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Criminal procedure cases
Search, seizure, trial rights, sentencing, habeas, and criminal enforcement cases.
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25-1108Christopher Zook, et al., Petitioners v. Scott Fuqua
1. Whether a district court may, or must, consider objective video evidence at the motion-to-dismiss stage when that evidence is central to the compla...
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25-1246Richard Vasquez, Petitioner v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
1. Does 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2)(B)(i) impose a “reasonable attorney” or a “reasonable applicant” test for due diligence? If the former, are there excep...
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25-7503Eddie Scott, Petitioner v. Crystal Blanton, et al.
1. Does the Younger Doctrine violate the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution by denying citizens their Bill of Rights protections gua...
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25-7363Wen Chen, Petitioner v. Lyndam Hill II Homeowners Association, Inc.
from the Supreme Court of Virginia.
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25-1205Michael Mendenhall, Petitioner v. City and County of Denver, Colorado
Should this Court overrule Jones v. United States, 362 U.S. 257 (1960) and hold that the Fourth Amendment prohibits courts from issuing warrants based...
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25-1314Eric Gomez, Petitioner v. David Saccoccio
Whether combining general principles from two factually dissimilar cases conflicts with this Court’s precedents requiring lower courts to define right...
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25-7660Ruben Andre Garcia, Petitioner v. United States
Under Chavez-Meza v. United States, 585 U.S. 109 (2018), can a district court ignore a party’s post-sentencing rehabilitation when deciding a sentence...
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25-7698Reshod Jamar Everett, Petitioner v. United States
The question for the Court is whether a circuit court errs as a matter of law and fact, and ignores this Court’s precedent, in failing to certify issu...
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25-7683Derek Hahn, Petitioner v. United States
THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED BY SENTENCING MR. HAHN EXCESSIVELY BASED ON THE STATUTORY CONSIDERATIONS IN 18 U.S.C. §3553(a)?
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25-7165Price Montgomery, Petitioner v. United States
1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1512(a)(1)(C), which criminalizes killing a person with intent to prevent them from telling authorities about a federal crime, ...
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25-7651Zenia Chavez, Petitioner v. United States
Whether an appeal waiver, that waives “the right to appeal the . . . sentence on any ground, including . . . term of supervision and conditions,” bars...
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25-7302Dale D. Mitchell, Jr., Petitioner v. United States
1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is constitutional in all its applications or is it subject to as-applied challenges? 2. If as-applied challenges are...
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25-7609David E. Jackson, III, Petitioner v. Indiana Parole Board
1. Whether a court of appeals, in denying a certificate of appealability in a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 case dismissed on procedural grounds, may rely solely o...
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25-7697Nathaniel David Struening, Petitioner v. United States
1. Whether the appellate court violated Petitioner's constitutional right to proceed pro se by ignoring his proceed pro se in September 2024 before th...
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25-7702Sean Jarred Davis, Petitioner v. United States
Whether Due Process requires district courts to assess if the Government has committed an implied breach through the totality of its conduct at senten...
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25-1424Dennis Birkley, Petitioner v. United States, et al.
1. Whether Petitioner’s Sixth Amendment right to confrontation was violated when FBI Special Agent Kathryn Graham testified as a summary witness by su...
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Recent decisions
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24-5438Michael Bowe, Petitioner v. United States
The Court vacated and remanded a case involving federal sentencing guidelines. The 5-4 decision, authored by Justice Sotomayor, addressed how courts s...
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24-5774Dwayne Barrett, Petitioner v. United States
The Supreme Court unanimously held that Congress did not authorize convictions under both 18 U.S.C. §§924(c)(1)(A)(i) and (j) for a single act that vi...
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24-482Holsey Ellingburg, Jr., Petitioner v. United States
The Court unanimously reversed and remanded an Eighth Circuit decision. Justice Kavanaugh authored the 9-0 opinion addressing federal criminal law que...
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24-993Gabriel Olivier, Petitioner v. City of Brandon, Mississippi
The Court is considering a civil rights case about qualified immunity for law enforcement officers. The case addresses the standard courts use to eval...
