| Petitions and applications docketed on January 07, 2026 | |||||||
| type | Caption | Docket No | Court Below | Petitioner's Counsel | Counsel's Address | Recent Filings | QP |
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| paid | Edward Ronny Arnold
v. Allstate Insurance Company |
25-791 | Sixth Circuit, No. 25-5250
Judgment: October 31, 2025 |
Edward Ronny Arnold | 5036 Suter Drive
Nashville, TN 37211 |
[Petition] [Appendix] [Certificate of Word Count] | Question(s) presented1 QUESTIONS PRESENTED
: understanding Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-105 statute of limitation mandated the Plaintiff to file civil action Edward Ronny Arnold v Allstate Insurance Company 22-C2097?
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| paid | Neil Binder
v. Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC |
25-792 | Third Circuit, No. 24-1997
Judgment: April 30, 2025 |
Neil Binder | 585 Dune Rd, Apt. 37 A/B
Westhampton Beach, NY 11978 |
[Petition] [Appendix] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] | Question(s) presentedeee a en ae Ae - - -~ a —— - —we — —_ wee oe ee . a Poa OR | , : - QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW , / he SC 7. Whether a court may .exclude. a, Federal Rule. of . : Kyidence .1006.. summary—derived entirely from | . ee. + et ae ” so us . oO ; records already admitted into evidence—without | reviewing it, and then invoke Rule 60 to deny: relief : on the, ground ;that the same evidence is “not. new,’ | thereby leaving no, forum in which.the evidence can | | be considered… , a , GY - | | | 3 , | | f | |
| paid | Carlos A. Alonso Cano, as Next Friend of His Minor Daughters Katy Alonso Morejon & Jany Leidy Alonso Morejon
v. 245 C&C, LLC |
25-793 | Eleventh Circuit, No. 24-12584
Judgment: August 26, 2025 |
Carlos A. Alonso Cano | 6700 NW 186th Street
Apt. #121 Hialeah, FL 33015 |
[Petition] [Appendix] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] | Question(s) presentedi QUESTION PRESENTED Whether this panel of the U. S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (CA) erred by: (1) denying our petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc with its order (Doc. 72, 10/9/25), and (2) denying our objections to Defendants’ Bill of Costs with its order (DE_73, 10/10/25). | PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING Petitioners: Carlos A. Alonso Cano Fé Morején Fernandez Jany Alonso Morejon Respondents: 245 C & C, LLC and CFH Group, LLC. RELATED PROCEEDINGS Inthe 11th Cir. State Court of Florida: ° 245 C & C, LLC v. Carlos Alberto Alonso Cano and Fé Morején Fernandez. No. 2018-000236-CC-21. Judgment entered June 20, 2019. e 245 C&C LLC v. Carlos Alberto. No. 2019-000208-AP-01. Opinion } entered Sept. 3, 2020. Judgment entered Sept. 21, 2020. (Appellate Court of Florida). |
| paid | Jordan Spatz
v. Regents of the University of California |
25-794 | Ninth Circuit, No. 24-2997
Judgment: August 18, 2025 |
Dow Wakefield Patten | Smith Patten
353 Sacramento St. Suite 1120 San Francisco, CA 94111 |
[Petition] [Appendix] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] | Question(s) presented1 QUESTIONS PRESENTED
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| paid | Montgomery Blair Sibley
v. Chauncey J. Watches, Judge, Steuben County, New York |
25-795 | Second Circuit, No. 24-855
Judgment: August 26, 2025 |
Montgomery Blair Sibley | PO Box 341
Odessa, NY 14869 |
[Petition] [Appendix] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] | Question(s) presentedQUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEWAlthough this Second Amendment case began seven years ago primarily | centered upon the denial of a pistol permit by New York State based upon secret evidence undisclosed to Petitioner, the case metamorphosed into a forensic exposition of the decent of the New York State and federal justice systems far below Constitutional minimums and thus raises the following four (4) important questions for review: WHETHER federal in forma pauperis litigants may be significantly denied immediate access to Court while filing-fee paying litigants suffer no such constraints as the Second Circuit has here below tacitly approved? WHETHER New York’s handgun licensing substantive law and