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25A851 Rashid El Malik v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2026-01-29 Application extension-of-time formatting-requirements petition pro-se rule-33.1 supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court should grant a pro se litigant an extension of time to comply with its printing and formatting requirements for a petition f…
25A766 Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2026-01-02 Application certiorari extension-of-time litigation petition pro-se supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant's request for an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari should be granted based on the unique circumsta…
25A760 Robert Armendaris v. Arizona Arizona 2025-12-31 Application appellate-court certiorari deadline petition supreme-court time-extension Whether a state appellate court's published opinion triggers the statutory deadline for filing a petition for writ of certiorari under Supreme Court r…
25A709 Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Gus Lopez, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-17 Application certiorari eleventh-circuit extension litigation petition pro-se Whether a pro se litigant's delay in filing a petition for certiorari constitutes good cause for an extension of time
25A710 Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Gus Lopez, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-17 Application certiorari eleventh-circuit extension-of-time litigation petition pro-se Whether a pro se litigant's request for an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari should be granted based on the unique circumsta…
25A665 Unified Life Insurance Company v. United States Fire Insurance Company Fifth Circuit 2025-12-08 Application certiorari legal-filing petition procedural-relief supreme-court time-extension Whether the Supreme Court will grant an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari beyond the standard deadline
25A667 Nicole Pileggi v. Washington Newspaper Publishing Company, LLC District of Columbia 2025-12-08 Application certiorari court-of-appeals petition procedural-rules supreme-court time-extension Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under Supreme Court procedural rules
25A508 Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Meghan Anderson, Police Lieutenant, Broward County Sheriff's Office, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-04 Application court-review eleventh-circuit judicial-screening petition pro-se vexatious-litigation Whether a federal court can review a pro se litigant's repeated filings and potential vexatious litigation status
25A485 Matthew Borges v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-10-28 Application certiorari co-defendant criminal-procedure due-process extension-of-time petition Whether a criminal defendant's due process rights are violated when a co-defendant seeks and receives an extension of time to file a petition for cert…
25A428 Aaron Even v. Robert Dean Hebel Ninth Circuit 2025-10-15 Application certiorari circuit-court extension-of-time judicial-review petition writ Whether the Ninth Circuit's opinion improperly interpreted or applied constitutional or statutory standards in the underlying case
25A279 Ayyakkannu Manivannan v. Department of Energy, et al. Third Circuit 2025-09-10 Presumed Complete certiorari circuit-court petition pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se litigant may obtain an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari beyond standard deadlines for personal and health …
25A183 Pamela McKenzie v. Walgreens Texas 2025-08-14 Presumed Complete appellate-jurisdiction certiorari petition supreme-court texas-supreme-court time-extension Whether a state supreme court's ruling warrants Supreme Court review under principles of appellate jurisdiction and certiorari discretion
25A140 Michael Salazar v. Paramount Global, dba 247Sports Sixth Circuit 2025-08-04 Presumed Complete certiorari judicial-procedure petition sixth-circuit supreme-court time-extension Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under 28 U.S.C. § 2101(c)
25-5242 Christine Ritchie v. Lavin, Cedrone, Graver, Boyd & Disipio, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process life-liberty petition slander Whether respondents' response to the slander of Martha Keen constitutes a violation of the civil right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness o…
25A87 Veronica W. Ogunsula v. Trooper First Class Michael Warrenfeltz Fourth Circuit 2025-07-22 Presumed Complete certiorari fourth-circuit petition pro-se supreme-court-rules time-extension Whether a pro se litigant's request for an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari meets the legal standard for good cause under S…
25A20 Brandon Allen Haynes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-07-08 Presumed Complete certiorari eighth-circuit extension jurisdiction petition supreme-court-rule Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the petitioner's conviction and sentence
25A23 Kevin Paul Cantu v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-07-08 Presumed Complete certiorari eighth-circuit extension jurisdiction petition supreme-court-rule Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the petitioner's conviction and sentence
24A1293 Bart Wade Reagor v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-30 Presumed Complete fifth-circuit jurisdiction petition supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari in a Fifth Circuit case
24A1105 Brad Greenspan v. Google, LLC, et al. District of Columbia 2025-05-16 Application crime-victims-rights-act due-process judicial-review mandamus petition statutory-interpretation Whether the D.C. Circuit improperly dismissed a Crime Victims' Rights Act petition as moot without addressing the merits, in violation of statutory re…
24A567 Frank Bibeau v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eighth Circuit 2024-12-11 Presumed Complete certiorari eighth-circuit extension-of-time judicial-review petition tax-court Whether a taxpayer may challenge a U.S. Tax Court judgment through a petition for certiorari after an Eighth Circuit affirmance
24-6078 Michael Andrew Peterson v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2024-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions extraordinary-circumstances jurisdiction legal-opinion petition supreme-court Question not identified.
