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Dismissed
Fair hearings over property
Karina Singer, Petitioner v. Lenore Boekankamp, et al.
Karina Singer asked the Supreme Court to review her claim that Nevada courts relied on conflicting records and made findings about property distribution without giving her a fair chance to respond. The Court refused to hear the case (denied the petition), so it did not decide whether those procedures violated the Fourteenth Amendment.
26-5045
Dismissed
Appeals by state prisoners
Keontae Nelson, Petitioner v. Tim Shoop, Warden
Keontae Nelson asked the Supreme Court to review whether the Sixth Circuit could deny him permission to appeal his federal challenge to his imprisonment after deciding the underlying claim, when the district court had partly relied on the lack of a similar case showing disagreement. The Court refused to hear his case (denied review) and did not decide that question.
26-5289
Dismissed
Felony gun ban
Elijah Chappell, Petitioner v. United States
Chappell asked the Supreme Court to review trial use of unidentified bystanders’ recorded statements without questioning them in court, denial of a hearing over alleged false statements in a warrant affidavit, and the Second Amendment challenge to the federal gun-possession ban for people convicted of felonies. The Court refused to hear the case (denied the petition) and did not decide these issues.
26-5298
Dismissed
Ability to stand trial
Frederick Jerome Hill, Jr., Petitioner v. Arizona
Frederick Jerome Hill, Jr. asked the Supreme Court to review whether his Arizona conviction could stand when no court had determined whether he was competent at trial. The Court refused to hear his case (denied review), so it did not decide that constitutional question.
26-5295
Dismissed
Bribery and extortion
Eric Goldstein, Petitioner v. United States
Eric Goldstein was convicted of wire fraud involving honest services and extortion for using his public office to benefit a company he partly owned, enriching himself. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied review), so it did not decide whether the fraud law is too vague or whether accepting a bribe alone counts as extortion.
26-5303
Dismissed
Access to military records
In Re Andrea Rowlette, Petitioner
Rowlette asked the Supreme Court to order USARC DCS G-1 to release records she requested under the Freedom of Information Act, repay her fees, and review her administrative separation and Article 15-6 matter, including her claim that related congressional inquiries lacked fair process. The Court refused to hear her petition (denied review), without deciding her claims.
26-5306
Dismissed
U.S. drug prosecutions at sea
Jesus Alberto Hernandez Osorio, Petitioner v. United States
Jesus Alberto Hernandez Osorio asked the Supreme Court to review whether U.S. law may be used to prosecute foreign nationals for drug offenses in another country’s offshore economic zone when neither the people nor the offenses have a U.S. connection. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide those questions.
26-5302
Dismissed
When court errors are obvious
Robert J. Nunes, Petitioner v. United States
Robert J. Nunes asked the Supreme Court to review whether an error can be “plain” under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b) when no binding, directly relevant decision addresses it. The Court refused to hear his case (denied his petition), so it did not decide that legal question.
26-5304
Dismissed
Lawyer's challenge to blood evidence
Mark Alan Winger, Petitioner v. Justin Maher, Warden
Mark Alan Winger argued that courts reviewing his claim about his lawyer’s failure to request a Frye hearing to challenge bloodstain-pattern testimony should use state decisions from the time of the lawyer’s conduct, not exclude decisions because they do not fit later changes in state law. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied review) and did not decide that question.
26-5300
Dismissed
Intellectual disability and execution
In Re Jamaal Howard, Petitioner
Jamaal Howard says he is intellectually disabled and cannot be executed; his lawyer withdrew that claim before any court ruled, and clinical standards later changed. After the Fifth Circuit refused permission to raise it again, Howard asked the Supreme Court to send his case to a federal trial court for a hearing and decide whether the withdrawn claim had already been raised.
26-5773
Dismissed
State taxes on out-of-state businesses
ASAP Cruises, Inc., Petitioner v. Wisconsin Department of Revenue
ASAP Cruises asks whether a federal law limiting state corporate income taxes when a business only solicits sales in a state protects only sellers of physical goods, or also businesses that earn income another way, depending on their in-state activity. Its filing relies on an earlier Supreme Court case, Heublein, for the broader reading.
26-92
Dismissed
Special education reimbursement
Leonarda Bautista, Individually and as Parent and Natural Guardian of A. B., Petitioner v. Kamar H. Samuels, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, et al.
Leonarda Bautista’s petition asks the Supreme Court to review a dispute over reimbursement for a private school placement for her child with a disability, including transportation costs. She asks whether parents who meet two parts of the reimbursement test are presumed entitled to full reimbursement, whether her lawyer’s statement gave up the transportation claim, and which side must provide stronger proof.
