| 25-817 |
Charles W. Christopher v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2026-01-09 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
criminal-law judicial-ambiguity legal-interpretation rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation supreme-court-standards |
What degree of statutory ambiguity triggers the rule of lenity? |
| 25-782 |
Garland Williamson v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2026-01-05 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure appellate-review court-procedure judicial-mandate legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal appellate court may affirm the dismissal of a statutory claim without interpreting the governing statute, without applying the Admin… |
| 25-764 |
Flintco, LLC v. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2025-12-30 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
arbitration-agreement contract-interpretation dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act legal-interpretation tort-claims |
Whether placing the "tort" label on a claim excludes that claim from the scope of the dispute resolution clause in the parties' contract. |
| 25-720 |
Louemma Cromity v. City of Orlando, Florida |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-12-18 |
Pending |
|
circuit-split civil-procedure federal-law judicial-error legal-interpretation rule-60b |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit's continued refusal to apply Kemp v. United States, 596 U.S. 528 (2022), directly conflicts with this Court's holding tha… |
| 25-609 |
Clinton Siples v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
2025-11-25 |
Pending |
Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse Waived |
administrative-law agency-decision clear-unmistakable-error judicial-review legal-interpretation veterans-benefits |
In the uniquely pro-claimant veterans-benefits system, Congress has provided that an otherwise final agency decision is subject to revision if that de… |
| 25-6162 |
Terrell Onterial Lobley v. Don Harris, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-violation ineffective-counsel judicial-review legal-interpretation state-law trial-procedure |
Are the Courts (state and otherwise) required to uphold Laws that are in violation of State and Federal Constitutions?
Is an individual, incarcerated… |
| 25-5970 |
Charles S. Renchenski v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-10-28 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
federal-courts legal-interpretation magwood-v-patterson procedural-error supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
DID THE LOWER FEDERAL COURTS MISAPPREHEND AND MISAPPLY THE UNITED STATES DECISION IN MAGWOOD V. PATTERSON? |
| 25-5730 |
Michael Dean Ross v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2025-09-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-liberties constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment legal-interpretation supreme-court |
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| 25-5446 |
Javier Perez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-08-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bodily-injury criminal-procedure enhancement-standard judicial-discretion legal-interpretation sentencing-guidelines |
Should application of the four-level sentencing enhancement for "permanent or life-threatening bodily injury" under U.S.S.G. § 2A2.1(b)(1)(A) require … |
| 24-788 |
Jeremy Young Hutchinson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-01-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
defendant-request federal-rule-criminal-procedure government-obligation legal-interpretation plea-bargain sentencing |
Does the plain language of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1)(B) require that the government either join in or not oppose the defendant's sen… |
| 24-6048 |
Cheryl Christin Kissentaner v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-11-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split diaz-precedent evidentiary-standard federal-evidence-rule judicial-review legal-interpretation |
Should this Court clarify its prior decision in Diaz v. United States to resolve the ongoing circuit split concerning the interpretation of Federal Ev… |
| 24-5779 |
Allan Leslie Sinanan, Jr. v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2024-10-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure court-discretion error-waiver legal-interpretation procedural-rules rule-of-law |
Whether the Commonwealth Court abused its discretion by applying Pa.R.A.P. 302(a) to conclude waiver of error, conflicting with Pa.R.A.P. 1925 and pro… |
| 24-395 |
William Edward Neilly v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2024-10-09 |
GVR |
Response RequestedRelisted (8) |
constitutional-law criminal-sentencing ex-post-facto legal-interpretation punishment restitution |
Whether restitution ordered as part of a criminal sentence constitutes punishment under the Ex Post Facto Clause |
| 24-5433 |
David Vargas v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-08-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split district-court judicial-discretion legal-interpretation procedural-error sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a district court's failure to follow the plain language of the Sentencing Guidelines constitutes an incorrect application of the Sentencing Gu… |
| 24-5273 |
Nicholas Frank Wilcox v. Tim Garrett, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process legal-interpretation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the state's interpretation of a criminal statute violates constitutional due process and statutory interpretation principles |
| 24-5137 |
Gerardo Ogaz v. Texas |
Texas |
2024-07-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
anders-v-california appeal-process case-remand civil-procedure court-procedure due-process frivolous-appeal judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-rules remand standing |
Did the Court err Concluding at Frivolous was the aPpeal in accordance wilh Anders ¥. California 386 U.S, #38 C96) When it Was oresented yout a mirror… |
| 24-5082 |
Adam Sprenger v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
change-in-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute legal-interpretation plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Have the federal courts misinterpreted and misapplied 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) et. seq. to encompass conduct neither proscribed nor enumerated in 18 U.S.C.… |
| 24-5091 |
Linda J. Feaser v. George L. Landress |
Connecticut |
2024-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-interpretation standing statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified |
| 24-4 |
In Re E. Edward Zimmermann |
|
2024-07-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law civil-procedure distinction due-process equal-protection legal-interpretation petitioner standing statutory-interpretation |
Is Petitioner a distinction without a difference? |
| 24-5011 |
Brandon Collins v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2024-07-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion court-discretion due-process evidence eyewitness judicial-review legal-interpretation motion-analysis reasonable-doubt speedy-trial testimony-credibility |
Question not identified. |
| 23-7839 |
Martin William Luther Hamilton v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-07-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act categorical-analysis criminal-law deference-to-state-courts legal-interpretation state-crime state-criminal-law supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor violent-crime |
Whether a federal court must defer to a state's highest appellate court's 'least culpable' interpretation of a state crime and follow this Court's dir… |
| 23-7826 |
Festus Okwudili Ohan v. Charles P. Rettig, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-06-28 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure due-process jurisdiction property standing takings constitutional-provisions judicial-review jurisdictional-issues legal-interpretation procedural-rights statutory-provisions |
Question not identified |
| 23-7731 |
In Re Jack Carpenter, III |
|
2024-06-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
burden-of-proof civil-liberties competence competency-evaluation constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure legal-interpretation presumption-of-jurisdiction procedural-error |
Question not identified |
| 23-7721 |
Darren M. Reese v. Jay Forshey, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-06-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure criminal-procedure'\n\n'May a State Court of Last due-process legal-interpretation rule-of-lenity state-court state-law statutory-interpretation |
