law-enforcement-misconduct

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5777 In Re Tyrone Moore 2025-10-02 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression judicial-misconduct law-enforcement-misconduct preliminary-hearing 1. Why did the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), Clark County District Court, District Attorney's office and Prosecutors office violat…
25-5047 Michael Francis v. United States First Circuit 2025-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP fourth-amendment informant-reliability judicial-integrity law-enforcement-misconduct probable-cause search-warrant Were Petitioner's Fourth Amendment rights violated when an FBI Agent, acting on information from an informant, obtained a search warrant for Petitione…
24-6641 Chad Adam Cheever v. Oregon Oregon 2025-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial law-enforcement-misconduct 1. Does holding a position with the local executive branch of government , be it, prosecutors, detectives, or sheriff automatically give them permis…
24A473 Victor Hill v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-12 Presumed Complete constitutional-violation detainee-rights excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement-misconduct restraint-chairs Question not identified.
23-6554 Darlene Feiste v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights competent-counsel constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process employment-discrimination freedom law-enforcement-misconduct liberty privacy Competency of the Petitioner. Clear error. Incompetent Court Appointed Counsel. Liberty and Freedom. Due Process. Privacy. Right to the assistance of …
22-7411 Mario Sims v. Pete Buttigieg, et al. Indiana 2023-04-28 Denied IFP constitutional-rights deliberate-framing due-process evidence-planting federalism law-enforcement-misconduct police-misconduct state-constitutional-rights state-court-review wrongful-conviction Can the Indiana Supreme Court, in violation of both the United States Constitutions, Illinois State Supreme court, and cases decided by this Court, ma…
21-7431 William Nobles v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-infirmity exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception law-enforcement-misconduct magistrate-review probable-cause warrant-requirement warrant-validity Whether the good-faith exception should apply when law enforcement officers bury a crucial fact that they knew or should have known would reveal a war…
21-792 Michael Billioni v. Bruce Bryant, Sheriff, York County, South Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-11-30 Denied chain-of-command civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech internal-investigation law-enforcement-misconduct pickering-balancing-test public-employee-speech whistleblower whistleblower-protection 1) Whether a public employee's speech about serious law enforcement misconduct involving an in-custody death has limited weight in the Pickering First…
21-5362 Robert Lee Crawford v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause due-process fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-violation law-enforcement-misconduct misrepresentation pretextual-stop seizure warrantless-search A. Is the Fourth Amendment violated when a warrantless off-site forced entry search of a gunsafe is preceded by a warrantless seizure of the gunsafe f…
21-42 Sylvia Black v. Peace Officer Christine Vitello, et al. Second Circuit 2021-07-13 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment illegal-entry judicial-authorization law-enforcement-misconduct search-and-seizure standing warrant-forgery Where Peace Officers violated Plaintiffs Fourth Amendment Rights by Forging Judge Hannah's Signature on a Warrant that allowed Erie County Offices to …
20-7667 Troy Kendrick, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-06 Denied IFP 5th-circuit falsified-evidence franks-standard franks-v-delaware judicial-review law-enforcement-misconduct probable-cause sentencing-guidelines wiretap wiretap-evidence (1) When a law enforcement agent falsifies and misrepresents wiretap evidence to establish probable cause for a second wiretap, can a reviewing court …
20-7433 Randy Philip Chaudron v. Texas Texas 2021-03-11 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence identification law-enforcement-misconduct photo-lineup police-conduct witness-identification I. To THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE VIOLATED WHEN TEAL COURT ALLOWED EVIDENCE, KNOWING THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT BROKE PROCEDURE OF ART. 3020 CP PHOTO LINEUP IDEN…
20-7435 Steven G. Knickerbocker v. Wisconsin, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process evidence-destruction excessive-force federal-crime judicial-misconduct law-enforcement-misconduct medical-care VIOLATING Federal law, then sever beating Knickerbocker in a cell, by Sgt Wilson and 6 deputies, in Outagamie jail. Judge Vincent R. Biskupic had me b…
20-7363 Lerone Bernard Butler v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy controlled-substances criminal-procedure drug-offenses due-process law-enforcement-misconduct possession-with-intent sentencing sufficiency-of-evidence WHETHER THE VERDICT OF GUILT WAS SUPPORTED BY SUFFCIENT EVIDENCE TO SUSTAIN A CONVICTION, AND THE EVIDENCE, VIEWED IN A LIGHT MOST FAVORABLE TO THE GO…
