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Agency records in court review
William David Jones, Petitioner v. Defense Supply Center, Defense Logistics Agency, Richmond, Virginia
William David Jones challenged his debarment, arguing that the agency and lower courts relied on documents outside the administrative record and that the commander lacked authority to debar him. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied review), so it did not decide those claims.
26-173
Dismissed
When a conviction becomes final
Randy Lavern Lee, Petitioner v. Beth Skinner, Director, Iowa Department of Corrections, et al.
Randy Lee asked whether he should have been allowed to appeal over when his conviction became final for the federal deadline to challenge it: it became final on direct review in 2021, a state court set aside his conviction and sentence in June 2024, and the Iowa Court of Appeals later reversed that order. The Supreme Court refused to hear Lee’s case (denied review), so it did not decide the question.
26-5592
Dismissed
Online platform liability
Meta Platforms, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Massachusetts
Meta Platforms and Instagram asked the Supreme Court to decide whether Section 230 bars claims based on an online service’s editorial choices about publishing content supplied by others. The Court dismissed (ended) their request for Supreme Court review under Rule 46 without deciding that question.
26-216
Dismissed
Police video in early rulings
Lillie M. Middlebrooks, Petitioner v. Scott Kasmar, et al.
Lillie M. Middlebrooks asked the Supreme Court to review an Eleventh Circuit rule allowing defendants to use police body- or dash-camera video when deciding whether a complaint states a claim, even if the plaintiff did not include or rely on it. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide whether that rule is lawful.
26-209
Dismissed
Withheld evidence in criminal trials
Jesus Eric Carasco, Petitioner v. United States
Jesus Eric Carasco asked the Supreme Court to review whether a federal court could reject his claim that the government withheld evidence undermining an alleged confession without considering whether that evidence, viewed with the trial record, could reasonably have changed the outcome. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide that question.
26-5747
Dismissed
Jury findings for victim payments
Rodney Dill, Petitioner v. United States
Rodney Dill asked whether a jury, rather than a judge, must find the facts used to set restitution under 18 U.S.C. § 2259. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied review), so it did not decide that question.
26-5583
Dismissed
Punitive damages against governments
David Dean, Sheriff, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, Petitioner v. Austin P. Bond, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Terral Ellis, II, Deceased
Austin Bond, representing Terral Ellis’s estate, sued Sheriff David Dean over Ellis’s alleged denial of medical care in the Ottawa County Jail. After a jury awarded $33 million, Dean argued that the jury had been improperly urged to punish him and sought a new trial; the Supreme Court refused to hear his petition (denied review) and did not decide the legal questions.
26-217
Dismissed
Spouse's home rights in foreclosure
Muriel Fiedler, et vir, Petitioners v. U.S. Bank Trust National Association
The Supreme Court refused to hear Muriel and Robert Fiedler’s challenge to a Florida foreclosure involving their claimed homestead interests and related bankruptcy and filing issues. It did not decide the legal questions they raised.
26-214
Dismissed
Right to question witnesses
Theodore James Purdy, Petitioner v. Kansas
Purdy challenged his conviction after prosecutors had a detective repeat an absent three-year-old complainant’s accusation of vaginal penetration as “background,” then cited it to support his confession; he argued this violated his right to question witnesses. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied review) and did not decide whether the prosecution’s use of the accusation violated the Constitution.
26-221
Dismissed
Notice of appeal rights
Luis J. Soto, Petitioner v. United States Postal Service
Luis J. Soto asked whether the Postal Service had to tell a preference-eligible veteran about available appeals after removal, and whether missing notice stops the filing deadline. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied review) and did not decide those questions.
26-212
Dismissed
Jail over disputed debt enforcement
Nyanza Cook, Petitioner v. Kelvin Willis, fdba Willis Legal Support Services, fdba Willis Legal Services, et al.
Nyanza Cook challenged Texas contempt and enforcement proceedings that could lead to her incarceration, arguing that unresolved disputes over the authority to enforce a 2010 California judgment made the proceedings improper. The Supreme Court refused to hear her case (denied review), so it did not decide whether the proceedings violated due process.
26-213
Dismissed
Court review of ICE detention
Rosmeri Adaluz Miranda-Lopez, Petitioner v. ICE Orlando Field Office Director
Rosmeri Adaluz Miranda-Lopez asked whether courts may review ICE’s detention and deportation of a U-visa applicant after USCIS made a favorable “Bona-Fide Determination” on the application, or whether federal law bars that review. The Supreme Court refused to hear her case (denied her petition for review), so it did not decide the question.
