| Petitions and applications docketed on April 14, 2026 | |||||||
| type | Caption | Docket No | Court Below | Petitioner's Counsel | Counsel's Address | Recent Filings | QP |
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| paid | Shawn Matthew Kearns
v. Virginia |
25-1169 | Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 250402
Judgment: January 07, 2026 |
Joseph Abraham Sanzone | Sanzone & Baker, LLP. 1106 Commerce St, Suite 3A P.O. Box 1078 Lynchburg, VA 24505 | [Petition] | NA |
| paid | Marion Alexander Lindsey
v. South Carolina |
25-1176 | Supreme Court of South Carolina, No. 2019-001271
Judgment: November 05, 2025 |
Paul Whitfield Hughes | McDermott Will & Schulte LLP 500 North Capitol Street NW Washington, DC 20001 | [Main Document] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] [Petition] [Appendix] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedi CAPITAL CASE QUESTIONS PRESENTED
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| paid | reVamped LLC, a Minnesota Limited Liability Company
v. City of Pipestone, Minnesota |
25-1177 | Eighth Circuit, No. 25-1076
Judgment: December 23, 2025 |
Erick G. Kaardal | Mohrman, Kaardal & Erickson P.A. 150 South Fifth Street, Suite 3100 Minneapolis, MN 55402 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presented1 QUESTIONS PRESENTED
Whether the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment contains a categorical “police power” exception immunizing the government from providing just compensation. |
| ifp | David Lopez Gonzales
v. Kris Mayes, Attorney General of Arizona |
25-7186 | Ninth Circuit, No. 24-2281
Judgment: November 17, 2025 |
David Lopez Gonzales | 284159 P.O. Box 3500 Florence, AZ 85132 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presenteda U Questions PRESENTED _ 311. Deas an indive di ‘dual have a Fifth) Fourteenth Amendment Due Process | | ee ah tte pasbecnavichia disclosure af exculpatory evidence Kanan be ry bein the States possession ducing teil? 0 | i via Daes the cule sa. " ¢ kv. Humpheey bora M2 USC 21083 achion | 3) ei. aa eye a ag ins | a q [the states Sailuce tn diiclose, ina past-eonvichien peaceediagy ether tl than a dideck challenge te the coanschioas validity? | LS [3. Doss the mere caqueast Sor dis closure of exculpatory emdence in | i} 8 1908 sok nacessacty ingly the snvlibtty of the tonvicking, as 3 anna lh teguend. As toggec tha Heck acl ee | es a ul, pans the state benefit feom its oun misconduct whan it admits _— 12 evidence is exculpatory, yet uses the Heck bert proven disclosure ' a __1i,__besauie thet evidence would prove. the coavithion is weangfal? ! —_ 205. Did tha District Couct ace ia _holdiag thai ¢ $1983 eleion Soe | aL discloswee of avid ance is premature under Heels vatil the caanichten ee 2, _is_already overturned, effectively trapping a plasotv$$ toa nS eC | 8 | 1 a , i | a ee Ree : — ! ee a a So |
| ifp | Jernice Hamilton, aka Garnaris Hamilton
v. United States |
25-7187 | Federal Circuit, No. 2024-2200
Judgment: August 14, 2025 |
Jernice Hamilton | 202 St. James Ave 16-E Goose Creek, SC 29445 | [Main Document] [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presented1 QUESTIONS PRESENTED I Whether a military separation 1s void ab initio when the Department of the Army fails to provide the mandatory ‘Full and Fair Hearing “required by 10 U.S.C. 1214, based upon an official government record (VA BIRLS) erroneously reporting the service Member as ‘Deceased? II. Whether the government violates the Due Process Clause and 10 U.S.C. 1214 when it administratively declares a living service member "deceased," subsequently denying benefits based on "no- shows" for evaluations the Petitioner was legally barred from attending, and whether such a "state-created barrier" requires a mandatory finding of Constructive Active- Duty Service for the period of the error. III. Whether a reviewing court commits reversible error by failing to apply the 5 U.S.C. 706 "Hard Look" standard—an omission conceded by the Government - thereby insulating a 38-year-old structural error (including five misdiagnoses and a false death report) from the full retroactive relief now mandated by Soto v. | United States (2025). IV Whether the Adamo Wrecking Doctrine and 5 U.S.C.706 require a reviewing Court to set aside a military discharge as Void Ab Initio when the Government's own record admits the Petitioner met medical referral standards " prior to discharge “But was denied the mandatory " full and fair hearing " required by 10U.8.C.1214 2 |
| ifp | Joseph Wuensch Ray
v. Texas |
25-7188 | Court of Appeals of Texas, Fifth District, No. 05-24-00455-CR
Judgment: June 20, 2025 |
Joseph Wuensch Ray | #2510040 Robertson Unit 12071 FM 3522 Abilene, TX 79601 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTION(S) PRESENTED | Whether Texas Penal Code 21.02 violates theS$ixth and Fourteenth Amendments right to an unanimous jury verdict and requires a burden of proof that is significantly less than 'beyond a reasonable doubt'? \ |