Is the Rule of Lenity a Constitutional Due Process guarantee that must be employed when a State Court construes ambiguous statutory language? |
| 23-7596 |
Andre Tayson Boone v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-05-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal civil-procedure constitutional-analysis due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-interpretation procedural-rules standing statutory-provisions time-extension |
Whether the courts erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeal of the district court's denial of their motion for an extension of time to file a notic… |
| 23-7540 |
Oscar Catalan Ruiz v. California |
California |
2024-05-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
abstract-statutes appeals civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendants-rights due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-interpretation procedural-due-process sentencing |
Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated by the sentencing court's failure to consider mitigating evidence and impose an appropriate … |
| 23-7543 |
Jeryme Morgan v. DeAnna Brookhart |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-05-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-interpretation precedent-setting prior-crimes-evidence standing statutory-construction |
Whether the Martínez-Treviño Exceptions should be extended to Illinois prisoners |
| 23-1226 |
McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corporation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-05-21 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law civil-procedure district-court fcc fcc-interpretation hobbs-act legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation telephone-consumer-protection-act |
Whether the Hobbs Act required the district court in this case to accept the FCC's legal interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act |
| 23-7493 |
Lisa Marie Perez, fka Lisa Marie Belyew v. Captain Duch, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-05-17 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions genuine-issues-of-fact judicial-review jury-trial legal-interpretation precedent standing statutory-construction summary-judgment |
Whether summary judgment for the defendant was proper where genuine issues of material fact existed and a jury trial was warranted |
| 23-1169 |
Michael H. Ponder v. Hans-Peter Wild |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-30 |
Denied |
|
appellate-review circuit-precedent contract-law contract-specificity legal-interpretation oral-agreement precedent sixth-circuit specificity standard-of-review |
Whether this Court should grant certiorari review where the Sixth Circuit departed from established precedent regarding the required specificity of te… |
| 23-7184 |
Daniel Paul Sansone v. United States |
First Circuit |
2024-04-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confinement confinement-period criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing detention-calculation juvenile-commitment legal-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.-sentencing-guidelines |
Whether an indeterminate juvenile commitment is properly counted as a period of confinement of at least sixty days under the U.S. Sentencing Guideline… |
| 23-7118 |
Danilo Augusto Feliciano, aka Danil Ezekiel Faust v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General |
District of Columbia |
2024-04-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law agency-discretion arbitrary-and-capricious civil-procedure constitutional-analysis due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation precedent-setting statutory-construction |
Can an agency decision not to enforce a law despite notification of a longstanding, persistent violation of the law that has been publicly admitted to… |
| 23-6984 |
Chikezie Ottah v. Verifone System Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2024-03-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
35-usc-101 civil-procedure constitutional-provisions court-jurisdiction judicial-review legal-interpretation patent-eligibility patent-law procedural-rules standing statutory-provisions takings |
Whether the question of law presented in the petition for writ of certiorari should be reviewed |
| 23-1008 |
Gwyneth K. Murray-Nolan v. Scott Rubin, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-03-14 |
Denied |
|
appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law context due-process expressive-conduct first-amendment free-speech judicial-precedent legal-interpretation standing |
Whether conduct must convey a particularized message to be protected as expressive under the First Amendment |
| 23-6595 |
In Re Reginal Lee Davis |
|
2024-01-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process indigenous-rights judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-law sovereignty standing statutory-provisions takings |
Who is 'Uncle Sam'? |
| 23-6547 |
Billy J. Seabolt v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-01-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial jury-instructions jury-trial legal-interpretation prosecutorial-conduct prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-a-fair-trial speedy-trial |
Is it a fair trial when the jury is clearly in a distressed situation during a long trial and they contradict themselves on finding guilty and not gui… |
| 23-6208 |
Pleadro J. Scott v. Miami Dade County, Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
advocacy appellate-process appellate-review case-law civil-procedure court-procedure discretion due-process incomplete-record judicial-review legal-interpretation statutory-construction |
Whether the court of appeals erred in failing to exercise its discretion to consider additional advocacy from a party, where the judgment was based on… |
| 23-6135 |
Charles Kevin Agerton v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-11-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law federal-jurisdiction legal-interpretation offense-matching sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether an offense-matching categorical approach applies to the determination of a 'controlled substance offense' under the Sentencing Guidelines? |
| 23-5992 |
In Re John Bailey |
|
2023-11-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (3)IFP |
constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection habitual-offender judicial-discretion jury-selection legal-interpretation sentencing state-law trial-procedure unconstitutional |
Question not identified |
| 23A415 |
Alicia Marie Richards v. Ryal W. Richards |
California |
2023-11-08 |
Presumed Complete |
|
court-discretion family-law legal-interpretation legislative-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Whether a state court may construe a statute in a manner that deviates from the Legislature's intended plain meaning |
| 23-5881 |
In Re David Jah, Sr. |
|
2023-10-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights commercial-purpose conviction-standard due-process jury-determination legal-interpretation local-ordinance property-use standing takings zoning |
Whether a conviction can stand on a jury's determination that the subject property was used for a commercial purpose, despite the local ordinance requ… |
| 23-406 |
Taylor J. Matson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-10-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
case-agent criminal-procedure evidence evidence-summary jury-inference jury-instructions lay-opinion lay-witness-testimony legal-interpretation plain-language-interpretation summary-of-evidence witness-testimony |
Whether case agents may offer lay opinions summarizing evidence, interpreting plain language, and drawing inferences from evidence that only a jury ma… |
| 23-5703 |
Festus Okwudili Ohan v. ABN AMRO, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-10-03 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-liberties civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights due-process judicial-procedure legal-interpretation property property-rights takings tax-assessment |
Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated when the district attorney, court, and tax assessors conspired to deprive the petitioner of … |
| 23-5662 |
Charles Keith Wampler v. Alicia Handwerk, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-09-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-laws due-process interpretation judicial-interpretation judicial-writing legal-argument legal-interpretation legislative-drafting legislative-intent statutory-construction statutory-laws word-definition |
