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25A853 Joseph Sullivan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2026-01-30 Application criminal-prosecution data-security jury-instruction nexus-requirement obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25A730 Bina Islam v. Patrick R. Bodnar Oklahoma 2025-12-22 Application due-process estate-fraud national-security obstruction-of-justice probate-proceedings witness-tampering Question not identified.
25-5849 Darvin W. Gray v. Carrie Bridges, Warden Tenth Circuit 2025-10-09 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure federal-review habeas-corpus obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation The OCR text provided is too degraded and illegible to accurately extract the "Question(s) Presented" section. The handwritten or heavily corrupted te…
25-5736 In Re Ahmad Aljindi 2025-09-25 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP constitutional-due-process federal-circuit judicial-integrity judicial-misconduct mandamus-relief obstruction-of-justice 1. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, led by Chief Judge Kimberly A. Moore, violate its mandatory duty under FRAP 27 and …
25-5313 Kevin William Cassaday v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-08-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process federal-procedure obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct 1. Was the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 13th & 14th U.S. Constitutional Amendments purposefully denied to Mr. Cassaday? 2. Upon arrest Mr. Cassaday aske…
24-6869 Evelyn Thomas v. Quicktrip Corporation Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-27 Denied IFP civil-rights colorism-discrimination eeoc-procedure judicial-bias obstruction-of-justice title-vii Whether colorism discrimination under Title VII and obstruction of justice by withholding EEOC documents constitute actionable legal claims
24-901 Kaeun Kim v. United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Third Circuit 2025-02-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-limits due-process judicial-bias mandamus obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-immunity Whether the Third Circuit erred in denying the Petition for Writ of Mandamus despite compelling evidence of judicial bias, obstruction of justice, and…
24-5841 Carl Javan Ross v. Carlos D. Bivens, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process evidence-fabrication judicial-misconduct law-enforcement obstruction-of-justice Whether law enforcement officers can be held liable for fabricating evidence and lying under oath when their actions potentially obstruct justice and …
24-5820 Tevon Ngomba v. United States First Circuit 2024-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure first-circuit obstruction-of-justice sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-guidelines Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming a two-level sentencing enhancement for obstruction of justice and denying acceptance of responsibility…
24A357 Eghbal Saffarinia, aka Eddie Saffarinia v. United States District of Columbia 2024-10-16 Presumed Complete administrative-law agency-investigation criminal-procedure government-forms obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §1519's prohibition on obstructing agency 'proper administration of a matter' encompasses routine administrative paperwork review or…
24-344 James T. Foster v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-26 Denied Response Waived appellate-review criminal-sentencing eleventh-circuit federal-procedure obstruction-of-justice sentencing-guidelines Whether certiorari review should be granted where the Eleventh Circuit erred in affirming the district court's denial of Foster's objection to the enh…
24-5564 Marlene Fearing v. University of Minnesota Medical Center, aka M Health Fairview Clinics, et al. Minnesota 2024-09-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process medical-malpractice obstruction-of-justice res-ipsa-loquitur subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the state court lose subject matter jurisdiction by violating state and federal laws and committing obstruction of justice?
24A181 Eghbal Saffarinia v. United States District of Columbia 2024-08-19 Presumed Complete circuit-split criminal-law document-review obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation Whether the interpretation of 18 U.S.C. § 1519 improperly expands the statute's scope beyond its intended purpose of preventing document destruction i…
24-5210 Jason William Dittmer v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel obstruction-of-justice plea-bargaining sentencing Question not identified
24-5199 Sharon Cammille Riddick v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2024-07-31 Denied IFP dismissal due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment interlocutory-appeal obstruction-of-justice petition-government self-incrimination Whether 8.J.C. Rule 2:21 (2) is an adequate basis to dismiss the Petitioner's Complaint, and not a violation of the Petitioner's First Amendment right…
23-7404 William Maxwell v. United States Third Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process firearm-transfer money-laundering obstruction-of-justice rico-conspiracy wire-fraud Whether this case should be granted certiorari for full briefing on issues already decided in Maxwell's favor by this Court or whether a G.V.R. would …
23-7250 Rian Waters v. Aidan Kearney Massachusetts 2024-04-18 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-complaint criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion obstruction-of-justice standing state-prosecution witness-intimidation Standing-to-appeal-criminal-complaint
23-7243 Nathaniel Blayn Becker v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process explosive-devices mental-illness obstruction-of-justice psychotic-disorder right-to-testify sentencing-enhancement trial-testimony Whether the obstruction of justice enhancement for 'false' trial testimony by the defendant violates the right to testify when the court did not make …
23-7221 Luke John Scott, Sr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP federal-law federal-perjury obstruction-of-justice perjury-rule sentencing-guidelines two-level-enhancement uncorroborated-testimony united-states Does the longstanding rule for federal perjury cases that a finding of perjury cannot rest on the uncorroborated testimony of one witness apply to the…
23-6950 Lawrence Guerain Fleming v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure felon-in-possession guideline-interpretation judicial-interpretation obstruction-of-justice pre-investigation-conduct sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines Can the sentencing guideline be applied to the defendant's conduct, which occurred before any justice was being administered and before any investigat…
23-6889 Richard Wayne Barton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals bureau-of-prisons certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus obstruction-of-justice record-on-appeal Whether the Bureau of Prisons' failure and refusal to tender to Barton his Record on Appeal, provided by the Fifth Circuit to enable Barton to prepare…
23-6806 Bruce Wayne Harp v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-02-22 Denied IFP criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process jury jury-impartiality justice-system obstruction-of-justice penal-code pre-trial trial-rights When does Penal Code 21.02 adulterate the justice system, obstructing due process, pre-trial and an impartial jury?
