| 25-6124 |
Mujera Benjamin Lung'aho v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-11-14 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP |
arson-federalization circuit-split federal-funding necessary-and-proper-clause property-jurisdiction spending-clause |
1. Whether Congress may federalize the arson of any property belonging to any organization that receives any amount of federal funding under the Spend… |
| 25-5644 |
Derrick Murphy v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-09-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-limits federal-authority missouri-v-holland necessary-and-proper-clause state-prerogatives treaty-power |
In 2014 the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional as applied §229, criminal provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act.(See Bond … |
| 25-5412 |
Ryan Daniel Richmond v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-08-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
commerce-clause controlled-substances federal-preemption marijuana-regulation necessary-and-proper-clause tax-deduction |
Whether 26 U.S.C. § 280E—which denies ordinary and necessary business deductions to enterprises trafficking in Schedule I controlled substances—may co… |
| 24-5090 |
Gerald Wayne Timms v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-4248 attorney-general civil-commitment due-process fifth-amendment necessary-and-proper-clause procedural-due-process procedural-rights substantive-due-process |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 4248, consistent with both substantive and procedural due process, can be read to permit a civil commitment order to remain in eff… |
| 23-7378 |
Frederick Herrod v. Members of the 79th Congress |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adjudication appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus liberal-construction motion necessary-and-proper-clause pro-se pro-se-litigant speech-and-debate-clause |
if-the-congressional-command-of-federal-rule-of-appellate-procedure-24(a)(5)-requires-certain-submissions-must-be-included-with-a-motion,-is-a-pro-se-… |
| 22-1057 |
Standing Akimbo, Inc., et al. v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-05-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
commerce-clause controlled-substances-act federalism marijuana-regulation necessary-and-proper-clause summary-judgment tax-code |
Whether Gonzales v. Raich should be overruled |
| 22-6332 |
In Re James Vandivere |
|
2022-12-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
adam-walsh-act civil-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus necessary-and-proper-clause pro-se-petition |
Question not identified |
| 22-5306 |
Micky Rife v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-08-08 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
article-i article-i-powers congress congressional-power constitution constitutional-interpretation criminal-penalties necessary-and-proper-clause treaty treaty-enforcement |
Does the Necessary and Proper Clause contained within Article I of the Constitution provide an independent basis for Congress to create criminal penal… |
| 21-7599 |
Neil Timothy Aho v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-04-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority due-process enumerated-powers federalism necessary-and-proper-clause statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction tenth-amendment |
Whether Section 2252 of Title 18 of the United States Code is void ab initio and no law at all on the ground Congress has no authority to enact the St… |
| 21-7050 |
Guy Cozzi v. New York State Workers' Compensation Board, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-02-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection federal-courts judicial-review necessary-and-proper-clause rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine standing supreme-court-discretion |
Whether Section 25 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 violates the Constitution |
| 19-256 |
Yuzef Abramov v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-powers counsel-of-choice due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause necessary-and-proper necessary-and-proper-clause sixth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation treaty-power |
Whether it is constitutional to extend 18 U.S.C. § 2423(c) to noncommercial conduct allegedly committed by a foreign citizen and resident against othe… |
| 18-9575 |
In Re Phillip Love |
|
2019-06-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-power federalism interstate-commerce jurisdiction necessary-and-proper-clause statutory-interpretation |
Can the federal government punish felonious crimes under the constitutional Interstate Commerce Clause within the 50 compact states of the Union? |
| 18-7485 |
Marcus Noel v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-18 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-law criminal-prosecution due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction hostage-taking international-law jurisdictional-elements mens-rea nationality necessary-and-proper-clause treaty-power |
Whether the federal Hostage Taking statute requires proof that the defendant knew the victim was a U.S. national |