Can an individual, in any capacity, be allowed to alter the definition of a word, or words, within a law so that the law better suits the argument the… |
| 22-7864 |
Tommy Lee Hubbard, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-06-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circumstantial-evidence civil-rights controlled-substance controlled-substances due-process federal-courts hemp legal-interpretation marijuana marijuana-classification thc-threshold |
Can the federal courts rely exclusively upon circumstantial evidence to decide that a marijuana substance is illegal, when the circumstances surroundi… |
| 22-7436 |
Chad Robert Kolkman v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-05-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split criminal-history criminal-sentencing legal-interpretation mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation statutory-text |
Whether the 'and' in 18 U.S.C. §3553(f)(1) means 'and' consistent with the ordinary meaning of the word, so that the person remains eligible unless th… |
| 22-7024 |
In Re Kevin Ogden |
|
2023-03-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process insufficient-evidence jury-instructions legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation |
Whether the evidence was insufficient to convict the defendant |
| 22-6880 |
Roosevelt Washington v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
2023-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-review justice-standard legal-interpretation sentencing |
Whether Washington's sentence is illegally imposed as a matter of law and/or in the interest of justice |
| 22-6840 |
David Omar Caraballo v. Florida |
Florida |
2023-02-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review case-review civil-procedure court-decision due-process harmless-error judicial-procedure legal-interpretation legal-review petitioner-claims standard-of-review standing |
Whether the district court of appeals erred in denying petitioner's points of argument as presented on direct appeal |
| 22-759 |
Michael Gramins v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-02-13 |
Denied |
|
appellate-review civil-rights fraud fraud-statutes legal-interpretation materiality negotiating-position statutory-interpretation transaction-disclosure transaction-terms |
Whether, for purposes of the federal fraud statutes, misstatements are immaterial when they pertain only to a party's negotiating position and all ter… |
| 22-6508 |
Joseph M. Evans v. Amy Helene Zubrensky |
District of Columbia |
2023-01-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law court-precedent due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation surveillance |
Whether the warrantless surveillance of an individual's cell phone location data violates the Fourth Amendment |
| 22-6511 |
William Maskevich v. Illinois Department of Employment Security, et al. |
Illinois |
2023-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation notice-of-remedies precedent-analysis state-statute statutory-interpretation West-Covina-v-Perkins |
Whether West Covina v. Perkins, 525 U.S. 234 (1999) should be the driving precedent where a state has enacted a statute requiring notice of remedies, … |
| 22-6485 |
Annamarie Riethmiller v. Unnamed Defendants |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-01-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-rights declaratory-judgment due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation presidential-actions standing state-court statutory-interpretation |
Was the notice of appeal timely filed? |
| 22-6457 |
Roberto Antoine Darden, aka Dizz-e, aka Javon v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-01-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims constitutional-issues constitutional-law district-court-assessment due-process federal-courts judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-rights standing |
Whether the district court's assessment of petitioner's constitutional claims are debatable or wrong? |
| 22-6263 |
Terrence Terrell Moore v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-12-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law agency-decision circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-standards standing takings |
Whether the Supreme Court failed to address the decision of Magistrate Judge Payne and because the Supreme Court did not address this issue, the petit… |
| 22-6241 |
Clarence Lee Hooker v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
6th-amendment 8th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process equal-protection federal-law ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct legal-interpretation procedural-due-process |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit erred by denying petitioner's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, due-process, equal-pr… |
| 22-6205 |
Demetric Hardaway v. Lori Myers, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-12-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law district-court first-amendment fourth-circuit legal-interpretation retaliation summary-judgment transfer work-assignment |
Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the respondent on the petiti… |
| 22-6157 |
Carlton McKissic v. Shawn Emmons, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-11-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-interpretation plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sentencing state-court-review |
Questions Presented |
| 22-5952 |
Randell Joseph Redmond v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review due-process judicial-procedure legal-interpretation standard-of-review standing takings |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that the Firearms Owners' Protection Act (FOPA) does not preempt state laws prohibiting… |
| 22-301 |
Xiu Jian Sun v. Donald J. Trump, former President of the United States |
District of Columbia |
2022-09-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-provisions divine-intervention due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-review legal-interpretation religious-doctrine religious-freedom spiritual-claims standing |
Whether the plaintiff has standing to bring claims against the defendants based on religious beliefs and divine revelations |
| 22-5613 |
Kennrith L. Foster v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2022-09-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights due-process judicial-procedure jury-trial legal-interpretation notice plea-bargaining prisoner-rights state-court waiver |
Did the trial court violate the petitioner's constitutional rights to a jury trial when it accepted a plea without providing adequate notice of the na… |
| 22-111 |
United States, et al., ex rel. Thomas Proctor v. Safeway, Inc. |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-08-05 |
Judgment Issued |
Relisted (3) |
circuit-split civil-procedure false-claims-act government-contracts knowingly-violated legal-interpretation scienter standing statutory-interpretation subjective-understanding |
Whether and when a defendant's contemporaneous subjective understanding or beliefs about the lawfulness of its conduct are relevant to whether it 'kno… |
| 22-5239 |
Edward Bishop v. Jonathan R. Hemingway, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-08-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute double-jeopardy due-process federal-criminal-law fifth-amendment legal-interpretation offense-definition sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether § 924(c) criminalizes two separate offenses to determine if the Petitioner was convicted of an offense § 924(c) does not criminalize? |
| 21-8107 |
Keith Undray Ford v. Suzanne M. Peery, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adjudication criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-statute habeas-corpus legal-interpretation presumption-of-innocence presumption-of-law state-court state-courts |
When an issue before a state court is resolved by an assumption of fact, as opposed to a factual finding, has the issue before the state court been 'a… |
| 21-7933 |
John Armstrong, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-05-20 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
case-determination civil-rights criminal-adjudication criminal-procedure due-process legal-interpretation recidivism-calculation sentencing sentencing-containment statutory-interpretation supreme-court violent-offense |
Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) |
| 21-7835 |
Michael Perryman v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-05-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law due-process firearm-statute firearms legal-interpretation precedent precedential-reasoning sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether the mere-possession reasoning in Bailey and Bousley retain precedential value in regard to 'use' of a firearm under the amended Section 924(c)… |
