| 25-670 |
James Console, et ux. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-12-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
due-process federal-tort-claims ftca-exception mandatory-duty restitution-statute victim-rights |
1. Whether the discretionary-function exception
of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. § 2680(a))
bars liability when federal employees violate m… |
| 25-6097 |
Shanna M. Glynn v. Marquette City Police Department, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-11-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review stare-decisis state-accountability victim-rights |
Can stare decisis deny a victim of violent crime, their right to due process and full and fair review?
Does Hans v. Louisiana remove the requirement … |
| 24-7296 |
Karen Hylton v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2025-05-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-challenge judicial-discretion legal-error pro-se-plaintiff sentencing-appeal victim-rights |
Whether a victim who is a plaintiff has the right to appeal a defendant's sentencing if they believe the trial court made a legal mistake or abused it… |
| 24-386 |
B. M. v. United States, et al. |
Armed Forces |
2024-10-07 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response WaivedRelisted (3) |
article-iii-standing congressional-power court-martial judicial-review military-privilege victim-rights |
Whether the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces can prudentially apply Article III standing limits when reviewing a military court-martial case invo… |
| 24-5022 |
Angela J. Wells v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2024-07-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure domestic-violence due-process plea-agreement plea-bargain post-conviction-relief sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation victim-rights |
Should a domestic violence victim be eligible for relief under 735 ILCS 5/2-1401 even if she agrees to a plea bargain? |
| 23-7661 |
Muhammad E. Milhouse v. New York City Department of Homeless Services, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-representation civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standing victim-rights |
Question not identified. |
| 23-7270 |
Mark Johnson v. New York |
New York |
2024-04-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech habeas-corpus legal-representation sexual-assault standing victim-rights |
Whether the district court erred in denying the petitioner's motion to vacate the conviction and sentence based on the alleged ineffective assistance … |
| 22-7596 |
Ripdaman Narula v. Superior Court of California, Orange County, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-05-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights crime-reporting criminal-procedure default-judgment due-process judicial-procedure judicial-review law-enforcement pro-se standing victim-rights |
pro-se-rights,default-judgment,crime-reporting,police-obligations,crime-victim-rights,judicial-power |
| 22-7152 |
In Re Daniel Felix |
|
2023-03-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
animal-cruelty constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection non-property-animals standing victim-rights victims-rights |
Whether homeless cats and other non-property animals have rudimentary state and federal constitutional rights, rights under existing state and federal… |
| 22-6813 |
Joshua Glowacki v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-02-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography criminal-procedure due-process jury-determination jury-trial probable-cause restitution restitution-order search-warrant sentencing victim-rights |
Does the defendant in a criminal case have the right to have a jury determine facts to support a restitution order? |
| 21-6103 |
Moses D. Estrada v. California |
California |
2021-10-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
attorney-client-relationship collaborative-discovery constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure legal-interpretation procedural-rights right-to-counsel victim-rights |
Does an accused have a right to effective assistance of counsel when the accused does not collaborate with counsel? |
| 21-5903 |
Angela Johnson, et al. v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2021-10-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure domestic-violence due-process federal-governing-bodies federal-statutes legal-jurisdiction standing state-law takings victim-rights |
Can states overturn federal statutes by enforceable governing bodies without rebuke or expiation? |
| 21-424 |
KD, et ux., as Parents, Natural Guardians, and Next Friends of Minor LD v. Douglas County School District No. 001, aka Omaha Public Schools, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-09-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-damages civil-procedure civil-rights damages default-judgment due-process jury-trial victim-rights willful-blindness |
Whether a convicted rapist sued by the victim may deprive the victim of trial by jury to determine damages by defaulting and declining to respond to t… |
| 21-351 |
Courtney Wild v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-09-03 |
Denied |
Amici (6) |
alexander-v-sandoval crime-victims-rights-act enforcement federal-criminal-procedure judicial-enforcement non-prosecution-agreement pre-indictment prosecutorial-discretion rights-creating-language victim-rights |
Whether the Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA) allows crime victims to bring a suit to enforce their right to confer with prosecutors before the Governm… |
| 20-1687 |
Jules Dylan Stuer v. Susan Duesler |
Texas |
2021-06-04 |
Denied |
|
amicus-attorney child-abuse child-custody civil-rights constitutional-provisions defamation due-process fraud standing victim-rights |
Whether an amicus attorney is allowed to side with someone who damages a child repeatedly, perjures themselves in civil court, and defrauds the opposi… |
| 20-6040 |
Charlie Bell Bullock v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-10-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-evidence professional-norms sentencing-phase sixth-amendment standard-of-review victim-rights |
Does the Confrontation Clause require a victim to be made available for cross-examination if pictures of them are submitted, and is counsel ineffectiv… |
| 19-7980 |
Maechel Shawn Patterson v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-03-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection retroactive-application statutory-interpretation victim-rights victims-rights |
Whether the North Carolina Crime Victims' Rights Act can be constitutionally applied to the petitioner for crimes committed before the Act's effective… |
| 19-5341 |
Roshard Whitehead v. Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-07-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process federal-rule-3 fifth-amendment fourth-amendment illegal-search-and-seizure search-and-seizure standing victim-rights |
Whether the courts overlooked federal law and the U.S. Constitution when they overlooked the 4th Amendment exclusionary rule, the 5th Amendment right … |
| 18-9043 |
Bryan Binkholder v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-04-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
5th-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rights due-process plea-bargaining sentencing victim-rights victims-rights writ-of-mandamus |
Did the Crime Victims Rights Act, 18 USC 3771 (CVRA), and its 72 hour review requirement for a petition of Writ of Mandamus violate the Constitutional… |
| 18-7223 |
Jesse Lloyd Hall v. Daniel Paramo, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 barefoot-standard coerced-confession due-process federal-review habeas-corpus police-misconduct recantation state-writ-petition victim-recantation victim-rights witness-intimidation |
Whether federal courts must take the allegations of a state writ petition as true when weighing if the state's denial was objectively unreasonable |
| 18-102 |
Stacey White, et vir v. Joseph Foster, et al. |
New Hampshire |
2018-07-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
animal-cruelty civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection executive-discretion prosecutorial-discretion standing veterinary-malpractice victim-rights |
Victims of crimes committed by veterinarians seeking equal protections and rights |