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Prisoner appeal rights
Anthony McCord, Petitioner v. Bennie Thorpe, Superintendent, Marcy Correctional Facility, et al.
Anthony McCord asks the Supreme Court to review whether the Second Circuit could refuse him permission to appeal his challenge to his imprisonment because his constitutional claim conflicted with that court’s earlier rulings. His filing says other federal appeals courts support the claim and argues that this should make it debatable enough to appeal.
26-35
Dismissed
Required Halloween signs
Catherine L. Hanaway, in Her Official Capacity as Attorney General of Missouri, et al., Petitioners v. Thomas L. Sanderson
Thomas Sanderson challenged Missouri’s requirement that convicted sex offenders post a factually accurate Halloween notice, arguing it forced them to speak. The Eighth Circuit struck down the requirement, and Missouri officials asked the Supreme Court to review that ruling.
26-34
Dismissed
Review of planted evidence
Keith Raniere, Petitioner v. United States
Keith Raniere asks the Supreme Court to review his post-conviction challenge, arguing that claims government agents fabricated and planted evidence should not be rejected as late when he says the government concealed it. He also argues that courts should not deny relief based on declarations from witnesses he had no chance to question.
26-33
Dismissed
When judges can overturn verdicts
Breayonna Aaron, Individually and on Behalf of Richie Terrell Aaron, Jr., Deceased, and Her Minor Children, M. A., R. A. and L. A., et al., Petitioners v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation, dba Amtrak
Breayonna Aaron and other family members ask how courts should assess evidence in their state-law claim against Amtrak when a party seeks judgment as a matter of law (a ruling that the evidence is legally insufficient). They also ask whether a court applying federal law may reweigh or selectively consider evidence the jury heard.
26-32
Dismissed
Ending lawsuits for delay
William T. Savage, Sr., Petitioner v. LaSalle Management Company, aka LaSalle Correctional Center, et al.
William T. Savage, Sr. challenges the case-ending dismissal (throwing out) of his lawsuit under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b), arguing that the case was actively pursued and that the court should have considered less severe penalties, especially if counsel caused the alleged failure. He also questions whether a court may exclude all evidence first and then treat dismissal as unavoidable.
26-31
Dismissed
Expert testimony in injury lawsuits
Stephanie Andrews, et al., Petitioners v. Lands' End, Inc., et al.
Stephanie Andrews and other plaintiffs ask the Supreme Court to review their case against Lands’ End, arguing the district judge excluded an expert who relied on plaintiffs’ sworn medical histories, ignored treating doctors’ opinions, and ended claims by 174 plaintiffs without a trial. They say the Seventh Circuit failed to address their request for the lower court to reconsider those opinions.
26-3
Dismissed
Class action opt-out rights
Johnny Zamrzla, et al., Petitioners v. Antelope Valley Watermaster, et al.
Johnny Zamrzla and other petitioners ask whether people represented in a group lawsuit must receive fair legal procedures, including a chance to opt out, before a judgment substantially affects their property rights or imposes monetary liability.
26-28
Dismissed
Workers' comp for federal inspectors
Rachel E. Goodley, Petitioner v. Supreme Rice, L.L.C., et al.
Rachel E. Goodley’s filing asks whether a federal inspector’s rice inspections and certifications count as part of Supreme Rice’s business, making the inspector an employee of the mill for Louisiana workers’ compensation purposes (a “statutory employee”). It also asks whether Louisiana can apply that rule to a federal inspector doing official regulatory work.
26-27
Dismissed
Gun rights after nonviolent convictions
John Miguel Swan, Petitioner v. United States
John Miguel Swan asks the Supreme Court to review his conviction under a federal law barring firearm possession by people with felony convictions. He argues that the Second Amendment bars applying the law to him because his prior qualifying convictions were nonviolent.
26-26
Dismissed
Bond insurer recovery rights
Lexon Insurance Company, Inc., Petitioner v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., et al.
Lexon Insurance asks whether federal law gives a paying surety a right to recover through equitable subrogation on the outer Continental Shelf, preventing states from applying laws that restrict that right. The available information does not establish what the Supreme Court did with the petition.
26-25
Dismissed
Immunity for private companies
James A. DeLanis, Petitioner v. Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, et al.
James A. DeLanis’s petition says Nashville officials threatened a law firm over an employee’s protected speech, and the firm fired the employee to protect its financial interests. It asks whether the firm can claim qualified immunity (legal protection from certain lawsuits); the petition says the Sixth Circuit granted the firm immunity while finding city officials violated the employee’s clearly established rights.
26-21
Dismissed
Subpoenas for foreign lawsuits
Dr. Douglas Schottenstein, et al., Petitioners v. Orthogen International GmbH
Douglas Schottenstein and other petitioners challenge Second Circuit orders that allowed Orthogen International GmbH to use federal subpoenas to gather evidence before filing a proposed civil case in Germany. Their petition asks whether federal law permits that pre-filing discovery to develop claims against a U.S. resident.