| 21-7711 |
Brenda Joyce Haynes v. Leslie G. Foschio, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-04-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-conflict judicial-proceedings legal-interpretation standing statutory-construction supervisory-power |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has entered a decision in conflict with the decision of another United States Court … |
| 21-7614 |
Jacqueline M. Tauscher v. Pamela Donison, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-04-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection equal-rights gender gender-discrimination legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation |
Does 'all persons' as stated in 42 U.S.C. 1981 Equal Rights Under the Law also include the female gender? |
| 21-7596 |
Janai Meeks v. Butte County District Attorney, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-04-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-provisions detention due-process equal-protection judicial-review jurisdictional-issues juvenile-justice legal-interpretation procedural-rules standing statutory-provisions |
Whether the juvenile court erred in ordering the placement of the petitioner in a juvenile detention facility without due process |
| 21-7441 |
Edgardo Maldonado-Arce v. Deanne Criswell, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency |
First Circuit |
2022-03-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-interpretation sentencing-guidelines standing state-law statute-of-limitations |
whether-the-federal-district-court-erred-in-dismissing-the-case |
| 21-6969 |
Alton Jackson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-01-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-guidelines booker circuit-court-review criminal-sentencing guideline-enhancement lapsed-statute legal-interpretation mandatory-guidelines sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in upholding the district court's enhancement of the defendant's sentence under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1 based on an expire… |
| 21-6925 |
Chong Su Yi v. Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr., Governor of Maryland, et al. |
Maryland |
2022-01-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law civil-rights court-rules due-process equal-protection judicial-deference judicial-discretion legal-interpretation procedural-fit statutory-interpretation |
Could the court apply rules that do not fit the person? |
| 21-6684 |
Ferrill Joseph Volpicelli v. Second Judicial District Court of Nevada, Washoe County, et al. |
Nevada |
2021-12-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bodily-autonomy civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection fundamental-rights judicial-review legal-interpretation reproductive-freedom state-supreme-court |
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause prohibit the government from denying a person's fundamental right to… |
| 21-880 |
Vicki Stefanini v. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-rules court-procedure defects dismissal judicial-review legal-interpretation merits-review procedural-technicality rehearing substantial-compliance |
Whether a technical application of appellate rules should bar a review of the merits of an appellate case, when substantial compliance with the rules … |
| 21-6453 |
Duane Nishiie, aka Suh Jae Hon v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
fraud-offenses legal-interpretation precedent statute-of-limitations statutory-definition statutory-interpretation war-nexus wartime-suspension-act wartime-suspension-of-limitations-act |
Whether the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act suspends the statute of limitations for fraud offenses that have no nexus to the war or armed confli… |
| 21-6418 |
Emmanuel Ashemuke v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law circuit-split due-process federal-courts federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-deference legal-interpretation plain-meaning plain-meaning-rule sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether federal courts should defer to the Commentary of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines when it expands the definition of a term used in the text o… |
| 21-6388 |
Calvin Roach v. Donald W. Washington, Director, United States Marshals Service, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-11-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-duty due-process federal-law legal-interpretation military-law military-oath oath-of-office retiree-obligations standing |
Whether military retirees are bound by their Oath to protect the United States Constitution against foreign and domestic enemies |
| 21-6103 |
Moses D. Estrada v. California |
California |
2021-10-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
attorney-client-relationship collaborative-discovery constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure legal-interpretation procedural-rights right-to-counsel victim-rights |
Does an accused have a right to effective assistance of counsel when the accused does not collaborate with counsel? |
| 21-509 |
James Lawrence v. Altice USA |
Second Circuit |
2021-10-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arrest-warrant civil-rights defamation due-process first-amendment free-speech legal-interpretation media-defamation media-reporting standing substantial-truth |
Can a media lawfully portray a ONE TIME One Count of Second Degree Breach of Peace arrest as 'ARRESTED FOR STALKING SEVERAL WOMEN? |
| 21-417 |
Sulzer Mixpac AG v. A&N Trading Company, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-09-16 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split functionality intellectual-property lanham-act legal-interpretation product-features product-functionality trademark-protection utility |
Whether any degree of utility categorically renders a product feature functional and thus ineligible for federal trademark protection under the Lanham… |
| 21-5616 |
Felix Antequera Rivera, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-09-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-safeguards separation-of-powers standing |
Whether the court below erred in allowing the petitioner to bring a claim for a writ of mandamus |
| 21-5555 |
Ross Allen Hartwell v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-01 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process fair-trial jurisdictional-limits jury legal-interpretation sixth-amendment standing state-court statutory-interpretation |
Does the Supreme Court's decision in Washington v. Deleon, 568 U.S. 068 (2014) allow lower courts to violate an individual's right to a fair and impar… |
| 21-5509 |
Luther McKiver v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-08-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process eleventh-circuit fourteenth-amendment judicial-precedent legal-interpretation precedent |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit entered a decision that misapplies the precedent of this Court and as a result, violates the Due Process Clause of the Fo… |
| 21-5397 |
Jesse Carey v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crime-of-violence criminal-law enumerated-offense generic-robbery legal-interpretation robbery-definition sentencing-guidelines third-circuit third-degree-robbery |
Whether the Third Circuit misapplied the law and rendered a decision in conflict with other federal courts of appeals by holding that Petitioner's thi… |
| 21-5200 |
Walter Himmelreich v. Stephen Spaulding, Warden |
First Circuit |
2021-07-23 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-issues constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process federal-sovereignty habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-rights standing statutory-analysis |
Did the lower courts err in failing to grant a hearing on the constitutional issues raised by the petitioner in habeas corpus? |
| 21-5179 |
Stanford R. Coleman v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-07-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-avoidance court-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts federal-state-conflict judicial-review legal-interpretation standing state-courts statutory-interpretation |
Whether this Court is required to consider the doctrine of Constitutional Avoidance |
| 21-5188 |
Malik Nasir v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-07-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation ninth-circuit standing third-circuit |
Should the Ashrict court's denial of the defendant's motion for payment of attorney's fees be reversed by the Third Circuit? |