licensing adjudicative practices denied Petitioner: (1) his Second Amendment rights, (i1) due process and (111) equal protection? WHETHER the Second Circuit’s refusal to address significant issues raised by Petitioner by summarily claiming those issues were “without merit” impermissibly trespassed upon Petitioner’s right to “petition” and be meaningfully “heard” and thereby breached the settled principle that litigants in similar situations should be treated the same, a fundamental component of stare decisis and the rule of law? WHETHER the corrigendum of 42 United States Code §1983 required by the “separation-of-powers’ principle and intellectual integrity obligates this Court to reconsider the scope of the judge—made doctrine of judicial immunity stated in Pierson v. Ray, 386 U.S. 547, 554 (1967)? 1 | |
| paid | Princewill Arinze Duru
v. United States |
25-796 | Ninth Circuit, No. 22-50274
Judgment: May 15, 2025 |
Anne Margaret Voigts | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
2400 Hanover St. Palo Alto, CA 94304 |
[Main Document] [Petition] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] | Question(s) presented1 QUESTIONS PRESENTEDTitle 18, United State Code, Section 1028A imposes a mandatory two-year consecutive sentence on anyone who “knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses, without lawful authority, a means. of identification of another person” “during and in relation to” an enumerated felony. As Dubin v. United States, 599 U.S. 110, 114 (2023), confirmed, for a conviction under that statute to stand, the government must prove that the transfer, possession, or use of the means of identification lies “at the crux of what makes the underlying offense criminal.” Despite this, a divided Ninth Circuit panel affirmed Mr. Duru’s Section 1028A conviction based his use of his own identity to open two bank accounts. And although those accounts were linked to a single attempted deposit from one individual, the panel affirmed the determination that the offense involved 10 or more victims under U.S.8.G. § 2B1.1(b)(2)(A)(1) based on individuals who suffered no actual loss. The questions presented are:
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| paid | Steven J. Hecke
v. United States |
25-797 | Seventh Circuit, No. 23-2384
Judgment: August 06, 2025 |
Michael Evan Rayfield | Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
1 Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 2801 28th Floor New York, NY 10020 |
[Main Document] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] [Petition] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] | Question(s) presentedF QUESTIONS PRESENTEDIn Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154 (1978), this Court held that a criminal defendant is entitled to seek an evidentiary hearing to challenge a sworn affidavit submitted in support of a search warrant. Such a hearing must be granted where the defendant “makes a substantial preliminary showing” that (1) a swearing officer made “a false statement knowingly and intentionally, or with reckless disregard for the truth”; and (1) “the allegedly false statement [was] necessary to the finding of probable cause.” 438 U.S. at 155-56. This Court has never addressed whether Franks applies to material evidence that is intentionally or recklessly omitted from a search warrant affidavit. Nor has it explained how lower courts should assess such omissions when considering the credibility of the swearing officer. The questions presented are:
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| paid | Rick Siegel
v. Jude Salazar |
25-798 | Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, No. B346968
Judgment: July 18, 2025 |
Rick Siegel | 22971 Darien Street
Woodland Hills, CA 91364 |
