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24A1072 Gary Pisner v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland Maryland 2025-05-06 Presumed Complete attorney-discipline constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure state-supreme-court Question not identified.
24-7047 In Re Sefe A. Almedom 2025-04-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law court-jurisdiction judicial-authority legal-fraud state-supreme-court statutory-interpretation Does The State Supreme Court Of Ohio have More Power And Authority than The U.S. Supreme Court? Would this constitute Political Fraud Upon The Court …
24-6902 In Re Sefe A. Almedom 2025-03-31 Denied IFP constitutional-law federal-supremacy fraud-upon-court judicial-authority stare-decisis state-supreme-court 1. According to Federal Law, the U.S. Constitution And State Statutory Laws. Does The State Supreme Court Of Ohio have More Power And Autnority than T…
24A734 Sierra Health and Life Insurance Company, Inc. v. Sandra L. Eskew, as Special Administrator of the Estate of William George Eskew Nevada 2025-01-27 Presumed Complete certiorari-standard civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation insurance-coverage state-supreme-court tort-law Question not identified.
24A511 Harry Lee Goldsboro, II v. Florida Florida 2024-11-25 Presumed Complete appellate-review criminal-procedure discretionary-jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements notice-of-appeal state-supreme-court Question not identified.
24-5987 Brandon Howard Mauk v. Michigan Michigan 2024-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure jury-unanimity multiple-acts state-supreme-court verdict-violation Does Michigan violate a defendant's constitutional right to jury unanimity when the State Supreme Court refuses to recognize the difference in unanimi…
24A408 Republican National Committee, et al. v. Faith Genser, et al. Pennsylvania 2024-10-28 Presumed Complete Amici (5) ballot-access candidate-eligibility constitutional-interpretation election-law state-supreme-court voting-rights Question not identified.
24-388 Kariann V. v. Maine Department of Health and Human Services Maine 2024-10-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure judicial-discretion legal-review parental-rights procedural-due-process state-supreme-court Where a State court of last resort is bound by statute to address all questions of law presented in appeals, may that court issue an order denying an …
24-222 Kathryn Dana Papp v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2024-08-29 Denied constitutional-rights first-amendment harassment-law speech-criminalization state-supreme-court strict-scrutiny Whether the First Amendment permits the government to criminalize speech on the basis that the speaker intends to harass, annoy, or alarm.
23A1011 Hanh Ho Tran v. Parkway Condominiums I Homeowners Association, Inc. Colorado 2024-05-14 Presumed Complete due-process judicial-review procedural-rights state-supreme-court summary-denial writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
23A851 Thomas C. Alexander, in His Official Capacity as President of the South Carolina Senate, et al. v. The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al. South Carolina 2024-03-20 Presumed Complete congressional-districts elections-clause judicial-intervention legislative-authority redistricting state-supreme-court Question not identified.
23A697 Timothy Dasler v. Jennifer Knapp, fka Dasler Vermont 2024-01-29 Presumed Complete appellate-jurisdiction domestic-relations due-process rocket-docket state-supreme-court time-extension Question not identified.