20-384 Penny Nichols Corn, et al. v. Mississippi Department of Public Safety, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech garcetti-precedent garcetti-v-ceballos lane-v-franks law-enforcement-misconduct misprision-of-felony public-employee-speech Whether, after inconsistencies generated by Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410 (2006) and Lane v. Franks, 573 U.S. 228 (2014), citizen public employee…
19-8069 Eric S. Newton, Jr. v. Ohio Ohio 2020-03-23 Denied IFP 4th-amendment cell-phone-search civil-rights constitutional-rights fourth-amendment jurisdiction law-enforcement-misconduct police-misconduct probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant 1. Was the Ohio Supreme Court in error when it refused to accept jurisdiction over a matter that, like the instant petition, involves a substantial Co…
19-7983 Eric S. Newton, Jr. v. Ohio Ohio 2020-03-13 Denied IFP 4th-amendment affidavit cell-phone-search civil-rights constitutional-rights fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-rights law-enforcement-misconduct misidentification police-misconduct probable-cause reckless-disregard search-and-seizure search-warrant standing 1. Was the Ohio Supreme Court in error when it refused to accept jurisdiction over a matter that, like the instant petition, involves a substantial Co…
19-7826 Marlon R. Miller v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure document-sealing due-process first-amendment judicial-transparency law-enforcement-misconduct public-access public-access-to-courts right-to-fair-trial sealed-records Whether the district court correctly sealed an entire category of information from public access, including preventing Mr. Miller from having meaningf…
19-7592 John D. McAllister v. Timothy Malfitano, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-02-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment judicial-integrity jurisdiction jurisdictional-overreach law-enforcement-misconduct probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant-falsification 1). Is it legal for the Jacksonville Police Department to falsify warrants and forge a magistrate name to illegally arrest a man for 25 year old warra…
19-6768 Cary VanDerMeulen v. Thomas L. Leclaire, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment abuse-of-authority civil-asset-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-abuse law-enforcement-misconduct property-rights standing takings When are the Federal Courts going to take-up the cause concerning the violation(s) of Constitutional Law and abuse(s) of authority by the States of th…
18-1389 Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Andalusian Global Designated Activity Company, et al. First Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bankruptcy civil-rights commercial-law constitutional-violations debtor-name due-process law-enforcement-misconduct official-immunity perfection property-rights public-record registered-organization secured-lending secured-transactions uniform-commercial-code Whether public officials can maintain immunity des Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code ("UCC"), which has been adopted nationwide, states that a security interest is perfected by filing a financin…
18-8602 Enrico M. Ponzo v. United States First Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process evidence false-affidavit false-statements franks-doctrine franks-v-delaware judicial-review law-enforcement-misconduct probable-cause sanctions standing Perjury in search warrant applications assail the Fourth Amendment at its core. Should Franks v. Delaware be revisited to allow for sanction even if t…
18-1024 Lenard Johnson v. Richard Winfrey, Jr. Fifth Circuit 2019-02-06 Denied 4th-amendment accrual-of-claim civil-rights false-statements fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure franks-analysis franks-v-delaware law-enforcement-misconduct legal-accrual material-omission probable-cause qualified-immunity warrant-application I. Does Franks v. Delaware1 analysis apply when a court opines information omitted from a warrant application is material to establishing probable c…
18-6945 William Nathaniel Washington v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process evidence-fabrication fabricated-evidence false-evidence law-enforcement law-enforcement-misconduct miranda-waiver If there exist authentic uncontradicted testimonial evidence in the record of a criminal proceedings that proves that a member of a law enforcement ag…
18-5963 Steve Kassab v. S. Skinner, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights discovery due-process excessive-force law-enforcement-misconduct new-trial qualified-immunity standing summary-judgment trial-procedure WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT'S DISMISSAL OF ALL BUT 2 DEFENDANTS CAUSED PREJUDICE TO PETITIONER? WHETHER THE JURY'S VERDICT IS CONTRARY TO THE CLEAR WE…
18-5921 Jeffrey Allen Stevens v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights civil-unrest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment free-speech jury-trial law-enforcement-misconduct standing Are Predictions, Prognostications or any synonym thereof of any sort, and specifically i-n'this case, Predictions of. Civil , Unrest or-even of violen…