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25A422 Chanson A. Johnson v. United States Armed Forces 2025-10-14 Presumed Complete appellate-review criminal-procedure drug-conviction firearms-prohibition military-justice supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether a military service member's conviction for nonviolent drug use triggers a federal firearms prohibition under 18 U.S.C. § 922 when the underlyi…
25-5507 Jamillah Cherry-Wiggins v. The Methodist Hospital, Inc. Indiana 2025-08-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP court-procedure e-filing judicial-error legal-review precedent-conflict supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the decisions the courts rendered were erred as it conflicts with prior decisions and error in the computer (E~File)(iyier Host) system citize…
24-7163 Jose Nieves Briones v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-05-08 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim due-diligence habeas-corpus supreme-court-jurisdiction time-bar Whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review the denial of a certificate of appealability and whether the Court of Appeals should have issued …
24A762 Jermaine Lamar Rutledge v. Arizona Arizona 2025-02-05 Presumed Complete appellate-jurisdiction certiorari criminal-procedure state-court-review supreme-court-jurisdiction time-extension Whether the Arizona Court of Appeals' decision in a criminal case warrants Supreme Court review under 28 U.S.C. § 1257(a)
24A655 Kenneth J. Taggart v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Pennsylvania 2025-01-02 Presumed Complete certiorari extraordinary-relief kings-bench-petition mortgage-foreclosure procedural-due-process supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether a state supreme court's denial of a Kings Bench petition and motion for reconsideration in a mortgage foreclosure case presents a justiciable …
24A605 Anthony Craig Weimer v. Montana Montana 2024-12-19 Presumed Complete appellate-review certiorari federal-jurisdiction state-court-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review a state court judgment under 28 U.S.C. § 1257 when the underlying state court decision involves a…
24A444 Antonio Ulises Barrera-Mackorty v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-11-04 Presumed Complete constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure federal-statute immigration-law naturalization supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1425(a) and the Naturalization Application Form N-400 are unconstitutionally vague in their application to immigrant criminal proc…
24-5901 Lamont Fitch v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure extraterritorial-claims international-jurisdiction personal-injury supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the U.S. Supreme Court has jurisdiction to hear a case involving personal injury claims arising from actions outside the United States
24-5399 Bruce K. Florence, III v. Eric Flowers, Sheriff, Indian River County, Florida Florida 2024-08-27 Denied IFP certiorari-petition constitutional-provision judicial-review legal-issue statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction Question not identified.
24A198 In Re Gavin B. Davis 2024-08-23 Presumed Complete bail-pending-appeal extraordinary-circumstances federal-appellate-review prisoner-rights pro-se supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether a pro se prisoner's Rule 22 application for bail pending appeal satisfies the extraordinary circumstances standard for emergency relief from t…
24-5272 Brian Michael Waterman v. Kansas Kansas 2024-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP communication-restrictions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the Supreme Court should review a Kansas court's decision regarding defendant's constitutional rights and communication restrictions in a crim…
24A112 David Hatchigian v. ABCO, et al. Pennsylvania 2024-07-31 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure federal-rules good-cause pro-se supreme-court-jurisdiction time-extension Whether a pro se litigant's motion for an extension of time to file an appeal meets the standard for good cause under Federal Rule of Appellate Proced…
23A1043 Nidal M. Hasan v. United States Armed Forces 2024-05-22 Presumed Complete appellate-review capital-case court-martial military-justice service-member-rights supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether a military service member convicted at court-martial is entitled to a comprehensive appellate review and potential Supreme Court review when c…
23A711 Fitz D. Jackson v. Courtney E. James Texas 2024-02-01 Presumed Complete court-of-appeals legal-standing petition-for-certiorari probate-court state-court-appeal supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether a probate court's ruling regarding a legal matter can be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court after exhausting state court remedies
23-6546 Paul R. Hansmeier v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus rule-of-lenity sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether an indictment that affirmatively alleges a course of conduct outside the scope of the charged offense can be the basis for a conviction
23A626 Robert Shawn Ingram v. Warden, Holman Correctional Facility Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-08 Presumed Complete criminal-conviction eleventh-circuit federal-court habeas-corpus petition-review supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals improperly denied a federal habeas corpus petition challenging a criminal conviction or sentence
23A536 Martin Akerman v. Lloyd J. Austin, III, Secretary of Defense, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-12-12 Presumed Complete appellate-review certiorari-extension fourth-circuit judicial-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the Fourth Circuit's interpretation of the relevant statute improperly limits the scope of judicial review in federal appellate proceedings
23A490 Kathy Allen v. Arthur Allen, et al. North Carolina 2023-11-30 Presumed Complete appellate-dismissal due-process pro-se procedural-fairness supreme-court-jurisdiction will-contest Whether a state court's unexplained dismissal of a pro se litigant's will contest appeal violates fundamental due process rights
22-6806 Torrey Dewayne Walker v. Micha Neal, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals circuit-court-conflict civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-appellate-review federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-precedent legal-standing standing supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in denying the petitioner's request for a certificate of appealability