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25-297Zorn v. Linton
The Court held that a Vermont state police sergeant was entitled to qualified immunity after using a wristlock to remove a protester who refused to le...
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24-7351Terry Pitchford, Petitioner v. Burl Cain, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al.
Did the Mississippi Supreme Court unreasonably decide—under the standards set by federal habeas law—that Terry Pitchford gave up his right to argue th...
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24-556Joe Fernandez, Petitioner v. United States
The Court is considering a federal criminal law question about the scope of a federal statute and its application to the defendant's conduct.
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24-820Daniel Rutherford, Petitioner v. United States
The Court is considering a federal criminal sentencing question about how courts should calculate the applicable guidelines range when multiple convic...
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25-5146Ahmad Abouammo, Petitioner v. United States
Is venue proper in a district where no offense conduct took place, so long as the statute’s intent element “contemplates” effects that could occur the...
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24-1063Munson P. Hunter, III, Petitioner v. United States
The Court considered whether a defendant who agreed not to appeal his sentence as part of a plea deal could still challenge a supervised-release condi...
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25-112Okello T. Chatrie, Petitioner v. United States
This case is about whether police violated the Fourth Amendment when they used a geofence warrant to make Google turn over location-history data for e...
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95-8836Felker v. Turpin
Ellis Felker challenged the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, arguing that its restrictions on second or successive habeas corpus...
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21-778Ramirez v. Guadarrama
This case arises from a Section 1983 lawsuit by the family of a man in a mental-health crisis who was soaked in gasoline and was set on fire and kille...
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21-511Shoop v. Twyford
This case asks whether a federal court handling a state prisoner’s habeas case may order the State to transport the prisoner for medical testing to lo...
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21-5099Guerrant v. United States
This case asks whether a prior state drug conviction can be used to increase a federal sentence under the Sentencing Guidelines' career-offender rule ...
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21-1587Shoop v. Cunningham
This case asks whether the Sixth Circuit wrongly granted federal habeas relief to an Ohio state prisoner despite AEDPA’s strict limits on overturning ...
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21-147Egbert v. Boule
This case asked whether an inn owner could sue a U.S. Border Patrol agent for money damages after the agent allegedly used excessive force against him...
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20-940Alaska v. Wright
This case asked whether Sean Wright could use a federal habeas petition to challenge his old Alaska sex-abuse convictions after he had fully finished ...
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20-7480Thomas v. Payne
This habeas case asks whether the Eighth Circuit could raise and decide a procedural defense on its own after Arkansas stopped pressing that defense o...
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20-6400Sanders v. United States
This case is about whether police could enter Kenneth Sanders’s home without a warrant during a welfare check after reports of a domestic fight and he...
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20-701Calvert v. Texas
This capital case asks whether Texas violated James Calvert’s constitutional rights by letting him represent himself at a death-penalty trial despite ...
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20-5904Terry v. United States
This case was about whether people convicted before August 3, 2010 of low-level crack cocaine offenses under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) could get shorte...
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20-5279Wooden v. United States
This case asked whether William Wooden’s 10 burglary convictions, all arising from one night of breaking into multiple units in a single storage facil...
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20-1704Simmons v. United States
This case asks when a federal court may throw out a prisoner's late habeas petition under AEDPA without a hearing. Simmons says the government created...
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20-1668City of Tahlequah v. Bond
This case arose after Tahlequah police officers responding to a call about an intoxicated man at a home shot Dominic Rollice in a garage when he picke...
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20-157Caniglia v. Strom
This case asked whether police may enter a home and seize firearms without a warrant under the Fourth Amendment’s so-called “community caretaking” doc...
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20-1009Shinn v. Martinez Ramirez
This case involved two Arizona death row prisoners who argued in federal habeas proceedings that their trial lawyers were ineffective, even though tho...
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20-1084Dunn v. Reeves
This case involves a death-row inmate’s claim that his trial lawyers were ineffective at sentencing because they did not present expert evidence about...
