sexual-abuse
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25-6546 | Miguel Bocardo and Cyr Dino Banguguilan v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2026-01-12 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | court-of-appeals district-court evidence-challenge federal-rules-of-evidence rule-403 sexual-abuse | In Yee v. City of Escondido, 503 U.S. 519, 534 (1992), this Court held that "[o]nce a federal claim is properly presented, a party can make any argume… |
| 25A758 | Sean Paul Baker v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2025-12-31 | Application | confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence-rule-412 sexual-abuse witness-credibility | Question not identified. | |
| 25-661 | Erik Blecher, et al. v. The Holy See, aka The Apostolic See | Second Circuit | 2025-12-08 | Pending | discretionary-function foreign-sovereign-immunities-act mandatory-policy sexual-abuse subject-matter-jurisdiction tort-claims | Whether the FSIA's discretionary-function exclusion, 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(5)(A), denies federal subject matter jurisdiction for a tort claim that alleg… | |
| 25-6199 | Edgar Rene Garcia-Limon v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2025-11-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-sexual-abuse constitutional-sufficiency criminal-indictment criminal-procedure sexual-abuse statutory-language | Whether an indictment charging violations of 18 U.S.C. § § 2241(c) and 2244 is constitutionally sufficient when it alleges only that the charged acts … |
| 25A536 | Adrienne L. Clark v. United States | Armed Forces | 2025-11-07 | Application | appellate-review child-pornography court-martial military-justice sexual-abuse ucmj | Whether a military appellate court's decision to partially set aside findings of guilty and reassess a sentence comports with due process and the Unif… | |
| 25A415 | Edgar Rene Garcia-Limon v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2025-10-10 | Presumed Complete | federal-criminal-statute indian-country jurisdictional-elements sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit | Whether federal criminal statutes governing sexual abuse in Indian Country are unconstitutionally vague or overbroad in their application to specific … | |
| 25-5796 | Daniel Matthew Matlock v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2025-10-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-statute federal-question mens-rea sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation | Whether the term "knowingly" in 18 U.S.C. § 2242(1) (sexual abuse) applies only to "causing another person to engage in a sexual act" or whether it ex… |
| 25-5489 | Peter Fowler v. Correctional Officer Lucas Bohnert, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2025-08-27 | Rehearing | Relisted (2)IFP | 14th-amendment 8th-amendment equal-protection incarceration plra sexual-abuse | I. WHETHER "EQUAL PROTECTION" APPLIED TO ELDER INMATES UNDER [SEXUAL ABUSED] WHILE INCARCERATED (14TH AMEND. U.S.CONST.) II. WHETHER U.S.COURT OF AP… |
| 25-54 | David Lynn Richards, Jr. v. Tennessee | Tennessee | 2025-07-15 | Denied | Response Waived | adoption criminal-procedure due-process ministerial-status sexual-abuse wrongful-conviction | Question not identified. |
| 24-6077 | Christian Ricardo Carrillo Topete v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-12-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-law prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation | Whether a sentencing court should consult Chapter 109A offenses when determining a Chapter 110 sentencing enhancement for prior sexual abuse convictio… |
| 24A436 | Jonel H. Guihama v. United States | Armed Forces | 2024-11-01 | Presumed Complete | article-120 court-martial due-process military-justice sexual-abuse ucmj | Whether a military court's conviction for aggravated sexual abuse under Article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice violates due process or co… | |
| 23-7700 | Deon Anthony Romell Bailey v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-06-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bodily-safety circuit-court civil-rights compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process innocence-claim physical-abuse sentencing-enhancement sexual-abuse | Question not identified. |
| 23A835 | Alif Jan Adil v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-03-12 | Presumed Complete | age-of-consent criminal-law federal-criminal-statute jurisdictional-element sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation | Whether knowledge of a minor's age is an essential element of criminal liability under 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) for persuading or enticing a minor to engag… | |
| 23-6967 | Victor Chen v. Ashwin Vasan, Commissioner, et al. | Second Circuit | 2024-03-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | british-monarchy civil-rights conspiracy-theory due-process elizabeth-ii government-liability new-yorker oxford-university royal-family sexual-abuse standing | Whether Elizabeth II was responsible for the sexual abuse and death of the petitioner's family members |
| 23-5413 | Christopher Ray Lipska, aka Christopher Ray Hare v. Oregon | Oregon | 2023-08-23 | Denied | IFP | child-abuse child-sexual-abuse criminal-procedure evidence evidence-admissibility judicial-discretion prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-proportionality sexual-abuse | In an ECSA and unlawful contact with a trial, does a trial court abuse its OEC 401, 402, 403 discretion by allowing the state to present evidence that… |
| 23-5254 | David Serrano-Munoz v. United States | Third Circuit | 2023-08-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process legal-definition sentence-enhancement sentencing sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness | Whether the sentence enhancement provided by 18 U.S.C. § 2251(e) is void for vagueness due to lack of definitions of the term 'sexual abuse' |
