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25-576 Stephen Buyer v. United States Second Circuit 2025-11-14 Pending Response RequestedResponse Waived constitutional-limitations criminal-prosecution insider-trading prosecutorial-discretion stock-exchange venue The question presented is whether a stock trading on an exchange whose physical headquarters is located in Manhattan suffices to establish venue in th…
25-439 Karl Tobien v. Nationwide General Insurance Company Sixth Circuit 2025-10-10 Denied affirmative-defense burden-of-proof civil-procedure legal-standard non-patent-case venue Whether a defendant who raises the affirmative defense of improper venue in a non-patent case bears the burden of proving that venue is improper.
25A205 Stephen Buyer v. United States Second Circuit 2025-08-20 Presumed Complete constitutional-limitation electronic-trading insider-trading sixth-amendment stock-exchange venue Whether the Sixth Amendment's venue provision requires venue for insider trading prosecutions to be determined by the location of the actual electroni…
25-5328 Ayana Saunders v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-amendment indictment sixth-circuit trial-procedure variance venue I. Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in finding that the proof at trial did not result in a Constructive Amendment or Variance from the…
24A1182 Ayana Saunders v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-06-02 Presumed Complete constructive-variance criminal-justice-act money-laundering sixth-circuit venue wire-fraud Whether a constructive variance or improper venue can serve as grounds for overturning a federal criminal conviction for wire fraud and money launderi…
24A276 Manuel Enrique Yates v. United States Second Circuit 2024-09-18 Presumed Complete confrontation-clause fourth-amendment pro-se search-and-seizure sixth-amendment venue Whether the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause and Venue Clause, and the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures, wer…
24-135 James G. Robinson, et al. v. Armin Azod, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-06 Denied arbitration-award civil-procedure contract federal-arbitration-act federal-courts forum-clause forum-selection-clause judicial-estoppel manifest-disregard venue venue-selection Whether a litigant's statement accepting 'venue' in a district court can judicially estop that litigant from later seeking to dismiss a new action in …
24-5172 Hassan Abbas v. United States First Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy conspiracy-charges criminal-prosecution first-circuit money-laundering overt-acts venue venue-constitutional-protection wire-fraud venue-requirements
24-5169 Jeremy David Spielbauer v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied IFP challenges-for-cause constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection media-coverage trial-procedure use-immunity venue Question not identified.
23A1153 James G. Robinson, et al. v. Armin Azod, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-06-25 Presumed Complete arbitration attorneys-fees forum-non-conveniens judicial-estoppel manifest-disregard venue Whether judicial estoppel can be applied to prevent a party from challenging venue or forum when the party previously made inconsistent procedural sta…
23-1317 Jean Dufort Baptichon v. Department of Education, et al. District of Columbia 2024-06-18 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights federal-courts federal-jurisdiction forum-non-conveniens personal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction transfer venue venue-transfer Personal-jurisdiction-versus-forum-non-conveniens
23-1229 Environmental Protection Agency v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-22 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Response WaivedRelisted (3) administrative-law circuit-court-review clean-air-act environmental-law epa-administrative-action jurisdiction renewable-fuel-standard statutory-interpretation venue venue-jurisdiction Whether venue for the refineries' challenges lies exclusively in the D.C. Circuit
23-1230 Growth Energy, et al. v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-22 GVR Response WaivedRelisted (4) administrative-law centralized-review environmental-protection-agency epa-action nationwide-scope renewable-fuel-program small-refinery-exemption small-refinery-exemptions statutory-interpretation venue venue-statute Whether an EPA action is 'nationally applicable' or 'based on a determination of nationwide scope or effect' for venue under 42 U.S.C. §7607(b)(1)
23-7445 Lloyd Kidd v. United States Second Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process electronic-evidence jurisdiction motion-to-suppress sufficiency-of-evidence summary-charts venue venue-challenge Was there legally insufficient evidence to establish that venue was proper in the Southern District of New York for each count of conviction?