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19-8207In re Brown
This case involves a petition filed with the Supreme Court under the name In re Brown. Specific details regarding the underlying legal dispute are not...
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19-8110Albritton v. Clarke
This case involves a pending petition for a writ of certiorari from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The specific facts and ...
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19-7902In re Moon
In this original habeas petition, Moon asked the Supreme Court to order his release from custody, arguing that his conviction and sentence were uncons...
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19-8072Cervantes v. Biter
This is a pending case where the petitioner is asking the Supreme Court to review a lower court decision while also requesting permission to proceed w...
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19-8066Lara-Cervantes v. United States
Whether a crime that can be committed with a mens rea of recklessness can qualify as a “crime of violence” under United States Sentencing Guideline § ...
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19-8054Vineyard v. United States
A petition for a writ of certiorari has been filed in this case, along with a request to proceed without paying court fees, asking the Supreme Court t...
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19-8040Meas v. Vidal
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Jerry Meas against Osvaldo Vidal. The specific legal issues and facts of the case are ...
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19-7931Lopez v. United States
A petition for a writ of certiorari has been filed in this case arising from the Fifth Circuit, along with a request to proceed without paying court f...
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19-7862Coonce v. United States
This case involves a federal death-row inmate who argues that he cannot be executed because he is intellectually disabled, even though the lower court...
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01-8047Perez v. United States
This case considers whether police officers can search a person's backpack or luggage without a warrant after the person has been arrested and the bag...
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19-7770In re Williams
This case involves a petition filed at the Supreme Court by a party named Williams. The specific details and legal issues of the case are not availabl...
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12-207Maryland v. King
The Supreme Court held that law enforcement officers can constitutionally collect DNA samples from individuals arrested for serious crimes as part of ...
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19-7717Wilson v. Inch
A petition has been filed asking the Supreme Court to review a lower court decision, along with a request to proceed without paying standard filing fe...
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19-7715Castillo-Reyes v. Ingalls
This is a pending case between Castillo-Reyes and Ingalls that originated in the Virginia state court system. The Supreme Court is currently reviewing...
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19-7393In re Gulbrandson
This case involves an original petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed directly with the Supreme Court. The specific facts and legal claims of the ...
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19-6156Halprin v. Davis
Randy Halprin, a Texas death row prisoner, says his murder trial was tainted because the judge who presided over it was openly racist and anti-Semitic...
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19-5421Davis v. United States
This case concerns whether a federal judge could make Charles Davis’s federal prison sentence run consecutively to a state sentence that had not yet b...
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19-5755Crutsinger v. Davis
This case asks whether a Texas death-row inmate can reopen the judgment denying his federal habeas petition under Rule 60(b). He argues that a later c...
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19-292Torres v. Madrid
This case arose after New Mexico police officers shot Roxanne Torres as she tried to drive away, but she escaped for a time before being arrested late...
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19-1302Shinn v. Kayer
The case concerns an Arizona death-row inmate’s claim that his lawyers were ineffective at the sentencing stage for failing to properly investigate an...
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19-1301Bovat v. Vermont
This case asks whether police violated the Fourth Amendment by going into semiprivate areas around Clyde Bovat’s home and looking around without a war...
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17-7153Richard Gerald Jordan, Petitioner v. Mississippi
This case involved a Mississippi death-row prisoner who argued that keeping him incarcerated for more than 40 years while repeatedly seeking to execut...
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18-6943Banister v. Davis
This case asked whether, after a federal court denies a state prisoner’s habeas petition, the prisoner’s timely Rule 59(e) motion asking the court to ...
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18-1109McKinney v. Arizona
This death penalty case asked what Arizona had to do after a federal habeas court ruled that the state had failed to properly consider James McKinney’...
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17-155Hughes v. United States
This case was about whether a federal defendant who accepted a plea deal for a specific sentence under Rule 11(c)(1)(C) can later ask for a reduced se...