26-17
Dismissed
Federal liability for FBI actions
Harold Jean-Baptiste, Petitioner v. Department of Justice, et al.
Harold Jean-Baptiste's filing asks whether the federal government can avoid legal responsibility for alleged attempted murder, a hospital attack he calls a “modern-day lynching,” and human-rights violations against him by influencing court decisions and shielding the FBI from responsibility for an alleged terrorist act.
26-16
Dismissed
Timing of veterans appeals
Guadalupe Lopez, Jr., Petitioner v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Guadalupe Lopez, Jr.’s filing concerns a lower-court ruling that his appeal was premature after he asked the Board of Veterans’ Appeals to reconsider a decision. The materials here do not establish what the Supreme Court did, and the specific legal question Lopez asked it to decide is unclear.
26-150
Dismissed
Government liability for created dangers
R. S., a Minor Child, By His Next of Friend and Legal Guardian, V. H., et al., Petitioners v. Susan Hickey, et al.
R.S. and T.H. brought a federal civil-rights claim under Section 1983 against Lucas County Children caseworkers Susan Hickey and Rebecca Von Sacken. Their petition asks what a plaintiff must prove to show “deliberate indifference” under the rule that can allow a lawsuit when government action creates danger despite immunity.
26-148
Dismissed
Notice for out-of-state judgments
Gene Shroyer, Petitioner v. David Tuck
Gene Shroyer asks the Court to review whether Georgia could enforce a judgment from another jurisdiction despite alleged errors in identifying and notifying him, and whether his stroke-related impairments left him without a fair chance to defend himself. He also argues that David Tuck took inconsistent positions about their business relationship.
26-147
Dismissed
Fairness in lawyer discipline
Elliott J. Schuchardt, Petitioner v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
Elliott J. Schuchardt challenges Tennessee’s lawyer-discipline process, arguing that letting the ethics prosecutor choose the hearing panel and refusing hearings on important factual disputes deny lawyers a fair process.
26-144
Dismissed
Bias in arbitration
Bonnie Townsend, as Executrix of the Estate of Linda Elam, Petitioner v. BLC Lexington SNF, LLC, et al.
Bonnie Townsend, representing Linda Elam’s estate, asks the Supreme Court to review a challenge to an arbitration award involving BLC Lexington SNF and other respondents. She argues that the Sixth Circuit set too high a bar for proving arbitrator bias, citing the arbitrator’s prior relationship with the respondents and what she describes as an undisclosed history of quid-pro-quo or bribery misconduct.
26-143
Dismissed
Hidden cameras and insurance
W. A. Griffin, M.D., Petitioner v. Travelers Property Casualty Company of America, et al.
Griffin's petition asks whether hidden surveillance devices embedded in commercial property used for medical care trigger coverage under a Travelers policy, and whether Griffin qualifies as an insured; he also cites disagreement among federal courts over what counts as physical damage. The Supreme Court refused Griffin's request to hear the case (denied review), so it did not decide those questions.
26-140
Dismissed
Bankruptcy discharge and missing assets
Steven T. Savage, et ux., Petitioners v. Coastal Capital, LLC
Steven T. and Virginia A. Savage asked the Supreme Court to review whether bankruptcy courts need a consistent test—and documentary proof—before denying debt relief (a bankruptcy discharge) because debtors cannot satisfactorily explain lost assets. Coastal Capital, the creditor that objected to the Savages’ discharge, opposed them in the First Circuit.
26-138
Dismissed
Federal rules for foreclosures
Antoinette Williams, Petitioner v. LOGS Legal Group, LLP
Antoinette Williams asked the Supreme Court to review a dispute with LOGS Legal Group over whether state courts must ensure federal law is followed before approving a foreclosure sale involving a federally insured mortgage, even when the borrower does not raise the issue.
26-135
Dismissed
When prisoners can appeal
Edward S. Phillips, Petitioner v. Matthew Plummer, Warden
Edward S. Phillips asks the Supreme Court to review whether the Seventh Circuit departed from—or approved a departure by the Southern District of Illinois from—the rule governing permission to appeal after a federal court rejects a prisoner’s challenge to confinement. The rule Phillips cites requires a prisoner to show that reasonable judges could debate or disagree with the rejection of the prisoner’s constitutional claims.
26-134
Dismissed
Credit report privacy
Albert Yum, Petitioner v. Superior Court of California, Orange County, et al.
Albert Yum asks whether federal credit-reporting law governs California’s SB 1 when a creditor allegedly fails to give required federal notices about a consumer report, and whether California’s privacy protections can support a federal claim that required legal procedures were denied.
26-133
Dismissed
Fairness of money judgments
Hongfei Liu, Petitioner v. Min Li
Hongfei Liu asks the Supreme Court to review a large financial award from a Texas divorce case, arguing that its calculation counted some transactions more than once, included transfers later reversed, and charged for college housing costs that Liu says did not exist.
