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Free speech in online messages
James Ryan Earl, Petitioner v. Texas
James Ryan Earl challenged a Texas law that makes repeated electronic messages a crime when they are intended and reasonably likely to annoy or offend someone, arguing that it sweeps too broadly under the First Amendment. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied review), so it did not decide whether the law violates the First Amendment.
26-178
Dismissed
Restraining orders and free speech
Adam Coate, Petitioner v. Elizabeth A. Smith
Adam Coate asked the Supreme Court to review whether a state may impose a significant liberty restraint based on speech that is not a true threat, and whether due process requires safeguards and meaningful review of a restraint labeled temporary. The Court refused to hear the case (denied the petition), so it did not decide those questions.
26-5197
Dismissed
Federal review of state convictions
Benjamin Allen Tolle, Petitioner v. Ryan LeGore, Superintendent, Two Rivers Correctional Institution
Benjamin Allen Tolle asked whether federal courts may use surrounding circumstances to treat a state court’s clear reliance on a procedural rule as ambiguous and presume it decided a federal claim. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case, leaving the Ninth Circuit’s denial of his challenge to his imprisonment in place; it did not decide the legal question.
26-5196
Dismissed
Prior convictions and jury trials
Maykel Corea-Ramos, Petitioner v. United States
Maykel Corea-Ramos asked the Supreme Court to overrule *Almendarez-Torres v. United States*. The Court refused to hear his case (denied review), so it did not decide that question.
26-5550
Dismissed
Fair treatment for prisoners
George Shrader, Petitioner v. Richard Comerford, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.
George Shrader asked the Supreme Court to review whether he had received due process of law. The Court refused to hear the case (denied the petition), so it did not decide that question.
26-5545
Dismissed
Right to question witnesses
George W. Smith, Petitioner v. Florida
Smith asked the Supreme Court to review claims about alleged prosecutorial misconduct, a witness subpoena and cross-examination, sentencing after a charge was dropped, speedy-trial rights, and whether a federal civil-rights law applied to post-conviction proceedings. The Court refused to hear the case and did not decide whether any claim was correct.
26-5546
Dismissed
Blocking debt collection as fraud
Jeffrey R. Owen, Petitioner v. United States
Jeffrey R. Owen asked the Supreme Court to review whether a scheme to stop a creditor from collecting a defendant’s money, without harming the victim’s property interests, can count as bank or wire fraud. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide that question.
26-190
Dismissed
What counts as unwelcome
Angelo L. Cepeda, Petitioner v. United States
Technical Sergeant Angelo L. Cepeda asked whether an accused must affirmatively agree on the record before waiving the right to accurate instructions on the charged offense, and how “unwelcome” should be defined in sexual-harassment cases. The Supreme Court refused to hear his petition (denied review) and did not decide either question.
26-154
Dismissed
Appeals dismissed without notice
Bruce Dwain Copeland, Petitioner v. Eva McClintock, et al.
Bruce Dwain Copeland argued that appellate court clerks violated his rights by dismissing or restricting his appeals without proper notice or judicial approval, and that some clerks should not be immune from damages. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied his petition) and did not decide those claims.
26-191
Dismissed
Right to file criminal complaints
Ryan P. Givey, Petitioner v. Todd Blanche, Attorney General, et al.
Ryan P. Givey alleged that Justice Department officials refused to accept his criminal complaint and that an Assistant U.S. Attorney mishandled his motion to disqualify. He argued that he has a constitutional right to make a criminal complaint; the Supreme Court refused to hear his petition and did not decide that issue.
26-153
Dismissed
Late challenges to convictions
Okechukwu Dimkpa, Petitioner v. United States
Okechukwu Dimkpa asked the Supreme Court to review whether its decisions in Ruan, Reed, and Bousley let him excuse his failure to raise a federal criminal-law claim earlier in a challenge to his conviction. The Court refused to hear his case (denied review), so it did not decide those questions.
26-155
Dismissed
Self-censorship and government threats
Springfield R-12 School District, et al., Petitioners v. Brooke Henderson, et al.
Springfield R-12 School District and other officials asked the Supreme Court to decide what a person claiming chilled or compelled speech must show to prove harm: objectively reasonable self-censorship or a government consequence that was certainly impending. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review), so it did not decide that question.