23-6530 Joseph Brodie v. United States Third Circuit 2024-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment-rights medical-records-alteration obstruction-of-justice rules-of-professional-conduct search-and-seizure witness-testimony Does the disclosure of altered, modified, and deleted federal veterans affairs medical records constitute a deprivation of constitutional right to tru…
23-6525 Michael Dukes v. E.M.S.A. HSA Stephanie Wood, et al. Third Circuit 2024-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure court-proceedings due-process evidence extraordinary-circumstances judicial-procedure legal-standard material-evidence obstruction obstruction-of-justice standing Does obstruction preventing dispositive material evidence from being presented in court constitute 'extraordinary circumstances'?
23-6524 Lynn Richard Norton v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal crack-cocaine criminal-procedure drug-quantity due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance obstruction-of-justice sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington Whether Defense Counsel Jessica McAfee Performance Was Ineffective Assistance Under Strickland v. Washington
23-6414 In Re Joseph Raimondo 2024-01-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice qualified-immunity Whether the United States Eastern District of MI Court erred in granting Respondents qualified immunity after voiding civil case No. 2:01-cv-71352, di…
23-6371 Charles D. Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2023-12-27 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power civil-rights clearance-system constitutional-rights discrimination due-process employer-discrimination employment-discrimination evidence-suppression obstruction-of-justice sixth-amendment Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1695
23-6093 George H. Finn v. New York, et al. Second Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction obstruction-of-court-orders obstruction-of-justice perjury standing state-actors can-a-motion-for-dismissal-be-granted-if-the-court-dismisses-the-amended-complaint
23-5991 Samuel T. Whatley v. Richland County Family Court, Columbia, South Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-11-09 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-court fifth-amendment governmental-immunity immunity judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice standing Does the Constitution allow judicial misconduct and obstruction of justice?
23-5988 Robert Benjamin Stout v. Sergeant Johnson, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-11-09 Denied IFP civil-rights driver's-license due-process fourth-amendment license-checkpoint obstruction-of-justice probable-cause reasonable-suspicion roadway-safety Are police permitted to conduct driver's license checkpoints without reasonable suspicion?
23-496 Sharan Garlapati v. Brigham & Women's Hospital, et al. First Circuit 2023-11-09 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts civil-rights coercion constitutional-protections cyberstalking due-process obstruction-of-justice privacy privacy-rights stalking-by-proxy Does the fundamental right to privacy still exist in our modern digital age, and do conspiracies against civil-rights, cyberstalking, stalking-by-prox…
23-5856 Dmt MacTruong, aka Mac Truong v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-10-23 Pending Response WaivedIFP abortion civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights copyright copyright-law federal-jurisdiction obstruction-of-justice standing texas-heartbeat-act Does Petitioner have standing to sue Defendants for violating Petitioner's constitutional and civil rights?
23-5814 Justin Andre Lamoureux v. Florida Florida 2023-10-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure judicial-jurisdiction obstruction-of-justice witness-tampering Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the state court system, obstruction of justice across state lines, and tampering with …
23-5694 Orlando Peay v. Michael Burgess, Warden Michigan 2023-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights collateral-estoppel constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus illegal-arrest ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdictional-challenge malfeasance obstruction-of-justice res-judicata Did homicide detectives violate court order to discharge from confinement?
23-5572 Joseph W. Fischer v. United States District of Columbia 2023-09-13 Judgment Issued Amici (12)Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split congressional-inquiry congressional-investigations criminal-procedure mens-rea obstruction-of-justice statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vagueness witness-tampering Did the D.C. Circuit err in construing 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c) (Witness, Victim, or Informant Tampering'), which prohibits obstruction of congressional in…
23-5543 Ahmad Jamaleddin Aljindi v. United States Federal Circuit 2023-09-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation deprivation-of-rights discrimination due-process federal-courts forgery hate-crimes judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice retaliation un-charter Did the United States Federal Government violate the United States Constitution and the Charter of the United Nations when the corrupt Chief Judge of …
23-5512 Robinson Mendoza-Gomez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure double-counting due-process enhancement-application federal-sentencing governmental-officer obstruction-of-justice sentencing-guidelines Whether the guidelines' enhancement for obstruction of justice requires some conduct above and beyond the conduct comprising the offense of conviction
23-94 Garret Miller v. United States District of Columbia 2023-08-01 GVR Relisted (3) congressional-proceedings criminal-law criminal-statute electoral-certification electoral-college intent-element mens-rea obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation Whether the offenses in 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c) cover only acts that affect the integrity or availability of evidence, or whether they criminalize advocac…
22-1223 Gwendolyn D. Gabriel, et al. v. Merry Outlaw, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-06-20 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process obstruction-of-justice predicate-acts public-corruption qualified-immunity racketeering rico-statute witness-tampering Whether RICO statute provides attorneys qualified immunity from RICO lawsuits when evidence shows they committed predicate acts/crimes
22-7677 Francis Okiemute Akpore v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process federal-tort-claims-act immigration immigration-law jurisdiction obstruction-of-justice removal removal-proceedings subject-matter-jurisdiction Does 8 U.S.C. 1252(g) strip the district court of subject matter jurisdiction to hear a noncitizen's FTCA claim of wrongful removal?