26-90
Dismissed
Claims against the government
Justin Paul Dreiling, Petitioner v. United States
Justin Paul Dreiling argues that courts should follow the law’s plain text rather than Supreme Court precedents he considers wrong. His petition challenges how the Federal Circuit treated his claims under the Tucker Act.
26-9
Dismissed
Excluding expert testimony
Diana Stevens-Reynolds, Petitioner v. Wilshire Insurance Company, et al.
Diana Stevens-Reynolds asks the Supreme Court to review her insurance case against Wilshire Insurance Company and IAT Insurance Group, arguing that the lower courts excluded her expert testimony over disputed discovery issues and then ended her case on causation grounds. She says they did so without checking conflicting evidence, considering less severe penalties, or finding that she acted intentionally or harmed the other side.
26-87
Dismissed
Stopping state court lawsuits
Bhargav Patel, et al., Petitioners v. Government Employees Insurance Company, et al.
Bhargav Patel and fellow petitioners asked the Supreme Court to review the Second Circuit ruling that federal racketeering law (RICO) lets judges stop state collection cases and arbitrations allegedly furthering a scheme, though those proceedings are not themselves violations of that law. It refused to hear the case (denied review), leaving the question undecided.
26-85
Dismissed
Fair process in lawyer discipline
Gary Pisner, Petitioner v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland
Gary Pisner asks whether Maryland lawyer-discipline courts may rely on factual findings in a disbarment case despite alleged due-process defects, and whether they must address those defects and related misconduct claims before hearing evidence.
26-83
Dismissed
Right to amend a lawsuit
Dennis D. Sadorra, Petitioner v. Starlight Dunes HOA, et al.
Dennis D. Sadorra's petition challenges a district court's decision to throw out his complaint with prejudice (bar the same claims from being filed again) and the Ninth Circuit's decision to uphold that dismissal. His complaint alleges a civil-rights and racketeering enterprise involving Starlight Dunes HOA, lawyers, insurers, and a state judge; Sadorra argues he should have been allowed to amend it and develop the facts.
26-82
Dismissed
A judge's authority
Dennis G. Deppe, Petitioner v. Sandra M. Sovinski, et al.
Dennis G. Deppe’s petition asks whether a federal judge improperly took control of his case under a local rule and whether a Florida-employed attorney can claim immunity for alleged perjury before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. It also alleges government-linked stalking and assaults; those allegations are not established facts.
26-81
Dismissed
Serving lawsuits on foreign companies
Caesarstone Ltd., Petitioner v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al.
Caesarstone asks the Supreme Court to review a California dispute over serving it with legal papers abroad: whether its SEC Form 20-F affects compliance with the Hague Convention and whether the filing overrides state laws on naming an agent to receive legal papers.
26-77
Dismissed
Foreclosure appeal rights
Cathleen Perez, et vir, Petitioners v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
Cathleen and Alejandro Perez asked the Supreme Court to review the New Jersey appeals court’s unexplained refusal to restore their timely appeal of a final order foreclosing on their home and a related order for additional payments. They argue that refusing their appeal after they substantially corrected filing defects violated due process by cutting off review of decisions affecting their home and financial liability.
26-75
Dismissed
Sovereign debt lawsuits
Euclides Bartolome Bugliotti, et al., Petitioners v. Republic of Argentina
Argentine bondholders sued in New York federal court to enforce defaulted bonds, saying Argentina waived immunity and agreed to suit. They ask whether a later-cured foreign-trust-law defect could undo that waiver and erase timely claims, and whether the Second Circuit should have asked New York’s highest court to interpret a state law for preserving claims.
26-72
Dismissed
Police use of force
Jason Green, Petitioner v. Kenny Perkins, Individually and as a Deputy Sheriff for Adair County Sheriff's Office, et al.
Green challenges the Sixth Circuit’s decision giving two Adair County deputies legal protection from his suit (qualified immunity) after they tased him. He says he was soaked in gasoline, had no lighter, and stood still with his hands raised; he argues the court relied on information from before the deputies arrived instead of assessing the threat when it used force.
26-69
Dismissed
Notice and hearing rights
Michelet Michael Smith, Petitioner v. Keeley Anne Smith
Michelet Michael Smith asks the Supreme Court to review his claims that an Arizona appeals court denied him the constitutional right to fair notice and a chance to respond (due process) in a dispute with Keeley Anne Smith. He questions whether the court could reject his claims over a citation error, notice problems, and an appeal record he says he was not allowed to correct.