26-156
Dismissed
Murder charges for prescribing
James Michael Ryan, Petitioner v. Maryland
Ryan challenged a Maryland decision applying second-degree murder for extreme disregard for life (depraved-heart murder) to a physician’s prescribing of medicines for unapproved uses (off-label prescribing), arguing it gave too little notice and confused medical judgment with murder. The Supreme Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide his claims.
26-5559
Dismissed
Phone tracking and DNA tests
Isaiah Pinkerton, Petitioner v. Rhode Island
Isaiah Pinkerton asked the Supreme Court to review whether police could obtain historical cell-site data without evidence tying the phone number to him and whether his consent to a DNA swab was voluntary after police falsely told him he had to submit. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not rule on those questions.
26-5562
Dismissed
Pregnancy and family leave
Erin A. Snider, Petitioner v. Texas A&M University
Erin Snider’s dispute with Texas A&M concerned whether her FMLA leave to receive medical care for her unborn daughter, who had a serious health condition, qualified as family-care leave and what she had to prove. The Supreme Court refused to hear her case (denied review), so it did not decide those questions.
26-202
Dismissed
Police sharing information
Donell Simmons, Petitioner v. Ryan Woods, Warden
Donell Simmons asked the Supreme Court to review a Seventh Circuit case involving the collective-knowledge doctrine. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide the legal question.
26-5730
Dismissed
Property tax appeals
Mitchell Vexler, et al., Petitioners v. Don Spencer, Chief Appraiser, Denton Central Appraisal District, et al.
Mitchell and Catherine Vexler and Jim and Gloria Solinski asked whether Texas could require them to use an administrative process that could not grant the future-looking relief they sought, and whether their federal due-process challenge was timely after the state’s highest court denied rehearing. The Supreme Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide either question.
26-179
Dismissed
Retaliation for petitioning
Marianne Sawicki, Petitioner v. Richard A. Wilson, et al.
Marianne Sawicki asked whether the First Amendment protects a government official who allegedly used knowingly false statements to trigger adverse administrative action against her for petitioning, and whether the appeals court could summarily reject her civil-rights claims and award fees without finding her appeal frivolous. The Supreme Court refused to hear the case (denied review), so it did not decide those questions.
26-181
Dismissed
Shared proof in class actions
United Airlines, Incorporated, Petitioner v. Genise Kincannon, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, et al.
United Airlines asked the Supreme Court to review a Fifth Circuit ruling that found commonality and predominance based on similar evidence plaintiffs said a jury could accept, even though liability might differ among class members. The Supreme Court refused to hear the case (denied review), so it did not decide that legal question.
26-183
Dismissed
Social media content liability
Meta Platforms, Inc., fka Facebook, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada, Clark County, et al.
Meta Platforms and Instagram asked the Supreme Court to review whether Section 230 and the First Amendment protect online services from liability for editorial choices about third-party content. The Court dismissed their petition (threw out their request for review) without deciding either question.
26-185
Dismissed
Time limits on police claims
Vicki Chang, Petitioner v. Andrew Vanderwielen, Trooper, Washington State Patrol, et al.
Vicki Chang challenged the Ninth Circuit’s time-limit ruling on claims involving Washington State Patrol troopers and its conclusion that negligence claims against emergency physician Riddhi Kothari could not proceed under a federal civil-rights law (§ 1983). The Supreme Court refused to hear the case and did not decide those issues.
26-192
Dismissed
Judges disciplining lawyers
Van R. Irion, Petitioner v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Van R. Irion asked the Supreme Court to review a five-year suspension, raising questions about the trial judge’s role and the Sixth Circuit’s review. The Court refused to hear the case, so it did not decide those claims.
26-168
Dismissed
Judges' free speech rights
Laura Hendrix, Executive Secretary, Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission, et al., Petitioners v. Donna Greenwell Dutton, Judge, 53rd Judicial District, Division 2, Kentucky
Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission officials asked the Supreme Court to review whether the commission’s confidential early investigations can create a credible threat supporting Judge Donna Greenwell Dutton’s First Amendment challenge before formal discipline begins. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide that question.
26-182
Dismissed
Right to a jury trial
Philip E. Hahn, Petitioner v. Bergen Regional Medical Center, LP
Philip E. Hahn asked the Supreme Court to review a New Jersey appeals court case involving Bergen Regional Medical Center and raised questions about jury trials and federal law. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review), so it did not rule on those questions.
