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25-5734 Charles Robol v. City of Columbus, Ohio, et al. Ohio 2025-09-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP first-amendment fourth-amendment procedural-due-process public-forum recording-rights viewpoint-discrimination 1. Whether a municipality's imposition of overbroad and viewpoint-discriminatory restrictions —including a permanent ban from a public forum, the deni…
25-277 Aden Rusfeldt v. Officer Cristian Morar, et al. Third Circuit 2025-09-10 Denied Response Waived fighting-words first-amendment free-speech heckler's-veto public-forum qualified-immunity Under the First Amendment, street preachers and counter-protesters can speak in front of a crowd but not to a crowd, or to any person therein, or else…
25-123 Matthew Joseph Connolly v. City of Southfield, Michigan Michigan 2025-07-31 Denied Response Waived criminal-ordinance due-process first-amendment free-speech probation-conditions public-forum 1. Whether the Due Process Clause protects defendants from being prosecuted under an ordinance that prohibits expression and conduct in public forums,…
25-107 Leah Gilliam v. David Gerregano, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Revenue, et al. Tennessee 2025-07-29 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) first-amendment free-speech government-speech license-plate public-forum state-regulation Whether the messages paid for and chosen by car owners on personalized license plates—commonly known as "vanity" plates—are government speech.
24-7299 Jerry L. Hoffman, Jr. v. Jose Delgado, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-05-28 Denied IFP constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech municipal-ordinance prior-restraint public-forum 1. Whether there exists a circuit split on municipal recording bans violating the First Amendment? 2. Whether a Middle District Court can dismiss wit…
24-7206 Mark Bochra v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Seventh Circuit 2025-05-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights discrimination-retaliation executive-committee first-amendment judicial-immunity public-forum Question not identified.
24-598 B&L Productions, Inc., dba Crossroads of the West, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) commercial-speech equal-protection first-amendment gun-show-ban public-forum second-amendment 1. Whether the distinction between pure speech and commercial is obsolete, with the First Amendment protecting all lawful speech in the same manner an…
24-5537 Nevin P. Cooper-Keel v. Roberts A. Kengis Sixth Circuit 2024-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP facebook-page first-amendment free-speech government-speech public-forum viewpoint-discrimination 1) Is a government's facebook page a traditional, designated public forum or a limited one? 2) If it is a limited public forum, is deleting my commen…
24-243 Michael Grant v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2024-09-04 Denied Response Waived content-based-restriction first-amendment free-speech public-forum religious-expression solicitation On December 21, 2019, Petitioner preached at Love Park in Philadelphia with a sign "if you died tonight, do you know if you are going to heaven or hel…
24-57 Coalition Life v. City of Carbondale, Illinois Seventh Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Amici (11)Relisted (9) abortion abortion-rights civil-rights constitutional-law due-process first-amendment free-speech public-debate public-forum supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should overrule Hill v. Colorado.
23-1351 Torrey Lynne Henderson, Amara Jana Ridge, and Justin Royce Thompson v. Texas Texas 2024-06-27 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived criminal-conviction first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech obstruction-of-passageway obstruction-statute peaceful-assembly peaceful-protest public-forum public-sidewalks Petitioners assembled with others in a brief, peaceful march along a historic Texas street. The march took place primarily on the sidewalk, but when n…
23-7786 Christine H. Scott v. Florida Florida 2024-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP assembly-rights constitutional-rights contract first-amendment free-speech government-property petition-rights private-property public-access public-forum Whether the right to petition, assemble and speak freely on government-owned property held open to the public exists when the publicly held land is co…
23-1276 Young Israel of Tampa, Inc. v. Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority Eleventh Circuit 2024-06-05 Denied Amici (5) circuit-split first-amendment free-speech government-forum public-forum religious-speech rosenberger-precedent viewpoint-discrimination Whether a public transit agency's ban on advertisements that "primarily promote a religious faith or religious organization" violates the First Amendm…
23A1062 Coalition Life v. City of Carbondale, Illinois Seventh Circuit 2024-05-29 Presumed Complete buffer-zone content-neutrality first-amendment intermediate-scrutiny public-forum speech-restriction Question not identified.