26-227
Dismissed
Forced medical treatment
Beth Boyd, et al., Petitioners v. Shriners Hospitals for Children, et al.
Former Shriners Hospitals for Children employees asked whether the Fourteenth Amendment bars a state or its agent from requiring someone, under threat of penalty, to take a drug or covered countermeasure, given federal consent rules and the PREP Act’s rule on lawsuits for resulting injuries. The Supreme Court refused to hear the case (denied review), so it did not decide either question.
26-220
Dismissed
Deadline to challenge convictions
Bryan Porras, Petitioner v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction
Bryan Porras asked the Supreme Court to review when the deadline for his federal habeas petition began after his direct appeal ended in an intermediate Arkansas court, and whether he could get a certificate of appealability or more time under equitable tolling (a deadline extension). The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide those questions.
26-207
Dismissed
Agency compliance with court orders
Andrew Johnson, Petitioner v. District of Columbia Public Schools, et al.
Andrew Johnson argued that the D.C. Court of Appeals should have independently reviewed whether an agency followed an earlier court order, rather than defer to the agency’s findings under a “substantial evidence” test. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied review), so it did not decide whether the Constitution requires independent review.
26-224
Dismissed
Legal rights before birth
Steven Clark Lefemine, Petitioner v. United States
Steven Clark Lefemine asked whether the Declaration’s principles, his claim that science shows human life begins at fertilization, and a God-given right to life require the law to recognize every human as a person from fertilization. The Court refused to hear his case (denied review) and did not decide those questions.
26-5593
Dismissed
Rerun union votes after turnover
CEMEX Construction Materials Pacific, LLC, Petitioner v. National Labor Relations Board, et al.
CEMEX Construction Materials Pacific argued that the NLRB and courts must consider time passed and employee turnover after a union election before enforcing an order requiring the company to bargain with the union instead of holding a new vote. The Supreme Court refused to hear the case, so it did not decide that issue.
26-225
Dismissed
Habeas access for jail sentences
Aimee Albrecht, Petitioner v. Darren Hart, Sheriff, Rock Island County, Illinois
Albrecht asked whether restraints backed by arrest and tied to a stayed jail sentence counted as being “in custody” for federal habeas review, and whether a federal judge should have been kept off her case because the judge’s spouse led the county court system. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide either question.
26-233
Dismissed
Who decides arbitration disputes
FCA US, LLC, a Delaware Corporation, Petitioner v. Jeffrey Olson
FCA US and Jeffrey Olson disputed whether a court or an arbitrator should decide if an arbitration agreement covers a claim by a signatory against someone who did not sign it. The Supreme Court refused to hear FCA’s case (denied review) and did not rule on that question.
26-228
Dismissed
What can be patented
US Patent No. 7,679,637 LLC, Petitioner v. Google LLC
US Patent No. 7,679,637 LLC challenged a ruling that its patent claims were ineligible because they did not explain how they achieved their goal, arguing patent eligibility should not be a disclosure test; it also argued Google had to plead invalidity before its infringement suit could be dismissed. The Supreme Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide these arguments.
26-236
Dismissed
Extra chance for expert evidence
Kevin Yeung, Petitioner v. Shannon Humphrey
Kevin Yeung argued that the Fourteenth Amendment required a Georgia court to give an unrepresented civil litigant another chance to support expert reports before granting summary judgment in his case against Shannon Humphrey. The Supreme Court refused to hear the case (denied review), so it did not decide the constitutional question.
26-246
Dismissed
Death penalty for non-homicide crimes
Johnny Ford, Petitioner v. Florida
Johnny Ford challenged a Florida law allowing the death penalty in a non-homicide case and sought a pretrial ruling barring the State from seeking that penalty if he were convicted. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied review), so it did not decide either issue.
26-234
Dismissed
Backdated court judgments
Jean Dominique Morancy, Petitioner v. Sabrina Alex Salomon
In a case against Sabrina Alex Salomon, Jean Dominique Morancy asked the Supreme Court to review whether a Florida trial court could enter a judgment dated retroactively to a time when it allegedly lacked jurisdiction, whether limits on state review violated due process, and whether federal courts could decline related claims. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide those questions.
26-230
Dismissed
Special education hearing rules
D. C., By His Parents and Guardians, Trevor Chaplick and Vivian Chaplick, et al., Petitioners v. Fairfax County School Board, et al.