[Petition] [Appendix] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] [Main Document] [Main Document] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] [Certificate of Word Count] | Question(s) presented| j , QUESTIONS PRESENTED Petitioner presents two queries about administrative authority, both of which resonate with the Court’s recent actions to ensure agencies act , within statutory bounds. It respectfully urges the , Court to address these critical, unsettled questions of federal and constitutional law: | 1) “Whether state procedural rules are ‘adequate’ under the Fourteenth Amendment when, in combination (imited-case misclassification, | jurisdictional limits, and record-based affirmance), | they foreclose any merits forum for preserved federal constitutional claims raised in the same litigation.” _ : 2) “Whether due process permits a State to | retroactively void private contracts and compel , disgorgement by relying on general severability , statutes (Civ. Code §§ 1598-1599) as the operative , a ‘penalty’ where the governing licensing statute—the Talent Agencies Act—is concededly silent on : remedies.” |
| paid | Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
v. Department of Health and Human Services |
25-799 | Second Circuit, No. 24-2092
Judgment: August 07, 2025 |
Kevin Franz King | Covington & Burling LLP
One CityCenter 850 Tenth Street NW Washington, DC 20001 |
[Main Document] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] [Petition] [Appendix] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] [Main Document] [Certificate of Word Count] | Question(s) presented1 QUESTIONS PRESENTED The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 established the “Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program,” which imposes new, top-down mandates for leading prescription drugs. The Centers for Medicare andMedicaid Services (“CMS”) selects drugs for the Program and sets a below-market “maximum fair price” for each selected drug. Manufacturers must then provide Medicare beneficiaries “access” to the drugs at that price and attest that they “negotiate[d]” and “agre[e]” to CMS’s terms. Failing to comply subjects manufacturers to severe sanctions—billions of dollars in annual tax penalties or complete exclusion from Medicare and Medicaid, which account for nearly half the U.S. prescription drug market. The Second Circuit upheld the Program, but it never engaged with the substance of Petitioner Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s constitutional claims. The court instead held that the Program cannot violate the First or Fifth Amendments because it is “voluntary”: A manufacturer can “choose” to avoid the Program’s mandates by incurring crippling tax penalties or withdrawing its entire drug portfolio from Medicare and Medicaid. The questions presented are:
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| paid | Matthew Scott Rocco
v. United States |
25-800 | Fourth Circuit, No. 24-4609
Judgment: September 09, 2025 |
Zachary Andrew Deubler | Carmichael Ellis & Brock, PLLC
108 N. Alfred Street 1st Floor Alexandria, VA 22314 |
[Petition] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] | Question(s) presenteda QUESTION PRESENTEDDoes it violate the Fourth Amendment when, during the execution of a residential search warrant, law enforcement subverts the geographical restrictions established in Bailey v. United States, 568 U.S. 186 (2013) by directing probation officers to order Mr. Rocco, a probationer, to return home for fictitious reasons, thus bringing him (and his phone) within the purview of the residential search warrant? |
| paid | Thomas Schramm
v. United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC, aka United Steel Workers, aka USW |
25-801 | Sixth Circuit, No. 24-1882
Judgment: October 06, 2025 |
Wendy Edwards Marcotte | Marcotte Law, PLLC
102 W. Washington St., Ste 217 Marquette, MI 49855 |
[Petition] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] | Question(s) presenteda QUESTIONS PRESENTEDPetitioner Tom Schramm, a 30-year member of the United Steelworkers union (USW), was fired based on false rumors. Although wholly innocent, the USW accepted the company’s version of events at face value and did not interview Schramm, otherwise investigate, or even file a step one grievance. The Sixth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the USW, giving deference to the union’s decision in reliance on Air Line Pilots v. O’Neill. Four other circuits follow this approach; four do not (three are unclear). The questions presented are:
a breach of the duty of fair representation in contract negotiations should be imposed upon unions for individual discharge and grievance cases.
