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25-5646 John C. Miller v. Indiana Indiana 2025-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights counsel-waiver criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment state-constitution Whether of not the decision made on March 13, 2025 by the Indiana Supreme Court was in error. Based on the substantive argument made by the Defendant'…
24-793 Sandwich Isles Communications, Inc. v. Hawaiian Telcom Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-01-24 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy-code congressional-act native-hawaiian-lands property-transfer rehabilitation-lands state-constitution 1. Can the Bankruptcy Code Preempt An Act of Congress Incorporated Into the State Constitution by transferring to a non-native Hawaiian company Petiti…
24-459 Gordon Alexander Clark v. Santander Bank, N.A. Connecticut 2024-10-23 Denied Relisted (2) constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-trial pro-se-litigation state-constitution In The Constitution of the United States: The Right of Trial by Jury Clause - 7th Amendment, it states, in its entirety, the following: "In suits at …
24-5155 Bradley W. Berry v. Donnie Bordelon, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-07-26 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure constitutional-amendment federal-case-law federal-court-of-appeals griffith-v-kentucky judicial-review retroactivity state-constitution 1. Whether the decision by the federal court of appeals is correct as applied to the Petitioner regarding a certificate of appealability. 2. Does the…
24A48 Kristin K. Mayes, Attorney General of Arizona v. Dennis McGrane, County Attorney of Yavapai County, Arizona, et al. Arizona 2024-07-16 Presumed Complete abortion-statute criminal-law individual-autonomy medical-procedure reproductive-rights state-constitution Question not identified.
23A1136 Christi Jacobsen, Montana Secretary of State v. Montana Democratic Party, et al. Montana 2024-06-21 Presumed Complete election-law elections-clause judicial-review legislative-authority state-constitution voting-rights What showing is required to show that a state court has so far exceeded the bounds of ordinary judicial review as to unconstitutionally intrude upon t…
23-7333 Thomas Arnold v. Florida Florida 2024-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protections inability-to-afford-attorney post-conviction right-to-appeal state-constitution Whether State Post Conviction Appellant's are denied access to the court violating due process of law and equal protections of the law under the 14th …
23-5523 Cedrick L. Jones v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-oath judicial-review newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief standing state-constitution d> f- Jflo&idk 1 UJh-^-4'k eft A £_i &C.U1K I Coo'R.T ' _ju<dcje. Ju'R\SD \€±~Ctot4 _£> V_s 4 \aJK<£. nj i4p ^.onvA'd. 4o \oty #(-f(j? OATF K/WP- Ah.€…
23-5415 Derrick Jackson-Stith, Sr. v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-08-23 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process judicial-delay jurisdiction-challenge mandamus mandamus-relief oath-of-office standing state-constitution statutory-law statutory-mandate The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals denied Mr. Jackson-Stith relief stating that the petitioner filed for Mandamus relief requesting dismissal unde…
22-7765 Michael Tanner Lank v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-06-12 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process federal-constitution oklahoma-court-of-criminal-appeals petition-for-writ-of-certiorari state-constitution state-law-interpretation trial-by-jury 1) Mr. Lank respectfully asks- ' Is the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Court, Rule 5.5 in conformity with the DUE PROCESS OF LAW standards of the …
22-6942 Kwame Burrell v. Willis Chapman, Acting Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-counsel appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process guilty-plea judicial-discretion right-to-counsel state-constitution THE TRIAL COURT FAILED TO PROTECT PETITIONER'S FUNDAMENTAL DUE PROCESS RIGHT TO SUBSTITUTE APPELLATE COUNSEL SUBSEQUENT TO HIS GUILTY PLEA WHEN ORIGIN…
22-6903 William Landry, Jr. v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-03-02 Denied IFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights due-process faretta-v-california fourteenth-amendment indigent-defense sixth-amendment speedy-trial state-constitution statutory-interpretation "The Petitioner respectfully ask '* When the [Fjramers of the Oklahoma State Constitution, created and enacted Article I. £ 3. [Unappropriatedpublic l…
