| 25A531 |
John Koe, aka Nicholas Krudy v. University Hospitals Health System, Inc., et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-11-07 |
Application |
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appellate-procedure jurisdictional-dismissal merits-determination party-presentation procedural-rule sua-sponte |
Whether a federal appellate court can sua sponte dismiss a case without notice or opportunity to be heard when characterizing a procedural rule as jur… |
| 24-1294 |
Alan Grayson v. No Labels, Inc., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-06-20 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
attorney-fees diversity-jurisdiction federal-rule offer-of-judgment procedural-rule state-law |
In a diversity jurisdiction case, did the lower court err in awarding attorney's fees under a state procedural rule that conflicts with the federal of… |
| 24-7392 |
Jonathan Mota v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-06-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
claim-preclusion collateral-review direct-appeal ninth-circuit procedural-rule section-2255 |
Does the Ninth Circuit's rule that issues raised and rejected on direct appeal are not reviewable in a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition conflict with the gen… |
| 24-783 |
Enbridge Energy, LP, et al. v. Dana Nessel, Attorney General of Michigan, on Behalf of the People of the State of Michigan |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-01-23 |
Granted |
Amici (13)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) |
district-court federal-jurisdiction procedural-rule removal statutory-interpretation time-limit |
Whether district courts have the authority to excuse the thirty-day procedural time limit for removal in 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b)(1) |
| 24-5775 |
Timothy Robert Ronk v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
2024-10-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-claim death-penalty expert-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-rule sixth-amendment |
Does the failure of death penalty defense counsel to seek funding for an independent expert and not challenge the State's expert testimony constitute … |
| 23-7397 |
Diamond L. Barnes v. Felicia Adkins, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-05-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure concealed-carry constitutional-right due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure procedural-rule second-amendment standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Question not identified |
| 23-7358 |
Eric LaQuinne Brown v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
2024-05-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brown-v-state constitutional-error due-process fourteenth-amendment howell-v-state mississippi post-conviction-relief procedural-rule retroactive-application upccra |
Is it a Due Process violation, to apply a 2023 decision (Howell v. State.) case holding, that abolishment of the exception to Mississippi's procedural… |
| 23-6086 |
Luis Alberto Marcano-Godoy v. United States |
First Circuit |
2023-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal-waiver criminal-defendant criminal-procedure government-defense opening-brief procedural-rule reply-brief |
Whether a criminal defendant must raise the issue of an appeal waiver in his opening brief or whether it falls upon the government to raise the waiver… |
| 23-5544 |
Juan L. Leonor v. Nebraska |
Nebraska |
2023-09-07 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rule due-process federal-law judicial-legislation procedural-rule retroactive-review retroactivity substantive-decision substantive-rule supremacy-clause |
Whether the Federal Constitution prohibits a state court from denying consideration of a federal claim brought after petitioner's convictions became f… |
| 22-6199 |
In Re Cornell White |
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2022-12-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-violation eighth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel missouri-supreme-court-rule procedural-default procedural-rule prosecutorial-misconduct second-petition |
Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in denying the petitioner's application for leave to file a second habeas petition |
| 22-5396 |
Timothy J. Hill v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2022-08-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indian-law mcgirt-case native-american-rights oklahoma-jurisdiction procedural-rule retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule supreme-court-ruling |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), is a Substantive ruling or a Procedural ruling |
| 21-7885 |
Charles Deon Ladd v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2022-05-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech mcgirt-case oklahoma-jurisdiction procedural-rule retroactivity standing substantive-rule supreme-court takings |
Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their First Amendment rights |
| 21-7857 |
Richard Dwayne Blalock v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2022-05-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law criminal-procedure indian-law jurisdiction mcgirt-case native-american-rights procedural-rule retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule tribal-jurisdiction |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), is a Substantive ruling or a Procedural ruling |
| 21-6732 |
Julio Cesar Cardenas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-12-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
castro-v-united-states civil-rights due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus mandates nonfrivolous-claims notice-and-opportunity procedural-rule slack-v-mcdaniel supreme-court supreme-court-mandate |
Has the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals effectively established a procedural rule to efface, abridge, or abrogate the Supreme Court's mandate(s), notic… |
| 21-5961 |
David K. Horsley v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2021-10-14 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appeal-waiver appellate-procedure constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process garza-v-idaho ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-rule sixth-amendment state-appellate-procedure |
Whether the holding in Garza v. Idaho, 586 U.S. 10 (2019) applies to Ohio App. R. 26(B)(1) which requires a defendant to prove ineffective assistance … |
| 20-7545 |
Tyrone Robinson v. Christopher Buesgen, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-03-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
evidentiary-hearing fact-reduction hearing-standard legal-standing plea-withdrawal post-conviction-relief procedural-rule sentencing standard-of-review standing state-court-jurisdiction |
Whether a defendant seeking to withdraw a plea after sentencing must prove a reasonable probability of acquittal or only a reasonable probability of a… |
| 20-270 |
Irma Rosas v. R.K. Kenzie Corp., et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-09-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
7th-circuit case-law civil-complaint civil-procedure dismissal george-v-smith judicial-precedent pleadings procedural-rule seventh-circuit standing |
Whether a civil complaint can be dismissed solely pursuant to George v. Smith, 507 F.3d 605 (7th Cir. 2007) |
| 19-8734 |
In Re Ren Y. Deng |
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2020-06-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure civil-procedure district-court genuine-issue jurisdictional-review material-fact material-facts procedural-rule procedural-rules standard-of-review summary-judgment |
Did the district court deviation from procedural rule while there was overwhelming genuine issue of material fact disputed in the record granting the … |
| 19-1348 |
Alfred Bourgeois, et al. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2020-06-09 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
administrative-law agency-deference agency-rule capital-case death-penalty execution-protocol federal-death-penalty-act federal-law notice-and-comment procedural-rule statutory-interpretation |
Whether the phrase 'prescribed by the law of the State' in 18 U.S.C. § 3596(a) includes those procedures that state law requires state officials to es… |
| 19-6714 |
Keith D. Goodman v. Eddie Pearson, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-11-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-district-court habeas-corpus procedural-rule section-2254 sentence-aggregation sentencing sentencing-calculation statutory-interpretation |
Is a federal district court (or a § 2254 petitioner) permitted to disregard or evade Rule 2(e) (of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the Unite… |
| 18-9366 |
Michael T. Rivera v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-05-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
collateral-review criminal-statute due-process eighth-amendment judicial-interpretation procedural-rule retroactivity substantive-law |
Whether the Federal Due Process Clause requires a state to apply a new interpretation of a state criminal statute retroactively to cases on collateral… |
| 18-8868 |
Amilcar C. Butler v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-04-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
clerical-error commitment court-filing criminal-procedure fed-r-crim-p-36 federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judgment judgment-correction judicial-error procedural-rule record |
Is it error for the district court to file an order granting a petition to correct a clerical error in the judgment under Fed. R. Crim. P. 36, but fai… |
| 18-5632 |
Juan L. Leonor v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services |
Nebraska |
2018-08-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
collateral-review constitutional-law constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process final-conviction habeas-corpus procedural-rule retroactive-application retroactivity substantive-rule vagueness |
Whether a new substantive rule of constitutional law must be applied retroactively to final cases |