Petitions and applications docketed on May 05, 2026
type Caption Docket No Court Below Petitioner's Counsel Counsel's Address Recent Filings QP
paid Bart Xavier Pestarino

v. Danielle Tetrault Pestarino

25-1249 Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1, No. 86578-1-I

Judgment: April 21, 2025

Bart Xavier Pestarino P.O. Box 1078 Carson City, NV 89702 NA
paid Karina Sigalovskaya

v. Abigail Braden, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as a Special Agent for the Department of Homeland Security

25-1250 Second Circuit, No. 23-7625

Judgment: August 27, 2025

Joseph Aaron Pace J. Pace Law PLLC 30 Wall Street 8th Floor New York, NY 10005 [Main Document] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] [Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presented1 QUESTIONS PRESENTED

In Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), the Court recognized an implied cause of action under the Fourth Amendment against Federal Bureau of Nar- cotics agents who entered the plaintiff’s home without a warrant, conducted a search, and then arrested him—in front of his children— without probable cause. In this case, federal law enforcement officers entered Petitioner’s home without a warrant, searched the premises, and separated her from her children. While inside the house, one of the officers falsely claimed that Petitioner had just confessed to a crime and used that as a pretext for taking her into custody. As in Bivens itself, no probable cause existed for the arrest.

The questions presented are:

  1. Whether Bivens provides a remedy when fed- eral officers enter a home without a warrant, fabricate evidence during the search, and use that evidence to arrest the resident without probable cause.

  2. Whether the availability of an alternative rem- edy independently forecloses a Bivens claim that does not otherwise meaningfully differ from Bivens itself.

paid City of Marathon, Florida

v. Rodney Shands

25-1251 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District, No. 3D2021-1987

Judgment: February 05, 2025

Carter G. Phillips Sidley Austin LLP 1501 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 [Main Document] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] [Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presentedQUESTION PRESENTED

Whether a taking has occurred under the categor1-

cal rule announced by this Court in Lucas v. South

Carolina Coastal Council, 505 U.S. 1008 (1992), even

though the regulated property retains significant

market value for both its transferable development rights and recreational uses. (1)

paid Ronald Geddis

v. United States

25-1253 Eleventh Circuit, No. 25-11721

Judgment: January 08, 2026

Katherine Earle Yanes Kynes, Markman & Felman, PA 100 S. Ashley Drive Suite 1300 Tampa, FL 33602 [Main Document] [Petition] NA
paid Judith L. Harvey, as Trustee of the David T. & Judith L. Harvey Trust, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of David T. Harvey, Deceased

v. City of Reno, Nevada

25-1254 Supreme Court of Nevada, No. 88962

Judgment: September 08, 2025

Luke Andrew Busby Luke Andrew Busby, Ltd. 316 California Ave. Reno, NV 80509 [Petition] NA
paid The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.

v. Salamon Gimpel

25-1255 Second Circuit, No. 23-7612

Judgment: September 29, 2025

Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar Cooley LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20004 [Main Document] [Petition] NA
ifp Charles Mobley

v. Amazon

25-7310 Supreme Court of Washington, No. 103670-1

Judgment: February 18, 2025

Charles Mobley 1701 Figueroa St. Los Angeles, AL California NA
ifp Eric Krieg

v. United States

25-7317 Seventh Circuit, No. 24-3267

Judgment: December 18, 2025

Eric Krieg 17161-027 USP McCreary P.O. Box 3000 Pine Knot, KY 42635 [Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presented. QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1) Does an appeals court:order denying a claim with the terse phrase : that it was “without merit", with no other explanation, violate Concepcion v. United States, because there is no evidence that the : * well argued claim was considered?: Krieg answers "yes". | 2) Must the government provide a “historical analogue" to the Rational- Basis Test before it uses it to regulate Krieg's due process and | equal protection rights under the United States Constitution? Krieg answers "yes" q ‘ < ‘ ‘ -j1i-
ifp Terrence Temple

v. Illinois

25-7318 Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, No. 1-24-0917

Judgment: August 08, 2025

James E. Chadd Office of the State Appellate Defender 203 North LaSalle Street 24th Floor Chicago, IL 60601 [Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presentedQUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW

This Court has repeatedly held that the Second Amendment protects a general right to bear arms in public for self-defense. New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1, 33 (2022). Our Nation’s historical tradition of firearms regulation includes restrictions on possession in certain “sensitive places,” which have been identified as schools, courthouses, legislative assemblies, and polling locations. District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 626-27 (2008); Bruen, 597 U.S. at 30. This Court has cautioned however, that “expanding the category of ‘sensitive places’ simply to all places of public congregation that are not isolated from law enforcement defines the category of ‘sensitive places’ far too broadly.” Bruen at 31. But courts have done just that. Illinois’ First District Appellate Court has upheld a ban on firearms in public parks that imposes felony penalties for possession of any ready-to-use firearm, finding such a ban constitutional because public parks are a sensitive place. App.1. The First District adopted the Ninth Circuit’s reasoning in Wolford v. Lopez, 116 F.4th 959 (9th Cir. 2024), cert. granted in part, 146 S. Ct. 79, 222 L. Ed. 2d 1241 (2025) to justify the decision below.