a union’s decision-making to be based on objective competent evidence, or whether the union may decline to pursue a meritorious grievance for unjust discharge based on subjective information and belief. |
| paid | Foothills Christian Ministries
v. Kim Johnson, in Her Official Capacity as Director of the California Department of Social Services |
25-802 | Ninth Circuit, No. 24-4049
Judgment: August 14, 2025 |
Kevin T. Snider | Pacific Justice Institute
P.O. Box 276600 Sacramento, CA 95827-6600 |
[Petition] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] [Main Document] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] [Certificate of Word Count] | Question(s) presented1 QUESTIONS PRESENTEDThree churches in San _ Diego County, California, seek to open preschools on their campuses as extensions of their ministries. Under the Child Day Care Act, California requires a license to operate a preschool. The churches object to licensure because it 1s conditioned on the waiver of certain constitutional rights. Central to their claim is the “religious services provision,’ which is a regulation mandating that a “licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal right[]: . . . To be free to attend religious services or activities of his/her choice.” The decision whether to opt-in or out of religious services and activities 1s made by the parents of the preschoolers. Preschools must also post signage of the religious services provision in a publicly accessible place and hand out a paper copy to parents for signature and filing. The signs and notice also inform parents of the right to have visits to the school by a spiritual advisor of the child’s choice. Though the Act enumerates fifteen exemptions to licensure, religious institutions do not make the preferred list. One exception is that a church can run a Sunday school on Sunday but cannot engage in materially the same program through a preschool on Monday through Friday. The questions presented are as follows:
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| paid | In Re Andy Desty | 25-803 | NA, No. —
Judgment: — |
Andy Desty | 227 Spring Creek Way
Douglasville, GA 30134 |
[Petition] [Appendix] [Certificate of Word Count] | Question(s) presented; QUESTIONS PRESENTED
| Constitution, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3)?
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| paid | George Baldwin Hutchinson, Jr.
v. United States |
25-804 | Eleventh Circuit, No. 24-11491
Judgment: December 09, 2024 |
George Baldwin Hutchinson Jr. | 2727 Skyview Dr. #1337
Lithia Springs, GA 30122 |
[Petition] [Appendix] [Certificate of Word Count] | Question(s) presentedQUESTIONS PRESENTED
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| ifp | Cynthia Stephanie Jones
v. Providence Teachers Union, Local 958 |
25-6498 | First Circuit, No. 24-1873
Judgment: November 17, 2025 |
Cynthia Stephanie Jones | 27 Frederick Street
Warwick, RI 02888 |
[Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTION(S) PRESENTED1} Shall the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issue a Right to Sue to a claimant only to have the Right-to-Sue expeditiously denied upon entry to the U.S. district court?
same or worse as before?
5} Shail a teachers’ union provide fair and timely representation to its dues-paying and non-dues paying members alike? |
| ifp | Nycole Amaury Rosario Sanchez
v. United States |
25-6499 | First Circuit, No. 22-1857
Judgment: July 03, 2025 |
Raul Santiago Mariani | Mariani Franco Law, PSC
1225 Ponce de Leon Ave. Suite 1500 San Juan, PR 00902 |
[Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] [Main Document] | Question(s) presentedQUESTION PRESENTEDFor over 30 years this Honorable Court has emphasized in a series of cases that youth matter in sentencing. Underpinning the opinions issued by the Court was a relatively simple concept that “children are constitutionally different from adults for purposes of sentencing” because they “have diminished culpability and greater prospects for reform.” Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 471 (2012). More recently this High Court in Jones v. Mississippi, 593 U.S. 98, 108(2021) decided to reaffirm the holding in Miller, supra explaining that the Court in Miller “repeatedly descried youth as a sentencing factor akin to a mitigating circumstance. The First Circuit confirmed the sentence issued in this case treating Petitioner age and youth circumstances as an aggravating factor. The question is presented as follows: Whether youth (minor age) at the time of the commission of a criminal offense, with its intrinsic characteristics, is inherently a mitigating factor that must be considered in sentencing a juvenile defendant. |
