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25-6381 James Pettus v. Bryan Mazzola, et al. Second Circuit 2025-12-16 Pending IFP case-statement constitutional-provisions jurisdiction opinions statutory-provisions writ Tb ^2^ '2 2c\ O^ ,£> oe o\d tub 2.^° ex^cjort CoocsT iT^d z Get Congee H^piGvAE?, oe vUa-stAe cvTeG CjleGE Appa^t--o B' ~TWL Gcmhzmd G^ SEE- AvVe^Ai…
25-6361 Ronald Johnson v. Jeff Zmuda, Secretary, Kansas Department of Corrections, et al. Kansas 2025-12-15 Pending IFP constitutional-provisions court-review jurisdiction legal-procedure statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari I. Bia. \\\e, W/. CO. ICC. CHi'jrnO' Oxd h.av£ -[he. auihof'i '-n b i//oldr& bto ^wacoL obflarBrcS / dto&3 dJ-^Y/bClo), oC ^coceed, u/tlkajb^ L \M£C o…
25-6284 Leonard W. Houston v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2025-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-litigation individual-actions jurisdiction pleadings statutory-provisions WAS IT ABUSE OF DISCRETION ON ALL CLJA ACTIONS ON INDIVIDUAL DOCKETS, AS COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT NEED NOT FILE RESPONSIVE PLEADINGS IN STAYED INDIVI…
25-5836 James Shelly Taylor v. Texas Texas 2025-10-08 Denied IFP constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-review legal-precedent statutory-provisions trial-rights Question not identified.
24-6866 Adrian Lee Guzman v. Colorado Colorado 2025-03-26 Denied IFP case-statement constitutional-provisions jurisdiction statutory-provisions supreme-court-procedure writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24-6598 Rodney Boyles v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure federal-court-jurisdiction statutory-provisions Question not identified.
24-6008 Michael P. Crenshaw v. Illinois Illinois 2024-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review jurisdiction statutory-provisions Question not identified.
24-5597 Justin Andre Lamoureux v. Florida Florida 2024-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process felony statutory-provisions Question not identified.
24-5360 Esteban Hernandez v. Ronald Oliver, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions court-procedure judicial-review legal-jurisdiction statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24-5256 Michael Darren Boydston v. Texas Texas 2024-08-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-provisions court-procedure evidence-rules judicial-review legal-jurisdiction statutory-provisions Question not identified.
24-5059 Gregory D. Crosby v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-provisions Question not identified
23-7826 Festus Okwudili Ohan v. Charles P. Rettig, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-06-28 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process jurisdiction property standing takings constitutional-provisions judicial-review jurisdictional-issues legal-interpretation procedural-rights statutory-provisions Question not identified
23-7828 Sean Moffitt v. Warden, USP-1 Coleman, et al. Third Circuit 2024-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-provisions Question not identified
23-7801 Festus O. Ohan v. Chimezie C. Duruhesie, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-06-26 Dismissed IFP case-law civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process harassment judicial-bias judicial-review legal-jurisdiction procedural-rights retaliation standing statutory-provisions Question not identified
23-7596 Andre Tayson Boone v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2024-05-30 Denied IFP appeal civil-procedure constitutional-analysis due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-interpretation procedural-rules standing statutory-provisions time-extension Whether the courts erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeal of the district court's denial of their motion for an extension of time to file a notic…
23-1231 Cellect, LLC v. Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2024-05-22 Denied Amici (11) equitable-doctrine good-faith-procurement investment-backed-expectations judicial-doctrine obviousness-type-double-patenting patent patent-invalidation patent-term-adjustment statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Whether a patent procured in good faith can be invalidated on the ground that statutory Patent Term Adjustment, which requires lengthening a patent's …
23-7446 Erika Jacobs v. Quest Diagnostics Fourth Circuit 2024-05-09 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process employment free-speech jurisdictional-issue legal-standing standing statutory-provisions supreme-court-procedure writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court erred in its judgment on the petitioner's claims
23-7370 Sammie Davis King, Jr. v. Gregory Sampson, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-02 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process false-confession judicial-review jurisdiction legal-standing standing statutory-provisions Did He Distick Lourk err by ouerlookns hebhonr Pu cera! Dehalt clsins thon Pedbiboner wes level Lfoctive. assichae of louse) ta hi's OWAD
23-7310 In Re Arthur R. Holloway, Jr. 2024-04-26 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-standard procedural-rules standing statutory-provisions takings Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred in denying the petitioners' request for rehearing en banc
23-7253 Calvin King v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-04-18 Denied IFP application constitutional-provisions interpretation jurisdiction legal-analysis lower-court-decision petition statement-of-case statutory-provisions table-of-contents Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
23-7233 Chikezie Ottah v. National Grid Federal Circuit 2024-04-16 Denied IFP 35-USC-101 civil-procedure constitutional-provisions court-review due-process jurisdiction legal-procedure patent standing statutory-provisions takings writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of patent-eligibility under 35-USC-101
23-7120 Chaviz Wofford v. Illinois Illinois 2024-04-02 Denied IFP case-statement constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction opinions plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Was defendant's plea bargain destroyed by coercive conduct of prosecutor
23-6984 Chikezie Ottah v. Verifone System Inc. Federal Circuit 2024-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 35-usc-101 civil-procedure constitutional-provisions court-jurisdiction judicial-review legal-interpretation patent-eligibility patent-law procedural-rules standing statutory-provisions takings Whether the question of law presented in the petition for writ of certiorari should be reviewed
23-6946 Charles Awusin Inko-Tariah v. Royce C. Lamberth, et al. District of Columbia 2024-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process free-speech judicial-review legal-jurisdiction procedural-rules standing statutory-provisions Whether the DCCA correctly denied the petition for writ of certiorari
23-6902 Jeffrey Akard v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-error plea-bargain procedural-due-process retroactivity sentencing statutory-provisions Should a U.S. District Court Judge be forced to accept a plea bargain waiver signed in February when the law changed in March?
