| 25-470 |
Scott Cannon, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Blaise Cannon v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. |
First Circuit |
2025-10-16 |
Denied |
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derivative-claim erisa-preemption first-circuit massachusetts-law statutory-interpretation wrongful-death |
Whether a claim for wrongful death under Massachusetts law is preempted by ERISA. |
| 22-7578 |
In Re Carlos A. Seino |
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2023-05-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-appellate jurisdictional-challenge massachusetts-law procedural-rules search-and-seizure standing |
Whether the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourth Amendment in the context of a warrantless s… |
| 19-6941 |
Michael Collins v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-12-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process first-circuit massachusetts-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court-rulings violent-felony |
Whether the First Circuit holding that assault with a dangerous weapon as defined by Massachusetts law is a violent felony under the Armed Career Crim… |
| 19-5893 |
Melissa Pfeiffer v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2019-09-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
conscious-disregard-for-risk criminal-law felony-murder inherent-dangerousness inherently-dangerous inherently-dangerous-felony judicial-determination judicial-fact-finding jury-instructions malice-aforethought massachusetts-law presumption-of-malice sentencing |
Whether the judge or the jury decides the issue of intent in a second-degree felony murder case where the underlying felony is inherently dangerous as… |
| 19-5268 |
Thomas Bois v. United States |
First Circuit |
2019-07-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
assault-with-dangerous-weapon crime-of-violence enumerated-offenses federal-sentencing force-clause massachusetts-assault massachusetts-assault-with-dangerous-weapon massachusetts-law sentence-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether a prior conviction for Massachusetts Assault with a Dangerous Weapon qualifies as a crime of violence for sentence enhancement purposes under … |
| 18-5669 |
Peter Cruz v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
2018-08-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process due-process,fifth-amendment,fourteenth-amendment,s fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment life-without-parole massachusetts-law sentencing |
Whether the petitioner can be punished with life without parole when not charged, tried, or convicted of first-degree murder |