| ifp | Anita Bryant
v. Estate of Laura J. Bryant |
25-6500 | Seventh Circuit, No. 25-1222
Judgment: August 27, 2025 |
Anita Bryant | 14002 San Casa Pl., Apt. 201
Tampa, FL 33613 |
[Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presented, QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Whether the United States Court of Appeal Seventh Circuit abused its discretion by improperly dismissing an In Forma Pauperis (II*P) action as frivolous, not providing im a reason for denial when Petitioner submitted a Meritorious Claim, and preventing Petitioner to exercise her right to appeal? |
| ifp | Edgar Harris, aka Edgar Putman, aka Edgar Putnam
v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security |
25-6501 | Eighth Circuit, No. 25-2731
Judgment: October 09, 2025 |
Edgar Harris | 2754 S. Stewart Street
Springfield, MO 65804 |
[Main Document] | NA |
| ifp | Donald Wayne Barksdale
v. Virginia |
25-6502 | Fourth Circuit, No. 25-6430
Judgment: August 26, 2025 |
Donald Wayne Barksdale | 1022123
VADOC Centralized Mail Distribution Center 3521 Woods Way State Farm, VA 23160 |
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| ifp | Carlos A. Ortega
v. Santa Clara County, California |
25-6503 | Ninth Circuit, No. 23-1831
Judgment: September 23, 2025 |
Carlos A. Ortega | #210931-2
2100 Napa Vallejo-Hwy T-10 Napa, CA 94558 |
[Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] [Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] [Main Document] | Question(s) presented£ a ~ * 1} . ' » . . « . ~ oa. ene ar) : , ’ : . wove at, Te vt “ft a roles ‘ moe . , 1 yet . , ” . ee Cop re rt “ 1 oo . ' ' f oc nee i . . an ? . 2? . ” i ” v _ : * ¢ . . . ‘ e “a . 1 os a a st . |
| ifp | Antonio J. Negron
v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
25-6504 | Fifth Circuit, No. 24-51011
Judgment: June 09, 2025 |
Antonio J. Negron | #2256555
Estell Unit 264 FM 3420 Huntsville, TX 77320 |
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| ifp | Kenneth Christopher Pointer, aka Keith Johnson
v. United States |
25-6505 | Sixth Circuit, No. 24-1960
Judgment: May 09, 2025 |
Kenneth Christopher Pointer | #46291-039
FCI Fort Dix, P.O. Box 2000 Joint Base MDL, NJ 08640 |
[Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] [Main Document] | Question(s) presented, QUESTION(S) PRESENTED | QUESTON NUMBER ONE: | Whether the district court abused its discretion by failing to conduct a prompt Evidentiary Hearing and the Sixth Circuit’s affirmance of that decision based upon Pointer’s ineffectiveness claim as it relates to failing to conduct adequate legal research; failure to thoroughly review Indictment; and failure to file a pre-trial Motion to Dismiss Fatally Defective Superseding Indictment, thus, did this violate his Sixth Amendment Rights of the U.S. Constitution. QUESTION NUMBER TWO: Whether the district court abused its discretion by failing to conduct a prompt Evidentiary Hearing and the Sixth Circuit’s affirmance of that decision based upon Pointer’s ineffectiveness claim as it relates by his ex-trial counsel failing to object to a determination regarding unanimous jury verdict, thus, did this violate his Sixth Amendment Rights of the U.S. Constitution ? QUESTION NUMBER THREE: , Whether the district court abused its discretion by failing to conduct a prompt Evidentiary Hearing and the Sixth Circuit’s affirmance _ of that decision based upon Pointer’s trial stage error ineffectiveness claim, thus, did this violate his Sixth Amendment Rights of the U.S. Constitution ? |
| ifp | John Wesley Patton
v. Gary Westcott, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections |
25-6506 | Supreme Court of Louisiana, No. 2025-KH-00359
Judgment: September 16, 2025 |
