| Petitions and applications docketed on December 30, 2025 | |||||||
| type | Caption | Docket No | Court Below | Petitioner's Counsel | Counsel's Address | Recent Filings | QP |
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| paid | PACEM Solutions International, LLC
v. Small Business Administration |
25-763 | Fourth Circuit, No. 24-2082
Judgment: August 04, 2025 |
Milton Christopher Johns | Executive Law Partners, PLL C
11130 Fairfax Boulevard, Suite 303 Fairfax, VA 22030 |
[Petition] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] | Question(s) presenteda QUESTIONS PRESENTED
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| paid | Flintco, LLC
v. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma |
25-764 | Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Third Division, No. 122,098,
122,281
Judgment: March 26, 2025 |
James Earle Weger | Jones, Gotcher & Bogan, P.C.
15 E. 5th St. Suite 3800 Tulsa, OK 74103 |
[Petition] [Appendix] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] | Question(s) presented1 QUESTION PRESENTEDThe Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) reflects “a liberal federal policy favoring arbitration agreements.” CompuCredit Corp. v. Greenwood, 565 U.S. 95, 98 (2012) (quoting Moses H. Cone Mem Hosp. v. Mercury Constr. Corp., 460 U.S. 1, 24 (1983)). In the case below, the signatories to a contract agreed to arbitrate any claim “arising out of’ the contract, and suit was subsequently brought relating to the performance of that contract. The Question Presented is: Whether placing the “tort” label on a claim excludes that claim from the scope of the dispute resolution clause in the parties’ contract. |
| paid | Health Freedom Defense Fund, Inc., a Wyoming Not-for-Profit Corporation
v. Alberto Carvalho, in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of the Los Angeles United School District |
25-765 | Ninth Circuit, No. 22-55908
Judgment: July 31, 2025 |
Scott James Street | JW Howard Attorneys, Ltd.
201 South Lake Avenue Suite 303 Pasadena, CA 91101 |
[Main Document] [Petition] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] [Main Document] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] [Certificate of Word Count] | Question(s) presentedQUESTIONS PRESENTED
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| paid | Justyna Jensen
v. Maryland Cannabis Administration |
25-766 | Fourth Circuit, No. 24-1216
Judgment: October 01, 2025 |
Chad Eric DeVeaux | Bartko Pavia LLP
1100 Sansome Street San Francisco, CA 94111 |
[Petition] [Appendix] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] | Question(s) presented1 QUESTION PRESENTEDWhether a state statute discriminates against nonresidents in violation of the dormant Commerce Clause if it confers eligibility for a business license upon individuals who attended a university “in the state” where 40% or more of the students are eligible for Pell Grants but denies eligibility to individuals who attended universities 1n other states where 40% or more of the students are eligible for Pell Grants. |
| ifp | Carmine Amelio
v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee |
25-6443 | Appellate Court of Connecticut, No. AC48074
Judgment: December 04, 2024 |
Carmine Amelio | 32 Main St.
New Milford, CT 06776 |
[Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] [Main Document] | Question(s) presentedQUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether due process is violated when a state trial judge conducts a dispositive evidentiary hearing on standing and jurisdiction while an appellate matter (AC 47676) is pending, and then refuses to adjudicate the Petitioner’s Motion to Vacate for lack of jurisdiction. 2. Whether a judge’s subsequent recusal—based expressly on having acted in violation of the appellate stay—requires retroactive invalidation of the tainted rulings, reinstatement of the Motion to Vacate, and restoration of appellate review obstructed by the same | judge’s improper actions. | 3. Whether Connecticut courts violated due process by refusing to address jurisdiction after the trial judge acknowledged the pending appeal, mischaracterized the Motion to Vacate, and continued to act without authority, in conflict with this Court’s precedents requiring strict jurisdictional compliance. "-.- +2. . 4,. Whether a state supreme court violates the Fourteenth Amendment .- °- ” a ae Cc when it declines to remedy a lower court’s unconstitutional refusal. . 7 . oe —_ a | a an o ‘to hear jurisdictional motions—even after the judge was later .— . " | oo ; . | ] ; | a | 7 recused ‘for bias directly connected to those same proceedings. 7 | | . 7 . | 5. Whether jurisdictional defects—non-waivable under this Court’s decisions in Steel Co., Arbaugh, and Capron—may be ignored by both | i |
| ifp | Rashid Muhammad Abdullah
v. City of Plant City, Florida |
25-6444 | Supreme Court of Florida, No. SC2025-1391
Judgment: September 09, 2025 |
Rashid Muhammad Abdullah | 808 West Madison St.
Plant City, FL 33563 |
[Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] [Main Document] | Question(s) presented7 rae . Me _ a : _ QUESTIONS PRESENTED: The questions presented for review are: oo
— determinations resolved in the petitioner’s favor during prior criminal and civil traffic proceedings when those determinations are central to a subsequent civil negligence action?
| Fourth and Fourteenth Amenaments?