| 23-5094 | Adam Jason Poitra v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2023-07-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aggravated-sexual-abuse criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions sexual-abuse sixth-amendment unanimity unanimity-instruction | Whether the Sixth Amendment requires a specific unanimity instruction when the government introduces evidence of multiple alleged instances of sexual … |
| 22-7529 | Storm N. Rivera v. New York | New York | 2023-05-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel juror-bias jury-selection mode-of-proceedings mode-of-proceedings-error rape-prosecution sexual-abuse | Whether a juror who failed to disclose during jury selection that she was a victim of sexual abuse should have been disqualified |
| 22-7449 | Robert Richard Spurling, III v. Arizona | Arizona | 2023-05-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-law jury-instructions retroactive-application sexual-abuse state-courts statutory-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether a state court's decision that a state statute prevents the state courts from conducting analysis pursuant to United States Supreme Court prece… |
| 22-7237 | Eric Grzywinski v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-04-07 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | age-of-consent circuit-split courts-of-appeals criminal-enhancement criminal-law esquivel-quintana-v-sessions minor-protection sexual-abuse sexual-offenses statutory-interpretation statutory-rape | Whether a statutory rape offense requires a 16-year-old age of consent to be an 'offense relating to .. sexual abuse, aggravated sexual abuse, or abus… |
| 22-6928 | Logan Dyjak v. Jo-An Lynn, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2023-03-03 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process failure-to-protect first-amendment fourteenth-amendment litigation-reform mental-health sexual-abuse sexual-acts | Which constitutional claims can an individual, such as Paul, who was committed for mental health treatment, bring against state officials for failure … |
| 22-6781 | Samuel Adkins v. Texas | Texas | 2023-02-14 | Denied | IFP | attorney-client-relationship criminal-trial effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance pre-trial-proceedings sexual-abuse sixth-amendment trial | Did the state court err in holding that the petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was not violated? |
| 22-702 | Joseph D. Rued v. Catrina M. Rued | Minnesota | 2023-01-27 | Denied | child-abuse child-custody due-process evidence family-law judicial-discretion sexual-abuse standard-of-review therapist-testimony | Whether the District Court's affirmative conclusion that sexual abuse did not occur denied due process to the father and child | |
| 22-5034 | Josef Cadwell v. Broderick Flescher, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2022-07-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | disciplinary-action imminent-risk investigation prea-grievance prison-rape-elimination-act sexual-abuse | Whether a prisoner's PREA grievance alleging imminent risk of sexual abuse requires an initial response within 48 hours and a final decision within 5 … |
| 21-6212 | Anthony De La Torriente v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-11-08 | Denied | IFP | circuit-split consent criminal-liability intoxication physical-incapability physical-incapacity rule-of-lenity sexual-abuse sexual-abuse-statute statutory-interpretation | Can evidence that a victim was intoxicated suffice to prove the 'physically incapable' element of sexual abuse, or does a conviction require evidence … |
| 21-397 | Juan Joe Cano v. Texas | Texas | 2021-09-13 | Denied | Response Waived | contamination-of-accusations due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prior-inconsistent-statements procedural-due-process prosecutorial-misconduct sexual-abuse suggestive-questioning witness-impeachment | Was petitioner denied the effective assistance of counsel? |
| 21-5192 | Gilberto Antonio Guillen-Hernandez v. Texas | Texas | 2021-07-23 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-law constitutional-requirement continuous-sexual-abuse criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process jury-conviction jury-unanimity sexual-abuse sixth-amendment | Does the constitutional requirement of jury unanimity, contained within the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution, require a jury to be un… |
| 20-8039 | Matthew J. O'Neal v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2021-05-17 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | child-pornography criminal-law eighth-amendment mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-enhancement sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation | Whether the Sixth Circuit erred by expanding the scope of the 'relating to' language in 18 U.S.C. §2252A(b)(2) to include conduct under a state statut… |
| 20-6951 | Julio Torres Palomo v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division | Fifth Circuit | 2021-01-26 | Denied | IFP | criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency expert-testimony hearsay hearsay-objection indictment indictment-insufficiency jury-instructions sexual-abuse sufficiency-of-evidence | Question not identified |
| 20-973 | Ricky Haywood-Watson v. Texas | Texas | 2021-01-15 | Denied | apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-guarantee continuous-sexual-abuse criminal-procedure jury-unanimity ramos-v-louisiana richardson-v-united-states schad-v-arizona sexual-abuse texas-penal-code | Does Section 21.02(d) of the Texas Penal Code violate the constitutional guarantee of jury unanimity? | |
