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25A912 Joshua Howard v. Anthony Meli, et al. Seventh Circuit 2026-02-13 Application 28-u.s.c.-§1746 extension-request filing-deadline prison-mailbox-rule pro-se supreme-court Question not identified.
25A910 Sara Boysen, et al. v. PeaceHealth, et al. Ninth Circuit 2026-02-12 Application certiorari due-process judicial-discretion procedural-rules supreme-court time-extension Question not identified.
25A883 Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2026-02-05 Application 11th-circuit extension-of-time no-objection petition-for-certiorari supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
25A878 Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Federico I. Lopez, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2026-02-04 Application 11th-circuit extension-of-time petition-for-certiorari procedural-relief supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
25A870 Ralph Peterson v. Sutter Medical Foundation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2026-02-03 Application en-banc-review health-limitations professional-obligations supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
25A851 Rashid El Malik v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2026-01-29 Application extension-of-time formatting-requirements petition pro-se rule-33.1 supreme-court Question not identified.
25A852 John De Light v. Laura De Light, et al. California 2026-01-29 Application docketing-fee extension-of-time filing-requirements in-forma-pauperis pro-se supreme-court Question not identified.
25A830 Eduardo Luciano v. United States Seventh Circuit 2026-01-21 Application certiorari legal-mail prison-resources pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a federal prisoner is entitled to an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari due to systemic deficiencies in prison legal resource…
25A831 Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-21 Application 11th-circuit extension-of-time petition-for-certiorari prejudice supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
25A832 Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Reynaldo Poveda, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-21 Application 11th-circuit extension-of-time petition-for-certiorari procedural-relief supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
25A836 Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-21 Application 11th-circuit petition-for-certiorari procedural-relief supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
25A808 In Re Esaias Joseph Menasi Eighth Circuit 2026-01-13 Application due-process evidence-tampering ex-parte-communication judicial-misconduct supreme-court witness-intimidation Whether the Minnesota Supreme Court's alleged ex parte actions and sealing of evidence constitute a violation of due process and judicial ethics warra…
25A811 Jane Doe, on behalf of M. F. v. Sylvia Trevino, Constable, Harris County Precinct Six, et al. Fifth Circuit 2026-01-13 Application extension-of-time petition-filing procedural-request rule-13.5 supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 13.5
25A813 Jason Tywann Bell v. J. C. Streeval, Warden Fourth Circuit 2026-01-13 Application counsel-preparation legal-research petition-filing supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court should grant a 60-day extension for filing a petition for a writ of certiorari based on counsel's need for additional time t…
25A814 Joshua White v. United States Sixth Circuit 2026-01-13 Application certiorari counsel-representation in-forma-pauperis procedural-extension sixth-circuit supreme-court Whether a criminal defendant is entitled to an extension of time to file a certiorari petition due to administrative challenges and potential breakdow…
25A776 Jerry Lee Flores v. Texas Texas 2026-01-05 Application in-forma-pauperis lock-down procedural-filing supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court will grant an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari in forma pauperis for an incarcerated petitioner f…
25A766 Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2026-01-02 Application certiorari extension-of-time litigation petition pro-se supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant's request for an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari should be granted based on the unique circumsta…
25A760 Robert Armendaris v. Arizona Arizona 2025-12-31 Application appellate-court certiorari deadline petition supreme-court time-extension Whether a state appellate court's published opinion triggers the statutory deadline for filing a petition for writ of certiorari under Supreme Court r…
25A753 Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Natasha Katherina Smith Florida 2025-12-30 Application 11th-circuit extension-of-time petition-for-certiorari prejudice supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari when the petitioner has multiple pending cases a…
25A754 Martez Abram v. Mississippi Mississippi 2025-12-30 Application appellate-review constitutional-rights direct-appeal indigent-defendant mississippi-supreme-court supreme-court Whether the Mississippi Supreme Court's denial of a direct appeal violated the petitioner's constitutional right to meaningful appellate review
25A739 Triumph Foods, LLC, et al. v. Andrea J. Campbell, Attorney General of Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit 2025-12-23 Application appellate-procedure certiorari extension-of-time first-circuit supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether a 60-day extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari is appropriate under Supreme Court procedural rules
25-710 Erin Uciechowski v. DEA Products, Inc. Pennsylvania 2025-12-18 Pending appellate-procedure due-process legal-review pennsylvania-law petition-for-appeal supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania erred in denying the Petitioner's Petition for Allowance of Appeal and whether the Pennsylvania appellate co…
25A681 Matthew Lee Sepulveda v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-10 Application appellate-review certiorari criminal-sentence legal-procedure supreme-court time-extension Whether a federal court may grant an extension of time to file a certiorari petition based on the length of a criminal defendant's sentence
25A665 Unified Life Insurance Company v. United States Fire Insurance Company Fifth Circuit 2025-12-08 Application certiorari legal-filing petition procedural-relief supreme-court time-extension Whether the Supreme Court will grant an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari beyond the standard deadline
25A667 Nicole Pileggi v. Washington Newspaper Publishing Company, LLC District of Columbia 2025-12-08 Application certiorari court-of-appeals petition procedural-rules supreme-court time-extension Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under Supreme Court procedural rules
25A646 Albert Whitney Coburn v. Lara Brooke Seefeldt Washington 2025-12-03 Application constitutional-issues indigent legal-extension petition-for-certiorari pro-se supreme-court Whether a pro se, indigent litigant is entitled to an extension of time to file a Supreme Court petition for writ of certiorari based on the complexit…
25A639 Stanley Donald v. Carol Micci, et al. Massachusetts 2025-12-02 Application appellate-review certiorari legal-assistance pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se litigant can obtain an extension of time to file a writ of certiorari due to difficulties in obtaining legal assistance during holida…
25A609 Aita Gurung v. Vermont Vermont 2025-11-24 Application certiorari constitutional-review criminal-case judicial-review state-court supreme-court Whether a state supreme court's decision in a criminal case warrants review by the U.S. Supreme Court under principles of federal constitutional revie…
25A604 Joseph Heid v. Mark Rutkoski, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-21 Application financial-hardship indigency petition-for-certiorari pro-se-litigant supreme-court time-extension Whether an indigent prisoner seeking Supreme Court review may be granted an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari based on finan…
25A584 Dylan Gregory Kerstetter v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-18 Application certiorari criminal-procedure deadline-extension jurisdictional-requirements petition-timing supreme-court Whether a criminal defendant may obtain an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari beyond the standard 90-day deadline and under what extr…
25A579 Christopher J. Rahaim v. Bruce Bartlett, Individually and in His Official Capacity as State Attorney for the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-17 Application certiorari judicial-procedure page-limits pro-se supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se litigant may seek an extraordinary extension of page limits for a certiorari petition beyond the standard rules of Supreme Court proc…
25A573 Shane Stevens v. Colorado Colorado 2025-11-14 Application certiorari docket-fee extension-of-time pro-se rule-33.1 supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court will grant a procedural extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari under Rule 33.1
25A548 Daniel Liberatore v. Nevada Employment Security Division, et al. Nevada 2025-11-12 Application cares-act certiorari federal-jurisdiction pua supreme-court unemployment Whether the federal courts have jurisdiction to review a state court's interpretation of the CARES Act and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) prog…
25A550 Daniel Liberatore v. Nevada Employment Security Division, et al. Nevada 2025-11-12 Application cares-act certiorari emergency-relief federal-jurisdiction pua supreme-court Whether the federal courts have jurisdiction to review a state court's interpretation of the CARES Act and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) prog…
25A551 Michael Liberatore v. Nevada Employment Security Division, et al. Nevada 2025-11-12 Application cares-act certiorari federal-jurisdiction pua supreme-court unemployment-benefits Whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review a state court decision involving federal CARES Act unemployment benefits under the Pandemic Unemp…
25A517 Bobby Dale Simmons v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-11-05 Application certiorari criminal-sentence federal-public-defender supreme-court tenth-circuit time-extension Whether the Tenth Circuit's affirmance of a criminal sentence warrants Supreme Court review due to counsel's professional scheduling constraints
25-5988 Huong Thi Nguyen v. Corporation of Catholic Archbishop, et al. Federal Circuit 2025-10-29 Denied IFP attorney-fees claims-management court-procedure judicial-misconduct jurisdictional-dispute supreme-court Question not identified.
25A481 Steven J. Hecke v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-10-28 Application constitutional-rights criminal-procedure death-penalty extension-of-time supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court's ruling in Sockwell v. Hamm improperly applied constitutional protections in a criminal proceeding
25A479 Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2025-10-27 Application appellate-procedure eleventh-circuit extension-of-time petition-for-certiorari pro-se-litigant supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari given multiple pending cases and no opposition from resp…
25A475 Aubrey C. Trail v. Nebraska Nebraska 2025-10-24 Application certiorari death-penalty eighth-circuit habeas-corpus post-conviction supreme-court Whether the state of Nebraska provides an adequate post-conviction process for death row inmates consistent with federal constitutional standards
25A454 Stanley Kappell Watson v. Shenekka Bradsher, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-21 Application certiorari eleventh-circuit pro-bono supreme-court time-extension writ-petition Whether a pro bono counsel's personal scheduling constraints constitute good cause for a 60-day extension of time to file a petition for a writ of cer…
25A412 Jamaur Lewis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-10 Presumed Complete certiorari legal-preparation petition-filing professional-obligations supreme-court time-extension Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari based on counsel's professional obligations an…
25-5846 Elwood Lewis Thomas v. Virginia Virginia 2025-10-09 Denied IFP appellate-review due-deference legal-issues miranda-waiver standard-of-review supreme-court What is the correct standard of review on appeal for a court reviewing a finding that a Miranda waiver is voluntary?
25A405 Joshua Corbin Granger v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-08 Presumed Complete certiorari circuit-splits federal-defender legal-complexity supreme-court time-extension Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari due to the complexity of the underlying case and…
25A409 Will McRaney v. The North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2025-10-08 Presumed Complete certiorari circuit-split federal-courts jurisdiction statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court should grant certiorari to resolve a circuit split regarding the proper interpretation of a federal statute or constitutiona…
25-5730 Michael Dean Ross v. Arizona Arizona 2025-09-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-liberties constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment legal-interpretation supreme-court Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protects an individual's rights as interpreted by the Supreme Court
25A307 Rahul Chaturvedi v. Siddharth Siddharth Massachusetts 2025-09-17 Presumed Complete court-rules judicial-discretion procedural-deadline supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court will grant an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari beyond the standard deadline
25A297 Brent E. Webster v. Redwood Holdings, LLC, dba Wedgewood Inc. Oregon 2025-09-16 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure court-of-appeals pro-se supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se litigant's request for a 60-day extension to file a petition for writ of certiorari should be granted based on the complexity of the …
25A303 G. G. v. Allegheny County Office of Children, Youth and Families Pennsylvania 2025-09-16 Presumed Complete allocatur certiorari petition-extension procedural-review supreme-court time-limitation Whether a state supreme court's denial of allocatur precludes or impacts a petitioner's ability to seek certiorari review in the U.S. Supreme Court
25A296 C. Holmes, aka Cynthia Elaine Collie v. James Kevin Holmes South Carolina 2025-09-15 Presumed Complete certiorari family-matter procedural-relief substantial-rights supreme-court time-extension Whether the Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari based on extraordinary personal circumstances
25A279 Ayyakkannu Manivannan v. Department of Energy, et al. Third Circuit 2025-09-10 Presumed Complete certiorari circuit-court petition pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se litigant may obtain an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari beyond standard deadlines for personal and health …
25A255 James Webb Hunter v. S. F. California 2025-09-03 Presumed Complete appellate-review certiorari jurisdictional-deadline state-court supreme-court time-extension Whether a state appellate court's decision, when followed by a state supreme court's denial of review, constitutes a final judgment for purposes of Su…
25A256 Lujan Claimants v. Boy Scouts of America, et al. Third Circuit 2025-09-03 Presumed Complete certiorari jurisdiction precedential-opinion supreme-court third-circuit time-extension Whether the Third Circuit's denial of rehearing in a precedential opinion warrants extraordinary relief from the Supreme Court to extend the time for …
25A251 Erika Mabes, Individually and on Behalf of L. M., J. R. M., and J. A. M., Minor Children, et al. v. Shannon Thompson, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-09-02 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure legal-filing summary-judgment supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether a summary judgment record exceeding 3,800 pages warrants an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari
25A235 Anjelica R. James v. Terrence V. Sharkey, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-08-28 Presumed Complete certiorari due-process judicial-immunity parental-rights pro-se supreme-court Whether judicial immunity can be challenged when fundamental due process and parental rights are allegedly violated by lower court actions
25A222 Anthony Wayne March v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-26 Presumed Complete extension-of-time federal-prisoner judicial-review motion-filing pro-se supreme-court Whether a federal prisoner's pro se motion for an extension of time to file a Supreme Court petition constitutes a cognizable legal claim warranting j…
25A183 Pamela McKenzie v. Walgreens Texas 2025-08-14 Presumed Complete appellate-jurisdiction certiorari petition supreme-court texas-supreme-court time-extension Whether a state supreme court's ruling warrants Supreme Court review under principles of appellate jurisdiction and certiorari discretion
25A170 Andrew E. Roth v. Austin Russell, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-08-08 Presumed Complete counsel-of-record procedural-ruling second-circuit supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether the Second Circuit's procedural ruling warrants Supreme Court review for potential legal error in extending time to file a petition for a writ…
25A140 Michael Salazar v. Paramount Global, dba 247Sports Sixth Circuit 2025-08-04 Presumed Complete certiorari judicial-procedure petition sixth-circuit supreme-court time-extension Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under 28 U.S.C. § 2101(c)
25A107 Mark H. Wilson v. Florida Florida 2025-07-25 Presumed Complete certiorari ineffective-assistance legal-complexity pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether the Florida Supreme Court's decision warrants review by the U.S. Supreme Court given the pro se petitioner's claims of ineffective assistance …
25A85 Joshua Omar Garcia v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-07-22 Presumed Complete certiorari criminal-sentence extension-of-time federal-public-defender supreme-court tenth-circuit Question not identified.