John W. Patton | #327902
BB. Sixty Rayburn Correctional 27268 Hwy North Angie, LA 70426 |
[Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] [Main Document] | Question(s) presented| (a) , Questions Presented for Review | | ~ Question Number One Could a Louisiana District Judge, namely, Steven C. Grefer, 24 Judicial District Court, in Division “J” in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana be considered to , have been impartial after the Petitioner filed a Federal Civil Rights action naming the Judge as one of the Defendant’s? And the Judge continued to hear his own recusal motions and rule on the Petitioner’s application for post conviction relief? Was he impartial pursuant to the US Constitution? , Question Number Two | Could a Louisiana District Judge, namely, Steven C. Grefer, 24 Judicial District Court, in Division “J” be considered to be impartial on the rulings of the Petitioner’s Louisiana State post conviction application? When several of the Claims on the State Post Conviction were against the Judge? Possibly making the Judge a witness? Can a Judge hear his own claims? : | Question Number Three | Can any Louisiana Citizen ever expect to receive a Fair Trial with the way Louisiana currently allows their District Attorney’s to hand pick the Judge’s assigned to their Criminal Cases? Through manipulation of Louisiana District , Court Rules, Rule 14.0 Allotment of Cases? : | - Question Number Four Did the Petitioner really receive a “Fair and Impartial” Louisiana District Judge? In pre trial motions? At trial? On his post conviction? oo ii. , , |
| ifp | Derrick Nicholson
v. Georgia |
25-6507 | Court of Appeals of Georgia, No. A25A1623
Judgment: May 29, 2025 |
Derrick Nicholson | #1003700381
1978 G.A. Hwy 147 Reidsville, GA 30453 |
[Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presented| So Constitution | th eo sey QUESTION(S) PRESENTED | 9 Amend ment; Vo pee Sho k\ be hetd fo answer Fora Capt tel or of hen , WiS2 FMFAMOVS CRiMe | unless ON a present ment OR Tadtot met. Lack of Jurisdictlon cea. QA-i|- 66 C8) OCGA 15§-7~ 4, - 17 ¥~S 4 Unt fora, Superiok wal Rules 366 Mj © The SupE ATOR Court are. County of ecenc} , The, ore. Requires te heep Regular minutes of thei proceeding from Qoy To Day. The |
| ifp | In Re Angeliina L. Lawson | 25-6508 | NA, No. —
Judgment: — |
Angeliina L. Lawson | 1914 5th Avenue
Leavenworth, KS 66048 |
[Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presented: QUESTION(S) PRESENTED
restrain a state judge who continues to act without venue or subject matter jurisdiction and after removal , to federal court, in defiance of 28 U.S.C. § 1446(d) and the Fourteenth Amendment. |
due-process and ADA protections where the state Judiciary has refused to act and dismissed Petitioners writ | of prohibition for lack of jurisdiction, leaving no forum for relief. ! Petitioner timely filed the prior version of this writ on October 31, 2025; this corrected version is submitted - solely to conform with the procedural requirements identified by the Clerk and does not alter the ’ substance or timeliness of the original filing. |
| ifp | Charles Bocock
v. Illinois |
25-6509 | Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, No. 1-22-1849
Judgment: December 20, 2024 |
Charles Bocock | 313 W. Vine St.
San Jose, IL 62682 |
[Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] [Main Document] | Question(s) presentedPetitioner Charles Bocock respectfully petitions for a writ of certiorari to review the judgment of the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, which affirmed petitioner’s conviction for possession of child pornography. QUESTIONS PRESENTED1 Due Process—Sufficiency of the Evidence / Digital Possession. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause permits affirmance of a conviction for knowing and voluntary possession of digital contraband where the State introduced no forensic or | | attribution evidence tying petitioner to the device or files and did not establish that the images were stored on a local device under petitioner’s dominion and control—rather than displayed from an unidentified external attachment, network device, or remote , system—and where the State’s proof of petitioner’s connection to the premises and equipment was inferential and contested. See Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979). 2 Due Process—Limited-Purpose Evidence Used as Substantive Proof. Whether due process is violated when a reviewing court sustains a conviction by treating evidence admitted only for a limited “course of investigation” purpose as substantive proof of an element (knowledge/voluntariness), in order to fill evidentiary gaps in the State’s proof. LIST OF PARTIES Petitioner: Charles Bocock. Respondent: People of the State of Illinois. 1 |