Children and parents in Fairfax County challenged system-wide problems in the administrative process for resolving disputes under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; the Fourth Circuit ordered their suit dismissed. The Supreme Court refused to hear the case (denied review), so it did not decide whether they had to first use individual administrative proceedings.
26-215
Dismissed
Evidence of retaliatory arrests
Fred Rahdar, et al., Petitioners v. City of Friendswood, Texas, et al.
Fred Rahdar and Kobra Ghorbani asked the Supreme Court to review whether *Gonzalez v. Trevino* permits objective evidence to defeat probable cause, in a case based on their allegations that Friendswood officials retaliated after Rahdar criticized the police chief. The Court refused to hear the case (denied the petition), so it did not decide that question.
26-241
Dismissed
Notice of sentence increases
Segwayne Kirk Anthony Goldson, Petitioner v. Richard Comerford, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Segwayne Goldson challenged whether he received adequate notice of a sentencing enhancement and whether the lower courts wrongly denied him permission to appeal that claim. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied his petition for review) and did not decide either issue.
26-229
Dismissed
Gun rights after nonviolent convictions
Kyle Thomas Smith, Petitioner v. United States
Kyle Thomas Smith asked the Supreme Court to review whether the Second Amendment lets people with nonviolent, nondangerous prior convictions challenge the federal ban on firearm possession by people convicted of felonies, and what test courts should use. The Court refused to hear his case (denied review) and did not decide those questions.
26-5761
Dismissed
Missing element in federal charges
William John Easterling, Petitioner v. United States
William John Easterling asked the Supreme Court to review the Sixth Circuit’s denial of permission to appeal, arguing that the appeals court mishandled his claims about an omitted indictment element and other constitutional issues. The Court refused to hear his case and did not decide those arguments.
26-5762
Dismissed
Intellectual disability and execution
Jamaal Howard, Petitioner v. Texas
Jamaal Howard asked whether Texas must reassess his intellectual-disability claim under current clinical standards after an earlier rejection using older criteria. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case and denied his request for a temporary pause in his execution; it did not decide the legal question.
26-5759
Dismissed
Police peering into homes
Cameron Watkins, Petitioner v. United States
Cameron Watkins’s petition said an officer pressed against his motel-room window and peered through a gap in the closed curtains, where he saw a handgun; Watkins was later convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The Supreme Court refused to hear Watkins’s case (denied his petition for Supreme Court review) and did not decide whether the officer violated the Fourth Amendment.
26-5272
Dismissed
Valuing disputed debts
Allonhill, LLC, Petitioner v. Stewart Lender Services, Inc.
Allonhill and Stewart Lender Services disputed whether a court could use a settlement reached years later, rather than a ruling near the transfers or an estimate of the chance Allonhill owed the debt, to assess whether it had more debts than assets. The Supreme Court refused to hear the case, leaving that question undecided.
26-253
Dismissed
Gun license reciprocity
Jeffrey M. Johnson, Sr., Petitioner v. Bob Jacobson, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Jeffrey M. Johnson asked the Supreme Court to review his dispute with Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jacobson over whether people need a separate firearm license in each state and whether states may refuse to recognize licenses from other states. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review), so it did not decide those questions.
26-255
Dismissed
Attorney fees as damages
Kevin Kerveng Tung, PC, et al., Petitioners v. Janet Yijuan Fou
Kevin Kerveng Tung and his law firm challenged a $1,311,832.94 award in Janet Fou’s legal-malpractice case, arguing that fees from later proceedings could not count as damages without proof of an underlying loss. The Supreme Court refused to hear the case (denied review), so it did not decide those arguments.
26-254
Dismissed
Fairness in housing inspections
Frank Bright, Petitioner v. New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Bureau of Housing Inspection
Frank Bright asked the Supreme Court to review claims about how New Jersey’s Bureau of Housing Inspection handled evidence and inspections in his case. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide whether the Bureau violated his rights.
26-242
Dismissed
Jury role in gun sentencing
Lawrence Rehmeil Anderson, Petitioner v. United States
Anderson argued that a judge, rather than a jury, improperly found that his prior convictions occurred on separate occasions for enhanced penalties under the Armed Career Criminal Act; he also challenged the use of his North Carolina breaking-and-entering convictions and the federal ban on gun possession by people with felony convictions under the Second Amendment. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied review) and did not decide those issues.