| 20-6411 | Miguel A. Ramirez v. California | California | 2020-11-24 | Denied | IFP | civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure cumulative-error defendant-rights due-process evidence-admissibility jury-instructions prejudicial-error sexual-abuse | Whether the trial court's instructions on continuous sexual abuse were prejudicial |
| 20-670 | Jill Dillard, et al. v. Kathy O'Kelley, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2020-11-16 | Denied | Response Waived | circuit-split constitutional-right constitutional-rights digital-age informational-privacy precedent-analysis qualified-immunity sexual-abuse supreme-court-precedent | Whether the Court's opinion in National Aeronautics and Space Administrator, et al. v. Nelson diverged from its previous holdings in Whalen v. Roe and… |
| 20-6326 | Adam Donald Bennett v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-11-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2251 child-exposure criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing deferred-adjudication prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation texas-law | Is a Texas deferred adjudication a 'prior conviction' for purposes of the sentencing enhancement in 18 U.S.C. § 2251(e)? |
| 20-6191 | Daniel Johnson v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-11-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aggravated-sexual-abuse criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions ninth-circuit sexual-abuse victim-age | Was the error in the jury instruction harmless? |
| 20-6177 | John Leo Davis v. Goodyear Police Department, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2020-10-30 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | civil-procedure civil-rights due-process law-enforcement prisoner-rights qualified-immunity retaliation sexual-abuse standing | Whether it is proper for a district court to dismiss a case before first allowing discovery and an evidentiary hearing on the contention that the case… |
| 20-6085 | Celso Yanez v. California | California | 2020-10-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment first-time-offender mandatory-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines sexual-abuse | Whether a mandatory sentence of 45 years to life, imposed on a 56-year-old first-time offender in a sexual abuse case involving no violence, no force,… |
| 20-5617 | David Allen Rundle v. Ron Davis, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2020-09-08 | Denied | IFP | 28-usc-2254 aggravating-circumstances federal-review habeas-corpus incest ineffective-assistance-of-counsel psychological-impairment psychological-impairments sexual-abuse state-court-determination | was-the-state-court's-summary-denial-contrary-to-federal-law |
| 19-8612 | Edward Ronald Stamper v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-06-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | consent criminal-intent criminal-law due-process indian-reservation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea sexual-abuse sexual-assault | Was Stamper's conviction in contravention of multiple decisions of this Court, including Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019) and United St… |
| 19-7896 | Nicholas Hughes v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-03-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-pornography circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-statute mens-rea sexual-abuse sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation | Whether the Eleventh Circuit shall be permitted to remain an outlying jurisdiction insofar as it interprets the phrase 'for the purpose of' to require… |
| 19-6100 | Melvyn Perry Sprowson, Jr. v. Nevada | Nevada | 2019-10-01 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | ashcroft-v-free-speech-coalition child-pornography constitutional-limits facial-challenge first-amendment free-speech new-york-v-ferber obscenity obscenity-standards overbreadth sexual-abuse state-regulation | Whether a state regulation of child pornography that fails to satisfy all four requirements set forth in Ferber and that criminalizes conduct that is … |
| 19-5225 | In Re Jonathan E. Brunson | 2019-07-17 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | civil-rights confidential-records constitutional-review discovery due-process judicial-review minor-protection pennsylvania-v-ritchie records sexual-abuse social-services social-services-records standing | Whether petitioner has a constitutional right to in camera judicial review of confidential social services records | |
| 18-8268 | Alandis D. Patterson v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-03-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-history criminal-procedure drug-possession due-process presentence-investigation sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-variance sexual-abuse | Did the trial court err in overruling the Petitioner's objection to the Application of a two-level increase pursuant to U.S.S.G. Section 2G1.1(c)(1), … |
| 18-6821 | Michael Brandon Kelley v. Alabama | Alabama | 2018-11-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alabama-law capital-murder constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review sexual-abuse state-law | Did the state court's failure to apply state-law double-jeopardy protections in Petitioner Kelley's case result in a violation of Kelley's constitutio… |
| 18-5164 | George Adrien Brooks v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-07-06 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-2422(b) attempted-inducement circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law intent intent-requirement mens-rea minor minor-protection minors sexual-abuse sexual-activity sexual-inducement statutory-interpretation | Whether the required intent for attempted inducement under § 2422(b) is the intent to cause a minor to engage in sexual activity (as the Eleventh Circ… |