| ifp | Tilon Lashon Carter
v. Texas |
25-6510 | Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, No. WR-70,722-03
Judgment: July 30, 2025 |
Raoul D. Schonemann | University of Texas School of Law
727 East Dean Keeton Street Capital Punishment Clinic Austin, TX 78705 |
[Main Document] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] [Written Request] [Petition] [Appendix] [Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Main Document] [Certificate of Word Count] | Question(s) presentedQUESTION PRESENTED In a_ state postconviction habeas corpus proceeding in which the petitioner alleged that a material witness testified falsely at trial, does it violate “fundamental fairness’—per Pennsylvania v. Finley, 481 U.S. 552 (1987) and District Attorney’s Office for the Third Judicial District v. Osborne, 557 U.S. 50 (2009)—for the state appellate court to exclude from its consideration relevant, reliable, material evidence related to the false testimony claim admitted in the state postconviction proceedings because the habeas petitioner failed to plead facts related to that evidence in his habeas petition, where there was no such pleading requirement as a matter of state law until the decision in the habeas petitioner’s case? 1 |
| ifp | Eric Mauricio Franco-Cruz
v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General |
25-6511 | Ninth Circuit, No. 24-6419
Judgment: June 27, 2025 |
Eric Mauricio Franco-Cruz | #075115667
Cal City ICE Processing Center 22844 Virginia Blvd. California City, CA 93505 |
[Main Document] | NA |
| ifp | Aubrey C. Trail
v. Nebraska |
25-6512 | Supreme Court of Nebraska, No. S-24-484
Judgment: May 30, 2025 |
Laurence Edward Komp | CHU - Federal Public Defender - W.D. Mo.
1000 Walnut Street Suite 600 Kansas City, MO 64106 |
[Main Document] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] [Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] [Main Document] | Question(s) presentedCAPITAL CASEQUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Mr. Trail was an indigent, death sentenced individual who diligently pursued the appointment of conflict-free counsel to raise credible claims related to the ineffective assistance of trial counsel, who had remained on as his direct appeal counsel. A postconviction court imposed indigency hurdle after indigency hurdle not required by Nebraska law or procedure—and then bootstrapped that lost time as a basis to decline to even consider the verified postconviction petition once non-conflicted counsel was appointed. Nebraska’s deprivation of the entirety of the post-conviction remedy when an individual pursues the appointment of conflict-free counsel presents the following questions:
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| ifp | Alexander Jon Ogilvie
v. United States |
25-6513 | Tenth Circuit, No. 24-4089
Judgment: September 03, 2025 |
Jessica Stengel | Utah Federal Public Defender
46 W Broadway, Suite 110 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 |
[Main Document] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] [Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] [Appendix] [Certificate of Word Count] [Main Document] | Question(s) presented1 QUESTION PRESENTED Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(n), the federal statute that prohibits those under indictment from shipping, transporting, or receiving any firearm or ammunition, violates the Second Amendment. 1 |
| ifp | Epifanio Leos-Morales
v. United States |
25-6514 | Fifth Circuit, No. 25-10348
Judgment: October 06, 2025 |
Taylor Wills Edwards Brown | Federal Public Defender, N.D. Tex.