25A39 Kevin Michael Jones v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security Administration Fourth Circuit 2025-07-10 Presumed Complete administrative-law certiorari jurisdiction pro-se social-security supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review a pro se litigant's multi-jurisdictional social security case involving alleged procedural errors…
25A33 Raymond Poore v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-07-08 Presumed Complete appellate-review certiorari filing-deadline judicial-procedure supreme-court time-extension Whether a federal appellate court's judgment can be challenged through a petition for writ of certiorari after the standard filing deadline
24A1293 Bart Wade Reagor v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-30 Presumed Complete fifth-circuit jurisdiction petition supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari in a Fifth Circuit case
24A1173 Bryant Buckhanan v. Illinois Illinois 2025-05-30 Presumed Complete appellate-review final-judgment habeas-corpus petition-for-leave state-court supreme-court Whether a state supreme court's denial of a petition for leave to appeal constitutes a final judgment for purposes of federal habeas corpus review
24A1137 Braun Thompson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-05-22 Presumed Complete due-process first-amendment legal-mail mailbox-rule prisoner-rights supreme-court Whether the First Amendment protects a prisoner's right to timely and unimpeded legal mail communication with courts and legal counsel
24-7223 Torrence Belcher v. Ron Neal, Warden Seventh Circuit 2025-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP corruption discrimination judicial-system justice prejudice supreme-court Question not identified.
24-7080 Rolondo Stewart v. Keith Cooley, Warden Fifth Circuit 2025-04-28 Denied IFP constitutional-violations due-process federal-petition habeas-corpus state-custody supreme-court Whether a federal habeas petition filed by a state prisoner raises constitutional violations under 28 U.S.C. § 2254
24A914 Raymond H. Pierson, III v. Phyliss M. Rushing California 2025-03-25 Presumed Complete appellate-relief certiorari judicial-procedure pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se litigant's request for a sixty-day extension to file a petition for writ of certiorari meets the legal standards for extraordinary re…
24-6535 Christopher Vitti v. Kevin Brian Jones, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP district-court equitable-remedy statute-extension subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court tort-claim Did the ninth district court error in finding that there's no equitable remedy to make an extension of statute, and can the Supreme Court under 28 U.S…
24A743 Joseph Lee Conley v. Arizona Arizona 2025-01-29 Presumed Complete appellate-review certiorari extension-of-time federal-question jurisdiction supreme-court Whether the Arizona Court of Appeals' decision denying relief to the petitioner raises a substantial federal question warranting Supreme Court review
24A693 Estate of Te’Juan Johnson v. Amanda Rakes, Administrator of the Estate of Amylyn Slaymaker and Next Friend to the Minor Children G. C. and M. C. Seventh Circuit 2025-01-15 Presumed Complete deadline-extension petition-extension qualified-immunity substantive-due-process supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari in a case involving substantive due process an…
24A686 Ruel M. Hamilton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-13 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari extension-of-time fifth-circuit judicial-discretion supreme-court Whether the Fifth Circuit correctly applied the standard for granting or denying a motion for extension of time to file a petition for certiorari
24-708 Zafar Iqbal v. BPOA Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine, et al. Third Circuit 2025-01-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appeal circuit-court jurisdictional-statute medicaid preclusion supreme-court Can the 34 Circuit Court and DCWPA overrule jurisdictional statute of limitations set by US Supreme Court?
24A662 Nazir Khan v. Artivion, Inc. Federal Circuit 2025-01-03 Presumed Complete appeal-denial certiorari extension-of-time federal-circuit pro-se supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant's request for an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari should be granted when multiple federal circuit…
24A651 Jared Wade Hinman v. Illinois Illinois 2024-12-31 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure prison-mailing pro-se supreme-court time-limitation writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se petitioner's motion for leave to file a writ of certiorari can be timely preserved when mailed through the prison mailing system and …
24A614 Wanda L. Edwards v. South Dakota South Dakota 2024-12-20 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights criminal-conviction due-process sentencing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether a state supreme court's criminal conviction and sentencing decision violates a defendant's constitutional due process rights
24-6175 Alfred A. Johnson, Sr. v. Bryant Palmer, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-12-19 Denied IFP constitutional-provisions judicial-review legal-petition supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24A598 Robert E. Carter v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-12-18 Presumed Complete emergency-relief habeas-corpus prisoner-rights pro-se stay-of-proceedings supreme-court Whether a pro se prisoner's emergency application for a stay of proceedings satisfies the legal standard for extraordinary relief pending potential Su…
24A557 Prabhjot Kaur Kang v. Western Governors University Ninth Circuit 2024-12-09 Presumed Complete certiorari jurisdiction ninth-circuit pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se litigant's employment constraints and need for additional research time constitute sufficient grounds for an extension of time to fil…
24-6078 Michael Andrew Peterson v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2024-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions extraordinary-circumstances jurisdiction legal-opinion petition supreme-court Question not identified.
24A548 Jana Shepherd v. Helen Painter & Co., et al. Texas 2024-12-05 Presumed Complete emergency-motion extension-of-time hardship-exception pro-se procedural-relief supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant's emergency motion for an extension of time due to personal hardship meets the legal standard for extraordinary relief from …
24A543 Sergio Garcia Fernandez v. Michael Phillip Jagger, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-12-04 Presumed Complete filing-deadline legal-procedure procedural-relief supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether a petitioner may obtain an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari without demonstrating extraordinary circumstances
24-6053 Torrence Belcher v. Ron Neal, Warden Seventh Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-provisions jurisdictional-issue legal-petition statutory-interpretation supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24-6054 Joshua Matthew Stockton v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-12-02 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure court-interpretation legal-standards procedural-challenge supreme-court Whether the Arkansas Supreme Court improperly applied legal standards in reviewing a lower court's decision regarding a civil matter involving procedu…
24A530 DeWayne Lee Waldrup v. Texas Texas 2024-12-02 Presumed Complete certiorari extension-of-time filing-deadline habeas-corpus judicial-discretion supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari despite previous missed filing deadlines
24A524 Pamela S. Julian v. Dhurata Ametaj, et al. Massachusetts 2024-11-27 Presumed Complete certiorari extension-of-time health-challenges legal-assistance pro-se supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant's request for an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari should be granted based on the need for legal a…
24A477 James R. Turner, III v. Edward Rapp Second Circuit 2024-11-13 Presumed Complete in-forma-pauperis mental-health petition pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se plaintiff suffering from mental health conditions can obtain an extension of time to file a Supreme Court petition for writ of certio…
24-5900 Michael Scales v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP legal-document petition supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24A431 Ronnie L. Thums v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2024-10-31 Presumed Complete certiorari motion-for-reconsideration pro-se supreme-court time-tolling writ Whether a pro se prisoner's motion for reconsideration tolls the time for filing a petition for writ of certiorari when the state supreme court has de…
24A401 Xengxai Yang v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-10-24 Presumed Complete certiorari jurisdiction legal-standard seventh-circuit supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Seventh Circuit's decision in Yang v. United States improperly interpreted a critical legal standard or constitutional principle in the un…
24-5708 Andrew Ocanas Garza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certiorari constitutional-provisions jurisdictional-issues legal-petition supreme-court Question not identified.
24A246 Samuel Lee Jones, Jr. v. Michael Wheeler Fifth Circuit 2024-09-09 Presumed Complete certiorari civil-rights legal-representation pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se litigant is entitled to a 30-day extension to file a petition for writ of certiorari when facing challenges in obtaining legal repres…
24-5356 Floyd Preston Miller, III v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari constitutional-law judicial-review legal-procedure petition supreme-court Question not identified.
24-5307 Phillip Lee Kelley v. Kevin Stitt, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-08-13 Denied IFP constitutional-provisions jurisdictional-issue legal-petition procedural-review supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24-5299 Festus Okwudili Ohan v. Zion, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-12 Dismissed IFP constitutional-provisions jurisdictional-statement legal-petition supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
24A148 Jane Doe v. East Lyme Board of Education Second Circuit 2024-08-08 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari litigation pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se litigant's personal and professional circumstances constitute sufficient grounds for an extraordinary extension of time to file a pet…
24A153 Arthur Lopez v. Superior Court of California, Orange County, et al. California 2024-08-08 Presumed Complete appellate-review california-courts final-judgment habeas-corpus petition-for-review supreme-court Whether the California Supreme Court's denial of a petition for review constitutes a final judgment that triggers federal habeas corpus review
24-5255 Benjamin Burciaga-Herrera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
24-5258 Lance James Talbot v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-08-07 GVR IFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-firearms-law gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(c)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, both facially and as applied to Mr. Talbot, in light of New York State R…
24-5223 Michael Domonic Sales v. Tennessee Tennessee 2024-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-issue court-record due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-petition related-cases standing supreme-court takings Question not identified
24-5205 Carmen A. Zammiello v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2024-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus procedural-error supreme-court Question not identified.
24-5200 Victor Tavares v. Rhode Island Rhode Island 2024-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process indictment jurisdiction legal-jurisdiction petition sixth-amendment supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Does the case violate the Sixth Amendment Clause of the U.S. Constitution?
24-5182 Kevin Fahrni v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Fifth Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied IFP certiorari civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-procedure mandamus petition standing supreme-court Question not identified
24A103 Akmal Narzikulov v. United States Second Circuit 2024-07-29 Presumed Complete certiorari constitutional-rights jurisdiction rule-13 supreme-court time-extension Whether a criminal defendant's constitutional rights are violated when a district court denies a motion to extend time to file a petition for writ of …
24A75 Vernell White v. California California 2024-07-22 Presumed Complete court-access legal-resources prisoner-rights pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se prisoner can obtain an extension of time to file a Supreme Court petition due to limited access to legal research resources
24-5110 Cristobal Castillo-Velasquez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion legal-precedent precedent-overruling sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
24-5033 Jose Domingo Carranza-Rubio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion legal-precedent precedent-overruling sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
24A21 H.C. v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, et al. California 2024-07-09 Presumed Complete equitable-tolling filing-deadline medical-disability pro-se procedural-rules supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant's physical disability and medical challenges can constitute good cause for equitable tolling of procedural filing deadlines …
24A23 Carlos A. Alonso Cano, et al. v. 245 C&C, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-09 Presumed Complete civil-procedure eleventh-circuit legal-standard stay-of-proceedings supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Eleventh Circuit's decision conflicts with established Supreme Court precedent regarding the standard for granting a stay of proceedings i…
24-5003 In Re Alfred Lane-Bey 2024-07-03 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process federal-courts human-rights indigenous-rights international-law judicial-review legal-petition standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
23-7843 Luis Alfredo Nanez-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent precedent precedent-overruling sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-7790 Marco Cadejuste v. Florida Florida 2024-06-28 Denied IFP case-review certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure discovery-violations due-process free-speech judicial-process legal-petition standing supreme-court Question not identified
23-7820 Samuel Windham, Jr. v. California California 2024-06-27 Denied IFP certiorari confession-testimony conviction-vacation counsel-ineffective court-filing due-process judicial-review legal-document legislative-digest petition supreme-court trial-testimony Question not identified
23A1161 Ryan Galal VanDyck v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-06-26 Presumed Complete certiorari legal-resources prisoner-rights pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se prisoner's inability to access legal resources due to prison facility restrictions constitutes an extraordinary circumstance justifyi…
23A1157 Alicia Marie Richards v. Richard A. Marshack, Chapter 7 Trustee, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-06-25 Presumed Complete access-to-courts constitutional-rights petition-for-certiorari pro-se-litigant procedural-barriers supreme-court Whether the First and Fourteenth Amendments protect a pro se litigant's right to meaningful access to the Supreme Court and timely filing of a petitio…
23-1330 Michael Stern, et ux. v. Mark Mcdonald Washington 2024-06-21 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction certiorari constitutional-review due-process equal-protection federalism judicial-procedure judicial-review state-courts supreme-court Did the Supreme Court of Washington's order to deny review violate the United States Constitution?