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
22-6532 Alfred E. Caraffa, aka Alfred Erik Caraffa v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-13 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-rules habeas-corpus state-jurisdiction supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the writ of habeas corpus can be unconstitutionally delayed
22-6200 In Re Terry Lopez 2022-12-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-asset-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus innocent-owner-doctrine standing supreme-court-jurisdiction takings Whether the abuse of discretion and mistake of law perpetuated by The Fifth Circuit runs afoul of the Supreme Court's holding in Timbs v. Indiana, Feb…
21-7364 In Re David Lopez 2022-03-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certiorari civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process fraud-on-court habeas harmless-error judicial-misconduct original-jurisdiction standing supreme-court-jurisdiction writ-of-prohibition Whether the Supreme Court should grant a writ of prohibition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1651(a) to prevent further violations of the petitioner's c…
21-6325 Leslie Reed v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certiorari-standard circuit-court-review civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-question judicial-precedent judicial-review precedent standard-of-review supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals had decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the relevant decisions…
21-6263 Gary Aaron Coble v. David Anderson, Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection individual-rights judicial-review self-incrimination supreme-court-jurisdiction takings Whether the petitioner's due process rights under the U.S. Constitution were violated by the state's refusal to allow him to remain silent at trial
21-694 Bel Air Auto Auction, Inc. v. Great Northern Insurance Company Fourth Circuit 2021-11-10 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure business-interruption certification-motion civil-rights due-process federal-state-relations insurance-contract insurance-contract-law judicial-discretion standing state-court-certification supreme-court-jurisdiction Did the Fourth Circuit abuse its discretion in denying certification of novel questions of state insurance law to the state's highest court?
21-5388 Wilbert Kelly, Jr. v. Louisiana Louisiana 2021-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-restriction burden-of-proof constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process legal-standing post-conviction-relief presumption-of-innocence public-official sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the Louisiana Supreme Court erred in denying the petitioner's application for post-conviction relief despite the lack of evidence proving the …
20-7933 Erika Jacobs v. 35 West Apartments Oklahoma 2021-05-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process federal-court judgment-reconsideration judicial-review post-trial-motion standing state-court supreme-court-jurisdiction trial-court-decision Whether the Supreme Court erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeal
20-1145 In Re Lakshmi Arunachalam 2021-02-22 Denied appointments-clause constitutional-violations contract-clause due-process federal-circuit-court judicial-inquiry patent patent-rights separation-of-powers supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether Justice Barrett must accept and grant this Emergency Petition for Writ of Mandamus
20-6564 Eric Bernard Scott v. Artis Singleton, Warden Georgia 2020-12-08 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights court-proceedings due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-review standing state-law supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the Supreme Court abused its discretion by failing to rule that the Superior Court of Fulton County was without subject matter jurisdiction to…
20-6488 Mario Allan Montano v. Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Michigan 2020-12-01 Dismissed IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-fees due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-standing standing supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the Michigan Supreme Court violated its jurisdiction by issuing an order dismissing the Petitioner's case and depriving the Petitioner of his …
20-6489 Mario Allan Montano v. Ivy Alice Wimmer Michigan 2020-12-01 Dismissed IFP access-to-courts case-dismissal constitutional-rights court-fees court-orders due-process equal-protection filing-fees jurisdiction supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the Michigan Supreme Court violated its jurisdiction in issuing three orders dismissing the Petitioner's cases thus depriving the Petitioner o…
20-6490 Mario Allan Montano v. Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Michigan 2020-12-01 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights court-fees court-orders due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-injunction standing supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the Michigan Supreme Court violated its jurisdiction in issuing orders against the Petitioner, depriving him of his right to equal protection …
20-6251 Timothy Tyrone Byers, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-review judicial-power standing state-court-jurisdiction supreme-court-jurisdiction territorial-jurisdiction united-states Whether the prosecution must always prove territorial jurisdiction over a crime in order to sustain a conviction?
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…
20-235 Edward J. Mierzwa v. Arkadiusz M. Dudek, et al. Third Circuit 2020-08-27 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-manipulation due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure racketeering supervisory-powers supreme-court-jurisdiction unlawful-process Will the Supreme Court exercise its supervisory powers to remedy the unlawful process enacted by the Lower Courts to substitute racketeering-based cou…
20-5236 In Re Russell Rope 2020-08-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process extraordinary-writ government-relief legal-remedy standing supreme-court-jurisdiction takings writ-of-mandamus Whether the Law Extends to All Citizens & Corporations in Modern Times?
