| 24-98 |
Norman Abood, et al. v. James P. Carroll, Chapter 7 Trustee |
Third Circuit |
2024-07-30 |
Denied |
|
article-iii-courts article-three bankruptcy bankruptcy-court congress-power constitutional-authority judicial-council jurisdictional-challenge statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution |
Whether the Virgin Islands Bankruptcy Court is lawfully constituted under Article III, § 1 of the United States Constitution |
| 24-5095 |
Moises Gamboa v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-07-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution |
Did the lower courts improperly interpret United States Sentencing Guideline § 4C1.1 that violated the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause of the Eigh… |
| 23-6180 |
Clifford Allen Follansbee v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2023-12-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
arizona-constitution constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process judicial-review procedural-fairness professional-norm structural-error united-states-constitution |
Are Arizona judiciaries violating the Due Process Clause of the Arizona and United States Constitutions, by practicing a Professional Norm that is con… |
| 22-6876 |
Haroun Bacchus v. Misty Thomson, et al. |
California |
2023-02-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment fraud-allegations litigation-process procedural-due-process standing united-states-constitution |
Whether the civil procedures performed in both cases violate the requirements of procedural due process of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United Stat… |
| 22-6516 |
Abraham A. Augustin v. Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security |
Tennessee |
2023-01-11 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-forfeiture constitutional-law due-process fourteenth-amendment procedural-protections property-rights takings united-states-constitution |
Whether the forfeiture of Augustin's property comported with the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 22-620 |
Daniel Cox v. Maryland State Board of Elections |
Maryland |
2023-01-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
election-law elections-clause mail-in-ballots maryland-general-assembly montgomery-county moore-v-harper representative-elections u.s-constitution united-states-constitution |
Whether the Maryland Circuit Court for Montgomery County violated the Elections Clause of the United States Constitution |
| 22-6458 |
Brian L. Melson v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2023-01-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
cherokee-nation criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction indian-law major-crimes-act native-american-rights reservation-status tribal-sovereignty united-states-constitution |
Whether the State of Oklahoma has the authority to prosecute crimes committed by or against Indians in the Cherokee Reservation |
| 21-7544 |
Erskine D. Salter v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-04-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appellate-review conflict constitutional-law due-process eleventh-circuit federal-question legal-procedure united-states-constitution |
Did the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decide a federal question in a way in conflict with the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution… |
| 21-7529 |
Jesse Dean Mince v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 21-1198 |
Robert Dexter Weir, et al. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
congressional-power extraterritorial-jurisdiction felonies-clause foreign-flagged-vessels foreign-nationals high-seas piracy-clause united-states-constitution |
Whether Congress's power to define and punish felonies committed on the high seas extends to conduct committed by foreign nationals on a foreign-flagg… |
| 21-430 |
Luke T. West v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2021-09-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
collateral-estoppel court-martial due-process federal-claims first-amendment judicial-review military-justice privacy-act statutory-construction united-states-constitution |
As a matter of statutory construction and application, is petitioner entitled to the exercise of the authority of the United States Federal Court of C… |
| 21-5268 |
Ambus Ray Davis, III v. Nick Ludwick, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-07-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rule criminal-procedure direct-review due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retrospective-application united-states-constitution |
Whether newly declared constitutional rule of criminal procedure apply retrospectively |
| 21-5165 |
Robert Allen Custard v. Scott Crow, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-07-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
citizen-rights civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment double-jeopardy due-process imprisonment legal-detention multiple-punishments united-states-constitution |
Whether a U.S. citizen can serve 14 years in prison without a sentence |
| 21-5113 |
Michael Anthony Almendarez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-07-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
article-vi constitutional-interpretation court-records due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct procedural-due-process state-court-records united-states-constitution |
Is a judge categorically in excess of jurisdiction to enter an order if said judge refuses to obey the interplay between Article VI, cl. 2 of the Unit… |
| 20-1230 |
In Re Reginald L. Sydnor |
|
2021-03-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law-judge administrative-procedure administrative-procedures-act constitutional-appointment due-process lucia-v-sec mandamus merit-systems-protection-board standing united-states-constitution |
Does petitioner's repeated timely requests for his appropriate ALJ due process hearing before a constitutionally appointed board ALJ, although all wer… |
| 20-7250 |
Eunice Husband v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-02-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias plain-error supervised-release united-states-constitution |
Whether the district court and appellate court erred in their handling of the defendant's claims of plain error, judicial bias, ineffective assistance… |