26-5299
Dismissed
Jury rights in release revocations
James Baldemoro, Petitioner v. United States
James Baldemoro asked the Supreme Court to review whether revoking supervised release based on facts a judge found under a lower proof standard violates the Fifth and Sixth Amendments when a person has already received the maximum prison term for the underlying offense. The Court refused to hear his case (denied review), so it did not decide that constitutional question.
26-5656
Dismissed
Fairness of guilty pleas
Austin Koeckeritz, Petitioner v. United States
Austin Koeckeritz asked the Supreme Court to review claims of judicial bias, an involuntary guilty plea tied to solitary confinement and counsel’s advice, an unfair appeal involving a $410,000 restitution order, and allegedly false statements in a state investigation used in his federal case. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide those claims.
26-5663
Dismissed
Public employee vaccine mandates
Michael Brock, et al., Petitioners v. City of Bellingham, Washington, et al.
Former City of Bellingham employees and contractors challenged a city policy requiring public workers to accept a drug or federally covered medical product or risk losing benefits, arguing that federal consent rules and limits on injury lawsuits made the policy unconstitutional. The Supreme Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide whether the policy violated the Constitution.
26-268
Dismissed
Law enforcement database privacy
Randy Quaid, et ux., Petitioners v. Craig Granet, et al.
Randy Quaid and his wife sought to amend privacy claims over alleged unauthorized access to restricted law-enforcement records that were later used in litigation. The Supreme Court refused to hear their case (denied review), so it did not decide whether California’s litigation privilege bars those claims.
26-249
Dismissed
Sex offender labels as punishment
Timothy Paul Beagle, Petitioner v. Colorado
Timothy Paul Beagle challenged Colorado’s “sexually violent predator” designation, arguing it is criminal punishment and cruel and unusual as applied to him under the Eighth Amendment. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied review), so it did not decide either question.
26-5653
Dismissed
Drug evidence at sentencing
Ulrick Uncel Brown, Petitioner v. United States
Ulrick Brown argued that the government did not prove at sentencing that an untested quantity was methamphetamine itself rather than a mixture containing methamphetamine. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case and did not decide that issue.
26-5658
Dismissed
Notice of final judgments
Philip S. Liddiard, Petitioner v. Bank of America, N.A.
Philip Liddiard asked the Supreme Court to review whether Utah courts could treat filings made before a judgment as notice of that judgment, reject as late his challenge to a judgment he says lacked proper notice, and affirm without addressing that claim. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review), so it did not decide those questions.
26-250
Dismissed
State courts and federal law
Michael T. Washington, Petitioner v. Delaware
Michael T. Washington asked the Supreme Court to review whether a state court violated the Constitution’s rule that federal law takes priority over state law (the Supremacy Clause). The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide that question.
26-5660
Dismissed
Parole release decisions
Neil Paul Noble, Petitioner v. Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
Neil Paul Noble asked the Supreme Court to review whether the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles violated his due-process rights by treating his 2021 stalking conviction as involving violence or a vulnerable victim and by considering a 2023 probation revocation when reviewing him for mandatory release. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review), so it did not decide those issues.
26-251
Dismissed
Gun rights for undocumented immigrants
Alberto Rebollar-Osorio, Petitioner v. United States
Alberto Rebollar-Osorio, an undocumented Mexican citizen, challenged a federal ban on firearm possession by people unlawfully in the United States after police found a firearm and ammunition in the vehicle he was driving. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case and did not decide whether the ban may be enforced against him under the Second Amendment.
26-5646
Dismissed
Rules for dismissing lawsuits
Geoffrey M. Young, Petitioner v. Andy Beshear, et al.
Young asked the Court to overturn rules for screening complaints before evidence is gathered, saying the district court dismissed his complaint improperly and the Sixth Circuit rejected his appeal and added sanctions without reviewing his latest amended complaint. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review), so it did not decide those claims.
26-262
Dismissed
Jury trials for restitution
Jeffrey Alvarez, Petitioner v. Arizona
Jeffrey Alvarez asked whether the Sixth Amendment requires a jury to decide facts used to set restitution in an Arizona criminal case. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied review), so it did not decide that question.
26-5765
Dismissed
Gun rights after felony convictions
Ross Allan Jefferson, Petitioner v. United States
Ross Allan Jefferson argued that a federal law barring people with felony convictions from possessing firearms violates the Second Amendment. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied his petition for review) and did not decide that constitutional question.
26-5617
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