23-763 JDH Pacific, Inc. v. Precision-Hayes International, Inc. Texas 2024-01-17 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-standard clear-and-unmistakable-evidence evidence-standard first-options-precedent first-options-v-kaplan judicial-interpretation post-termination post-termination-claims state-supreme-court supreme-court-review united-states-supreme-court Whether a state supreme court can disregard the "clear and unmistakable evidence" standard established by the United States Supreme Court in First Opt…
23-5366 Ricky Alan Deephouse v. Wyoming Wyoming 2023-08-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process hearsay-evidence illegal-opinion-issuance judicial-review rule-of-law single-justice-opinion state-court-procedure state-power-abuse state-supreme-court wyoming-rules-of-evidence 1. DID THE STATE SUPREME COURT IN THIS MATTER ABUSE ITS POWER? 2. DID THE STATE SUPREME COURT IN THIS MATTER MISUSE ITS POWER? 3. DID THE STATE SUPR…
22-7562 Joseph Tetak v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-issue deference-standard federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus judicial-precedent stare-decisis state-supreme-court subjective-objective-analysis Does the doctrine of stare decisis prevail on a state supreme court's determination of a constitutional issue in the same manner as this Court's deter…
22-1099 Barry Clarke v. Fine Housing, Inc. South Carolina 2023-05-10 Denied Response Waived allied-structural-steel allied-structural-steel-co-v-spannaus art-i-sec-10 constitutional-law contract-impairment due-process obligation-of-contracts state-action state-supreme-court Did the South Carolina Supreme Court's invalidation of Petitioner's contract based on its sudden adoption of a universal rule of decision constitute a…
22-6648 Glen Plourde v. Redington-Fairview General Hospital, et al. First Circuit 2023-01-27 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process government-misconduct judicial-overreach legislative-authority separation-of-powers standing state-statute state-supreme-court torture 1. "The Maine State Supreme Court has issued an edict in Saunders v. Tisher that conflicts with and usurps Maine Revised Statute Title 34-B § 3861 and…
22-5332 Jerome Mellion v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-08-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection manslaughter pro-se state-court-decisions state-supreme-court DID THE LOUISIANA STATE SUPREME COURT VIOLATE THE FEDERAL U.S. 14TH AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION "EQUAL PROTECTION " OF LAW GUARANTEES WHEN…
21-8062 Bryant Love v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing modified-categorical-approach sentencing-enhancement state-supreme-court statutory-interpretation violent-felony When applying the categorical and modified categorical approach sentencing courts are instructed to use a states statutory definition df it's elements…
21-6865 Justin Odell Langford v. Renee Baker, Warden Nevada 2022-01-14 Denied Relisted (2)IFP commission-statute constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure emergency-legislation fraud-upon-the-court judicial-power judicial-time-bars legislative-override legislative-power procedural-constraints state-supreme-court statutory-revision Me 5eperotion gP Pouje.f daotr/s) e. xt not isP, .1) YW VVvCs Coort um/ke-if Were eves- a.-ViMe a. <\oci^e co,v\ turtle lata* and or p<lS5 rh as an '…
21-6684 Ferrill Joseph Volpicelli v. Second Judicial District Court of Nevada, Washoe County, et al. Nevada 2021-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP bodily-autonomy civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection fundamental-rights judicial-review legal-interpretation reproductive-freedom state-supreme-court Question not identified.
21-425 Riccardo Green v. Washington State Employment Security Department Washington 2021-09-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection motion-for-reconsideration petition-for-review sanctions state-supreme-court us-constitution washington-state-constitution 1. Whether or not the Washington State Supreme Court erred in judgement & abused discretion when it failed/refused to grant the Petition for Review un…
20-1823 K. S. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources West Virginia 2021-07-01 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-timeframe due-process good-cause notice-of-appeal procedural-fairness state-supreme-court Whether a due process violation under the 14 Amendment exists when a State Supreme Court refuses to permit the docketing of a late notice of appeal fi…
20-8380 David Simmons v. Earl Houser, Superintendent, Goose Creek Correctional Center Ninth Circuit 2021-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment administrative-remedies civil-procedure constitutional-claim dna-registration due-process ex-post-facto retroactive-application state-supreme-court WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN FAILING TO GIVE DEFERENCE TO THE STATE SUPREME,COURT'S DETERMINATION THAT PETITIONER'S ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES …
20-1613 John Wayne Collins v. James David Green, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-05-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) aedpa aedpa-deference clearly-established-law criminal-joinder federal-constitutional-claim federal-constitutional-rights habeas-corpus standard-of-review state-court-proceedings state-supreme-court unreasonable-application 1. Whether de novo review instead of deferential review under AEDPA applies where a state supreme court's analysis was not conducted deliberately as a…
20-8009 David Calhoun v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2021-05-12 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-claim discovery due-process habeas-corpus habeas-petition judicial-review public-record public-records state-supreme-court Question not identified.
