| 24-812 |
La Dell Grizzell, on Behalf of Her Minor Children v. San Elijo Elementary School, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-31 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Relisted (2) |
constitutional-rights federal-court minor-representation ninth-circuit-rule pro-se-litigation statutory-interpretation |
Whether children must retain an attorney to pursue claims in federal court, or whether their parents may instead litigate pro se on their behalf |
| 21-5686 |
Tobias Soto-Melchor v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-09-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlling-precedent counsel-of-choice ineffective-assistance ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-rule right-to-counsel right-to-counsel-of-choice right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial-delay |
Proper-standard-for-substituting-retained-counsel |
| 19-8921 |
Zane Floyd v. William Gittere, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-07-08 |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
aedpa brain-damage capital-case fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorder habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigation-evidence ninth-circuit-rule strickland-prejudice strickland-standard |
May a court assessing Strickland prejudice dismiss the significance of evidence of brain damage, on the ground that it makes only a 'limited additiona… |
| 19-1187 |
Matco Tools Corporation, et al. v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration-agreement civil-procedure contract-validity district-court-discretion federal-jurisdiction forum-non-conveniens forum-selection-clause ninth-circuit-rule procedural-exception subject-matter |
May a district court create an exception to the rule that the validity of a forum-selection clause does not depend upon the validity of the underlying… |
| 19-5691 |
Roxanne Marie Carpenter v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-client-privilege conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rules duress-defense ninth-circuit-rule pinkerton-instruction pinkerton-liability pre-trial-disclosure work-product work-product-doctrine work-product-privilege |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's Vasquez-Landaver rule requiring pretrial public disclosure of defense strategy contravenes criminal-procedure rules and at… |