23A1125 John Ross Stenberg v. Don Langford, Warden Tenth Circuit 2024-06-20 Presumed Complete legal-resources prisoner-litigation pro-se supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se prisoner's limited access to legal resources and lack of counsel constitutes good cause for an extension of time to file a petition f…
23A1126 Sir Mario Owens v. Colorado Colorado 2024-06-20 Presumed Complete counsel-obligations legal-filing petition-for-certiorari professional-responsibilities supreme-court time-extension Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari due to counsel's professional and personal responsibilit…
23A1128 Dean Terry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-06-20 Presumed Complete certiorari federal-defender petition procedural-relief supreme-court time-extension Whether a federal public defender's application for an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari meets the legal standards for extraordinary…
23A1113 Brandan C. Bellamy v. Officer Houghton, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-06-14 Presumed Complete certiorari in-forma-pauperis judicial-assistance pro-se procedural-barriers supreme-court Whether pro se litigants facing procedural barriers in federal court can obtain equitable relief and guidance when attempting to file a Supreme Court …
23-7701 Robin Jones v. Angela Reaves, Warden, et al. Georgia 2024-06-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal certificate-of-appealability certiorari civil-rights court-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction legal-review petition supreme-court Whether the federal courts should address the Strickland Assistance of Trial Counsel claims are moot due to the claims being stayed, whether dismissin…
23-7675 Darren Deon Johnson v. Michigan Michigan 2024-06-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech jurisdiction standing constitutional-law judicial-review legal-procedure statutory-interpretation supreme-court Question not identified
23-7561 Charles Hyde v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence standing supreme-court Whether the Appellate Court erred in denying Hype's petition for a writ of certiorari
23-7568 Malek Lassiter v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-conviction criminal-procedure federal-statute section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court united-states-v-taylor Whether The Court Of Appeals Erred By Holding Lassiter's Convictions Under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) On Counts 25 And 28 Remain Lawful After United States v.…
23A1051 Joseph Roach v. Amy Robey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-05-24 Presumed Complete incarceration legal-access pro-se supreme-court time-extension writ-filing Whether a pro se incarcerated litigant's limited access to legal resources constitutes good cause for an extension of time to file a Supreme Court wri…
23A1052 Richard E. Glossip v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-05-24 Presumed Complete certiorari criminal-appeals death-penalty eighth-amendment execution supreme-court Whether the Eighth Amendment permits the execution of a death row inmate who challenges the constitutionality of the state's method of execution
23A1045 Daniel Taylor v. Unit Manager Santos, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-05-23 Presumed Complete due-process filing-deadline legal-mail procedural-challenges supreme-court time-extension Whether the Court will grant an extension of time for filing a legal document given apparent procedural challenges and potential due process concerns
23-7505 Daniel Lynn Goering-Runyan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment judicial-review legal-petition parole procedural-document sentencing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supervised Release Statute/probation for life violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment for misdemeanor …
23A1025 Vivendi S.E., et al. v. EPAC Technologies Ltd. New York 2024-05-17 Presumed Complete appellate-review certiorari final-judgment jurisdiction state-court supreme-court Whether a state appellate court's denial of leave to appeal constitutes a final judgment for purposes of Supreme Court certiorari jurisdiction
23-7495 In Re Grace Woodham 2024-05-16 Denied IFP administrative-law certiorari civil-rights court-procedure deliberate-indifference due-process judicial-review legal-petition standing summary-judgment supreme-court Whether the New Hampshire Supreme Court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims on summary judgment despite findings of fact indicating the state …
23-7475 Steve Podkulski v. Illinois Illinois 2024-05-15 Denied IFP 4th-amendment cell-phone-data civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction legal-document petition privacy search-and-seizure supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the government's warrantless seizure and search of a person's cell phone data violates the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable …
23-7473 Cody Ray Leveke, aka Cody Meyer, aka Cody Ray Meyers v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-law due-process first-amendment free-speech jury-instructions subjective-intent supreme-court supreme-court-precedent threat-standard Whether jury instructions based on Elonis v. United States (2015) sufficiently encompass the requirement of 'subjective intent to threaten,' as articu…
23A1003 Jarius Brown v. Javarrea Pouncy, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-10 Presumed Complete certiorari constitutional-rights extension judicial-discretion petition supreme-court Whether the lower court's decision improperly restricts constitutional rights or judicial discretion in a manner warranting Supreme Court review
23-7383 Kenric Ledbetter, et al. v. Religious Practice Committee, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process filing-fees legal-document petition prison-litigation-reform-act standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Prison Litigation Reform Act requires per-plaintiff filing fees in a multi-plaintiff lawsuit
23A981 Alberta Rose Jones v. Donald David Jones Oklahoma 2024-05-03 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure jurisdictional-timeliness motion-to-strike procedural-rules supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether a state supreme court can dismiss a petition for writ of certiorari as untimely under procedural rules without addressing the underlying merit…
23A973 Marc Pierre Hall, aka Marc Valeriano v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-05-01 Presumed Complete appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-rules petition-for-certiorari supreme-court time-extension Whether a criminal defendant's request for an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari constitutes a substantive legal challenge to the und…
23A971 John Garland, et al. v. New York City Fire Department, et al. Second Circuit 2024-04-30 Presumed Complete certiorari court-procedure legal-counsel petition-filing supreme-court time-extension Whether a court may grant an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari based on counsel retention challenges and limited organizational reso…
23A968 Gazul Producciones SL Unipersonal v. Sheddf2-FL5 LLC Florida 2024-04-30 Presumed Complete certiorari counsel-of-record legal-research procedural-relief supreme-court time-extension Whether a single attorney representing a party may be granted a 30-day extension to file a petition for certiorari based on scheduling conflicts and r…
23A954 Frederick Ware-Newsome v. Southern Management Companies, LLC Maryland 2024-04-23 Presumed Complete extension-request medical-procedure personal-hardship pro-se supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se litigant can obtain a 60-day extension for filing a petition for writ of certiorari based on personal hardship and medical procedures
23-7275 Charles Gary Singletary, III v. Terrie Wallace, Warden Fourth Circuit 2024-04-19 Denied IFP cell-phone-data constitutional-provisions due-process fourth-amendment jurisdiction legal-procedure privacy search-and-seizure standing supreme-court writ Whether the government's warrantless seizure and search of a person's cell phone data violates the Fourth Amendment
23A942 Angelia and Kelvin Smith v. Snug Owner, LLC Texas 2024-04-19 Presumed Complete covid-19 eviction jurisdiction pro-se supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether a state court's judgment regarding potential eviction during the COVID-19 pandemic violates due process rights of pro se litigants
23A931 Vernon Fiehler v. T. Anthony Mecklenburg, et al. Alaska 2024-04-17 Presumed Complete appellate-review certiorari federal-law jurisdiction state-court supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court of Alaska improperly exercised jurisdiction over a dispute involving federal law when determining the underlying case
23A911 George Leslie Vontress v. Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-11 Presumed Complete indigent legal-research pro-se supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether an indigent pro se litigant is entitled to an extension of time to file a writ of certiorari due to limited access to legal research resources
23-7173 John Lee Barlow v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach criminal-law felony-classification georgia-law mens-rea recklessness sentencing sentencing-guidelines supreme-court Whether the Court of Appeals erred in categorically ruling that Mr. Barlow's two 2013 counts of conviction for Georgia aggravated assault constituted …
23A898 Russell Davis v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-04-09 Presumed Complete certiorari criminal-appeal petition-filing pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a criminal defendant's pro se application for an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari should be granted when the underlying app…
23A860 Jeffrey Batio v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-03-25 Presumed Complete appointed-counsel certiorari criminal-justice-act petition-requirements seventh-circuit supreme-court Whether the Criminal Justice Act requires appointed appellate counsel to file a certiorari petition when counsel determines there are reasonable groun…
23-7011 Irina Collier v. Superior Court of California, Contra Costa County, et al. California 2024-03-18 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process free-speech jurisdiction legal-document petition standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Writ of Writ of Certiorari has been properly granted to speak on the topics of public interest at mandatory gag order of the year for US f…
23-6974 Bartolo Damaso-Sixtos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-overruling precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-6976 Juan Cabrera v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-03-13 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure custody eighth-circuit howes-test miranda-custody miranda-rights ninth-circuit supreme-court tenth-circuit terry-stop Whether courts must apply the second step of Howes to determine if a person is 'in custody' for Miranda purposes
23A834 Raymond Pierson v. Northern California Collection Service, Inc. California 2024-03-11 Presumed Complete appellate-review certiorari legal-filing pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se litigant's competing legal demands and resource constraints constitute good cause for an extension of time to file a petition for cer…
23-6930 Anthony Brian Williamson v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2024-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review legal-claim standing supreme-court Whether Supreme Court precedent demands review of this claim where the lower court did not grant the writ of certiorari?
23-978 Loan Phuong v. Cong Van Nguyen Virginia 2024-03-07 Denied 6th-amendment bias due-process impartiality judicial-bias legal-procedure prejudice sixth-amendment supreme-court virginia-law virginia-supreme-court Whether the Virginia Supreme Court's decision caused the Petitioner to suffer damages when it refused to rehear her case against the Respondent in vio…
23A827 Dalvon Curry, aka Dale, aka Dalo v. United States Second Circuit 2024-03-07 Presumed Complete certiorari criminal-appeal en-banc pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se criminal appellant is entitled to an extension of time to file a writ of certiorari when denied en banc review and experiencing limit…
23-6883 Shawn David McMinn v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-03-01 Denied IFP certiorari constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction guilty-plea indian-law judicial-review post-conviction preemption supreme-court Whether Oklahoma violated its own law in an effort to deny a Petitioner his right to due process of law pertinent to the post-conviction proceedings
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
23-6875 Aaron Obeginski v. Glenn Johnson Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitution court-procedure due-process federal-law filing-requirements legal-document official-immunity petition sovereign-immunity supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the petitioners' claims of sovereign immunity and official immunity should be recognized, despite the petitioners' alleged violations of feder…
23-6817 Israel Santiago-Lugo v. United States First Circuit 2024-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-rules-criminal-procedure first-circuit judicial-quorum nguyen-v-us notice-of-appeal standing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether the First Circuit's Judgment was a valid decision by a quorum
23A759 Warren Chen, et al. v. Razberi Techologies, Inc., et al. Texas 2024-02-20 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari court-of-appeals supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether the Texas Court of Appeals improperly applied procedural rules in a manner that prejudiced the applicants' right to seek Supreme Court review
23A760 Bruce Wayne Harp v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-02-20 Presumed Complete court-procedure legal-access petition-forms pro-se supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se petitioner can obtain Supreme Court petition forms when unable to access them through standard channels
23-6766 Zavian Munize Jordan v. Chris Newman, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP binding-authority due-process lower-court precedent standard-of-review supreme-court Can a lower Court Use a different Standard other than the precedent Setting Standards from this Court?
23A751 Samuel D. Isaly v. Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC, et al. Second Circuit 2024-02-15 Presumed Complete certiorari judicial-procedure petition second-circuit supreme-court time-extension Whether the Supreme Court should grant a 60-day extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari beyond the standard 90-day period
23A748 Carlos Jackson v. Dickinson Wright PLLC, et al. Nevada 2024-02-14 Presumed Complete attorney-error certiorari extension-of-time legal-deadline pro-se-litigant supreme-court Whether equitable tolling of the certiorari deadline is appropriate when an attorney provides incorrect deadline information to a pro se litigant
23-6714 Ramon Umberto Cortez-Rodriguez, aka Ramon Humberto Cortez-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-appeal judicial-review jury-trial precedent-overruling sentencing Supreme-Court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23A730 Darron Henderson v. United States Third Circuit 2024-02-07 Presumed Complete appellate-work extension-of-time federal-defender good-cause supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the federal defender's supervisory responsibilities and pending appellate work constitute good cause for a 30-day extension to file a petition…
23A735 Noel West Lane, III v. Matthew Curtis Witt, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-02-07 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari medical-hardship pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se litigant's medical condition and surgical recovery constitute sufficient grounds for an extraordinary extension of time to file a pet…
23A723 Rufus Young v. Florida Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-05 Presumed Complete certification legal-document prisoner-filing pro-se service-of-process supreme-court Whether a pro se prisoner's handwritten legal filing meets the technical requirements for proper service and filing with the U.S. Supreme Court
23A717 Call-A-Head Portable Toilets, Inc., et al. v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, et al. New York 2024-02-02 Presumed Complete counsel-delay covid-extension legal-filing procedural-relief supreme-court time-extension Whether COVID-related disruptions constitute good cause for an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari
23A708 Brad Johnson v. PennyMac Loan Services, LLC North Carolina 2024-02-01 Presumed Complete academic-duties extension-of-time legal-filing petition-for-certiorari professional-obligations supreme-court Whether a tenured university professor may be granted an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari due to professional academic re…
23-6612 Cornelius R. Caple v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP borden-precedent career-offender case-law criminal-law due-process jackson-case sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether the Lower Court's erred in declaring the Petitioner a career offender
23-6614 Kathy Allen v. Arthur Allen, et al. North Carolina 2024-01-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process estate-litigation motion-to-dismiss standing state-law supreme-court Whether NCCOA and NCSC improperly denied appellant's motions and orders, and whether the orders violate constitutional rights and state appellate rule…
23-6625 Wayne Frazer v. Bakery & Drivers Local 550, et al. Second Circuit 2024-01-30 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process freedom-of-information government-transparency jurisdiction legal-review procedural-rules public-records standing supreme-court writ Whether the summary plea descriptor that police mailed to the petitioner was false
23-6574 Deirdre Baker v. JEA Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-document petition standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
23A691 Ryan Morrison v. Alvaro Ramos, in His Individual and Official Capacity, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-25 Presumed Complete certiorari court-of-appeals extension petition supreme-court time-limit Whether the Court of Appeals correctly applied the standard for granting an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari
23-6563 Justin Taylor v. Tim Hooper, Warden Louisiana 2024-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure due-process jurisdiction legal-standing procedural-challenge remand standing state-court supreme-court void-proceedings Whether the lower court must investigate and resolve jurisdiction if raised by a party
23A678 Jerome Yelder v. Department of Labor, Administrative Review Board Sixth Circuit 2024-01-23 Presumed Complete covid-19 decision-order extraordinary-relief judicial-proceedings pro-se supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant's lack of original decision order documentation due to COVID-19 circumstances constitutes grounds for extraordinary relief o…
23-6489 Robert E. Harrison v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence evidence-admissibility intent-knowledge prior-bad-acts prior-conviction propensity-evidence rule-404(b) rule-404b statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether prior gun possession convictions are admissible under Rule 404(b) to prove knowing or intentional gun possession on a later date
23-772 David Andrew Bardes v. George W. Bush, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-challenge due-process federal-dismissal judicial-procedure pro-se standing supreme-court Why does the Constitution, or laws of any kind, not apply to George Walker BUSH or 'his associates? Why has the Constitution failed? Why does the Supr…
23-6465 Lewis Slaughter v. New York New York 2024-01-12 Denied IFP appellate-review certiorari civil-procedure due-process judicial-process legal-petition notice opportunity-to-be-heard property-seizure supreme-court takings Whether the petitioners' due process rights were violated by the government's failure to provide adequate notice and opportunity to be heard before se…
23A649 Alphonza L.P. Thomas-Bey v. John Stine Fourth Circuit 2024-01-12 Presumed Complete court-rules document-preparation filing-challenges legal-assistance pro-se supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court will provide relief to a pro se litigant facing procedural challenges in document preparation and filing for a Supreme Court…
23-6458 Mario Astudillo-Herrera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-trial legal-precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-6462 Arthur Harris v. New Rez, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-11 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction legal-procedure patent separation-of-powers standing supreme-court takings writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court's decision against the petitioner is unconstitutional and a violation of the United States Constitution
23A633 Sean P. Gaskin, et al. v. Stephen May, et al. District of Columbia 2024-01-09 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure procedural-relief supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari
23A622 Kari Lake, et al. v. Adrian Fontes, Arizona Secretary of State, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-05 Presumed Complete filing-deadline procedural-relief supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari
23A623 Yan Ping Xu v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2024-01-05 Presumed Complete certiorari legal-access pro-se senior-citizen supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se senior citizen petitioner should be granted an extraordinary extension of time to file a Supreme Court petition for writ of certiorar…
23-6389 Michael Lavern Boyd v. Lay, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process legal-provisions medical-care petition prison supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the denial of access to medical supplies that are necessary to avoid severe pain and suffering violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on …
23-6368 In Re Damion Hardy 2023-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction legal-document petition standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the United States government's actions against the petitioner are lawful
23-6346 Walter Freeman Jordan, III v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeal habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-petition sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's denial of Petitioner's motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C…
23-6286 Kyle Maurice Parks v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process petition-for-writ-of-certiorari standing supreme-court Whether the legal issues leading to the denial of a petition for writ of certiorari were properly considered by the court
23A556 Clifton Capital Group, LLC v. Bradley Sharp Ninth Circuit 2023-12-15 Presumed Complete certiorari court-of-appeals petition procedural-rules supreme-court time-extension Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari under the Court's procedural rules
23-6245 Donato Lopez-Arellano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-precedent constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23A528 Raymond H. Pierson, III v. CSAA Insurance Services, Inc., et al. California 2023-12-12 Presumed Complete appellate-relief certiorari judicial-procedure pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se litigant's request for a sixty-day extension to file a petition for writ of certiorari meets the legal standards for extraordinary re…
23A529 Ranito Allen v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-12-12 Presumed Complete certiorari professional-obligations statutory-interpretation supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether a federal inmate may obtain an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari based on limited communication opportunities and …
23A520 Andrew U. D. Straw v. Indiana Indiana 2023-12-07 Presumed Complete attorney-discipline constitutional-rights due-process law-license supreme-court takings-clause Whether the Takings Clause permits compensation when a state supreme court suspends a law license without good cause or due process
23-6172 DeKorrie K. Bell v. Birmingham Board of Education Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process legal-document petition property-rights standing supreme-court takings writ-of-certiorari Whether the government's seizure of a person's property without providing any pre-deprivation notice or opportunity to be heard violates the Due Proce…
23A506 Michael J. Harvey v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services Eighth Circuit 2023-12-05 Presumed Complete extension-request filing-deadline legal-obstacles pro-se supreme-court technological-barriers Whether a pro se litigant's technological challenges, personal circumstances, and time constraints constitute sufficient grounds for an extraordinary …
23-6124 Moses Estrada v. Superior Court of California, San Bernardino County, et al. California 2023-11-28 Denied IFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction juvenile-court legal-procedure standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Can the California Supreme Court deny en banc review of a petition for writ of certiorari that seeks to have a juvenile court's order recognized?