26-169
Dismissed
Right to challenge detention
Nou Xiong, as Next Friend of V. L., et al., Petitioners v. Alan P. Borja, Warden, et al.
Nou Xiong, acting for V.L., asks whether the federal court in Guam has authority to review claims under the Constitution’s Suspension Clause, which limits when the right to challenge detention may be suspended, when someone seeks release under common-law rules.
26-278
Dismissed
When charges are permanently dismissed
Jose A. Astacio Burgess, Petitioner v. United States
Jose A. Astacio Burgess’s plea deal called for the government to dismiss three remaining charges with prejudice (so they could not be brought again) after sentencing. He asks whether that protection took effect at sentencing or only after the appeals process ended.
26-276
Dismissed
Caregiver rights in adoption
A. A., et al., Petitioners v. Joshua Mast, et al.
An infant orphaned in Afghanistan was placed with caretakers, who brought her to the U.S.; the people who obtained a Virginia adoption order took her without notifying the caretakers, and Virginia courts ruled the order void. The Supreme Court refused to hear the case (denied the petition) and did not decide the caretakers’ due-process claim.
26-164
Dismissed
Military sentence appeals
Makhi Brockenborough, Petitioner v. United States
Marine Pfc. Makhi Brockenborough asked the Supreme Court to review whether the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces may reassess a sentence from scratch without considering the sentencing judge’s application of the sentencing factors. The Supreme Court refused to hear the case (denied review), so it did not decide that question.
26-160
Dismissed
Property takings for development
Poppleton Now Community Association, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. La Cite Development, LLC, et al.
Poppleton Now Community Association and other challengers say Baltimore’s agreement gave La Cité Development rights to land the city had taken, without requiring the developer to first carry out a project for public use; they argued they were harmed despite not owning the land. The Supreme Court refused to hear the case and did not decide whether they could sue or whether Kelo’s public-use limits should change.
26-167
Dismissed
Changing a lawsuit after deadlines
W. A. Griffin, M.D., Petitioner v. Emory Healthcare, Inc., et al.
Doctor W. A. Griffin, representing himself, argued that a scheduling deadline approved by the Eleventh Circuit blocked him from amending his complaint and presenting evidence he said he uncovered during depositions. The Supreme Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide whether the lower courts acted improperly.
26-161
Dismissed
Gun rights after a felony
Edlando M. Watson, Petitioner v. United States
Edlando Watson asked the Supreme Court to review whether the federal ban on firearm possession by people convicted of felonies violates the Second Amendment as applied to him, because his prior felonies were nonviolent drug offenses. The Court refused to hear his case (denied review), so it did not decide that constitutional question.
26-162
Dismissed
Consent in sex crime convictions
John A. Evangelista, Petitioner v. United States
Airman First Class John A. Evangelista asked the Supreme Court to review whether factfinders could convict him on an invalid alternative theory of liability after being instructed on the statutory definition of consent. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide that question.
26-166
Dismissed
Gun rights for felons
Christopher R. Daley, Petitioner v. Florida
Christopher R. Daley challenged Florida’s ban on firearm possession by convicted felons, arguing that it violates the Second Amendment. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied his petition), so it did not decide whether the ban is constitutional.
26-5734
Dismissed
Workplace retaliation arbitration
Bibi Nohia Saidwal, Petitioner v. Flagship
In her case against Flagship, Bibi Nohia Saidwal asked the Supreme Court to review the Ninth Circuit’s decision upholding an order requiring arbitration, arguing that she was wrongly barred from naming Facebook and that alleged retaliation and misconduct undermined the proceedings. The Court refused to hear her case (denied review), so it did not decide her claims.
26-5718
Dismissed
Appealing mistaken jury instructions
Allen Houston James, Petitioner v. United States
Allen Houston James’s petition asked whether courts may refuse plain-error review of an error a criminal defendant invited, including an incorrect jury instruction he proposed by mistake, when he did not intentionally give up a known right. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied review), so it did not decide those questions.
26-5733
Dismissed
Lawyers’ speech rights
Paul Clark, Petitioner v. Supreme Court of New Jersey
Paul Clark challenged New Jersey attorney sanctions, arguing that they punished his criticism of the government and increased his penalty because he defended against the allegations. The Supreme Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide whether the sanctions were lawful.