26-66
Dismissed
Right to question lab witnesses
Anthony M. Clark, Petitioner v. United States
Anthony M. Clark asked the Supreme Court to review whether a substitute expert’s testimony about lab results used to convict him violated his constitutional right to question witnesses against him (the Confrontation Clause).
26-63
Dismissed
When employers owe overtime
Jerry Merritt, Petitioner v. Texas Farm Bureau, et al.
Jerry Merritt says he worked 816 overtime hours while his employers let him work as much as he wished. The Fifth Circuit ruled they did not owe him overtime pay because they did not know he was working those extra hours; Merritt asked the Supreme Court to review that ruling.
26-6
Dismissed
How courts weigh evidence
John David Peterson, Petitioner v. Nevada County, California, et al.
John David Peterson asked the Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit ruling, arguing that the court ignored his evidence and failed to draw reasonable factual inferences in his favor at summary judgment.
26-59
Dismissed
Witness recantation
In Re Timothy Simms, Petitioner
Timothy Simms challenges his conviction, alleging that his lawyer failed to seek the exclusion of evidence or present available defense evidence, prosecutors coached a child witness and withheld exculpatory evidence, and the trial judge showed bias and pressured the witness. He also argues that the witness’s recantation requires relief; the case is pending.
26-5859
Dismissed
New evidence in conviction challenges
Anthony Shawnn Ewell, Petitioner v. United States
Anthony Shawnn Ewell asks the Supreme Court to review whether the Eleventh Circuit may add requirements to the law governing a second request to challenge a federal conviction, and whether alleged suppressed police misconduct could satisfy that law. He points to an unlawful investigation, First Amendment retaliation, and material omissions in a warrant request, following the Court’s decision in Bowe.
26-5802
Dismissed
Police officer immunity
Jennifer Kilnapp, Petitioner v. Bailey Gannon
Officer Jennifer Kilnapp alleges that her partner, Bailey Gannon, shot her while firing at another person, and she sued him for excessive force. The Sixth Circuit shielded Gannon from the suit under qualified immunity (a legal protection for officials), reasoning that the law had not clearly established that an unintended target could bring a Fourth Amendment claim.
26-58
Dismissed
Proof of malicious prosecution
Daryl Dane Donohue, Petitioner v. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Daryl Dane Donohue asks the Supreme Court to review whether the Sixth Circuit's reasoning showed that his lawyer's inadequate help harmed him in violation of the Sixth Amendment, and whether a Fourth Amendment malicious-prosecution claim requires proof of prosecutors' subjective malice or can rest on a lack of probable cause. The case is listed as pending.
26-5799
Dismissed
Speedy trial and warrant hearings
Willie David Lark, Petitioner v. United States
Willie David Lark challenges the Sixth Circuit’s approval of a trial delay while the district court awaited future appeals-court guidance, even though it did not find that the delay outweighed the public’s and Lark’s speedy-trial interests. He also challenges the refusal to hold a hearing on materially different sworn accounts the same person gave to two warrant-issuing magistrates.
26-5786
Dismissed
Felons' gun rights
Damion Kent Hallmon, Petitioner v. United States
Damion Kent Hallmon asked the Supreme Court to review whether federal law barring people convicted of felonies from possessing firearms violates the Second Amendment, either generally or as applied to him.
26-5779
Dismissed
Threats against federal officials
Thomas Rutter Woollacott, Petitioner v. United States
Thomas Rutter Woollacott's petition asks whether jurors must find that a speaker understood a statement could be taken as a threat of violence, even if they find the statement threatened a federal official and was meant to impede, intimidate, interfere with, or retaliate against that official.
26-5775
Dismissed
Prisoner petition deadlines
In Re Jamaal Howard, Petitioner
Jamaal Howard, a Texas death-row prisoner, asked whether a federal appeals court may refuse permission to file a second challenge to his imprisonment because it is too late under a one-year deadline. The Supreme Court refused his request for a court order (denied his mandamus petition), leaving that legal question unresolved.
26-5754
Dismissed
Parent-child contact restrictions
In Re Daniel Clemans, Petitioner
Daniel Clemans asked the Supreme Court to review his claims that a no-contact order kept him from his daughter for more than four years, despite denied reunification requests and without proceedings to end his parental rights or the level of proof he says was required. He also alleged a court hearing took place without notice or his presence and that no court found him unfit; the Supreme Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide whether the order violated his rights.
