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Retaliation for reporting misconduct
In Re Johnny Walls-Bey, Petitioner
Johnny Walls-Bey asked the Supreme Court to stop state probation-revocation proceedings, alleging that state courts turned his civil-rights appeal into a criminal matter and retaliated against his First Amendment activity while keeping his claims of police perjury and withheld evidence from federal review. The Court refused that request (denied his petition), without announcing a decision on his constitutional claims.
26-5471
Dismissed
Unmarried fathers' access rights
Elhadj Alpha Mahmoud Souare, Petitioner v. Akron Children's Hospital, et al.
Elhadj Alpha Mahmoud Souare’s petition says Akron Children’s Hospital denied him access to his child’s medical records under Ohio law and argues that the denial, Ohio’s treatment of unmarried fathers, and barriers tied to court fees violated his rights. He asks the Supreme Court to review related questions about federal privacy law and access to court.
26-5467
Dismissed
Court clerks and default judgments
Iva Robbins, Petitioner v. United States Postal Service, et al.
Iva Robbins asks the Supreme Court to review her claims that a district court treated her request for a clerk-entered default judgment (a judgment entered when one side does not respond or defend) as a request for a judge to decide, and that the D.C. Circuit relied on a record she disputed and issues she had not raised.
26-5460
Dismissed
Explaining charges before guilty pleas
Alexander De Jesus Sierra La Torres, Petitioner v. United States
Alexander De Jesus Sierra La Torres’s petition asks whether judges must explain the elements—the parts the government must prove—of a conspiracy charge before accepting a guilty plea, or whether conspiracy offenses are always “simple” offenses that require no explanation.
26-5451
Dismissed
Proof of conspiracy
Christopher Filline, Petitioner v. United States
Christopher Filline asks the Supreme Court to review whether a federal court must acquit when, even viewing the evidence in the government’s favor, the evidence equally supports guilt and innocence. He also challenges whether planning, requests for help, and secret conduct prove a conspiracy when the secrecy has other plausible explanations.
26-5450
Dismissed
Jury internet research
Leo Louis Kaczmar, III, Petitioner v. Florida, et al.
Leo Louis Kaczmar III asks the Supreme Court to review jury instructions in his death-penalty case, including whether jurors had to be warned not to research the case online and whether his lawyer should have challenged an instruction about an earlier jury’s death recommendation. He argues that limits on interviewing jurors prevent him from showing whether those instructions mattered to the jury, which affects his claim that his lawyer handled the case improperly.
26-5446
Dismissed
Gun ban for felons
Kevontay Mabrey, Petitioner v. United States
Kevontay Mabrey’s filing asks the Supreme Court to review whether a federal law barring people with felony convictions from possessing firearms violates the Second Amendment, either as applied to him or for everyone covered by the law.
26-5445
Dismissed
Contempt convictions and fair trials
In Re Raheem Jefferson Brennerman, Petitioner
Raheem Jefferson Brennerman asks the Supreme Court for an extraordinary writ (a rare court order) to challenge his criminal-contempt conviction, arguing it relied on a civil contempt order against a nonparty without a legal basis and that he was denied key defense evidence and a fair chance to defend himself. The case information does not state whether the Court has acted on his request.
26-5442
Dismissed
H-1B job offer fraud
Abhijit Prasad, Petitioner v. United States
Abhijit Prasad challenges a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a), arguing that federal immigration law allows H-1B employers to hire workers without a specific job assignment or existing project. He also argues that courts cannot use that statute to criminalize conduct governed by immigration rules.
26-5438
Dismissed
Federal job restoration appeals
Russell Morton, Jr., Petitioner v. David Steiner, Postmaster General
Russell Morton alleges agency officials failed to tell him he could appeal a restoration-related matter to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), preventing him from filing there on time. His petition asks whether his claims could be permanently thrown out without a chance to amend because the board was treated as the required forum.
26-5433
Dismissed
Witness statements to police
Kevion Mataz Fields, Petitioner v. Illinois
Kevion Mataz Fields’s filing asks whether a witness’s statements to police were made during an ongoing emergency and could be used without cross-examination, or were testimonial because the crime had ended and officers were gathering details such as names, addresses, and workplaces.
26-5432
Dismissed
Right to stop police questioning
Terrance Payne Hayes, Petitioner v. United States
In his petition, Terrance Payne Hayes asks the Supreme Court to review whether his words clearly told officers to stop questioning him and whether his hospital confinement should count when deciding if he was in police custody—a condition that requires Miranda warnings before questioning.
