| 23-764 |
Facebook, Inc. v. Rosemarie Vargas, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-iii-standing circuit-conflict circuit-split civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction Iqbal judicial-procedure ninth-circuit-precedent plausibility plausibility-standard standing Twombly |
Does the Twombly-Iqbal plausibility standard apply to a plaintiff's allegations of Article III standing? |
| 21-6592 |
Donald Stanley v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law drug-statute mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums mens-rea ninth-circuit-precedent rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation |
Whether the knowingly mens rea in 21 U.S.C. § 841 applies to the elements of drug type and quantity that establish mandatory minimum and enhanced maxi… |
| 21-729 |
Shirene Hernandez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights criminal-law due-process federal-circuits fiduciary-duty honest-services-fraud ninth-circuit-precedent skilling-standard skilling-v-united-states statutory-interpretation |
Whether after Skilling, the 'right of honest services' described in 18 U.S.C. § 1346 must be defined in relation to a specific fiduciary duty against … |
| 20-7465 |
Johnny Andres Asuncion, III v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
carachuri-rosendo-v-holder criminal-sentencing felony-drug-offense mandatory-minimum ninth-circuit-precedent predicate-offense recidivism sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Ninth Circuit ruling is inconsistent with prior rulings and ignores Supreme Court precedent |
| 20-7380 |
Michael Eugene Wyatt v. John Sutton, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-elements deliberation first-degree-murder habeas-review ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-precedent precedent premeditation premeditation-and-deliberation state-law sufficiency-of-evidence |
Did the Ninth Circuit improperly disregard and/or overlook United State Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit precedent that required it to defer to Califor… |
| 20-1137 |
California Parents for the Equalization of Educational Materials v. Tom Torlakson, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-19 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
disfavored-treatment federal-law first-amendment free-exercise-clause government-discrimination ninth-circuit-precedent recurring-issue religious-exercise religious-liberty substantial-burden |
Whether the Free Exercise Clause permits the government to single out a religion for disfavored treatment so long as it does not 'substantially burden… |
| 19-7518 |
Baltazar Reyes Garcia, Angel Serrano Carreno, and Hector Contreras Ibarra v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment civil-procedure criminal-procedure defendant-rights district-court-discretion due-process juror-bias juror-inquiry juror-safety jury-bias jury-inquiry ninth-circuit-precedent standing |
Whether a district court must hold a requested jury inquiry after a juror makes statements indicating the juror has a potential source of bias because… |
| 18-9411 |
Steven Douglas Rockett v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
beyond the objective meaning of those words misconstrued the plain language of the statute an child-pornography constitutional-overbreadth constitutional-vagueness definitional-overbreadth definitional-vagueness dost-factors due-process judicial-construction lascivious-exhibition ninth-circuit-precedent overbreadth statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vagueness |
Whether the judicial construction of 'lascivious exhibition' of the genitals or pubic area of a minor in 18 U.S.C. § 2256(2)(A)(v) to include consider… |
| 18-8984 |
Nathan Caetano v. Suzanne M. Peery, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa burden-of-proof civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus mental-competency mental-incompetence ninth-circuit-precedent ninth-circuit-test retrospective-competency-determination retrospective-determination state-action structural-error |
Whether a retrospective competency determination where mental incompetence is the impediment is permissible under AEDPA(4)(B) |
| 18-8575 |
Jose Camargo-Alejo, aka Jessica Camargo-Alejo v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process entrapment entrapment-defense jury-instruction jury-instructions law-enforcement-intent ninth-circuit-precedent objective-theory sorrells-v-united-states subjective-theory |
Whether a court may decline to instruct a jury on an entrapment defense because the government agents did not objectively intend to induce a crime |
| 18-5229 |
Robert Adam Neuman v. Mark Nooth |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-07-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conflicts federal-law federal-law-analysis federal-law-review federal-review judicial-review ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-precedent ohio-v-reiner review state-court state-court-decision state-court-interpretation state-statute supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's opinion unreasonably insulates the state court decision from review and conflicts with Ohio v. Reiner |