Petitions and applications docketed on April 10, 2026
type Caption Docket No Court Below Petitioner's Counsel Counsel's Address Recent Filings QP
paid Christopher John Golberg

v. North Dakota

25-1162 Supreme Court of North Dakota, No. 20250244

Judgment: —

Stuart Banner UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic 405 Hilgard Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90095 [Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presentedi QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the police need a warrant to enter the at- tached garage in a single-family home, in the ab- sence of any exception to the warrant requirement.
paid Garrett M. Ziegler

v. P. Kevin Morris

25-1165 Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, No. B333812

Judgment: September 09, 2025

Jennifer Linsley Holliday Law Office of Jennifer L. Holliday 9440 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 301 Beverly Hills, CA 90210 [Petition] NA
paid Charles Miller

v. Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.

25-1166 Fourth Circuit, No. 24-2129

Judgment: January 06, 2026

Robert Edward Barnes Barnes Law LLP 700 South Flower Street, Suite 1000 Los Angeles, CA 90017 [Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presented1 QUESTION PRESENTED

Whether, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, an employer may satisfy its heightened burden, established by the Supreme Court’s decision in Groff v. DeJoy, of demonstrating “undue hardship” and thereby denying a religious accommodation request without conducting any individualized assessment of the employee’s specific circumstances or meaningfully exploring alternative accommodations, and based solely on a generalized, aggregate theoretical risk.

ifp Danny Wayne Alcoser

v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

25-7164 Fifth Circuit, No. 25-50523

Judgment: December 17, 2025

Danny Wayne Alcoser #103441 Robertson Unit 12071 F.M. 3522 Abilene, TX 79601 NA
ifp Juan Carlos Avila Gonzalez

v. United States

25-7168 Fifth Circuit, No. 25-10525

Judgment: November 14, 2025

Juan Carlos Avila Gonzalez 46958-177 USP Terre Haute Po Box 33 Terre Haute, IN 47808 NA
ifp Tyrone Grailford

v. United States

25-7172 Fourth Circuit, No. 25-4229

Judgment: December 31, 2025

Emily Deck Harrill Fedearl Public Defender’s Office 1901 Assembly Street, Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29201 [Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presentedQUESTION PRESENTED Whether errors in calculating the Sentencing Guidelines are rendered categorically harmless by the district court’s statement that the Guidelines would make no difference to the choice of sentence. 1
ifp Joseph Sowe

v. United States

25-7173 Fifth Circuit, No. 25-10821

Judgment: January 07, 2026

Maria Gabriela Vega Office of the Federal Public Defender, NDTX 525 S. Griffin St. Ste. 629 Dallas, TX 75202 [Petition] NA
ifp Eric Beverly

v. United States

25-7174 Fifth Circuit, No. 24-20241, 25-20120

Judgment: September 09, 2025

Eric Beverly #139384-79 P.O. Box 2099 Polluck, LA 71467 NA
ifp Dijuan Taylor

v. United States

25-7175 Third Circuit, No. 24-1993

Judgment: January 07, 2026

Renee Domenique Pietropaolo Federal Public Defender’s Office 1500 Liberty Center 1001 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 [Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presentedQUESTION PRESENTED Whether courts should analyze as-applied Second Amendment challenges to 18 U.S.C. § 922(¢g)(1) by examining whether historical tradition supports banning firearm possession by someone who has been convicted of the predicate disqualifying offenses that are the basis of the individual’s disarmament under § 922(g)(1). 1
ifp Joel Zavala-Garcia

v. United States

25-7176 Fifth Circuit, No. 25-10895

Judgment: January 14, 2026

Christy Posnett Martin Federal Public Defender-Northern District of Texas 525 S. Griffin Street Suite 629 Dallas, TX 75202 [Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presentedQUESTION PRESENTED Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), be overruled? LIST OF PARTIES Joel Zavala-Garcia, petitioner on review, was the Defendant-Appellant below. The United States of America, respondent on review, was Plaintiff-Appellee. No party 1s a corporation. RELATED PROCEEDINGS e United States v. Zavala-Garcia, No. 5:25-CR-00061, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Judgment entered on July 31, 2025. e United States v. Zavala-Garcia, No. 25-10895, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Judgment entered on January 14, 2026. 1
ifp Imad Eddin Wadi

v. United States

25-7177 Fifth Circuit, No. 24-50160

Judgment: August 29, 2025

Charles Davidson Swift MLFA National Security Criminal Defense Center 100 North Central Expressway Suite 1010 Richardson, TX 75080 [Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presentedQUESTION PRESENTED Whether due process permits a criminal conviction to stand where the government's testifying confidential informant destroyed potentially exculpatory evidence prior to trial in violation of the court’s orders, and the trial court provided no adverse-inference instruction regarding spoliation, or any other remedy to mitigate the prejudice. ia
ifp Jay Anthony Richitelli

v. United States

25-7178 Eleventh Circuit, No. 25-12184

Judgment: December 04, 2025

Jay Anthony Richitelli #91149-004 Otisville FCI PO Box 1000 Otisville, NY 10963-1000 NA