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18-9674Terence Tramaine Andrus, Petitioner v. Texas
from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
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18-1259Jones v. Mississippi
This case involved Brett Jones, who was 15 when he killed his grandfather and was later resentenced to life without parole after the Court’s juvenile ...
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22-7871In re Bowe
This case involves whether a specific legal restriction on successive habeas corpus petitions applies to federal prisoners. The government conceded th...
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19-7871In re Woodson
This case involves a petition filed with the Supreme Court by an individual named Woodson. The specific legal details and background of the dispute ar...
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18-1287Alexander L. Baxter, Petitioner v. Brad Bracey, et al.
1. Does binding authority holding that a police officer violates the Fourth Amendment when he uses a police dog to apprehend a suspect who has surrend...
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17-8491Robert Ira Peede, Petitioner v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.
1. Whether a defendant who is deemed “difficult”, yet who in no way prohibited his counsel from investigating or presenting mitigation at the penalty ...
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16-9493Rosales-Mireles v. United States
Florencio Rosales-Mireles pleaded guilty to illegal reentry, but his sentencing range was miscalculated due to an error in his criminal history score....
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16-1027Collins v. Virginia
In this case, a police officer entered a home's driveway without a warrant to lift a tarp and search a motorcycle parked near the house. The Supreme C...
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22-842NRA v. Vullo
The Court unanimously held that the NRA plausibly alleged a First Amendment violation by claiming New York's financial regulator coerced banks and ins...
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19-7017Williams v. Bell
1. Can Petitioner under the 4th & 14th Amendment be denied his right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure? 2. Was the Court in this case i...
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19-8274Scott v. United States
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in forma pauperis by the petitioner against the United States following a decision by the...
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19-8282In re Watson
This case involves a petition filed with the Supreme Court under the title In re Watson. The specific legal issues and facts are not detailed in the a...
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19-8310Haynes v. Peters
Haynes v. Peters is a case appealed from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in which the petitioner filed for a writ of certiora...
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19-7805Holloman v. Clarke
Holloman v. Clarke is a case appealed from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in which a petition for a writ of certiorari was ...
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19-7230In re Lopez
This case involves a petition filed with the Supreme Court by a party named Lopez. The specific details and legal issues of the petition are not avail...
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19-7413Clancy v. Fla. Dep't of Corr.
This case involves a petition filed by an individual against the Florida Department of Corrections following a decision by the Eleventh Circuit Court ...
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19-7971Lewis v. Illinois
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court regarding a decision by the Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District. ...
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19-7374In re Wallace
This case involves a petition filed with the Supreme Court under the name In re Wallace, though specific details about the underlying dispute are unav...
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19-7882Harris v. May
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis filed with the Supreme Court, originating from the Fo...
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19-8345In re Ciotta
This case involves a petition filed with the Supreme Court under the title In re Ciotta. The specific legal issues and facts of the dispute are not de...
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19-7885In re Findlay
This case involves a petition filed with the Supreme Court under the title In re Findlay, though specific details regarding the underlying legal dispu...
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19-7841In re Johnson
This case involves a petition filed with the Supreme Court by a party named Johnson. The specific legal issues and background facts are not available ...
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19-7217Thompson v. United States
The Supreme Court ruled that a federal law prohibiting false statements to financial institutions does not apply to statements that are merely mislead...
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19-7296In re Martinez
1. Whether Petitioner is entitled to a writ of habeas corpus because he is actually innocent of the crimes for which he was convicted? 2. Whether Pet...
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19-8275Swinton v. United States
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Swinton against the United States following a decision by the Second Circuit Court of ...
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23-7483Edgardo Esteras, Petitioner v. United States
The Supreme Court ruled that when a district court decides whether to revoke a defendant's supervised release and impose a prison sentence, it cannot ...
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23-1002Tony R. Hewitt, Petitioner v. United States
The Supreme Court ruled that the First Step Act's reduced sentencing penalties apply to defendants whose original sentences were imposed before the Ac...
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19-7627Martinez v. Shinn
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari from the Ninth Circuit that was submitted to the Supreme Court for review.
