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25-899 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. O. Doe, et al. First Circuit 2026-01-30 Pending citizenship-clause constitutional-interpretation executive-order fourteenth-amendment immigration-law statutory-construction Whether President Trump's Executive Order No. 14,160, 90 Fed. Reg. 8449 (Jan. 29, 2025), which identifies circumstances in which a person born in the …
25-6558 Philong Huynh v. Superior Court of California, San Diego County, et al. California 2026-01-13 Pending IFP judicial-construction legal-hermeneutics legislative-intent plain-meaning statutory-construction statutory-interpretation When the statutory language is plain, must courts enforce it according to its terms?
25-6459 Oscar Dillon, III v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-12-31 Pending Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent In Fischer, 144 S. Ct. at 2185, this Supreme Court focused on what conduct was prohibited by the "otherwise" clause in 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2) and emph…
25-723 Rowland Marcus Andrade, et al. v. Internal Revenue Service Fifth Circuit 2025-12-19 Pending Amici (1)Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction article-iii constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-power statutory-construction 1. Should the district court have held an evidentiary hearing to address Petitioners' allegations that pieces of paper purporting to be summonses lack…
25-6409 Krystle Hoffman v. Illinois Illinois 2025-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP absurd-principles-doctrine due-process fourteenth-amendment rule-of-lenity sentencing-statute statutory-construction Whether a defendant's due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment are violated when a court refuses to apply the rule of lenity to an ambiguous …
25-680 Bernard T. Swift, Jr., et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fifth Circuit 2025-12-11 Pending Amici (1) administrative-procedure internal-revenue-code penalty-assessment statutory-construction supervisory-approval tax-law When must an IRS employee secure written supervisory approval for a penalty assessment to be valid?
25-6250 Richard Ruston v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-11-26 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP circuit-split federal-criminal-law sentencing-conditions statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether the "and" in 18 U.S.C. § 3583(d)(1), as well as the "and" in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(1), as cross-referenced in section 3583(d)(1), means "and," o…
25-6237 Francisco Javier Rodriguez-Contreras v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law judicial-interpretation legal-precedent precedent-overruling statutory-construction supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
25-6038 Daniel Stewart v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-11-05 Pending IFP administrative-law auer-deference circuit-split judicial-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction In Stinson v. United States , 508 U.S. 36 (1993), this Court held that commentary by the United States Sentencing Commission interpreting or explainin…
25-5885 Vasquez D. Hayes v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Arkansas 2025-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-principles constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-review legislative-intent statutory-construction (1) Isn't it true and/or fact, the due process embodied in the Constitution is guaranteed to criminal defendants? (2) Isn't it true and/or fact, no j…
25-388 Adam Pajer, et al. v. Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-02 Denied Response Waived ada-interpretation congressional-intent disability-discrimination judicial-usurpation separation-of-powers statutory-construction (1) Whether a judicial conclusion that no set of facts can plausibly exist to plead under the ADA that an employer regards an employee as presently di…
25-227 Raymond Poore v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-08-27 Pending Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) administrative-law agency-deference circuit-split judicial-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction Whether the limits on agency deference announced in Kisor and Loper Bright constrain the deference courts may accord the Sentencing Commission's inter…
25-5400 Andrew Charles Beard v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-19 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (5)IFP constitutional-claim criminal-procedure federal-prosecution plea-waiver sentencing-enhancement statutory-construction Whether challenging an 18 U.S.C. §924(c) conviction is a constitutional or statutory construction claim that impacts plea enforcement
24-7513 Tracy A. Roberson v. Brian Eller, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa federal-review fourth-amendment habeas-corpus statutory-construction stone-v-powell Whether the Antiterrorism and Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) expressly overruled Stone v. Powell and allows state prisoners to litigate Fourth Amen…
24-7239 Ian R. Diaz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split first-amendment obstruction-offense stalking-statute statutory-construction true-threats Whether an intent to 'harass' or 'intimidate' under the federal stalking statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2261A, has an 'ordinary' broad meaning or is limited to …
24-6913 Johnson Saint-Louis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the federal bank robbery statute, 18 USC §2113(a) is indivisible and thus not a qualifying 'Crime of violence' under 18 USC §924(c)
24-6848 Derek Steven Trumbull v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-deference judicial-interpretation regulatory-ambiguity rule-of-lenity separation-of-powers statutory-construction Do the separation of powers and the canons of statutory construction, most fundamentally the rule of lenity, permit the judiciary to defer to an agenc…
24-6826 Timothy W. Wright v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP active-interaction child-pornography criminal-law dubin-precedent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the term 'uses' in 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) requires an active interaction with a minor when interpreting the statute's actus reus verbs
24-966 Responsible Offshore Development Alliance, a D.C. Nonprofit Corporation v. Department of the Interior, et al. First Circuit 2025-03-10 Denied Response Waived administrative-interpretation federal-permitting fishing-industry ocean-energy offshore-wind statutory-construction Should the Court review the Secretary's interpretation of Section 1337(p)(4) regarding offshore wind project approval and its impact on fishing indust…
24-6585 Patrick Jones v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-law first-amendment mens-rea statutory-construction supreme-court-precedent Whether the child pornography offense under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) requires the government to prove a reckless mens rea as to the minor's age under First…
24-843 Zackary Ellis Sanders v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-02-07 Denied Response Waived actus-reus criminal-law federal-criminal-statute purpose-requirement statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the term 'uses' in 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) should be interpreted contextually with other actus reus verbs, and whether 'for the purpose of' requir…
24-6404 Degny Oshmarlin Molina Villatoro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law-review constitutional-law judicial-interpretation legal-precedent statutory-construction supreme-court-precedent Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) should be overruled
24-6304 Rafael Paredes-Hinojosa v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law-review constitutional-law judicial-interpretation precedent-analysis statutory-construction supreme-court-precedent Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) should be overruled
24-6115 Hector Martinez Peralez v. Texas Texas 2024-12-11 Denied IFP comity constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prior-consistent-statements statutory-construction Whether Texas' application of Tome v. United States violates constitutional due process rights by improperly applying prior consistent statement rules…
24-604 Xiaoqing Zheng v. United States Second Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied administrative-law agency-deference judicial-interpretation kisor-standard sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction Whether the limits on agency deference articulated in Kisor limit the deference owed to the United States Sentencing Commission's commentary on intend…
24-602 Daniel Graff v. Brighthouse Life Insurance Company, aka Brighthouse Financial Life Insurance Company Eighth Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process federal-court-interpretation separation-of-powers state-law-deference statutory-construction Whether a Federal Court can interpret a state statute in a manner that extinguishes constitutional rights or upsets the separation of powers without a…
24-5937 Randy Price v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-11-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bruen-test constitutional-interpretation en-banc-review firearm-regulation second-amendment statutory-construction Whether Second Amendment protected 'conduct' under Bruen's step one consists of more than an individual's possession or carrying of a bearable firearm
24-5565 In Re Francisco Nunez Carrillo 2024-09-17 Denied IFP constitutional-interpretation criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy punishment-limits single-act-doctrine statutory-construction Whether a person convicted of a single act can be subjected to multiple punishments under congressional statutes and if such punishment violates const…
24-288 Jonathan Zuhovitzky, et ux. v. UBS AG Che 101.329.562, et al. Second Circuit 2024-09-12 Denied Response Waived circuit-court judicial-interpretation legal-causation proximate-cause rico-statute statutory-construction Whether the Second Circuit's interpretation of 'proximate cause' under RICO is unreasonably narrow and fails to honor the statute's breadth
24-270 Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-09-10 Denied administrative-law agency-interpretation line-extension medicaid-rebate new-drug-application statutory-construction Does a decision upholding an agency's statutory interpretation merely because it is 'perfectly sensible' comport with Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raim…
24-5446 Jeremy Nicholas Mynes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law definitional-element sexual-offense statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. §2251(a) can be based on a definitional term 'lascivious' without depicting actual sexual conduct
24-5429 Kemnorris Kinsey v. United States Second Circuit 2024-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-interpretation judicial-deference sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction Whether the administrative law principles set forth in Kisor v. Wilkie limit the deference owed to the United States Sentencing Commission's commentar…
24-5295 Thomas Dean Jones v. California California 2024-08-09 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection judicial-review statutory-construction Question not identified.