23A457 Leslie Willis v. Dolores Willis Third Circuit 2023-11-21 Presumed Complete certiorari extension-of-time jurisdiction mandamus petition supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court will grant an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari under extraordinary circumstances
23-6030 Gregory P. Burleson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP confession corroborating-evidence defense-of-others excessive-force federal-law law-enforcement reasonable-doubt self-defense supreme-court Is a citizen entitled to act in self-defense or defense of others against law-enforcement-officers if he has a reasonable-belief that there is an immi…
23-5989 In Re Kevin McKenna 2023-11-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP case-history civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection free-speech judicial-review legal-petition standing supreme-court voting-rights Should this Court find that the First Amendment prohibits the government from interfering with a person's right to vote or 'adel vsti o liberally ares…
23A413 JDH Pacific, Inc. v. Precision-Hayes International, Inc. Texas 2023-11-08 Presumed Complete counsel-of-record family-hardship legal-practice petition-for-certiorari supreme-court time-extension Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari based on personal family circumstances
23A409 Jeffery Wooden v. Town of Eatonville, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-07 Presumed Complete counsel deadline financial-hardship pro-se supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether a criminal defendant's financial hardship constitutes good cause for an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari
23A407 Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al. v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services District of Columbia 2023-11-06 Presumed Complete certiorari counsel-availability federal-courts procedural-rules supreme-court time-extension Whether federal courts may grant extensions of time to file petitions for certiorari beyond the standard 90-day period when counsel faces scheduling c…
23A401 R. Allen Stanford v. Ralph S. Janvey, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-11-03 Presumed Complete certiorari extraordinary-relief pro-se procedural-rules supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se petitioner's request for an extension of time to file a certiorari petition constitutes a legally cognizable claim for extraordinary …
23-5917 Salvador Diaz-Diaz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent precedent-overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23A388 Quaysean Tikii Williams v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-10-30 Presumed Complete counsel-diligence deadline-extension petition-preparation supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether a criminal defendant may seek an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari when counsel has not been diligent in preparing…
23A381 Terrence Thomas v. Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-26 Presumed Complete certiorari extension-of-time prisoner pro-se procedural-rules supreme-court Whether a pro se prisoner's application for an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari should be granted under Supreme Court procedural ru…
23A370 Harold W. Clarke v. Berman Justus, Jr. Fourth Circuit 2023-10-24 Presumed Complete certiorari counsel-scheduling extension-of-time habeas-litigation legal-obligations supreme-court Whether a criminal defendant's counsel can obtain an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari based on competing professional obligations
23-5860 John Carl Ferrell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP boykin-v-alabama constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review plea-bargaining sentencing supreme-court voluntary-plea Does a decision by the Supreme Court, after a plea is entered but before sentencing, present sufficient cause to consider if the plea was entered know…
23-5845 In Re Kennedy Wright 2023-10-20 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction sentencing supreme-court Whether the lower court or district court violated the defendant's constitutional rights under due process of the laws
23-5839 Cesar Humberto Valencia-Terrazas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion legal-precedent precedent-overruling sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-5777 Iker Fabricio Mendez-Alfaro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure legal-standard precedent-overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-5722 Armando Orozco-Calderon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-274 William Felkner v. John Nazarian, et al. Rhode Island 2023-09-21 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights clearly-established-law first-amendment free-speech legal-standard policy qualified-immunity section-1983 supreme-court Whether the judge-made 'clearly established law' qualified immunity standard should be abolished or limited
23-5635 William Raymond Carter v. Illinois Illinois 2023-09-21 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process evidence free-speech jurisdiction legal-procedure standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the petitioner's constitutional and statutory rights were violated
23-5621 Amado Alvarez-Alvarado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-interpretation precedent precedent-overruling sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-5589 Sara Elyas v. Edward Johnston, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied IFP 28-usc-1257 certiorari civil-procedure federal-appeals federal-jurisdiction judicial-review judiciary-act-1789 jurisdiction standing state-court-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review the decision of the state court under 28 U.S.C. 1257(4)
23-5516 Angela Jane Johnson, et al. v. Victoria Fire and Casualty Company Sixth Circuit 2023-09-05 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process judicial-process legal-review petition public-trial right-to-counsel sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial applies to a criminal defendant's sentencing hearing
23-5466 Toddell Alexander v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment non-physical-harm prisoner-treatment sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether Ohio's Domestic Violence Statute is categorically a violent felony in light of Samuel Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015)
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
23-5450 Hermenegildo Garcia-Gutierrez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-5426 Christopher Robertson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-robbery constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act jury-instructions misstatement-of-law residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether a defendant can be convicted of a 924(c) offense if the defendant was convicted of attempted Hobbs Act robbery
23-5436 Christopher J. Barnett v. David Guten, District Judge, District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-08-24 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-petition self-representation supreme-court timeliness writ-of-certiorari Does Bo Pep have a right to access the court for fee waiver?
23-5384 Wayne Lee Johnson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review attorney-withdrawal civil-procedure court-discretion due-process judicial-process legal-petition merits-review procedural-issue supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court should have allowed counsel to withdraw from petitioner's appeal, knowing the petitioner had issues of merit for an appeal on …
23-5392 Angelo Joseph Fernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law domestic-violence mens-rea prior-conviction recklessness sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court Does the petitioner's prior conviction for corporal injury to a spouse or cohabitant under California Penal Code § 273.5(a) qualify as a crime of viol…
23-5354 D'Ann S. McCoy v. Boureima Ouedraogo Pennsylvania 2023-08-15 Denied IFP chief-clerk clerk-authority court-administration eastern-district-of-pennsylvania judicial-authority judicial-duties judicial-ethics legal-procedure procedural-irregularity separation-of-powers supreme-court Is it lawful for a chief clerk of the Supreme Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to act and perform judicial duties as a judge such as sign…
23-5355 Johnny Lee Warren v. Chris Nanos, Sheriff, Pima County, Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-15 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdictional-issue legal-petition procedural-review standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Did the district court err in dismissing the petitioner's claims under the Due Process Clause of the 5th Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of …
23-5301 Mack A. West, Jr. v. F. Ulloa, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Did the federal courts of appeals err in rejecting petitioner's claims of due process and equal protection violations?
23-5249 Ryan David Green v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment appellate-review certiorari-request civil-rights court-filing death-penalty due-process legal-petition mental-health solitary-confinement supreme-court Whether the conditions of confinement and treatment of a death-row inmate violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment
23-5235 Hector Lares-Nunez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-precedent certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-overruling precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-5179 Arnes Becirovic v. Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2023-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals-court certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-circuit federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court writ Whether the court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
23-5181 Rudy Alexander Ventura-Recinos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres case-precedent criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial legal-standard sentencing Supreme-Court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-5118 In Re Dustin Ray Braddock 2023-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court due-process expert-testimony jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct structural-error subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court trial-error Whether a dual-role jury instruction is required when law enforcement officers testify as both expert and percipient witnesses
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
23-5103 Brandon Tate v. Louisiana Louisiana 2023-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights court-transfer due-process federal-supremacy jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge procedural-challenge remand standing supreme-court Whether the lower court's jurisdiction must be investigated and resolved if raised by a petitioning party
23-5031 Marc Anthony Hill v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP advance-knowledge apprendi-precedent circuit-court-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process essential-elements fifth-amendment four-corner-rule jury-findings sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Is Apprendi v. New Jersey still good law?
23-5012 Matthew Nix v. United States Second Circuit 2023-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation juror-misconduct jury-misconduct jury-selection mcdonnell-test mcdonongh-test supreme-court Whether the multiple interpretations of McDonough's two prong test requires this Court to grant certiorari to provide clarity and avoid disparate resu…
22-7896 Marcelino Mendoza-Najera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-precedent constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7899 Enrique Lopez-Cristobal v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit legal-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-1240 Nicolas Tashman v. Advance Auto Parts, Inc. Eighth Circuit 2023-06-27 Denied circuit-split civil-rights employment employment-discrimination respondeat-superior statutory-interpretation supreme-court tortious-acts Whether general common law principles of respondeat superior apply to hold an employer liable for an employee's tortious acts under 42 U.S.C. § 1981
22-7863 Osvaldo Castelan-Saucedo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres case-precedent court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jury-trial legal-review sentencing Sixth-Amendment supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7866 Frank A. Walls v. Florida Florida 2023-06-26 Denied IFP due-process eighth-amendment federal-authorization finality-of-mandate intellectual-disability mandate-reversal retroactivity supreme-court Must-Hall-v.-Florida-be-applied-retroactively
22-7854 Edgar Ivan Armenta-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres case-law-review certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-overruling sentencing Supreme-Court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7741 Rudy Alvarez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-06-09 Denied Amici (1)IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility fifth-amendment law-enforcement-procedure miranda-warning miranda-warnings police-interrogation self-incrimination supreme-court When determining whether statements made after a midstream Miranda warning are admissible, do courts consider the warning's objective effectiveness or…
22-7650 Nolan Washington v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in its interpretation of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)(1)
22-7423 Gilberto Marquez-Calzadilla v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-01 Denied IFP Almendarez-Torres case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge sentencing Supreme-Court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7260 Luis Alberto Escobedo-Duenas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-12 Denied IFP almendarez-torres-precedent certiorari constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review overrule sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7218 Jaime Tomas-Antonio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-05 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit legal-precedent precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-965 Heewon Lee v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. First Circuit 2023-04-05 Denied Response Waived appeals-court civil-procedure claim-requirements district-court legal-precedent legal-precedents res-judicata rico rico-claim supreme-court Validity of Res Judicata application to RICO claim
22-7207 Ignacio Martinez-Saucedo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-04 Denied IFP case-review court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure legal-precedent overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7166 Anthony H. Warnick v. Steven Harpe, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2023-03-31 Denied IFP aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act civil-procedure due-process judicial-precedent jurisdictional-challenge subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court tenth-circuit Can subject matter jurisdiction be raised at any time?
22-7056 Alexander Cameron v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2023-03-21 Dismissed IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law due-process false-evidence free-speech judicial-procedure standing supreme-court takings writ-of-certiorari Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the dismissal of his appeal based on the state court's erroneous application of the 'n…
22-6894 Hiking Dupre v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari civil-procedure concepcion-case due-process federal-courts fifth-circuit judicial-review jurisdiction precedent remand supreme-court Whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the Fifth Circuit's judgment, and remand for reconsideration in light of this Court's recent decisi…
22-797 Marquay Quamaine Sheppard v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-02-22 Denied Response Waived appeal circuit-court-precedent criminal-appeal criminal-procedure district-court due-process fourth-circuit precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-decisions Did the Fourth Circuit err by dismissing the Petitioner's appeal and affirming the 188 month sentence imposed by the trial court, inasmuch as this dec…
22-6804 Joseph Mark Williams, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-procedure appellate-procedure civil-procedure criminal-statute due-process legal-timeline minor-protection motion-to-withdraw standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the 90 days under 28 U.S.C. § 1254 and Supreme Court Rule 13 applies to an order granting a motion to withdraw an appeal
22-6744 Michael Lee Gordon v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-procedure sixth-circuit standing supreme-court whether the Sixth Circuit Court erred in dismissing petitioner's motion as second/successive under 28 USC 2255
22-6750 Pascual Agustin-Basilio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-procedure sentencing sixth-amendment stare-decisis supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-6756 Wissam Taysir Hammoud v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-murder civil-rights crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process ninth-circuit-interpretation physical-force sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court united-states-v-taylor Whether, in light of this Court's recent decision in United States v. Taylor, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A)'s 'crime of violence' definition excludes attem…
22-6730 Pabeel Narvaez-Gomez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-08 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court 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…
22-6708 Arturo Villalobos-Franco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-6697 Ervin Harris v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence aggravated-assault borden-precedent borden-v-united-states criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process forcible-assault sentencing-review supreme-court Whether Petitioner is actually innocent of his aggravated and forcible assault offense, in light of Borden v. United States, 141 S. Ct. 1817 (2021)?
22-6589 In Re Moses Jackson 2023-01-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction article-iii constitutional-review due-process federal-question judicial-power jurisdiction standing state-court-discretion supreme-court supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the judicial power of the United States under Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution extends to the issues raised in this case
22-6317 Normando Eligio Esquivel-Ontiveros v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-jurisdiction constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit legal-precedent precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-6308 Alberto Mendoza-Espinoza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure legal-precedent overrule sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-6309 Uriel Mora-Mendez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-jurisdiction constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jury-trial legal-precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-6278 Daniel Patrick Degoto v. William S. Bohrer, Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-proceedings due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-challenge legal-representation lower-court-decision prison-conditions standing supreme-court Whether the courts have properly considered the legal issues and procedures involved in DEETO cases, including illegal detention, conviction, and exte…
22-6129 Artak Ovsepian v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-11-23 GVR Relisted (2)IFP certiorari criminal-procedure dubin-case due-process habeas-corpus ninth-circuit petition-for-writ remand supreme-court supreme-court-procedure vacatur Whether this Court should hold this petition and then grant, vacate, and remand for reconsideration in light of the pending opinion in Dubin v. United…
22-5950 Antonio Ramirez-Juan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres-v-United-States Apprendi-v-New-Jersey court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jury-trial legal-review sentencing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-5868 Chad Alan Cappiello v. Texas Texas 2022-10-19 Denied IFP certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-ruling standing state-court statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the state courts are at liberty to review determinations of motions for unredactedness, or by asserting a timely filing, as an state due proce…
22-5706 Lynn Z. Smith v. Andrea Dobin, et al. Third Circuit 2022-09-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-court-corruption civil-rights constitutional-rights docket-fraud due-process federal-judiciary judicial-misconduct mandamus mandamus-petition standing supreme-court Should SCOTUS handle corruption-in-circuits cases separately?
22-5618 Ronald J. Brooking v. Prince George's County, Maryland Maryland 2022-09-20 Denied Relisted (3)IFP circuit-court civil-procedure court-order due-process judicial-review legal-error maryland-law maryland-rules motion-to-dismiss relief-denial standing supreme-court Did the Circuit Court err when it denied the Petitioner's motion to dismiss under the Maryland Rules of Civil Procedure?