23-6861 Tyree Ford v. Carmine Marceno, Sheriff, Lee County, Florida Florida 2024-02-29 Denied IFP appellate-review certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions disciplinary-proceedings due-process jurisdiction professional-conduct standing statutory-provisions supreme-court whether-state-attorney-can-be-disciplined-for-misconduct
23-6701 Luis Raul Vicente Fonseca v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process sixth-amendment speedy-trial standing statement-of-the-case statutory-provisions trial-rights Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
23-6595 In Re Reginal Lee Davis 2024-01-26 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process indigenous-rights judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-law sovereignty standing statutory-provisions takings Who is 'Uncle Sam'?
23-6334 Nira Woods v. Department of Housing and Community Development, et al. California 2023-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-constitution interlocutory-order judicial-procedure state-court state-courts statutory-provisions Is the Existence of the State Courts Interlocutory Order(s) in this case impairs / offense / invalidate Federal Constitution and Due processes?
23-6272 In Re Bruce Lamont Fuller 2023-12-15 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions corpus-delicti criminal-procedure due-process evidence jurisdiction standing statewide-importance statutory-provisions How shall we have a conclusive answer of corpus delcti of statewide importance when their has not been an effective ascertainment of expeditious truth…
23-6243 Offie Curtis Brown, Jr. v. North Carolina Department of Public Safety, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-provisions first-amendment free-speech jurisdictional-issue legal-standard procedural-question public-concern public-employee retaliation statutory-provisions Whether the First Amendment protects the right of a public employee to speak on matters of public concern without fear of retaliation
23-6181 Deryke Matthew Pfeifer v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process fifth-amendment jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue legal-standard procedural-question property-rights statutory-provisions takings Whether the U.S. Government violated the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment by failing to compensate the petitioner for the taking of their propert…
23-577 Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. Surface Transportation Board, et al. District of Columbia 2023-11-29 Denied administrative-law circuit-split court-of-appeals deference hobbs-act jurisdiction jurisdictional-question kisor-v-wilkie legal-background procedural-background statutory-provisions surface-transportation-board Whether a court of appeals has jurisdiction to review a Surface Transportation Board ruling
23-5837 Spencer Wallace v. Bobbi Jo Salamon, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit 2023-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights court-interpretation due-process francis-v-franklin judicial-review jury-instructions legal-precedent precedent statutory-provisions trial-court-instructions Did the lower court err in holding that the trial court instruction did not violate Wallace's constitutional right to due process?
23-5719 Jerrell West v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions court-procedure evidence expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence legal-jurisdiction prejudicial probative statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Can the Dirsbei ch Court4 allow Exper Testimony when it is More Presuodicial than Probatfive under Rules 702 and 403?
23-5478 Bradley Monical v. Jeremy M. Nofziger, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process foundational-facts standing statutory-provisions Whether the lower court erred in its application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions governing the case
23-5467 Anthony Andrews v. R. Ramos, Warden Fourth Circuit 2023-08-29 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction legal-procedure standing statutory-provisions supreme-court writ Question not identified
23-5399 Milton Melvin Rodgers v. California California 2023-08-18 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process evidence jurisdictional-issue legal-writ search-and-seizure statutory-provisions Whether the trial court erred by admitting evidence taken in violation of the Fourth Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Const…
23-5231 In Re Maria Navarro-Martin 2023-07-28 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus standing statutory-provisions unconstitutional-penalty Whether the Florida statutes impose an unconstitutional burden on the right to habeas corpus
23-5204 Larry David Davis v. Anna Catherine Cargile, Prosecutor, Pulaski County Prosecutor's Office, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-07-26 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-filing criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction legal-document petition police-misconduct qualified-immunity search-and-seizure statutory-provisions Whether the district court erred in denying the petitioner's motion to suppress evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment
23-5093 German Alexis Arjona v. California California 2023-07-13 Denied IFP certiorari civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection first-amendment jurisdiction legal-procedure standing statutory-provisions supreme-court voting-rights Whether a specific limitation on the right to vote violates the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
23-5098 Arthur Ray Deere, Sr. v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Employees, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus prison-conditions statutory-provisions Whether the conditions of confinement at Mule Creek State Prison violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment
23-5030 Nygel Dejon Freeman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal constitutional-provisions court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-evidence reasonable-doubt rule-29 statutory-provisions sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the District Court and Court of Appeals erred in denying Mr. Freeman's Rule 29 motion due to insufficient evidence to prove guilt beyond a rea…