The question presented is whether the Second Amendment permits a state to criminalize the possession of any ready-to-use firearm in all public parks by imposing felony penalties, including two to five years in prison, on violators.

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ifp Edward Allen Moore

v. Gregory Hancock, Warden

25-7319 Eighth Circuit, No. 24-3410

Judgment: July 28, 2025

Edward Allen Moore #185492 Southeast Correctional Center 300 East Pedro Simmons Drive Charleston, MO 63834 [Main Document] NA
ifp William Topp Maxwell

v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline

25-7320 Supreme Court of Texas, No. 25-0191

Judgment: October 24, 2025

William Topp Maxwell 71944-279 FCI Beaumont P.O. Box 26020 Beaumont, TX 77720 [Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presented, 5 QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Maxwell, a Texas licensed attorney (SBN# 24028775), was convicted in a foreign district, New Jersey, in 2014, The

Commission for Lawyer Discipline (CLD) has alleged such

conviction requires mandatory disbarment under Texas Law (without

a meaningful opportunity to be heard in any forum). This

practice in Texas of denying an opportunity to be heard prior to

the imposition of collateral consequences violates this Court’s

teaching in Boddie v. Connecticut, 401 U.S. 371, 377-79 (1971);

Selling v. Radford, 243 U.S. 46, 51 (1917) and Padilla v.

Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356, 176 L.Ed.2d 284, 293 (2010) among others

and this Court’s guidance is required as follows:

I. The question for this Court is whether the due process clause of the United States Constitution (U.S. CONST. AMENDS. V; XIV) as explained in Boddie v. Connecticut, 401 U.S. 371, 377-79 (1971) requires notice and an opportunity to be heard before the imposition of collateral consequences (here disbarment)? |

Il. The question for this Court is whether the minimum Due Process afforded in attorney compulsory discipline cases is that which is described in selling v. Radford, 243 U.S. 46, SL (1917)?

III. The question for this Court is whether the Court’s holding in Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356, 176 L.Ed.2d 284, 293, 130 S.Ct. 1473 (2010) requires an opportunity to be heard under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 689 (1984) prior to collateral consequences (here disbarment)?

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ifp Crystal Maye, as Trustee, F.S. 736082, on Behalf of Blanche Bale Irrevocable Living Trust for Trustor, Deceased Perelena Douce

v. Brevard County Tax Collector

25-7321 Eleventh Circuit, No. 24-11344

Judgment: September 18, 2025

Crystal Maye 50 East 191st St., Apt. 4M Bronx, NY 10468 [Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presented" QUESTION | : 1 whether the constitutional rights of the plaintiff's, grand jury due process right pursuant 7" 5° 14" Amend, were violated or pursuant to, Article 3 Section, 2. Cl .3. grand jury was deprived.
ifp Ruslan Kirilyuk

v. United States

25-7322 Ninth Circuit, No. 24-3429

Judgment: October 30, 2025

Gene David Vorobyov 2309 Noriega St, Suite 46 San Francisco, CA 94122 [Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presentedQuestions Presented Questions Presented
  1. Whether Stinson v. United States, 508 U.S. 36 (1998), still accurately states the level of deference due to the commentary of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. This is the question on which this Court eranted certiorari in Beaird v. United States, No. 25-5348.

  2. Whether U.S.8.G. §2B1.1’s_ reference to “loss’—undefined in the Guideline text governing pe- titioner’s sentencing—may be read through Applica- tion Note 38(A) to include “intended loss” the defen- dant never realized.