24-5273 Nicholas Frank Wilcox v. Tim Garrett, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-08 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process legal-interpretation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the state's interpretation of a criminal statute violates constitutional due process and statutory interpretation principles
24-5095 Moises Gamboa v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Did the lower courts improperly interpret United States Sentencing Guideline § 4C1.1 that violated the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause of the Eigh…
23-7639 Louis C. Bouie v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Pennsylvania 2024-06-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP drug-treatment-program due-process ex-post-facto executive-branch judicial-review sentencing-discretion separation-of-powers stare-decisis statutory-construction Did the Pennsylvania High Court unconstitutionally permit the statutory construct at 61 Pa.C.S.A. § 4105 to grant the executive branch carte blanche s…
23-7543 Jeryme Morgan v. DeAnna Brookhart Seventh Circuit 2024-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-interpretation precedent-setting prior-crimes-evidence standing statutory-construction Whether the Martínez-Treviño Exceptions should be extended to Illinois prisoners
23-7513 Russell Foreman v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-interpretation circuit-split deference judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction united-states-sentencing-commission Whether the administrative law principles articulated in Kisor v. Wilkie limit the deference owed to the United States Sentencing Commission's comment…
23-7493 Lisa Marie Perez, fka Lisa Marie Belyew v. Captain Duch, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-17 Dismissed IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions genuine-issues-of-fact judicial-review jury-trial legal-interpretation precedent standing statutory-construction summary-judgment Whether summary judgment for the defendant was proper where genuine issues of material fact existed and a jury trial was warranted
23-1195 Brad Johnson v. PennyMac Loan Services, LLC North Carolina 2024-05-06 Denied Response Waived chevron-doctrine due-process force-placed-insurance property-rights regulatory-interpretation servicer-prohibitions statutory-construction takings-clause Did the North Carolina Court of Appeals commit reversible error in interpreting 12 C.F.R. § 1024.37(b) and ignoring 12 C.F.R. § 1024.37(a)(1) and 12 U…
23-1118 Ikorongo Texas LLC, et al. v. Bumble Trading LLC Federal Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response Waived 35-usc-251 claim-interpretation claim-limitation federal-circuit original-patent original-patent-requirement patent patent-reissue reissue statutory-construction u.s.-industrial-chemicals-inc-v-carbide-carbon-che Should Antares Pharma, Inc. v. Medac Pharma Inc., 771 F.3d 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2014) be overruled
23-7118 Danilo Augusto Feliciano, aka Danil Ezekiel Faust v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General District of Columbia 2024-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-discretion arbitrary-and-capricious civil-procedure constitutional-analysis due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation precedent-setting statutory-construction Can an agency decision not to enforce a law despite notification of a longstanding, persistent violation of the law that has been publicly admitted to…
23-1051 Great American Insurance Company v. Crystal Shores Owners Association, Inc. Alabama 2024-03-25 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived binding-resolution contract-interpretation dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act federal-law-vs-state-law independent-appraisal independent-appraisal-panel statutory-construction Does federal law or state law govern what qualifies as an arbitration' provision under the Federal Arbitration Act?
23-7021 Darron Henderson v. United States Third Circuit 2024-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach divisibility federal-courts mathis-standard modified-categorical-approach state-law statutory-construction third-circuit-test Whether the Third Circuit's test for divisibility is consistent with Mathis
23-6956 David Wilbanks v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-03-11 Denied IFP collateral-order-doctrine confrontation-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-sentencing due-process final-judgment fourteenth-amendment judicial-review jurisdiction sixth-amendment statutory-construction Did the Court of Appeals have jurisdiction over the collateral order doctrine when the district judge failed to issue a COA for the final judgment und…
23A766 Purdue Pharma L.P., et al. v. Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. Federal Circuit 2024-02-22 Presumed Complete administrative-agency agency-authority jurisdictional-interpretation patent-review statutory-construction statutory-deadline Whether a statutory deadline imposed by Congress on an administrative agency is jurisdictional or merely hortatory, and the extent to which an agency …
23-6689 Guy Mena v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment assault-rifle assault-rifles common-use constitutional-interpretation dangerous-and-unusual-weapon high-capacity-magazine high-capacity-magazines methodology second-amendment statutory-construction weapon-classification Whether 26 U.S.C. §5861(e) comports with the Second Amendment?
23-6606 In Re Jose Alonso Jimenez 2024-01-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP article-iii civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-interpretation jurisdictional-issue juvenile-justice legal-standards sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Question not identified
23-6576 Caitlyn Williams and Tamarae Larue v. Missouri Missouri 2024-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights compulsory-education constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process legal-vagueness school-attendance statutory-construction vagueness Whether the language 'on a regular basis' in the compulsory school attendance law is impermissibly vague in violation of due process guarantees
23-800 Niki-Alexander Shetty, et al. v. Thomas Block, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-24 Denied civil-procedure consumer-protection contract-law federal-courts rescission statute-of-limitations statutes-of-limitations statutory-construction tila-rescission truth-in-lending-act Can federal courts import state statutes of limitations to bar an action to enforce a timely TILA rescission when TILA itself has no such limitation p…
23-6526 Larry Coates v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation auer-deference judicial-review kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the Sentencing Commission, when interpreting the Guidelines, should receive a more deferential version of Auer deference than all other federa…
23-6440 Ismael De Jesus-Flores v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process notice-and-comment sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Can the U.S.S.G. commentary definition of a 'minor' in § 2L1.1 commentary note 1 be considered unconstitutionally vague when it was never subjected to…
23-6312 Andre Reese v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie precedential-interpretation sentencing-guidelines stare-decisis statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether Kisor v. Wilkie applies to the commentary to the Sentencing Guidelines
23-6208 Pleadro J. Scott v. Miami Dade County, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP advocacy appellate-process appellate-review case-law civil-procedure court-procedure discretion due-process incomplete-record judicial-review legal-interpretation statutory-construction Whether the court of appeals erred in failing to exercise its discretion to consider additional advocacy from a party, where the judgment was based on…
23-527 Raji Rab v. Shirley N. Weber, California Secretary of State, et al. California 2023-11-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-rights due-process election-code election-integrity election-law judicial-review legislative-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vote-counting Whether the lower courts failed to address the important question of law to prevent the violation of constitutional rights and the greatest miscarriag…
23-5975 Caesar Mark Capistrano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-court civil-rights due-process judicial-interpretation jury-instruction mens-rea prosecutorial-discretion reversal statutory-construction supreme-court-precedent Are inferior courts allowed unrestricted freedom to interpret the Supreme Court's holding in Ruan v United States?