23-1189 Jeryl Turco v. City of Englewood, New Jersey Third Circuit 2024-05-03 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedRelisted (11) abortion-clinic buffer-zones civil-rights content-neutrality due-process first-amendment free-speech hill-v-colorado public-forum sidewalk-counseling speech-suppression standing 1. Whether the City of Englewood's speech-free buffer zones, including zones outside an abortion clinic, violate the First Amendment. 2. Whether this…
23-74 Debra A. Vitagliano v. County of Westchester, New York Second Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied Amici (18)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-clinic-protests constitutional-law content-neutrality first-amendment free-speech precedent public-forum stare-decisis The question presented is whether the Court should overrule Hill.
22-932 North Carolina Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. v. North Carolina Department of Transportation, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-law first-amendment fourth-circuit free-speech government-speech license-plate public-forum specialty-license-plate state-law 1. Did the district court and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals err in applying the "Government Speech" doctrine to limit the speech of private citizens…
22-770 Ross M. Jackson v. Glenn Cowan, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-16 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 1983 civil-rights civil-rights-conspiracy equal-protection first-amendment-speech internal-policies probable-cause public-forum retroactive-application retroactivity section-1983 It is the rare decision that presents multiple conflicts with other circuits. The Eleventh Circuit's decision in this case presents four §1983 conflic…
22-665 Gordon M. Price v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. District of Columbia 2023-01-19 Denied Amici (3) commercial-speech content-based-restriction first-amendment permit-requirement prior-restraint public-forum The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia enjoined enforcement of 54 U.S.C. § 100905, which directs the Secretary of the Interior to "requi…
22-611 Kevin Lindke v. James R. Freed Sixth Circuit 2023-01-04 Judgment Issued Amici (9)Relisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-scrutiny first-amendment free-speech government-duty government-official public-forum public-official social-media state-action Whether a public official's social media activity can constitute state action only if the official used the account to perform a governmental duty or …
22-532 Joachim Martillo v. Twitter, Inc., et al. First Circuit 2022-12-09 Denied Response Waived 1996-interactive-computer-service common-carrier common-law-common-carrier constitutional-right-to-non-discriminatory-common- digital-property first-amendment first-amendment-right-to-refuse-message-common-car hosting-of-digital-personal-literary-property-as-s interactive-computer-service logical-fallacy-in-statute-interpretation public-forum social-media 1. Whether digital personal literary property, which a Defendant carries in the form of a post, com ment, or tweet, is "other property " according to…
22-388 Rodney Keister v. Stuart Bell, in His Official Capacity as President of the University of Alabama, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-25 Denied Amici (6)Response RequestedRelisted (2) expressive-activity first-amendment free-speech government-intent public-forum public-sidewalks sidewalk-access university Petitioner Rodney Keister sought to evangelize at the intersection of sidewalks open to the public, owned by the City of Tuscaloosa, but adjacent to t…
22-365 Reform America, dba Created Equal, et al. v. City of Detroit, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Response Waived civil-rights first-amendment free-speech protest-rights public-forum security-justification strict-scrutiny viewpoint-discrimination For two days in July, the City of Detroit hosted the 2019 Democratic Party presidential candidate debates, which were held at the Fox Theatre. The Cit…
22-292 James D. Sullivan v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fourth Circuit 2022-09-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) establishment-clause free-exercise government-speech lemon-test public-forum religious-display Question 1: Whether or not Petitioner is entitled to a trial by jury in civil federal income tax cases as mandated by the Seventh Amendment? Question…
22-5674 Chad M. Vice v. Lee County Sheriff Department, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-09-26 Denied IFP 1st-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech individual-liberties political-expression public-forum Whereby time frame with state tost proceedings fights arsing idividuals constitutional end. access to the courts. cnd equal te cit:zens via Art. T S2,…
21-1532 Brian Davison v. Deborah Rose, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-06-07 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-scrutiny due-process first-amendment free-speech government-action government-speech public-forum speech-restriction standing viewpoint-discrimination 1. Whether a forum and scrutiny analysis are required when considering First Amendment infringement claims involving the government barring citizen sp…
21-1502 Jeff Swanson v. Couy Griffin, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied civil-liberties first-amendment free-speech public-forum qualified-immunity social-media viewpoint-discrimination Did the Tenth Circuit err in reversing the decision of the District Court that Commissioner Couy Griffin was not entitled to qualified immunity after …
21-7963 Steven Strong Bear Stevenson v. California California 2022-05-24 Denied IFP civil-rights content-neutrality free-speech government-regulation public-forum viewpoint-discrimination Question not identified.