22-6582 In Re Elaine Mickman 2023-01-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-support constitutional-rights due-process judicial-authority jurisdiction legal-procedure legislated-law state-constitution state-court-jurisdiction usurpation 1. Whether the state Court superseded its authority, jurisdiction, and violated the U.S. Constitution, the state Constitution, legislated law, and its…
22-6492 Zoe Ajjahnon v. Sandler Holdings, LLC Florida 2023-01-09 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process eviction-proceedings federal-constitution fourteenth-amendment judicial-review procedural-deficiency property-rights state-constitution Florida 's adoption of the Federal Constitution Fourteenth Amendment at section 9 of its constitution reads, "No person shall be deprived of life, li…
22-6447 In Re David A. Avery 2023-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrariness civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion jury-trial state-constitution state-rules-of-civil-procedure trial-by-jury 1. WHETHER THE PETITIONER IS ENTITLED TO THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS 7TH AMEND., FED. R. CIVIL P. RULE 38, TENN. CONST. ART. 1 § 6 …
22-6201 In Re Arthur James Lomax 2022-12-01 Denied IFP 14th-amendment bill-of-rights civil-rights due-process federalism grand-jury indictment state-constitution statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction uniformity-of-laws Is it true that the Colorado Constitution specifies that the General Assembly of the State of Colorado? Colo. Const. art.V.8 18. Is the Colorado Cour…
22-5956 Charles Wallace v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-trial jury-unanimity retroactivity state-constitution state-jurisdiction ARE NONUNANIMOUS INSTRUCTED CASES RIPE TO REMOVAL via 28 U.S.C.A. §1443? DOES THE UNITED STATE CONSTITUTION AND AMENDMENTS IN AND OF ITSELF VOID AND …
22-362 Matt Huffman, President of the Ohio Senate, et al. v. Meryl Neiman, et al. Ohio 2022-10-18 GVR Relisted (2) congressional-elections congressional-redistricting constitutional-interpretation elections-clause judicial-review ohio-supreme-court proportional-representation redistricting state-constitution state-legislature 1. Whether state courts violate the Elections Clause by enforcing state constitutional limits on a state legislature's power to regulate congressional…
22-206 Bernice Curry-Malcolm v. New York State Teachers' Retirement System, et al. New York 2022-09-07 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process pension pension-benefits property-rights standing state-constitution state-retirement-system state-statute The word "substantial" is not found in the governing statute, CPLR 5601 (a), or the New York State Constitution provision that provides for appeals as…
21-7980 Perry Singo v. Tennessee Tennessee 2022-05-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-independence political-influence political-interference separation-of-powers state-constitution ARE THE ATTACKS ON THE JUDICIARY AND THE EFFORTS OF POLITICIANS TO CHANGE THE JUDICIARY SO IT WILL DO THINGS THE POLITICIANS WANT IT TO DO DENYING …
21-7823 Robert L. Allum v. Montana Montana 2022-05-10 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge due-process executive-branch financial-gain fourteenth-amendment judicial-integrity judicial-pool res-judicata state-constitution workers-compensation QUESTION I Whether or not a 46 year history, of a state court of last resort, through judicial fiat, violating the due process rights of the Fourteen…
21-7235 Wesley S. Ricks v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP capital-offense capital-offenses criminal-procedure due-process joinder-of-offenses non-capital-offenses procedural-safeguards state-constitution trial-rights 1. Whether Capital and NonCapital Offenses may be Joinder of Offenses for Trial? 2. Whether The Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, Artic…
21-7008 Marco Dane Acoff v. Alabama Alabama 2022-01-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-protocol criminal-procedure due-process federal-constitution habeas-corpus judicial-discretion mental-evaluation state-constitution supreme-court-review WHETHER "THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT WRONGFULLY DECIDED AN IMPORTANT ISSUE RAISED TO THEM BY PETITIONER MARCO DANE ACOFF WHERE HE WAS DENIED A TIMELY AN…
21-450 Anthony Futia, Jr., et al. v. Westchester County Board of Legislators, et al. Second Circuit 2021-09-23 Denied Response Waived citizen-accountability constitutional-rights first-amendment guarantee-clause petition-clause redress standing state-constitution state-government taxpayer-standing Whether a State's legislative and executive employees are obligated to respond to Petitions from that State's citizen-voters for Redress of their viol…