22-7560 Patrick Timothy Wyatt v. Jon Bolling Wood, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process judicial-review jurisdiction standing statutory-provisions Whether a federal court has a duty to inquire into the bona fides of an affidavit when the record facially indicates the affiant may have violated the…
22-7327 John Edward Holmes v. Texas Texas 2023-04-20 Denied IFP court-of-criminal-appeals due-process fair-consideration habeas-corpus statutory-provisions texas texas-law writ-application Did the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas deprive petitioner of his due process right to a fair consideration of his initial application for a writ o…
22-7094 Michael Lee Gordon v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-provisions whether the district court's denial to Kecvuse MmselF was an error
22-7064 Ryan Rydell Bonner v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-03-22 Denied IFP constitutional-provisions double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus inmate-rights judicial-review legal-controversy petition-clause pretrial-writ reindictment statutory-provisions Whether the state court's denial of a pretrial writ of habeas corpus on double jeopardy grounds, where the defendant was reindicted for the same offen…
22-6700 Samuel Lucas Pinney v. Colorado Colorado 2023-02-03 Denied IFP application constitutional-provisions interpretation legal-issues lower-court-error statutory-provisions Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
22-6116 Edmund Lowell Fields v. Chandler Cheeks Sixth Circuit 2022-11-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure complainant-access constitutional-provisions due-process great-writ habeas-corpus judicial-malfeasance judicial-misconduct judicial-review standing statutory-provisions SHOULD THE COMPLAINANT BE DENIED ACCESS TO THE GREAT WRIT BECAUSE OF JUDICIAL MALFEASANCE?
22-6082 In Re George W. Buford, III 2022-11-16 Denied IFP adjudication civil-rights constitutional-claim constitutional-crisis due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions voting-rights Question not identified
22-5844 Benjee Nicolas v. Florida Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-14 Denied Relisted (2)IFP case-review civil-procedure collateral-attack constitutional-provisions court-jurisdiction due-process judgment judgment-vulnerability legal-procedure procedural-defect statutory-provisions Whether the allegations, if procedure had been followed, would have rendered the judgment vulnerable to collateral attack?
22-5611 William A. White v. Department of Justice, et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-provisions disclosure due-process freedom-of-information-act judicial-review legal-jurisdiction public-interest standing statutory-provisions Whether the Seven Circus eXia Riding, Phe ony perseas' FOIA disclosure obstructions 'greatly Comfounded' under 5 USC 552(a)(4)(B) could be justified b…
22-5411 Darnay Thibodaux v. Jon Reeves, District Administrator, Jefferson Parish District, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Department of Probation and Parole, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review statutory-provisions Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit properly denied Petitioner's Motion for Certificate of Appealability
22-5391 Lin Ouyang v. Mark A. Borenstein, Judge, Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-08-18 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals court-rules due-process final-judgment mandamus procedural-due-process statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Whether the Court of Appeals has reached a genuinely final judgment under 28 U.S.C. §2101 (c) and this Court's Rule 13.3?
22-5275 Russell M. Boles v. Jeff Long, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-08-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP case-statement civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process evidence jurisdictional-issue jury-instructions legal-procedure negligence standard-of-review statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Whether the court erred in drawing an adverse inference against the petitioner
22-5106 Kalvin Lamar Washington v. Michigan Michigan 2022-07-14 Denied IFP acquittal court-forms criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus indigent-petitioner jury-trial state-prosecution statutory-provisions Can the state of Michigan violate the protection against a second prosecution for the same offense after an acquittal by repeatedly the acquittal refe…
21-8106 Jay Jurdi v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure government-misconduct ineffective-assistance jurisdictional-issue legal-standard preservation-of-error procedural-question self-incrimination sentencing statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Was Brent's counsel ineffective for failing to object to, and thereby preserve for review, the government-intended use of a novel, self-incriminating …
21-7882 In Re Lin Ouyang 2022-05-16 Dismissed IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-of-appeals court-rules exceptional-circumstances final-judgment finality-of-judgment frivolous-appeal mandamus statutory-provisions writ-of-mandamus Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the court of appeals to rule the motion for reconsideration
21-7596 Janai Meeks v. Butte County District Attorney, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions detention due-process equal-protection judicial-review jurisdictional-issues juvenile-justice legal-interpretation procedural-rules standing statutory-provisions Whether the juvenile court erred in ordering the placement of the petitioner in a juvenile detention facility without due process
21-7325 Michael T. Braxton v. Tonya James, Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-03-09 Denied IFP appeals appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review parole statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Can a state deny due process by making a parole agreement on AFTER and in contrast to a vast majority of appeals courts' rulings
21-7247 Kevin Herriott v. Lieutenant Jackson Fourth Circuit 2022-03-02 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-amendments court-of-appeals due-process evidence federal-courts federal-rules legal-mail mail-room standing statutory-provisions Whether the claimant is entitled to offer evidence to support his claims?
