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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 the Indiana Supreme Court's decision on March 13, 2025 was in error regarding constitutional protections under Terry v. Ohio
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 Can the Bankruptcy Code Preempt An Act of Congress Incorporated Into the State Constitution by transferring to a non-native Hawaiian company Petitione…
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 Whether the 7th, 5th, and 14th Amendments and Connecticut state constitutional provisions remain in effect for pro se litigants, specifically regardin…
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 Whether the decision by the federal court of appeals is correct as applied to the Petitioner regarding a certificate of appealability
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 Whether Arizona's recently enacted abortion statute, which criminalizes certain medical procedures, violates the state constitution's protection of in…
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 Whether a state supreme court impermissibly interferes with a state legislature's election law authority when applying judicial scrutiny to election r…
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,equal-protections,14th-amendment,right-to-appeal…
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 Whether a Florida court judge has the right to not comply with federal laws and the Florida constitution when it comes to a loyalty oath
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 Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals erred in denying Mr. Jackson-Stith's request for mandamus relief to compel dismissal under a state stat…
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 Is the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Court, Rule 5.5 in conformity with the DUE PROCESS OF LAW standards of the United States Constitution?
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 Did the trial court fail to protect the petitioner's fundamental due process right to substitute appellate counsel after the original appellate counse…
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 Whether Oklahoma's State Constitution Article II § 20 violates the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments by failing to contain the language of the Speedy Tr…
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 Whether the state Court violated due-process,constitutional-rights,jurisdiction,legislated-law,state-constitution,usurpation
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 Whether Florida's Orange County trial court's final judgment, Florida's Fifth District Court of Appeals' deliberate denial of due process, and Florida…
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 Whether the petitioner is entitled to the provisions set forth in the Bill of Rights, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Tennessee Constitution…
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 Whether the Colorado Constitution's requirement that all laws be enacted by the General Assembly is satisfied by the omission of the enacting clause f…
22-5956 Charles Wallace v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-11-01 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-trial jury-unanimity retroactivity state-constitution state-jurisdiction Whether non-unanimous jury instructions are constitutional
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 Whether state courts violate the Elections Clause by enforcing state constitutional limits on a state legislature's power to regulate congressional el…
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 Whether the word 'substantial' in the governing statute CPLR 5601(a) and the New York State Constitution provision for appeals as of right on constitu…
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 due…
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 Whether a 46-year history of a state court violating due-process rights constitutes sufficient injury to the judicial system
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 Whether Capital and NonCapital Offenses may be Joinder of Offenses for Trial?
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
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 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights dna-testing due-process federal-constitution fifth-amendment post-conviction-relief sexual-assault state-constitution statutory-rights Whether the state courts erred and abused their discretion by depriving and denying the defendant of his statutory rights to DNA testing
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
20-1249 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
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 to resolve a split among federal appellate courts regarding the standards for certification of state law …
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 Is Petitioners' Guarantee Clause claim justiciable?
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 Whether Petitioner has standing to bring his claims of speedy trial and due process rights
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 employment-contractual-due-process-property-rights
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 Whether the Ohio Supreme Court violated the U.S. and Ohio Constitutions by applying Superintendence Rules 44-47 to records that are not 'court documen…
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 Whether the Supreme Court of Kentucky may nullify Kentucky's ballot challenge statute, Kentucky Revised Statute ('KRS') 118.176, and violate Sections …
19-7403 Theodore C. Shove v. Ron Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-01-24 Dismissed 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 Whether a criminal judgment obtained through violations of state and federal constitutions and laws by law enforcement and prosecution qualifies for h…
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 Whether the Montana Supreme Court violated the petitioner's due process rights by denying the right to habeas corpus to challenge an unlawful convicti…
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 Does the First Amendment invalidate a longstanding state constitutional provision that limits judges affiliated with any one political party to no mor…
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 the exclusion of evidence regarding the alleged victim's prior sexual contacts with her boyfriend a denial of due process under the Federal and St…
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 Dismissed 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 Bollinger v. New Hampshire, 390 U.S. 1020, the Arizona based conviction of petitioner violates his Fourth Amendment rights where t…
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 reasonably entertained a good faith belief that a local ordinance prohibiting the transportation of alcohol in public wa…
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 Michigan Constitution's prohibition on affirmative action in public education violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitutio…