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25-393 Patricia Raad, et al. v. Bank Audi S.A.L. Second Circuit 2025-10-02 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure contract-performance forum-selection judicial-venue personal-jurisdiction state-jurisdiction When the contract provides for performance in a State, whether the defendant's failure to perform within the State is determinative to defeat personal…
24-1313 Jeremy N. Miller v. Casi A. Miller, et al. Tennessee 2025-06-25 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure attorney-general-notice federal-preemption state-jurisdiction va-authority veterans-benefits Whether a state court can preclude a litigant from arguing federal law preemption on appeal due to failure to notify the state attorney general during…
24-1160 William R. Lott v. Maria V. Lott Virginia 2025-05-13 Denied disability-pay divorce-proceedings federal-preemption state-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-benefits May a state court enforce a contractual agreement entered into between a disabled veteran and his former spouse, which agreement obligates the veteran…
24-6713 Elmer Alexis Montano Fuentes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce state-jurisdiction Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into the defend…
24-6620 In Re Bobby R. Reed 2025-02-21 Denied IFP constitutional-rights federal-law habeas-corpus judicial-power state-jurisdiction writ-of-certiorari Why did the state of Louisiana violate my constitutional rights and jurisdiction in a potential habeas corpus petition?
24-6030 Kenneth R. Talley, et al. v. Darren Horn, et al. Delaware 2024-11-25 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process indigent-rights judicial-authority legal-representation state-jurisdiction Whether state law can usurp the United States Constitution in a case involving an indigent and illiterate citizen's legal representation
24-5818 In Re Lemerick Christopher 2024-10-24 Denied IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process federal-status state-jurisdiction Question not identified.
24-5811 In Re Jeremy Edwards 2024-10-23 Denied IFP amendment-rights constitutional-violation due-process federal-preemption liberty-interest state-jurisdiction Why did the state of Louisiana violate the 13th and 14th Amendments and Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution?
24-333 The Walt Disney Company v. New York Tax Appeals Tribunal, et al. New York 2024-09-24 Denied Amici (1) corporate-affiliates dormant-commerce-clause interstate-commerce royalty-income state-jurisdiction tax-discrimination Whether a state tax law that on its face treats royalty income derived from corporate affiliates less favorably if the affiliates do not subject thems…
24-5070 Javaris Marquez Tubbs v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment birth-certificate citizenship-status civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction legal-classification national-identity sentencing state-jurisdiction Was the sentence imposed in violation of the constitution or laws of the United States?
23-7432 Torrieo Monte Johnson, aka Torrieo Corker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights corporate-fraud criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge land-use multi-defendant-case ninth-circuit-interpretation state-jurisdiction What are the acceptance and recordation dates for which the Federal Government accepted concurrent legislative jurisdiction from the State of Georgia …
23-6535 Ryan C. Armstrong v. United States Federal Government, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP capital-case civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-government judicial-circuit law-enforcement mental-health standing state-government state-jurisdiction capital-case
23-573 Tina Bastian Veneskey v. Michael Keith Sulier North Carolina 2023-11-28 Denied custody custody-determination due-process error-of-law fourteenth-amendment full-faith-and-credit jurisdiction jurisdictional-determination legal-error state-jurisdiction Whether the Full Faith and Credit Clause precludes the enforcement of a State's jurisdictional determination when that very determination is based upo…
23-5641 Marvin Joe Randall v. Oregon Oregon 2023-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritorial-prosecution internet-activity interstate-conduct personal-jurisdiction prostitution-regulation state-jurisdiction state-regulation website-communication Can the State of Oregon regulate the conduct of an individual who is not a resident of that state and at all times relevant to the case, was never pre…
23-43 Christopher M. Hunt, Sr. v. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Georgia 2023-07-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights conflict-of-laws court-preemption due-process federal-jurisdiction foreclosure-dispute judicial-review jurisdiction-conflict preemption state-jurisdiction supersedeas-bond whistleblower-protection When there is admitted by courts conflict between the federal courts and state courts on such all-important matters such as jurisdiction, which court …
23-16 Axel Rietschin v. Dominika Rietschin Washington 2023-07-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) civil-court civil-procedure due-process family-law federal-jurisdiction immigration-law immigration-status marriage-proceedings non-immigrant-aliens state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Can a State civil Court assert jurisdiction in private matters over non-immigrant aliens admitted temporarily under 8 U.S.C. § 1184?
22-7071 Elmer D. Baker v. Ron Neal, Warden Seventh Circuit 2023-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights directed-verdict due-process ex-post-facto jurisdiction jury-unanimity state-jurisdiction statute-of-limitations verdict-direction Is it a denial of due process when a state imports a due process right and then acquiesces the defendant was denied this right and then arbitrarily ta…
22-6950 Beatrice Newsome v. Festiva Resorts Real Estate Holdings, LLC, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-03-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP deed-transfer due-process homeowners-association maintenance-fees property-rights resort-fees resort-property state-jurisdiction takings Why didn't any of the previous courts made no mention our deeded property?