| 20-6878 |
Edward Joseph Curran, III v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute firearm-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 20-6420 |
Oscar Urias Espinoza, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-power criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-law felony-restriction firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 20-6154 |
Roderick Perez-Gonzalez v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process plea-bargaining prosecution united-states-constitution |
Whether Subsequent Prosecution of Conspiracies Violate the Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution when Both Conspiracies Operate Und… |
| 19-8837 |
Donnie Wayne Nipper v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-06-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal criminal-procedure double-jeopardy ex-post-facto jurisdictional-waiver sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution |
Should Mr. Nipper be resentenced without an armed career criminal enhancement to his guideline range |
| 19-7497 |
Richard Silvestri v. United States |
First Circuit |
2020-01-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law extraterritorial-conduct federal-punishment kentucky-resolutions state-power thomas-jefferson united-states-constitution void-and-no-force |
Should the United States Constitution be construed to prohibit Congress from enacting Laws that punish people for extcaterritorial conduct under the C… |
| 19-6711 |
Luciano Diaz-Contreras v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-11-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-power felon-in-possession firearms firearms-possession statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution |
Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 19-6039 |
Camilo Andres Landazuri Vargas v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-09-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
congress-powers-limits congressional-power criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment foreign-national international-law international-waters jurisdiction jurisdictional-element maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution |
Whether the prosecution of Mr. Vargas - an Ecuadorian national with no ties to the United States - for trafficking controlled substances in internatio… |
| 19-5973 |
Wilfred Warren Sheppard v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-09-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus jury-trial sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent united-states-constitution |
Whether the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals has ruled in a manner which conflicts with the Fifth and Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution |
| 18-1521 |
Unión de Trabajadores de la Industria Eléctrica y Riego, Inc. v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, et al. |
First Circuit |
2019-06-07 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law de-facto-officer de-facto-officer-doctrine ongoing-injury oversight-board principal-officers puerto-rico relief uncon-stitutional-appointments united-states-constitution |
Whether the de facto officer doctrine allows for unconstitutionally appointed principal Officers of the United States to continue acting, leaving the … |
| 18-8188 |
Jermaine C. Williams v. Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law contract contract-clause criminal-procedure due-process judgment judicial-review lower-tribunal plea-agreement sentencing united-states-constitution |
Whether the plea agreement affirmed by the lower tribunal judgment violated the contract and due process clauses of the United States Constitution |
| 18-7563 |
Lynce P. Foster v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance legal-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment united-states-constitution |
Whether counsel were ineffective for not representing petitioner according to a counsel guaranteed to the petitioner by the Sixth Amendment of the Uni… |
| 18-7380 |
Ricardo Glover v. Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
2019-01-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure deprivation-of-liberty due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge liberty prosecutorial-misconduct subject-matter-jurisdiction united-states-constitution |
Whether a person is deprived of their liberty when they are forcefully brought before a court in chains and shackles by the prosecution, the prosecuti… |
| 18-7109 |
Tshombe Miller v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2018-12-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-charging criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process juror-consensus jury-consensus ohio-constitution rape-allegations united-states-constitution |
Is 'carbon copy' charging of multiple allegations of rape violative of due process and/or double jeopardy pursuant to the United States and Ohio Const… |
| 18-401 |
Faye Rennell Hobson v. James Mattis, Secretary of Defense |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-09-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
bias civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process due-process-violation evidence fifth-amendment judicial-bias legal-standard pro-se pro-se-litigant united-states-constitution |
What is the level of bias that must be demonstrated before it constitutes a violation of a pro se litigant's right to due process guaranteed by the Fi… |
| 18-5541 |
Darren Kyle Stepp-Zafft v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-08-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-penalty due-process firearms-regulation national-firearms-act nfa-firearms right-to-bear-arms second-amendment tax taxation united-states-constitution |
Is 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) a valid exercise of Congress's power to tax? |
| 18-5528 |
Brian Thurman v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-08-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acquitted-conduct double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment united-states-constitution |
Whether the District Court violated Mr. Thurman's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights by increasing his sentence based on acquitted conduct |