26-5431
Dismissed
Defense lawyer performance
Roderick Napoleon Harris, Petitioner v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
Roderick Harris asks whether courts reviewing his Texas death sentence must compare his trial lawyers’ choices with professional standards or may accept their later explanations. He also challenges the Fifth Circuit’s use of an Arizona method to assess whether stun-belt evidence harmed his defense under Texas’s capital-sentencing system.
26-5430
Dismissed
Prosecutors sharing helpful evidence
Marcel Emanuel Johnson, Petitioner v. Pennsylvania
Marcel Emanuel Johnson asks the Supreme Court to review Pennsylvania’s rejection of his claim that prosecutors should have disclosed prison records that could undermine a jailhouse informant’s credibility; the informant gave the only direct testimony that Johnson confessed. Johnson argues the records should have been disclosed even if the defense could have found them, and that they mattered in light of the prosecutor’s arguments about the informant.
26-5426
Dismissed
Civil rights suits after death
Stephanie Ann Ripple, as Administratrix of the Estate of John Robert McCool, Petitioner v. Laurel R. Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al.
Ripple, representing McCool’s estate, asks whether a rule requiring a favorable end to a conviction challenge bars civil-rights damages claims when he died in custody and could no longer seek federal review. She also asks whether this forecloses the estate’s remedy and whether McCool’s daughter may sue for loss of family ties.
26-5425
Dismissed
Biased jurors and punitive damages
Diego Rodriguez, Petitioner v. St. Luke's Health System, Ltd., et al.
Diego Rodriguez’s filing asks whether an Idaho civil judgment involving St. Luke’s Health System can stand when jurors who acknowledged bias were seated without a timely objection, and whether a large award meant to punish can rest on a liability finding entered as a penalty for discovery violations rather than evidence tested by both sides. The case is listed as pending.
26-5424
Dismissed
Defense lawyers in death sentencing
Raymond Bright, Petitioner v. Florida, et al.
Raymond Bright asks whether courts reviewing his trial or appeals lawyers’ work in his death-penalty case may consider the strength of the guilt evidence and the seriousness of facts supporting a death sentence when reviewing the jury’s sentencing recommendation.
26-5423
Dismissed
Gun rights for drug users
Jersom Andu Mena, Petitioner v. United States
Jersom Andu Mena challenges a federal law that bars people who unlawfully use controlled drugs or are addicted to drugs from possessing firearms. He argues that the ban violates the Second Amendment because it applies without a prior hearing or an individual finding that someone is dangerous.
26-5422
Dismissed
Reenacting discriminatory laws
Maria Carmen Morin-Moreno, Petitioner v. United States
Maria Carmen Morin-Moreno’s case comes from the Ninth Circuit and raises whether a legislature can cure a law’s original racially discriminatory purpose by reenacting or amending it without addressing that purpose.
26-5421
Dismissed
Media and incitement to violence
Edward Hoid, Petitioner v. Gray Media Group, Inc., dba CBS KKTV 11
Edward Hoid asks the Supreme Court to review a Tenth Circuit judgment in his case against Gray Media Group, alleging forged news scripts, unanswered 911 calls, and denial of insulin. He argues that these alleged events violated his constitutional rights and protections for disabled people.
26-5419
Dismissed
Police questioning after lawyer request
Brian Fayne, Petitioner v. Virginia
Brian Fayne’s petition says Virginia acknowledged that he clearly asked for a lawyer, but police kept questioning him for about 90 minutes; after officers left, Fayne knocked and agreed to talk, and the State used his statements. Fayne asks whether the State must show that the unlawful questioning did not cause him to restart the conversation and give up his right to have a lawyer present.
26-5397
Dismissed
Out-of-state lawyer discipline
Margaret Jean Lowery, Petitioner v. Oklahoma, ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Association
Margaret Jean Lowery asks the Supreme Court to review whether Oklahoma may impose reciprocal lawyer discipline without independently addressing her challenges to another state’s authority and process. Her filing also questions whether disability-access protections and constitutional safeguards for speech were respected.
26-5396
Dismissed
Fraud in bankruptcy plans
Tamas Hampel, Petitioner v. Virgin Orbit Holdings, Inc.
Tamas Hampel's petition asks whether a bankruptcy court may undo its approval of a plan under Section 1144 for fraud only if someone made an intentional false statement, as the Third Circuit held, or also if someone left out an important fact.
26-458
Dismissed
Human experimentation rules
Norman Carl Rabin, et al., Petitioners v. Department of Health and Human Services, et al.
Norman Carl Rabin and the other petitioners ask the Supreme Court to review the Second Circuit’s refusal to reinstate their appeal challenging federal rules for human experiments. They argue the appeals court issued its mandate before its own deadline and demanded too much proof without first letting them gather evidence, including for their claim that the rulemaking violated procedural rights.
