unsettled-law
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-7236 | Joseph Crocco v. United States | First Circuit | 2022-03-01 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | career-offender categorical-approach circuit-conflict circuit-split controlled-substance-offense plain-error sentencing-guidelines unsettled-law | Whether the Court of Appeals erred when it held that the district court's erroneous determination that Petitioner was a career offender, based on Peti… |
| 20-1101 | Taniesheia Harden v. Comcast Corporation | Seventh Circuit | 2021-02-10 | Denied | Response Waived | 42-U.S.C.-§-1981 42-usc-1981 burden-of-proof civil-procedure commercial-establishment court-of-appeals pleading-standard summary-judgment unsettled-law | Is the grant of summary judgment proper when the movant does not meet its burden? |
| 20-5379 | Keith Adair Davis v. Washington | Washington | 2020-08-17 | Denied | Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | adversarial-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial defense-counsel due-process pro-se-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment unsettled-law | Where a pro se defendant is absent from a criminal trial, whether due to misconduct or voluntary choice, is the trial court constitutionally required … |
| 18-6862 | John Thomas v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2018-11-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure johnson-standard johnson-v-united-states plain-error standard-of-review time-of-appeal time-of-law unsettled-law | When the governing law is unsettled at the time of trial but settled-in defendant's favor by the time of appeals, should an appellate court reviewing … |