21-7912 Jack A. Courtney v. Motorists Mutual Insurance Company Ohio 2022-05-18 Denied IFP establishment-clause first-amendment government-endorsement public-forum religious-display separation-of-church-and-state This Appeal chAims to inu olve a Constitu tion Al qvestion inuoluing Both the U.S. PUBLiC and Ohio constitution Aowestion
21-1229 Saved Magazine, et al. v. Spokane Police Department, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-10 Denied Response Waived civil-rights content-based-censorship content-based-restrictions due-process dueling-protests first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech press-freedom public-forum qualified-immunity Police kept opposing protestors on separate sides of a street at an event called "Drag Queen Story Hour" held at a public library. A journalist for a …
21-6837 John Ragin v. Circuit Court of Virginia, City of Newport News Virginia 2022-01-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights free-speech government-speech public-forum social-media standing Question not identified.
21-953 Richard Leake, et al. v. James T. Drinkard, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Assistant City Administrator of the City of Alpharetta, GA, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-29 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech government-speech historical-context parade-participation public-forum 1. Whether the District Court and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred when applying the "Gov-ernment Speech" doctrine to limit the speech of priva…
21-6199 Robert M. Samson v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-11-08 Denied IFP civil-rights free-speech government-speech prior-restraint public-forum viewpoint-discrimination IS it a violation of State Statutory or Federal Law for Director Bob Schvoneix and the N.C.S.BI to detain myself or offer Individuals who no longer Re…
21-600 Wade Steven Gardner, et al. v. William Mutz, in His Capacity as Mayor of the City of Lakeland, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-26 Denied Response Waived civil-rights first-amendment free-speech government-speech legacy-monuments legal-doctrine monument-display public-forum public-forums summum summum-precedent Should the government speech doctrine as recognized in Pleasant Grove City, Utah v. Summum be modified in cases involving legacy monuments already in …
21-388 John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy, Inc., et al. v. Tony Evers, Governor of Wisconsin Seventh Circuit 2021-09-10 Denied Amici (4) circuit-split equal-access first-amendment forum-analysis government-exclusion press-access press-clause public-forum speech-clause viewpoint-neutrality Whether the government's selective exclusion of members of the press implicates the equal treatment guarantee of the First Amendment's Press Clause, a…
21-213 Nathaniel Borrell Dyer v. Atlanta Independent School System Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-13 Denied due-process first-amendment free-speech limited-public-forum protected-speech public-figures public-forum satirical-flyer satirical-speech viewpoint-discrimination 1. Whether Atlanta Independent School System violated Mr. Dyer's First Amendment right to free speech by categorically banning him from using protecte…
20-1800 Harold Shurtleff, et al. v. City of Boston, Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit 2021-06-24 Judgment Issued Amici (24) content-discrimination establishment-clause first-amendment flag-display free-speech government-speech public-forum religious-expression religious-viewpoint viewpoint-discrimination 1. Whether the First Circuit's failure to apply this Court's forum doctrine to the First Amendment challenge of a private religious organization that …
20-1731 Trista Oettle v. William J. Cadigan, Chairman, Illinois State Board of Elections, et al. Illinois 2021-06-15 Denied Response Waived ballot-selfie content-based-restriction first-amendment free-speech political-expression political-speech public-forum viewpoint-neutral viewpoint-neutrality 1. Whether a photograph of a completed ballot, commonly called a ballot selfie, is a form of political expression in a public forum or a nonpublic for…
20-1379 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority v. Center for Investigative Reporting Third Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Amici (3) categorical-ban commercial-speech content-restriction first-amendment free-speech government-speech political-speech public-forum supreme-court-precedent transit-advertising transit-authority 1. Whether this Court's decision in Mansky overruled or abrogated the Court's holding in Lehman that transit authorities have the discretion to catego…
20-893 Duane Ronald Belanus v. Lynn Guyer, Warden Montana 2021-01-05 Denied Response Waived compelled-speech content-neutrality free-speech government-regulation private-entities public-forum Question not identified.