23-1136 P. Koichi Yagi, aka Peter Yagi v. Estate of Robert C. Cannon Washington 2024-04-19 Denied Response Waived circuit-conflict civil-procedure due-process federal-question judicial-precedent legal-authority standing stare-decisis venue venue-selection Whether the lower court erred by ignoring Petitioner's right under Court precedent to original venue
23-7089 Steven L. Lewis v. Mississippi Mississippi 2024-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process improper-venue mistrial retrial speedy-trial venue Whether the Constitution permits the retrial of a defendant following a trial in an improper venue
23-7019 Quindell Montrae Kirby v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2024-03-19 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution due-process evidence-disclosure exculpatory-evidence fair-trial jurisdiction venue Whether the Court of the County of Chesterfield, Commonwealth of Virginia was allowed to prosecute this case when precedent supports the Petitioner's …
23-6852 Elisha L. Gresham v. Martin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada-compliance administrative-law appeals civil-procedure disability-law federal-courts jurisdiction social-security standing venue Did the Eleventh Circuit Court have legal jurisdiction to hear and rule on this case?
23-816 In Re Shiva Akula 2024-01-29 Denied Response Waived civil-rights conflict-of-interest district-court due-process financial-disclosure judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-recusal recusal standing venue Does district-court-judges have-to-disclose-financial-holdings
23-415 BP America Production Company, et al. v. Parish of Cameron, Louisiana, et al. Louisiana 2023-10-19 Dismissed Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights defendant-rights due-process impartial-decisionmaker impartial-jury standing venue venue-transfer voir-dire Whether a transfer of venue is required before voir dire to ensure a civil defendant's due-process right to an impartial decisionmaker where the entir…
23-5813 Medghyne Calonge, aka Sealed Defendant 1 v. United States Second Circuit 2023-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP computer-fraud computer-fraud-and-abuse-act constitutional-interpretation criminal-venue data-access due-process fair-trial government-abuse statutory-construction venue venue-requirements vicinage Whether the Second Circuit correctly held that the evidence of venue was legally sufficient under the Venue and Vicinage Clauses of the United States …
23-393 Shichinin, LLC v. Sprint Corporation Fifth Circuit 2023-10-13 Denied Response Waived arbitration-agreement arbitration-venue contract-interpretation federal-arbitration-act forum-shopping hawaii-arbitration-statute post-arbitration-proceedings venue volt-v-stanford Whether the FAA's venue provision can be abused to permit forum shopping for post-arbitration proceedings, contrary to the parties' agreement
22-7540 Harry Cole v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-procedure district-court due-process essential-element jurisdiction jurisdictional-concept sua-sponte venue Whether venue is only a jurisdictional concept rather than essential element of an offense that must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt
22-7251 Thomas Creighton Shrader v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-competence constitutional-standing criminal-procedure criminal-venue federal-courts federal-jurisdiction fourth-circuit-review standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction venue When Congress by Statute has mandatorily set where the criminal Subject Matter Jurisdiction of the offense must be, was the Fourth Circuit in error to…
22-7063 Colby Dranoel Leonard v. James M. LeBlanc, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights compact-clause due-care due-process joint-tenancy jurisdiction prisoners-rights rehabilitation-programs standing venue venue-transfer Should the State District Court have transferred Mr. Leonard's civil suit to the correct venue/jurisdiction?