23A415 Alicia Marie Richards v. Ryal W. Richards California 2023-11-08 Presumed Complete court-discretion family-law legal-interpretation legislative-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether a state court may construe a statute in a manner that deviates from the Legislature's intended plain meaning
23-5800 Malcolm Muhammad v. William E. Jackson, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-10-18 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 circuit-court civil-rights federal-law free-speech judicial-interpretation land-use property-rights religious-land-use-and-institutionalized-persons-a standing statutory-construction summary-judgment Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in deferring to the district court's findings that the appellant failed to present evidence disputing the defendants'…
23-5813 Medghyne Calonge, aka Sealed Defendant 1 v. United States Second Circuit 2023-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP computer-fraud computer-fraud-and-abuse-act constitutional-interpretation criminal-venue data-access due-process fair-trial government-abuse statutory-construction venue venue-requirements vicinage Whether the Second Circuit correctly held that the evidence of venue was legally sufficient under the Venue and Vicinage Clauses of the United States …
23-364 Nima Nazerzadeh v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-05 Denied Response Waived due-process fifth-circuit plain-reading rule-of-last-antecedent sex-offender-registration statutory-construction statutory-interpretation surplusage-canon tier-classification Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's reversal of the district court's order terminating petitioner's sex offender regist…
23-5662 Charles Keith Wampler v. Alicia Handwerk, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-laws due-process interpretation judicial-interpretation judicial-writing legal-argument legal-interpretation legislative-drafting legislative-intent statutory-construction statutory-laws word-definition Can an individual, in any capacity, be allowed to alter the definition of a word, or words, within a law so that the law better suits the argument the…
23-5572 Joseph W. Fischer v. United States District of Columbia 2023-09-13 Judgment Issued Amici (12)Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split congressional-inquiry congressional-investigations criminal-procedure mens-rea obstruction-of-justice statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vagueness witness-tampering Did the D.C. Circuit err in construing 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c) (Witness, Victim, or Informant Tampering'), which prohibits obstruction of congressional in…
23-225 Keith M. Krupka, et al. v. Stifel Nicolaus & Co., Inc. Eighth Circuit 2023-09-11 Denied civil-procedure class-action class-action-fairness-act federal-jurisdiction negligence securities securities-exception securities-law statutory-construction underwriter underwriter-liability Whether a state law negligence claim based solely on an underwriter's acts and omissions with respect to a securities offering document relates to the…
23-185 HIP, Inc. v. Hormel Foods Corporation Federal Circuit 2023-08-29 Denied 35-usc-116 conception-standard federal-circuit federal-circuit-interpretation joint-invention joint-inventorship patent patent-claim patent-inventorship patent-specification statutory-construction Whether joint inventorship requires anything more than a contribution to conception that is stated in a patent claim
23-5304 Jaquantious Hutchison v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-history federal-sentencing mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the 'and' in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)(1) is conjunctive or disjunctive
23-5273 Cory Joe Barton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit procedural-due-process rule-32 sentencing statutory-construction Did the Fifth Circuit err in holding that the determination of Mr. Barton's sentence did not violate his procedural due process rights?
22-1222 Damien Guedes, et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, et al. District of Columbia 2023-06-20 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (4) 26-usc-5845 administrative-law atf-regulation bump-stock-prohibition bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives chevron-deference machinegun-definition rule-of-lenity statutory-construction Whether the definition of 'machinegun' in 26 U.S.C. §5845(b) includes non-mechanical bump stocks
22-1206 Kyung Chang Industry USA, Inc., dba KCI USA v. Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada, Clark County, et al. Nevada 2023-06-13 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure collateral-order-doctrine commerce-clause component-part firearm-components firearms-law gun-regulation interlocutory-review legislative-intent protection-of-lawful-commerce-in-arms-act statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether a magazine is a 'component part of a firearm' under the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act
22-7760 Todji Kijuan Martin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt-crime attempt-crimes criminal-interpretation criminal-law force-definition statutory-construction statutory-interpretation substantive-crime supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor use-of-force Whether this Court's 2022 opinion in United States v. Taylor is applicable to all attempt crimes particularly when the crime in question may be commit…
22-7436 Chad Robert Kolkman v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-05-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-history criminal-sentencing legal-interpretation mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation statutory-text Whether the 'and' in 18 U.S.C. §3553(f)(1) means 'and' consistent with the ordinary meaning of the word, so that the person remains eligible unless th…
22-7398 Michael A. Tisius v. David Vandergriff, Warden Eighth Circuit 2023-04-28 Denied IFP 18-usc-3599 appellate-jurisdiction ayestas-v-davis clemency-case collateral-order-doctrine eighth-circuit harbison-v-bell mcfarland medical-testing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the district court had jurisdiction to order transportation for medical testing in a clemency case
22-682 Tiange Huang, et al. v. Ngoc Bach Phan, et al. Third Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied Response Waived article-i article-iii constitutional-interpretation judicial-review legislative-power separation-of-powers statutory-construction Do Article III Courts have the power to judicially rewrite laws?
22-6536 Antoine D. Jackson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-01-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-history due-process safety-valve sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the word 'and' in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)(1) should be interpreted in the disjunctive or conjunctive
22-6109 Dustin Wayne Randall v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-11-18 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process non-indigent-defendant special-assessment statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3014 requires a non-indigent defendant to pay a single additional special assessment of $5,000 or $5,000 for every qualifying conv…
22-451 Loper Bright Enterprises, et al. v. Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al. District of Columbia 2022-11-15 Judgment Issued Amici (83)Relisted (5) administrative-law agency-power chevron-deference federal-observers fishery-management maritime-regulation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation statutory-silence Whether the Magnuson-Stevens Act implicitly grants the National Marine Fisheries Service the power to force domestic vessels to pay the salaries of th…
22-5869 Carlos Ivan Chavira-Montanez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres apprendi constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-construction supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-360 Veteran Warriors, Inc., et al. v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Amici (2) administrative-law agency-interpretation chevron-deference judicial-review pro-veteran-canon statutory-construction statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs Whether courts can defer to the construction of a statute by the Department of Veterans Affairs without first considering whether the statute permits …
22-5580 Derrick Dion Ingram v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm-enhancement firearms guideline-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the commentary to U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) is inconsistent with the guideline
22-163 Lenair Moses v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-08-23 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law agency-deference auer-deference criminal-law judicial-interpretation kisor-v-wilkie precedential-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the limits on agency deference announced in Kisor constrain the deference that courts may accord to the commentary to the Sentencing Guideline…
22-5361 Ernest Bustos v. Bexar Appraisal District, et al. Texas 2022-08-16 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure first-impression fraud fraudulent-scheme jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge plea-of-jurisdiction standing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the Court failed to view the Plea of Jurisdiction as a statutory-construction case
22-5336 Brian Scott Berryman v. Mississippi Mississippi 2022-08-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-decisions criminal-law due-process federalism judicial-law legislative-intent public-interests standing statutory-construction Whether the state court decision conflicts with relevant decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court and affects broad public interests
22-117 Oussama El Omari v. The International Criminal Police Organization, aka INTERPOL Second Circuit 2022-08-08 Denied Response Waived arbitration immunity international-organization ioia jam-v-intl-fin-corp public-international-organization statutory-construction treaty-interpretation treaty-ratification Whether INTERPOL is entitled to immunity as a 'public' international organization under 22 U.S.C. § 288 of the IOIA as interpreted by Jam v. Intl Fin.…
22-5169 Antoine Deshawn Barnes v. T.V. Nationwide Network, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-07-25 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-statute due-process free-speech legal-challenge mens-rea standing state-court statutory-construction takings Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
21-1439 Jairus Collins v. Burl Cain, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections Fifth Circuit 2022-05-13 Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process fifth-circuit mississippi speedy-trial statutory-construction supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit erred in denying a Certificate of Appealability
21-1417 Vaughn Hoeflin Standley v. Department of Energy Federal Circuit 2022-05-04 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference agency-interpretation congressional-budget congressional-oversight evidence evidentiary-standard legislative-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Should not an agency's Congressional budget justifications be considered compelling evidence of the agency's belief?