24A477 James R. Turner, III v. Edward Rapp Second Circuit 2024-11-13 Presumed Complete in-forma-pauperis mental-health petition pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se plaintiff suffering from mental health conditions can obtain an extension of time to file a Supreme Court petition for writ of certio…
24-5900 Michael Scales v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP legal-document petition supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24A209 Malikah Asante-Chioke v. Nicholas Dowdle, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-08-27 Presumed Complete certiorari court-review judicial-interpretation legal-standard petition time-extension Whether the lower court's decision improperly interpreted or applied a critical legal standard that warrants Supreme Court review
24-5370 Michael Deangelo Lowery v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-08-22 Denied IFP court-of-appeals federal-court judgment petition writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24-5356 Floyd Preston Miller, III v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari constitutional-law judicial-review legal-procedure petition supreme-court Question not identified.
24-5200 Victor Tavares v. Rhode Island Rhode Island 2024-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process indictment jurisdiction legal-jurisdiction petition sixth-amendment supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Does the case violate the Sixth Amendment Clause of the U.S. Constitution?
24-5182 Kevin Fahrni v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Fifth Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied IFP certiorari civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-procedure mandamus petition standing supreme-court Question not identified
24-5124 Lawrence Christopher Smith v. Ralph Diaz, former Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-23 Denied IFP certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law court-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-issue petition pleading standing takings Question not identified
24-5039 In Re James A. Wolfe 2024-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights court-filing due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure petition standing Question not identified.
23-7820 Samuel Windham, Jr. v. California California 2024-06-27 Denied IFP certiorari confession-testimony conviction-vacation counsel-ineffective court-filing due-process judicial-review legal-document legislative-digest petition supreme-court trial-testimony Question not identified
23-7822 Nukarri Williams v. Florida Florida 2024-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process equal-protection equal-treatment federal-code fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction petition relief state-court writ Whether the state court's failure to provide the petitioner with the relief provided to similarly situated defendants violates the Equal Protection Cl…
23A1128 Dean Terry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-06-20 Presumed Complete certiorari federal-defender petition procedural-relief supreme-court time-extension Whether a federal public defender's application for an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari meets the legal standards for extraordinary…
23-7701 Robin Jones v. Angela Reaves, Warden, et al. Georgia 2024-06-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal certificate-of-appealability certiorari civil-rights court-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction legal-review petition supreme-court Whether the federal courts should address the Strickland Assistance of Trial Counsel claims are moot due to the claims being stayed, whether dismissin…
23-7475 Steve Podkulski v. Illinois Illinois 2024-05-15 Denied IFP 4th-amendment cell-phone-data civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction legal-document petition privacy search-and-seizure supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the government's warrantless seizure and search of a person's cell phone data violates the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable …
23A1003 Jarius Brown v. Javarrea Pouncy, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-10 Presumed Complete certiorari constitutional-rights extension judicial-discretion petition supreme-court Whether the lower court's decision improperly restricts constitutional rights or judicial discretion in a manner warranting Supreme Court review
23-7383 Kenric Ledbetter, et al. v. Religious Practice Committee, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process filing-fees legal-document petition prison-litigation-reform-act standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Prison Litigation Reform Act requires per-plaintiff filing fees in a multi-plaintiff lawsuit
23-7337 In Re Lorenza Gerald Ferebee, Jr. 2024-04-29 Dismissed IFP case-number civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process jurisdiction legal-filing patent petition standing takings transfer Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim
23-7316 David James Lack v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California Ninth Circuit 2024-04-26 Denied IFP case-document civil-rights court-filing due-process judicial-process juror-misconduct jury-selection legal-document new-trial petition prosecutorial-misconduct related-cases Whether a juror who concealed material information during voir dire should be disqualified from serving on a jury, and whether a juror's improper cond…
23-7253 Calvin King v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-04-18 Denied IFP application constitutional-provisions interpretation jurisdiction legal-analysis lower-court-decision petition statement-of-case statutory-provisions table-of-contents Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
23-7209 Angela L. McCarthy v. Walmart Inc. Seventh Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure denial due-process judicial-procedure petition petition-denial rehearing rehearing-request standing Why was the petition for rehearing denied on January 17th, 2024?
