| Petitions and applications docketed on August 20, 2026 | |||||||
| type | Caption | Docket No | Court Below | Petitioner's Counsel | Counsel's Address | Recent Filings | QP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| paid | Mara Nathan, Individually and on Behalf of Her Minor Child, M. N.
v. Alamo Heights Independent School District |
26-221 | Fifth Circuit, No. 25-50695
Judgment: — |
Jonathan K. Youngwood | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 | [Main Document] [Petition] | NA |
| paid | Cup Foods, Inc.
v. City of Minneapolis, Minnesota |
26-222 | Court of Appeals of Minnesota, No. A25-1219
Judgment: February 23, 2026 |
Benjamin Henry Farrow V | Anderson, Williams & Farrow LLC 7515 Halcyon Pointe Dr. Montgomery, AL 36117 | [Petition] | NA |
| paid | Donald J. Trump
v. Cable News Network, Inc. |
26-223 | Eleventh Circuit, No. 23-14044
Judgment: November 18, 2025 |
Richard C. Klugh Jr. | Ingraham Building 25 S.E. Second Ave., Suite 1100 Miami, FL 33131 | [Main Document] [Written Request] [Petition] | NA |
| ifp | Jeffrey Francis Barry
v. Amy Kathleen Schwender |
26-5351 | Appellate Court of Maryland, No. 2522, September Term, 2024
Judgment: August 14, 2025 |
Jeffrey Francis Barry | 3502 East Pratt Street Baltimore, MD 21224 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTIONS PRESENTED , 1. Whether a state court's failure to apply the "Appearance of Impropriety" standard established in Rippo v. Baker (2017) represents a structural error that: fe | . mandates vacatur when a judicial insider is employed as the assistant to the |Head Administrative Judge, and who maintains a direct professional and | personal relationships with the specific judges overseeing Judicial Assignment and the adjudication of the insider’s own family matter ?
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| ifp | Harrius Johnson
v. Miami-Dade County, Florida |
26-5352 | Eleventh Circuit, No. 24-12676
Judgment: March 19, 2026 |
Harrius Johnson | 17180 SW 94th Avenue #702 Palmetto Bay, FL 33157 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTIONS PRESENTED | 1. Whether U.S. Const. art. III, Fed. R. Civ. P. 56, U.S. Const. amend. XIV and - U.S. Const. amend. V due Process Clauses, and U.S. Const. amend. VII preservation clause permit a federal appellate court to affirm summary judgment on an undeveloped record after a district court’s four-year-and-eight- month post-remand freeze on all hearings, discovery, and case management, while leaving unresolved preserved disputes over governmental authority, record authenticity, mandatory investigation safeguards, disavowed authorship, and material jury inferences concerning a public employee’s protected property interest. ,
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| ifp | Robert Allen Joshua
v. United States |
26-5353 | Eighth Circuit, No. 25-1337
Judgment: May 21, 2026 |
Heather Rae Quick | Federal Public Defender Office - Iowa 222 Third Avenue SE Suite 290 Cedar Rapids, IA 52401 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTION PRESENTEDWhether 18 U.S.C. § 922(¢)(83)—which permanently prohibits all unlawful users of controlled substances and all drug addicts from possessing firearms, without any pre-deprivation process or individualized finding of dangerousness—is consistent with the Second Amendment’s text and this Court’s historical-tradition test established in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, United States v. Rahimi, and United States v. Hemant. in |
| ifp | Nelson Omar Torres
v. Florida |
26-5354 | District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District, No. 4D2025-0323
Judgment: May 20, 2026 |
Benjamin Nathaniel Paley | Office of the Public Defender 421 3rd Street West Palm Beach, FL 33401 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether Williams v. Florida, 399 U.S. 78 (1970), should be overturned and the right to a twelve-person jury restored. Because the Court has granted certiorari in a case that raises the same question presented here, see Kian v. Florida, No. 25-6623, 2026 WL 1718018 (U.S. June 15, 2026), the Court should hold this case in abeyance until it issues its decision in Kian. i |
| ifp | De MONT Kalai Manaole
v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs |
26-5355 | Ninth Circuit, No. 26-3298
Judgment: — |
De MONT Kalai Manaole | 86-044 Hoaha Street Wai’anae, HI 96792 | NA | |
| ifp | Bradley Lane Croft
v. United States |
26-5356 | Fifth Circuit, No. 25-50634, 25-50816, 25-50957, 25-50951
Judgment: June 29, 2026 |
Bradley Lane Croft | 91543-080 14439 NW Military Hwy Suite 108-105 San Antonio, TX 78231 | NA | |
| ifp | George A. Richardson
v. United States |
26-5357 | Eighth Circuit, No. 25-2251
Judgment: May 18, 2026 |
Becky Kurz | Federal Public Defender Office 1000 Walnut, Suite 600 Kansas City, MO 64106 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) 1s constitutional in all its applications or subject to as-applied challenges? Il. If as-applied challenges are prohibited, 1s 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) facially invalid because it is substantially overbroad and violates the Due Process Clause? 1 |
| ifp | Mehmet Emin Tatas
v. Ali Baba’s Terrace Inc. |
26-5358 | Second Circuit, No. 24-1543
Judgment: November 06, 2025 |
Mehmet Emin Tatas | 43 Vine Street Lynbrook, NY 11563 | [Main Document] | NA |
| ifp | William Ronald Clark
v. Wyoming Department of Corrections |
26-5359 | Tenth Circuit, No. 25-8020
Judgment: November 21, 2025 |
William Ronald Clark | #35276 WMCI 7076 Road 55 F Torington, WY 82240 | NA | |
| app | Steven Clark Lefemine
v. United States |
26A232 | Fourth Circuit, No. 24-4419
Judgment: — |
Jim Brown | Law Offices of Jim Brown, P.A. 1600 Burnside Street, Suite 100 Beaufort, SC 29902 | [Main Document] | NA |
| app | Phillip Walter Simon
v. Deborah A. Cumba, former Commissioner, Superior Court of California, San Diego County |
26A233 | Ninth Circuit, No. 25-1727
Judgment: — |
Phillip Walter Simon | 1922 NorthStar Way #147 San Marcos, CA 92078 | [Main Document] | NA |
| app | Applications in Internet Time, LLC
v. Salesforce, Inc. |
26A234 | Federal Circuit, No. 2025-2026
Judgment: — |
Charles Wizenfeld | Hecht Partners LLP 125 Park Avenue, 25th Floor New York, NY 10017 | [Main Document] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] | NA |
| app | Martin Akerman
v. United States District Court for the District of Nevada |
26A235 | Ninth Circuit, No. 26-4931
Judgment: — |
Martin Akerman | P.O. Box 100057 Arlington, VA 22201 | [Main Document] | NA |
| app | Fox Logistics and Construction Company
v. United States |
26A236 | Federal Circuit, No. 24-2150
Judgment: — |
Hal A. Emalfarb | Emalfarb Law PO Box 2011 Northbrook, Il 2d fl Northbrook, Il, IL 60062 | [Main Document] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] | NA |
| app | Chiddy Golden
v. Transunion, LLC |
26A237 | Ninth Circuit, No. 26-3990
Judgment: — |
Chiddy Golden | 825 S. Hill Street #906 Los Angeles, CA 90014 | [Main Document] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] | NA |