Petitions and applications docketed on May 11, 2026
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paid Stephen Joseph Johnson

v.

Montana

25-1273 Supreme Court of Montana, No. DA 23-0581

Judgment: February 24, 2026

Stuart Banner UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic

405 Hilgard Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90095

[Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presentedi QUESTION PRESENTED What is the appropriate standard for assessing whether the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment permits a prosecution witness to testify by two-way video?
paid Huifang Zhang, on behalf of I. G. and D. G.

v.

United States

25-1275 Ninth Circuit, No. 22-56191

Judgment: November 26, 2024

Huifang Zhang 18450 Farjado Street

Rowland Heights, CA 91748

[Main Document] [Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presented1 QUESTION PRESENTED 1.Whether “failure to appear at the court hearing, due to government-imposed travel bans’ can _ be accommodated? 2.Whether conflicting decisions within the same court can justify further review? | : - 3.Whether unpublished or non-precedential opinions | can be challenged when there's good cause? | 4. If the decision from the court is egregiously wrong and discriminatory, whether the decision can be challenged afterwards at different court, because the decision is made discriminatorily, there is no need to ask the same discriminatory judge to review again by

Rule (60)? 5.If the decision from the court is egregiously wrong and discriminatory, whether the whole court can be challenged besides Rule (60)?

6.Whether to revoke the decision from Ninth Circuit over petition for rehearing en banc on March 17, 2025? 7.Whether the people can choose and follow the opinion of the judges of their own people? ,

ifp Jaqwon Davonte Lupe, aka Jaqwon Lupe

v.

United States

25-7348 Ninth Circuit, No. 25-2461

Judgment: November 19, 2025

Brent Evan Newton 19 Treworthy Road

Gaithersburg, MD 20878

[Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presentedQUESTIONS PRESENTED

Petitioner pleaded guilty to committing an assault on a private res- idence located on an Indian reservation in Indian country, 1n violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1138(b)(8) & 11538. Although his plea agreement con- tained a waiver of his right to appeal his conviction, petitioner ap- pealed to the Ninth Circuit, contending that his guilty plea and, thus, also his plea agreement (including the appellate waiver provision) were not knowing, intelligent, and voluntary because petitioner erroneously was led to believe that he was guilty of violating §§ 1138(b)(8) & 1158 merely because his assault occurred anywhere in Indian country as op- posed to occurring at a specific location in Indian country within the “special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.” Pe- titioner alternatively contended that the appellate waiver was unen- forceable because petitioner was actually innocent of the assault, as it unquestionably did not occur within the “special maritime and territo- rial jurisdiction of the United States,” an essential element of §§ 1138(b)(8) & 1158.

In view of the foregoing, the questions presented are: I. Whether, in view of Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, 597 U.S. 629 (2022), “Indian country’ in 18 U.S.C. §§ 1151 & 1153 is no longer coterminous with the “special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.” II. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by ruling that petitioner’s guilty plea was knowing, voluntary, and intelligent when the record clearly reveals that petitioner erroneously was led to believe that he was guilty of violating 18 U.S.C. §§ 118(b)(8) & 1153 merely because his assault occurred in Indian country generally as opposed to occurring at a spe- cific location in Indian country within the “special maritime and terr1- torial jurisdiction of the United States.” III. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by concluding that petitioner’s actual innocence of the charge under 18 U.S.C. §§ 113(b)(8) & 1153 is not an exception to the general rule requiring enforcement of a waiver- of-appeal provision in a plea agreement.

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ifp Rajesh Motibhai Patel

v.

United States

25-7349 Eleventh Circuit, No. 25-10653

Judgment: December 29, 2025

Rajesh M. Patel 57586510

300 Wendell Court

Atlanta, GA 30336

[Petition] [Appendix]
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ifp Ruben Eduardo Chong-Aguayo

v.

United States

25-7350 Fifth Circuit, No. 25-10546

Judgment: February 06, 2026

Quincy Hope Ferrill Federal Public Defender Office

819 Taylor Street, Room 9A10

Fort Worth, TX 76102

[Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presented1 QUESTION PRESENTED Whether this Court should overrule its decision in Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998).
ifp Lawrence Levon Jones

v.