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19-8393Tucker v. United States
This case asks whether an agreement between a defendant and the government to address a factual question at sentencing for a mandatory minimum also im...
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19-8196Gentry v. Arizona
Larry Gentry filed a petition for a writ of certiorari asking the Supreme Court to review a decision by the Court of Appeals of Arizona.
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19-7941Doe v. United States
This case asks whether a judge can consider standard sentencing factors when deciding how much to reduce a defendant's sentence for providing substant...
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19-8060Doe v. United States
This case asks whether a judge can consider general statutory sentencing factors when deciding how much to reduce a defendant's sentence for providing...
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19-8117White v. Morgan
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari asking the Supreme Court to review a decision by the Sixth Circuit regarding the application of...
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19-7856Djerf v. Shinn
This is a case appealed from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The Supreme Court was asked to review the lower court's decisio...
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19-7368Kuzmenko v. United States
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to review a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The specific ...
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19-7361Shevtsov v. United States
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Shevtsov against the United States, appealing a decision from the Ninth Circuit.
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19-6926Campbell v. United States
This case asks whether a defendant's constitutional right to confront witnesses is violated when a trial court stops them from cross-examining accompl...
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19-6657Smith v. Scott
This case considers whether police officers are entitled to qualified immunity for using bodyweight pressure on a suspect before handcuffing them. It ...
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19-737Douse v. United States
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed with the Supreme Court following a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the...
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22-5891Burns v. Mays
This capital case involved a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel during the sentencing phase, specifically regarding whether attorneys failed t...
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19-982Bryant v. United States
This case asks whether a specific Sentencing Guidelines policy statement restricts a judge's ability to grant compassionate release when a defendant r...
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19-8399Tolliver v. United States
This is a case appealed from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit involving the United States, in which the petitioner sought Supr...
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22-49Lora v. United States
Efrain Lora was convicted under a federal statute for his role in a drug-trafficking-related murder. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that federal ...
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19-7964Aizupitis v. Delaware
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Superior Court of Delaware. The specific facts and legal issues are not detailed in the ...
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19-7832Pierce v. California
Pierce v. California is a case appealed from the Supreme Court of California to the U.S. Supreme Court. The petitioner filed for a writ of certiorari ...
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19-7900Miller v. Michigan
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to review a decision by the Court of Appeals of Michigan.
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19-8021Jackson v. Utah
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Jackson against the state of Utah, originating from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals...
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22-6389Justin Rashaad Brown, Petitioner v. United States
The Supreme Court ruled that a state drug conviction qualifies as a "serious drug offense" under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) if the drug was ...
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19-8219Medrano v. Frauenheim
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Medrano against Frauenheim, originating from the Ninth Circuit. The Supreme Court was ...
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22-7386McIntosh v. United States
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a district court's failure to enter a preliminary forfeiture order before sentencing, as required by federal ...
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22-982Thornell v. Jones
The Supreme Court reversed a lower court's decision to grant habeas relief to a death row inmate, ruling that the Ninth Circuit failed to properly app...
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23-50Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon, Ohio
The Supreme Court ruled that a Fourth Amendment malicious prosecution claim can proceed regarding a baseless criminal charge, even if other valid char...
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19-8385Quintero v. United States
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by an indigent individual appealing a decision from the United States Court of Appeals fo...
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22-340Pulsifer v. United States
This case involves a dispute over the interpretation of the "safety valve" provision in federal sentencing law, which allows judges to bypass mandator...
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23-1239Janice Hughes Barnes, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ashtian Barnes, Deceased, Petitioner v. Roberto Felix, Jr., et al.
The Supreme Court unanimously struck down the Fifth Circuit's "moment of the threat" doctrine, ruling that Fourth Amendment excessive force claims mus...
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24-517Lance Shockley, Petitioner v. David Vandergriff, Warden
This case involves a habeas corpus petition where the petitioner argued his legal counsel was ineffective for failing to call witnesses during a mistr...