22-743 Nevada Irrigation District, et al. v. California State Water Resources Control Board, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-08 Denied Amici (1) certification-request clean-water-act federal-power-act ferc ninth-circuit regulatory-review state-jurisdiction state-waiver water-discharge water-quality-certification Whether California 'fail[ed] or refuse[d] to act' on petitioners' requests within one year as Section 401 requires
22-6532 Alfred E. Caraffa, aka Alfred Erik Caraffa v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-13 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-rules habeas-corpus state-jurisdiction supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the writ of habeas corpus can be unconstitutionally delayed
22-6259 Eric Bruce Fowler v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-arrest cross-deputization due-process federal-approval indian-law indian-reservation jurisdiction law-enforcement state-jurisdiction territorial-sovereignty Did the state trooper have jurisdiction to arrest Mr. Fowler, an Indian, within his reservation boundaries?
22-6248 Paul Tay v. Michelle Diane Tilley Nichols, et al. Oklahoma 2022-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-commandeering anti-commandeering-doctrine controlled-substances-act election-activities federal-preemption indian-treaties marijuana marijuana-regulation state-jurisdiction treaty-law Does the Controlled Substances Act preempt State consent to use, possession, cultivation, processing, transportation, and sale of marijuana and any of…
22-516 R. M. C., III v. J. D. L. Colorado 2022-12-05 Denied Relisted (2) adoption adoption-law child-welfare civil-rights custody custody-order due-process family-law parental-rights state-jurisdiction state-power Whether a state may require an adoptive parent to comply with a custody order issued prior to his adoption of the child without due process
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
22-5798 Gregory K. Parsons v. Connie K. Copeland Parsons, et al. Texas 2022-10-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP apportionment-claims disability-benefits due-process federal-preemption judicial-review military-powers state-court-jurisdiction state-jurisdiction takings veterans-benefits Whether a state court can override a VA decision denying an apportionment of a veteran's disability benefits
21-7884 Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Garcia v. Eddie M. Buffaloe, Jr., Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety, et al. North Carolina 2022-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction standing state-court state-jurisdiction Whether the State of North Carolina's continued confinement of the Petitioner is unconstitutional under the Court's prior rulings
21-1390 Robert LaPoint v. Commerce & Industry Insurance Company, et al. Louisiana 2022-04-29 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure claim-enforcement full-faith-and-credit interstate-law jurisdiction legal-preclusion res-judicata state-jurisdiction state-law workers-compensation Does the full faith and credit clause preclude enforcement of a claim dismissed as unenforceable under one State's law in another State?
21-7593 David T. Young v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-04-12 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction indian-treaty judicial-review state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tribal-sovereignty Did the State of Maho ma Violate Rtboners Louth and Fourtunth Amend ment igh bs
21-1340 Lynn D. Becker v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-04-11 Denied civil-procedure contractual-consent federal-jurisdiction state-jurisdiction tribal-exhaustion tribal-sovereignty Whether a federal court may force a non-consenting, non-Indian plaintiff to exhaust his claims in tribal court
21-7558 Vitaly Kolosha v. Luke Pettigrew, Warden Tenth Circuit 2022-04-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights congressional-act due-process federal-law free-speech jurisdictional-conflict retroactive-application retroactivity standing state-jurisdiction treaty-interpretation When is a new religious word 190 years old treaty, law, prior ruling, or act of congress automatically retroactive, or does it apply to all cases as i…
21-7201 Michael Dewayne Jones v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-02-24 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure federal-enclave fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment state-jurisdiction Did the State of Oklahoma violate Petitioner's Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights when they prosecuted this Petitioner's crime which happened on a…
21-7030 Darrin Lynn Pickens v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-02-01 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure enabling-act federal-jurisdiction federal-land-restrictions indian-country state-enabling-act state-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction territorial-jurisdiction Does the State of Oklahoma have subject matter jurisdiction over any person who commits an offense within the boundaries of Indian Country?