22-5629 Saul Williams v. South Carolina South Carolina 2022-09-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing supreme-court Question not identified
22-5606 Jesus Guadalupe Amparano-Torres v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-precedent constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review legal-challenge sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-5597 Bernardino Adrian Venzor-Ortega v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-procedure legal-precedent overrule sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-5525 Terron Gerhard Dizzley v. Melvin Garrett Fourth Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 accrual appellate-review civil-rights district-court federal-courts federal-law section-1983 statute-of-limitations supreme-court Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit's affirmance of the District Court's order that state law determines the time of acc…
22-5511 Edmundo Portillo-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court 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…
22-5445 Ereby Lujan-Madrid v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-challenge precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-5447 Christopher Schneider v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. California 2022-08-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-case civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction legal-proceedings petition standing supreme-court takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
22-5407 In Re James R. Austin 2022-08-19 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-precedent miscarriage-of-justice procedural-mechanism rule-60b-motion standing supreme-court supreme-court-holding Whether the Supreme Court's holding in Gonzalez v. Crosby controls and must be followed by respondents
22-5389 Antonio Molina-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-case criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit legal-review precedent recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-143 Jada Ku v. Great Falls Public Library Montana 2022-08-15 Denied Response Waived accommodation civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process legal-representation mental-disability public-library supreme-court Can the Great Falls Public Library discriminate against me because of my mental disability?
22-5349 Leopoldo Pacheco-Apodaca v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-5353 Ricardo Salazar-Munoz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-challenge precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-5059 Rodolfo Oliva-Santos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing statutory-interpretation Supreme-Court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-5003 Ernesto Villalobos-Marquez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-challenge precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-5004 Eduardo Pena-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-5005 Gerardo Olvera-Vitela v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent overrule sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-8227 Jose Fernando Ochoa-Fabian v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-8167 Xue Jie He, et al. v. United States, et al. Third Circuit 2022-06-17 Denied IFP 28-usc-1251 article-three civil-procedure constitution federal-jurisdiction original-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction state-sovereignty supreme-court Whether this Court has original jurisdiction over this action and personal jurisdiction over the parties pursuant to Article II Section 2. of the Cons…
21-8149 Jesus Rodriguez-Castro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres constitutional-law criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-circuit overruling-precedent rodriguez-castro statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent united-states writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-8031 Michael G. Peters v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-06-02 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure due-process jurisdiction standing supreme-court Whether the federal courts have jurisdiction to review the merits of a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States
21-8015 Jeffrey Kinzle v. Eric Jackson Ninth Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure court-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-reasoning state-courts statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether a federal court may 'look through' to review the decision of an inferior court when the high court offers additional reasoning
21-7933 John Armstrong, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-20 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP case-determination civil-rights criminal-adjudication criminal-procedure due-process legal-interpretation recidivism-calculation sentencing sentencing-containment statutory-interpretation supreme-court violent-offense Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
21-7915 Amado Rodriguez-Navarrete v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit precedent-review recidivism sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7905 Marc Anthony Sanders v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-05-18 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure ex-post-facto jurisdictional-conflict non-retroactivity oklahoma-court state-court-decisions subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court tenth-circuit Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals' use of a new non-retroactivity doctrine to deny Petitioner's subject-matter jurisdiction claim is vali…
21-7894 Dana Albrecht v. Katherine Albrecht New Hampshire 2022-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP domestic-violence due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment objective-standards orders-of-protection protective-order supreme-court Whether the Due Process or Equal Protection Clause require objective standards for the issuance or extension of a domestic violence order of protectio…
21-7895 Antoine Mayes v. United States Second Circuit 2022-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis Whether it was error for the Second Circuit to deny Mayes the right to file an appeal or collaterally attack his conviction in light of the Supreme Co…
21-7885 Charles Deon Ladd v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-05-16 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech mcgirt-case oklahoma-jurisdiction procedural-rule retroactivity standing substantive-rule supreme-court takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their First Amendment rights
21-7861 Omar S. Folk v. Bureau of Prisons, et al. Third Circuit 2022-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP abeyance case-holding certiorari circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-tort-claims-act legal-abeyance procedural-review standing supreme-court Whether the Pending Supreme Court Case Egbert v. Boule, Case No. 21-147(Cert. Granted Nov. 5, 2021) Should be Held In Abeyance until outcome
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
21-7721 Juan Francisco Cruz-Mora v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres certiorari constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7638 Carlos Jimenez v. United States First Circuit 2022-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defendant criminal-law drug-offenses drug-quantity mandatory-minimums mens-rea scienter sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the government can subject a criminal defendant to the escalating mandatory minimums and maximums under 18 U.S.C. § 841(b), without proving th…
21-7622 Alejandro Medina-Rios v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7612 Jose Luis Aldaba-Roman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jury-trial sentencing Supreme-Court writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7513 Jonathan Carvalho v. Steven Kenneway, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Shirley First Circuit 2022-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa-deference antiterrorism-effective-death-penalty-act arbitrary-decisions constitutional-reliability due-process judicial-discretion legal-standard lower-courts supreme-court trial-court-procedure Does the Supreme Court's leeway and the Antiterrorism Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) deference for lower courts to determine due process violatio…
21-7291 Bonifacio Eduardo Trujillo-Gutierrez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres certiorari constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7258 Fernando Contreras-Rojas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres certiorari constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing Supreme-Court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7240 Robert Carr, Jr. v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2022-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeal court-of-appeals due-process judicial-review legal-standard standing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Did the lower courts erroneously employ the wrong legal standard?
21-1184 Joyce D. Hutton, et al. v. Hyundai Motor America, et al. Mississippi 2022-02-28 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-verdict standard-of-review state-court-review supreme-court trial-court Did the Mississippi Supreme Court violate the due process rights of the Petitioners under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United S…
21-7174 Inocencio Gamboa-Rivera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-precedent constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit legal-review sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7147 Sergio Alberto Arzate-Gameroz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-precedent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review overrule sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7149 Pedro Romero-Sandoval v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres case-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jury-trial legal-precedent sentencing Supreme-Court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7102 Elmer Josue Rivas-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court 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…
21-7011 Jabari J. Johnson v. Kathleen McGuire, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-01-31 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation district-court due-process judicial-review jurisdiction ninth-circuit standing supreme-court takings Whether the District Court erred in dismissing Plaintiff's claims
21-7002 Jeffrey Charles Wren v. Rosemary Ndoh, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition civil-procedure civil-rights court-filing due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review legal-document pleadings scotus-petition standing supreme-court Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
21-6905 Ramon Diaz-Quintana v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-01-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-trial legal-precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-6887 Sergio Rodriguez-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge sentencing Supreme-Court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-6875 Dontaie Anderson v. Kyle Russell, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2022-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection evidence judicial-procedure sentencing supreme-court Whether the governments need to secure court appearance outweigh the security of person from severe harms, mental and physical, due process and punish…
21-6732 Julio Cesar Cardenas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP castro-v-united-states civil-rights due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus mandates nonfrivolous-claims notice-and-opportunity procedural-rule slack-v-mcdaniel supreme-court supreme-court-mandate Has the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals effectively established a procedural rule to efface, abridge, or abrogate the Supreme Court's mandate(s), notic…
21-6666 Jabari J. Johnson v. James Johnson, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-12-21 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge court-of-appeals district-court due-process legal-review military-service standing supreme-court Was the district court's discretion regarding issue A erroneous?
21-6636 Leroy Fears v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2021-12-16 Denied IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-review death-penalty due-process homophobia judicial-impartiality judicial-misconduct partiality racism religious-bigotry supreme-court Was Due Process Violated when A State Supreme Court Justice Showed Partiality
21-6610 Cody Allen Bruner v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2021-12-14 Denied IFP criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process final-judgment finality-of-judgments habeas-corpus mcgirt oklahoma retroactivity statutory-interpretation supreme-court tribal-jurisdiction Whether MeGict v. Dklchema 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020) applies retroactively to convictions that were final when MeGict was announced
21-6572 Jose Luis Ramos-Ramos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-6582 Genaro Alberto Nunez-Ugarte v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres case-precedent criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial legal-challenge sentencing Supreme-Court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-846 John Montenegro Cruz v. Arizona Arizona 2021-12-07 Judgment Issued Amici (9)Relisted (2) capital-punishment collateral-review due-process federal-law parole-ineligibility retroactivity state-court-decisions supreme-court Whether the rule in Simmons v. South Carolina, as applied in Lynch v. Arizona, must be applied retroactively to cases pending on collateral review
21-847 Jonathan Ian Burns v. Arizona Arizona 2021-12-07 Judgment Issued Relisted (3) capital-punishment collateral-review due-process federal-law parole-ineligibility retroactivity supreme-court Whether this Court's decision in Lynch applied a settled rule of federal law that must be applied to cases pending on collateral review in Arizona
21-6496 Christopher Wood v. Florida Florida 2021-12-02 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights confidential-information due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction petition-for-writ-of-certiorari post-conviction pro-se standing supreme-court Did The Supreme Court Violate The 14th, 5th and Other Amendments To The United States Constitution as well as Clearly Established Federal Law when it …
21-6457 Ervin Anibar Lopez-Ordonez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent 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…
21-6124 Saul Contreras-Roman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-624 Brian D. Swanson v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-28 Denied Response Waived 11th-circuit circuit-court commissioner direct-tax frivolous income-tax internal-revenue supreme-court supreme-court-precedent tax taxable-income May the Commissioner of Internal Revenue collect a uniform direct tax on Petitioner's taxable income?
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
21-6079 Austin Brand v. Oregon Oregon 2021-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP art-canon civil-rights due-process judicial-bias judicial-procedure mandamus mandamus-order oregon-law pro-se standing supreme-court Is the maxim advised to the Oregon Supreme Courts mandamus order pre-discretionary to disposition concerning a judicial body's bias and awe inspiring …
21-538 Dennis Reagle, Warden v. Roderick V. Lewis Seventh Circuit 2021-10-13 Denied aedpa circuit-court federal-law habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel penson-v-ohio sentencing strickland-v-washington supreme-court united-states-v-cronic Did the Seventh Circuit misapply 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in holding that the failure to apply Cronic violated 'clearly established Federal law, as determined…
21-5948 In Re Henryk S. Borecki 2021-10-13 Denied IFP citizen-privilege civil-rights constitutional-rights domestic-travel due-process freedom-of-movement habeas-corpus jury-trial standard-of-review supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether the final and conclusive determination of the right of a United States citizen to his unfettered privilege of domestic travel shall be determi…
21-5758 Bobby Martin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-vagueness conviction-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-law harmless-error statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) that was obtained in reliance on the unconstitutionally vague residual clause may be sustained bas…
21-5699 Al-Kareem Rasool-Rachmaan Collier v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-09-17 Denied IFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated during the criminal proceedings against him
21-5709 Miguel Gonzalez v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2021-09-17 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-error legal-precedent mccoy-v-louisiana retroactivity supreme-court supreme-court-interpretation Did the Supreme Court, Superior Court and trial Court commit reversible error in their holdings regarding the retroactivity and creation of a new cons…
21-5560 Gary Lamar Henry v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-09-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-law pinkerton-liability sentencing supreme-court violent-crimes Whether Pinkerton liability applies to 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) violations
21-5402 Ronald E. West v. United States District of Columbia 2021-08-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-issue criminal-procedure due-process election-dispute election-procedure judicial-review legal-challenge recidivism rehabilitation sentencing supreme-court Whether the lower court erred in not considering the defendant's 30-year-old prior offenses, the COVID-19 emergency amendment, the defendant's 20-year…
21-5355 Jung Won Yun v. Chung Cha Kim, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-12 Denied IFP civil-rights covid-19 due-process fee-waiver language-barriers legal-documents litigation pro-se standing supreme-court translation Whether the COVID-19 pandemic and economic conditions justify an exception to the normal rules for filing a petition for writ of certiorari
21-5281 Steven Burda v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Pennsylvania 2021-08-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review certiorari civil-procedure due-process evidence judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure lower-court standing supreme-court Did the Supreme Court err by not allowing exhibits to be included?
21-5172 Mayra Vanessa Gandara Escarcega v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-procedure sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-5174 Domingo Cruz-Miguel v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent recidivism sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-5183 Robert McMillian v. United States District of Columbia 2021-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-evidence california criminal-procedure district-of-columbia due-process evidence-suppression judicial-conflict prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court Whether the opinion of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals concerning the withholding of material Brady evidence is inconsistent with opinions f…
21-5133 Michael Skillern v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari coa criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit geders-rule geders-v-united-states habeas-corpus right-to-counsel supreme-court trial-recess Does the Eleventh Circuit's rule in Crutchfield v. Wainwright abrogate or modify the Supreme Court decision in Geders v. United States, and if not, is…
21-5123 Terence L. Thomas v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-process civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari What is the due process for appealing a denial of a writ of certiorari?
21-47 Khai Quang Bui v. Abdul Alshaer Virginia 2021-07-13 Denied Response Waived causes-of-action civil-procedure claim-preclusion issue-preclusion judicial-review legal-procedure question-not-identified res-judicata standing supreme-court Whether separate and distinct causes of action overrule res-judicata
21-5072 Roque Saenz-Quintela v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-5017 Angel Mondragon Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-06 GVR IFP aggravated-felony borden-decision certiorari crime-of-violence criminal-law immigration mens-rea sentencing statutory-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below and remand for further consideration in light of this Court's recent decision in …
20-1827 Gregory Shawn Mercer v. Virginia Virginia 2021-07-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection guarantee-clause judicial-review standing state-courts supreme-court Whether the Circuit Court of Fairfax County erred in captioning the final order as 'Commonwealth of Virginia versus Petitioner' when the lower court d…
20-8447 Vinicio Jesus Garcia v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-06-30 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-remedy habeas-corpus jurisdictional-distinction procedural-bar standing state-court supreme-court supreme-court-authority Can a government agency circumvent the authority of the Supreme Court of the United States to create an impediment leading to a procedural bar of a §2…
20-8386 Cheddie Lamar Griffin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure davis-precedent due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus johnson-rule sentencing statutory-interpretation successive-petition supreme-court Whether the circuit panel's decision affirming the denial of the authorized successive 2255 petition was erroneous
20-8352 David Alexandre v. United States First Circuit 2021-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment circuit-split criminal-activity criminal-procedure fourth-amendment nexus-requirement probable-cause search-warrant supreme-court Did the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit erroneously hold the government was not required to establish probable cause to the belie…
20-8325 Francisco Javier Bermudez-Chavez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-8320 James E. Nottingham v. Laurel Harry, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, et al. Third Circuit 2021-06-15 Denied IFP civil-procedure due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the respondents lack of jurisdiction should result in the petition for writ of certiorari being granted
20-1718 Samuel H. Sloan v. Maria Childress, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-06-11 Denied Response Waived child-custody interstate-custody judicial-immunity judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction new-york parental-rights religious-freedom supreme-court third-parties virginia Where may a family court take jurisdiction over a child custody case
20-8260 Earton Smith v. John Schuyler Marvin Fifth Circuit 2021-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari civil-rights constitutional-challenge court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review prisoner-rights state-court-procedure supreme-court Whether Louisiana's post-conviction procedure violates due process
20-8229 Martin Reiner v. John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, et al. District of Columbia 2021-06-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process hazel-atlas-glass-co-vs-hartford-empire-co integrity-of-american-jurisprudence joint-anti-fascist-refugee-committee-vs-mcgrath judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice procedural-due-process procedural-integrity supreme-court title-18-united-states-code What is the obligation of SCOTUS Justices when faced with evidence of criminal malfeasance and extrinsic fraud by judicial officers?