20-8141 Paul Castonguay v. Nebraska Nebraska 2021-05-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights dna-testing due-process federal-constitution fifth-amendment post-conviction-relief sexual-assault state-constitution statutory-rights I. WHETHER THE STATE COURTS ERRED AND ABUSED THEIR DISCRETION BY DEPRIVING AND DENYING THE DEFENDANT OF HIS STATUTORY RIGHTS TO DNA TESTING TO A CHARG…
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 This Court has not in its entire history been presented a more important case, seeking to restore the cornerstone right of petition oppressed in attem…
20-1249 Gary Victor Dubin v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel Hawaii 2021-03-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech freedom-of-speech judicial-discretion license-revocation professional-licensing state-constitution Is it a violation of (1) Equal Protection, (2) Due Process and/or (3) Freedom of Speech for a State Supreme Court especially where exceeding its expre…
20-1179 William W. Cole, Jr. v. PRN Real Estate & Investments, Ltd., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied Response Waived comity court-procedure federal-appellate-split federalism forum-shopping judicial-comity state-constitution state-courts state-law-certification state-sovereignty Whether This Court Should Grant the Petition in Order to Resolve a Long-Standing and Decisive Split Among the Federal Appellate Courts Regarding the S…
20-1105 Anthony Futia, Jr., et al. v. New York, et al. Second Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process guarantee-clause justiciability legal-standing petition-for-redress standing state-constitution 1. Is Petitioners' Guarantee Clause claim justiciable? 2. Are Respondents obligated to respond to Petitioners' Petition for Redress of violations of …
20-6913 Terry Smith v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review severance speedy-trial standing state-constitution .ofJla^Js'th^ -hm-Ameferemuff bedecided. bmreA^ .. _ QM~m&pmc€5Sjj#hts _ . _ vblai/m , 'i _ (^Qo^SJkdbiOMcL 'ho^eUSJConsfArAXX ' (flkaS'-PebWon^r suff…
20-6858 Benjamin Mario Soto v. AFSCME Union Council 5 Local 12181, et al. Minnesota 2021-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment administrative-remedies civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-interpretation due-process equal-protection judicial-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct state-constitution 1. My employment contractual due process property rights were deprived without due process by all defendants violating the 5th and 14th Amendments of …
20-774 Georgianna Parisi v. Dayton Bar Association Certified Grievance Committee, et al. Ohio 2020-12-07 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-records due-process judicial-discretion legislative-intent open-records separation-of-powers state-constitution state-legislature state-separation-of-powers The Ohio Supreme Court (hereinafter referred to as OSC) violated both the U.S. and Ohio Constitutions by utilizing Superintendence Rules 44-47 which s…
19-8764 James William Burney v. Florida Florida 2020-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provision due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retroactive-application sentencing sentencing-law state-constitution voter-intent Whether the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection protections requires enactment legislation for a state constitutional provision to b…
19-1354 Tan Phan v. Minh Van Truong, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied Relisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-liquidation chapter-7-bankruptcy creditor-claims homestead homestead-exemption lien property-liens secured-debt state-constitution state-constitution-vs-statute state-constitutional-law state-statute unsecured-creditor unsecured-debt Does Chapter 7 bankruptcy require the nonexempt debt to be secured as a lien in order to liquidate debtors' homestead? And if state statute conflicts …
19-1207 Geoffrey M. Young v. Denise G. Clayton, Chief Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals Kentucky 2020-04-10 Denied ballot-access ballot-challenge due-process election-law federalism judicial-review kentucky-supreme-court original-jurisdiction separation-of-powers standing state-constitution state-constitution-interpretation statutory-interpretation 1) Whether the Supreme Court of Kentucky may nullify Kentucky's ballot challenge statute, Kentucky Revised Statute ("KRS ") 118.176, and violate Secti…
