional-issue legal-review sentencing standing statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioners' claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim
18A1266 Straight Path IP Group, LLC v. Apple Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2019-06-05 Presumed Complete appellate-review certiorari federal-circuit jurisdictional-issue patent-law time-extension Whether the Federal Circuit's panel and en banc decisions in a patent-related dispute between Straight Path IP Group and technology companies raise si…
18-8274 Avniel Awan Anthony v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue obstruction-of-justice probation-department reckless-endangerment sentencing sentencing-enhancement Sentencing-enhancements sentencing-guidelines unproven-conduct Upward-variance Does the U.S. Probation Department have authority to apply enhancements for conduct alleged to have happened outside the jurisdiction of the United St…
18-1069 Diebold Foundation, Inc., Transferee v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Second Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied circuit-split commissioner-notice jurisdictional-issue second-circuit statutory-interpretation tax-appeals tax-court-jurisdiction tax-liability tax-notice tax-procedure tax-year taxable-year waiver Tax-court-jurisdiction,tax-liability,tax-year,tax-notice,tax-appeals,tax-procedure
18-7856 In Re John Peyton Alexander 2019-02-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act commutation-and-reduction-of-sentence due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto habeas-corpus jurisdictional-issue parole-revocation sentence-expiration successive-writ suspension-clause time-sensitive Whether the omission of successive-writ exceptions for prisoners seeking federal habeas corpus relief for expired sentences or unlawful parole revocat…
18-7578 Jeffrey T. Howard v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence circuit-court-procedure civil-rights coa constitutional-challenge due-process due-process,civil-procedure,standing,habeas-corpus habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdictional-issue manifest-injustice venue writ-of-certiorari Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied the law applicable in COA proceedings
18-7504 Raphael R. Hamilton v. Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied IFP circuit-court-discretion coercion competency criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process guilty-plea guilty-plea-withdrawal jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue right-to-withdraw standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals erred by not reversing the trial court's order denying petitioner his right to withdrawal of the guilty ple…
18-7300 Michael L. Millis v. Stephen Kallis, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-USC-2241 28-usc-2255 custodian custody due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue prisoner-petition savings-clause section-2241 section-2255 transfer-of-venue What is the correct interpretation of the savings clause in 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e)?
18-6608 William Charles O'Neil v. FCC Coleman, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-07 Denied IFP circuit-split habeas-corpus jurisdictional-issue retroactive-law retroactivity savings-clause section-2241 section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation Is the Eleventh Circuit's interpretation of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) correct?
18-6188 Andrew Lucero v. Colorado Department of Corrections Colorado 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP bill-of-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue liberty-interest procedural-default statutory-interpretation Whether the original Criminal Trial Court abused its discretion in its Procedural Defaults, ab initio, depriving petitioner of Constitutionally Secure…
25A327 Learning Resources, Inc., et al. v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. District of Columbia Presumed Complete expedited-case jurisdictional-issue merits-brief reply-brief supreme-court word-limit Question not identified.