21-7711 Brenda Joyce Haynes v. Leslie G. Foschio, et al. Second Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-conflict judicial-proceedings legal-interpretation standing statutory-construction supervisory-power Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has entered a decision in conflict with the decision of another United States Court …
21-1195 Alexandru Bittner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-02 Judgment Issued Amici (9)Relisted (2) bank-secrecy-act civil-penalty fbar fbar-reporting foreign-accounts penalty-assessment per-account per-form statutory-construction treasury-regulations Whether a 'violation' under the Bank Secrecy Act is the failure to file an annual FBAR (no matter the number of foreign accounts), or whether there is…
21-6895 Marshaun Boykin v. Illinois Illinois 2022-01-18 Denied IFP 6th-amendment constitutional-interpretation discovery-violation double-jeopardy due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel individual-rights judicial-review legal-standing lineup-identification statutory-construction Whether the lineup identification procedure employed violated the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment and the right to effective assistance of co…
21-6658 Donald Ray Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-courts federal-sentencing guideline-commentary judicial-deference judicial-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether federal sentencing courts are bound by the illustrations found in Guideline Commentary?
21-6592 Donald Stanley v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-statute mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums mens-rea ninth-circuit-precedent rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the knowingly mens rea in 21 U.S.C. § 841 applies to the elements of drug type and quantity that establish mandatory minimum and enhanced maxi…
21-6387 Richard Barry Randolph v. Florida Florida 2021-11-23 Denied IFP apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-sentencing constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment retroactive-law statutory-construction Whether the Florida Supreme Court's decision in Hurst v. State constitutes statutory construction of substantive law, and if so, whether the Due Proce…
21-6280 Johnny Williams v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-sentencing drug-conspiracy drug-distribution-conspiracy due-process enhanced-sentence mens-rea statutory-construction statutory-interpretation When the Government clearly defines the scope and object of a drug distribution conspiracy in a charging Indictment, do the lower courts err when they…
21-6062 Craig Schenvinsky James v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-review sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the Sentencing Commission's comments take precedent over the plain, statutorily construed language of the United States Sentencing Guidelines
21-528 Willie H. Goffney, Jr., et al. v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services Ninth Circuit 2021-10-08 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-interpretation civil-procedure due-process judicial-review medicare medicare-claims regulatory-deference regulatory-interpretation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the regulatory deference test set forth in Auer v. Robbins and Kisor v. Wilkie should be retired or revised to allow courts to interpret admin…
21-519 Growth Energy v. American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, et al. District of Columbia 2021-10-07 Denied Response Waived administrative-law clean-air-act environmental-regulation epa-interpretation ethanol-blending ethanol-waiver fuel-blends reid-vapor-pressure statutory-construction statutory-interpretation volatility-limit Whether the United States Environmental Protection Agency may interpret the ethanol-waiver provision in 42 U.S.C. § 7545(h)(4) to apply to fuel blends…
21-5922 Edwin Oland Andrus v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certiorari-petition civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process individual-rights judicial-review statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Should this Court grant writ of Certiorari addressing constitutional issues, correcting a miscarriage of justice
21-430 Luke T. West v. United States Federal Circuit 2021-09-21 Denied Response Waived collateral-estoppel court-martial due-process federal-claims first-amendment judicial-review military-justice privacy-act statutory-construction united-states-constitution As a matter of statutory construction and application, is petitioner entitled to the exercise of the authority of the United States Federal Court of C…
21-317 Dean Koch v. Ohio Department of Natural Resources, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied Response Waived 11th-amendment 42-usc-1983 bostock-v-clayton-county civil-rights-act civil-rights-act-of-1871 constitutional-interpretation eleventh-amendment judicial-doctrine qualified-immunity statutory-construction Does the Decision of the Sixth Circuit herein violate the canons of statutory construction
21-5540 Guadalupe Urbina-Rodriguez v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922g1 18-usc-924a2 8th-amendment 8th-circuit carachuri-rosendo-v-holder criminal-firearm-possession criminal-history eighth-circuit-precedent felony-enhancement second-amendment-rights sentencing-interpretation statutory-construction whether-prior-offenses-constitute-felony-for-enhanced-sentence
21-5457 Brian Fierro v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied IFP actus-reus circuit-interpretation criminal-law hobbs-act physical-force plain-language robbery robbery-statute statutory-construction statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force Whether the Circuits have interpreted the actus reus of Hobbs Act robbery too narrowly and against its plain language by requiring violent physical fo…
21-5356 Joel Dale Wright v. Florida Florida 2021-08-12 Denied IFP death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment procedural-law retroactivity statutory-construction substantive-law Whether the Florida Supreme Court's statutory construction in Hurst v. State constitutes substantive law, and if so, whether the Due Process Clause of…
21-192 Gregory S. Simpson v. United States Armed Forces 2021-08-11 Denied Response Waived aiding-and-abetting contraband criminal-liability due-process guilty-plea mens-rea statutory-construction Is it a constitutional due process violation for Petitioner's guilty plea to distribution of indecent images to be accepted based on a theory that he …
21-159 W. Clark Aposhian v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-08-04 Denied Amici (7)Relisted (21) administrative-law agency-interpretation agency-regulation chevron-deference constitutional-concerns criminal-law rule-of-lenity statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether courts should defer under Chevron to an agency interpretation of federal law when the federal government affirmatively disavows Chevron defere…
21-5157 Gary Simmonds v. Territory of the Virgin Islands Third Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law due-process judicial-power jurisdiction lesser-included-offense statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Is a lesser-included-offense of an unconstitutional-statute authorized by federal-statute
21-58 Sassine Razzouk v. United States Second Circuit 2021-07-15 Denied Response Waived categorical-approach circuit-split lagos-v-united-states mandatory-victims-restitution-act offense-against-property property-offense restitution-obligation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether courts should apply the categorical approach in determining if an offense is an 'offense against property' under the MVRA?