26-132
Dismissed
Unanimous military jury verdicts
Jonatan O. RosarioMartinez, Petitioner v. United States
Four service members—Jonatan O. RosarioMartinez, Leo J. Navarro Aguirre, Jesus Martinez, and Alexander L. Driskill—challenge their military-court convictions, asking whether the Fifth Amendment allows a panel of non-judge members to convict without unanimous agreement.
26-131
Dismissed
Jury trial rights
Shalini Ahmed, Petitioner v. United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
Shalini Ahmed asked the Supreme Court to review whether a district court could treat her jury-trial demand as premature while considering a motion to change its ruling that raised overlapping factual issues about disputed assets in an SEC receivership.
26-128
Dismissed
Divorce hearing notice and access
Homer P. Jordan, IV, Petitioner v. Alice Juneal Jordan
Homer P. Jordan IV’s petition says a Georgia divorce court turned a hearing noticed for motions into a final divorce judgment while he was absent, even though the notice did not identify a trial. He argues that due process and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act required the court to consider his pending disability-related request to postpone or adjust the hearing before proceeding.
26-124
Dismissed
Public figure defamation rules
Roy Stewart Moore, Petitioner v. Senate Majority PAC, "SMP"
Roy Moore asks the Supreme Court to review his case against Senate Majority PAC over a message he says was false and damaging, including whether an appeals court may replace a jury’s findings about what the publisher knew or intended. He also asks whether arranging accurate excerpts into a false message can show knowing or reckless disregard of its falsity, and whether public figures should still have to prove that level of fault.
26-122
Dismissed
Fair and impartial judges
Joseph Basso, Petitioner v. Jose Rodriguez, et al.
Basso alleges that a one-page judgment attributed to an assigned retired judge was instead entered by a former judge who was ineligible to return to the bench while practicing law; he argues due process required disqualification or a hearing. He also seeks to send the case back based on Maryland’s more detailed attorney-fee filing rules.
26-121
Dismissed
Disqualifying a prosecutor's office
Guam, Petitioner v. Richard Y. Ybanez, et al.
Guam says its Attorney General’s Office has exclusive authority over public prosecutions, including cases against public officials. Guam asks whether constitutional rules against disqualifying an entire prosecutor’s office should also apply in territorial and state courts.
26-119
Dismissed
Religious vaccine accommodations
Cara Elizabeth Liberto Dodson, Petitioner v. The Lutheran Village at Millers Grant, Inc.
Cara Elizabeth Liberto Dodson says The Lutheran Village at Millers Grant violated Title VII by refusing to accommodate her religious objection to its COVID-19 vaccine requirement. Her petition asks the Supreme Court to review the Fourth Circuit’s decision upholding summary judgment for the employer and the denial of her request to submit medical-expert evidence about undue hardship.
26-115
Dismissed
What appeals courts can review
Frederick L. Allen, et al., Petitioners v. Joshua Stein, Governor of North Carolina, et al.
Frederick L. Allen and the other petitioners argue that the Fourth Circuit reviewed issues that were not closely tied to, or needed to review, the order under appeal, and relied on a basis the appellants had waived. They ask the Supreme Court to review those claims and overturn the appeals court’s action without full review (summary reversal).
26-114
Dismissed
Fair hearings by state agencies
David A. Romanoski, Petitioner v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, et al.
David A. Romanoski's petition asks whether the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission denied him a fair chance to be heard by resolving his case on an untested factual premise, whether the state appeals court could uphold the decision on a ground the parties had not argued, and whether the agency could shift its grounds on appeal.
26-11
Dismissed
Reopening final judgments
Rubicon Resources, LLC, Petitioner v. Keo Ratha, et al.
Rubicon Resources asks the Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit ruling that, according to the company, treated a later change in the law as a reason to reopen a final judgment and reconsider other grounds for that judgment. The petition asks whether Rule 60(b), a rule for reopening judgments, allowed those steps.
26-105
Dismissed
Appeal access after filing failures
Joan Daniel, Petitioner v. Illinois Civil Service Commission, et al.
Joan Daniel’s petition says an Illinois appellate court dismissed her appeal as late after refusing a waiver certificate she says documented an electronic filing-system failure. She argues that the refusal denied her due process and meaningful review of her federal claims.
26-102
Dismissed
Present when judge answers jury
Randy A. Thomas, Petitioner v. Cynthia Davis, Warden
Randy A. Thomas’s petition asks whether he had a right to be present when the judge answered the jury’s request for more instructions, whether he must show his absence changed the verdict, and whether an appeals court must defer to a trial court’s finding that his lawyer was absent.
26-101
Dismissed
Police force and immunity
Derrick Duane Barker, Petitioner v. City of Weatherford, Oklahoma, ex rel. Weatherford Police Department, et al.
Derrick Barker's petition challenges a Tenth Circuit ruling that let police officers avoid trial under qualified immunity (a legal shield from damages), arguing that the court read video evidence against him and that a rights violation need not match an earlier case closely to be clearly established.
26-10
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