21-914 Oklahoma v. Richard Ray Roth Oklahoma 2021-12-21 GVR Relisted (2) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-prosecution due-process indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian non-indian-defendants state-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-804 Philippe Zogbe Zatta v. Steven Charles Eldred, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-30 Denied Response Waived child-support civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fraud immunity parental-rights rooker-feldman-doctrine state-jurisdiction Whether Petitioner can be prosecuted for not providing support to his child
21-485 Oklahoma v. Shawn Lee McDaniel Oklahoma 2021-10-01 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (4) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-prosecution due-process equal-protection indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-defendants state-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-5680 Heather Matthews v. California State University Nevada 2021-09-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights criminal-activity due-process first-amendment sovereign-immunity state-jurisdiction Does a large public entity or state university or government agency have the right to claim sovereign-immunity when committing criminal-activities aft…
21-279 Grand River Enterprises Six Nations Ltd. v. Mark Boughton Second Circuit 2021-08-25 Denied dormant-commerce-clause due-process extraterritorial-effect extraterritorial-regulation federal-preemption indian-commerce private-business-data private-data state-jurisdiction supremacy-clause Whether Connecticut impermissibly regulates or controls conduct beyond the boundaries of the State in violation of the dormant Commerce Clause
21-259 Oklahoma v. Arnold Dean Howell Oklahoma 2021-08-23 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indian-law judicial-review McGirt-precedent native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-5119 Billy Wolfe v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Arkansas 2021-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP cherokee-nation criminal-jurisdiction extradition extradition-law federal-jurisdiction indian-law state-criminal-law state-jurisdiction treaty-interpretation treaty-rights Whether the provisions of treaties between the Cherokee Nation and the United States reserve jurisdiction for crimes committed by a Cherokee Nation ci…
20-1521 Yann Iannucci v. Macomb County Friend of the Court Michigan 2021-04-30 Denied child-support disability-compensation due-process federal-preemption military-powers state-court-jurisdiction state-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-benefits Whether state courts may order the inclusion of a non-retired, disabled veteran's disability benefits as income for child support purposes
20-7481 In Re Ravi S. Vaidyanathan 2021-03-17 Denied IFP bible-interpretation biblical-interpretation civil-rights due-process ecclesiastical-immunity episcopal-role free-speech health-safety-inspection religious-authority standing state-jurisdiction Is an ecclesiastical bishop a state-appointed health and safety inspector, and is the bishop exempt from ecclesiastical immunity? Can the Court in Cal…
20-7067 Wilma Pennington-Thurman v. Sansone Group DDR LLC Missouri 2021-02-05 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction removal-jurisdiction state-courts state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Whether federal courts should gain jurisdiction when a state supreme court refuses to recognize 28 U.S.C. 1446(d)
20-6698 Richard H. Morrison v. Florida Florida 2020-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-burden habeas-corpus legal-burden procedural-standard state-courts state-jurisdiction Do the state have the burden, and then that burden shift back to the defendant to challenge?
20-493 Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, et al. v. Texas Fifth Circuit 2020-10-15 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) cabazon-band federal-restoration-act gaming gaming-regulation indian-tribes legislative-interpretation native-american-rights regulatory-jurisdiction restoration-act state-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty ysleta-del-sur-pueblo Whether the Restoration Act provides the Pueblo with sovereign authority to regulate non-prohibited gaming activities on its lands (including bingo), …
20-357 Fritz Kaegi v. A.F. Moore & Associates, Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-09-18 Denied Amici (1) comity comity-doctrine equal-protection federal-courts federal-jurisdiction property-tax state-courts state-jurisdiction tax-injunction-act Does the Seventh Circuit's opinion in A.F. Moore v. Pappas continue the movement to erode the Tax Injunction Act and undermine congressional intent?
20-301 Timothy B. Hennis v. United States Armed Forces 2020-09-09 Denied Amici (1) capital-punishment constitutional-provisions court-martial double-jeopardy due-process military-justice military-law state-court-acquittal state-jurisdiction Whether the offenses for which Petitioner was tried and acquitted in state court constituted offenses 'for which [he] cannot be tried in the courts of…
20-24 Great Lakes Minerals, LLC v. Ohio, et al. Kentucky 2020-07-15 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure comity declaratory-relief individual-capacity injunctive-relief minimum-contacts sovereign-immunity state-jurisdiction state-sovereign-immunity Whether the Court's decision in Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt extends a state's sovereign-immunity to declaratory-and-injunctive-relief a…
19-1275 Angel Luis Thomas, Sr. v. Tyree C. Blocker, et al. Third Circuit 2020-05-08 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-mandate federal-state-relations fourteenth-amendment sex-offender-registration state-jurisdiction Does the Commerce Clause empower Congress to impose 'Registry requirements for sex offenders,' 34 U.S.C. § 20918, directly upon an individual convicte…
19-7915 Alan DeAtley v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-03-09 Denied IFP adoption-law child-welfare civil-rights due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction indian-child-welfare-act placement-preference standing state-courts state-jurisdiction tribal-court tribal-courts tribal-sovereignty Whether the U.S. District Court and the 10th Circuit must follow federal and tribal law as they have followed in the past, rather than the State of Co…
19-6598 Robert Hercenberger v. Gary A. Martin Oregon 2019-11-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment government-policy legal-equality state-government state-jurisdiction Where Equal Protection of the laws definition apply for all
19-6246 Shafia M. Jones v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2019-10-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alford-plea bank-robbery criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption state-jurisdiction supremacy-clause Whether state law interferes with and conflicts with the Federal Bank Robbery Act and Federal Statute 18 USCS § 2113
19-5519 Rubin R. Weeks v. Jason Lewis, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-08-08 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process fundamental-rights habeas-corpus jurisdictional-defect liberty-interest parole-revocation state-court-review state-jurisdiction void-judgment Does Petitioner have the Fundamental Rights to be free from the Missouri State Court's void judgment that has him restrained of liberty?