20-8064 Derrick Grant v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP assault assault-statute criminal-law federal-agency federal-officer-employee federal-state-balance prison-employee statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether a private prison employee assisting federal marshals is covered under 18 U.S.C. § 1114
20-1537 Terence K. Dickinson v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied Response Waived congressional-act constitutional-law federal-courts federalism judicial-review legal-interpretation legislative-authority legislative-intent separation-of-powers statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the [Act] passed by Congress is to be adhered to by the United States Federal Courts, or whether the lower court was correct in relegating the…
20-7909 Juan Pablo Price v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied IFP criminal-law due-process knowledge-requirement mens-rea ninth-circuit sexual-assault sexual-contact statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the knowledge requirement in 18 U.S.C. § 2244(b) applies to all elements of the offense
20-1468 Robert David Dupuch-Carron, et ux. v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services Federal Circuit 2021-04-20 Denied compensation compensation-eligibility foreign-vaccination residency-requirement statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vaccine-act vaccine-injury Does the ordinary meaning of the words of section 11(c)(1)(B) of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act require that a person who received a covere…
20-7779 Thomas Creighton Shrader v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-U.S.C. civil-rights due-process federal-circuit-court federal-prisoner habeas-corpus judicial-authority prisoner-petition second-or-successive statutory-construction Did the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals err when it affirmed the District Court's construing of Petitioner's Motion as an unauthorized second or successi…
20-1427 Levian dela Car Pacheco Pacheco, aka Levian D. Pacheco v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-12 Denied Response Waived administrative-law criminal-law deportation due-process immigration immigration-law sexual-offense statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals erred in interpreting the term 'pending deportation' in 18 U.S.C. §§ 2243(b), 2244(a)(4), 2246(5)(A) to include those awa…
20-1369 Mohammed Jabateh v. United States Third Circuit 2021-03-31 Denied appellate-review conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure federal-criminal-rule federal-criminal-rule-52(b) plain-error plain-error-rule sentencing statutory-construction Does the plain error rule permit affirmance of a federal criminal conviction and sentence based on conduct that concededly does not violate the charge…
20-7338 Foster Lee Tarver v. Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection ex-post-facto fourteenth-amendment judicial-abuse-of-discretion juvenile-sentencing miller-v-alabama statutory-construction Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in upholding the illegal mandatory maximum life sentence imposed upon the Petitioner
20-7228 Leroy Pooler v. Florida Florida 2021-02-25 Denied IFP criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-state state-v-poole statutory-construction substantive-law Does the Florida Supreme Court's statutory construction in Hurst v. State constitute substantive law and, if so, does the Due Process Clause of the Fo…
20-7205 Leonardo Franqui v. Florida Florida 2021-02-22 Denied IFP capital-defendant capital-punishment constitutional-interpretation due-process eighth-amendment hall-v-florida intellectual-disability jury-sentencing statutory-construction Is the Florida Supreme Court's understanding of the proper holistic evaluation to assess a capital defendant's intellectual disability consistent with…
20-1124 Michael Don Leatherwood v. Jeorld Braggs, Jr., Warden Tenth Circuit 2021-02-17 Denied affidavit criminal-procedure due-process fair-warning ineffective-assistance judicial-discretion probation probation-conditions statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Was Petitioner subject to the release conditions of probation while he was in prison?
20-1113 American Hospital Association, et al. v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services District of Columbia 2021-02-12 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-action agency-deference chevron-deference civil-procedure judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether Chevron deference applies to a statutory interpretation question that determines both the lawfulness of agency action and the court's jurisdic…
20-7099 Brandon Lamonte Sorenson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-interpretation controlled-substance-offense inchoate-offenses promulgation-of-guidelines sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction Whether enabling the commentary to U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) to expand the guideline definition of 'controlled substance offense' to add inchoate offenses n…
20-6596 Kevin S. Abney v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal due-process legislative-history rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the legislative history dealing with 18 USC § 924(e)(1) supports all the lower courts' rulings concerning offenses committed on different occa…
20-6533 Grover B. Reed v. Florida Florida 2020-12-04 Denied IFP capital-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment florida-supreme-court fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-state retroactive-law retroactivity statutory-construction Whether the Florida Supreme Court's statutory construction in Hurst v. State constitutes substantive law, and if so, whether under the Due Process Cla…
20-6515 Anthony Ponticelli v. Florida Florida 2020-12-03 Denied IFP capital-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-state jury-unanimity retroactivity statutory-construction substantive-law Whether the Florida Supreme Court's statutory construction in Hurst v. State constitutes substantive law, and if so, whether the Due Process Clause of…
20-6436 Daniel Lovato v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law commission-commentary crime-of-violence guideline-interpretation judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie seminole-rock-deference sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether courts may defer to Sentencing Commission commentary without first determining that the underlying Guideline is genuinely ambiguous
20-6424 Deloyd Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-conflict common-purpose criminal-enterprise drug-distribution fifth-circuit legal-interpretation rico rico-statute shared-profits statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Is concerted criminal activity by individuals within a group sufficient to establish an 'enterprise' under RICO even if there is no evidence of shared…
20-6101 Rachel Mae Skidmore v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 3§583(g)(1) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
20-6043 Robin Lee Archer v. Florida Florida 2020-10-16 Denied IFP criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-role retroactivity statutory-construction substantive-criminal-law substantive-law Whether the Florida Supreme Court's statutory construction in Hurst v. State constitutes substantive law
20-5937 Rosa Enedia Pazos Cingari v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law authority commentary federal-sentencing guideline-commentary inconsistency judicial-interpretation legal-authority sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether United States Sentencing Guideline Commentary which adds to a sentencing guideline is necessarily inconsistent with the guideline such that th…
20-5700 Antonio Moss v. Florida Florida 2020-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-regulations civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-interpretation judicial-review sentencing statutory-construction Why did a defendant's due process and equal protection rights be violated by the lower court's failure to address a defendant's sentencing error that …
20-5456 Lorenzo Robertson v. Ozell Pace, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process exhaustion-of-remedies grievance-procedures judicial-review legal-precedent standing statutory-construction Why have My Care not been Yaking, Serioas 2
20-184 Jamel Ellerbee v. Annett Holdings, Inc., dba TMC Transportation, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-08-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 29-cfr-1987-110-b 49-usc-31105 administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act commercial-motor-vehicle due-process employee-retaliation equal-protection judicial-review statutory-construction transportation Whether statutory construction of 49 U.S.C. § 31105 conflicts with judicial review, 29 C.F.R. § 1987.110(b), of the Administrative Procedure Act?
