| Petitions and applications docketed on September 04, 2026 | |||||||
| type | Caption | Docket No | Court Below | Petitioner's Counsel | Counsel's Address | Recent Filings | QP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| paid | Beverly Pellegrini
v. Fresno County Public Guardian as Trustee, etc. |
26-291 | Court of Appeal of California, Fifth Appellate District, No. F088717
Judgment: November 26, 2025 |
Beverly Pellegrini | 3345 East Huntington Blvd. Fresno, CA 93702 | NA | |
| paid | Fiona Havlish
v. The Taliban |
26-292 | Second Circuit, No. 23-258, 23-263, 23-304, 23-346
Judgment: August 26, 2025 |
Stuart H. Singer | Boies Schiller Flexner LLP 401 East Las Olas Boulevard Suite 1200 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 | [Main Document] [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedDENNIS G. PANTAZIS ANDRIANNA D. KASTANEK TimotuHy B. FLEMING JENNER & BLock LLP WIGGINS CHILDS PANTAZIS 353 North Clark Street FISHER GOLDFARB, PLLC Chicago, IL 60654 301 19th Street North Birmingham, AL 35203 BENJAMIN D, ALTER JENNER & BLock LLP 1155 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 Counsel for Petitioners Fiona Havlish, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants Second Circuit Case No. 23-258 JOHN THORNTON JIM BEASLEY, JR. ORLANDO DO CAMPO THE BrasLey Firm, LLC bo Campo & THORNTON, P.A. 1125 Walnut Street 150 8.E. 2nd Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19107 Suite 602 Miami, FL 33131 Counsel for Petitioners Raymond Anthony Smith, Counsel for Petitioners et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants John Does 1 through 7, m Second Circmt Case Plaintiffs-Appellants No. 28-804 un Second Circuit Case No. 23-263 RICHARD KLINGLER SEAN P. CARTER ELLIS GEORGE LLP CoZEN O’CONNOR 3503 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., 1650 Market Street Suite 185 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Washington, DC 20008 CARTER G. PHILLIPS SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 1501 K Street N.W. Washington, DC 20005 Counsel for Petitioners Federal Insurance Co., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants n Second Circuit Case No. 23-346 |
| paid | Kathleen Ashton
v. The Taliban |
26-293 | Second Circuit, No. 23-444
Judgment: August 26, 2025 |
Samuel Issacharoff | 40 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 | [Petition] | NA |
| paid | James Owens
v. The Taliban |
26-294 | Second Circuit, No. 23-354, 23-797
Judgment: August 26, 2025 |
Matthew Dempsey McGill | King & Spalding LLP 1700 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W. Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 | [Petition] | NA |
| paid | Forensic Pathology Services, P.C.
v. Robert Bumgardner |
26-295 | Eleventh Circuit, No. 25-10673
Judgment: February 10, 2026 |
Aaron Marcus Kappler | Thompson, O’Brien, Kappler & Nasuti, P.C. 2 Sun Court, Suite 400 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 | [Main Document] [Petition] | NA |
| ifp | Maria Fabia Simonetti
v. Gerard Anthony Simonetti |
26-5461 | Second Circuit, No. 25-117
Judgment: February 18, 2026 |
Maria Fabia Simonetti | PO Box 17-0072 Brooklyn, NY 11217-0072 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTIONS PRESENTED , Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred in denying Appellant’s Civil Rights . matter, whether: |
~ to contradict material misrepresentations, Lawyer lying about a Federal crime.
| by the Due Process Clause, under the Fourteenth Amendment; S. The Court failed to address federal statutes including 28 U.S.C. § 1331 (federal-question jurisdiction), 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1982, 1983 (violation of familial integrity- Petitioner has . the Legal Custody of the child apostiled in NY), 1985(3), and 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (civil RICO), and witness-protection violations under 18 U.S.C. § 1512.