20-8069 Walter L. Merritte v. Illinois Illinois 2021-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-order due-process illinois-supreme-court judicial-review jurisdiction legal-nullity procedural-authority separation-of-powers standing supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court Orders Denying Review are Null and Void For Want of Authority?
20-8033 Ivan Ignacio Minjarez-Molina v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-7950 Antonio Serrano-Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law due-process felony-offense illegal-reentry immigration-law prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States and hold that a prior conviction is an element of the aggravated form of the ille…
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
20-1482 Cheri Lynne Melchione v. Timothy Temple Florida 2021-04-22 Denied civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights court-review district-court-power due-process judicial-jurisdiction judicial-procedure jurisdiction standing supreme-court supreme-court-access Did the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal's unchecked power to withhold or strip jurisdiction from the Florida Supreme Court to hear cases involv…
20-7678 Roshawn Deon Joiner, aka Shon Joiner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-08 GVR IFP 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i) encompass crimes with armed-career-criminal-act commerce-clause criminal-statute fifth-circuit mens-rea recklessness statutory-interpretation supreme-court use-of-force-clause Does the 'use of force' clause in the Armed Career Criminal Act (the 'ACCA)
20-7682 Antoine Barnes v. Salinas Superior Court Judge Ninth Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied IFP case-statement civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection firearms first-amendment jurisdiction legal-provisions standing supreme-court writ Whether Senate Bill 16 violates the First Amendment, due process, and equal protection rights of individuals who wish to have production or possession…
20-7628 Daryl Fitzgerald Johnson v. Mississippi Mississippi 2021-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction legal-procedure standing supreme-court trial-court writ-of-certiorari Did the Supreme Court of Mississippi have jurisdiction to hear a direct appeal from the Court of Appeals where there are two duty members who refused …
20-7613 Carl Womack v. Merrimon Oxley North Carolina 2021-03-31 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process gatekeeper-order judicial-conflict record-falsification standing supreme-court unconstitutional Is the gatekeeper order a matter of significance to the united states
20-7520 Shante Bruce Rice v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2021-03-22 Denied IFP age-of-defendant constitutional-law criminal-justice criminal-sentencing equal-protection equal-protection-clause life-without-parole mandatory-sentencing sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether the Pennsylvania Superior Court's decision that the ban on mandatory sentences of life without parole applies to only those defendants who wer…
20-7496 Maurice Spriggs v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-law due-process sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether federal carjacking qualifies as a crime of violence?
20-7505 Olin Matice Gaskins v. West Virginia West Virginia 2021-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal constitutional-rights direct-appeal due-process equal-protection federal-law fourteenth-amendment legal-procedure retroactivity state-court supreme-court Did the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia violate clearly established federal law and petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment rights when it failed …
20-1274 Richard G. Wern v. South Carolina Commission on Lawyer Conduct South Carolina 2021-03-15 Denied Response Waived disciplinary-counsel due-process lawyer-discipline legal-ethics professional-conduct public-protection punitive sanction supreme-court unannounced-standard Did the South Carolina Supreme Court deny Petitioner Richard G. Wern of due process of law
20-1266 In Re Ivan Rene Moore, et al. 2021-03-11 Denied california-constitution constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure property-rights redress superior-court supreme-court Shall a writ lie for violation of due process
20-7359 Karen Gagarin v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-08 Denied IFP circuit-split consent criminal-law criminal-sentencing felony-violation identity-theft means-of-identification statutory-interpretation supreme-court Does 'another person' in the aggravated identity theft statute include someone who consented to the felonious use of her identifying information?
20-7255 Samuel Zubia-Olivas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial precedent sentencing Supreme-Court writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-7179 Nelson Viera v. Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-jurisdiction fraud fraud-upon-court judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-interpretation miscarriage-of-justice procedural-review rule-60 supreme-court Whether the lower Courts are properly interpreting and implementing the Supreme Court decree about jurisdiction and fraud upon the Court under Rule 60…
20-7112 Hector Miguel Martinez-Carrillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-1031 Northern California Small Business Assistants, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Amici (1) administrative-procedure civil-procedure equitable-tolling jurisdiction jurisdictional-deadline statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent tax-law Is 26 U.S.C. § 6213(a)'s deficiency petition (90-day) filing deadline jurisdictional
20-6846 Tyrone Campbell v. Florida Florida 2021-01-12 Denied IFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment standing supreme-court Whether the arbitrariness of a death sentence under Bucklew v. Precythe, 139 S. Ct. 1112 (2019), entitles the petitioner to relief
20-6803 Dominic Lindsey v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-conflict certiorari court-order criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-precedent legal-compliance precedent supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Whether the opinion below conflicts with this Court's decisions in Witte v. United States and Davis v. United States, and whether it adequately compli…
20-6609 Salvador Moreno Cervantes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-6613 C. D. Pickle, Jr., aka Clanton D. Pickle, Jr. v. Mississippi Mississippi 2020-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-review legal-procedure petition supreme-court takings-clause writ-of-certiorari Whether the construction of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses o…
20-6568 Francisco Javier Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-circuit court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process legal-review procedural-question remand standard-of-review supreme-court united-states-v-penn Whether this Court should remand to the court below in light of United States v. Penn
20-6539 Alfonso Lopez-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-04 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law physical-force reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether a statute has as an element the use of physical force against the person or property of another, for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 16(a), when a con…
20-6327 Terry Charles Carroll v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure fifth-circuit plea-bargaining standard-of-review supervisory-powers supreme-court Whether the standard of review on a motion to withdraw a guilty plea conflicts with Supreme Court precedent
20-6276 Arek R. Fressadi v. Arizona, et al. Arizona 2020-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-violations court-rules due-process equal-protection first-amendment ineffective-assistance judicial-misconduct judicial-review oath-of-office procedural-default self-defense state-law supreme-court trial-counsel venue-transfer venue-transfer 20-6275" Would a jurist of reason find debatable the correc Whether failures to apply mandatory language of the U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court rulings, state law, and court rules are violations of the Du…
20-6278 Bodhisattva Skandha v. Gloriann Moroney Massachusetts 2020-11-12 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion application-of-law attorney-general civil-procedure claim court-discretion facts false-statements fraud jurisdiction legal-procedure official-document parole-board representation standing supreme-court tort tort-claim Whether making false statements in an official doc Whether the defendant is allowed to represent the Whether the respondent was required to apply the l Whether the lower court abused its discretion by not allowing the tort claim to go forward?
20-613 Lyle Mark Coultas v. Carroll Tichenor, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Yamhill County Prosecutor, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-court-review civil-rights due-process due-process-violation fabricated-facts fraud-on-the-court judicial-fraud judicial-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct standing supreme-court supreme-court-jurisdiction Can the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals disregard the United States District Court Judge Marco Hernandez intentional fabrication of facts…
20-6180 Naquan Reyes v. United States Second Circuit 2020-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 court-of-appeals criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court federal-sentencing procedural-reasonableness procedural-unreasonableness sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the Court of Appeals erred in rejecting Reyes's contention that the sentence was procedurally unreasonable based on the district court's failu…
20-6100 Carlos Meza-Cruz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial sentencing Supreme-Court Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-5948 Christopher Michael Sevier v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault borden-precedent crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing guidelines remand sentencing sentencing-guidelines supreme-court texas-law violent-crime Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat constitutes a 'crime of violence' under USSG §4B1.2?
20-5675 Robert Trevino v. E. Dotson, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas intentional-oversight judicial-procedure legal-interpretation procedural-rules standing supreme-court Did the 14th Circuit depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings as to call for an exercise of the Supreme Court's supervisory p…
20-5543 Javier Galindo-Caballero v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-procedure legal-precedent sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-5470 German Milla-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-overturning precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-5428 Jose Ricardo Morales-Mercado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi criminal-procedure due-process sentencing supreme-court 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…
20-5434 Treshun Devonte Bates v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-20 GVR Relisted (2)IFP borden-case borden-v-united-states crime-of-violence grant-vacate-remand reckless-conduct sentencing-guidelines supreme-court use-of-force Whether reckless conduct can constitute a 'crime of violence' under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines
20-5376 Alfredo Estrada-Eugenio, aka Alfredo Erasto Estrada-Eugenio, aka Juan Eugenio Medina, aka Alfredo Estarada, aka Alfredo Eugenio-Estrada, aka Alfredo Estrada, aka Gerardo Amezquita v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-5311 Richard Hollihan, Jr. v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-08-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection extraordinary-relief fourteenth-amendment legal-precedent precedent precedential-decision state-court-jurisdiction supreme-court Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court violate the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution when it Denied Petitioner's Application For Extraordin…
20-5275 Marco Manuel Torres v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-05 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-oath due-process judicial-misconduct judicial-review presidential-power presidential-powers separation-of-powers supreme-court treaty-rights Whether the President (Donald Trump) and the elected 9 Supreme Court Justices, with the consent of the Senate, have conspired to not faithfully execut…
20-5152 Joel Arredondo-Moreno v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process sentencing sixth-amendment stare-decisis supreme-court Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-5132 Antwan R. Cray v. Warden, FCI Coleman - Medium Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied IFP criminal-innocence criminal-law due-process factual-innocence federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus legal-innocence rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether Petitioner is actually, factually, legally, and lawfully innocent of his Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019) conviction
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…
20-5056 George Cortez, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circu certiorari constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit haymond-precedent remand sentence-vacatur sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circuit for reconsideration in light of United States v. Haymo…
19-8768 Josh Albritton v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-06-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP assistance-of-counsel constitutional-protections contract-law discovery-rights due-process government-legislation grounds-for-contracting judicial-procedure pro-se-litigant self-incrimination supreme-court Question not identified
19-8700 Cody Strodtman v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Eighth Circuit 2020-06-15 Denied IFP 8th-circuit civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing supreme-court Whether the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying review of a district court's dismissal of a civil rights claim contrary to established U.S. …
19-8714 Bodhi Tree v. Jim Robertson, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-06-15 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provision due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-procedure standing supreme-court writ Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
19-8655 Milton Barrios-Alvarado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres-v-United-States Apprendi-v-New-Jersey certiorari criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jury-trial overrule petition sentencing supreme-court writ Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
19-8617 Homar Perez Chavez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres case-review criminal-law due-process judicial-review legal-precedent precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), should be overruled?
19-1340 David Tribble, et al. v. First Security Bank, et al. Arkansas 2020-06-04 Denied Response Waived appeals appellate-review arkansas-judiciary civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection procedure state-court supreme-court Did reliance on the Appellate Review Attorney for the Office of the Clerk of the Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals' instruction for drafting…
19-8255 Emilio Medina-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
19-8162 In Re Curtis Smith 2020-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court-discretion due-process judicial-precedent mandate mandate-recall post-judgment-relief recall seventh-circuit supreme-court writ-of-certiorari writ-of-mandamus Did the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit adopt a divergent interpretation of the Supreme Court of the United States binding precedent case law…
19-8048 Collyer Goodman v. United States Second Circuit 2020-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof circuit-court circuit-court-split conspiracy criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process narcotics narcotics-conspiracy sentencing shared-objective supreme-court Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred by affirming the judgment of conviction and sentence pronounced by the United …
19-8029 Lakshmi Arunachalam v. Lyft, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2020-03-18 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP conflict-of-interest constitutional-emergency contract-clause corporate-infringement due-process government-contracts judicial-misconduct mutiny national-security patent patent-rights sedition separation-of-powers supreme-court supreme-court-precedent takings Whether Chief Justice Roberts engaged in conflict of interest against inventors as a member of the Knights of Malta with fealty to the Queen of Englan…
19-7931 Nancy Arlene Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-appeal criminal-procedure-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment fifth-circuit government-misconduct methamphetamine-conspiracy miranda-rights sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance supreme-court unconstitutional-motive Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in affirming the defendant's sentence by concluding there was no unconstitutional motive for the government's failure …
19-7852 Edwin F. Parson v. United States Air Force, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure-abuse-of-discretion-standing-fede civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-statutes judicial-process legal-review remedy scotus-petition standing supreme-court Whether there is an absence of a remedy when a federal magistrate judge acknowledges there is a civil right that has been violated
19-7771 Christopher Benjamin Blanton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circu certiorari criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit haymond-precedent sentence-vacatur sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review united-states-v-haymond Whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circuit for reconsideration in light of United States v. Haymo…
19-7714 Angelique de Maison v. Securities and Exchange Commission Second Circuit 2020-02-20 GVR Relisted (3)IFP disgorgement enforcement-action equitable-relief liu-v-sec penalty securities-law standing supreme-court Whether the Securities and Exchange Commission may seek and obtain disgorgement from a court as 'equitable relief' for a securities law violation even…
19-7717 Tarvis M. Wilson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2020-02-20 Denied IFP bail certiorari-petition civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process excessive-bail federal-statute fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge lower-court-conflict pretrial-detention standing supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether the constitutional prohibition on excessive bail, as incorporated through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, requires a state cour…
19-7699 Anthony Carr v. Mississippi Mississippi 2020-02-19 Denied IFP adaptive-functioning atkins atkins-standard criminal-sentencing diagnostic-criteria due-process intellectual-disability medical-expert-criteria medical-experts supreme-court supreme-court-interpretation Did the Mississippi Supreme Court establish an erroneous legal standard when it held that proof of intellectual disability in Atkins cases requires a …
19-7658 In Re Robert Strange 2020-02-13 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process mandamus prohibition standing supreme-court Question not identified
19-7546 Juan Jorge v. Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied IFP circuit-court civil-rights coa constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus precedent standing supreme-court Whether petitioner's constitutional rights were violated
19-7526 Gregorio Segura-Resendiz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent overrule precedent sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
19-7517 Mario Palacios-Cordero v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent sentencing supreme-court Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
19-7461 Derrick Lamar Cheeks v. Alford Joyner Fourth Circuit 2020-01-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process habeas habeas-review jurisdictional-conflict procedural-default state-court supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Question not identified
19-915 Donald Henderson Scott, et ux. v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-01-22 Denied appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-court jurisdiction jury-trial standing supreme-court Whether the United States Court of Appeal for the Eighth Circuit misapprehended its jurisdiction in a way that conflicts with decisions of the U.S. Su…
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
19-7115 Alexander Faulkner v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca burglary burglary-definition categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause generic-burglary sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court Does an Indiana burglary conviction qualify as generic burglary?