22-7664 Forest Mitchell Kirst v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-investigation congressional-intent criminal-procedure due-process federal-agency federal-jurisdiction obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1505 applies to accident investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), an agency that has no power to take en…
22-7583 Bruce Allen Buckner v. Sergeant Carsto, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-05-17 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fourth-circuit-review judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice procedural-due-process standing stay stay-violation Whether the actions of Magistrate Judge Shiva Hodges and the United States District Court for the District of Rock Hill violated the petitioner's cons…
22-1106 Judy A. Brannberg, et al. v. Colorado State Board of Education, et al. Colorado 2023-05-12 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act charter-school-rights civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review obstruction-of-justice retaliation school-safety state-board-decision whether-the-last-sentence-of-section-colorado-revised-statutes-applies-to-all-state-board-decisions
22-7457 Bruce Allen Buckner v. Daniel Porter, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-05-04 Denied IFP brady-violation civil-procedure civil-rights civil-stay constitutional-rights criminal-case criminal-procedure due-process judicial-bias obstruction-of-justice stay Does a stay in one civil proceeding pending the outcome of a criminal case extend to all other civil proceedings stemming from the same criminal case?
22-745 Gilbert Roman v. Fire Life Safety America, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-08 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 7th-amendment amendment-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-misconduct misconduct obstruction-of-justice pro-se pro-se-rights Did 1 or more court clerks cause obstruction-of-justice, deny-due-process, acted-with-misconduct, deny-14th-amendment-rights, deny-7th-amendment-right…
22-6284 Bryan M. Espinoza v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. Second Circuit 2022-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP bell-v-hood bivens-action bivens-doctrine constitutional-rights davis-v-passman federal-tort-claims-act fourth-amendment obstruction-of-justice whistleblower-protection whistleblower-protection-act What is the proper cause of action under Bivens for a violation of the Fourth Amendment?
22-6245 Wade Plair v. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied IFP constitutional-violations double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct tampering-with-records Does intentional prosecutorial misconduct disqualify the trial court from pursuing a second prosecution of the same case?
22-5854 Willie Ricardo Gordon v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure drug-crimes drug-weights fourth-circuit obstruction-of-justice presentence-investigation presentence-investigation-report sentencing Did the trial court err in accepting the findings of the presentence investigation report, regarding the weights of the drugs attributable to Mr. Gord…
22-5800 Collin Kaiser v. Sue Krecko, et al. Second Circuit 2022-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP bribery civil-rights discrimination discriminatory-housing ex-parte-communication judicial-misconduct medical-malpractice-insurance obstruction-of-justice public-corruption Whether there was public corruption, judicial misconduct, and bribery within the Eastern District of New York Central Islip Federal Courthouse and the…
22-331 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General v. Fernando Cordero-Garcia, aka Fernando Cordero Ninth Circuit 2022-10-07 Judgment Issued Relisted (2) circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction immigration immigration-law obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation witness-dissuasion Whether dissuading a witness from reporting a crime, in violation of California law, is 'an offense relating to obstruction of justice,' 8 U.S.C. 1101…
22-5670 Ahmad Aljindi v. United States Federal Circuit 2022-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation court-of-federal-claims deprivation-of-rights due-process federal-circuit hate-crimes judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice supreme-court-abuse Did the United States Federal Government violate the Constitution and UN Charter?
22-5469 Jeffrey Beard, II v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination hearsay hearsay-evidence obstruction-of-justice sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment Whether the defendant should have the right to confront a witness whose testimony is offered to enhance the sentencing guidelines sentence for conduct…
22-5318 Samuel Francis White Horse v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process evidence jury-instructions obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation Does a conviction for Tampering with Evidence require a jury to find that the defendant's conduct would interfere with the due administration of justi…
22-5262 David D. Major v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion acceptance-of-responsibility appeal-denial career-offender criminal-history drug-related-offense obstruction-of-justice reliable-evidence sentencing-guidelines Question not identified
22-5085 Palani Karupaiyan, et al. v. L. Naganda, et al. Third Circuit 2022-07-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights conjugal-rights constitutional-rights contempt-of-court family-court-procedure judicial-fraud judicial-immunity obstruction-of-justice parental-rights Did the USCA 3rd circuit fail to vacate the Dist Court's sua sponte dismissal of the complaint/FAC/SAC?