20-5277 Joseph Thompson, Jr. v. Houma Terrebonne Housing Authority, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-08-05 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation discrimination due-process employment federal-review jurisdictional-challenge standing statutory-construction supreme-court-procedure Whether the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit erred in d…
20-28 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, et al. v. Timothy Laurent, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, et al. Second Circuit 2020-07-16 Denied CVSGAmici (2)Relisted (2) circuit-split civil-procedure contract-interpretation equitable-relief equitable-remedies erisa erisa-interpretation monetary-damages plan-reformation remedial-sections statutory-construction Whether the Second Circuit improperly combined parts of two separate remedial sections under ERISA, interpreting § 502(a)(3) to permit reformation of …
20-5092 Sebastian Cortez-Hernandez v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2020-07-16 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights clearly-established-law constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-law ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-procedure statutory-construction supreme-court Whether the ruling by the Supreme Court constitutes a clearly established law error in the United States Supreme Court Ineffective Assistance of Couns…
20-5026 James Daniel Arbaugh v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-prosecution extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-conduct foreign-relations sovereignty statutory-construction Does the power to regulate Commerce with Foreign Nations include the prosecution of a volunteer missionary who engages in noncommercial illicit sexual…
19-8914 Bobby W. Ferguson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-law criminal-liability defendant-conduct due-process economic-loss extortion fear-definition hobbs-act statutory-construction statutory-interpretation victim-state-of-mind Hobbs Act extortion definition
19-8918 Donovan G. Davis, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court civil-procedure criminal-procedure executive-branch judicial-branch judicial-interpretation property-return rule-41g standing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Federal-Rules-of-Criminal-Procedure-41(g)
19-1306 United Parcel Service, Inc. v. New York, et al. Second Circuit 2020-05-20 Denied aggregation-threshold carrier-liability cigarette-trafficking circuit-split common-carrier-liability contraband-cigarette-trafficking-act exemption-compliance national-importance possession statutory-construction statutory-exemption statutory-interpretation tobacco-regulation Whether multiple shipments from different shippers may be aggregated to satisfy the 10,000-cigarette threshold
19-8132 Antoine T. Chest v. Michael P. Bald, Judge, Circuit Court of Illinois, Stephenson County Illinois 2020-03-31 Denied IFP bodily-harm consecutive-sentences criminal-law criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process judicial-discretion legal-ambiguity sentence-enhancement sentencing-interpretation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether concurrent sentences are mandated by statute when the petitioner was found to have caused bodily harm, not severe bodily injury
19-1140 In Re Wesley Perkins 2020-03-18 Denied abuse-of-discretion access-to-courts appellate-jurisdiction recusal statutory-construction access-to-courts appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process probation-revocation standing statutory-construction texas-code-of-criminal-procedure Is TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. art. 42A.755(e) unconstitutional, as applied?
19-8013 Keith Alexander v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-03-17 Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns criminal-sentencing due-process federal-appellate-review firearms ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-interpretation mandatory-minimum mental-capacity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction whether-the-court-erred-by-denying-defendant's-petition-for-writ-of-coram-nobis
19-7207 Mohamed Elshinawy, aka Mojoe, aka Mo Jo v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa due-process rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vcclea Did the Court violate the Separation of Powers and Due Process when the enhancement § 3A1.4 was applied without examining Congress' explicit directive…
19-7141 Fernando Oliveros v. Illinois Illinois 2020-01-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-guarantee criminal-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto free-speech legislative-intent lenity standing statutory-ambiguity statutory-construction When the legislature has not spoken in language that is clear and definite and has affixed the punishment for an offense, can a state court limit the …
19-7130 Fabio Morel v. United States Second Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review case-law circuit-court-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing judicial-precedent plea-agreement plea-bargaining precedent retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the lower court's decision is in conflict with Freeman v. United States, 564 U.S. 522 (2011) and Hughes v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 1765 (201…
19-7101 David Nowakowski v. E.E. Austin and Son, Inc., et al. Pennsylvania 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-organizations criminal-procedure criminal-racketeering due-process inchoate-crimes legal-remedies legislative-interpretation organized-crime pro-se pro-se-litigation racketeering standing statutory-construction Where a plaintiff's position falls within the scope of an open Legislative statement, can the open ended nature of the statement be used to offset lon…
19-6891 Ahmad Khan Rahimi v. United States Second Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2332a attempted-use attempted-use-of-weapon-of-mass-destruction criminal-law criminal-statute-interpretation detonation explosive-device explosives federal-criminal-code possession-of-weapon public-safety statutory-construction statutory-interpretation terrorism terrorism-law weapon-of-mass-destruction weapons Whether a defendant's attempted 'use' of a weapon of mass destruction includes conduct besides detonation
19-6692 Kenneth Robert Simpson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-discretion parole revocation sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction supervised-release Whether the revocation of supervised release and imposition of additional imprisonment for a violation of the conditions of supervised release violate…
19-6677 Justin Scott Vasey v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied IFP categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing eighth-amendment eighth-circuit legal-interpretation lowest-level-of-conduct state-law statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the Eighth Circuit properly considered the 'lowest level of conduct' as required under this Court's precedent for the categorical approach, an…
19-6605 Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-infirmity due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment post-conviction-relief short-sentence standing state-courts statutory-construction Are the following Pennsylvania statutes constitutionally infirm?
19-6623 Mario Denane Fultz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP intentional physical force or by intimidation' to include the use of violent criminal-law criminal-statutes federal-crimes federal-criminal-statutes federal-robbery-statutes force force-clause force-definition intentional-force legislative-intent physical-force statutory-construction statutory-interpretation violence violent-crime Whether Congress intended the phrase 'by force and violence, or by intimidation' that appears in multiple federal criminal statutes to include the use…
19-6628 Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-infirmity due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-counsel post-conviction post-conviction-relief short-sentence statutory-construction Whether the Pennsylvania statutes 42 Pa.C.S. §9542, 42 Pa.C.S. §9543(a)(1)(ii), 42 Pa.C.S. §9545(a), 42 Pa.C.S. §9545(b)(1), and 18 Pa.C.S. §2709(a)(4…
19-6389 Quincy Dennis v. J. A. Terris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-10-25 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 categorical-approach drug-offense federal-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-relief-28-usc-2241 intervening-change mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence presidential-commutation presidential-pardon retroactive-application retroactively-applicable-decision sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether petitioner Dennis is entitled to seek federal habeas corpus relief
19-6353 Bekir Buluc, aka Celebi Buluc, aka Bekir Celibi v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-penalties deportation due-process immigration immigration-law residual-clause rule-of-lenity statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the general, residual phrase 'takes any other action' in 8 U.S.C. § 1253(a)(1)(C) must be interpreted to embrace only actions like those in th…
19-6340 Jonathon William-Durand Neuhard v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP comity criminal-procedure due-process evidence federalism integrity-of-state-proceedings statutory-construction statutory-construction-federal-question-due-proces statutory-interpretation Whether the federal court of appeals correctly found that the determination of whether a state adjudication qualifies as a prior conviction under 18 U…
19-508 AMG Capital Management, LLC, et al. v. Federal Trade Commission Ninth Circuit 2019-10-21 Judgment Issued Amici (9)Relisted (6) administrative-law circuit-split federal-trade-commission federal-trade-commission-act injunctions injunctive-relief monetary-relief permanent-injunction preliminary-injunction restitution statutory-construction statutory-interpretation unfair-or-deceptive-acts Whether §13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act authorizes the Commission to demand monetary relief such as restitution