26-422
Dismissed
Retroactive property rulings
Sarah Lockhart, Petitioner v. Robert Anick, Jr.
Sarah Lockhart asks the Supreme Court to review her claim that an Ohio court used an unforeseeable reading of state law to take away an established property interest after a completed transfer. Her petition asks whether that retroactive change violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
26-419
Dismissed
State power over presidential ballots
Gian Martinez-Ferrate, et al., Petitioners v. Utah, et al.
Martinez-Ferrate and other candidates seeking to serve as presidential electors challenge their removal from Utah’s general-election ballot after state officials found their pledged presidential candidate constitutionally ineligible. Their petition asks whether the state could make that eligibility decision and whether the removal gives them a legal right to sue.
26-414
Dismissed
Hearings on defense lawyer errors
Jason M. Smith, Petitioner v. United States
Jason M. Smith asks whether federal law requires a hearing when a person challenging a conviction presents evidence that trial counsel failed to raise a valid argument to suppress evidence that could reasonably have led to acquittal, and whether appeals courts must explain denials of permission to appeal.
26-412
Dismissed
Notice of seized property
American Acceptance Corporation of SC, Petitioner v. John Gietz, et al.
American Acceptance says it had recorded legal interests in two motorcycles seized without notice for a criminal investigation; the Fourth Circuit said no further process was due because the bikes were lawfully seized and held as evidence. The company asks whether the lack of notice violated due process or the Fourth Amendment.
26-410
Dismissed
Retaliation in performance reviews
Hien Thi Nguyen, Petitioner v. Hung Cao, Acting Secretary of the Navy
Nguyen’s petition asks the Supreme Court to review the district court’s decision to end her claims without a trial, which the Ninth Circuit upheld. She argues that workplace conditions were hostile and that a 2010 Navy performance appraisal was discriminatory or retaliatory and later used in performance-based actions, including termination.
26-409
Dismissed
Fair chance to present evidence
Timothy L. Malden, Petitioner v. A Crown Roofing, Inc.
Timothy L. Malden’s petition asks whether Florida courts denied him a fair chance to present expert and damages evidence before the trial court ended his civil case against A Crown Roofing for lack of proof. It also asks whether Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal adequately reviewed his federal due-process claims.
26-408
Dismissed
Federal worker injury claims
Gengshu Scott He, et al., Petitioners v. Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, et al.
Federal employee Gengshu Scott He and other plaintiffs seek common-law relief from the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act. Their petition asks whether the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act requires a district court to let executive officials decide He’s claim even though he alleges no disability or death and says his damages were not sustained while performing his duties.
26-405
Dismissed
Sentencing errors on appeal
Malik Javier McKenzie, Petitioner v. United States
Malik Javier McKenzie challenges two sentencing-rule increases that raised his offense level by eight levels. The Eleventh Circuit said any mistake had no effect on the sentence because the judge said the same sentence would apply either way, without deciding whether the increases were valid.
26-401
Dismissed
Patent protection for equivalents
Genuine Enabling Technology LLC, Petitioner v. Sony Group Corporation, et al.
Genuine Enabling Technology asks whether a patent may cover other structures that do essentially the same job in essentially the same way, even if the patent owner did not separately explain each part of the structure disclosed in the patent. The Federal Circuit upheld a ruling that the accused Sony products did not infringe.
26-397
Dismissed
Proving job discrimination
Barbie Bassett, Petitioner v. Gray Media Group, Incorporated, dba WLBT-TV
Barbie Bassett’s petition against Gray Media Group asks whether the McDonnell Douglas test, which shifts what each side must prove, is the only way to get past a request for a decision without trial in a Title VII job-discrimination case.
26-385
Dismissed
Specificity of past rulings
Scott Allen DeBruyn, Petitioner v. Adam Douglas, Warden
Scott Allen DeBruyn, a state prisoner seeking federal review of his case, asks how specific Supreme Court rulings must be to count as clearly established federal law under the rules for reviewing state prisoners’ habeas claims.
26-382
Dismissed
Power to issue contempt orders
Zante, Inc., dba Marlena's Bistro and Pizzeria, et al., Petitioners v. Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Zante, Inc., doing business as Marlena's Bistro and Pizzeria, and others challenge whether Michigan courts may treat subject-matter jurisdiction—the court's authority to hear a case—as irrelevant or waivable in a civil-contempt proceeding after the underlying statute was declared unconstitutional. They also ask whether a court may keep relying on an earlier ruling in the same case (the law-of-the-case doctrine).