23-7200 Willie Johnson v. Kenneth Nelson, Warden Fourth Circuit 2024-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-provision criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-review petition sentencing statutory-provision writ Whether the South Carolina District Court erred in denying the petitioner's motion to vacate their conviction with respect to the alleged civil rights…
23-7129 Cedric Jones v. Brian Eller, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeals-court civil-rights due-process federal-court jurisdiction petition public-health rehearing standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Appellate Court has the authority to rule District Court lacked authority to enjoin the CDC from enforcing its eviction moratorium
23-7011 Irina Collier v. Superior Court of California, Contra Costa County, et al. California 2024-03-18 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process free-speech jurisdiction legal-document petition standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Writ of Writ of Certiorari has been properly granted to speak on the topics of public interest at mandatory gag order of the year for US f…
23-6898 Jose G. Castillo v. Jean Harper, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-03-05 Denied IFP due-process fifth-amendment jurisdiction land-use-regulation legal-document petition property-rights regulatory-takings scotus takings-clause writ-of-certiorari Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in holding that the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment does not prohibit the government from requiring a property o…
23-6875 Aaron Obeginski v. Glenn Johnson Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitution court-procedure due-process federal-law filing-requirements legal-document official-immunity petition sovereign-immunity supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the petitioners' claims of sovereign immunity and official immunity should be recognized, despite the petitioners' alleged violations of feder…
23A751 Samuel D. Isaly v. Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC, et al. Second Circuit 2024-02-15 Presumed Complete certiorari judicial-procedure petition second-circuit supreme-court time-extension Whether the Supreme Court should grant a 60-day extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari beyond the standard 90-day period
23A752 Michael Andrew Taylor v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-02-15 Presumed Complete certiorari eighth-circuit extension jurisdiction petition supreme-court-rule Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the petitioner's conviction and sentence
23A738 Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Isobel Berry Culp, et vir Third Circuit 2024-02-08 Presumed Complete assessment judicial-review petition statutory-lien tax-court tax-deficiency Whether a taxpayer's failure to timely petition the Tax Court for redetermination of a tax deficiency precludes subsequent judicial review of the tax …
23-6607 Harry William Lott v. Ohio Job and Family Services Department Washington 2024-01-29 Denied IFP civil-rights court-access due-process first-amendment legal-restrictions ohio-statute petition petition-rights standing vexatious-litigator Does the state of Ohio have the ability to stop access to the court by using the Vexatious Litigator OH, Rev, cod, § 2323.52 or does the First amendme…
23-6574 Deirdre Baker v. JEA Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-document petition standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
23A691 Ryan Morrison v. Alvaro Ramos, in His Individual and Official Capacity, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-25 Presumed Complete certiorari court-of-appeals extension petition supreme-court time-limit Whether the Court of Appeals correctly applied the standard for granting an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari
23-6389 Michael Lavern Boyd v. Lay, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process legal-provisions medical-care petition prison supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the denial of access to medical supplies that are necessary to avoid severe pain and suffering violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on …
23-6368 In Re Damion Hardy 2023-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction legal-document petition standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the United States government's actions against the petitioner are lawful
23A556 Clifton Capital Group, LLC v. Bradley Sharp Ninth Circuit 2023-12-15 Presumed Complete certiorari court-of-appeals petition procedural-rules supreme-court time-extension Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari under the Court's procedural rules
23-607 Morris S. Glover v. Daniel E. Cohen, et al. Federal Circuit 2023-12-06 Denied bias case-document court-filing due-process legal-document patent-infringement petition prejudice pro-se scotus summary-judgment Is this a case of patent infringement where judges are abusing Summary Judgment at the request of the law firm; which showed bias, and prejudice towar…
23-6172 DeKorrie K. Bell v. Birmingham Board of Education Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process legal-document petition property-rights standing supreme-court takings writ-of-certiorari Whether the government's seizure of a person's property without providing any pre-deprivation notice or opportunity to be heard violates the Due Proce…