Law Office of Gene Vorobyov Respectfully submitted, Attorney for Petitioner RUSLAN KIRILYUK

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ifp Richard Dewayne Lewis

v. United States

25-7323 Fourth Circuit, No. 22-4291

Judgment: January 21, 2026

Joseph Stephen Camden Office of the Federal Public Defender 701 East Broad Street Suite 3600 Richmond, VA 23219 [Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presentedQUESTION PRESENTED Whether an intervening decision of this Court that renders a court of appeals' judgment demonstrably wrong can constitute an “extraordinary circumstance” warranting recall of the mandate under Calderon v. Thompson, 523 U.S. 538 (1998), and if so, whether the court of appeals abused its discretion by denying recall where the petitioner was diligent, the sentence is still executory, and no reliance or finality interest weighs against recall.
ifp Ronald Damone Jenkins, Jr. and Japree Lortez Brooks

v. United States

25-7324 Fourth Circuit, No. 24-4220, 24-4221

Judgment: March 12, 2026

Paul Graham Beers Glenn, Feldmann, Darby & Goodlatte 111 Franklin Road, S.E., Suite 200 P.O. Box 2887 Roanoke, VA 24001-2887 [Petition] NA
ifp Jose Antonio Camacho-Flores

v. United States

25-7325 Fifth Circuit, No. 25-50460

Judgment: February 02, 2026

Bradford Wayne Bogan Federal Public Defender, Western District of Texas 300 Convent Street Suite 2300 San Antonio, TX 78205 [Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presentedH QUESTION PRESENTED Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
ifp Marcus Roosevelt Taylor

v. United States

25-7326 Fourth Circuit, No. 24-6996

Judgment: March 25, 2026

Brent Evan Newton 19 Treworthy Road Gaithersburg, MD 20878 [Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presentedQUESTIONS PRESENTED During petitioner’s jury trial, two essential prosecution witnesses test1- fied about a key event concerning petitioner’s alleged involvement in the charged offenses in a manner that was flatly contrary to (1) their pretrial statements given to the two trial prosecutors (reflected in FBI memo- randa); (2) the factual basis of the plea agreement of a codefendant, which had been prepared by the two trial prosecutors and executed shortly before petitioner’s trial began; and (8) a passage from a book published by the lead trial prosecutor several years after the trial. Alt- hough petitioner’s trial counsel possessed the FBI memoranda and the codefendant’s plea agreement during the trial, petitioner’s trial counsel did not make the FBI memoranda or the codefendant’s plea agreement part of the trial record that was used on petitioner’s subsequent direct appeal. As a result, petitioner’s new counsel on his direct appeal could not have raised a due process perjury claim at that juncture. For that reason, petitioner first raised a due process perjury claim in subsequent post-conviction proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The district court and Fourth Circuit both held that petitioner’s perjury claim was proce- durally defaulted for purposes of his § 2255 motion because petitioner had not raised the perjury claim on his direct appeal. In view of the foregoing, the questions presented are: I. Whether the Fourth Circuit’s decision — that petitioner procedurally defaulted his due process perjury claim by not raising it on his direct appeal despite the undisputed fact that the evidence supporting peti- tioner’s perjury claim was “dehors the record” on direct appeal, Waley v. Johnston, 316 U.S. 101, 104 (1942) (per curiam) — conflicts with this Court’s well-established precedent, most recently reflected in Bousley v. United States, 523 U.S. 614, 621-22 (1998) (citing Waley). II. Whether this Court should vacate the Fourth Circuit’s judgment and remand with instructions to order an evidentiary hearing on peti- tioner’s perjury claim.

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ifp Stanley J. Carter

v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction

25-7327 Supreme Court of Arkansas, No. CV-25-728

Judgment: February 05, 2026

Stanley J. Carter #111939 P.O. Box 970 Marianna, AZ 72360 NA
ifp Lisa Ann Deweese

v. United States

25-7328 Federal Circuit, No. 2026-1349

Judgment: March 20, 2026

Lisa Ann Deweese 8010 Constitution Ave NE Apt. #102B Albuquerque, NM 87110 NA
ifp Carter Stephens

v. City of Pasadena Fire Department

25-7329 Supreme Court of California, No. S290200

Judgment: May 28, 2025

Carter Stephens PO Box 361271 Los Angeles, CA 90026 NA
ifp James Gould

v. United States

25-7330 Fourth Circuit, No. 24-4192

Judgment: January 02, 2026

Lex Alan Coleman Office of the Federal Public Defender 300 Virginia Street East Room 3400 Charleston, WV 25301 [Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presentedI. QUESTIONS PRESENTED
  1. Whether permanent disarmament under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(4), based solely upon prior temporary involuntary commitment to a mental institution (as opposed to being a “mental defective” — 1.e. during a current episode of mental illness, or incident to an adjudication of incompetence, or insanity), facially violates the Second Amendment under New York Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022),

  2. Whether for purposes of establishing a “relevantly similar” historical analogue under Bruen’s step two, there are objective limits on the scope of “how” and “why” the compared regulations burden the Second Amendment right — such that categorial disarmament using a completely open-ended and overbroad “dangerousness’ principle is entirely too generalized to use as part of Bruen’s analogical analysis.

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