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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-40 Harold Jean-Baptiste v. Department of Justice, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-07-10 Denied Response Waived attempted-murder fbi-liability federal-government human-rights-violations judicial-immunity terrorism Can the Federal Government's Judicial influence and the Courts' interference protect the Federal Bureau of Investigation from liability for a Terroris…
23-6708 Georgios V. Vloutis v. Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft District of Columbia 2024-02-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection government-accountability national-security patriot-act terrorism terrorism-allegations Whether Lufthansa Airlines' alleged negligence and association with terrorism violates the 14th Amendment and the U.S. Patriot Act
23-6048 Elvis Redzepagic v. United States Second Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law federal-sentencing material-support offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation terrorism terrorist-organizations Whether the correct offense level should be used in sentencing violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2339B(a)(1), (d)
23-208 Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael, et al. v. Education for a Just Peace in the Middle East District of Columbia 2023-09-06 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) aiding-and-abetting civil-rights due-process facial-plausibility foreign-policy foreign-terrorist-organizations jurisdiction pro-palestinian-organizations standing statutory-interpretation terrorism terrorism-liability Whether 'facial plausibility' of a complaint filed by a victim of international terrorism committed in Israel may be judged by a different standard th…
23-197 James Owens, et al. v. Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. Second Circuit 2023-09-01 Denied Relisted (2) choice-of-forum co-plaintiff-composition court-jurisdiction deference foreign-co-plaintiffs forum-non-conveniens international-litigation terrorism terrorism-victims U.S.-resident-plaintiffs Whether the choice of a U.S. forum by U.S.-resident plaintiffs is entitled to 'less deference' under the doctrine of forum-non-conveniens, rather than…
22-1117 Charlotte Freeman, et al. v. HSBC Holdings PLC, et al. Second Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied civil-conspiracy civil-rights conspiracy deferred-prosecution-agreements due-process foreign-terrorist-organizations jasta material-support sanctions terrorism terrorism-sanctions Whether a JASTA claim for civil conspiracy requires only that acts of international terrorism be a foreseeable consequence of the terrorism sanctions …
22-6769 Thomas L. Fast v. Florida Florida 2023-02-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment free-speech material-support metadata-collection national-security-agency privacy-rights standing surveillance terrorism usa-patriot-act Whether the petitioner's conviction for providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization under 18 U.S.C. § 2339B violates the First Amen…
21-1207 Joel D. Klenck v. Liberty University, et al. Florida 2022-03-03 Denied Response Waived arbitrary-capricious 21-1206" arbitrary-capricious-standard congressional-representation constitutional-rights district-of-columbia final-judgments historic-preservation international-treaties judicial-review ministerial-duty state-court-review state-courts state-representation tenth-amendment terrorism terrorism-context Whether a federal court can dismiss a case for lac Whether and to what degree does this Court have the ability to review final judgments of state courts when the case involves international treaties re…
21-7097 Sinmyah Amera Ceasar v. United States Second Circuit 2022-02-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3553(a) appellate-standard circuit-split criminal-sentencing gall-v-united-states sentencing-review standard-of-review statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness terrorism terrorism-cases Does the application of a stricter standard of review in assessing the substantive reasonableness of terrorism sentences contravene Gall and 18 U.S.C.…
21-5776 Bobby John Kobito v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process federal-crime sentencing-guidelines silencer silencer-possession terrorism terrorism-enhancement trial-court-discretion Whether the trial court erred in finding that the defendant's possession of a silencer was intended to promote a federal crime of terrorism, pursuant …
21-382 Moses Strauss, et al. v. Credit Lyonnais, S.A. Second Circuit 2021-09-09 Denied CVSGRelisted (2) aiding-and-abetting civil-liability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process foreign-terrorist-organization free-speech justice-against-sponsors-of-terrorism-act standing substantial-funds terrorism terrorist-organization Whether a person who knowingly transfers substantial funds to a designated foreign terrorist organization aids and abets that organization's terrorist…
21-381 Tzvi Weiss, et al. v. National Westminster Bank, PLC Second Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied CVSGAmici (5)Relisted (2) 18 U.S.C. § 2333(d)(2) aiding-abetting civil-liability civil-rights due-process foreign-terrorist-organizations free-speech material-support standing substantial-assistance terrorism terrorist-organizations Whether a person who knowingly transfers substantial funds to a designated FTO aids and abets that organization's terrorist acts for purposes of civil…
20-7668 Mary Jo Weidrick v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. District of Columbia 2021-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-conference civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-dismissal due-process grand-jury legal-complaint republic standing terrorism terrorism-allegation Whether the facts alleged in the complaint are true and nonfrivolous
20-1282 In Re Kaysha F. N. Dery 2021-03-17 Denied administrative-detention civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus immigration immigration-law indigenous-rights terrorism torture Is it constitutional to detain someone who is fleeing torture and terrorism?