20-6289 Catherine Denise Randolph v. United States District Court for the District of Maryland Fourth Circuit 2020-11-12 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process free-speech jurisdiction obscenity public-forum What is obscenity and how can it be identified under 19 U.S.C. § 1305 of Judicial Standards? Can the Three Prong Obscenity Test (19 Miller Test) help…
20-197 Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. v. Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, et al. Second Circuit 2020-08-20 GVR Relisted (15) blocking first-amendment free-speech government-official personal-account public-forum social-media twitter-blocking Whether the First Amendment deprives a government official of his right to control his personal Twitter account by blocking third-party accounts if he…
19-1091 Steve Ray Evans v. Sandy City, Utah, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-03-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) expressive-conduct first-amendment free-speech government-burden government-regulation less-restrictive-alternatives public-forum roadway-medians speech-restriction traffic-safety 1. Whether a governme nt may ban expressive conduc t without first trying to advance its interests using less speech -restrictive measures , as the …
19-758 Kamal Anwiya Youkhanna, et al. v. City of Sterling Heights, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied Response Waived civil-rights consent-decree establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech local-government municipal-law public-forum religion religious-freedom zoning zoning-law 1. Does a city council rule prohibiting private citizens from making disparaging comments about religion when speaking during the public comment perio…
19-728 Brian Davison v. Facebook, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-12-09 Denied Response Waived censorship civil-rights delegation-of-authority due-process first-amendment free-speech government-delegation private-forum public-forum standing standing-to-sue 1. Whether a person has standing to sue the government for a delegation of censorship authority to a private party when his speech on a topic of publi…
19-5147 Flordeliza A. Hawkins v. SunTrust Bank, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-07-11 Denied IFP 1st-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech public-forum standing Why I was denied fer money daage?