19-6307 Andrew Oreckinto v. United States Second Circuit 2019-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-659 circuit-split criminal-law federal-jurisdiction statutory-construction statutory-interpretation statutory-reach Whether the Second Circuit erred in adopting a reading of 18 U.S.C. § 659 unsupported by any relevant canon of statutory construction or relevant prec…
19-6220 Nerses Nick Bronsozian v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-09 GVR IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-prosecution due-process firearms firearms-regulation national-firearms-act registration statutory-construction taxation taxation-power Does Congress's power to tax give it the power to punish the possession of unregistered machineguns under § 5861(d) of the NFA, even though it is impo…
19-6022 Angel Rodriguez v. Laura Heit, et al. Second Circuit 2019-09-23 Denied IFP 14th-amendment access-to-justice administrative-remedies civil-rights disability disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-interpretation legal-remedy medical-privacy retaliation state-court statutory-construction Whether Petitioner's 14th Amendment Rights were violated by denying him the opportunity to work in food service
19-6018 Joey Little v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-authority congressional-oversight criminal-law judicial-review magazine-based-enhancement regulatory-interpretation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-2k2.1 statutory-construction statutory-interpretation u.s-sentencing-commission unlawful-exercise Whether Application Note 2 of the commentary to U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 2K2.1 represents an unlawful exercise of agency authority by the U.S. Sent…
19-372 William D. Jenkins, Jr., et ux. v. Corey Chance, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-09-19 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts judicial-power legislative-authority legislative-intent standing state-legislation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction Does This Court possess verifiable Constitutional and Congressional power to interpret unwritten Congressional Law and alleged Legislative 'voids'
19-312 Ali Ekhlassi v. National Lloyds Insurance Company Fifth Circuit 2019-09-06 Denied Amici (1) administrative-law circuit-split civil-procedure exclusive-jurisdiction federal-courts federal-jurisdiction fema flood-insurance national-flood-insurance-act private-insurers statutory-construction Whether Section 4072's provision of 'exclusive' federal jurisdiction applies to suits against private insurers
19-295 Barbara Fawcett v. Citizens Bank, N.A. First Circuit 2019-09-04 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-guidance agency-interpretation auer-deference fair-and-considered-judgment judicial-review kisor-v-wilkie regulatory-construction regulatory-interpretation skidmore-deference statutory-construction Whether the court of appeals improperly afforded Auer deference to a federal agency's informal interpretation of a regulation
19-252 Michael Adam Booth v. Nissan North America, Inc. Sixth Circuit 2019-08-26 Denied Relisted (2) ada-amendments ada-amendments-act-of-2008 americans-with-disabilities-act disability-definition judicial-precedent legislative-intent major-life-activity reasonable-accommodation rules-of-construction statutory-construction sutton-v-united-air-lines toyota-v-williams work-restrictions workplace-accommodation Whether the 2008 Amendment to the Americans Disability Act extends the definition of disability to permanent work restrictions precluding manual tasks
19-5530 Leroy Lyons v. Thomas Winn, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus innocence judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-rights statutory-construction wrongful-conviction Question not identified
19-5489 Azibo Aquart v. United States Second Circuit 2019-08-07 Denied IFP criminal-intent criminal-law enterprise enterprise-protection intent position racketeering racketeering-statute second-circuit-interpretation statutory-construction vicar-statute violent-crimes violent-crimes-in-aid-of-racketeering Whether a defendant acts for the purpose of maintaining or increasing his position in an enterprise under the Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering st…
19-5372 Mary Katherine Day-Petrano v. Charles D. Hall, et al. Florida 2019-07-29 Dismissed IFP ada-violation americans-with-disabilities-act attorney-fees bankruptcy-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-sentencing due-process florida-supreme-court judicial-amendment retroactive-application standing statutory-construction takings Whether the Florida Supreme Court's order requiring the petitioner to write a longer brief and award attorney's fees to the respondent violates the pe…
19-5270 Phyteaf Phequan McCormick v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-22 GVR IFP case-remand criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-law fourth-circuit judicial-interpretation sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether the Fourth Circuit's judgment should be vacated and this case remanded for further review in light of this Court's recent opinion in Rehaif v.…
19-73 Michael W. Gahagan v. Citizenship & Immigration Services Fifth Circuit 2019-07-15 Denied Amici (1) attorney-fees circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fee-award fee-award-interpretation fee-award-laws fogerty-v-fantasy foia-litigation freedom-of-information-act legal-interpretation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation textual-analysis Does the Fifth Circuit's rule that all federal fee-award laws must be read identically contravene this Court's decision in Fogerty v. Fantasy Inc.?
19-41 Keith A. Tucker, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fifth Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied circuit-split due-process economic-substance-doctrine judicial-doctrine judicial-interpretation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation tax-avoidance tax-law tax-provisions May the judge-made 'economic substance doctrine' be invoked to supplant any tax results that a court deems abusive, even when those results stem from …
19-16 Allen E. Peithman, Jr., et al. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-07-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (5) 18-usc-981 circuit-split co-conspirator-liability criminal-forfeiture honeycutt-v-united-states joint-and-several-liability statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) authorize forfeiture imposed jointly and severally among co-conspirators?
18-1576 Adriano Kruel Budri v. Daniel M. Humphreys Texas 2019-06-25 Denied Response Waived civil-rights defamation due-process employment-dispute free-speech legislative-interpretation private-communication private-employment-dispute snyder-v-phelps statutory-construction texas-citizens-participation-act Does the TCPA apply to a private employment dispute involving allegedly defamatory statements in a private intended audience and location?
18-1540 VHT, Inc. v. Zillow Group, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied Response Waived automated-systems circuit-split copyright-infringement direct-liability exclusive-rights fifth-circuit fourth-circuit proximate-causation statutory-construction third-circuit volitional-conduct Whether a defendant's volitional conduct is required to establish direct copyright infringement
18-1511 Ajay S. Ahuja v. United States Second Circuit 2019-06-04 Denied Response Waived administrative-law article-iii-standing civil-penalties controlled-substances-act opioid-epidemic record-keeping-requirements rule-of-lenity standing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Does 21 U.S.C. § 842(c)(1)(B)(i) permit cumulative fines for technical violations of 21 U.S.C. § 842(a)(5)?
18-9495 Jason Jones v. Martha Underwood, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-05-31 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 federal-habeas-corpus federal-jurisdiction federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-remedy intervening-decision mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence post-conviction-relief retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing statutory-construction Whether petitioner is entitled to seek federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241
18-9411 Steven Douglas Rockett v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied IFP beyond the objective meaning of those words misconstrued the plain language of the statute an child-pornography constitutional-overbreadth constitutional-vagueness definitional-overbreadth definitional-vagueness dost-factors due-process judicial-construction lascivious-exhibition ninth-circuit-precedent overbreadth statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether the judicial construction of 'lascivious exhibition' of the genitals or pubic area of a minor in 18 U.S.C. § 2256(2)(A)(v) to include consider…
18-1396 Dereck Pelletier v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. Arkansas 2019-05-06 Denied Response Waived criminal-law double-jeopardy double-jeopardy-clause due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment multiplicity retroactivity statutory-construction statutory-interpretation unit-of-prosecution Whether a state supreme court can overcome a defendant's multiplicity challenge under the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment by classifying…
18-8835 Sabrina D. Davis v. Kia Motors America, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-interpretation discriminatory-ruling discriminatory-rulings due-process federal-law fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-discretion judiciary-act judiciary-act-of-1925 poverty standing statutory-construction unconstitutional Are the lower courts abusing the Judiciary Act of 1925 to ignore fraud on the court?