22-6800 Ronald Lee Sorenson v. Washington Washington 2023-02-16 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process jurisdiction mathews-factors reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment structural-error structural-error-doctrine venue where-the-first-of-the-four-total-specific-alleged-acts-occurred-outside-the-state-of-washington
22-6797 Dominick Galluzzo v. Internal Revenue Service Third Circuit 2023-02-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-misconduct bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure irs iRS-assessment judicial-misconduct proof-of-claim tax-court tax-dispute venue venue-selection Was the petitioner mis-represented at bankruptcy by their attorney not asking for attachments to PROOF OF CLAIM according to rule 3001 and B10 (exhibi…
22-6521 William Randall Brannan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP challenge circuit-split civil-procedure preservation-of-issues rule-29 venue Whether a general motion under Rule 29 preserves a challenge to venue
22-6343 Rossen Iossifov v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP bitcoin-exchange criminal-venue due-process extradition extraterritorial-jurisdiction money-laundering racketeering venue wire-fraud Jurisdictional-grounds-for-SCOTUS-review
22-5795 Kevin White, Jr. v. Michigan Michigan 2022-10-07 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission judicial-discretion jurisdiction trial-procedure venue Whether the district court erred in dismissing the case for improper venue where the indictment indicated that the alleged crime by the defendant occu…
22-5761 Prinyah Godiah Nmiaa Pa El-Bey v. Cubesmart Self Storage, et al. Second Circuit 2022-10-04 Denied IFP address-change bias-prejudice civil-procedure court-notification due-process judicial-bias notification pro-se-plaintiff procedural-due-process standing venue venue-change Under the rules of Unified Courts, do parties have the right to be notified of changes to the court's mailing address?
22-5455 Tyrone Woolaston v. United States Second Circuit 2022-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights confidential-informant criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process government-conduct government-misconduct manufactured-venue venue venue-manipulation Whether manufactured venue is a valid criminal defense
22-5285 Alifonso Eduardo Garcia v. Kansas Kansas 2022-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP autopsy-evidence criminal-procedure due-process jury-questionnaire jury-selection lesser-included-offense presumed-prejudice skilling-factors standard-of-review venue venue-prejudice Whether the Kansas Supreme Court erred in finding no presumed prejudice in the venue of Rooks County
21-1576 Timothy J. Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-21 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) acquittal circuit-split constitutional-right criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process reprosecution retrial trial-remedy venue Whether the proper remedy for the government's failure to prove venue is an acquittal barring reprosecution of the offense
21-7996 George Edward Purdy v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-05-27 Denied IFP 5th-amendment blockburger-rule criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment jurisdiction plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion venue Where identical charges are filed for the same alleged victim in multiple counties, is it a violation of the 5th Amendment double-jeopardy rule based …
21-7148 Mark Allen Banes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-02-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process federal-law federalism improper-venue interstate-registration registration-compliance sex-offender-registration venue venue-jurisdiction Whether the state of origin where a sex offender is properly registered is an improper venue for hearing a violation of the sex offender's registratio…
21-1085 Ikorongo Texas LLC, et al. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. Federal Circuit 2022-02-07 Denied Response Waived convenience convenience-standard forum-non-conveniens judicial-discretion mandamus patent-rights statutory-venue transfer venue venue-transfer Can a district court transfer a matter to a statutorily proscribed district based on expressly disregarding undisputed facts creating the proscription
21-7059 Timothy George Muller v. Michigan Michigan 2022-02-04 Denied IFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction plea-bargaining substance venue Whether the trial court erred in denying Mr. Muller's motion to withdraw his plea and vacate his conviction for delivery of a controlled substance cau…
21-7005 Adam M. DeVore v. Kenneth Black, Warden Ohio 2022-01-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure criminal-indictment due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction jurisdictional-change location-modification ohio-supreme-court venue Whether the location of an alleged offense can be changed post-appeal and whether such a change violates due process
21-6775 Temne Adah Hardaway v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy conspiracy-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure financial-transactions money-laundering sixth-amendment specified-unlawful-activity venue venue-jurisdiction whether-a-person-who-obtains-proceeds-and-makes-a-separate-and-distinct-agreement-from-the-anterior-criminal-conduct,-to-engage-in-a-financial-transac…
21-6754 Chad Mink v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-prosecution eighth-circuit false-statement felon-in-possession procedural-jurisdiction venue waiver-rule Question not identified
21-6004 Olufolajimi Abegunde v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-10-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split conspiracy-charges criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure indictment indictment-allegations rule-8-joinder venue venue-impropriety Should the propriety of joinder under Rule 8 be judged strictly by the allegations on the indictment or should factors beyond the indictment be consid…
21-5869 In Re Abdul Mohammed 2021-10-04 Dismissed IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure executive-committee judicial-transfer nunc-pro-tunc standing transfer venue void-ab-initio whether the 7% Circuit shall transfer pending Appeal # 20-2419 and Appeal # 21-1591 to a different circuit
21-340 Orlando Carter v. District of Columbia District of Columbia 2021-09-02 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 6th-amendment constitutional-right court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process groppi-precedent groppi-v-wisconsin impartial-jury venue venue-change Whether the District of Columbia Court of Appeals' categorical prohibition on changes of venue deprives defendants of the right to trial by an imparti…
21-5154 Dakota Stewart v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process interstate-travel prosecutorial-discretion sex-offender-registration venue venue-jurisdiction In a prosecution for failing to update sex offender registration under 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a), does venue lie in the district where the offender resided …
20-8468 Deborah Petty v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-identity-theft criminal-procedure criminal-venue district-court due-process identity-theft interstate-crime jurisdiction venue Was venue proper in the Northern District of Texas when the crimes were actually committed in Nevada and Florida?