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23-1345Danny Richard Rivers, Petitioner v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
The Supreme Court held that any federal habeas petition filed after a district court has entered judgment on a first petition counts as a "second or s...
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19-8151Roa v. United States
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Roa against the United States following a decision by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Ap...
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19-6922Bates v. United States
This case asks whether a judge resentencing a defendant under the First Step Act is allowed to consider the defendant's current, legally correct Sente...
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19-8211Banks v. Braun
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in forma pauperis to review a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seco...
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19-8121Thompson v. United States
The Supreme Court ruled that a federal law prohibiting false statements to financial institutions does not extend to statements that are merely mislea...
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19-8294Johnson v. Mississippi
Whether the Eighth Amendment requires a sentencing authority to make a finding that a juvenile is permanently incorrigible before imposing a sentence ...
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19-8154Stamp v. United States
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Stamp against the United States, originating from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. ...
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19-8112Ali v. Oberlander
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari submitted to Justice Alito regarding a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the T...
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19-8052Almahmmody v. Tennessee
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by a petitioner seeking review of a decision by the Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennesse...
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19-871Johnson v. Kiser
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Virginia in the matter of Johnson v. Kiser.
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19-8232Jackson v. Mississippi
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in forma pauperis to review a decision by the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
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19-8128Buckner v. Davis
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, where the petitioner sought leave ...
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19-8214Atkins v. Crowell
This case involves a petition for review of a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, accompanied by a request to procee...
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19-8304McVay v. Illinois
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by McVay seeking review of a decision by the Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District,...
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25-7296In Re Patrick Starzenski
This case appears to come from a pro se habeas corpus filing in which Patrick Starzenski claims he is being unlawfully detained and that federal court...
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25-7502In Re Gurjot Singh Dhaliwal
This petition challenges California’s handling of Gurjot Singh Dhaliwal’s criminal case. He argues that the state lacked probable cause to charge or k...
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25-7243Huong Gilmer Giaccio v. Ray Davis
1. Whether the Fourth Amendment permits municipal code-enforcement officers to enter a private home without a warrant, consent, or judicial authorizat...
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25-7191Calvin Gary Walker v. Texas
1. Did the District Court err in denying relief? 2. Did the District Court err in denying Mr. Walker’s habeas application without holding a hearing o...
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25-7005Kenneth Colvin, Jr. v. Russ Rurka, Warden
1. THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SHOULD HAD HEARD KENNETH COLVIN, JR.'S MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM JUDGMENT (RULE 60(d) MOTION) BASED ON FRAUD UPON THE...
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25-6155Christopher J. Rahaim v. Bruce Bartlett, Individually and in His Official Capacity as State Attorney for the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida
1. Should the unsettled issue in Heck v. Humphrey and Spencer v. Kenma^where this court has not definitively ruled that criminal defendants may use a ...
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25-5620Terry Duane Qualls v. United States
Whether an appeal waiver applies when the sentencing judge advises the defendant that he has the right to appeal and the government does not object.
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25-7113Gurjot Singh Dhaliwal, Petitioner v. Superior Court of California, Alameda County
1. Can local, states and/or federal government to circumvent the constitution of the United States, due process and equal protection of the law, and t...
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25-7105John Deonarine, Petitioner v. Monica Aguilar, Erroneously Sued as Lopez, et al.
1. Whether a court may grant summary judgment in a Fourth Amendment false-arrest action by treating body-camera footage as conclusive evidence of prob...
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25-7096Douglas Dean Scyphers, Petitioner v. Washington
1. Does evidence qualify as newly discovered and material under federal standards when a defendant discovers evidence post-trial - including statement...
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25-6799Salena Nicole Glenn, Petitioner v. Erin Maldonado, Warden
1. Does the warrantless seizure, arrest, and no search warrant of a legally parked vehicle occupant-without probable cause or reasonable suspicion! vi...
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25-6611James E. Frantz, Petitioner v. Andre Stancil, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al.
1. Did the District Court error by failing to recognizing substantive claims as cognizable under habeas corpus and failing to exercise its equitable a...
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