| 21-5136 |
Ledaniel Vernell Russell v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
10-1-provision civil-rights drug-laws due-process equal-protection legal-interpretation markup-provision metric-calculation mixture-metric opportunity-gain sentencing statutory-interpretation |
whether-the-distinction-between-actual-methamphetamine-and-mixture-containing-methamphetamine-violates-due-process |
| 21-5123 |
Terence L. Thomas v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-07-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal-process civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari |
What is the due process for appealing a denial of a writ of certiorari? |
| 21-5061 |
Henry Johnson Lucas, Jr. v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2021-07-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-court fourteenth-amendment legal-interpretation standing supreme-court-rules virginia-law |
Whether the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires the Commonwealth of Virginia to provide a criminal defendant with a meaningful opp… |
| 20-8446 |
Hewitt A. Grant, II v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-06-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-procedure fifth-amendment judicial-review jurisdiction legal-interpretation procedural-rules retrial united-states-law |
Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment bars the retrial of the petitioner after the trial court's erroneous dismissal of the charge… |
| 20-1727 |
James David O'Brien v. Securities and Exchange Commission |
Second Circuit |
2021-06-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-court-ruling civil-procedure federal-agency immunity legal-interpretation proffer-agreement subpoena testimony testimony-protection |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit err in deciding that a proponent of testimony pursuant to a proffer agreement is not lat… |
| 20-8162 |
Bralen Lamar Jordan v. C. Rivers, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-05-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
admissibility circuit-split civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process evidentiary-standard judicial-review legal-interpretation medical-malpractice medical-records pharmacy-records procedural-challenge |
What is the legal issue being raised? |
| 20-8116 |
Carlos Bayon v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-05-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence evidence-admissibility federal-rule-of-evidence-404(b) federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-discretion legal-interpretation rule-of-exclusion rule-of-inclusion |
Is Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) a rule of inclusion or exclusion? |
| 20-1537 |
Terence K. Dickinson v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-05-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
congressional-act constitutional-law federal-courts federalism judicial-review legal-interpretation legislative-authority legislative-intent separation-of-powers statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the [Act] passed by Congress is to be adhered to by the United States Federal Courts, or whether the lower court was correct in relegating the… |
| 20-7841 |
Sylvia J. Manor v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Company |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
breach-of-contract civil-procedure contract contract-interpretation date-of-accrual insurance-law legal-interpretation life-insurance statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions |
What is the proper and legal Date Of Accrual in this case? |
| 20-1386 |
Dale Sawyer Eisele v. The Estate of Joseph Brodie Smith |
New Hampshire |
2021-04-02 |
Denied |
|
adoption adoption-law civil-rights dna-paternity due-process exhumation exhumation-request family-rights legal-interpretation pretermitted-heir probate standing |
Did interpreting this matter by using current adoption laws lead to a comprehension error that was detrimental to this case? |
| 20-7599 |
Kevin L. Tucker v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Third Circuit |
2021-03-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-conflict legal-interpretation veterans-claims |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has entered a decision in conflict with the United States Court of Appeals for Vetera… |
| 20-7408 |
Trystan Keun Napper v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-courts judicial-discretion legal-interpretation plain-error standard-of-review statutory-interpretation |
Whether Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b) permits courts of appeals to grant appellate relief in the absence of error shown by binding preceden… |
| 20-7179 |
Nelson Viera v. Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-02-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure court-jurisdiction fraud fraud-upon-court judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-interpretation miscarriage-of-justice procedural-review rule-60 supreme-court |
Whether the lower Courts are properly interpreting and implementing the Supreme Court decree about jurisdiction and fraud upon the Court under Rule 60… |
| 20-1092 |
Brandon Jones v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-02-11 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split civil-rights document-fraud due-process federal-criminal-law fraud free-speech government-securities legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. 514(a) prohibits the use of fake versions of actual, existing types of documents and instruments |
| 20-986 |
Michael Gregory Hubbard v. Alabama |
Alabama |
2021-01-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
criminal-law criminal-statutes due-process fair-notice first-impression-law legal-interpretation official-actions official-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-theory statutory-interpretation |
Did the Supreme Court of Alabama deprive Petitioner of due process of law? |
| 20-861 |
Arlene Fry v. Rand Construction Corporation |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-12-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
bostock-v-clayton-county burrage-v-united-states but-for-causation causation-standard circuit-split employment-action fmla-claim fmla-retaliation legal-interpretation motivating-factor negative-factor |
Whether the lower court erred in adopting a 'sole cause' standard for FMLA retaliation claims, in direct conflict with this Court's holdings in Burrag… |
| 20-852 |
Shaquere Myleshia Gray, Co-Administratrix of the Estate of Gregory Tremaine Miller, et al. v. Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process employer-liability federal-courts fela fifth-circuit labor-law legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has deviated from established Supreme Court precedent under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA… |
| 20-6703 |
Roberto Antoine Darden, aka Dizz-e, aka Javon v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-12-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
district-court factual-dispute fourth-circuit government-breach hill-v-lockhart legal-interpretation plea-bargain plea-contract prejudice prejudice-standard |
Whether the government's failure to dispute the factual manifestations of the Petitioner's government breach claim due to the plea contract's accounta… |
| 20-6617 |
In Re Theresa Romain |
|
2020-12-14 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-law federal-law-application judicial-error justice-standard legal-interpretation standing state-court state-court-review |
Can a State Court applied clearly established Federal Law erroneously or incorrectly as to cause harm to a Petitioner? |
| 20-6593 |
Dustin Lee MacLeod v. William Moritz, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-12-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law constitutional-provisions federal-indian-law federal-jurisdiction indian-treaty legal-interpretation native-american-rights supreme-law supreme-law-of-the-land treaty-rights |
Is an 'Indian Treaty' the Supreme Law of the Land? |
| 20-6527 |
Byron Brown v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-12-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review bivens civil-rights criminal-procedure damages due-process federal-government legal-interpretation seventh-circuit writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Seventh Circuit erred in affirming the district court's dismissal of petitioner's civil rights claims against the United States government… |
| 20-6424 |
