| 24-685 |
Susan McBrine, et al. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-12-27 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
camp-lejeune justice-act mandamus-relief statutory-right trial-by-jury united-states |
Whether plaintiffs who bring actions against the United States under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 have the right to trial by jury |
| 24-56 |
Janelle R. Polk v. California Franchise Tax Board |
California |
2024-07-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
federal-income-tax federal-taxation gross-income income-definition labor labor-compensation source-of-income statutory-interpretation taxation united-states |
Whether all gross receipts paid to an individual in exchange for his or her labor or services performed in the United States of America are necessaril… |
| 23-7380 |
Kenneth Leslie Caldwell v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2024-05-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
antitrust civil-rights color-of-law constitution due-process government-accountability government-power legal-remedies standing united-states |
Is the 'United States' a medium employed by the United States of America assigned for the upholding of the United States Constitution |
| 23-7221 |
Luke John Scott, Sr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
federal-law federal-perjury obstruction-of-justice perjury-rule sentencing-guidelines two-level-enhancement uncorroborated-testimony united-states |
Does the longstanding rule for federal perjury cases that a finding of perjury cannot rest on the uncorroborated testimony of one witness apply to the… |
| 23-5515 |
Carmen Saldana Meyer v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure extraterritorial-jurisdiction federal-kidnapping-act foreign-commerce jurisdictional-basis jury-instructions kidnapping united-states unlawful-act |
Whether the Federal Kidnapping Act authorizes a conviction where the foreign commerce jurisdictional basis was the defendant's travel in foreign comme… |
| 22-1110 |
Justin Paul Dreiling v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2023-05-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitution court-of-federal-claims equitable-jurisdiction equitable-relief executive-department executive-regulation judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction monetary-claims statutory-interpretation united-states |
Shall the Court of Federal Claims have jurisdiction to render judgment upon any claim against the United States founded upon any regulation of an exec… |
| 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)? |
| 21-6889 |
Michael D. Lowery v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2022-01-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
choctaw-indians congress-authorization criminal-jurisdiction reservation treaty-of-dancing-rabbit-creek united-states |
Whether Article 1 of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek reserves criminal jurisdiction to the United States over crimes committed by a Choctaw Indian … |
| 20-1714 |
William Joseph Mooney, et ux. v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2021-06-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure article-iii courts-of-the-united-states due-process federal-register iRS-collection legal-notice real-party-of-interest standing substantive-regulations united-states united-states-of-america |
Who has Standing against the Mooneys as the Plaintiff and being the as the Real Party of Interest in the 'Courts of the United States' arising under A… |
| 20-1654 |
Sonos, Inc. v. Implicit, LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-05-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause article-ii constitutional-law inferior-officers principal-officers separation-of-powers united-states |
Whether administrative patent judges are 'principal' or 'inferior' Officers of the United States within the meaning of the Appointments Clause |
| 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? |
| 20-408 |
Fredman Bros. Furniture Company, Inc. v. Bedgear, LLC |
Federal Circuit |
2020-09-29 |
Dismissed |
Relisted (2) |
administrative-officers administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause constitutional-law inferior-officers judicial-review patent-law principal-officers separation-of-powers united-states |
Whether administrative patent judges are 'principal' or 'inferior' Officers of the United States within the meaning of the Appointments Clause |
| 18-1481 |
Eric S. Strohmeyer v. Surface Transportation Board, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-05-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abandonment administrative-law federal-agency-decision jurisdiction motion-to-dismiss rail-line-acquisition standing surface-transportation-board third-circuit transportation-board-jurisdiction united-states |
Whether the Surface Transportation Board had jurisdiction to render a decision in the underlying proceeding |
| 18-7026 |
Bryan Coats v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appeals civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts government-action jurisdiction jurisdiction-filing legal-procedure order-denying-rehearing petition-for-rehearing rehearing standing takings timeliness united-states |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the government's actions |
| 18-6913 |
Lamar Sowell v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2018-12-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-criminal-provisions force-element lower-federal-courts statutory-interpretation united-states |
Whether the categorical approach applies in determining whether an offense has an element of force and thereby qualifies as a 'crime of violence' for … |
| 18-6865 |
Adony Nina v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2018-11-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aiding-and-abetting burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-statute due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-element prosecutorial-burden reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation united-states |
Whether Title 18 U.S.C. § 2 (Aiding and Abetting) Requires the Prosecution to Prove Beyond A Reasonable Doubt The Jurisdictional Element By Establishi… |
| 18-6292 |
Anthony Robinson v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2018-10-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law federal-criminal-provisions federal-criminal-statute force-element statutory-interpretation third-circuit united-states |
Whether the categorical approach applies in determining whether an offense has an element of force and thereby qualifies as a 'crime of violence' for … |
| 18-6194 |
James Dow Vandivere v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
absurd-results civil-action civil-commitment civil-procedure congressional-act due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-statute procedural-law statute-of-limitations united-states |
Whether the 28 U.S.C. § 1658(a) four-year statute of limitations applies to civil commitment proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 4248 |
| 18-315 |
Cochise Consultancy, Inc., et al. v. United States, ex rel. Billy Joe Hunt |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-09-11 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (10)Relisted (2) |
31-usc-3731 civil-action false-claims-act government-intervention official-of-the-united-states official-status qui-tam relator statute-of-limitations united-states united-states-intervention |
Whether a relator in a False Claims Act qui tam action may rely on the statute of limitations in 31 U.S.C. § 3731(b)(2) in a suit in which the United … |
| 18-5838 |
Hosea Swopes v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-08-30 |
Denied |
Relisted (4)IFP |
categorically constitutes a 'violent felony' unde interpreted by state law to be satisfied by the f armed-career-criminal-act circuit-conflict circuit-split criminal-statute element-of-force force-element robbery-offense state-robbery-offense statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states united-states violent-felony |
Whether a state robbery offense that includes 'as an element' the taking of property by another by force, interpreted by state law to be satisfied by … |
| 18-5022 |
Marcus Kalani Watson, aka Kiki Seui, and Rogussia Eddie Allen Danielson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-06-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act bank-robbery criminal-procedure federal-bank-robbery force-clause sentencing-enhancement slight-force statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states united-states |
Whether federal bank robbery that requires only slight force is covered by the force clause of 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(A) |