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| ifp | Justin A. Jefferson
v. Moses Andre Stancil, Director, Colorado Department of Corrections |
26-5463 | Tenth Circuit, No. 25-1153
Judgment: June 23, 2026 |
Justin A. Jefferson | #162806 PO Box 999 Canon City, CO 81215 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTIONS PRESENTEDQuestion 1 Whether the Government’s threat and consequence of Life Incarceration Without the Eligibility to be Granted Parole for refusal to not self-incriminate, create a compulsion in a prison setting, that constitute atypical and significant hardships in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life, in violation of the Fifth Amendment and precedent set by this United States Supreme Court. Question 2 Whether the Decision and Application of the Turner Analysis, that is used to override the Protections of the Fourteenth Amendment and validate violations of Constitutional Rights, is an adequate Analysis to fairly and properly evaluate the | validation of violations of Constitutional Rights, and is not in itself, a violation of the Constitution’s Protection of Substantive Due Process of the Fourteenth Amendment I |
| ifp | In Re Luis Requeno-Portillo | 26-5464 | NA, No. —
Judgment: — |
Luis Requeno-Portillo | #1637931 James Allred Unit 2101 FM 369 North Iowa Park, TX 76367 | [Petition] | NA |
| ifp | Mitchell Stukel
v. Florida |
26-5465 | District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District, No. 4D2025-2683
Judgment: November 20, 2025 |
Mitchell Stukel | #888289 Martin Correctional Institution 1150 SW Allapattah Road Indiantown, FL 34956 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1.) Whether or not Petitioner is being confined in prison illegally in violation of his Due Process rights under the Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. 2.) Can the Florida Legislature consistent with Article X section 9 Florida Constitution retroactively supply parole jurisdiction through a newly created agency when the original parole statutes had been repealed and no saving } clause to preserve their application." 3.) If the sentencing Court lacked jurisdiction to impose punishment under F.S. 775.082(1) since jurisdiction was lost when the Florida Parole Commission was repealed in 1982 F.S. 947.16 (1) (e) and abolished in 1983. And specifically because at sentencing there was no parole agency to execute the sentence, is Petitioners sentence illegal under Rule 3.800(a). 4.) Does the Florida Commission on Offender Review (FCOR) have the right under Article 4 section 8 (c) to make parole decisions in cases of prisoners sentenced under F.S. 775.082 (1) such as this defendant without statutory authority at that time. 5.) Is parole eligibility, parole jurisdiction and parole authority governed by | the law in effect at the time as the United States Supreme Court and Florida Courts holding states: Weaver v. Graham, 450 U.S. 24 (1981) Lynce v. Mathis, 519 U.S. 433 (1997), Woldrop v. Dugger, 562 So. 2d 687 Fla. (1990). 6.) Is Petitioner's sentence rendered non-executable and void because the mechanism “parole” was not functionally at the time of the conviction and causing the statute to be incomplete as purpose would have it? 7.) With the United States Supreme Court having final authority to determine meaning and application of those words of constitution which require interpretation to resolve judicial issues according to Article IIL: Judicial Power Sec 1 Supreme Court and inferior courts, can it do so here. | Ex Parte McCardle, 74 U.S. 506, 514, 19L, Ed 264 (1868) 2 Pennekamp v. Florida, 90 Led 1295, 328 U.S. 331 (1946) |
| ifp | Levi Jonathan
v. Florida |
26-5466 | District Court of Appeals of Florida, Sixth District, No. 6D2024-2081, 6D2024-2101
Judgment: September 19, 2025 |