20-7900 Monique A. Lozoya v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aircraft-crime airspace aviation constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution trial-procedure venue venue-statute Is the airspace above a State part of that State, for purposes of the Constitution's provisions permitting venue only in the State and district where …
20-1456 Walter Osborne v. Douglas E. Kellogg, et al. Florida 2021-04-16 Denied appellate-procedure change-of-venue civil-rights court-recusal due-process judicial-bias legal-review procedural-fairness recusal standing venue Whether the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying the petitioner's request for a change of venue due to bias and impartiality
20-7453 Douglas D. Jackson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process sentencing statutory-interpretation venue Whether the venue was proper in the Northern District of Indiana
20-1211 SynKloud Technologies, LLC v. Adobe, Inc. Federal Circuit 2021-03-02 Denied Response Waived 1404(a) civil-procedure discovery district-court-discretion federal-circuit-review mandamus patent patent-litigation transfer venue venue-transfer Whether the Federal Circuit wrongly overruled a district court judge's discretionary 1404(a) transfer decision
20-1116 Anthony Seward v. United States First Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied criminal-procedure criminal-venue due-process federal-criminal-law federalism interstate-registration sex-offender-registration statutory-interpretation venue venue-jurisdiction Whether venue lies in the state where the defendant formerly resided for a prosecution of failure to register as a sex offender
20-1098 Tod Houthoofd v. Les Parish, Warden Michigan 2021-02-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-error trial-jurisdiction venue venue-challenge Does Petitioner's convictions violate the U.S. Constitution and prior decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court?
20-6981 Phillip Jay Walter, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2021-01-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment appellate-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel meaningful-appeal pro-se-litigant sixth-amendment venue Is an Appellate Court duty bound to ensure that an Appellant - whether Represented or Pro Se - is afforded a full, fair, and meaningful appeal
20-6828 Mwenda Murithi v. Bryan Gleckler, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP ANOER-Son-v.-LIBERTY-LOBBY civil-procedure credibility-determinations deposition-testimony district-court due-process federal-rules material-fact summary-judgment venue Whether the district court and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals superseded this Court's ruling in ANOER Son v. LIBERTY LOBBY, INC., 477 U.S. 242, …
20-6736 Salvador Diaz v. United States Second Circuit 2020-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-challenge court-of-appeals due-process jurisdiction prior-conviction sorna-violation statutory-interpretation supervisory-power venue venue-selection whether-the-court-of-appeals'-failure-to-remedy-the-district-court's-improper-venue-selection
20-6394 Michael A. Hagar v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-judicial-power criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process jurisdiction protective-order sixth-amendment speedy-trial-act venue venue-limitations Question not identified
20-6044 Luidgi Benjamin v. United States Second Circuit 2020-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP character-evidence character-testimony criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process enticement evidentiary-admission judicial-discretion jury-instructions venue venue-challenge Should venue be proper where no elements of the crime occurred?