20-931 Wynship W. Hillier v. Central Intelligence Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2021-01-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure agency-declaration agency-records civil-rights classified-records judicial-review privacy-act summary-judgment terrorism Shall summary judgment be awarded in favor of an agency in a Privacy Act suit to compel notice of records existence based on agency declaration
19-7460 David Wright v. United States First Circuit 2020-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-general-discretion civil-rights constitutional-review constitutional-rights-4th-amendment due-process fisa-surveillance foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act national-security standing surveillance terrorism terrorism-conspiracy warrantless-search warrantless-surveillance Whether FISA's emergency provision is unconstitutional
19-764 Mark I. Sokolow, et al. v. Palestine Liberation Organization, et al. Second Circuit 2019-12-16 GVR Amici (3) anti-terrorism-act anti-terrorism-act-1992 anti-terrorism-clarification-act-2018 congress due-process fifth-amendment international-terrorism national-security palestinian-authority personal-jurisdiction terrorism united-states-citizen Whether the PLO and PA consented to personal jurisdiction when they chose to maintain facilities within the United States after the date specified in …
19-6891 Ahmad Khan Rahimi v. United States Second Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2332a attempted-use attempted-use-of-weapon-of-mass-destruction criminal-law criminal-statute-interpretation detonation explosive-device explosives federal-criminal-code possession-of-weapon public-safety statutory-construction statutory-interpretation terrorism terrorism-law weapon-of-mass-destruction weapons Whether a defendant's attempted 'use' of a weapon of mass destruction includes conduct besides detonation
19-313 Neringa Venckiene v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-09-06 Denied Response Waived atrocious-procedures-or-punishments constitutional-limitations due-process extradition extradition-law extradition-law-political-offense-exception international-law judicial-review political-offense political-offense-exception state-department terrorism war-like-insurrection Whether the Seventh Circuit has correctly construed the 'political offense' exception to extradition by limiting the term only to offenses committed i…
19-5373 Helga G. Suarez Clark v. Carlos Castellon Cueva, et al. District of Columbia 2019-07-29 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process federal-civil-procedure judicial-misconduct personal-injuries pro-se-litigation procedural-due-process res-judicata standing statute-of-limitations terrorism torture Whether the district court and appeals court erred in denying court-appointed counsel and dismissing the case despite the merits and evidence of terro…
18-1517 Mehrdad Hosseini v. Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-06-07 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure administrative-procedures-act civil-rights first-amendment free-speech immigration immigration-law material-support national-security overbreadth political-advocacy standing terrorism tier-iii-terrorist-organization Whether independent, non-violent political advocacy constitutes material support for terrorism under the Immigration and Nationality Act
18-9111 El-Sayyid Nosair v. United States Second Circuit 2019-05-02 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi-v-new-jersey blakely-v-washington civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection hurst-v-florida judicial-review muslim-arab-prisoners prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation sentencing terrorism united-states-v-o'brien wrongful-conviction yick-wo-v-hopkins Whether the denial of equal justice by lower courts is still within the prohibition of the Constitution
18-1253 Brian Mark Burmaster v. Switzerland Third Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied 18-usc-229 asset-seizure chemical-weapon chemical-weapons civil-rights diplomatic-immunity due-process embassy-contact extradition federal-statute international-law international-terrorism standing swiss-assets terrorism uncontested-proceedings writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court should punish Switzerland for an alleged chemical weapon attack on a U.S. citizen by enforcing a lien on Swiss assets, despi…
18-8396 Mary Jo Weidrick v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States District of Columbia 2019-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 5th-amendment-right-to-counsel 6th-amendment 6th-amendment-right-to-counsel adversarial-process civil-rights constitutional-violation counsel criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment investigation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standing terrorism terrorism-investigation Whether Petitioner's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights to counsel are violated
18-7162 Muna Osman Jama v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process first-amendment foreign-terrorist-organization free-speech freedom-of-speech material-support peaceable-assembly terrorism vagueness Does section, 18 USC § 2339B(a) [material support of foreign terrorist organization(s)] impose an unconstitutionally vague provision in times of peace…
18-7092 Ileen Cain v. Atelier Esthetique Institute of Esthetics, Inc. Second Circuit 2018-12-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP character-damage civil-liability civil-rights defamation defamation-per-se due-process financial-prospects professional-reputation rehabilitation-act terrorism trade trade-school Question not identified