Deloyd Jones v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-conflict common-purpose criminal-enterprise drug-distribution fifth-circuit legal-interpretation rico rico-statute shared-profits statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Is concerted criminal activity by individuals within a group sufficient to establish an 'enterprise' under RICO even if there is no evidence of shared… |
| 20-6407 |
Jonathan Wallace Gomez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-23 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
assault-definition bodily-injury circuit-split criminal-offense generic-definition legal-interpretation physical-force reckless-causation reckless-conduct |
Whether a criminal offense defined to include the reckless causation of bodily injury has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of p… |
| 20-616 |
Stephen Durr v. Department of the Army, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2020-11-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation motion-to-vacate procedural-rights standing statute-claim statutory-interpretation |
Did The U.S. District Court (Washington, DC), Abuse The U.S. Court Of Appeals (Washington DC) Abuse Discretion In The Denial Of The Petitioner Motion … |
| 20-6160 |
Azaniah Blankumsee v. Walter West, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-10-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions contract-clause due-process federal-courts first-amendment legal-interpretation private-contractors public-policy standing |
Did the court of Appeals decision create a conflict between its decision and the decision of other appellate courts on the same issues? |
| 20-6130 |
Desmond Howard Greer v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-26 |
GVR |
Relisted (2)IFP |
criminal-law criminal-offense elements-of-crime force legal-interpretation mens-rea personal-injury reckless-injury recklessness sentencing use-of-force violent-crime |
Whether an offense has as an element the use of force against the person of another if it may be committed by recklessly inflicting injury? |
| 20-522 |
Xavier Demetrius Porter v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-10-20 |
Denied |
|
categorical-approach dicta federal-court federal-court-interpretation judicial-precedent legal-interpretation precedent state-court state-court-dicta statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal court applying the categorical approach is required to give significant weight to on point dicta from the relevant State's highest c… |
| 20-6050 |
James Anthony Martin v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2020-10-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-liability direct-appeal due-process federal-law legal-interpretation massachusetts-supreme-judicial-court supreme-court-decisions supreme-judicial-court |
Whether the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court misinterpreted federal law in not applying a new rule narrowing criminal liability to cases on direct… |
| 20-5981 |
Javier Garza v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2020-10-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-characteristics constitutional-provisions court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure de-facto-life-sentence eighth-amendment judicial-review juvenile-sentencing legal-interpretation miller-v-louisiana statutory-provisions youth-characteristics |
Whether mandatory life sentences, natural or de facto, for juveniles are unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment regardless of whether the trial c… |
| 20-5675 |
Robert Trevino v. E. Dotson, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas intentional-oversight judicial-procedure legal-interpretation procedural-rules standing supreme-court |
Did the 14th Circuit depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings as to call for an exercise of the Supreme Court's supervisory p… |
| 20-5596 |
Kevin Dean Green v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-09-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
beckles-v-united-states constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation sentencing-guideline sentencing-guidelines vagueness-challenge vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness |
Does Beckles v. United States foreclose a vagueness challenge to a sentencing guideline when the operative term in that guideline is defined by a crim… |
| 20-73 |
IV Solutions, Inc. v. PacifiCare Life & Health Insurance Co. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-07-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
claim-reprocessing dialogue explanation-of-benefits health-care-provider health-insurance-company healthcare-provider insurance-claims legal-interpretation statute-of-limitations |
When does the statute of limitations begin running for a health care provider's claims against an insurance company? |
| 19-8398 |
Joseph White v. Detroit East Community Mental Health, et al. |
Michigan |
2020-05-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights employment employment-law hostile-environment hostile-work-environment legal-interpretation organizational-liability retaliation sexual-harassment workplace workplace-abuse |
Must a court overlook coworkers, supervisors, and organizational directors, to tease and to allow sexual harassment, thus creating a hostile environme… |
| 19-8141 |
Eric Jeffrey Cowan v. Josie Gastelo, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights Constitutional-Challenge constitutional-law due-process equal-protection Fourteenth-Amendment Judicial-Review jurisdiction Legal-Interpretation Petitioner-Rights standing |
Should Petitioner receive relief under United States Constitution Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection |
| 19-7800 |
Donald Sheman Bush v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion circuit-split de-novo de-novo-review evidence-admissibility evidence-rule-404b evidentiary-rules federal-rules-of-evidence-404(b) legal-interpretation other-acts rule-404b standard-of-review |
Whether evidence falls within Rule 404(b) |
| 19-7739 |
H. K. V. v. Florida Department of Children and Families, et al. |
Florida |
2020-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appeals appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-interpretation standing |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the lower court dismissed the petitioner's claims without proper jurisdiction |
| 19-1037 |
Sok Bun v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-19 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split criminal-procedure detainers due-process interstate-agreement interstate-agreement-on-detainers legal-interpretation motion motions standing trial trial-court trial-motion |
Whether a defendant is 'unable to stand trial' within the meaning of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers, 18 U.S.C. App. 2, § 2, art. VI(a), when he… |
| 19-993 |
Irma Rosas v. Austin Independent School District, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-02-07 |
Denied |
|
appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-procedure dismissal due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion legal-interpretation motion-to-reopen |
Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims when it denied her motion to reopen her appeal, contrary to Federal Rule of Appellate … |
| 19-7345 |
Roberto Sanchez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-precedent civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process fifth-circuit immigration immigration-status judicial-conflict legal-interpretation precedent prejudice prejudicial-evidence procedural-review |
Did the Fifth Circuit's opinion conflict with its own precedent in Rojas v. Richardson regarding the prejudicial nature of a party's immigration statu… |
| 19-7264 |
Lazaro Zapata v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2020-01-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment. 5th-amendment civil-procedure due-process standing takings appeals appellate-review case-review civil-rights court-decision criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure legal-interpretation |
Whether the Illinois Appellate Court erred in denying petitioner's request for a new trial based on ineffective assistance of counsel and due process … |
| 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… |
| 19-859 |
Stuart Force, et al. v. Facebook, Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2020-01-09 |
Denied |
|
communications-decency-act content-provider editorial-function editorial-functions immunity interactive-computer-service legal-interpretation online-platforms publisher publisher-immunity section-230 |
Whether Section 230(c)(1) of the Communications Decency Act provides broad immunity to online platforms or is limited to traditional editorial functio… |
| 19-6828 |