26-189
Dismissed
Gun rights after nonviolent convictions
Phillip Eugene Wallace, Jr., Petitioner v. United States
Phillip Eugene Wallace argued that the Second Amendment should let people challenge the federal firearm ban based on the nonviolent nature of a prior conviction. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied review), so it did not decide whether such challenges are allowed or what standard courts should use.
26-5737
Dismissed
Rap lyrics as evidence
Jamal Knox, Petitioner v. United States
Jamal Knox asked the Supreme Court to review a Third Circuit case involving the admission of evidence and repeated references to rap. The Court refused to hear the case (denied the petition) and did not decide the underlying legal issue.
26-5582
Dismissed
Who can share a home
Val French, Petitioner v. City of Shawnee, Kansas, et al.
Val French asked the Supreme Court to review whether a Shawnee ordinance restricting who may share a home based on family relationships violates the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide those constitutional questions.
26-172
Dismissed
Accusations explaining police actions
Charlie Holley, Petitioner v. United States
Charlie Holley asked the Supreme Court to review whether a court may admit an out-of-court accusation linking him to a crime to explain police conduct without deciding whether the accusation was needed for that purpose. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review), so it did not decide that question.
26-5739
Dismissed
Federal prosecutor authority
Lisa Ferraro, Petitioner v. United States
Lisa Ferraro argued that the Third Circuit wrongly enforced her plea agreement’s appeal waiver and dismissed her appeal, preventing review of her claim that a person who was not lawfully authorized acted for the government at sentencing. The Supreme Court refused to hear her case (denied review) and did not decide that claim.
26-206
Dismissed
Keeping witnesses apart
Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz, Jr., Petitioner v. United States
Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz, Jr., asked the Supreme Court to review whether a judge may let a witness testify after violating an order to keep witnesses apart, who must prove resulting harm, and whether jury instructions can make wrongly admitted evidence harmless. The Court refused to hear his case (denied review) and did not decide those issues.
26-5735
Dismissed
Government searches of private email
Gregory Allen Williamson, Petitioner v. United States
Williamson asked whether email providers and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children act for the government during hash searches of private email, whether searches without human review remain private searches, and whether an officer may use evidence from an allegedly overbroad warrant that officer sought and executed. The Court refused to hear the case, leaving these questions undecided.
26-5743
Dismissed
Sharing drugs as distribution
Robert Vincent Harris, Petitioner v. United States
Robert Vincent Harris asked whether federal law treats one addict’s allowing another to use part of a personal-use drug supply as unlawful distribution. The Court refused to hear his case (denied review), so it did not decide that question.
26-5738
Dismissed
Foreign time limits for lawsuits
Samantha Ashhadi Soliman, Petitioner v. Kingdom of Sweden
Samantha Ashhadi Soliman asked the Supreme Court to review whether California courts could use Sweden’s later-enacted, retroactive filing deadline to let Sweden pursue a collection case against her, despite California’s deadline, without expressly addressing constitutional limits on connection and fairness. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide the issue.
26-203
Dismissed
Student phone searches at school
O. W., Petitioner v. Marie L. Carr, et al.
O.W. asked the Supreme Court to review questions about school searches of a student’s phone, police questioning at school, a 13-year-old’s statements, and related legal issues. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide those questions.
26-174
Dismissed
Airline liability in emergencies
Melissa Suzette Arzu, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Kevin Greenidge, Petitioner v. American Airlines, Incorporated
Arzu, for herself and Greenidge’s estate, asked whether American Airlines could be liable under an international-flight treaty for its crew’s response to Greenidge’s fatal medical emergency, and whether the treaty bars a state-law claim for an advance payment promised after a passenger’s death. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide either question.
26-200
Dismissed
Eyewitness evidence in police shootings
Kimberly Vaughn as Administrator of the Estate of Mohammad J. Isaifan, Deceased, Petitioner v. Jamie Rea, et al.
Kimberly Vaughn, administrator of Mohammad Isaifan’s estate, asked the Supreme Court to review a Sixth Circuit ruling that ended the estate’s case against two officers without a trial; she argued eyewitness testimony and forensic evidence disputed the officers’ account of the fatal shooting. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide those arguments.
26-211
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