21-6926 Willie Wilcher v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-law due-process firearms judicial-review jurisdiction legal-standard procedural-requirements rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Whether the Lower Courts had jurisdiction to decide the case based on Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 814 (2019), and the government never proved …
21-6703 Joshua Cumberland v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court fifth-circuit habeas-corpus statutory-provisions timeliness Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit properly denied petitioner's Motion for Certificate of Appealability
21-6259 Shelly Margaret Arndt v. Deborah Jo Wofford, Superintendent, Washington Corrections Center for Women Ninth Circuit 2021-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-provisions discretionary-power due-process internet-research judicial-discretion juror-misconduct prejudicial-error remmer statutory-provisions verdict-integrity Whether a lower court can rule that a verdict was not affected by juror misconduct when the exact websites and content viewed by the juror are unknown…
21-6113 Clinton Rayshawn Grayson v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-precedent standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Whether the court of appeals erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
21-6095 Jabari J. Johnson v. Donald Nunez, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-10-27 Denied IFP case-statement civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction pleadings remedies standing statutory-provisions supreme-court writ-petition Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying the plaintiff's request
21-5988 Stephen B. Jones, Sr. v. Maryland Maryland 2021-10-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-reasoning procedural-rules speedy-trial statutory-provisions Did the trial court err?
21-5771 Sirshun Dontrell Burris v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appellate-review circuit-court circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process evidence jurisdiction search-and-seizure standing statutory-provisions Whether officers' search of a defendant's house without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment
21-294 Rukminesh Mehta v. Maggie Kuhl Fourth Circuit 2021-08-30 Denied case-statement civil-rights constitutional-provisions district-court due-process jurisdiction legal-review standing statutory-provisions Why is FISC involved in a child custody case in the first place?
21-5221 Andre M. Adams v. Kevin Kauffman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit 2021-07-27 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction legal-proceeding petition standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions writ Whether the court below erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
20-8059 Hasan Shareef v. Captain Moore, et al. Third Circuit 2021-05-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue legal-standard opinions-below procedural-question standing statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Did the lower court properly deny the petitioner's request for a writ of certiorari?
20-7967 Nikolay Vladimirov Sloboda v. Mike Obenland, Superintendent, Monroe Correctional Complex Ninth Circuit 2021-05-11 Denied IFP appeals constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process evidence jurisdiction racial-bias sentencing statutory-provisions writ why-wasn't-the-dna-evidence-tested
20-7968 Charles Ahumada v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-05-10 Denied IFP appellate-procedure circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-defendants direct-appeal en-banc-review panel-rehearing petition-for-writ-of-certiorari right-to-counsel statutory-provisions Should the constitutional right to counsel exist for petitions for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc in a Circuit Court, after an adverse opinion …
20-7862 In Re Momolu V. S. Sirleaf, Jr. 2021-04-27 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions court-review due-process federal-courts immigration-law jurisdiction standing state-courts statutory-provisions Does the AE DPA rescedoraly ar veld Sodgmer C8) dis
20-7841 Sylvia J. Manor v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Company Ninth Circuit 2021-04-26 Denied IFP breach-of-contract civil-procedure contract contract-interpretation date-of-accrual insurance-law legal-interpretation life-insurance statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions What is the proper and legal Date Of Accrual in this case?
20-7727 Hasan Shareef v. Brian Palko, et al. Third Circuit 2021-04-13 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment case-statement civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction jury-selection legal-reasoning public-trial statutory-provisions writ Whether the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial applies to jury selection proceedings
20-7455 Jeromey Glenn Jones v. Montana Montana 2021-03-15 Denied IFP constitutional-assistance court-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-protection procedural-due-process right-to-counsel right-to-participate sixth-amendment statutory-provisions Whether the defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
20-7093 Noel Christopher Turner v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-02-09 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-error equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mcquiggin-v-perkins statutory-provisions Are the lower Courts misinterpreting and applying the United States Supreme Courts decision in McQuiggin v. Perkins?
20-7077 Derrick Lakeith Brown v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-02-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-claims constitutional-provisions federal-procedure first-step-act gall-v-united-states habeas-corpus judicial-review petition-standards sentencing-reform statutory-provisions supreme-court-review united-states-v-booker Whether the first step act sentencing reform wreak havoc with the United States v. Booker (2005) and Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38 (2007) precede…
20-5981 Javier Garza v. Illinois Illinois 2020-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-characteristics constitutional-provisions court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure de-facto-life-sentence eighth-amendment judicial-review juvenile-sentencing legal-interpretation miller-v-louisiana statutory-provisions youth-characteristics Whether mandatory life sentences, natural or de facto, for juveniles are unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment regardless of whether the trial c…
20-5971 Gregory D. Crosby v. Bill True, Warden Tenth Circuit 2020-10-08 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-procedure petition-for-writ remedies standing statutory-provisions whether-the-court-erred-in-dismissing-the-petitioner's-claims
20-5745 Bradley William Monical v. Christina Towers, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process government-employees governmental-powers judicial-review legal-standards park-county-orders qualified-immunity statutory-provisions Whether government employees' aid in violating clearly established park county orders and administrative law amounts to a due process violation
19-8747 Robert Neil Coronado v. Amanda Stinson, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression fourth-amendment judicial-integrity search-and-seizure standing statutory-provisions Was a procedural due process violation committed by the Court of Appeals in failing to grant a rehearing on the probability of admission of evidence o…
19-8481 Ronald D. Veteto v. Dewayne Estes, Warden, et al. Alabama 2020-05-15 Denied IFP access-to-courts appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-provisions Was the petitioner denied meaningful and effective access to the Alabama courts?
19-8313 Thomas M. Tully v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2020-04-21 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-claim habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default statutory-provisions successive-writ supreme-court-precedent writ-of-certiorari Did the lower courts err in determining Petitioner's reliance on McQuiggin v. Perkins
19-8028 Tyler Gore v. Florida Florida 2020-03-18 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process free-speech jurisdiction reasons-for-granting-writ standing statement-of-case statutory-provisions Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions?
19-8032 Vaughn Harris v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction reasons-for-granting-writ ripeness standing statement-of-case statutory-provisions Whether the lower court erred in its application of the legal standards for determining standing and ripeness in this case
19-7741 Robert W. Johnson v. Victoria Fire & Casualty Insurance Company, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process federal-courts jurisdiction reasons-for-granting-writ standing statement-of-case statutory-provisions Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the petitioner's case for lack of standing
19-7577 Jason L. Brown v. Lisa M. Brown Third Circuit 2020-02-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review jurisdiction standing statutory-provisions systemic-discrimination Whether the United States Courts and United States Justice system discriminate against citizens
19-7468 Donald R. Phillips v. Kentucky Kentucky 2020-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights due-process false-answer implied-bias jury-selection material-error material-question prosecutorial-misconduct standing statutory-provisions voir-dire Whether a juror's responsibility to answer questions truthfully on voir dire continues through trial
19-7489 Paul Edward Duran v. Ralph Diaz, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2020-01-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-provisions criminal-conviction criminal-procedure empirical-evidence evidence evidence-standard exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment illinois-v-krull judicial-review search-and-seizure standing statutory-provisions united-states-v-leon Whether the Circumstances regarding the Fourth Amendment Exclusionary Rule § 2010F not evolved around the obtaining, holding and exclusion of evidence…
19-7443 Charles Milton v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2020-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-provisions takings Whether the government's actions violated the petitioner's civil rights
19-7300 Billy J. Booker v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-01-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction sentencing standing statutory-provisions Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. 1962 holds Cubana Air Piracy as a predicate act
19-7160 Ernest J. Espinoza v. Matt A. Ashe, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-02 Denied IFP civil-procedure due-process free-speech patent. standing takings appeal case-statement civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process filing-deadlines jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court writ-petition Whether civil-procedure rules (including appeal windows) take precedence over statutory filing deadlines
19-7125 Shane R. Dodge, et ux. v. Bonners Ferry Police Department, et al. Idaho 2019-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process idaho-supreme-court jurisdiction police-misconduct standing statutory-provisions Whether the Idaho Supreme Court erred in dismissing Petitioner's civil rights claims against police officers for lack of standing and failure to timel…
19-7028 Jess Lee Green v. Joe Errington Fifth Circuit 2019-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction qualified-immunity standing statutory-provisions Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in dismissing petitioner's civil rights claims for lack of standing
19-6888 In Re Roger A. Libby 2019-12-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection federal-courts habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2244-b-3-a jurisdiction jurisdictional-issues standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Does the Pre-Diath Circuit Court of Appeals have jurisdiction to circumvent the statutory commands of 28 U.S.C. 2244(b)(3)(A), established by Congress…
19-6867 Jose Luis Maya v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law asylum civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process immigration jurisdiction parole standing statutory-provisions Whether the Department of Homeland Security's policy of denying parole to asylum seekers violates the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Due Proc…
19-6820 Rafael Leoner-Aguirre v. United States First Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court civil-procedure criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction first-circuit jury-instructions predicate-acts racketeering rico rico-conspiracy salinas-v-united-states statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court united-states-code Whether the jury must find the specific predicate acts committed under the RICO conspiracy statute
19-6787 Robert Lee Mitchell v. Miller, Magistrate Judge, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions district-court due-process jurisdiction patent standing statutory-provisions takings Is the order of the U.S. district court dated 11-19 valid?
19-6654 Tremaine Bernard Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-extradition due-process federal-authority federalism government-action interstate-jurisdiction jurisdiction jurisdictional-dispute legal-procedure reasons-for-granting-writ state-authority statement-of-case statutory-provisions uniform-criminal-extradition-act uniform-law Where does federal authority end and state authority begin when the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act is violated?
19-6519 Charles M. Ray v. Florida Florida 2019-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-statement civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-conclusion standing statutory-provisions takings writ-reasons Whether the constitutional and procedural due process rights of the petitioner were violated
19-6450 Sherif Sayed Mahmoud v. Texas Texas 2019-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutionality content-based-restriction due-process first-amendment free-speech penal-code standard-of-review standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions texas-penal-code Whether Section 33.021 of the Texas Penal Code is a content-based restriction
19-6300 John Patrick Stokes, et ux. v. LSF 8 Master Participation Trust Ninth Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction mortgage-foreclosure standing statement-of-reasons statutory-provisions takings Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in dismissing petitioners' claims against respondents for lack of standing and failure to state a claim
19-6226 Supreme Raheem Ackbar v. Patricia S. Connor, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-10-09 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-provisions takings Is the order of the U.S. District Court deed dated 17 Void?
19-6168 Edward Robinson v. DeWayne Burton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-provisions takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated
19-6011 John Robert Demos v. United States, et al. District of Columbia 2019-09-20 Closed IFP civil-rights due-process foreign-nationals foreign-policy immigration jurisdiction protected-persons standing statutory-provisions Whether the Supreme Court has 'original jurisdiction' over cases involving aliens, foreigners, nationals, and subjects
19-5773 John Franklin Kenney v. P. D. Brazelton, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-08-30 Denied IFP administrative-law administrative-proceedings agency-discretion appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review reasoned-decision statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Whether a federal court can deny a habeas corpus petition without providing a reasoned decision, in violation of the Due Process Clause
19-5647 Kenneth Randale Door v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting crimes-of-violence criminal-statutory-provisions force-clause sentencing-guidelines state-criminal-offenses statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions substantive-criminal-offenses washington Whether a state aiding and abetting statute that is broader than generic aiding and abetting and incorporated within the state's substantive criminal …
19-5552 Kevin Devon Sutton v. Nevada Nevada 2019-08-13 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection free-speech judicial-review legal-rights sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Whether Section 5 actually violates the First Amendment?
19-5575 Antwaine Enta Yarbrough v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus precedent sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether this Court should hold the instant petition in light of Shular v. United States
19-5426 Leonard Stansberry v. Texas Texas 2019-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-review due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-procedure police-misconduct racial-discrimination standing statutory-provisions takings writ wrongful-death Whether the cause and manner of death of Quastisa Ne was properly investigated and determined
19-5309 William Dante Mitchell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP certiorari-petition criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearms-violation habeas-corpus sentencing sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court violent-felony Whether this Court should hold the instant petition in light of Shular v. United States
19-5323 Edwardo De Juan v. Florida Florida 2019-07-24 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-jurisdiction new-trial post-conviction procedural-rights standing state-court statutory-provisions Whether the petitioner's due process and equal protection rights were violated when the state court denied his post-conviction motion for a new trial
19-5158 John Higgins, Jr. v. Federal National Mortgage Association First Circuit 2019-07-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process free-speech jurisdiction patent standing statement-of-case statutory-provisions takings Whether the lower court erred in its decision
19-5149 Luis Rojas-Marceleno v. Kansas Tenth Circuit 2019-07-11 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment case-statement civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process free-speech habeas-corpus jurisdictional-issue legal-review sentencing standing statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioners' claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim
19-5156 Theresa A. Logan v. Town of Windsor, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2019-07-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 1st-amendment civil-rights conclusion constitutional-provisions content-discrimination free-speech jurisdiction public-forum reasons-for-granting statement-of-case statutory-provisions viewpoint-discrimination Whether the First Amendment protects the right of a public access television channel to exclude a speaker based on the content of their speech
19-5091 Orrin Tyler Colbourn v. California California 2019-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction patent standing statement-of-case statutory-provisions takings Whether the court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
18-9553 Marvin Eugene Jones v. California California 2019-06-05 Denied IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction probable-cause qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing statutory-provisions Whether the lower court erred in its application of the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable searches and seizures
18-9531 Lan Deyerle v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources West Virginia 2019-06-04 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court-rules Whether the court should grant an out-of-time petition for writ of certiorari
18-9472 Reginald Donell Rice v. Carey D. Cockell, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-06-03 Denied IFP circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-question due-process federal-law federal-question jurisdiction precedent standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Whether the court of appeals decided an important question of federal law that has not been, but should be, settled by this Court
18-9455 Scott William Dummert v. Renee Ngo Nevada 2019-05-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process expert-affidavit financial-hardship medical-expert medical-malpractice reasons-for-granting standing statement-of-case statutory-provisions Whether the Nevada Supreme Court erred in dismissing petitioner's medical malpractice claim against respondent for lack of standing despite petitioner…
18-9388 In Re Ramsey Randall 2019-05-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 8th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process federal-remedy free-speech habeas-corpus judicial-review standing statutory-provisions Whether the federal abstention doctrine restricts federal courts from providing relief to state criminal defendants who seek to challenge their convic…
18-9342 Thomas Tiner v. Danella Cockrell, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process free-speech jurisdiction reasons-for-granting-writ standing statement-of-case statutory-provisions takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the respondent's actions
18-9195 Keith Walter Bullard v. Shane Jackson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection index-of-authorities jurisdiction reasons-for-granting-certiorari standing statement-of-case statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions governing the issues prese…
18-9153 Albert Randolph v. Texas Texas 2019-05-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-appeals criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus legal-review prosecutorial-misconduct standing statutory-provisions supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Court of Criminal Appeals erred in denying Petitioner a new trial?
18-9162 Kurtis D. Worley v. Illinois Illinois 2019-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal case-caption civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements legal-document petition-formatting procedural-rules standing statutory-provisions supreme-court Whether the cappelare Cound erred by not aptly ine
18-8954 Kareem Hassan Millhouse v. Ms. Davis, P.A., et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-23 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction property-rights reasons-for-granting-writ standing statement-of-case statutory-provisions takings Whether the government's seizure of private property without just compensation violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment
18-8971 William T. Liepe v. New Jersey New Jersey 2019-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment blood-alcohol blood-alcohol-test case-review constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression judicial-interpretation legal-standard search-and-seizure statutory-provisions suppression warrantless-search Did the warrantless search of defendant's blood for the purpose of determining his blood alcohol level violate the established constitutional principl…
18-8877 Reginald Knox v. Unknown Parties Sixth Circuit 2019-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional constitutional-error court-rules district-court due-process federal-statute judicial-review jurisdiction mandamus petition-for-certiorari standing statutory-provisions writ-of-mandamus Should the District Court's dismissal of the Petitioner's Writ of Mandamus under 28 U.S.C. § 1361 be reviewed?
18-8818 Cornell D. Reynolds v. Randall Hepp, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appeal appellate-rights appointed-counsel attorney-client attorney-compensation conflict-of-interest due-process indigent-defendant indigent-defense statutory-provisions Should the conflict of interest doctrine be extended to include financial conflicts between attorney and client; and/or whether a state creates a fata…
18-8716 Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, et al. Pennsylvania 2019-04-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 107th-congress congressional-act constitutional-provisions employment-rights federal-funding job-placement jurisdiction public-law public-law-107-288 state-obligations state-services statutory-provisions us-jobs-for-veterans-act veterans-affairs veterans-benefits veterans-services What services are owed to all veterans by states that accept federal funding under the US Jobs for Veterans Act (Public Law 107-288, 107th Congress)?
18-8688 Frederick A. McShan v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fundamental-rights ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-rights record statutory-provisions Whether the District Court erred in denying the appellant's due process and fundamental fairness claims
18-8616 Parley Drew Hardman v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP conclusion constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection felon-in-possession index second-amendment sentencing statutory-provisions table-of-contents Whether the petitioner's conviction and sentence for possession of a firearm by a felon under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment
18-8552 Herman Gaines v. Brad Busnardo, et al. Third Circuit 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-interpretation medical-treatment procedural-rights standing statutory-provisions Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals violated the petitioner's constitutional right to due-process by declining to consider the petitioner's claim that t…
18-8494 Alberto Sostre-Cintron v. United States First Circuit 2019-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-371 18-usc-641 conspiracy conspiracy-18-usc-371 criminal-conspiracy criminal-law district-court-proceedings morissette-standard morissette-v-united-states parties-to-the-proceedings statutory-provisions sufficiency-of-evidence theft-of-government-property theft-of-government-property-18-usc-641 Whether there was sufficient evidence to support Alberto Sostre-Cintron's conviction of conspiracy pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §371
18-8454 Carl Lynn Scott v. Jerry Goodwin, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction reasons-for-granting-writ standing statement-of-case statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Whether the court has jurisdiction to consider the petition
18-8258 Lowell Edward Jackson v. Eddie Climmer, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied IFP certificate-of-registration civil-action civil-rights copyright copyright-infringement copyright-registration due-process infringement library-of-congress registration standing statutory-provisions Whether the copyright registration requirement under 17 U.S.C. 411(a) is unconstitutional
18-8254 Eddie Earl Phillips v. Mississippi Mississippi 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process habitual-offender indictment jury-instructions sentencing statement-of-the-case statutory-provisions Whether Phillips' Conviction and Sentence stems from a defective indictment, in violation of his due process rights?
18-8201 Robert Edward Butler v. Howard W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2019-02-28 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-appeal due-process federal-habeas federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction legal-review procedural-default retroactivity state-post-conviction-proceedings statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Whether Supreme Court decisions in Buck v. Davis, Martinez v. Ryan, and Trevino v. Thaler permit federal habeas review of ineffective assistance of ap…
18-8098 In Re Christopher Hanson 2019-02-22 Denied IFP due-process government-interference habeas-corpus pcra plea-agreement post-conviction-relief-act statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions timeliness Whether appellant Hanson's PCRA's were timely under 42 Pa. C.S. §9545(b) due to government interference and refusal to release documents
18-8100 Senica Matthew Franklin v. Mississippi Mississippi 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-challenge constitutional-provisions criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-reversal newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief reasons-for-granting-the-writ statement-of-the-case statutory-provisions Whether Senica Franklin's conviction and sentence should be reversed and set aside based upon newly discovered evidence
18-8018 Michael Anthony Kendrick v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction patent standing statutory-provisions takings Can Fagen Nebers Coutr dissaern MY Peesuma Tb be; Poaener™ 2 USES 22H408) Cini AND DENY qo Explaln Why?
18-8006 In Re Curtis Evans 2019-02-15 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process freedom-of-information jurisdiction private-company public-records standing statutory-provisions Why does the public have a right to access the records of a private company?
18-7902 Mario Akothe v. Carl Bear, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing statutory-provisions What avenues are available to seek habeas corpus relief when a certificate of appealability is denied without due process of law?
18-7851 Vincent Lynden Young v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied IFP constitutional-provisions due-process expert-testimony false-evidence federal-habeas habeas-corpus opinion repudiated-expert senate-bill senate-bill-1134 statutory-provisions Whether an opinion of an expert that has been repudiated by the expert who originally provided the opinion at a hearing or trial constitutes false evi…
18-7837 Marlon Blacher v. Superior Court of California, Contra Costa County, et al. California 2019-02-07 Denied IFP civil-rights constitution due-process jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction standing state-authority statutory-provisions Is the writ true that the Constitution and all of its instruments are bound to the matters declared via Article IV, clause 3, Constitution of the Unit…
18-7724 Elloyd Johnson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law court-procedure due-process legal-challenge pauper pauper-petition pauper-status rule-10.6 sanctions standing statutory-provisions supervisory-power untimely-pay-sanction Whether the USCA denial of rehearing en banc constitutes a 90-day deadline for filing a certiorari in this case under S.C. Rule 13.3?
18-7469 David Valenzuela Arzate v. James Robertson, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process fair-trial gang-evidence insufficient-evidence judicial-review legal-interpretation statutory-provisions Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals abuse discretion or err in denying petitioner's certificate of appealability?
18-7462 William Anthony Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appeals-court-discretion appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-provisions court-discretion due-process finality finality-principle fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice judicial-discretion legal-finality mandate-recall miscarriage-of-justice recall-mandate statutory-provisions Whether the appeals court abused its discretion in denying petitioner's motion to recall mandate
18-7415 Anthony James Scott v. California California 2019-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law alcohol-regulation civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation local-ordinance preemption procedural-rules state-constitution statutory-provisions transportation-of-alcohol Whether an officer could have reasonably entertained a good faith belief that a local ordinance prohibiting the transportation of alcohol in public wa…
18-7321 Michael A. Young v. Carol Chapdelaine, Warden Second Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals certiorari civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct judicial-review legal-action standing statutory-provisions supreme-court Whether indigent petitioner's freestanding factual innocence showing is being constructively denied appointment of counsel on first and all other appe…
18-7288 Jamie Rozelle Harrison v. California California 2019-01-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent standing statutory-provisions takings Whether the differences raised in the opinions that need to be addressed in a higher court
18-6839 Billy A. Robin v. United States District of Columbia 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdiction opinions reasons-for-granting-the-writ standing statement-of-the-case statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
18-6442 Phillip T. Merritt v. Illinois Illinois 2018-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions discovery due-process jurisdiction reasons-for-granting-the-writ sanctions standing statement-of-the-case statutory-provisions Was it an abuse of sanction on behalf of the judge to refuse to seal the discovery papers?
18-6449 In Re Hakeem Sultaana 2018-10-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process extraordinary-writ extraordinary-writs federal-courts habeas-corpus mandamus relief-sought standing statutory-provisions Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the petitioner's extraordinary writ of mandamus and prohibition
18-6402 Elroy William Robinson v. California California 2018-10-24 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdiction qualified-immunity standing statutory-provisions Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of his civil rights and due process rights
18-6236 Thomas Lee Swan v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction reasons-for-granting-writ statement-of-case statutory-provisions Whether the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in deferring to the state court's conviction of the petitioner despite the petitioner's claims of due p…
18-6246 Michael Parnell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction property-rights reasons-for-granting-the-writ search-and-seizure standing statement-of-the-case statutory-provisions Whether the government's seizure of petitioner's property without a warrant or probable cause violated the Fourth Amendment's protection against unrea…
18-6144 Guadalupe Padilla v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-10-01 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-procedure-habeas-corpus-standing-due-process civil-rights constitutional-provisions district-court due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus legal-remedy petition standing statutory-provisions writ Whether the U.S. District Court has authority to order the clerk to not file any further pleadings in habeas corpus proceedings, where the order resul…
18-5803 Matthew James Dury v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction patent standing statutory-provisions takings Whether the lower court erred in its ruling on the issues presented
18-5724 Juan Concepcion v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-23 Denied IFP brown-vs-board case-statement civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-judgment due-process Equal-protection Gideon-v-wainwright gideon-vs-wainwright ineffective-counsel legal-petition Self-representation speedy-trial statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Whether the state's alleged ineffective counsel resulted in a denial of due process and equal protection
18-5582 Donald Lee Kissner v. Michigan Michigan 2018-08-14 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus introduction jurisdiction opinions-below standing state-court-review statement-of-the-case statutory-provisions Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated by the state court's failure to provide a reasoned decision on the merits of his claims
18-5520 James Morris Sellers v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act conclusion constitutional-provisions drug-offenses index prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court-precedent table-of-contents Whether the lower courts improperly subjected the petitioner to an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act by arbitrarily and irrational…
18-5370 Thomas Juresic v. Illinois Illinois 2018-07-26 Denied IFP civil-commitment custody due-process equal-protection liberty-interests null-and-void personal-jurisdiction sentencing-court statutory-provisions Does a civil commitment court have the constitutional authority to usurp custody and personal jurisdiction over a person prior to the expiration of th…
18-5344 Roger Wilson v. United States, et al. Third Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process government-accountability jurisdiction standing statutory-provisions Whether the district court erred in dismissing the lawsuit on the grounds that the petitioner lacked standing to challenge the government's actions
18-5216 Johnny Allen Martin v. Gregory McLaughlin, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-violation counsel-right criminal-appeal direct-appeal due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection ineffective-assistance statutory-provisions threshold-determination Does the petitioner have a nonwaivable constitutional right to (a) effective/conflict-free assistance of counsel on direct appeal from his or her conv…