Levi Jonathan | #24-15744 Polk South County Jail 2390 Bob Phillips Road Bartow, FL 33830 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedAnes the due proce 4a 2 quarantee a defendant in a criminal praceedina me rah (@} wuithe Out o plea COontroct thas aie. Nnonored pu tne ate? . does the fifth amendment in conjunction with the first amendment, extended to Me STATES Du me TtoOurre ni, prohibit a state court from prejudicial action ing when testimony js incumbent an thaf ndividuel actina against reliaiaus convi fon? | », Goes ine equal protection lause of the fourteenth amendment, in conjunction = cons r uith the tree exercise clauce of the first, proscribe a_state co uct from prohibiting ) estimonu of a defendant ina criminal matter who refuses to swear in ata ee plea uthdrawal hearing wher the court did not require the defendant ta _ | U.daes.the due pracess clause and equal protection clause requice state courts __ 5. does a state appellate court violate the due process clause by ruling on an ather thon ruling on the issue that wos reserved? 6. does a Stay eappellote court violate the due process clause by not considering —___ |
| ifp | Elhadj Alpha Mahmoud Souare
v. Akron Children’s Hospital |
26-5467 | Sixth Circuit, No. 25-3772
Judgment: March 20, 2026 |
Elhadj Alpha Mahmoud Souare | PO Box 7024 Akron, OH 44306 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether a private hospital that explicitly invokes a state statute to deny a fatheraccess to his child’s medical records acts under color of state law for purposes of 42 U.S.C. § 1983, where the denial was made solely pursuant to Ohio Revised Code § 3109.042 — directly conflicting with Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co., 457 U.S. 922 (1982). . II. Whether the district court’s holding creates an unconstitutional catch-22 denying any judicial forum for fundamental parental rights, violating Boddie v. Connecticut, 401 U.S. 371 (1971). Ill. Whether Ohio’s categorical exclusion of unmarried fathers from their | children’s medical records — without notice, hearing, or individualized determination — violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses under Stanley v. Illinois, Troxel v. Granville, and Caban v. Mohammed. _ TV. Whether HIPAA, 45 C.F.R. § 164.502(g), which grants both parents the right to access a minor child’s medical records absent a court order, preempts Ohio Revised Code § 3109.042 as applied by private hospitals to deny unmarried fathers access to their children’s medical records. | V. Whether government-created poverty — _ resulting from a government-admitted wrongful license suspension that eliminated Petitioner’s income — can bar access to federal appellate courts when the fees owed arise from cases challenging that same government error, in violation of Boddie v. | Connecticut and Griffin v. Illinois, 351 U.S. 12 (1956). |
| ifp | Elhadj Alpha Mahmoud Souare
v. Diana R. Guzzo |
26-5468 | Court of Appeals of Ohio, Summit County, No. 31505
Judgment: December 10, 2025 |
Elhadj Alpha Mahmoud Souare | PO Box 7024 Akron, OH 44306 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presented| QUESTIONS PRESENTED 7 | 1. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause permits a state court to dismiss an appeal as untimely where state law makes clerk service of judgment the jurisdictional trigger for appeal, yet the clerk failed to provide the notice required by Ohio Civ.R. 58(B) and Ohio App.R. 4(A)(3). | 2. Whether due process is violated when a litigant is denied appellate review because of the State's own procedural failure to provide notice, thereby creating the type of procedural — . deprivation prohibited by Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co., 455 U.S. 422 (1982). , . 3. Whether the entry of judgment by a retired judge whose assignment authority does | not appear in the public record — while the same court subsequently obtained a documented - Certificate of Assignment for a different judge in the same case — raises a substantial federal | i due process question concerning adjudicatory authority and lawful tribunal authorization under _ Lucia v. SEC, 585 U.S. 237 (2018), and Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., 556 U.S. 868 (2009). 7 |
| ifp | Tatiana Leibel
v. William Reubart, Warden |
26-5469 | Ninth Circuit, No. 24-2212
Judgment: December 05, 2025 |