20-6007 William Harold Wright, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process indictment judicial-review prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence venue Did the District Court err in denying the defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment?
20-347 Charles Malcolm Spivey, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-09-15 Denied circuit-split criminal-law criminal-prosecution due-process forum-shopping interstate-commerce registration-requirement sorna venue Whether venue for a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a) for failing to update a registration under SORNA after traveling in interstate commerce can …
20-337 Rosemary Ann Lynn v. Andrew George Brown, III, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-09-14 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction due-process personal-jurisdiction rico-statute service-of-process subject-matter-jurisdiction venue Whether Appellees' refusal to serve Petitioner with summons and petition after passage of two years' and seven months divest the district court of per…
20-5684 Frank Joseph Schwindler v. Shay Hatcher, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-14 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process exhaustion-of-remedies federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing state-court-procedures state-courts venue Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals lacked jurisdiction to review the district court's orders staying a habeas corpus petition
20-5656 Priscilla Ann Ellis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure district-prosecution due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge overt-act venue venue-requirement Does proof of venue require that at least one defendant charged in a criminal conspiracy case have participated in an overt act in furtherance of the …
20-5604 Atorbe Aaron Isibor v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-procedure federal-rules forfeiture olano venue venue-insufficiency waiver waiver-doctrine Whether a defendant who argues for the first time on appeal that the government failed to meet its burden to prove venue waives the issue or merely fo…
20-5420 Helga G. Suarez Clark v. Republic of Peru District of Columbia 2020-08-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-appointed-counsel due-process pleading-standards pro-se pro-se-litigation rule-8a short-and-plain-statement standing venue venue-transfer Whether the court erroneously denied the motion for court-appointed counsel and erroneously held that the complaint failed to set forth a short and pl…
20-5115 Gerson Serrano-Ramirez v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process evidence evidence-rules federal-procedure gang-affiliation jury-instructions motion-to-sever sufficiency-of-evidence venue Whether the district court erred in its rulings that prevented the defendant from receiving a fair trial
19-8738 Charles Clark v. Vance Laughlin, Warden Georgia 2020-06-18 Denied IFP competent-jurisdiction constitutional-violation due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial sixth-amendment state-trial-court subject-matter-jurisdiction venue Is the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Due Process Clause violated where the State court was without subject-matter-jurisdiction to pronounc…
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?
19-1092 In Re TCT Mobile International Limited 2020-03-05 Denied Response Waived bristol-myers-squibb civil-procedure contact-attribution due-process eastern-district-of-texas federal-circuit forum-state mandamus nonresident-defendant personal-jurisdiction stream-of-commerce unilateral-activity venue Whether the Federal Circuit erred in denying mandamus and failing to correct a district court ruling finding personal jurisdiction over a nonresident …
19-7571 Richard Williams v. Tony Mays, Warden Tennessee 2020-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-law constitutional-standard criminal-procedure due-process evidence murder murder-investigation presumption statutory-interpretation statutory-presumption venue Whether the statutory presumption comports with the constitutional standard
19-7197 Darryl William Young v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery colloquy constitutional-law constitutional-question-of-procedural-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-11 criminal-procedure-rule-20 direct-appeal district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-question-of-statutory-law federal-rules-criminal-procedure jurisdictional-venue overbroad-interpretation plea-agreement plea-validity procedural-requirements sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-law venue waiver Whether the district court had jurisdictional venue to accept the petitioner's plea agreement and sentence when the requirements of Federal Rules of C…
19-6824 Thomas Abdul Holcombe v. United States Second Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split circuit-splits ex-post-facto non-delegation-doctrine right-to-travel SORNA-prosecution sorna-violations venue venue-issue Whether the Court must resolve splits among and within the circuits because across the country there is no uniformity of prosecution of alleged SORNA …
19-6524 Franklin Elliott Benson v. Aimee Smith, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP actus-reus civil-rights constitutional-rights corpus-delicti criminal-murder criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions standing venue venue-challenge Whether the element of 'causing the death' is an essential element of malice murder in Georgia under O.C.G.A. 16-5-1(a), and whether the burden was on…
19-570 Greg Steven Elofson v. Stephanie Bivens, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-31 Denied Response Waived circuit-split clayton-act judicial-economy nationwide-service nationwide-service-of-process process rico rico-statute rico-venue-process standard-oil standard-oil-co venue venue-process Does the RICO venue and process statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1965, provide for nationwide service of process?