23A498 Michael Alan Welker v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-12-01 Presumed Complete certiorari conviction eighth-circuit extension petition sentence Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the petitioner's conviction and sentence without proper consideration of the legal argu…
23A457 Leslie Willis v. Dolores Willis Third Circuit 2023-11-21 Presumed Complete certiorari extension-of-time jurisdiction mandamus petition supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court will grant an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari under extraordinary circumstances
23-486 Sidney Powell, et al. v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-11-08 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure electoral-college first-amendment petition petition-clause rule-11 safe-harbor sanctions Whether serving a Rule 11(c)(2) motion that seeks different relief and lacks the filed version's brief and details triggers the 21-day safe-harbor per…
23-5949 Ramone L. Wright v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP charges civil-rights collateral-consequences constitutional-provisions conviction court-review due-process jurisdiction legal-procedure notice petition writ Whether proper notice of charges can constitute a due process violation
23-5516 Angela Jane Johnson, et al. v. Victoria Fire and Casualty Company Sixth Circuit 2023-09-05 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process judicial-process legal-review petition public-trial right-to-counsel sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial applies to a criminal defendant's sentencing hearing
23-5308 James Renwick Manship v. Susan Beals, Commissioner Virginia 2023-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights election-integrity electronic-voting first-amendment free-speech grand-jury petition petition-rights voting-machines voting-rights QUESTIONS PRESENTED RELATED TO FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF HONEST VOTE (FREE SPEECH) & PETITION FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES TO A GRAND JURY
23-5204 Larry David Davis v. Anna Catherine Cargile, Prosecutor, Pulaski County Prosecutor's Office, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-07-26 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-filing criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction legal-document petition police-misconduct qualified-immunity search-and-seizure statutory-provisions Whether the district court erred in denying the petitioner's motion to suppress evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment
22-952 Rina Richard DeMichael v. Florida Department of Management Services, Division of Retirement Florida 2023-03-30 Denied Response Waived congress constitutional-provisions court-procedure docketing legal-standing marital-rights marriage petition petition-denial rights spousal-claim Was the right to husband petition denied correctly?
22-6113 Guillermo Garcia v. James Hill, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-11-21 Denied IFP appeal appeal-denial civil-procedure civil-rights counsel-appointment district-court due-process legal-error motion-to-appeal petition petition-review standing Whether the lower court made a legal error when denying petitioner's appeal
22-5447 Christopher Schneider v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. California 2022-08-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-case civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction legal-proceedings petition standing supreme-court takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
21-1350 Jack Jordan v. Department of Labor, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-04-14 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act agency-sanctions constitution constitutional-precedent free-speech freedom-of-speech judicial-review petition precedent strict-scrutiny Whether federal judges are free to flout and violate the APA, Constitution, and precedent
21-931 Ameenah Salaam v. Jeffrey Allen McAuley California 2021-12-23 Denied 14th-amendment amendment-xiv child-custody civil-rights constitutional-violation custody-change due-process petition physical-custody state-courts superior-court Did the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento violate the United States Constitution, Amendment XIV right to due process of Ms. Salaam wh…
21-5465 Kent Glen Williams v. Alan Stewart, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied IFP civil-rights civil-rights-act constitutional-claim due-process equal-protection free-speech petition pro-se-litigant procedural-requirements section-1983 standing Whether Rule 3.2 of the Idaho Department of Correction violates the First, Fourteenth, and Petition Clauses of the U.S. Constitution
21-5221 Andre M. Adams v. Kevin Kauffman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit 2021-07-27 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction legal-proceeding petition standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions writ Whether the court below erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
