| 24-5581 |
In Re Joe Nathan Pyatt, Jr. |
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2024-09-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law fbi-jurisdiction federal-statute legal-definition statutory-interpretation vawa-interpretation |
1. Whether the term "members" as stated in the language of the indictment is sufficient to allege the essential element of a natural and specific "per… |
| 23-6118 |
T'Shaun Omar Jones v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split controlled-substance federal-law federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines guideline-construction legal-definition state-law statutory-interpretation vehicle-for-review |
In the absence of an explicit definition, is the definition of "controlled substance" in the federal sentencing guidelines controlled by federal or st… |
| 23-5939 |
Brett Northington v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-11-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach chapter-reference circuit-split criminal-law legal-definition minor-protection minor-victim sexual-contact statutory-interpretation |
Should the definition of "aggravated sexual contact involving a minor or ward?" be imported into Chapter 110 from Chapter 109A or should a generic mea… |
| 23-5760 |
Mattie T. Lomax v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2023-10-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-investigation criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-trial legal-definition seventh-amendment |
Plaintiff Mattie Lomax brought this action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985, alleging that the Defendants violated her constitutional rights during a … |
| 23-125 |
Seaview Trading, LLC, AGK Investments, LLC, Tax Matters Partner v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-08-09 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law civil-procedure delinquent-returns filing-requirements legal-definition statutory-interpretation tax-code treasury-regulations |
Whether the word "file" in 26 U.S.C. § 6229 (2000) and as used throughout the Tax Code carries its ordinary meaning for delinquent tax returns when no… |
| 23-5254 |
David Serrano-Munoz v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2023-08-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process legal-definition sentence-enhancement sentencing sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Should certiorari be should granted to determine whether the sentence enhancement provided by 18 U.S.C. § 2251(e) is void for vagueness for lack of de… |
| 22-6666 |
Leonel Ruiz-Lopez v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-01-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-statute hughey-v-united-states legal-definition restitution sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation title-18 victim-and-witness-protection-act victim-restitution |
The Victim and Witness Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3663 ("VWPA"), permits a district court to order restitution to victims of an offense under Title 1… |
| 22-5532 |
Johnny Jasper Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split common-law common-law-offense criminal-classification criminal-law due-process generic-robbery legal-definition precedent statutory-interpretation |
Whether "generic robbery" is equivalent to the common law form of the offense, or whether, instead, it carries a broader definition? |
| 21-856 |
Barry D. Bilder v. Janice Dykstra |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-12-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
agreement-construction civil-procedure clean-hands contract-ambiguity contract-interpretation contract-law contract-terms due-process fact-determination fraud good-faith legal-definition |
In contracts, after signing an agreement, is the term, "new fact," applicable to a fact that is new and previously unknown to one party, or new and pr… |
| 20-8257 |
Oscar Daniel Rios Benitez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-06-09 |
GVR |
IFP |
18-usc-16a bodily-injury borden-v-united-states criminal-law federal-statute legal-definition recklessness statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §16(a) includes offenses that may be committed by the reckless infliction of bodily injury? |
| 19-6921 |
Brian H. Jones, Sr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process inherent-power legal-definition prosecution-standards same-transaction sovereignty sovereignty-doctrine tribal-sovereignty vagueness |
1. Is the term "same transaction" unconstitutionally vague?
2. How would two incidents separated by four months constitute the "same transaction"?
3… |
| 18-9673 |
George Djura Jakubec v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split courts-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-bank-robbery hobbs-act legal-definition statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence |
Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate… |
| 18-8899 |
Eric Richard Eleson v. Joe A. Lizarraga, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation due-process due-process-equal-protection equal-protection federal-statute judicial-discretion legal-definition non-violent-offense-classification penal-code-definition reasonable-jurist-standard state-constitution-interpretation state-federal-judge-duties state-law supremacy-clause violent-felony |
Does the U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause (Article VI, §2) require the Judge(s) (both State & Federal) within STATE OF CALIFORNIA (as well as an o… |
| 18-8302 |
Dominique Dontae Lasker v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach courts-of-appeals crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-definition specific-intent statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence |
Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate… |
| 18-8266 |
Tamim Abdul-Samad, aka Tamin Abdul-Samad, aka Brandon Harris v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c 924(c) bank-robbery career-offender categorical-approach courts-of-appeals criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-definition statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence |
Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate… |
| 18-8256 |
Mustafa Ahmad Naushad v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach courts-of-appeals criminal-law federal-bank-robbery judicial-discretion legal-definition specific-intent statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence violent-physical-force |
Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate… |
| 18-342 |
City of Maplewood, Missouri v. Cecelia Roberts Webb, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-09-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arm-of-the-state constitutional-deprivation legal-definition mcmillian-v-monroe-county monell-liability monell-v-dept-of-soc-serv municipal-corporation-liability municipal-corporations municipal-court-divisions municipal-liability policy-custom real-party-in-interest sovereign-immunity state-entity unified-court-system |
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Sovereign immunity bars a lawsuit to the extent the
relief sought would operate against the State, even if
the State is not a formally-named defenda… |