19-7102 Ruben Mendez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied IFP case-review constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-precedent legal-procedure precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
19-6908 Margarito Olvera-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-11 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court use-of-force Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
19-6855 Jose Luis Morales v. G. D. Lewis, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection federal-courts judicial-discretion res-judicata supreme-court supreme-court-directives Is it an abuse of discretion when the federal courts do not follow directives from the United States Supreme Court on how to apply res-judicata?
19-6802 Gary Jackson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process identification identification-process judicial-circuit jurisdiction precedent sentencing standing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Did the state courts and federal courts err in determining that the identification process violated Supreme Court precedent?
19-6807 Marcus Robinson v. Les Parish, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-procedure patent standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court takings Could Ana Makerck Couck' of Xe Sara Couck make A@ decrarorn ko JaaY Ane Versrraaes'S ANeEFACKAVA Assskaace oF Caunset Clacm wased On U.S. Svtcame Couc…
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
19-6757 Jamal Bowens v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms mens-rea reasonable-doubt rehaif-interpretation statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2…
19-647 Jonathan Corbett v. Transportation Security Administration Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied Response Waived article-iii article-iii-standing certainly-impending chain-of-events constitutional-challenge eleventh-circuit future-injury speculative speculative-harm speculative-injury standing standing-article-iii substantial-likelihood supreme-court Does the Eleventh Circuit's 'substantial likelihood' test for Article III standing relating to future injuries comport with this Court's 'certainly im…
19-6643 John Forrest v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure descamps-v-united-states mathis-v-united-states retroactive-precedent retroactivity sentencing sentencing-correction sentencing-review successive-motion supreme-court Can a successive §2255 motion under Johnson open the door and allow for collateral review of enumerated clause predicates invalidated under Descamps a…
19-6503 Pedro Jorge Moreno-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause deportation fifth-amendment fifth-circuit immigration supreme-court testimonial-hearsay warrant-of-removal Is an immigration officer's signature on a warrant of removal attesting that he witnessed the alien depart the United States testimonial hearsay subje…
19-6439 Arthur Lopez v. MUFG Union Bank, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions deception due-process fraud jurisdiction legal-procedure pro-se religious-beliefs standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower courts erred in dismissing Petitioner's claims alleging fraud, deception, and due process violations despite Petitioner's status as …
19-6412 Dennis Jones v. Arizona Arizona 2019-10-28 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure conflict-with-precedent constitutional-interpretation due-process essential-elements-of-crime federal-jurisdiction federal-question judicial-review precedent-conflict right-to-counsel standing state-court-decision supreme-court supreme-court-procedure Whether the state court decided a federal question in a way that conflicts with this Court's precedent on the right to counsel and due process
19-6314 Ralph Willard Savoie v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process haymond-v-united-states parole plea-agreement precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation suborned-perjury supervised-release supreme-court supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-watts waiver-of-appeal Can United States v. Watts stand in light of recent holdings in Haymond v. United States?
19-6207 Kevin Henderson v. Don Bottom, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition circuit-conflict civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-question due-process federal-courts judicial-precedent legal-interpretation merits precedent standing supreme-court supreme-court-review Did the Sixth Circuit err when reaching conclusions arguably in conflict and inconsistent with this Supreme Court's decisions?
19-6124 Jerry Scott Hill v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act assault breaking-and-entering certificate-of-appealability deadly-weapon fourth-circuit fourth-circuit-court-of-appeals johnson-v-united-states north-carolina-assault supreme-court violent-felony Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that North Carolina assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious i…
19-6126 Adelbaset A. Youssef v. Bill Schuette, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP abstention appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights doe-v-univ-of-ky due-process federal-courts judicial-review motion-to-dismiss sprint-communications-inc-v-jacobs standing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent younger-abstention Whether the Six Circuit Court of Appeals' decision affirming motion to dismiss on Younger-Abstention conflicts with the Supreme-Court's-decision-in-SP…
19-414 Medtronic, Inc. v. Mark A. Barry Federal Circuit 2019-09-27 Denied Amici (2) burden-of-proof experimental-use federal-circuit patent-law patent-law-35-usc-102-b reduction-to-practice statutory-bar supreme-court Whether a process invention is reduced to practice when all of its elements are successfully performed or must also be determined to work for a furthe…
19-5972 Dimitri Bernard Robinson v. Michigan Michigan 2019-09-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights federal-courts jurisdiction pen-register petition privacy probable-cause supreme-court trap-and-trace writ-of-certiorari Was petitioner's Fourth Amendment right to privacy and protection violated without probable cause, when law enforcement obtained an unreasonable order…
19-5987 Ronald Richard Brown v. Washington Washington 2019-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation double-jeopardy due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-vindictiveness north-carolina-v-pearce presumption-of-vindictiveness reversed-convictions sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act state-courts supreme-court washington-state Whether the Washington State Courts can refuse to adhere to the Supreme Court's holding in North Carolina v. Pearce
19-5990 David Alan Vogel v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-18 GVR Relisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure circuit-court-jurisdiction circuit-court-split civil-procedure due-process judicial-review jurisdiction notice-of-appeal procedural-defect right-to-appeal standing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals conflict with Supreme Court precedent by denying the petitioner's right to appeal based on a minor defect in th…
19-5849 Sara Elyas v. Edward Andrew Johnston, et al. Michigan 2019-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process insurance jurisdiction standing supreme-court Whether the state court erred in dismissing the case against the defendant Auto-Owners Insurance Company
19-5852 Roosevelt Leon Cooper v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-06 GVR IFP case-law certiorari criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review mens-rea rehaif-standard remand statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent vacatur Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2…
19-5777 Donielle Rashi Ross v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law domestic-violence legal-precedent mens-rea misdemeanor-crime physical-force recklessness recklessness-standard second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-interpretation use-of-force voisine-v-united-states Whether this Court's holding in Voisine v. United States extends beyond the definition of 'misdemeanor crime of violence'
19-5590 Levar Lee Anthony Spence v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2019-08-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection federal-courts legal-document petition pro-se standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Was your petitioner, being without any assistance of an attorney denied due process and equal protection of the law when the federal courts refused de…
19-193 Rodney Hogen, et al. v. Steven C. Hogen North Dakota 2019-08-14 Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure north-dakota personal-representative property-rights supreme-court Does the decision of the Supreme Court of North Dakota deprive the Petitioners of established property rights in violation of the Due Process and Equa…
19-5565 Carlos Miguel Perez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-13 GVR IFP criminal-law due-process firearms firearms-possession rehaif-v-united-states sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether Mr. Perez's 18 U.S.C. §922(g) conviction should be reversed and remanded in light of Rehaif v. United States
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
19-5383 Christopher Stacy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-31 GVR IFP case-law certiorari criminal-law criminal-procedure judicial-review mens-rea rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states remand statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent vacatur Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2…
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
19-112 S. Bruce Hiran, et al. v. Jelinis, LLC Texas 2019-07-23 Denied appellate-court appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-of-texas temporary-injunction Whether Petitioners' Constitutional Rights of Due Process and Equal Protection of Laws are violated
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.…
19-5141 William Wade v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924c-sentencing circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process johnson-dimaya physically-restrained-enhancement residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the 10th Circuit's declaration that the 924(c) 'residual' clause is unconstitutional requires resentencing when the sentencing court failed to…
19-5094 In Re Donna Sneller 2019-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii article-iii-courts civil-rights congress congressional-power constitutional-interpretation due-process government-structure judicial-jurisdiction judicial-power jurisdiction legislative-power separation-of-powers standing supreme-court tribunals Can the Congress only create tribunals inferior to the Article III section 1 one supreme Court?
19-5095 Fox Joseph Salerno v. Arizona Arizona 2019-07-08 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining racial-discrimination retroactivity right-to-counsel school-desegregation supreme-court Whether Missouri v. Frye and Lafler v. Cooper apply retroactively
19-5102 Dan Pizaro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-08 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense drug-offenses due-process federal-sentencing first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether the life sentence imposed on 21 U.S.C. § 846 and § 841(a)(1) pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) and § 851 must be reduced to twenty-five (25…
19-34 Paul Maravelias v. David DePamphilis New Hampshire 2019-07-03 Denied attorney-fees civil-procedure due-process equal-protection extraordinary-sanction findings-of-fact first-amendment original-jurisdiction pre-deprivation-hearing retaliation rule-of-law standing supreme-court vagueness Did the NHSC violate the Due Process Clause to deny Petitioner's requested pre-deprivation hearing and by failing to make a single finding of fact in …
18-9841 Charles Hines v. JTH Tax, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-oath due-process federal-courts judicial-accountability judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct judicial-oath justice-system legal-proceedings oath standing supreme-court Whether the district court and appeals court judges violated their oaths to support and defend the Constitution by denying the petitioner's constituti…
18-9813 Levar Brown v. California California 2019-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy discovery due-process forma-pauperis free-speech indigency legal-correspondence patent petition standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Did the Supreme Court abuse its discretion by denying the right of the petitioners to discovery further and to rebut a conspiracy which infringes thei…
18A1351 Janice Stevenson v. TND Homes I LLC Massachusetts 2019-06-21 Presumed Complete certiorari constitutional-challenge extension-of-time pro-se statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant experiencing homelessness and medical challenges is entitled to an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiora…
18A1335 Jonathan Javier Aleman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-19 Presumed Complete incarcerated-litigant legal-resources pro-se supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se incarcerated litigant's limited access to legal resources and prison administrative constraints constitute sufficient grounds for an …
18A1341 Antwoine Marquise Bealer v. Kern Valley State Prison Ninth Circuit 2019-06-19 Presumed Complete certiorari litigation petition pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether the Supreme Court will grant an extension of time to file a pro se petition for writ of certiorari given multiple concurrent legal proceedings
18-9713 Steven Allen Brende v. Darin Young, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-06-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law appeal civil-procedure civil-rights due-process south-dakota standing state-court-appeals supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court of South Dakota erred in its July 17, 2013 decision
18A1292 Steven L. Barnes v. South Carolina Department of Corrections South Carolina 2019-06-11 Presumed Complete certiorari due-process fundamental-rights prison-officials supreme-court time-extension Whether a state supreme court's denial of a prisoner's motion for an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari violates due process …
18-9588 Reginald Lacey v. David Gomez, Warden Illinois 2019-06-07 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-hearing habeas-corpus illinois-supreme-court standing state-court state-court-review supreme-court Was the Petitioner denied his Constitutional right to a full and fair hearing, where the Supreme Court of Illinois denied his Petition for Writ of Hab…
18A1282 Ronny Williams v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-06-07 Presumed Complete access-to-courts extension-of-time prisoner-rights pro-se supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se prisoner's motion for an extension of time to file a writ of certiorari should be granted due to institutional lockdown and limited a…
18A1271 Nathan Boyd Estate, et al. 2019-06-05 Presumed Complete federal-claimants interstate-dispute intervention original-jurisdiction supreme-court water-rights Whether the Supreme Court should grant intervention to pre-federal claimants in an original jurisdiction water rights dispute between Texas, New Mexic…
18A1248 Jeffrey Alan Glossner v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2019-06-03 Presumed Complete court-procedure extension-of-time filing-deadline legal-request supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court will grant an extension of time to file a writ of certiorari in a pending legal matter
18A1252 Natalie Anderson v. Adam Robitaille New Hampshire 2019-06-03 Presumed Complete certiorari deadline extension-of-time petition pro-se supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant's application for an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari should be granted when filed near the deadline
18-9451 Denzel Pittman v. Illinois Illinois 2019-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights criminal-case criminal-procedure due-process illinois-law judicial-mandate juvenile-justice mental-health petition-for-leave-to-appeal second-amendment self-regulation standing supreme-court takings Whether the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects an individual's right to possess firearms for self-defense outside the home
18-9360 Lazaro Veliz v. John V. Flournoy, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process first-step-act johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactive-application sentencing sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court void-for-vagueness Whether the residual clause in 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness
18-9314 Randall Pierce v. Stuart Sherman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure clearly-established-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ninth-circuit pleadings pro-se pro-se-pleadings sentencing-information standing supreme-court Was the District Court Judge's liberal construction of the pro se pleadings a denial of access to the courts?
18-9234 Rudy Mendoza v. United States Second Circuit 2019-05-10 GVR IFP constitutional-vagueness criminal-law due-process federal-procedure jury-determination second-amendment section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court united-states-v-davis vagueness Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague
18-9185 Bobby Martin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-08 GVR IFP 18-usc-16 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process residual-clause sentencing sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent void-for-vagueness Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether Sessions v. Dimaya and Johnson v United States invalidated the residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3…
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?
18-9158 Robert B. Lynn v. Theodore A. McKee, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP bias bias-standard circuit-court-procedure due-process ex-parte-proceedings federal-courts judicial-bias judicial-conduct judicial-recusal legal-standard precedent recusal recusal-standard supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals use the wrong legal standard; in conflict with the precedents of The Supreme Court and the Other Courts of Appe…
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
18-9066 Peter B. Rojas v. Jay Lane, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied IFP does 42 U.S.C. § 2254 (e) obviate the need for fe 42-usc-2254 constitutional-provisions due-process federal-hearing habeas-corpus state-court statutory-interpretation supreme-court undeveloped-facts Where the State Court conducted a hearing and the party was 'denied due process of law in the proceeding
18-1334 Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC, et al. First Circuit 2019-04-24 Judgment Issued Amici (2) appointments-clause article-iv constitutional-law exceptional-importance federal-government-structure federal-officers financial-oversight-and-management-board merits-review oversight-board puerto-rico separation-of-powers supreme-court territorial-government Whether the Appointments Clause governs the appointment of members of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico
18-8913 Esteban Aguilera-Alvarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
18-8920 Charles Franklin Glasscock v. Jeri Taylor Ninth Circuit 2019-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-counsel due-process effective-counsel habeas-corpus impartial-jury memorandum-decision ninth-circuit supreme-court Does the Ninth Circuit's memorandum decision, affirming the denial of habeas corpus relief, contravene this Court's commands regarding the vital guara…
18-8799 Robert Gordon Lockwood v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery bank-robbery-statute categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law descamps-ruling due-process firearms johnson-ruling mathis-ruling ninth-circuit sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent violent-crime Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals violate the Johnson, Mathis, Descamps, and Dimaya Supreme Court rulings because Prince confirmed that the Bank …
18-8662 Howard Lawson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act criminal-history-classification criminal-law due-process florida-criminal-law predicate-offenses sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether Petitioner's prior aggravated assault qualifies as ACCA predicates
18-8477 Lester D. Fletcher v. Ashton Baldwin Carter, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP ames-v-kansas case-remand civil-procedure civil-rights disability-accommodation-discrimination disability-discrimination due-process eeoc eeoc-v-united-airlines original-jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court Does the Supreme Court's original jurisdiction allow parties to bring suit in any court with jurisdiction over the parties or subject matter?
