| 25A905 |
Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., et al. v. Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. |
District of Columbia |
2026-02-10 |
Application |
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act-of-state-doctrine foreign-sovereign hickenlooper-amendment international-law property-expropriation territorial-jurisdiction |
Question not identified.
The document provided is an "Unopposed Application for an Extension of Time in Which to File a Petition for a Writ of Certio… |
| 25-6649 |
Lesley Chappell Green v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2026-01-22 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
communications-intercept court-sanctioning law-enforcement legal-constraints territorial-jurisdiction title-iii |
Whether the Government met the intended constraints of Title III and state law incorporating Title III for a lawful interception of communications wit… |
| 25-6644 |
James Daniel Arbaugh v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2026-01-22 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-limits criminal-prosecution foreign-commerce-clause international-law territorial-jurisdiction treaty-power |
Has America become so great that it need not consider due process, comity among nations, follow international law, or fulfill its treaty obligations? … |
| 25A700 |
Jesse Fernando Perez v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-12-16 |
Application |
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circuit-split federal-jurisdiction judicial-notice legislative-fact statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction |
Question not identified. |
| 24-6386 |
Richard Edward Boggs v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-income-tax sixteenth-amendment tax-law territorial-jurisdiction |
Whether the lower courts improperly disregarded territorial jurisdiction and misinterpreted the constitutional basis for federal income tax collection |
| 24-6177 |
Jhonathan Alfonso v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-12-19 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
congressional-power criminal-enforcement exclusive-economic-zone high-seas maritime-law territorial-jurisdiction |
Whether Congress's Article I power to define and punish felonies on the high seas extends to criminal enforcement in a foreign nation's Exclusive Econ… |
| 24-303 |
Julian Javier Pimienta Dominguez v. Maria del Carmen Rendon Quijada |
Arizona |
2024-09-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
domicile-requirements federal-preemption immigration-law nonimmigrant-visa territorial-jurisdiction visa-status |
Whether federal law precludes the holder of a TD nonimmigrant visa from establishing domicile in Arizona |
| 23-7335 |
Walter J. Himmelreich v. Janel Fitzgerald |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-04-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-1983 bivens bivens-action civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment first-amendment-retaliation territorial-jurisdiction |
Does the 'or Territory' clause of 42 USC § 1983 apply to Federal Bureau of Prisons properties? |
| 23-5143 |
Lonnie Loren Kocontes v. California |
California |
2023-07-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process gun-control high-seas international-treaties prosecutorial-misconduct second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation takings territorial-jurisdiction |
Whether the California law prohibiting the possession of large-capacity magazines violates the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms |
| 22-6723 |
Syed K. Rafi v. Yale School of Medicine, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights civil-rights-litigation due-process employment employment-retaliation interstate-conduct jurisdiction jurisdictional-principles res-judicata retaliation strassheim-v-daily territorial-jurisdiction |
Does the Traditional Method of Determining Jurisdiction Under Territorial Principles apply to 'Interstate Telephonic and Email—Computer Server Based C… |
| 22-6600 |
Eric Banks v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-01-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prison jurisdictional-requirements statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction |
Whether the prosecution must show the facts required under 40 U.S.C. §3112(b) to establish territorial jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. §7(3) |
| 22-6587 |
Vernon White v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-01-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-113 40-usc-3112 circuit-split criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-prison maritime-jurisdiction special-maritime-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction |
Whether proof that a crime occurred at a federal prison is sufficient to establish the existence of 'special maritime or territorial jurisdiction of t… |
| 22-6469 |
In Re Kenneth Crawford, Jr. |
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2023-01-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bill-of-rights civil-rights constitution constitutional-limits due-process enumerated-powers federal-government jurisdictional-elements legislative-power legislative-powers territorial-jurisdiction |
Does the Constitution limit the federal government and define the powers of the legislature? |
| 21-8202 |
Eric Watkins v. Officer Shields, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-06-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights digital-search due-process fourth-amendment government-action probable-cause property-rights search-and-seizure takings territorial-jurisdiction warrant-authority |
Whether the government's seizure of a person's property without just compensation violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment |
| 21-1156 |
Rodric David v. Tony Kazal, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-02-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
anti-stalking-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process extraterritorial-application first-amendment foreign-nationals free-speech ninth-circuit standing territorial-jurisdiction |
Did the Ninth Circuit impermissibly disregard this Court's holding in Agency for Int' Dev. v. All. for Open Soc'y Int'l, Inc. |
| 21-7030 |
Darrin Lynn Pickens v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2022-02-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure enabling-act federal-jurisdiction federal-land-restrictions indian-country state-enabling-act state-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction territorial-jurisdiction |
Does the State of Oklahoma have subject matter jurisdiction over any person who commits an offense within the boundaries of Indian Country? |