20-8175 Timothy Alan Marr v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP violating Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment Right constitutional-rights due-process federal-question fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus petition statutory-interpretation untimely-filing Whether the courts below decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the relevant decisions of this Honorable Court
20-1618 John Anthony Gentry v. Glen Casada, et al. Tennessee 2021-05-19 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech government-duty legislative-procedure petition standing state-constitution Whether the state government has a duty to present a correct version of the Tennessee Constitution to the public
20-7557 Wendy Alison Nora v. Office of Lawyer Regulation Wisconsin 2021-03-25 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-proceeding lawyer-discipline mortgage-foreclosure petition standing Whether Petitioner was denied procedural due process in the lawyer disciplinary proceeding
20-7237 Clyde E. Bradley v. Teri Kennedy, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights district-court due-process habeas-corpus petition pro-se rebuttal statutory-interpretation Whether the U.S. District Court erred in dismissing the pro se petition for habeas corpus relief without permitting the petitioner a fair opportunity …
20-6613 C. D. Pickle, Jr., aka Clanton D. Pickle, Jr. v. Mississippi Mississippi 2020-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-review legal-procedure petition supreme-court takings-clause writ-of-certiorari Whether the construction of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses o…
20-530 Harold H. Burbank, II v. Connecticut Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel Connecticut 2020-10-21 Denied attorney-discipline civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech petition petition-rights political-speech Did the First Amendment and Connecticut Constitution preclude Connecticut from reciprocal attorney discipline
20-5381 Lawrence F. Curtin v. Kimberly Cortez Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP eighth-amendment fifth-amendment first-amendment florida fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment judicial-qualification-commission petition redress-of-grievances sixth-amendment state-court-judge First Amendment right to petition Florida's Judicial Qualification Commission, the government, in writing, for a redress of grievances about state cou…
19-8655 Milton Barrios-Alvarado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres-v-United-States Apprendi-v-New-Jersey certiorari criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jury-trial overrule petition sentencing supreme-court writ Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
19-1262 Steven Eric Greer v. Dennis Mehiel, et al. Second Circuit 2020-04-30 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights final-policymaking-authority first-amendment government-entity government-liability monell monell-claim monell-v-department-of-social-services petition press probable-cause retaliation retaliation-claim rule-60-motion Did the lower courts misapprehend Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, Fla. and Greer v. Mehiel?
19-1244 Anthony J. Johnson v. Storix, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2020-04-23 Denied attorney-fees civil-procedure copyright copyright-fees due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment free-speech ninth-circuit petition standing Whether the Ninth Circuit denied Petitioner's Fifth Amendment right to due process
19-7532 Travis Welsh v. Florida Florida 2020-02-03 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 3.850-motion 8th-amendment capital-sexual-battery civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus law-of-the-case motion-filing petition standing void-for-vagueness Did the court's refusal to accept the timely 3.850 motion filing because it did not identify the circuit court in the certification of service violate…
19-6831 In Re Fredrick Wroten 2019-12-03 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial first-amendment judicial-obligation petition petition-for-redress redress unilateral-contract when-the-state-and-federal-appellate-courts-ignore-and-or-refuse-to-respond-to-a-denial-of-a-fair-trial-claim
19-6611 William Severs v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-courts federal-statute habeas-corpus petition section-2254 statute-of-limitations time-bar Was the District Court's decision to dismiss Petitioner's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition as untimely correct?
19-548 Joseph R. Mullins v. Joseph E. Corcoran, et al. Massachusetts 2019-10-29 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights commercial-dispute first-amendment minority-shareholder-rights noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-doctrine petition right-to-petition sham-litigation Whether, under the First Amendment, a court may award damages against a party for the act of filing suit in a commercial dispute without finding that …
19-381 Rainbow Ridge Resort, LLC, et al. v. Branch Banking and Trust Company Tennessee 2019-09-20 Denied Response Waived affirmative-defense civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process examination-limitations first-amendment petition petition-rights pleading standing statutory-interpretation takings Is Tennessee Code Annotated Sec. 35-5-118 unconstitutional as applied?