P.O. Box 17743 Fort Worth, TX 76102 |
[Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] [Main Document] | Question(s) presentedQUESTIONS PRESENTEDI. The Sixth Amendment protects a criminal defendant’s right “to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation.” In Apprendi v. New Jersey, this Court held that “fact[s] that increase|]| the penalty for a crime beyond the prescribed statutory maximum” were elements that must be charged in an indictment but carved out an exception for prior convictions. 530 U.S. 466, 490 (2000). It rooted the general rule in common- law historical practices, see id. at 477-83, but relied on an earlier opinion—Almendarez-Torres v. United States—to support the prior-conviction exception, see id. at 489 (citing 523 U.S. 224, 230 (1998)). The first question presented is: Whether the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres can be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment’s Notice Clause and the historical practices it codified. II. The text and history are clear. In the Founding Era and immediately afterward, courts, prosecutors, and defendants in England and America treated the fact of a prior conviction necessary to satisfy a statutory recidivism enhancement as an element of an aggravated crime to be alleged in the indictment and proved to a jury at trial. The text of the Notice Clause codified this common-law practice. A crime’s “nature” included all allegations necessary to distinguish one statutory offense from another. A prior-conviction allegation served to differentiate between the offense applicable to first-time offenders and the one aimed at recidivists. The second question presented 1s: Whether, in light of the historical record, Almendarez-Torres should be overruled. 1 |
| ifp | Auburn Calloway
v. United States |
25-6516 | Sixth Circuit, No. 24-5474
Judgment: February 10, 2025 |
Auburn Calloway Sr. | Reg. No. 14601-076
Federal Correctional Complex USP1 P.O. Box 1033 Coleman, FL 33521-1033 |
[Main Document] [Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis] [Petition] [Appendix] [Main Document] | Question(s) presented, | ! | | QUESTIONS PRESENTED a On ods re Judicial Disa valification Under Statu Tory “Common baw ree Whether the appellate _ot ft Mon ceof the district cous sentence ss _— rete porn_dAeniab_o verlocked_A) thet the dist-| ct_court. was disquala ee — ________ fi ed_be couse the_ai steict ~\vd 5 (3) wos (were) on Assistowt Us _..-- —-______ Mfrormey. prosecuting petictionge’s cose and/or represewted the US —_— Atte rneys_office after leavi NG. thet_p ost_in pri vate practice -_ aoe _________putalso repres evited_o victim inp vate practice; es 8) that the distri ct court_based_its sentence reduction. deni al_onits_counterfactual_mis con sttu ct (< n_of defendants_imens tea oe @__ Ani ch has_no_s uppe ct_inevidence, fact wor th erecond ond ee contra cts _the 4 overnments_clo Sin 4 Ow gunent nw \Aa5 wh en the__ Ct tury was told the f whent_was_unknown5_C) thatitused the a wrong. stanord off veview_to_secutinize the digtict cous denials hich -Fequired olde nove” (dts quali Fi cathto Nand “clearly Qrra ae _____pneses’ Cnitent) standand; D) that Heo disteteh court dewicl of ce ee ee irecusal Spon mo voat's motion violated the Due Process anf oe Gavel Protection Clauses os well.as the collateral estoppel. dering ae as tothe mens Vee issue. ee Ce ~ 4 ----- ee Can — nn rr a a ns th nn | | |
| app | Crystal Greenlaw
v. United States |
25A783 | First Circuit, No. 24-1226
Judgment: — |
Crystal Greenlaw | 00306-509
FPC Alderson Glen Ray Rd Box A Alderson, WV 24910 |
[Main Document] | NA |
| app | William M. Hilton
v. United States |
25A784 | United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, No. 25-0179
Judgment: — |
Trevor Nicholas Ward | U.S. Air Force, Appellate Defense Division
1500 West Perimeter Road, Ste. 1100 Joint Base Andrews, MD 20762 |
[Main Document] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] | NA |
| app | Bernard Jones
v. Dave Bergman, Warden |
25A785 | Tenth Circuit, No. 25-1104
Judgment: — |
Bernard Jones | #49967
Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility 12750 Hwy 96 at Lane 13 Ordway, CO 81034 |
[Main Document] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] | NA |
| app | Thomas Joseph Powell
v. Securities and Exchange Commission |
25A786 | Ninth Circuit, No. 24-1899
Judgment: — |
Gregory George Garre | Latham & Watkins LLP
555 Eleventh Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004 |
[Main Document] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] | NA |
| app | Jacquelyn Miller
v. Dylan Farris |
25A787 | Ninth Circuit, No. 23-55717
Judgment: — |
Jacquelyn Annette Miller | 3751 Motor Avenue
Unit 1103 Los Angeles, CA 90034 |
[Main Document] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] | NA |