18-8342 Edward Spears v. R&R Cleaning Services, et al. South Carolina 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause equal-protection-of-the-law judicial-process legal-review petition standing supreme-court Did the Supreme Court deprive me of my constitutional rights of equal protection of the law?
18-8321 Noah Richard Lovell, III v. Noah Nagy, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-deference certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process free-standing-innocence-claim habeas-corpus innocence judicial-review signing-statement standing supreme-court teague-v-lane Should the Sixth Circuit have granted a certificate of appealability on the question of whether a free standing claim of innocence is a constitutional…
18-8159 Phillip Camillo-Amisano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-crisis constitutional-violation due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice strickland-standard supreme-court Did the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit improperly deny a Certificate of Appealability (COA), violating due process in a manner that conflicts …
18-8014 Wyley Tomas Baird v. Tammy Foss, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-court ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judgment jury-instructions opinion petition prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt sexual-assault supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Was Petitioner denied due process of law and the right to be convicted only upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt?
18-8007 Kenneth R. Beagle v. Kevin Lindsey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-ruling Alleyne-v-United-States constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process Montgomery-v-Louisiana retroactivity retroactivity-doctrine supreme-court teague-doctrine Teague-v-Lane Did the court in Montgomery v. Louisiana identify, for the first time, a third criteria for determining which of its rulings may be applied retroactiv…
18-7699 Facundo Ruiz-Ruiz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process recidivism sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
18-7410 Walter A. Kott, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-courts fifth-circuit judicial-review legal-precedent petitioner-claim precedent standing supreme-court Whether the United States District Court, Eastem District of Louisiana and Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals mis-applied clearly established Supreme Cour…
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…
18-867 Matthew E. Jackson, Jr., et al. v. Frances Edith Jackson Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure civil-sanctions criminal-sanctions due-process eleventh-circuit equal-protection evidentiary-standards jurisdictional-limitations precedent procedural-protections sanctions supreme-court Whether the failure of a court to comply with the jurisdictional limitations, procedural and due process protections, evidentiary standards, the prece…
18-821 David Keith Wills v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-28 Denied Relisted (2) constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy dual-sovereignty fifth-amendment gamble-v-united-states supreme-court Whether the Court should overrule the dual sovereignty exception to the Fifth Amendment Double Jeopardy Clause
18-7097 In Re Leigh Jesse Quinto 2018-12-20 Denied IFP bond-case bond-v-united-states civil-rights collateral-review constitutional-law due-process federalism habeas-corpus new-rule retroactivity standing supreme-court Did the Supreme Court's decision in Bond v. United States establish a new rule of constitutional law?
18-6924 Larry E. Walden v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Eighth Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals certiorari civil-procedure jurisdiction standing supreme-court time-limits Does the United States Supreme Court have the authority to grant certiorari from a decision of the Arkansas Court of Appeals?
18-6876 Pierre Donte Joshlin v. Dwight Neven, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-29 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure davis-v-ayala federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus harmless-error ninth-circuit supreme-court Whether the Ninth Circuit properly applied the federal habeas harmless error analysis in light of this Court's recent decision in Davis v. Ayala, 135 …
18-602 Jodi A. Smith v. Lakewood Ranch Gymnastics LLC, et al. Florida 2018-11-07 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure defamation enhanced-appellate-review first-amendment jurisdiction legal-procedure new-york-times-v-sullivan non-media-defendant private-plaintiff standing supreme-court Whether the enhanced appellate review reiterated in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan is required for First Amendment protection in a defamation case wit…
18-6522 Robert Prunty v. DeSoto County School Board, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-interpretation civil-procedure civil-rights due-process education educational-rights federal-regulations first-amendment free-speech standing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Does the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals three judge panel have the right to create conflicts amongst the circuits when it unilaterally changed the Supr…
18-511 Austin Gates v. Hassan Khokhar, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied arrest-standard civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourth-amendment free-speech probable-cause qualified-immunity standing state-law supreme-court Whether a court, in determining whether arguable probable cause exists to arrest for a state-law crime, must consider any narrowing decisions by the s…
18-6353 Michael Joseph Bien v. Texas Texas 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process legal-precedent prosecutor-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court supreme-court-jurisprudence supreme-court-precedent texas-court-of-criminal-appeals Whether a prosecutor who violates the Double Jeopardy Clause should have exclusive power to determine which of his unconstitutionally obtained convict…
18-6323 Ashley Kenneth Hunter v. North Dakota North Dakota 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof colorado-v-connelly constitutional-rights distortion due-process interrogation-recording law-enforcement-procedure lower-courts miranda-warnings supreme-court unequal-application When lower courts distort the rule announced in Colorado v. Connelly, 479 U.S. 157 (1986) (burden of proof), should this Court correct that distortion…
18-6121 Benjamin Vega-Garcia, aka Carlos Moreno Molina v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-standard constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent precedent precedent-overruling recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998)
18-6104 Wayne Thomas, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law federal-jurisdiction johnson-standard johnson-v-united-states robbery-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states supreme-court supreme-court-review use-of-force violent-crime Does the Florida Robbery 812.13 meet use of force' as defined in Johnson -v. United States U.S. __ (2010)?
18-6069 Joel Cadena v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal case-holding circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus legal-deferral pending-litigation petition-for-writ sentencing statutory-interpretation stay supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether this Court should hold the instant Petition until the resolution of Stokeling v. United States
18-6031 Noah R. Robinson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review direct-appeal due-process evidence-misstatement evidence-of-record evidence-tampering judicial-animosity judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct supreme-court supreme-court-review supreme-court-vacated Whether former Circuit Court Chief Judge Richard A. Posner misstated the evidence of record in the Green remand opinion, as a means to the end of just…
18-6014 Javier Vega-Orozco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres apprendi Certiorari criminal-procedure due-process sentencing sixth-amendment Supreme-Court 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…
18-335 Nathaniel Teamer v. Scott Lewis, Warden Fourth Circuit 2018-09-14 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-bias jury-instructions south-carolina state-court supreme-court truth-seeking Does the South Carolina Supreme Court's acceptance of judges instructing the jury that its 'sole objective is to simply reach the truth of the matter'…
18-5890 Mark D. Whitfield v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-law force hobbs-act property robbery statutory-interpretation supreme-court use-of-force violent-crime Whether jurists of reason could debate whether robbery under the Hobbs Act possesses the use, attempted use, or threatened use of force against the pe…
18-5774 Rochelle Driessen v. Royal Bank of Scotland Second Circuit 2018-08-27 Dismissed IFP appellate-review circuit-conflict civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-review procedural-standard standing summary-order supreme-court supreme-court-precedent united-states-court-of-appeals Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit's May 25, 2017, summary order is in direct conflict with a decision of the United States Supr…
18-5739 Terril Kinchen v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-fraud civil-procedure constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sentencing standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether the federal bank fraud statute plainly covered the defendant's conduct
18-220 Javier A. Carrillo, et al. v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al. Florida 2018-08-21 Denied Relisted (2) 15-usc-1635 appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-appeal creditor-possession due-process judicial-discretion judicial-procedure judicial-review per-curiam rescission-right standing state-court statutory-interpretation supreme-court writ-of-possession Can borrowers exercise the right to rescind a transaction under 15 U.S.C. 1635(b) and require the creditor to take possession of the property within 2…
18-5547 Jose Estrada-Corrales v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 appeal certiorari criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeals remand retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines supreme-court Should this Court grant certiorari, vacate the judgment, and remand in light of Chavez-Meza v. United States
18-5549 Phillip Anthony Kenner v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-08-10 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 circuit-split collateral-review due-process filing-period habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states retroactive-application retroactivity section-2255 statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-recognition Does Section 2255(f)(3) toll the filing period for a defendant asserting that Johnson applies in a similar situation?
18-5492 In Re David Louis Colson 2018-08-09 Denied IFP appellate-review article-3-section-2 civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction original-jurisdiction standing state-court state-party state-vs-federal subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court Whether the superior court of Arizona had jurisdiction to render the judgments against the petitioner in a case where the state was a party
18-5435 Martin Michael Ybarra v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-08-02 Denied IFP 18-usc-2113 armed-career-criminal-act bank-robbery elements-clause intimidation physical-force statutory-interpretation supreme-court violent-felony Whether federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) qualifies as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act's elements clause
18-5417 David Hardy v. William Adams, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-07-31 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP article-vi civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-duty due-process judicial-bias judicial-conduct legal-precedent rule-10 sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-court-of-appeals standing supreme-court Do federal judges have a constitutional duty to uphold the U.S. Constitution, via the mandate language of Article VI of same Constitution?
18A100 Dion Terry Taylor v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-07-27 Presumed Complete certiorari extension-of-time jurisdiction petition sixth-circuit supreme-court Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in its decision regarding Mr. Dion Taylor's case and if the lower court's ruling warrants Supreme Cou…
18-5256 Brandon Wade Moragne-El v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2018-07-19 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection guilty-plea judicial-precedent pennsylvania plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal precedent sentencing supreme-court Does the denial of the Petitioner's Motion to Withdraw his Guilty Plea contradict Precedent case law from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, the Supr…
18-77 Advanced Video Technologies LLC v. HTC Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit 2018-07-17 Denied Amici (1) civil-procedure federal-circuit involuntary-plaintiff joinder patent patent-law rule-19 standing supreme-court Did the Federal Circuit properly create an exception to Rule 19 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in patent law, requiring a dismissal of a case…
18-59 Eduardo Pineiro Perez, et al. v. BP, P.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-07-11 Denied Response Waived class-action class-action-rule-23 district-court-dismissal docket-management federal-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure multi-district-litigation multi-plaintiff multi-plaintiff-lawsuits procedural-rights rule-23 shady-grove shady-grove-v-allstate supreme-court Was the Court of Appeals' affirmance of the district court's dismissal with prejudice of the class action complaints contrary to the holding of this C…
18-5122 Thomas Overton v. Florida Florida 2018-07-05 Denied IFP apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-punishment constitutional-rights death-penalty death-penalty-retroactivity due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-florida retroactivity ring-v-arizona supremacy-clause supreme-court Whether the Florida Supreme Court's partial retroactivity approach for Hurst v. Florida and Hurst v. State violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendmen…
18A1218 Marianne E. Burke, Mother of Abigail E. Caudle, Deceased v. Raven Electric, Inc., et al. Alaska Presumed Complete certiorari docketing-fee extension-of-time pro-se rule-33.1 supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant's motion for extension of time to file a certiorari petition meets the Supreme Court's procedural requirements for extraordi…
24A273 Martin Akerman v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Seventh Circuit Presumed Complete certiorari injunction insurance-dispute pro-se service-of-process supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant can obtain an emergency injunction against a private insurance company to prevent potential financial harm while a certiorar…
24A390 Gregory Shawn Mercer v. Virginia, et al. Virginia Presumed Complete certiorari family-hardship in-forma-pauperis pro-se supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se litigant's personal family circumstances and challenges with filing procedural documents constitute valid grounds for an extension of…
24A428 Laura Marie Baldwin v. Joshua Devine, et al. Eighth Circuit Presumed Complete certiorari extension-of-time in-forma-pauperis petition pro-se supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant may obtain an extension of time to submit a Supreme Court petition after in forma pauperis status is denied
24A461 Terrence E. Gilchrist v. Simone Craig Ohio Presumed Complete ancillary-relief certiorari petition-for-rehearing pro-se supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se litigant can seek ancillary relief from the Supreme Court to suspend an order denying certiorari pending a petition for rehearing
24A754 Federal Communications Commission, et al. v. Consumers' Research, et al. Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete briefing-rules certiorari consolidated-case merits-brief supreme-court word-limit Whether the Supreme Court should grant a word-limit extension for a consolidated merits brief in a multi-party Supreme Court case
23A962 Julian Ash v. Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation, et al. Tenth Circuit Presumed Complete extension-of-time federal-question in-forma-pauperis pro-se supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se litigant's in forma pauperis application denial and subsequent request for an extension of time to submit a writ of certiorari presen…
25A327 Learning Resources, Inc., et al. v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. District of Columbia Presumed Complete expedited-case jurisdictional-issue merits-brief reply-brief supreme-court word-limit Whether the Supreme Court should grant a word-limit extension for filing a consolidated reply brief in an expedited case
25A448 Benjamin Dykman v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System Seventh Circuit Application administrative-review eeoc government-shutdown petition-deadline pro-se supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant may obtain an extension of time to file a Supreme Court petition based on a pending administrative agency review and governm…
25A474 Michael Mallonee v. Department of the Interior Federal Circuit Application disability filing-requirements financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis pro-se supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant with limited income and disability can obtain an extension of time and partial relief from Supreme Court filing requirements…
25A627 Linda Kay Twigg v. Allan Lee Twigg Maryland Application certiorari docket-fee extension-of-time in-forma-pauperis pro-se supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant seeking in forma pauperis status may obtain an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari after being denied such s…
23A1060 Simon Chan v. Maura Tracy Healey, Governor of Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit Presumed Complete certiorari-filing petition-extension pro-se procedural-relief rule-33.1 supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant's request for a procedural extension to file a Supreme Court petition meets the Court's standards for extraordinary relief
23A382 C. Holmes v. Granuaile, LLC, et al. Fourth Circuit Presumed Complete certiorari in-forma-pauperis procedural-relief substantial-rights supreme-court time-extension Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari after a previous in forma pauperis filing was de…
23A947 Kathy Allen v. Arthur Allen, et al. North Carolina Presumed Complete docketing-fee filing-format in-forma-pauperis pro-se procedural-extension supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant's procedural filing format and financial hardship constitute grounds for an extension or alternative filing method in Suprem…
23A1144 C. Holmes v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit Presumed Complete certiorari in-forma-pauperis motion-for-reconsideration substantial-rights supreme-court time-extension Whether the Supreme Court should grant reconsideration of a denial of in forma pauperis status and extend time to file a petition for writ of certiora…