lower-federal-courts

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-6504 Tormu E. Prall v. Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2024-01-18 Denied IFP cause-and-prejudice constitutional-error denial-of-counsel due-process habeas-corpus inequitable judicial-review lower-federal-courts rule-60(b) rule-60b Is it a grievous wrong when the lower federal courts demonstrably misread and reshape a habeas-corpus-claim?
21-448 France.com, Inc. v. The French Republic, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-09-23 Denied appellate-interpretation circuit-court claim-analysis commercial-activity commercial-activity-exception distinct-claims foreign-sovereign-immunities-act gravamen legal-misapplication lower-federal-courts obb-personenverkeher-v-sachs Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and other lower federal courts have misapplied this Court's decision in OBB Personen…
18-6913 Lamar Sowell v. United States Third Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-criminal-provisions force-element lower-federal-courts statutory-interpretation united-states Whether the categorical approach applies in determining whether an offense has an element of force and thereby qualifies as a 'crime of violence' for …