22-23 Jean Francois Pugin v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fourth Circuit 2022-07-07 Judgment Issued Amici (2)Relisted (3) aggravated-felony board-of-immigration-appeals chevron-deference immigration-law immigration-nationality-act obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation Whether a state offense that does not involve interference with an existing official proceeding or investigation may constitute an 'offense relating t…
21-8284 In Re Matthew Lee Staszak 2022-06-29 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence due-process forensic-report habeas-corpus judicial-review mandamus obstruction-of-justice writ-of-mandamus Whether the Supreme Court should issue the writ of mandamus to mandate the lower court's review of a forensic report surrounding petitioner's substant…
21-8170 Samuel Gaines, Jr. v. Brooks L. Benton, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-17 Denied IFP civil-rights court-fraud criminal-law due-process federal-procedure fraud-on-the-court judicial-interference legal-obstruction obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct standing state-procedure Whether the lower court's order violated the Petitioner's constitutional and statutory rights by disrespecting the authority of the United States Dist…
21-7966 Michael G. Peters v. David Hittner, Judge Fifth Circuit 2022-05-25 Dismissed IFP abuse-of-power civil-rights constitutional-rights cover-up due-process free-speech government-misconduct obstruction-of-justice political-cover-up Whether the government's cover-up of evidence and obstruction of justice to prevent the due process of science violates the Constitution
21-7901 Richard Coleman v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-05-18 Denied IFP anti-pro-se-bias civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech judicial-overreach obstruction-of-justice pro-se-bias seventh-amendment Whether judges judging judges in cases in which one party is not represented results in pro se litigants being victims of judicial criminal acts
21-7175 Keith Smeaton v. United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana Fifth Circuit 2022-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus international-human-rights judicial-discretion mandamus-petition obstruction-of-justice Question not identified
21-7162 Jose Jaime Lopez v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conflict-of-interest criminal-intent due-process ex-parte-communications false-statement federal-agent judicial-bias knowingly-false materiality obstruction-of-justice public-confidence Whether it is consistent with this Court's holding in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., 556 U.S. 868 and the imperatives of Due Process to require the…
21-1062 Keith Robert Caldwell, Sr. v. Department of Transportation, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment appellate-review civil-procedure dismissal-of-defendants due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice safety-act Did the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals circumvent the appeals process by ignoring significant evidence which demonstrated that the district court trial…
21-6639 Jacqueline Giebell v. Heartland Dublin Nursing Facility Sixth Circuit 2021-12-16 Denied IFP circuit-split civil-rights federal-law nhra nursing-facility nursing-home obstruction-of-justice retaliation trespassing Was trespassing Ms. Giebell from the Heartland of Dublin Nursing Facility a violation of Federal Law, and the NHRA. Was it Retaliation?
21-6297 Henry Cervantes and Jaime Cervantes v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-statute jury-trial obstruction-of-justice official-proceeding sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the federal obstruction of justice statute, 18 U.S.C. §1512(c)(2) (obstruction of an official proceeding), can be applied to street level crim…
21-6281 Mac Truong v. Rosemary I. Mergenthaler, et al. Third Circuit 2021-11-15 Denied IFP abuse-of-authority appeal-consolidation bankruptcy-procedure barton-doctrine constitutional-rights due-process false-findings justice obstruction-of-justice subject-matter-jurisdiction trustee-immunity Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit criminally obstruct justice and/or abuse and/or exceed its legal authority
21-6181 Ahmad Jamaleddin Aljindi v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power bribery civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process judicial-bias judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice retaliation Did the United States District Court — Central District of California's Chief Judge Philip S. Gutierrez violate the United States Constitution when he…
21-6051 Travis L. Watson v. Dennis Daniels, Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment fraud habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice Does the U.S. Constitution protect a convict from imprisonment under a falsified document?
21-5805 Jean Leonard Teganya v. United States First Circuit 2021-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure false-statements obstruction-of-justice perjury sentencing-guidelines significant-further-obstruction Whether the obstruction-of-justice enhancement under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines can apply when a defendant testifies at trial and repeats the fals…
21-436 In Re Kevin D. Loggins, Sr. 2021-09-21 Denied Relisted (2) constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion obstruction-of-justice unlawful-incarceration void-judgment Whether the U.S./Kansas has held petitioner illegally in prison contrary to the U.S. Constitution
21-5530 Luis Gomez-Castro v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process judicial-findings obstruction-of-justice perjury plain-error-review sentencing-guidelines When a defendant objects to a sentencing enhancement for obstruction of justice based on perjury, must the court make specific findings on the element…
21-5458 Henry J. DuLaurence, III v. Douglas P. Woodlock, Judge, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts First Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP bivens-action constitutional-rights criminal-obstruction-of-justice due-process fraud-upon-the-court judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice Whether the May 21, 2021 dismissal in the instant case must be declared void
21-239 Daniel Loring v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-08-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-tort-claims-act government-misconduct legal-malpractice obstruction-of-justice public-record Whether Petitioners' filing was improperly removed and deleted from the public record
20-1815 Dale J. Richardson v. United States District Court for the District of Colorado Tenth Circuit 2021-06-29 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-court-procedure habeas-corpus immigration-court judicial-suspension obstruction-of-justice torture torture-prevention Is it constitutional to leave a person in the custody of someone they alleged torture against?
20-8326 Michael Adefemi Adeyemo, aka Adekunle Olufemi Adetiloye v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure fifth-amendment incriminating nexus-requirement obstruction-of-justice plea-colloquy self-incrimination separate-offense testimonial Whether the Fifth Amendment self-incrimination clause protects a defendant during the change of plea colloquy against compulsory self-disclosure of in…
20-8229 Martin Reiner v. John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, et al. District of Columbia 2021-06-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process hazel-atlas-glass-co-vs-hartford-empire-co integrity-of-american-jurisprudence joint-anti-fascist-refugee-committee-vs-mcgrath judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice procedural-due-process procedural-integrity supreme-court title-18-united-states-code What is the obligation of SCOTUS Justices when faced with evidence of criminal malfeasance and extrinsic fraud by judicial officers?