Reginald Jerry Shaw v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-12-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review application-notes certificate-of-appealability commentary district-court-discretion ineffective-assistance legal-interpretation sentencing-guidelines strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Are the commentary and application notes in the Sentencing Guideline manual authoritative or left to the District Court's discretion? |
| 19-6712 |
Adam Scott Caward v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure appellate-waiver circuit-split civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion legal-interpretation miscarriage-of-justice sentencing standing |
Whether the Court should adopt the rule espoused in the First, Third, Fourth, Tenth, and D.C. Circuits, which hold that an appellate court can decline… |
| 19-6677 |
Justin Scott Vasey v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-11-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing eighth-amendment eighth-circuit legal-interpretation lowest-level-of-conduct state-law statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Eighth Circuit properly considered the 'lowest level of conduct' as required under this Court's precedent for the categorical approach, an… |
| 19-6564 |
In Re Wei Zhou |
|
2019-11-08 |
Dismissed |
Relisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1331 28-usc-1332 civil-procedure constitution constitutional-interpretation federal-courts judicial-discretion judicial-jurisdiction judicial-power judicial-proceedings jurisdiction-decline legal-interpretation mandamus statutory-interpretation statutory-jurisdiction |
Does the Constitution of the United States permit any court of the United States to decline the exercise of jurisdiction given by any law of the Unite… |
| 19-6383 |
Nelli Kesoyan v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeals federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure legal-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Did the Court of Appeals adopt an erroneous interpretation of U.S.S.G. § 251.3(b)(3)? |
| 19-6207 |
Kevin Henderson v. Don Bottom, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-10-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certiorari-petition circuit-conflict civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-question due-process federal-courts judicial-precedent legal-interpretation merits precedent standing supreme-court supreme-court-review |
Did the Sixth Circuit err when reaching conclusions arguably in conflict and inconsistent with this Supreme Court's decisions? |
| 19-6224 |
Philong Huynh v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General |
District of Columbia |
2019-10-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law appellate-review attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights congressional-statutes court-procedure discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception discretionary-standard due-process government-oversight investigation-power judicial-review legal-interpretation |
Whether the government oversight function, including the power of investigation, is subject to the discretionary function exception under congressiona… |
| 19-276 |
Jose Luis Garza, et al. v. City of Donna, Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights detainee-mistreatment due-process episodic-act-or-omission evidentiary-standard fact-question free-speech legal-interpretation municipal-liability municipal-policy qualified-immunity section-1983 summary-judgment |
Did the panel err in determining that the signs posted by Respondent were too 'inexact' and 'nebulous' in meaning to constitute municipal policy for §… |
| 19-5530 |
Leroy Lyons v. Thomas Winn, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-08-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus innocence judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-rights statutory-construction wrongful-conviction |
Question not identified |
| 19-5421 |
Charles Earl Davis v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-31 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6)IFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process factual-error harmless-error judicial-standard legal-interpretation plain-error plain-error-review procedural-review standard-of-review |
Whether factual error is categorically immune from plain error review? |
| 19-5304 |
Michael Paul Puzey v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-07-25 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
38-usc-7253 appellate-review article-iii civil-procedure constitutional-error due-process judicial-procedure jurisdictional-standard legal-interpretation procedural-review standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the Appellate Court committed a Manifest error by Failing to adhere to its obligations and duty under Article III, subsection 2, and 38 U.S.C.… |
| 19-5203 |
In Re Angel Ruiz-Rivera |
|
2019-07-17 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-amendment debt-issuance due-process federal-law government-debt judicial-authority judicial-discretion legal-interpretation puerto-rico-government referendum standing statutory-interpretation takings |
Is Joint Resolution 87-121 of August 3, 1961 by the U.S. Congress and the amendment to the Constitution of P.R. approved therein and ratified by 82% o… |
| 19-73 |
Michael W. Gahagan v. Citizenship & Immigration Services |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-15 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
attorney-fees circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fee-award fee-award-interpretation fee-award-laws fogerty-v-fantasy foia-litigation freedom-of-information-act legal-interpretation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation textual-analysis |
Does the Fifth Circuit's rule that all federal fee-award laws must be read identically contravene this Court's decision in Fogerty v. Fantasy Inc.? |
| 18-1526 |
Patrick J. Tobin v. City and County of San Francisco, California |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure federal-courts federalism forum-shopping government-code-911.3(b) judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits legal-interpretation preemption rule-10(a) state-law supervisory-powers |
Whether the federal court erred in exercising pendent jurisdiction over state law claims and failing to follow state supreme court precedent on the in… |
| 18-9159 |
Freddy Brown v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-05-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa constitutional-claim constitutional-claims constitutional-question eighth-amendment federal-habeas federal-habeas-review federal-review habeas-review legal-interpretation merits-decision merits-determination state-court state-court-decisions supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the Florida Supreme Court erred in treating Virginia v. LeBlanc, 137 S. Ct. 1726 (2017), a case arising under federal habeas review, as a deci… |
| 18-8994 |
Abie Wolf, aka Abraham C. Wolf v. Randolph Osherow, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal bankruptcy bankruptcy-appeal bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-rules bankruptcy-trustee court-jurisdiction creditors-meeting discharge discharge-appeal due-process legal-interpretation procedural-error transcript trustee trustee-objection |
Whether or not the Lower Court is talking about Petitioners Discharge and that's not what Petitioner appealed |
| 18-8688 |
Frederick A. McShan v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-04-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fundamental-rights ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-rights record statutory-provisions |
Whether the District Court erred in denying the appellant's due process and fundamental fairness claims |
| 18-8552 |
Herman Gaines v. Brad Busnardo, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-03-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-interpretation medical-treatment procedural-rights standing statutory-provisions |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals violated the petitioner's constitutional right to due-process by declining to consider the petitioner's claim that t… |
| 18-8391 |
Nam Nhat Ngo v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-definition criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion legal-interpretation sentencing statutory-construction 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… |
| 18-8394 |
Asim Shakir Daniels v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-definition criminal-law due-process equal-protection federal-crime federal-jurisdiction judicial-interpretation legal-interpretation sentencing 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… |
| 18-8327 |
