| 25-110 |
Sally Priester v. Puerto Rico Department of Health, et al. |
First Circuit |
2025-07-29 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
first-amendment free-speech government-interference healthcare-speech licensing-board pandemic-restrictions |
Whether a physician has a First Amendment right to publicly speak on healthcare matters in the public square without government interference or discip… |
| 23-7232 |
Quotez Tyvick Pair v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-04-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights covid-19 district-court due-process federal-courts judicial-procedure pandemic-restrictions sixth-amendment speedy-trial |
Can a United States District Court's general order suspend rights under the Constitution of the United States of America? |
| 23-6886 |
Paul Francisco Torres, III v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-03-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial jury-trials pandemic pandemic-restrictions sixth-amendment speedy-trial |
Did prolonged jury-trial bans during the pandemic violate the Sixth Amendment's Speedy Trial Clause, especially as to those accused who were jailed du… |
| 23-627 |
Chad Parker, et al. v. Governor of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-12-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
capable-of-repetition civil-rights constitutional-challenge contact-tracing covid-mask-mandate due-process mootness pandemic-restrictions privacy-rights standing standing-doctrine voluntary-cessation |
Is this constitutional challenge to the Pennsylvania 'mask mandate' moot? |
| 22-250 |
Matthew Brach, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-09-16 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
article-iii article-three case-or-controversy civil-rights due-process emergency-powers executive-action mootness pandemic-restrictions standing |
Is a case moot under Article III's case or controversy requirement when the governor rescinds the offending policy after it is challenged in court, bu… |
| 21-698 |
Butler County, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-11-12 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
capable-of-repetition civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 due-process government-response mootness-doctrine pandemic-response pandemic-restrictions standing takings voluntary-cessation |
Whether the doctrine of mootness applies |
| 21-567 |
Horizon Christian School, et al. v. Kate Brown, Governor of Oregon |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-10-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech injunctive-relief mootness-doctrine pandemic pandemic-restrictions religious-schools standing takings |
Whether a plaintiff must show a 'constant threat' of being closed again to obtain injunctive relief against a state governor during the pandemic and s… |
| 20-1346 |
Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Janet T. Mills, Governor of Maine |
First Circuit |
2021-03-25 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
employment-division-v-smith establishment-clause first-amendment free-exercise free-exercise-clause government-discrimination jacobson-v-massachusetts pandemic-restrictions preliminary-injunction religious-liberty strict-scrutiny temporary-restraining-order |
Whether the Free Exercise Clause prohibits government discrimination against houses of worship |
| 20-746 |
South Bay United Pentecostal Church, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-30 |
GVR |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights constitutional-review first-amendment free-exercise free-speech jacobson-v-massachusetts pandemic-restrictions religious-liberty strict-scrutiny |
Do Governor Newsom's lockdown orders and reopening restrictions under the 'Blueprint' framework, placing strict limitations, including closures, on al… |