United States

25-7351 Fourth Circuit, No. 24-4282

Judgment: February 04, 2026

Rudolph Alexander Ashton III Dunn, Pittman, Skinner & Ashton, PLLC

3230 Country Club Rd

P. O. Drawer 1389

New Bern, NC 28563

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ifp Jose Omar Sanchez-Facundo

v.

United States

25-7352 Fifth Circuit, No. 25-10737

Judgment: February 05, 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 Whether substantive reasonableness review of a_ federal criminal sentence requires a court of appeals to reweigh the sentencing factors? 1
ifp Ryan Michael Pittman

v.

Washington

25-7353 Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2, No. 59432-3-II

Judgment: September 03, 2025

Ryan Michael Pittman 417989

Coyote Ridge Corrections Center

P.O. Box 769

Connell, WA 99326

[Petition] [Appendix]
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ifp Michael Dennis Williams

v.

United States

25-7354 Ninth Circuit, No. 16-56640

Judgment: June 03, 2025

Kathryn Ann Young Office of the Federal Public Defender

321 E. 2nd Street

Los Angeles, CA 90012

[Petition] [Appendix]
Question(s) presentedQUESTIONS PRESENTED

Petitioner Michael Williams was convicted of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act Robbery; Hobbs Act Robbery; and use and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence in violation of §924(c).

The jury returned a general verdict which did not identify the theory of liability upon which the verdict rested. Williams therefore contends that his §924(c) conviction must be reversed if any of the predicates is an invalid predicate crime of violence. Alternatively, he contends that each of the three potential predicates (conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act Robbery, Hobbs Act Robbery as a principal, and Hobbs Act Robbery under a Pinkerton theory) are invalid predicate crimes of violence.

The questions presented are:

  1. Whether Hobbs Act Robbery under a Pinkerton theory is not a predicate crime of violence under §924(c) because Pinkerton requires only a negligence standard of reasonable foreseeability, and this Court has held that a crime of violence requires a greater mens rea than negligence.

  2. Whether Hobbs Act Robbery is not a predicate crime of violence under §924(c) because it does not categorically require the “use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the

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ifp Frank Tepper

v.

David Close, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale

25-7355 Third Circuit, No. 24-1271

Judgment: July 09, 2025

Frank Tepper III KL9525

SCI Houtzdale

209 Institution Drive - P.O. Box 1000

Houtzdale, PA 16698-1000

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app Kevin Lee Biglow

v.

Dell Technologies Inc.

25A1234 Tenth Circuit, No. 25-3007

Judgment: —

Kevin Lee Biglow 5602 E. 19th St

Wichita, KS 67208

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

v.

Edward Lee Busby

25A1235 Fifth Circuit, No. 26-70004; 26-10354

Judgment: —

Jefferson David Clendenin Office of the Attorney General of Texas

P.O. Box 12548

Austin, TX 78711-2548

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app Christopher Endres

v.

San Diego Housing Commission

25A1236 Ninth Circuit, No. 26-969

Judgment: —

Christopher Endres 3960 West Point Loma Blvd

#H-549

San Diego, CA 92110

[Main Document] NA
app Randy A. Thomas

v.

Cynthia Davis, Warden

25A1237 Sixth Circuit, No. 25-3340

Judgment: —

Kip Thomas Bollin Thompson Hine LLP

3900 Key Center

127 Public Square

Cleveland, OH 44114-1291

[Main Document] NA
app Darcy Roake, Reverend, Individually and on Behalf of Their Minor Children, Real Party in Interest A.V., Real Party in Interest S.V.

v.

Cade Brumley, Superintendent, Louisiana State Education

25A1239 Fifth Circuit, No. 24-30706

Judgment: —

Jonathan K. Youngwood Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

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app Don Scott, in His Official Capacity as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates

v.

Ryan T. McDougle, Virginia State Senator and Legislative Commissioner for the Virginia Redistricting Commission

25A1240 Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 260127

Judgment: —

Matthew Adam Seligman Grayhawk Law

3015 Main Street

Suite 330

Santa Monica, CA 90405

[Main Document] NA