Robert Nathan Alm v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach court-of-appeals criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-interpretation specific-intent statutory-construction 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… |
| 18-8209 |
Raymond Alford Bradford v. M. Marchak, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment appellate-review circuit-court civil-rights due-process healthcare judicial-precedent legal-interpretation mental-health ninth-circuit prisoner-rights prisoners-rights statutory-interpretation |
Whether state prisoners have a statutory right to refuse long-term treatment with psychotropic drugs absent a judicial determination of incompetence |
| 18-8211 |
Russell Berger v. James Gibson, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-03-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
ada civil-rights criminal-law disability discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-statute judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-safeguards standing statutory-interpretation |
Can a person's height be a disability under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213? |
| 18-8068 |
Frankie Hill, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-interpretation specific-intent statutory-construction 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… |
| 18-1059 |
Bridget Anne Kelly v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-02-13 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (4)Relisted (3) |
decision-making due-process fraud government government-fraud government-property legal-interpretation official-decision policy-reason property public-official public-policy subjective-intent |
Whether a public official 'defrauds' the government by advancing a 'public policy reason' for an official decision that is not her subjective 'real re… |
| 18-7930 |
Richard S. Button v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
filing-date habeas-corpus legal-interpretation motion-amendment postconviction-relief procedural-rules relation-back standard-of-review state-law timeliness |
Do the procedural rules in effect at time of filing govern whether an application for state postconviction relief is properly filed? |
| 18-7665 |
Robert Tommy Garrett v. California |
California |
2019-01-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review constitutional-provision double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review jury-trial legal-interpretation lesser-included-offense multiple-convictions multiple-punishments procedural-issue statutory-provision |
Whether the trial court's erroneous failure to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of law and the defendant's right to a jury trial viola… |
| 18-7592 |
Zane Hubbard v. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law court-procedure due-process fair-procedure government-action judicial-review legal-interpretation standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the government's denial of Petitioner's request for a letter of recommendation violates the Constitution by denying the Petitioner's right to … |
| 18-7593 |
Richard Michael Sanchez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-waiver consecutive-sentence criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process legal-interpretation plea-agreement sentencing |
Does a plea agreement's limited appellate waiver preclude a defendant's challenge of a decision to impose a consecutive sentence where the appellate w… |
| 18-7611 |
Terrance E. Everett v. Delaware |
Delaware |
2019-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-issues court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process evidence legal-interpretation officer-discretion police-misconduct public-policy standing suspect-authority |
Whether the lower Court and the Delaware Supreme Court erred, and abused their discretion, with regards to the lower Court's denial of a mistrial and … |
| 18-7514 |
Toni R. Palmer v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Technology Risk Office |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
case-merits civil-procedure complaint-analysis court-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standards judicial-review legal-interpretation pleadings standing summary-judgment |
Whether the district court and appeals court erred when they granted the defendant's motion to dismiss despite evidence submitted by the plaintiff tha… |
| 18-7469 |
David Valenzuela Arzate v. James Robertson, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
11th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process fair-trial gang-evidence insufficient-evidence judicial-review legal-interpretation statutory-provisions |
Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals abuse discretion or err in denying petitioner's certificate of appealability? |
| 18-7415 |
Anthony James Scott v. California |
California |
2019-01-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law alcohol-regulation civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation local-ordinance preemption procedural-rules state-constitution statutory-provisions transportation-of-alcohol |
Whether an officer could have reasonably entertained a good faith belief that a local ordinance prohibiting the transportation of alcohol in public wa… |
| 18-858 |
James McCullars v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
advertisement advertising-statute communication-privacy criminal-law criminal-prosecution due-process first-amendment free-speech legal-interpretation notice notice-and-advertisement private-communications statutory-interpretation trial-evidence |
Whether the proof at trial which established that petitioner was only engaged in private, closed communications — either one-to-one, or among a small … |
| 18-6476 |
Joseph White v. Detroit East Community Mental Health, et al. |
Michigan |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process employee-rights employment fraud hostile-environment hostile-work-environment legal-interpretation organizational-liability sexual-harassment standing statutory-interpretation workplace-abuse |
Must a court overlook co-workers, supervisors, and organizational directors, to tease and to allow sexual harassment, thus creating a hostile environm… |
| 18-486 |
Toshiba Corporation v. Automotive Industries Pension Trust Fund, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-17 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (9)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
circuit-split domestic-transaction domestic-transactions extraterritoriality forum-shopping legal-interpretation morrison-v-national-australia-bank ninth-circuit second-circuit securities-exchange-act securities-fraud securities-regulation |
Whether the Exchange Act applies without exception whenever a claim is based on a domestic transaction, or whether in certain circumstances the Exchan… |
| 18-6349 |
Daniel Israel Palomino v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-review due-process guideline-commentary judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-interpretation sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court abuses its discretion in misapplying a sentencing guideline when it refuses to consider a factor expressly provided for in th… |
| 18-6022 |
Theophilus K. Udeigwe v. Texas Tech University, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-court civil-rights continuing-violation continuing-violation-doctrine due-process employment-discrimination hostile-work-environment legal-interpretation racial-discrimination retaliation title-vii unlawful-retaliation workplace-harassment |
Whether the Fifth Circuit erroneously interpreted and applied the law governing the timeliness of Title VII claims (racial discrimination and unlawful… |
| 18-5066 |
Edward Vincent Ray v. California |
California |
2018-07-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-challenge criminal-statute cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection gender-bias ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-interpretation overbreadth sentencing-disparities vagueness-doctrine |
Whether Petitioner's sentence of 36 years violates equal protection due to disparities in California sentences for female and male offenders for the s… |
| 18-5166 |
Darrell Taylor v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-07-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
alleyne-retroactivity alleyne-v-united-states collateral-review due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure legal-interpretation retroactivity sentencing supreme-court-precedent time-limitations |
Did the Lower Courts incorrectly hold that Alleyne v. United States did not affect time limitations and held not retroactive on collateral review when… |