| Petitions and applications docketed on May 11, 2026 | |||||||
| type | Caption | Docket No | Court Below | Petitioner's Counsel | Counsel's Address | Recent Filings | QP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | : - 3.Whether unpublished or non-precedential opinions | can be challenged when there's good cause?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 byRule (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 PRESENTEDPetitioner 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. ii |
| 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] | Question(s) presentedQUESTION(S) PRESENTED’.Did Court affirm, “pnisca riage of Tustice. t> Dv. Pater. by
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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 |
[Petition] | NA |
| 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] | Question(s) presentedmele ha fo ee I) al QUESTIONS PRESENTED I Jnether o € Man atch Criminal Conviction Whe Agcltar tl Meaning appellate review of Preveruel ederal” conc cutieal claims Qarticolarl | lk Claims e€ erosecuiarial misconduck on _ atrci bululle to | Proctices catcher than the AeCandant. IS : nt Amendments requre a state +6 Provide gh = record Ssutticient te Permit eChectie aPpellate review of Cairtria!l claym: and whether afftirmance based o_o tte — creased McamPlete cecocd con€lict ith this, Courts Ocecisns reaurin | MeanMmete] access to appellate (viel. i Whether peliance. on record deficiencies _ AreviewWdlle Consthtutes a structural du ol Process Viatation Peguirma Ceversal. ow Mo ee $$ 2 Ce |
| 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 PRESENTEDPetitioner 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:
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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 |
[Appendix] [Petition] | NA |
| 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 |
[Main Document] | NA |
| 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 |
[Main Document] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] | NA |
| 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 |
[Main Document] | NA |
| 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 |