| ifp | Edward Earl Robinson
v. Thomas Valdez, Acting Warden |
25-7189 | Ninth Circuit, No. 24-6143
Judgment: May 09, 2025 |
Edward Earl Robinson | #AR0601 California CI - Tehachapi PO Box 1906 Tehachapi, CA 93581 | [Main Document] [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedt. QUESTION(S) PRESENTED . GF uct L, o/\ PAUSl yrcad he Ste te Comm Mis agp lic a) CReank 5 Establ.shkea Si dann Lee Canary Gerd V, Wathinshonws SH U.9. ‘Ob Janis #9 hing tow 947 U-S, BV . Th< Orosqcu fio Ww Cw lad Co a6 mo 5 bre. 1. . Uk WAS UN ava able The, COuUns oWA che Jasezeur on Caled . bo aquarl khenselwes of AWE OP iors arveilabl, £, GBoURG \ the, GRRE ALY WOVY adinnisSion Fa) a Uns T het me wos fad <¢ 9 . A —-\ OR inabog. GALT LLOMPALON , a5 Wl al the Pr Vr Varo . héahing The phoricutions burdin of Orsol Want perk | 3 |
| ifp | Jonathan Mendez-Escobar
v. United States |
25-7190 | Fifth Circuit, No. 25-50076, 25-50079
Judgment: January 07, 2026 |
Joseph Jeff Ostini | National Defense Law 756 Brohard Rd Ray, OH 45672 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTION PRESENTED Federal courts frequently impose terms of supervised release on defendants who are concededly deportable and will be removed from the United States upon completion of their custodial sentences. The Sentencing Guidelines instruct that such terms ordinarily should not be imposed absent a case-specific justification, yet district courts often impose supervised release without explanation. On appeal, courts routinely affirm these sentences under plain-error review, even where the record contains no individualized reasoning. The result is that supervised-release terms are imposed in a manner that evades meaningful appellate scrutiny and undermines this Court’s requirement of reasoned sentencing. The questions presented are: 1. May a sentencing court impose supervised release on a deportable defendant without providing a case-specific justification? 2. May a court of appeals affirm such a sentence under plain-error review despite the absence of any individualized explanation? 1 |
| ifp | Calvin Gary Walker
v. Texas |
25-7191 | Fifth Circuit, No. 26-40010
Judgment: March 20, 2026 |
Calvin Gary Walker | 3710 Roland Rd. Beaumont, TX 77708 | NA | |
| ifp | Shain Gordon Shaw
v. Florida |
25-7192 | District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District, No. 4D2024-1010
Judgment: August 13, 2025 |
Jeffrey L. Anderson | Office of the Public Defender 421 Third Street 6th Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33401 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTIONS PRESENTED
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| ifp | Jesus Ramiro Gomez
v. United States |
25-7193 | Ninth Circuit, No. 23-435
Judgment: January 13, 2026 |
Todd W. Burns | Burns & Cohan 501 W Broadway Suite 1510 San Diego, CA 92101 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTION PRESENTED Whether a purely legal Sentencing Guidelines error is sufficient, by itself, to establish the plainness prong of plain-error review under United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725 (1993). 1 |
| ifp | Alfred L. Carpentier
v. Idaho |
25-7194 | Ninth Circuit, No. 25-4383
Judgment: February 25, 2026 |
Alfred L. Carpentier | #125273 Idaho State Correction Center P.O. Box 70010 Boise, ID 83707 | NA | |
| ifp | Quintell Dewayne Gladney
v. United States |
25-7195 | Fifth Circuit, No. 25-30162
Judgment: January 08, 2026 |
Cristie Gibbens | Office of the Federal Public Defender 102 Versailles Blvd. Suite 816 Lafayette, LA 70501 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTION PRESENTEDWhether a defendant challenging a prior state conviction under the controlled substances definitions must produce actual state court decisions (i.e., show reasonable probability of prosecution) showing non-generic application of a facially overbroad statute—as the Fifth Circuit alone requires—or whether the statutory text suffices to demonstrate overbreadth—as every other circuit holds? LIST OF PARTIES PURSUANT TO RULE 14.1(b) Petitioner: Quintell Dewayne Gladney Respondent: United States of America 2 |
| ifp | Enriqueta Martinez
v. United States |
25-7196 | Ninth Circuit, No. 23-4290
Judgment: August 22, 2025 |
Zandra Lopez | Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc. 225 Broadway Suite 900 San Diego, CA 92101 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTION PRESENTED Whether the invited error doctrine applies to situations where a party who does not induce or provoke an initial error but proposes curative actions to attempt mitigation of the prejudice caused by the error waives issues regarding the effectiveness of the curative actions. prefix |
| ifp | Felipe N. Gomez
v. E*Trade Securities LLC |
25-7197 | Seventh Circuit, No. 21-1597
Judgment: December 09, 2025 |
Felipe N. Gomez | PO Box 9263 Lombard, IL 60148 | NA | |