26-381
Dismissed
Government misconduct in court
Antoine Douglass Johnson, Petitioner v. United States
The Supreme Court refused Antoine Douglass Johnson’s request for review (denied his petition), so it did not decide his claims. Johnson asked the Court to stop the Ninth Circuit from assuming jurisdiction and argued that the appeals court protected alleged government deceit by failing to address proof that the government gained an unfair advantage.
26-373
Dismissed
Tribal trapping exemption
New Mexico Trappers Association, et al., Petitioners v. Raúl Torrez, Attorney General of New Mexico, et al.
The New Mexico Trappers Association and National Trappers Association challenge a law that exempts enrolled members of federally recognized tribes from a public-land trapping ban when trapping is solely for religious or ceremonial purposes. They ask whether they may sue and whether the dispute is ready for review before state wildlife officials issue rules.
26-361
Dismissed
Property rights and city action
Rubicon Real Estate Holdings, LLC, et al., Petitioners v. City of Pontiac, Michigan, et al.
Rubicon Real Estate Holdings and the other petitioners ask the Supreme Court to review a Sixth Circuit decision, arguing it denied them property rights and mishandled claims about fair procedures (procedural due process), arbitrary government action (substantive due process), government taking property without compensation (takings), and retaliation for protected speech under the First Amendment.
26-359
Dismissed
Penalty for going to trial
Keith C. Kenyon, Petitioner v. Wisconsin
Keith Kenyon argues that Wisconsin prosecutors can pressure defendants to plead guilty by choosing between identical offenses for the same conduct, one carrying a 25-year mandatory minimum and one carrying none. His petition asks whether that charging power violates due process, the right to a jury trial, and separation of powers.
26-358
Dismissed
Home purchase agreement rights
Willis Jonathon David Carmack, Petitioner v. Valley Green Park, et al.
Willis Jonathon David Carmack asks the Supreme Court to review Minnesota rulings that ended his housing purchase-option case without a trial (summary judgment) and limited what evidence he could gather (discovery). He argues the rulings mishandled his claims about financing, taxes paid without a deed, retaliation, and constitutional rights.
26-357
Dismissed
Copyright and contractor claims
HealtheState, LLC, Petitioner v. United States, et al.
HealtheState, LLC asks whether copyright law treats someone as knowing a registration was inaccurate when they deliberately avoid confirming a likely error, and whether federal contracting rules may require a contractor to state an exact amount in a claim before seeking payment.
26-356
Dismissed
Complaints against federal judges
Justin Paul Dreiling, Petitioner v. United States
Justin Paul Dreiling’s petition says an order from the Federal Circuit’s Judicial Council barred Judge Pauline Newman from taking part in his appeal. Dreiling challenges the law behind that order, asks whether the Council members had to step aside, and argues that his claims fit the Tucker Act.
26-351
Dismissed
Where insurers can be sued
HDI Global SE, Petitioner v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al.
HDI Global SE asked the Supreme Court to review whether a policy’s worldwide coverage provision allows courts in every covered jurisdiction to exercise authority over the insurer. The Court dismissed HDI’s petition (ended its request for Supreme Court review) under Rule 46 without deciding the constitutional question.
26-346
Dismissed
Rights of vaccine refusers
Daniel B. Martin, Petitioner v. International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots, et al.
Daniel B. Martin, a merchant mariner who declined a COVID-19 vaccine, asks the Supreme Court to review his case against the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots and Matson Navigation Company. He asks whether a federal law against conspiracies violating people’s rights protects him, whether the Court should change how it identifies people or groups covered by that law, and whether federal labor law blocks his California assault claim.
26-342
Dismissed
Health checks after insurance claims
Denise J. Child, Petitioner v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America
Denise J. Child challenges Unum Life Insurance Company of America’s denial of her claim, arguing Iowa rules bar the insurer from relying on a health condition first considered when she claimed guaranteed-issue coverage. Her petition asks whether a federal court may instead apply the judge-made known-loss rule.
26-337
Dismissed
Copyright claims and past statements
Mark Mahon, Petitioner v. Apple Inc., et al.
Mark Mahon asks the Supreme Court to review the Ninth Circuit’s use of judicial estoppel, a rule that can prevent a party from taking inconsistent positions in court, based on a 2016 declaration he says he did not sign. He also challenges the treatment of U.S.-based copyright activity when later exploitation occurred abroad.
26-331
Dismissed
Appeals of injunction denials
Raymond Campbell, Petitioner v. Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, et al.
Raymond Campbell’s petition asks whether the Fifth Circuit could throw out (dismiss) his appeal without applying a practical-effect test when a district court order effectively refused a temporary court order indefinitely.
26-330
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