20-7796 Maurice Atkinson v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP body-armor criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony obstruction-of-justice public-trial sixth-amendment Whether Maurice Atkinson was denied his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial
20-7418 Javon Joshua Jennings v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process government-witness obstruction-of-justice witness-tampering Can the appellant be charged with tampering with a government witness?
20-935 Anne Richards, et al. v. Sam Olens, et al. Georgia 2021-01-11 Denied Response Waived bribery civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process extortion fraud judicial-misconduct obstruction obstruction-of-justice rico-act rule-of-law Whether the total breakdown of Georgia's justice system—in which the state never responded to documented allegations of fraud, obstruction, bribery, a…
20-6711 Pat Dee Leatherman v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-12-29 Denied IFP 5th-amendment civil-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct standing Whether the defendant's statement was clearly used against him in violation of the 5th Amendment
20-6565 Simon Quinn v. Louisiana Louisiana 2020-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-intent criminal-investigation criminal-procedure homicide-investigation obstruction-of-justice reasonable-doubt specific-intent statutory-interpretation underlying-conviction Whether there was sufficient evidence to support a conviction for obstruction of a homicide investigation
20-6080 David Russell Posey v. Florida Florida 2020-10-20 Denied IFP ada-accommodations civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection florida-bar fraud obstruction-of-justice trial-record Whether prosecutors' names should be struck from the trial record for violating due process and equal protection by committing obstruction of justice …
20-5976 Dean Reynolds v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing obstruction-of-justice procedural-unreasonableness profit-calculation remand resentencing sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines sentencing-procedure Is defendant's sentence procedurally unreasonable due to errors in sentencing guidelines calculation and enhancement?
20-5356 Jabarr Ryeheine Rudolph v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-08-14 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility appeal cocaine-base criminal-appeal criminal-procedure drug-weight due-process obstruction-of-justice sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review Whether the circuit court of appeals erred in the assessment of a two point enhancement against the appellant for obstruction of justice
20-5363 Reginald Jones v. Louisiana Louisiana 2020-08-14 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process felony-conviction firearm jury-trial jury-unanimity obstruction-of-justice ramos-precedent ramos-v-louisiana Whether the Petitioner is entitled to be released from prison due to the State's failure to prove guilt by a unanimous jury verdict as required by Ram…
20-5337 David Enrique Meza v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure investigatory-proceeding marinello-v-united-states mens-rea miranda-rights miranda-waiver obstruction obstruction-of-justice Whether the nexus element for obstruction requires knowledge that the defendant's conduct will affect an existing or foreseeable proceeding
20-5253 Douglas Farrar, Sr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony findings judicial-findings obstruction-of-justice perjury presentence-report sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the generic adoption of a Presentence Report is sufficient to discharge the court's duties to make express and independent findings for an obs…
19-1470 Samuel A. Gurrola v. Walgreen Company Fifth Circuit 2020-07-08 Rehearing Relisted (2) 14th-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment monopoly monopoly-power obstruction-of-justice property-rights res-judicata Can the world's largest pharmacy chain influence a State to fabricate evidence to achieve its monopoly goals, abridge plaintiffs rights and steal plai…
19-8789 Susana E. Verduzco v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-limits due-process executive-power federalism immigration-status obstruction-of-justice racial-discrimination state-sovereignty Whether the U.S. Constitution and federal law(s) grant the Executive Branch the power to intervene in a state's legal action between citizens, overrid…
19-8766 In Re Linda Ann Wright 2020-06-22 Denied Relisted (3)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment carotid-artery civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment medical-malpractice obstruction-of-justice Was there a concerted effort to deny petitioner her Due Process, under the 5th and 14th Amendments?
19-8767 In Re Linda Ann Wright 2020-06-22 Denied Relisted (3)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice Was there a concerted effort, from 2007-Present to deny petitioner her Due-Process, under the 5th-and-14th-Amendments to the Constitution-of-the-U.S.