Tatiana Leibel | #1137908 FMWCC 4370 Smiley Road Las Vegas, NV 89115 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTION PRESENTE Whotlwr he question presented | of aceack MMPORAG wee. becaprre ib OWLCRS tO ObtQin_@ rpadviicale of Gppealability (CO “Hho cows O\ appeals should Lm AS Lroamunation +o a rreshold was by into ia underlying MERIT. @ PUSower . 2G Id 6 Ce a 204 ‘ON : demunn Hane G tl Lawsial Sho DA ¢ U4 sAVE4 G2 \n\C O4 a coustitetonal night" 280.565. 581536V) Cones UNC LOR Re ALow A'S 2KERUSI O, | St QAUAORY RON © oppeal ema Wess FONTRONeNT AD Xue NUS PROCESS CLAWSE Ot Mig (cogs BALAN OL ME VAC wy, “VLG |
| ifp | Anthony D. Carter
v. Richard S. Lawson |
26-5470 | District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District, No. 5D2024-2339
Judgment: September 09, 2025 |
Anthony D. Carter | DOC #756364 Union Correctional Institution P.O. Box 1000 Raiford, FL 32083 | [Main Document] | NA |
| ifp | In Re Johnny Walls-Bey | 26-5471 | NA, No. —
Judgment: — |
Johnny Ray Walls-Bey | 3920 E. Thomas Road Ste. 80260 Phoenix, AZ 85060 | NA | |
| ifp | Samuel Lee Jones, aka Samuel Lee Tyson
v. United States |
26-5472 | Eleventh Circuit, No. 24-13220
Judgment: May 04, 2026 |
Margaret Yvonne Foldes | Federal Public Defender’s Office 1 E. Broward Blvd. Suite 1100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 | [Main Document] [Lower Court Orders/Opinions] [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEWISSUE 1 Whether the Confrontation Clause permits a surrogate expert witness, acting solely as a “technical reviewer” who did not participate in the underlying forensic testing, to testify to an absent analyst’s forensic findings and conclusions as the basis for his opinion. ISSUE 2 Whether a jurisdictional element satisfied by a de minimis connection to interstate commerce, such as 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)’s requirement that a prohibited person possess a firearm “in or affecting commerce,” is sufficient to bring a purely local, non-economic criminal offense within Congress’ powers under the Commerce Clause. 1 |
| ifp | David Torgerson
v. United States |
26-5473 | Eighth Circuit, No. 25-2195
Judgment: June 09, 2026 |
Darren Elliot Miller | Federal Public Defender - District of ND 100 W. Broadway Avenue Suite 230 Bismarck, ND 58501-0000 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTION PRESENTED Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8), the federal statute that prohibits possession of firearms by a person who “is an unlawful user” of “any controlled substance,” violates the Second Amendment on its face. 1 |
| ifp | Jamie Louis Cook
v. United States |
26-5474 | Fourth Circuit, No. 24-4455
Judgment: June 02, 2026 |
Patrick L. Bryant | Office of the Federal Public Defender 1650 King Street, Suite 500 Alexandria, VA 22314 | [Petition] [Appendix] | Question(s) presentedQUESTION PRESENTED Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(¢)(1)’s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment, either facially or as applied to the Petitioner. 1 |
| ifp | Johnny Walls-Bey
v. United States District Court for District of Arizona |
26-5475 | Ninth Circuit, No. 26-1069
Judgment: March 19, 2026 |
Johnny Ray Walls-Bey | 3920 E. Thomas Road Ste. 80260 Phoenix, AZ 85060 | NA | |
| app | Lisa Richardson Henderson
v. Showcase Home Improvements, Inc., dba Kenneth Ferber |
26A299 | Fourth Circuit, No. 26-1077
Judgment: — |
Lisa Richardson Henderson | 8753 Hayshed Lane Columbia, MD 21045 | [Main Document] | NA |
| app | Legend Lake Property Owners Association, Inc.
v. Guy Keshena |
26A300 | Supreme Court of Wisconsin, No. 2022AP937
Judgment: — |
Damien Michael Schiff | Pacific Legal Foundation 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1290 Sacramento, CA 95814 | [Main Document] | NA |
| app | Bernard W. Shelton
v. United States |
26A301 | Sixth Circuit, No. 24-1846, 24-1971
Judgment: — |
Joseph Edward Richotte | Butzel Long Columbia Center 201 West Big Beaver, Suite 1200 Troy, MI 48084 | [Main Document] | NA |
| app | United States
v. Jorge Felix Ibarra-Perez |
26A302 | Ninth Circuit, No. 24-631
Judgment: — |
D. John Sauer | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 | [Main Document] | NA |
| app | Egidio Sciulli, et ux.
v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
26A303 | Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, No. 333 C.D. 2024
Judgment: — |
Mary Catherine Baur | 700 Mollbore Terrace Philadelphia, PA 19148-5034 | [Main Document] | NA |