19-6359 Stephen Nivens v. Maryland Maryland 2019-10-25 Denied IFP administrative-hearing administrative-law correctional-services double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review sentencing-credits special-project-credits standing statutory-interpretation venue Whether Judge Daniel P. Dwyer as the Administrative Judge was to preside over and hear Petitioner's hearing for Judicial Review instead of Judge Boyer
19-545 Jean Coulter v. Gerri Volchko Paulisick, et al. Third Circuit 2019-10-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-conflict civil-procedure conflicting-decisions domicile due-process judicial-bias jurisdiction procedural-error standing third-circuit venue Has the Third Circuit improperly determined that domicile of Plaintiff can be based exclusively on the determination of domicile in a subsequently fil…
19-6169 In Re Anthony Brawner 2019-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federalism jurisdiction mandamus maryland-jurisdiction sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction trial-rights venue Does the District of Columbia superior court have subject matter jurisdiction over crimes that happen in the State of Maryland?
19-232 New Mighty U.S. Trust, et al. v. Robert Shi, as Executor of the Will of Yueh-Lan Wang, et al. District of Columbia 2019-08-21 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived burden-of-proof choice-of-forum choice-of-law circuit-split civil-procedure conflict-of-laws forum-non-conveniens jurisdiction jurisdictional-doctrine standing venue Whether a forum resident bears a heightened burden to establish that a suit brought by a foreign plaintiff should be dismissed under the doctrine of f…
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…
19-5169 Timothy Stratton v. Mississippi Mississippi 2019-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 107 325 U.S. 91 65 S.Ct. 1031 89 L.Ed. 1495 (1945) civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction jury-instructions screws-v-united-states venue Whether the trial court failed to instruct the jury on the elements of the crime (venue) as according to Screws v. United States, 325 U.S. 91, 107, 65…
18-9834 Carlos Alberto Ochoa-Orozco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-error cumulative-error due-process fair-trial federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct rule-18 sentencing sixth-amendment venue venue-challenge Whether the district court violated Appellant's right to due process and his Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial
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…
18-1341 Jeffrey A. Robertson v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Amici (1) civil-rights employee-benefit-plan employee-benefit-plans erisa erisa-venue-provision fiduciary-duty forum-selection forum-selection-clause participant-rights public-policy statutory-interpretation venue venue-provision Whether a private employee benefit plan's unilateral adoption of a forum selection clause that circumvents the venue choices that Congress granted pla…
18-8773 Emmanuely Germain v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-error essential-elements harmless-error jurisdiction jury-instructions statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence uncharged-offense venue venue-error Is the omission of an essential element of an offense from jury instructions harmless if there is sufficient evidence to support a conviction of a rel…
18-1284 Jennifer L. Wilson v. SunTrust Bank, et al. North Carolina 2019-04-09 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-hearing due-process judge judicial-discretion judicial-procedure jurisdiction north-carolina-constitution north-carolina-general-statutes procedural-rules standing statutory-interpretation trial-court venue Did the Trial Court hearing of August 15, 2016, Judge Gregory R. Hayes presiding, violate Article VI Section 11 of the North Carolina Constitution; N.…
18-1263 Jason Brian Braun v. Department of the Interior, et al. District of Columbia 2019-04-02 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure-error civil-rights constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-procedure mandamus mandamus-petition standing status-conference transfer venue venue-transfer Whether district court erred in dismissing claims and transferring venue in violation of rules and procedures
18-8581 Robert Nicholas Brooks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-fraud commerce-clause constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury grand-jury-indictment sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction tax-fraud venue wire-fraud Whether the District and Appellate Courts violated Petitioner's Constitutional rights
18-8039 James Barstad v. Washington Washington 2019-02-20 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus invasion jurisdiction legal-standing suspension venue void-ab-initio war Has the Great Writ of Habeas Corpus been suspended in America? If so, what entity has declared war against and invaded America?