19-8758 Li Qin, et al. v. 99 Cents Only Stores, LLC, et al. California 2020-06-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection evidence-tampering fraud judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice Question not identified
19-8703 David Sosa-Baladron, et ux. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-06-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence jury-instructions obstruction-of-justice sentencing-guidelines Whether the evidence was sufficient to support the jury's verdict on the substantive counts against Sosa, and whether the district court erred in appl…
19-8632 Sandra Rumanek v. Sherry R. Fallon, et al. Third Circuit 2020-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 15th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-violation constitutional-amendments equal-protection fraud-on-the-court judges-liability judicial-immunity obstruction-of-justice pro-se-litigation Does the law shielding judges, officers of the court and state actors from personal liability in a civil rights suit facilitate and encourage bad acto…
19-8592 Maria Soly Almonte, aka Soly Almonte, aka Soly La Fuerte, aka SoSo, aka SoSo Wavy, aka Soly Montana v. United States Second Circuit 2020-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-consent appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process obstruction-of-justice procedural-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness Whether Almonte's sentence was procedurally unreasonable
19-8523 Christian James v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split due-process fifth-circuit government-promise obstruction-of-justice sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantial-justice united-states-sentencing-guidelines writ-of-certiorari Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion rejecting James's claim that the Government made an implied promise that any obstruction of justice…
19-1292 Larry A. Meitzner v. Bill Schuette, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-05-14 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights court-falsification cover-up due-process falsification judicial-misconduct legal-conspiracy obstruction-of-justice procedural-irregularity Did the Defendants in 1:15-cv-12870, acting singularly or in concert, criminally falsify the per curiam of the Michigan Court of Appeals docket No. 30…
19-1179 Yuri J. Stoyanov v. James E. McPherson, Acting Secretary of the Navy, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-03-30 Denied Response Waived case-consolidation civil-rights consolidation due-process federal-crimes fraud judicial-fraud mail-fraud obstruction-of-justice postal-service-records pro-se-petition wire-fraud Whether the lower courts committed judicial fraud and intentionally covered up the defendants' federal crimes, including mail fraud and wire fraud, by…
19-8006 John P. Greiner v. Macomb County, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Relisted (3)IFP administrative-hearing administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech labor-relations obstruction-of-justice perjury retaliation wrongful-termination Whether the termination of a public employee in retaliation for exercising First Amendment rights and the failure to provide due process in administra…
19-8007 Gwendolyn Gabriel v. Merry Outlaw Texas 2020-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process fraud judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice partnership-law perjury sexual-harassment standing Whether the Seventh Amendment Right to a Jury Trial protects against biased and corrupt judges
19-7542 Noah-Wade Pelmear, et al. v. Maureen O'Connor, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights color-of-law due-process equal-protection free-exercise immunity judicial-immunity oath-of-office obstruction-of-justice Whether state actors acting under color of state law can impair, impede, deny, discriminate, threaten or otherwise obstruct petitioners' federally pro…
19-738 Tom Domingo, Sr. v. Department of the Army, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts jurisdiction kloeckner-v-solis mixed-cases obstruction-of-justice reduction-in-force standing supreme-court-ruling veterans-preference Did the US. Court of Appeals obstruct justice by ignoring or usurping the U.S. Supreme Court ruling of Kloeckner v. Solis Secretary of Labor federal c…
19-6830 Don Emmery Wilson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment ambiguous-plea constitutional-rights criminal-matter cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus hearsay illegal-sentence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel obstruction-of-justice plea-bargaining post-conviction-relief profiling sentencing-guidelines Was petitioner subject to ineffective or deficient assistance of counsel in a criminal matter?
19-6704 JB Foster McAfee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court circuit-court-rejection civil-procedure-mail-box-rule due-process federal-rules-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus houston-v-lack mail-box-rule obstruction-of-justice prison-mail prisoner-appeals prisoner-petition sentencing-guidelines timeliness timely-filing Whether a prisoner's petition for rehearing is timely filed under the mail box rule
19-6551 Neil Timothy Aho v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure discovery guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel obstruction-of-justice plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing-guidelines withdrawal-of-plea Whether the appellate court erred in not finding that the district court abused its discretion by denying Petitioner's motion to withdraw his guilty p…
19-6557 Steven Nygren v. United States First Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP cognitive-impairment competency-to-stand-trial forensic-evaluation malingering material-evidence obstruction-of-justice rehabilitation sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g-3c1.1 u.s.s.g.-3c1.1 Whether a defendant's purported malingering during forensic evaluations to assess competency to stand trial, when the defendant had a medically docume…
19-6423 Halisi Uhuru v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-investigation federal-jurisdiction incarceration legal-proceeding mens-rea obstruction-of-justice rico rico-organization Whether the appellant was improperly convicted of RICO participation and obstruction of justice
19-6424 Anthony Darnell Stokes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review conviction court-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-statute obstruction-of-justice sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals misapplied 18 U.S.C.S. § 1512(c)(1)
19-6371 Wesley Jefferson v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1505 18-usc-1515 18-usc-1519 civil-rights constitutional-rights discovery documentary-evidence due-process federal-procedure obstruction-of-justice qualified-immunity summary-judgment Would a United States Federal Court be in error, if it granted qualified immunity to a Defendant in a case, where video and/or documentary evidence, c…
19-6332 Walter Glenn v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment consent-to-search criminal-procedure fourth-amendment leadership-role obstruction-of-justice rental-vehicle search-and-seizure sentencing-guidelines standing standing-civil-procedure standing-doctrine traffic-stop Whether a relief driver of a rental vehicle had standing to challenge evidence seized from the car
19-6297 Aleisha O. Gray v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP alien-transportation conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure evidence immigration immigration-law obstruction-of-justice sentencing-guidelines sufficiency-of-evidence Is there insufficient evidence to warrant a finding of guilty for conspiracy to transport undocumented aliens and for transporting undocumented aliens…
19-443 Charles G. Kinney v. Philip S. Gutierrez, Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California Ninth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts bivens bivens-claim cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines obstruction-of-justice vexatious-litigant Whether the use of vexatious litigant laws to punish an individual and preclude access to the courts, resulting in excessive fines and cruel and unusu…
19-433 Patrick Emanuel Sutherland v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied 18-usc-1512 false-statements grand-jury nexus-requirement obstruction-of-justice obstruction-of-justice-18-usc-1512-c-2 plain-error plain-error-review prosecutorial-misconduct When does the 'nexus' requirement for obstruction of an official proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2) apply when false statements are made to a U.S…
19-390 William James, et al. v. Barbara Hunt, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied Response Waived civil-rico collateral-estoppel constitutional-amendments due-process federal-procedure final-judgment-act first-amendment fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court interlocutory-appeal jury-trial obstruction-of-justice Whether district court orders denied petitioner's Civil RICO rights,
19-6007 Natasha DeLima v. Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit 2019-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process fiduciary-duty judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice standing Why did so many partake in Obstruction-of-Justice on the Petitioner?