19-5156 Theresa A. Logan v. Town of Windsor, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2019-07-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 1st-amendment civil-rights conclusion constitutional-provisions content-discrimination free-speech jurisdiction public-forum reasons-for-granting statement-of-case statutory-provisions viewpoint-discrimination THE STATUE,AND NOW HE'S COMPLAINING ABOUT IT? 2. WHY WAS MR.OBRIEN ALLOWED TO FILE A MOTION FOR TRIAL BY JURY BUT NOTHING EUER CAME OFIT? PETIONER "…
18-1523 Michael Gannon v. City of Eugene, Oregon Oregon 2019-06-07 Denied Response Waived 1st-amendment 5th-amendment 8th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment first-amendment free-speech liberty-interest proportionality public-forum public-university 1) Do the First Amendment's protections to public streets as the archetype of a traditional public forumextend to city and state public streets and pu…
18-1455 Archdiocese of Washington v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, et al. District of Columbia 2019-05-22 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (5) civil-rights content-discrimination establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech government-speech public-forum religious-freedom viewpoint-discrimination 1. Whether WMATA's policy of refusing to accept advertisements that promote or oppose religion or reflect a religious perspective violates the First A…
18-1365 Mogul Media, Inc., et al. v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2019-04-30 Denied Response Waived commercial-speech content-based-restriction content-based-restrictions equal-protection first-amendment free-speech government-speech municipal-government public-forum public-property zoning-resolution The Second Circuit affirmed, en banc, the Second Circuit's prior affirmance of the district court's dismissal, at the pleading stage, of the Amended C…
18-8768 Darryl A. Robinson v. Unknown Mawer, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech jurisdiction public-forum standing takings WA S My G Ji 0k + Go 4-QLA CQI( flc6 e3f ) i ; A)
18-1235 Joe Ribakoff v. City of Long Beach, California, et al. California 2019-03-22 Denied 1st-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights content-based-regulation content-based-speech expert-testimony first-amendment free-speech government-speech public-forum speech-restriction 1) Is a rule abridging speech by members of the public at an open public meeting of a city government a presumptively unconstitutional content-based s…
18-7931 Michael Keith Henley v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure compelled-speech content-neutrality due-process fraudulent-plea-agreement free-speech government-regulation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice private-property public-forum standing 1). Whether, the United States Appeal Court and District Court incorrectly decide the facts? (YES) What Facts? Qa))Whether the U.S Appeal Court and D…
18-1000 American Freedom Defense Initiative, et al. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, et al. District of Columbia 2019-01-31 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech government-censorship government-speech public-forum speech-restriction transit-advertising transit-authority viewpoint-discrimination 1. Is the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's advertising space a public forum for Petitioner's "Support Free Speech" ads such that Respo…
18-841 Michale Anthony Hoffman v. Florida Florida 2019-01-03 Denied Response Waived airport aviation-authority civil-rights constitutional-rights first-amendment forum-analysis free-speech non-public-forum public-forum public-sidewalk public-street standing Whether the shoulder of a public street, owned by the Jacksonville Aviation Authority, but approximately one mile from the Jacksonville International …
18-6379 Ramess Nakhleh v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process first-amendment free-speech postal-regulations public-forum vagueness vagueness-doctrine Is a regulation criminalizing the creation of a "loud and unusual noise" unconstitutionally vague?
18-6080 Abraham J. Bonowitz, Douglas A. Pagitt, Lisa S. Harper, Suezann K. Bosler, Arthur J. Laffin, Randy Gardner, Derrick W. Jamison, Thomas W. Muther, Jr., Shane A. Claiborne, Sam R. Sheppard, and John M. Travers v. United States District of Columbia 2018-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 40-usc-6135 assembly constitutional-law display first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine public-forum statutory-interpretation 1. Is the open-air, public space surrounding the Supreme Court a traditional public forum, despite a flawed, constitutionally suspect challenged law t…
18-5925 Dean Loren v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2018-09-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-filing civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-procedure due-process federal-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-misconduct public-forum standing state-actor 1. Whether it is Constitutional for the lower Appellate Court, to so far depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings, or sanctio…
18-17 Rodney Keister v. Stuart Bell, in His Official Capacity as President of the University of Alabama, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-03 Denied Amici (2) 1st-amendment campus-speech civil-rights college-campus constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech public-forum public-sidewalk public-street sidewalk sidewalk-access sidewalk-restrictions Except in the unique setting of a military installation, this Court has never held that a public sidewalk running alongside a public street was anythi…
18-12 Joseph A. Kennedy v. Bremerton School District Ninth Circuit 2018-07-02 Denied Amici (7)Relisted (12) coaches constitutional-rights employment-rights establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech public-employment public-forum public-school religious-expression school-speech teachers tinker-v-des-moines Whether public school teachers and coaches retain any First Amendment rights when at work and "in the general presence of" students.