18-7578 Jeffrey T. Howard v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence circuit-court-procedure civil-rights coa constitutional-challenge due-process due-process,civil-procedure,standing,habeas-corpus habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdictional-issue manifest-injustice venue writ-of-certiorari Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied the law applicable in COA proceedings
18-7337 Gary D. Martin v. Ralph Terry, Acting Warden West Virginia 2019-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP change-of-venue constitutional-error due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus indigent-rights ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias right-to-counsel venue Did the State of West Virginia and subservient Circuit Court of Fayette County, West Virginia abuse its discretion and commit clear error in failing t…
18-7293 Neil Walker v. Alabama Alabama 2019-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conflict-of-laws criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process jurisdiction sentencing standing venue Where there is a conflict between the two state laws?
18-849 HTC Corporation v. 3G Licensing, S.A., et al. Federal Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1391 28-usc-1400b federal-circuit foreign-defendant patent-infringement statutory-construction statutory-interpretation venue venue-statute Whether an atextual 'foreign defendant' exception exists to 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b)
18-600 Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Inc. v. Renesas Electronics America, Inc., fka Intersil Corporation Federal Circuit 2018-11-07 Denied CVSGAmici (3)Relisted (2) 35-usc-271 commercial-transactions extraterritoriality federal-circuit infringement international-relations offer-to-sell patent patent-infringement patent-law statutory-interpretation united-states-code venue Whether an 'offer to sell' under 35 U.S.C. § 271(a) occurs where the offer is made or where the proposed sale will take place
18-240 Kirk Tang Yuk v. United States Second Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied Response Waived co-conspirator-testimony criminal-procedure criminal-venue due-process government-overreach jurisdiction prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment telephone-call-evidence venue venue-manipulation witness-location Whether a prosecutor can manufacture venue in a particular district solely by bringing a cooperating witness to a favored district and having the witn…
18-237 Gary Thomas and Felix Parrilla v. United States Second Circuit 2018-08-23 Denied Response Waived 6th-amendment civil-procedure conspiracy-venue constitutional constitutional-venue cooperating-witness criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure government-witness manufactured-venue prosecutorial-discretion sixth-amendment venue venue-determination venue-manipulation venue-provisions witness-cooperation Whether it is permissible under the venue provisions of the U.S. Constitution Article III, § 2, cl. 3; the Sixth Amendment; and Federal Rules of Crimi…
18-5649 Charles Richardson v. Jason Kent, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied IFP criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection prosecutorial-misconduct recusal trial-counsel venue Whether the prosecutor's improper arguments resulted in an unfair trial and a guilty verdict of murder instead of a lesser charge thereto?
18-5448 Ellen Elizabeth Packenham Stanley v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Eighth Circuit 2018-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-405(h) administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jurisdiction pro-se pro-se-appellant social-security-administration standing stare-decisis tort tort-claim venue venue-jurisdiction Whether the U.S. Federal District Court of Minnesota is the appropriate venue and jurisdiction to present an appeal for a tort suit against the Social…
18-5123 Eric Glenn Parker v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-abetting aiding-and-abetting conspiracy criminal-conviction criminal-procedure district-court jurisdiction murder murder-charge rico rico-conspiracy sixth-amendment venue venue-proof Was venue proven to convict Eric Glenn Parker of conspiracy to commit RICO and aiding and abetting murder in the Northern District of Mississippi?
18-5076 Billy R. Melot v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fifth Circuit 2018-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction standing tax venue Whether the 5th Circuit Decision is an intervening controlling precedent that affects the Justiciability of Appellant's claims