19-5738 Carlos Manuel Perez-Crisostomo v. United States First Circuit 2019-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure due-process identity name obstruction-of-justice plea-agreement puerto-rico sentencing sentencing-court sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g.-3c1.1 Whether the Sentencing Court erred in finding Petitioner obstructed justice, pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 3C1.1, when Petitioner did not correct the name un…
19-5725 Charles Rochester v. The Fortune Society Second Circuit 2019-08-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP anti-injunction-act civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest document-tampering due-process eeoc-review equal-employment fraud-upon-the-court jurisdictional-challenge obstruction-of-justice professional-responsibility retaliation tampering-with-documents whistleblower issues being raised
19-5687 In Re Luis E. Morales 2019-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion circuit-court-procedure civil-procedure due-process due-process-rights mandamus obstruction-of-justice pro-se-prisoner procedural-rights rebuttable-presumption rebuttal second-successive-motion successive-habeas-petitions Whether the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals created a rebuttable presumption in its order denying the petitioner's request to file a second/successive §…
19-5649 Terry Lee O'Brien v. Carla Hacker-Agnew, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-21 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-negligence national-uniformity obstruction-of-justice prison-conditions standing statutory-interpretation What degree of interpretation of a constitution, statute, or authority of law is a question of law where there is a crisis case?
19-202 Solomon McLemore v. City of Shoreline, Washington Washington 2019-08-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 4th-amendment civil-rights community-caretaking due-process fourth-amendment free-speech obstruction obstruction-of-justice probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant-requirement warrantless-entry warrantless-search Whether it is a violation of the Fourth Amendment for States to charge and convict a person of obstruction for passively refusing to open the door to …
19-102 Leroy Baca v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 18-usc-1503 consciousness-of-wrongdoing constitutional-rights criminal-intent criminal-willfulness jury-anonymity mens-rea obstruction-of-justice public-trial specific-intent Whether the term 'corruptly' in 18 U.S.C. § 1503 requires the government to prove that the defendant had a 'specific intent to obtain an unlawful adva…
19-5073 In Re Elvis Rivera Cruz 2019-07-03 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 civil-procedure court-of-appeals federal-procedure federal-statutory-law-jurisdiction fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review obstruction-of-justice statutory-jurisdiction writ-of-certiorari Did the United States Court of Appeals, For The Fifth Circuit, lack federal statutory law jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §2244(b),(3),(D), when more tha…
18-9709 Angie Walker v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion administrative-law agency-action arbitrary-and-capricious due-process judicial-review legal-accountability obstruction-of-justice standard-of-review When Justices obstruct the law and legal proceedings by not adhering to the legal standards of review, who will hold them accountable?
18-9691 Dwayne Lee Stallings v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-32-violations criminal-rule false-statement false-statements federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure obstruction-of-justice plain-error plain-error-analysis sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-procedure standard-of-review structural-error Whether the Court's plain error analysis is properly applied to violations of Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(i)(1)(A), and, if so, whether such violations are st…
18-9661 William Kostopoulos v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1512 criminal-procedure criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-nexus law-enforcement mens-rea misdemeanor obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant's general denial to state law enforcement officers that he committed a misdemeanor offense is sufficient to meet the federal nexus…
18-9200 Andrew Cox v. United States Third Circuit 2019-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP change-of-venue civil-procedure civil-rights docket-manipulation due-process fifth-amendment fraud judicial-misconduct malicious-prosecution obstruction-of-justice standing Does the Fifth Amendment demand immediate correction of a fraudulently manipulated district court docket (arrest post-dated 35 days) used to per se ma…
18-9133 Abdul Karim Bangura v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit-review guilty-plea guilty-plea-withdrawal ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel obstruction-of-justice right-to-counsel sentencing-enhancement withdrawal Whether the district court erred in denying the defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea
18-1360 Robert G. Thornton v. United States, et al. District of Columbia 2019-04-30 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment standing administrative-law civil-rights due-process fair-hearing first-amendment fraud judicial-review obstruction-of-justice standing veterans-affairs veterans-rights Whether a veteran has a right to meaningful access to the courts and administrative agencies under the First Amendment when the government concealed e…
18-8597 Barbara E. Brown v. Scott Burton, Deputy Sheriff, in His Individual Capacity, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-27 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice search-warrant standing state-court-liability trespassing unreasonable-search-and-seizure Whether District Court Judge Cormac Carey obstructed justice under the definition of 18 U.S.C. 1503 when he refused Petitioner Counsel?