26-5028
Dismissed
Recording court proceedings
Urve Maggitti, Petitioner v. Pennsylvania
Urve Maggitti asked the Supreme Court to review whether a state may criminalize a party’s accurate audiovisual recording of public court proceedings to document errors in the official transcript. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide that constitutional question.
26-52
Dismissed
Gun rights for felons
Montique Oshay Hall, Petitioner v. United States
Montique Oshay Hall asked the Supreme Court to review whether a federal law restricting firearm possession by people with certain criminal convictions violates the Second Amendment.
26-5740
Dismissed
Jury findings on prior convictions
Ramiro Quevedo-Escobar, Petitioner v. United States
Ramiro Quevedo-Escobar asks the Supreme Court to overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, a prior Supreme Court decision.
26-5732
Dismissed
Suing over retaliation for speech
Gerald Kiner, Petitioner v. Shelby County, Tennessee Government, et al.
Gerald Kiner asked the Supreme Court to review whether he had the legal right to sue (standing) over his claim that government officials used a closely held nonprofit organization to retaliate against his protected speech. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide whether Kiner had that right.
26-5265
Dismissed
Forced arbitration of harassment claims
Sue Costello, Petitioner v. Paramount Global, Inc.
Sue Costello asks the Supreme Court to review dismissal of her claims against Paramount Global, disputing whether she agreed to arbitrate and whether federal law shields her claims from forced arbitration. She says the arbitration forum would not address what happens if an arbitrator discovers crimes, and challenges the appeals court’s unexplained decision to uphold the dismissal.
26-5724
Dismissed
Waiving a Supreme Court response
Juan Manuel Cruzado-Laureano, Petitioner v. United States
Juan Manuel Cruzado-Laureano says the First Circuit excused the United States from filing an opposition brief and threw out his appeal, which sought to revive his coram nobis petition (a request for relief from a criminal judgment). His filing asks whether an appellee faces consequences for invoking Supreme Court Rule 15 instead of opposing a petition for Supreme Court review.
26-5717
Dismissed
Limits on post-prison supervision
Garry Lebron Hayes, Petitioner v. United States
Garry Lebron Hayes challenges a Sixth Circuit ruling about a one-year supervised-release ban on contacting any member of Congress for any reason. The appeals court said the ban exceeded statutory limits and burdened Hayes’s right to petition Congress, but refused to correct it because the error was not “plain” (clear under current law), citing the lack of a similar earlier case and the violation’s severity.
26-5716
Dismissed
Prior convictions and sentence limits
Jose Maurillio Zertuche-Reyna, Petitioner v. United States
Jose Maurillio Zertuche-Reyna asks whether facts that raise the maximum sentence allowed by law—including a prior conviction—must be listed in the formal charges and admitted by the defendant or proved to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.
26-5713
Dismissed
Money laundering and victim repayment
Kishan Vinayak Patel, Petitioner v. United States
Patel's petition asks whether prosecutors may treat the underlying crime itself as money laundering without a later transaction involving its proceeds, and whether he can be ordered to pay victims for losses from other conspirators' conduct before he joined or after he left the conspiracy.
26-5712
Dismissed
Evidence in lawyer mistake claims
Mazen Alotaibi, Petitioner v. Nethanjah Breitenbach, Warden, et al.
Mazen Alotaibi’s lawyer failed to ask jurors to consider a less serious offense capped at five years; the court imposed a 35-year minimum. State courts found the lawyer’s error unreasonable but would not consider other evidence of possible harm without Alotaibi’s testimony or written statement; he asks the Supreme Court to review that rule.
26-57
Dismissed
Executing elderly prisoners
Curtis W. Beasley, Petitioner v. Richard Comerford, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Curtis W. Beasley asks the Supreme Court to consider whether evidence discovered more than a year after a federal court’s judgment can reopen his challenge to his death sentence, and whether executing him at age 77 with cognitive decline would violate the Eighth Amendment.
26-5697
Dismissed
Effective lawyers after conviction
Adam Carson, Petitioner v. United States
Adam Carson asks whether someone appointed a lawyer by a federal appeals court under the Criminal Justice Act for a later challenge to a conviction has a constitutional right to effective legal help.
26-5623
Dismissed
When you can represent yourself
Thomas Gaffney Walker, Petitioner v. Christopher Pierce, Warden, et al.
Thomas Gaffney Walker asks the Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit ruling about his request to represent himself, made two weeks before trial. The appeals court said the Supreme Court’s Faretta decision had not clearly established that such a request was timely under federal rules for challenging a state conviction; Walker also disputes its comparison to when charges were filed rather than to the trial date.
26-5619
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