19-7403 Theodore C. Shove v. Ron Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP capital-case constitutional-rights criminal-violations due-process federal-constitution habeas-corpus judicial-oath law-enforcement prosecution state-constitution state-court-judgment state-exhaustion statutory-demand us-constitution 1. Judgment based upon criminal violations of State and United States Constitutions and Laws, by Law Enforcement, Prosecution; Qualify for Habeas Corp…
19-6031 In Re Keith E. Doyle 2019-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-intent due-process habeas-corpus judicial-recusal montana-constitution preliminary-hearing recusal stare-decisis state-constitution unlawful-conviction In the Montana Constitution it clearly states that the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall never be suspended; the Convention Notes of the Great Writ shall th…
19-309 John C. Carney, Governor of Delaware v. James R. Adams Third Circuit 2019-09-06 Judgment Issued Amici (20)Relisted (4) civil-rights constitutional-law due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-appointments judicial-independence judicial-qualifications judicial-selection party-affiliation political-balance political-party standing state-constitution state-sovereignty 1. Does the First Amendment invalidate a longstanding state constitutional provision that limits judges affiliated with any one political party to no …
19-5673 Dennis Calo v. Annette Chambers-Smith, Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, et al. Ohio 2019-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection fairness-doctrine judicial-discretion judicial-review ohio-constitution parole parole-board standing state-constitution state-courts ARE OHIO'S COURTS PERFORMING A 'FRONT OPERATION TO SHIELD OHIO'S PAROLE BOARD AND DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION FROM EXPOSURE FOR CORRUP…
19-13 Tennessee v. Tamarin Lindenburg, Individually and as Natural Guardian of Her Minor Children ZTL and SML Sixth Circuit 2019-07-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) abstention certification diversity-jurisdiction federal-court first-impression judicial-procedure state-constitution state-constitutional-issue state-law state-statute Whether a federal court exercising its diversity jurisdiction should certify an important state constitutional issue of first impression to the State'…
18-9583 Alfredo M. Vasquez v. California California 2019-06-07 Denied IFP constitutional-law due-process evidence federal-constitution jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sexual-assault sexual-contacts state-constitution victim Was it error and a denial of Due process of law under the Federal and state constitutions, to exclude from evidence the fact that the day alleged vict…
18-9568 Roderick Mullins v. Florida Florida 2019-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process imprisonment indefinite-imprisonment life-imprisonment life-sentence sentencing sentencing-scheme state-constitution Does the Florida "Life Means Life" sentence scheme violate the State Constitution's ban on indefinite imprisonment and the 14th Amendment Due Process …
18-9520 Alan Bartlett v. Susanna Pineda, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, et al. Arizona 2019-06-03 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure electronic-surveillance fourteenth-amendment-due-process fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure legislative-authority search-and-seizure state-constitution statutory-interpretation unlawful-search warrantless-search Whether in light of Coolidge vs. Judge Susanno C Pineda for the State of Arizona abused discretion denying Bartett's motion to suppress Petitioner arr…
18-9484 Paris Taylor v. Illinois Illinois 2019-05-30 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment state-constitution trial-court Whether Petitioner was denied his constitutional rights to due process of law guaranteed by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States C…
18-7415 Anthony James Scott v. California California 2019-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law alcohol-regulation civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation local-ordinance preemption procedural-rules state-constitution statutory-provisions transportation-of-alcohol Whether an officer, could have regsonably entertained a good faith belief a bocal ordinance trohibitins the transtortation of alcohol in Public was la…
18-7085 Larry A. McGhee v. Michigan Michigan 2018-12-18 Denied IFP affirmative-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-constitution free-speech jurisdiction public-education standing state-constitution WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN FINDING THAT PETITIONER FAILED TO SHOW ENTITLEMENT TO RELIEF PURSUANT TO MCR 6.508 WHERE TRIAL COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIV…