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25-929 Joseph Sheely, et al. v. Harold R. Feezle, et al. Sixth Circuit 2026-02-06 Pending Response Waived 6th-circuit appeal-bond appellate-procedure due-process equal-protection statutory-rights Issue I: Whether a district court's imposition of an appeal bond for the express ed purpose of inhibiting appellants ' pursuit of their statutory righ…
24-6263 William S. Hurt, III v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2025-01-10 Denied IFP due-process exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment oklahoma-court-of-criminal-appeals post-conviction-dna statutory-rights Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals violated the petitioner's statutory rights under the Oklahoma Post-Conviction DNA testing statute and F…
23-938 Cynthia Wheeler, et al. v. Orange County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-28 Denied attorney-appearance civil-rights continuing-violation-doctrine emotional-distress intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress negligent-infliction-of-emotional-distress preemption statutory-rights tort tort-claims Whether the 'pure' form of 'Continuing Violation Doctrine' should apply to Civil Rights and Tort Claims of Intentional and Negligent Infliction of Emo…
23-679 Gene Rechtzigel v. Green Valley Development, LLP, et al. Minnesota 2023-12-22 Denied boundary-determination constitutional-rights due-process full-and-fair-trial judicial-procedure land-boundary property-rights statutory-interpretation statutory-rights Did the state courts deprive the petitioner of due-process, property-rights, constitutional-rights, statutory-rights, full-and-fair-trial, boundary-de…
23-6300 Richard Paiva v. Rhode Island Rhode Island 2023-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-protection due-process incarcerated-rights incarceration parole parole-eligibility sentence sentencing-procedure statutory-rights Are the protections of the 14th-Amendment-Due-Process-Clause triggered, when an incarcerated-person has a statutory-right-to-be-parole-eligible during…
23-513 Randy Smith, Sheriff, et al. v. Jerry Rogers, Jr. Fifth Circuit 2023-11-15 Denied Response Waived 42-U.S.C.-§-1983 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights discretionary-functions government-officials harlow-v-fitzgerald legal-doctrine qualified-immunity statutory-rights What does it mean for a statutory or constitutional right to be 'clearly established,' beyond debate for purposes of § 1983 qualified immunity?
23-192 Aisha Trimble v. Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-08-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights due-process federal-employment initial-appointment merit-promotion open-competition preference-eligible statutory-rights veterans-preference When a qualified preference eligible seeks initial appointment under an open competition announcement, does Congress allow federal agencies to deny an…
22-1153 Hector Mendez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-30 Denied Response Waived appellate-review constitutional-rights district-court due-process federal-prisoner habeas-corpus procedural-grounds right-to-hearing statutory-rights Does a district court deny a federal prisoner the constitutional or statutory right to be heard by misreading or ignoring the case files and records a…
22-7108 Andrew Ryan v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-03-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-4241d appellate-review competency competency-determination due-process incompetent-defendant statutory-rights timing-violations united-states-v-olano waiver Whether under United States v. Olano an incompetent defendant waives appellate review of his statutory and due process right to a timely resolution of…
22-738 Robert A. Mangine v. Shannon D. Withers, Warden Seventh Circuit 2023-02-07 Denied Relisted (2) 18-usc-3582 career-offender circuit-split habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice savings-clause sentence-reduction sentencing-error sentencing-errors statutory-rights Whether and under what circumstances relief is available under § 2255(e) for federal prisoners challenging errors in their sentences
22-6672 J. M. v. Oregon Department of Human Services Oregon 2023-02-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure covid-19-restrictions due-process parental-rights remote-proceedings statutory-rights technical-interference technical-issues termination-of-parental-rights video-trial parental-rights-termination
22-6028 John Alan Sakon v. James N. Sakonchick, et al. Connecticut 2022-11-08 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure court-settlement court-settlement-agreement due-process res-judicata statutory-interpretation statutory-rights subject-matter-jurisdiction Did Superior Court Judge Aurigemma err in not finding subject matter jurisdiction to enforce a Court Settlement Agreement
22-5307 Ronald C. Williams v. William Hutchings, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-08-08 Denied IFP civil-rights discriminatory-conduct fair-housing-act property-interests standing statutory-rights Whether the petitioner's statutory rights under the Fair Housing Act have been violated by the respondent's alleged discriminatory conduct in represen…
21-6950 Stephen Rosa v. New York New York 2022-01-25 Denied IFP case-law civil-rights constitutional-violation court-procedure criminal-procedure district-attorney due-process sentencing standing statutory-rights Was the court in violation for not following its own case laws?
20-8359 James Christopher Castle v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Ninth Circuit 2021-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-procedure judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation statutory-rights Whether the district court's order suspending jury trials due to the COVID-19 pandemic was valid
20-8276 Joel Barcelona v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment administrative-refusal civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference disability-accommodation due-process healthcare-access medical-needs medical-rights statutory-rights Whether the respondents acted with deliberate indifference when they refused to authorize payments for a hearing aid, a medically necessary device to …
20-8141 Paul Castonguay v. Nebraska Nebraska 2021-05-26 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights dna-testing due-process federal-constitution fifth-amendment post-conviction-relief sexual-assault state-constitution statutory-rights Whether the state courts erred and abused their discretion by depriving and denying the defendant of his statutory rights to DNA testing
20-1222 Julie Dalessio v. University of Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-03 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights comprehensive-remedial-scheme due-process judicial-review ninth-circuit remedial-scheme section-1983 statutory-interpretation statutory-rights Does a comprehensive remedial scheme for the enforcement of a statutory right under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) foreclose resort to a 42…
20-7029 Odell Kinard, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights continuance multi-defendant severance sixth-amendment speedy-trial statutory-rights trial-delay Does Petitioner sacrifice his Sixth Amendment and statutory rights to a speedy trial by the District Court's repeated denial of his motion to sever hi…
20-6629 Jane Doe v. Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-cases anonymity constitutional-rights court-cases disability-rights due-process government-defendant mental-illness name-redaction statutory-rights Should mentally ill individuals be automatically granted name redaction in administrative and court cases?
20-211 Barry Rosen v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-08-24 Denied Response Waived airspace-system civil-procedure due-process injury-in-fact national-airspace-system pro-se-litigant public-use-airport separation-of-powers standing statutory-rights Whether a federally certificated Pilot demonstrated injury-in-fact
20-3 Terry Balvin v. Rain and Hail, LLC Eighth Circuit 2020-07-09 Denied Response Waived administrative-review appraised-production arbitration arbitration-authority crop-insurance federal-crop-insurance federal-crop-insurance-act good-farming-practices policy-interpretation statutory-rights Whether a private arbitrator has authority to determine 'Good Farming Practices' in a federal crop insurance dispute
19-8729 Maurice Gilbert v. Isabel Barrios-Gilbert California 2020-06-17 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure due-process equal-protection family-law liberty notice notice-requirements statutory-rights subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether freedom from arbitrary adjudicative procedures is a substantive element of liberty under federal law for non-custodial parents
19-7730 Elizabeth Alexander v. Bloomingdale's, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2020-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discrimination hostile-work-environment human-rights maryland-law montgomery-county montgomery-county-md-code-of-human-rights racial-discrimination retaliation statutory-rights title-vii Whether the petitioner's statutory rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Montgomery County, MD Code of Human Rights were unla…
19-689 Mark Chapman, et al. v. ACE American Insurance Company Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied certification civil-procedure duty-to-defend insurance-coverage statutory-interpretation statutory-rights substance-abuse summary-judgment Whether the Eleventh Circuit abused its discretion by requiring allegations not contained in Chapter 397 and by denying petitioners' motion to certify…
19-6615 Jayvonne Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-rights appellate-rights appellate-waiver collateral-relief criminal-sentencing due-process involuntary-waiver judicial-integrity judicial-process plea-agreement plea-agreements statutory-entitlement statutory-rights Are broad waivers of appellate rights lawful and, if so, what are the limits on their validity and enforcement?
19-588 Lori Madden-Grammer v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office, et al. Colorado 2019-11-05 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure administrative-review colorado-revised-statutes due-process fourteenth-amendment medical-utilization-review property-interest statutory-rights workers-compensation Whether Colorado's Medical Utilization Review process deprives claimants of their statutorily-created property interest without due process
19-5513 Charles Head v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-appointed-attorney court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure defiance-of-request due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance legal-remedy petition-filing petition-for-certiorari right-to-counsel statutory-right statutory-rights timely-filing writ-of-certiorari What remedy is available for petitioner when court-appointed attorney failed to file timely petition for writ of certiorari in defiance of the petitio…
19-5013 Hugo Santana-Dones v. United States First Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-circuit-review intercept-standard necessity standard-of-review statutory-burden statutory-rights warrant-necessity wire-communications wiretap Whether the First Circuit's standard of review on the necessity of a warrant to intercept wire communications violates the defendant's constitutional …
18-9672 Jill Andras LeBlanc v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-rights appellate-waiver circuit-split criminal-sentencing due-process involuntary-waiver judicial-integrity judicial-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing-procedure statutory-rights Are broad waivers of appellate rights lawful and, if so, what are the limits on their validity and enforcement?
18-9580 Bobby Ray Devers v. Iowa Iowa 2019-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction post-conviction-procedure post-conviction-relief pro-se-claims procedural-due-process state-public-defender-system statutory-rights summary-judgment uniform-procedure Whether the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process are violated by the denial of participation in the statutory right to a uniform post …
18-1395 Fraternal Order of Police Chicago Lodge No. 7 v. Illinois Seventh Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure-intervention civil-rights consent-decree deception due-process intervention intervention-motion misrepresentation rule-24 statutory-rights timeliness timely-filing timely-intervention unrebutted-facts Whether a motion to intervene is timely when it is filed shortly after a would-be intervenor learns that the existing parties misrepresented that the …
18-9150 Peter Victor Ayika v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights constitutional-speedy-trial effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment speedy-trial-act statutory-rights statutory-speedy-trial whether a certificate of Appealability (COA) should issue to pursue the Sixth Amendment claim on appeal
18-8829 Leonid Djuga, aka Leonid Dzhuga v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-rights appellate-waiver circuit-split criminal-sentencing due-process involuntary-waiver judicial-integrity judicial-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining statutory-rights Are broad waivers of appellate rights lawful and, if so, what are the limits on their validity and enforcement?
18-8599 Antwon D. Jenkins v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail bail-reform-act due-process habeas-corpus liberty-interest post-verdict-bail resentencing sentencing stare-decisis statutory-right statutory-rights Does a petitioner have a statutory due process right to post-verdict bail and to be treated as a defendant being sentenced for the first time when his…
18-750 JTEKT Corporation v. GKN Automotive Ltd. Federal Circuit 2018-12-12 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) article-iii article-iii-standing estoppel injury-in-fact inter-partes-review patent patent-office-appeal patent-standing standing standing-article-iii-injury-in-fact-patent-office- statutory-interpretation statutory-rights Can the Federal Circuit refuse to hear an appeal by a petitioner from an adverse final decision in a Patent Office inter partes review on the basis of…