19-5972 Dimitri Bernard Robinson v. Michigan Michigan 2019-09-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights federal-courts jurisdiction pen-register petition privacy probable-cause supreme-court trap-and-trace writ-of-certiorari Was petitioner's Fourth Amendment right to privacy and protection violated without probable cause, when law enforcement obtained an unreasonable order…
19-5590 Levar Lee Anthony Spence v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2019-08-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection federal-courts legal-document petition pro-se standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Was your petitioner, being without any assistance of an attorney denied due process and equal protection of the law when the federal courts refused de…
18-9813 Levar Brown v. California California 2019-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy discovery due-process forma-pauperis free-speech indigency legal-correspondence patent petition standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Did the Supreme Court abuse its discretion by denying the right of the petitioners to discovery further and to rebut a conspiracy which infringes thei…
18-9815 Kazi Bowles v. Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions discretion district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction petition relief standing writ-of-habeas-corpus Whether the district court erred in not applying a clear error standard of review when reviewing the petitioner's motion for relief from judgment for …
18A1341 Antwoine Marquise Bealer v. Kern Valley State Prison Ninth Circuit 2019-06-19 Presumed Complete certiorari litigation petition pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether the Supreme Court will grant an extension of time to file a pro se petition for writ of certiorari given multiple concurrent legal proceedings
18A1252 Natalie Anderson v. Adam Robitaille New Hampshire 2019-06-03 Presumed Complete certiorari deadline extension-of-time petition pro-se supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant's application for an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari should be granted when filed near the deadline
18-9257 Lonnie Rarden v. Ohio Ohio 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment habeas-corpus judgment merits mitigating-evidence opinion petition search-and-seizure sentencing state-court state-courts writ-of-certiorari Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated when the state court failed to consider mitigating evidence during sentencing
18-9009 Mirella Landi Adelman v. Lawrence Root, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-04-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process estate-planning false-information guardianship legal-document mental-capacity personal-estate petition probate standing Whether the request or petition for guardianship for the person and estate of Daniel Lindsey Adelman was submitted under false information and should …
18-8960 In Re Robert Winkel 2019-04-23 Denied IFP case-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection legal-issues legal-terms petition scotus standing takings writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
18-8342 Edward Spears v. R&R Cleaning Services, et al. South Carolina 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause equal-protection-of-the-law judicial-process legal-review petition standing supreme-court Did the Supreme Court deprive me of my constitutional rights of equal protection of the law?
18-8014 Wyley Tomas Baird v. Tammy Foss, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-court ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judgment jury-instructions opinion petition prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt sexual-assault supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Was Petitioner denied due process of law and the right to be convicted only upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt?
18-975 Mark Stuart v. Jim Lane, et al. Arizona 2019-01-28 Denied due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech petition petition-rights rule-68 Whether sanctioning a petitioner under Rule 68 for pursuing a meritorious public interest lawsuit violates the First Amendment right to petition for r…
18-822 Steven G. Cohen v. Grievance Administrator, Attorney Grievance Commission of Michigan Michigan 2018-12-28 Denied Response Waived attorney-discipline civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech free-speech-petition judicial-corruption judicial-misconduct petition petition-clause professional-ethics professional-misconduct rosa-parks-estate Whether the arbitrary, contradictory and fact-free proceedings conducted by the Michigan Attorney Discipline Board violated Petitioner's rights under …
18-7135 In Re Walter Edward Harrington 2018-12-20 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection key-terms legal-issues petition precedent scotus standing statutory-interpretation topic-areas writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant statute and precedents
18-6144 Guadalupe Padilla v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-10-01 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-procedure-habeas-corpus-standing-due-process civil-rights constitutional-provisions district-court due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus legal-remedy petition standing statutory-provisions writ Whether the U.S. District Court has authority to order the clerk to not file any further pleadings in habeas corpus proceedings, where the order resul…
18A100 Dion Terry Taylor v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-07-27 Presumed Complete certiorari extension-of-time jurisdiction petition sixth-circuit supreme-court Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in its decision regarding Mr. Dion Taylor's case and if the lower court's ruling warrants Supreme Cou…
24A428 Laura Marie Baldwin v. Joshua Devine, et al. Eighth Circuit Presumed Complete certiorari extension-of-time in-forma-pauperis petition pro-se supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant may obtain an extension of time to submit a Supreme Court petition after in forma pauperis status is denied