18-8274 Avniel Awan Anthony v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue obstruction-of-justice probation-department reckless-endangerment sentencing sentencing-enhancement Sentencing-enhancements sentencing-guidelines unproven-conduct Upward-variance Does the U.S. Probation Department have authority to apply enhancements for conduct alleged to have happened outside the jurisdiction of the United St…
18-8225 Barry Druilhet, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion obstruction-of-justice sentencing sentencing-enhancement witness-testimony Can a federal court consider enhance a defendant's sentence for obstruction of justice where the defendant was seeking out witnesses to testify on his…
18-8064 Fernando Luviano v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute document-falsification evidence federal-investigation obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-standard statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1519 requires the government to prove a 'reasonable likelihood' that the falsified reports were written in contemplation of a poss…
18-7993 Ronald Bedford v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-111 18-usc-1114 contractor criminal-law employee-status federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction government-contracts obstruction-of-justice official-duties postal-service statutory-interpretation trucking-contractor Whether an employee of a private trucking contractor that maintains a contract with the United States Postal Service is a person assisting an officer …
18-1041 Frances K. Konieczko, et al. v. Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc., et al. Florida 2019-02-08 Denied Relisted (2) access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice parties processes Denial of right to be heard
18-765 James H. Brady v. New York, et al. New York 2018-12-17 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights discretionary-action due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment immunity legal-fees obstruction-of-justice property-rights prosecutorial-immunity prosecutorial-misconduct quid-pro-quo sanctions standing takings Did the Appellate Division, First Department err in finding Respondents immune pursuant to Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409 (1976)?
18-6817 Michael Albert Focia v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process judge-vs-jury judicial-fact-finding jury-instructions jury-trial obstruction-of-justice pro-se sentence-enhancement sentencing separation-of-powers sixth-amendment Whether the court's instructions to the jury violated the Separation of Powers doctrine
18-601 John Frederick Tate, aka John M. Tate v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-11-07 Denied Amici (3) agency-jurisdiction circuit-split criminal-law false-statements federal-election-commission jurisdiction materiality obstruction obstruction-of-justice obstruction-statute remand Whether an agency's receipt of information over which it has no authority to act implicates a 'matter within' the agency's jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C…
18-6589 Liddon Young v. United States Second Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court criminal-law criminal-procedure false-statement false-statements materiality obstruction-of-justice sentencing sentencing-enhancement stipulation When a defendant admits to all the elements of an offense/enhancement, does a prevarication on details not effecting the question of guilt render the …
18-6363 Calvin Bernhardt v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1512 arthur-andersen circuit-split criminal-law federal-statute obstruction-of-justice official-proceeding statutory-interpretation vagueness witness-tampering Should this Court now define corruptly persuade' and settle the matter for itself and the circuits?
18-480 R. S. Raghavendra v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Second Circuit 2018-10-15 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-act civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-opportunity federal-arbitration-act first-amendment free-speech judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice recusal-law standing Whether the Appeals Court erred in denying the Writ of Mandamus petition to reverse the permanent injunction issued by non-recusing District Court Jud…
18-214 Tawoos Bazargani v. Latch's Lane Owners Association, et al. Pennsylvania 2018-08-17 Denied appeal civil-procedure civil-rights constitutionality court-dismissal due-process judicial-process judicial-review legal-entitlement legal-threat medical-leave obstruction-of-justice respondent-intimidation retaliation standing threat threat-of-harm trial-entitlement Whether petitioner is entitled to a trial on the identified claim due to threats from respondent, lower court's dismissal of the claim while petitione…
18-199 Ken Liang v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-15 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure doj-investigation due-process government-misconduct jury-trial jury-trial-waiver material-witness obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct reverse-sting Whether an individual can be convicted of obstructing justice when the underlying alleged crime being investigated was not a crime, and the DOJ used o…
18-5478 Ryan Jennings v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, et al. Missouri 2018-08-07 Denied IFP civil-rights civil-rights-conspiracy conspiracy criminal-law due-process due-process-violation foreclosure fraud mortgage-assignment obstruction-of-justice real-estate-fraud witness-tampering To recover damages for a civil conspiracy claim, a plaintiff must show two or more persons, acting in concert, engaged in conduct that constitutes a t…
18-5469 Chad Allen Dorton v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court due-process judicial-discretion obstruction-of-justice offense-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment standard-of-review Did the district court err in applying the sentencing guidelines offense enhancement for obstruction of justice?
18-5198 Ronald David Jones v. Grand Canyon University, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure default-judgment due-process federal-courts obstruction-of-justice private-university service-of-process service-of-summons standing venue-change Whether the district court erred in dismissing the case despite defendants' failure to properly serve a response within the required timeframe
18-57 Gerald E. Vallejos v. Lovelace Medical Center, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-07-10 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-procedure honest-services-fraud judicial-immunity misprision-of-felony obstruction-of-justice section-1983 standing statutory-standing Whether 42 U.S.C. § 1983 provides statutory standing for a District State Judge, a US District Court Justice, and Three Justices of the 10th Circuit C…
18-5093 Stanley J. Caterbone v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. Third Circuit 2018-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights cointelpro due-process mind-control obstruction-of-justice remote-neural-monitoring social-security-disability standing surveillance targeted-individuals Is the pro se petitioner's claims of victimization of U.S. sponsored mind control a reality or a delusion?
18-5028 Carolyn J. Edlind v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1512 corrupt-persuasion criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-administration-of-justice due-process obstruction-of-justice official-proceeding statutory-interpretation subversion-of-justice sufficiency-of-evidence testimony witness-tampering Did the court below err in ruling that there was sufficient evidence to convict the Appellant of using corrupt persuasion toward a witness with the in…