, without implicating federal constitutional limits?
| Satisfies due process requirements?
, Petition for Writ of Certiorari: i |
| ifp | Charlie Bullock
v. Virginia |
25-6445 | Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 250170
Judgment: September 03, 2025 |
Charlie Bell Bullock | #1071668
VA DOC Centralized Mail Distribution Center 3521 Woods Way State Farm, VA 23160 |
[Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] [Main Document] | Question(s) presented| , _ QUESTION(S) PRESENTED , (1). In claim number two of petitioner’s state “Motion to Vacate”, was the petitioner’s 14" ° - : : Amendment Due Process Rights violated when Detective Cuffley gave false testimony at trial regarding : alleged bullet holes in Brittney Carmon’s SUV? | | | | (2). In claim number five of petitioner’s state “Motion to Vacate”, was the petitioner’s 14" | | _ Amendment Due Process Rights to Fundamental Fairness violated when Brittney Carmon, petitioner’s . girlfriend, was used as a witness at trial and testified that petitioner fired the first shot when actually , Brittney’s brother, the victim admitted to police that he blacked out and fired the first shot and kept , - shooting until his clip was empty? | | _ (3). In claim number seven of petitioner’s state “Motion to Vacate”, was petitioner’s 5", 6", and 14tAmendment Due Process Rights violated when the Commonwealth refused to call the victim to testify at | | trial, although victim was present in court, thus, preventing petitioner from facing his accuser? , |
| ifp | David Allen Benson
v. Superior Court of California, Orange County |
25-6446 | Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, No. G065840
Judgment: August 14, 2025 |
David Allen Benson | 1645 W. Orangewood Ave.
Orange, CA 92868 |
[Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTIONS PRESENTED | | 1. Was Petitioner denied his right to speedy trial, even his criminal , Trial has been delayed for six years without his consent? 2. Did Petitioner suffer ineffective assistance of counsel when his | forced-upon appointed attorney refused.to file a Motion to . Dismiss in the Respondent Superior Court? , } - , , | Petition for Writ of Certiorari-Benson v. ; Superior Court-2 , 7 |
| ifp | Torrence Belcher
v. Joshua Wallen |
25-6447 | Seventh Circuit, No. 25-1547, 25-1619
Judgment: July 24, 2025 |
Torrence Belcher | #244707
Indiana State Prison One Park Row Michigan City, IN 46360 |
[Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] [Main Document] | Question(s) presented2 QUESTIONS pg. |
injury??
personally??
physical injury?? ;
physical injury on some level??
whether what, I, the plaintiff Belcher, was alleging could fit into it??
neglect that killed a young man?
plainly stated statutes or pleadings?? |
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| ifp | Torrence Belcher
v. Terri Hale |
25-6448 | Seventh Circuit, No. 25-1548, 25-1620
Judgment: July 24, 2025 |
Torrence Belcher | #244707
Indiana State Prison One Park Row Michigan City, IN 46360 |
[Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] [Main Document] | Question(s) presentedae | | | | : Questions | pg.1 1. Should the intervening circumstances be consider when questioning the Continuing Validity or soundness of this case’??? _. 2, What is good reasons to change a rule or policy that helps gives _ prisoners incentive to stay conduct free?? 3. Why doesn’t the constitution require state actors to enforce their | own policies and regulations? | 4. And how isn’t that consider discrimination if they do for some and | not ALL?? 4 5. Can privately owned prisons choose to feed us sometimes and not . allthe time? — , 6. Why aren’t prisoners entitled to showers or hygiene products? 7. Doesn’t the 14 amendment forbid states from creating laws that | | abridge privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States? a g. Which one of the 50 states doesn’t have to follow the | constitution?? - _-9. Does all the states have to follow the federal law?? , | 7 i0. If a state would to create a law and for that law to be approved it - has to fall in line with the 14 amendment, or that would be | consider a 14" amendment violation, if it didn’t right?? 11. What does equal protection of the law mean? | - 12. What does abridging privileges mean? 13. If an employee of the State of Indiana makes a statement that there ~ | | isn’t enough jobs for everyone then hires a new employee would | a that make them bias or prejudices??? oo | os - 14. How can a state law violation, not be a constitutional violation?? «45. Can a law be created, state or federal that doesn’t adhere to the constitution?? | | | 7 16. How isn’t a state law violation, not a constitutional violation?? 17. What is the definition of discrimination? And does that definition _ change depending on where you are located at in the United | States?? | | - 18. How can a person be discriminated against according to state law , and not federal law?? |
| ifp | Cynthia Lynn Pollick
v. Pennsylvania |
25-6449 | Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg Office, No. 1452 MDA 2022
Judgment: May 16, 2024 |
Cynthia L. Pollick | PO Box 724
Clarks Summit, PA 18411 |
[Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] [Main Document] [Main Document] | Question(s) presentedQUESTIONS PRESENTED
: disorderly conduct jury trial when she was jailed in her divorce one week before her criminal trial and had no access to electronic evidence, jury instructions or the prison law library; and therefore, she was not given a fair trial in violation of Fourteenth and Sixth Amendments?