20-1491 Wael Lasheen v. Supreme Court of Ohio Ohio 2021-04-26 Denied civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment judges-and-attorneys judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality organizational-conflict recusal recusal-standard standing state-supreme-court A- Is being a stakeholder, not just a member, of an organization which solicits donations and memberships from Judges and Attorneys a violation of the…
20-937 Robert Andrews v. New Jersey New Jersey 2021-01-13 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution evidence-discovery fifth-amendment foregone-conclusion passcode-disclosure password-disclosure self-incrimination state-supreme-court testimonial-compulsion Does the Self-Incrimination Clause of the Fifth Amendment protect an individual from being compelled to recall and truthfully disclose a memorized pas…
20-5725 Rheashad Lamar Lott v. E. Oseguera, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-09-16 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure post-conviction-relief standing state-supreme-court statutory-interpretation WAS PETITIONER'S 42 U.S.L. $ 1983 LOMPLAINT ENTITLED TO BENEFIT OFEQUITABLE TOLLING? IN SOME EXTLA DRDINARY WAY FRDM ASSERTING HIS RIGHTS BEFDRE THE S…
19-8628 Deree J. Norman, Administrator of the Estate of Lydia F. Shearlds, Deceased v. Temple University Health System, dba Temple University Hospital, et al. Pennsylvania 2020-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP decedents-estates decedents-estates-and-fiduciaries inherent-powers inherent-powers-and-duties jurisdictional-standards pennsylvania-statutes self-contained-statutes state-supreme-court statutory-interpretation wrongful-death-claim 1. Are State Supreme Courts required to adhere to the standards of self-contained statues governing Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries within their re…
19-8394 Paul Anthony Hatton v. Douglas L. Combs, Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech judicial-enforcement standing state-court-rules state-supreme-court subject-matter-jurisdiction WHETHER THE FEDERAL COURTS HAVE AN AFFIRMATIVE DUTY TO EXERCISE THEIR SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION TO HEAR A 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ACTION SEEKING TO HAVE A …
19-7163 Paul Anthony Hatton v. Douglas L. Combs, Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-court-jurisdiction federal-courts federal-jurisdiction judicial-enforcement standing state-court-rules state-courts state-supreme-court subject-matter-jurisdiction WHETHER THE FEDERAL COURTS HAVE AN AFFIRMATIVE DUTY TO EXERCISE THEIR SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION TO HEAR A 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ACTION SEEKING TO HAVE A …
19-6260 Craig Cross v. Florida Florida 2019-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process juvenile-sentencing precedent retroactivity state-supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Did the Florida Supreme Court violate Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S. Ct. 2011, 176 L. Ed. 2d 825 (2010), Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 132 …
18A1358 Michael Bornemann v. Benjamin Paul Kekona, et ux. Hawaii 2019-06-25 Presumed Complete 28-usc-1254 appellate-review federal-jurisdiction state-supreme-court supreme-court-rule writ-of-certiorari Whether a state supreme court's rejection of a writ of certiorari application can be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court under federal jurisdiction
18-9732 Bejan David Etemad v. North Dakota North Dakota 2019-06-19 Denied IFP appeals certiorari constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process due-process-clause federal-certiorari federal-jurisdiction jury-trial jury-verdict state-court state-courts state-supreme-court Can any State Court of last resort or specifically the North Dakota Supreme Court completely abrogate due process to the point that no process existed…
18-9471 Joseph John Viola v. Arizona Arizona 2019-05-29 Denied IFP appellate-review collateral-review constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto jurisdiction retroactivity self-representation state-supreme-court Whether the order promulgating the 1992 amendments to Rule 32 constituted violations of guarantees against ex post facto law and due process under the…
18-9284 Angela Rogers v. Compass Airlines, Inc., et al. Minnesota 2019-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment certified-mail civil-procedure civil-rights due-process privileges-and-immunities state-court-operations state-supreme-court timely-filing us-postal-service Whether the internal operations of the State Supreme Court of Minnesota violate the Privileges and Immunities clause of the 14° Amendment and the Due …
18-968 Andrew C. Najda v. Nikolaos J. Paterakis Massachusetts 2019-01-28 Denied Relisted (2) appellate-review due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment manifestly-erroneous meaningful-appeal precedent state-supreme-court Does a state supreme court denying appellate review to parties that raise an error of law that is manifestly erroneous state supreme court precedent d…
18-5027 Mark O. Wright v. Virginia Virginia 2018-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-defendant criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judgment-enforcement legal-procedure lesser-included-offense sentencing sixth-amendment state-supreme-court void-ab-initio void-judgment Can a state Supreme Court enforce a judgment against a criminal defendant for an offense that was never charged and which was not a lesser included of…