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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-1203 Terpsehore Maras v. Mayfield City School District Board of Education, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction minors mootness mootness-doctrine parental-rights pro-se-representation pro-se-rights statutory-interpretation pro-se-rights,parental-rights,minors,mootness,civil-rights,due-process
23-6934 Calvin C. Freeman v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-statute due-process minor-protection minors prosecutorial-discretion sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether Congress intended the Alternative sex trafficking of children 'OR' by force, fraud, or coercion as Alternative Elements or Alternative Means?
22-5303 George Daniel McGavitt v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing minor-sexual-conduct minors sentencing-guidelines sexual-offense-definition sexual-offenses statutory-interpretation Whether self-penetration by a minor (not prepubescent) using a benign household item is 'sadistic or masochistic' under USSG § 2G2.1(b)(4)(A)
21-8139 Duenta Grier v. Georgia Georgia 2022-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP availability confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process government-agent minors testimonial-hearsay witness-availability Was the Confrontation Clause violated?
20-8072 Byron Montijo-Maysonet v. United States First Circuit 2021-05-19 Denied IFP commerce-clause criminal-law due-process equal-protection internet-crimes internet-enticement minors statutory-interpretation Is 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b)'s internet-based enticement element satisfied when two people who already know each other have sex after exchanging non-specifi…
20-1375 Kristina Box, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health, et al. v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2021-04-01 GVR Amici (7)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-rights best-interests civil-rights constitutional-privacy constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bypass minor-consent minors parental-notification parental-rights Whether a state may require parental notice before a minor's abortion except where such notice would contravene her best interests
20-555 Kyle Stephen Thompson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-27 Denied Response Waived circuit-split criminal-intent criminal-law federal-statute mens-rea minor-protection minors purpose-element sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation visual-depiction Whether the 'for the purpose of' element of § 2251(a) means the defendant's prevailing or most influential purpose for the sexually explicit conduct w…
19-7781 John Charles Fortner v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-sentencing federal-crimes felony-offense minor minor-involvement minors sentencing sentencing-enhancement sex-offender-registration sorna statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 2260A require the underlying listed offense to involve an actual minor?
19-816 Kristina Box, et al. v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2019-12-27 GVR Amici (3)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-rights civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-bypass minor-consent minors parental-consent parental-notification standing third-party-standing Whether an abortion clinic may assert third-party standing on behalf of its hypothetical minor patients to challenge a statute requiring parental noti…
19-5198 Robert Rang v. United States First Circuit 2019-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-coercion attempted-enticement criminal-law due-process enticement-of-a-minor federal-criminal-statute interpersonal-physical-contact mens-rea minor-protection minors sexual-activity sexual-offense sexual-offenses statutory-interpretation Does a 'substantial step' under 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) require evidence of intended 'Interpersonal physical contact' in order to rise to the level, and/o…
18-8050 Alvaun Thompson v. United States Second Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP age-requirement aggravated-offense criminal-statute federal-criminal-law mens-rea minors sentencing sex-trafficking strict-liability under-14 Whether the mens rea requirement as to the person's being under 18 applies to the person's being under 14 or whether the aggravated under-14 offense i…
18-5164 George Adrien Brooks v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied IFP 18-usc-2422(b) attempted-inducement circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law intent intent-requirement mens-rea minor minor-protection minors sexual-abuse sexual-activity sexual-inducement statutory-interpretation Whether the required intent for attempted inducement under § 2422(b) is the intent to cause a minor to engage in sexual activity (as the Eleventh Circ…