’ when Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania allowed Petitioner to be charged with a crime when she was not in “public” but rather purportedly one step off her rural driveway onto the rural road with farm equipment in the field across her driveway and miles from the nearest public bus stop?
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| ifp | Samuel Lee Smith, Jr.
v. Carlos Rosado |
25-6450 | Eleventh Circuit, No. 25-10532
Judgment: August 14, 2025 |
Samuel Lee Smith Jr. | 16614 SW 99 Court
Miami, FL 33157 |
[Main Document] [Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTION PRESENTEDDid the lower Court wrongly dismiss the Petitioner’s appeal because it effectively prevented the Petitioner from having access to the Court as a result of his indigency. Also did the Court violate the Petitioner’s constitutional right by denying the undersign due process and procedural due process which is guaranteed in the 14th Amendment that ensures fair legal proceedings. | 2 |
| ifp | Thomas Steven Sanders
v. United States |
25-6451 | Fifth Circuit, No. 15-31114
Judgment: March 27, 2025 |
Sarah Sargent Gannett | Federal Public Defender District of Arizona
250 N. 7th Avenue Suite 600 Phoenix, AZ 85007 |
[Main Document] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] [Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] | Question(s) presented| QUESTION PRESENTEDIn a 2014 federal capital trial, Mr. Sanders was convicted of the 2010 kidnapping and killing twelve- year-old L.R. In accord with the jury’s verdict, the district court sentenced him to death on one count of kidnapping resulting in death and one count of use of a firearm in connection with a crime of violence (kidnapping) resulting in death. Mr. Sanders timely appealed, challenging his convictions and death sentences, and his appeal was argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 2020. While the appeal was pending, on December 28, 2024, President Biden commuted Mr. Sanders’s death sentences to life in prison. Months later, on March 27, 2025, the Fifth Circuit decided Mr. Sanders’s appeal, vacating the use of a firearm conviction and otherwise affirming the judgment of the district court. Mr. Sanders’s appeal raised thirteen issues for review. Some of these concerned both his convictions and death sentences, but some concerned only the death sentences, which were no longer in effect by the time the Court of Appeals issued its opinion. Nonetheless, finding that “[the commutation] did not necessarily moot the issues Sanders has raised in his appeal,” the Fifth Circuit proceeded to decide the death-penalty-related issues. It did not explain why the issues were “not necessarily” moot, given that the President had commuted the death sentences Mr. Sanders had challenged. Mr. Sanders moved for panel rehearing, arguing that the rulings on the death-penalty-related issues should be withdrawn as advisory opinions, since he was no longer facing the federal death penalty, which |
| ifp | Juan Manuel Monroy-Vega
v. United States |
25-6452 | Fifth Circuit, No. 25-10608
Judgment: October 07, 2025 |
Adam Ryan Nicholson | Office of the Federal Public Defender
525 South Griffin Street, Suite 629 Dallas, TX 75202 |
[Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] [Main Document] | Question(s) presentedQUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant’s statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either admitted by the defendant or proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? 1 |
| ifp | Rai Martinez
v. United States |
25-6453 | Eleventh Circuit, No. 22-12981
Judgment: September 25, 2025 |
Tracy M. Dreispul | Federal Public Defender, Southern District of FL
150 West Flagler Street Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33130 |
[Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] [Main Document] | Question(s) presentedQUESTION PRESENTED Whether 46 U.S.C. § 70502(d)(1)(C) exceeds Congress’s authority under the Felonies Clause by authorizing the United States to exercise criminal jurisdiction over foreign nationals for wholly foreign conduct on the high seas based solely on a foreign nation’s failure to “affirmatively and unequivocally” confirm a vessel’s nationality. 1 |
| ifp | Derek Capozzi
v. United States |
25-6454 | First Circuit, No. 22-1243
Judgment: July 02, 2025 |
Dana Goldblatt | Law Office of Dana Goldblatt
P.O. Box 85 Northampton, MA 01060 |
[Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] [Main Document] | Question(s) presentedia I. QUESTIONS PRESENTED
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| app | Samuel Lee Smith, Jr.
v. Natasha Katherina Smith |
25A753 | Supreme Court of Florida, No. SC2025-1523
Judgment: — |
Samuel Lee Smith Jr. | 16614 SW 99 Court
Miami, FL 33157 |
[Main Document] | NA |
| app | Martez Abram
v. Mississippi |
25A754 | Supreme Court of Mississippi, No. 2023-DP-00614-SCT
Judgment: — |
Greg Richard Spore | Office of the State Public Defender
239 N. Lamar Street, Suite 604 Jackson, MS 39201 |
[Main Document] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] | NA |