19-1240 Myron Hubbard v. Missouri Department of Mental Health Eighth Circuit 2020-04-22 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1251 appellate-review civil-procedure fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court judicial-misconduct original-jurisdiction retaliatory-action supervisory-power supreme-court-jurisdiction void-judgment void-judgments Whether the Court of Appeals and District Courts breached its duty, departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceeding and is of such …
19-8225 In Re Faramarz Mehdipour 2020-04-08 Denied IFP all-writs-act certiorari-timeline due-process equitable-powers exceptional-circumstances extraordinary-relief prison-lockdown pro-se pro-se-petition standing supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the Court retains equitable powers to ensure faith in the Federal Courts of the United States, even when no other means of relief can be obtai…
19-1191 Ohio v. Shawn Ford Ohio 2020-04-01 Denied Amici (2) atkins-standard atkins-v-virginia civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment intellectual-disability standing state-standards supreme-court-jurisdiction supreme-court-precedent What is the test for determining whether someone is 'intellectually disabled' for purposes of the Eighth Amendment?
19-8136 In Re Lawrence Crawford 2020-03-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1651 appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process extraordinary-writ federal-courts jurisdictional-claims mandamus parties standing supreme-court-jurisdiction writ-of-mandamus Did the petitioner sufficiently establish the right to have the writ of mandamus granted?
19-7935 Dennis Andrew Ball v. City of Marion, Illinois Illinois 2020-03-11 Dismissed IFP appellate-procedure beneficiary civil-procedure due-process judicial-review quiet-title real-estate standing supreme-court-jurisdiction trust trust-assets writ-of-certiorari Appellant's Standing To Protect Inherited Property
19-7873 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof case-dismissal civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process firearms judicial-review jurisdiction legal-error mens-rea standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the government must prove the defendant's knowledge of his prohibited status in order to convict under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)
19-7550 In Re Alexander Guice 2020-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process federal-courts florida jurisdictional-dispute legal-challenge south-carolina standing state-courts subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-jurisdiction writ-of-mandamus writ-of-prohibition Whether a writ of prohibition or mandamus is warranted
19-372 William D. Jenkins, Jr., et ux. v. Corey Chance, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-09-19 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts judicial-power legislative-authority legislative-intent standing state-legislation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction Does This Court possess verifiable Constitutional and Congressional power to interpret unwritten Congressional Law and alleged Legislative 'voids'
19-5099 James Thompson v. Florida Florida 2019-07-08 Denied IFP access-to-courts appellate-review constitutional-rights district-court-of-appeal due-process equal-protection florida-supreme-court fraud per-curiam-affirmance supreme-court-jurisdiction unelaborated-affirmance Whether the Florida practice and rule that do not permit litigants to seek review in the Florida Supreme Court when the district courts of appeal issu…
18A1360 Reginald A. Richardson, et ux. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Florida 2019-06-25 Presumed Complete due-process florida-appellate-procedure per-curiam-affirmance procedural-rights substantive-rights supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether a per curiam affirmance without a written opinion by a Florida District Court of Appeal violates a litigant's procedural and substantive due p…
18-9765 Joseph Kinard v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia District of Columbia 2019-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP bar-membership civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence jurisdiction oath-of-office prosecutorial-misconduct state-court-review supreme-court-jurisdiction vagueness Whether a United States Attorney must be a member of the bar in the city or state to prosecute cases in the United States District Court and Superior …
18A1310 Marcel Malachowski v. United States Second Circuit 2019-06-13 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability federal-civil-procedure pro-se section-2255 supreme-court-jurisdiction writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se prisoner can obtain an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari when facing limited legal research resources in a …
18-8967 In Re Larry L. Brinson 2019-04-23 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 actual-innocence all-writ-jurisdiction all-writs constitutional-review constitutional-rights gate-keeping gate-keeping-order gatekeeping-order habeas-corpus jurisdiction successive-habeas-corpus successive-petition supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the United States Supreme Court has jurisdiction under habeas corpus and all writ jurisdiction to review circuit court's gate keeping order de…
18-7667 Marion Taylor v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure article-3 civil-procedure constitution constitutional-power due-process federal-courts judicial-proceeding judicial-proceedings judicial-review standing supervisory-power supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the U.S. 5th Cir. Court of Appeals has so far departure from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceeding
18-7510 Mark A. Perez v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-01-24 Denied IFP 42-pa-csa-721-726 collateral-review constitutional-challenge constitutional-law direct-review due-process extraordinary-relief original-jurisdiction pennsylvania sentencing-statute statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction Does the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania's original jurisdiction process constitute a process to seek 'other collateral review'?
24A323 Frederick David Pina v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete appellate-procedure certiorari-petition insurance-dispute judicial-hierarchy mandate-stay supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether a federal appellate court's mandate can be stayed pending Supreme Court review of a certiorari petition in an insurance dispute involving pote…
24A753 Steven Lawayne Nelson v. Texas Texas Denied adequate-independent-state-ground certiorari habeas-corpus lethal-injection post-conviction supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the Supreme Court can review a state post-conviction court's decision that lacks a clear and independent state law basis for dismissing a capi…
25A173 Thomas E. Camarda v. Elizabeth M. Whitehorn, et al. Seventh Circuit Presumed Complete color-of-law faretta-violation federal-supremacy judicial-misconduct pro-se-rights supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether a state court judge can constitutionally interfere with ongoing Supreme Court certiorari review by imposing sua sponte fitness evaluations and…