| 21-840 |
United States v. Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General of Maine, et al. |
First Circuit |
2021-12-07 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
indian-reservation land-claims maine-indian-claims-settlement-act native-american-rights natural-resources penobscot-nation settlement-act statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction tribal-rights tribal-sovereignty |
Whether the Penobscot Indian Reservation includes the surrounding River |
| 21-6032 |
Charles Francis Hurt v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-limits district-court due-process federal-procedure federal-rules judicial-precedent jurisdiction prosecutorial-authority standing territorial-court territorial-jurisdiction |
Whether the United States district court can prosecute a defendant outside the limited jurisdiction provided to a territorial court |
| 20-6414 |
Daniel Ray v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-7 adams-v-united-states circuit-split criminal-law criminal-prosecution federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction maritime-jurisdiction prison-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's rule that prison personnel testimony that they 'work at a United States prison' contravenes the requirements necessary to … |
| 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? |
| 19-8794 |
Casey Rafael Tyler v. Erik A. Hooks, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-06-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-possession criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdictional-requirements restitution territorial-jurisdiction |
Has the burden of proof been removed in criminal possession cases? |
| 19-8148 |
Brent Douglas Cole v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct separation-of-powers sovereignty standing territorial-jurisdiction venue |
Was the Federal court without jurisdiction because the cause did not constitute a Case, the court exceeded its authority, or venue? |
| 19-6681 |
Louis Milton Willis v. Territory of the Virgin Islands |
Virgin Islands |
2019-11-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
48-usc-1612 district-court exclusive-jurisdiction gross-receipts-tax income-tax organic-act revised-organic-act statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction virgin-islands |
Whether the plain language of § 22 of the Revised Organic Act of 1954 vests exclusive jurisdiction over gross receipts taxes in the District Court of … |
| 19-5474 |
Terry Lee Carlson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-08-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
computer-search district-court due-process evidence evidence-suppression fourth-amendment jurisdiction search-limitation search-warrant territorial-jurisdiction venue warrant-scope |
Did the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals disregard plain and unambiguous language in the search warrant limiting searches to the computers located in t… |
| 19-5357 |
Daniel Eugene Cookson v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights exclusionary-rule federal-magistrate federal-magistrates-act federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fourth-amendment good-faith-exception magistrate-judge search-warrant territorial-jurisdiction |
When a warrant authorizes a search beyond the issuing judge's territorial jurisdiction, does the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply t… |
| 18-9447 |
QuintIn Irving Brown v. Virginia |
Virginia |
2019-05-28 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appeal conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process judicial-boundaries jurisdiction jurisdictional-overreach procedural-error reversal state-law territorial-jurisdiction venue |
When a conviction occurs in any state of the United States where a county's jurisdiction occurs over 2,200 yards beyond its 300-yard permissible juris… |
| 18-1461 |
Dawn Marie Delebreau v. Cristina Danforth, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-05-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
42-usc-1983 bivens civil-rights constitutional-equality domestic-dependent-nations due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction native-american-rights section-1983 sovereign-immunity territorial-jurisdiction tribal-law tribal-sovereignty |
Are tribal laws considered territorial laws under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 such that Native Americans must also have an equal § 1983 remedy when Indians are c… |
| 18-7799 |
Joel Stephen Cutulle v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights democratic-society due-process fair-hearing integrity judicial-integrity judicial-review legal-protection reliability standing territorial-jurisdiction |
What due process protection is afforded a citizen within the territorial boundaries of the United States who brings a claim before a court of law seek… |
| 18-775 |
Andrew Chien v. LeClairRyan, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-error civil-rights collateral-estoppel color-of-state-act due-process false-imprisonment fourth-amendment qualified-immunity res-judicata subject-matter-jurisdiction territorial-jurisdiction |
Whether the order is void due to administrative error and lack of jurisdiction |
| 18-6514 |
In Re Melvin T. Bell |
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2018-10-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process habeas-corpus imprisonment jurisdiction liberty-deprivation standing territorial-jurisdiction |
Whether the petitioner is illegally deprived of his liberty |
| 18-5788 |
James Everett Dutschke v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-08-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
biological-agents bioweapon-offenses civil-rights constitutional-separation-of-powers due-process federal-prosecution jurisdiction jurisdictional-ambiguity plea-agreement select-agents separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation statutory-validity subject-matter-jurisdiction territorial-jurisdiction treaty treaty-enactment |
Is it constitutional for an Article III judge to act as an Article I lawmaker by rewriting or nullifying existing written law, writing new law or as a… |
| 18-5221 |
Aquilino Guizamano-Cortes v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law drug-offense due-process equal-protection maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law rational-basis safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction |
Whether the exclusion of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (46 U.S.C. § 70503) from eligibility for safety valve relief violates equal protection,… |