19-5328 Lyle R. Harrison v. Moultrie County, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-07-25 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-subsidies indigency judicial-procedure jurisdiction speedy-trial state-jurisdiction usda-fsa-subsidies Whether due process allows the Illinois Courts jurisdiction over federal farm USDA/FSA subsidies, or federal courts jurisdiction over federal farm USD…
18-9526 Jimcy McGirt v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2019-06-07 Judgment Issued Amici (13)Response RequestedRelisted (11)IFP criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus indian-country indian-major-crimes-act major-crimes-act state-jurisdiction state-law Whether Oklahoma courts can continue to unlawfully exercise criminal jurisdiction over Indians accused of major crimes in Indian Country
18-9545 Robert Hercenberger v. Kathy Proctor Oregon 2019-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment government-policy legal-equality state-action state-jurisdiction Where Equal Protection of the laws definition apply for all
18-9427 Willie Anthony Saxby, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution dual-sovereignty due-process fair-notice federal-jurisdiction federal-state-jurisdiction pending-charges state-jurisdiction supervised-release Did the Federal Government violate the 'Doctrines of Dual Sovergeinship' which exist between Federal and State jurisdictions for prosecuting an 'alleg…
18-1321 Edward Ronald Ates v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment attorney-client-privilege civil-rights due-process federalism fourth-amendment interstate-communications jurisdictional-authority law-enforcement-surveillance out-of-state-interception phone-call-interception privacy state-jurisdiction wiretap-statute wiretapping Whether the New Jersey Wiretap Statute violates the Fourth Amendment by permitting law enforcement to intercept phone calls of out-of-state individual…
18-8322 In Re Richard Madkins 2019-03-07 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment federal-jurisdiction fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jurisdiction sentence-modification sentencing-modification state-jurisdiction unlawful-detention Whether it would result in a fundamental miscarriage of justice if failure to entertain petitioner constitutional claims
18-8124 Tony Gross v. John Havlin, Warden Ohio 2019-02-25 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process federal-jurisdiction fourteenth-amendment gideon-v-wainwright judicial-jurisdiction right-to-counsel rothgery-v-gillespie-county sixth-amendment state-jurisdiction zerbst-v-johnson Whether states are required to appoint counsel in death penalty cases for all hearings before a judicial officer to sustain a valid conviction
18-7988 James Forney v. Florida Florida 2019-02-15 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-power administrative-rules civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-abridgement court-rules due-process felony-conduct judicial-misconduct legal-impunity standing state-jurisdiction Have we really reached the point where stote judges can commit felonies from the beach against the citizens with a sense of impunity?
18-7674 Michael S. Gorbey v. Michael McCall, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process extradition federal-jurisdiction federal-prisoner habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief prisoner-rights standing state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Can a state habeas corpus be removed from state court to federal court?
18-666 Alliance for California Business v. California Air Resources Board California 2018-11-21 Denied Response Waived clean-air-act epa epa-approval epa-regulation judicial-review sovereign-jurisdiction state-courts state-implementation-plan state-jurisdiction state-law state-law-challenges statutory-interpretation Whether state courts are deprived of jurisdiction to determine if a state regulation included in an EPA-approved State Implementation Plan is inconsis…
18-6384 Michael A. Lanteri v. Connecticut Second Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights divorce divorce-property-division due-process family-law judicial-discretion jurisdiction property-rights state-jurisdiction takings Can the state of Connecticut or any state take all your property from you (marital, premarital and inheritance) once you file for Divorce?
18-5259 Olin Ray Nowlin v. Joe Shannon, Jr., et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-07-19 Denied IFP 6th-amendment compulsory-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection legal-deprivation liberty-interest procedural-law state-jurisdiction Does the 6th Amendment guarantee the right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation, to be confronted with the witnesses against him, …
18-6 Jerry Preston McNeil v. Scott Marsh, et al. Oklahoma 2018-06-29 Denied civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation constitutional-sovereignty due-process federal-power federalism federalism-principles government-structure legal-remedy separation-of-powers state-jurisdiction state-sovereignty union Whether civil governments shall be restored to each of the several indestructible States of this indestructible union of American States, and sovereig…