18-8391 Nam Nhat Ngo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-definition criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion legal-interpretation sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate…
18-8327 Robert Nathan Alm v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach court-of-appeals criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-interpretation specific-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate…
18-8133 Daryl Mingo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-plea-bargaining drug-trafficking due-process firearm-offense firearms plea-bargaining plea-colloquy sentencing statutory-construction When Congress enacted and amended 18 U.S.C. Section 924(G)(1)
18-8093 John Ferreira v. Georgia Georgia 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP assault-definition civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection legislative-amendment legislative-deference statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Did the State of Georgia err and violate the Petitioner's constitutional rights by upholding a statute that lacks an essential element of the crime ch…
18-1083 Garda CL Northwest, Inc., fka AT Systems, Inc. v. Lawrence Hill, et al. Washington 2019-02-21 Denied collective-bargaining-agreement labor-management-relations-act-301 mental-state preemption unreasonableness willfulness collective-bargaining contract-interpretation federal-labor-law labor-preemption labor-relations lmra mental-state preemption statutory-construction waiver-interpretation Whether a state labor claim that requires the plaintiff to show that an employer acted with 'willfulness,' 'unreasonableness,' or other mental state, …
18-1088 Kamran Asghari-Kamrani, et al. v. United Services Automobile Association Federal Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response Waived 35-usc-101 constitutional-grant constitutional-power judicial-exceptions patent-act patent-eligibility statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-test Whether the Court's 'judicial exceptions' test for patent eligibility is unconstitutional and deviates from the plain language of Section 101 of the P…
18-8068 Frankie Hill, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-interpretation specific-intent statutory-construction sufficiency-of-the-evidence Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate…
18-7714 Anthony Grandison v. Maryland Maryland 2019-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP blockburger-test common-law-murder commutation cumulative-punishment double-jeopardy double-jeopardy-clause due-process felony-murder handgun-use jury-instructions legislative-intent merger-of-offenses non-merger-rule prosecutorial-discretion required-evidence-test sentencing statutory-construction statutory-offenses Whether the Maryland Court of Appeals erred in holding...
18-983 City of Mackinac Island, Michigan, et al. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission District of Columbia 2019-01-29 Denied administrative-law agency-deference chenery-doctrine federal-power-act judicial-review regulatory-agency retroactive-rate-increase retroactive-rate-increases statutory-construction Does the prohibition against retroactive rate increases set forth in Section 206(a) of the Federal Power Act foreclose a judicially created exception …
18-7598 Carol J. Morris v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-compensation patent standing statutory-construction takings Whether the petitioner's convictions should be vacated due to ineffective assistance of counsel and violations of due process
18-7555 Doiakah Gray v. Stephanie Dorethy, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-prisoners habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-precedent state-prisoners statute-of-limitations statutory-construction What is the limitations period for newly recognized rights for state prisoners?
18-7364 Brandon M. Chambers v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied IFP court-interpretation grammar grammatical-construction judicial-deference judicial-discretion legislative-intent punctuation state-court statutory-analysis statutory-construction statutory-interpretation What responsibility/power does a State District court have in interpreting a provision of a statute, and when interpreting a statute to determine legi…
18-849 HTC Corporation v. 3G Licensing, S.A., et al. Federal Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1391 28-usc-1400b federal-circuit foreign-defendant patent-infringement statutory-construction statutory-interpretation venue venue-statute Whether an atextual 'foreign defendant' exception exists to 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b)
18-7178 David Kinh Duc Tran v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-review civil-procedure district-court due-process injustice judicial-error mandate-recall miscarriage-of-justice statutory-construction statutory-construction-error statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction united-states-v-clark whether-the-court-erred-in-its-previous-construction-of-the-statute
18-717 PMCM TV, LLC v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2018-12-04 Denied Response Waived administrative-agency administrative-agency-interpretation administrative-law agency-interpretation cable-television-regulation chevron-deference constitutional-interpretation constitutional-power federal-judiciary federal-statutes statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Should courts continue to follow the Chevron policy of deferring to administrative agency interpretations of federal statutes?
18-6662 Eddie Lee Shular v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-13 Judgment Issued Amici (3)Relisted (3)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split mens-rea sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-construction violent-felony Whether the determination of a serious drug offense' under the Armed Career Criminal Act requires the same categorical approach used in the determinat…
18-6478 In Re Inzel Gaitor 2018-10-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-status judicial-review legislative-repeal public-contracts public-service separation-of-powers standing state-agency state-government statutory-construction statutory-provision When legislatures of a state repeal members, employees, and expenses of a state-created agency, can the agency members, employees, and expenses remain…
18-534 Well Luck Company, Inc. v. United States Federal Circuit 2018-10-23 Denied administrative-law customs-classification customs-law explanatory-notes general-rules-of-interpretation hts-heading-1206 hts-heading-2008 legislative-intent nesoi prior-statutory-construction statutory-construction statutory-interpretation tariff-classification trade-classification Whether the panel disregarded legislative intent and prior statutory construction to improperly use the General Rules of Interpretation and the Explan…
18-6395 Alex D. Ramos v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-review constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process firearm-offense sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Did the lower Court err, and concomitantly violate the United States Constitution, Amendments V and VI, where it determined that Petitioner's prior co…
18-356 Robert Edward Orth v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Seventh Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied Response Waived administrative-regulation all-inclusive-terms citizen-definition citizenship-definition constitutional-claims due-process free-speech impermissible-expansion passport-privileges procedural-due-process statutory-construction tax-law taxpayer-rights Whether the statutory definition of 'citizen' in 26 U.S.C. § 1402(b) includes the petitioner, and whether the regulations at 26 C.F.R. 1.1 impermissib…
18-5976 In Re Jaame Amun Re El 2018-09-14 Denied IFP administrative-law banking-statutes civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-violations criminal-statutes due-process federal-habeas-corpus judicial-review judicial-role legal-hermeneutics separation-of-powers statutory-construction statutory-drafting statutory-interpretation statutory-language statutory-meaning textual-analysis Is it a judge's/administration's duty to interpret a statute?
18-216 Judith Ann Paixao and Kevin A. Lombard v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-666(b) criminal-law federal-assistance federal-assistance-program fraud judicial-review justice-thomas-dissent lower-court-interpretation reconsideration-of-precedent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent veterans-affairs vocational-rehabilitation Whether the Court should reconsider Fischer v. United States, 529 U.S. 667 (2000), because the lower courts have interpreted it such that 'any funds f…
18-107 R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-07-24 Judgment Issued Amici (33)Relisted (14) circuit-split civil-rights employment-discrimination gender-identity price-waterhouse-v-hopkins sex-discrimination statutory-construction statutory-interpretation title-vii transgender Whether the word 'sex' in Title VII's prohibition on discrimination 'because of . . . sex,' 42 U.S.C. 2000e-2(a)(1), meant 'gender identity' and inclu…
18-72 DRK Photo v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Second Circuit 2018-07-13 Denied Response Waived 17-usc-501b beneficial-ownership circuit-split copyright-act copyright-infringement copyright-ownership copyright-ownership-transfer infringement-claims standing statutory-construction statutory-standing Whether an unequivocal transfer of copyright ownership, together with accrued claims, is effective to give the transferee the statutory right to sue a…
18-5058 Deante Drake, aka Panama, aka Shawn, aka Papa Bear v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-timeliness appellate-procedure court-of-appeals criminal-procedure-rule-18-usc-3742-f-1-a en-banc-review federal-rules-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure first-amendment incoming-prison-mail legal-mail-delays mandamus-or-certiorari petition-clause rehearing-en-banc statutory-construction timeliness Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Deante Drake's petition for rehearing en banc as untimely under Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(3)(A…