No. 25-6398

Loni Nicole Granger, et al. v. Lauren J. King, Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-18
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review mandamus ninth-circuit random-assignment
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Ninth Circuit violated petitioners' Fifth Amendment due-process rights by summarily denying in-forma-pauperis status and dismissing appeals as 'frivolous' without addressing pending motions

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether the Ninth Circuit violated petitioners ’ Fifth Amendment due-process rights by summarily denying in-forma-pauperis status and dismissing three related appeals as “frivolous ” without addressing more than a dozen pending substantive motions. 2. 'Whether the repeated re-labeling of duly filed writs of mandamus and sanctions motions as “miscellaneous pro se filings ” constitutes a denial of meaningful appellate review. 3. Whether assigning the same judicial panel to all three appeals and issuing virtual'y identical dismissal orders violated the Ninth Circuit ’s random-assignment procedures and the constitutional guarantee of impartial tribunals. PARTIES TO THE PROCEED'NG Petitioners: Loni Nicole Granger and Casey Michael Granger. Respondents: United States of America, et al. OPINIONS BELOW Unpublished memorandum dispositions and judgments entered October 7 and 9, 2025, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. JURISDICTION Judgments were entered October 7 and 9, 2025. This petition is timely under 28 U.S.C. § 2101(c). Jurisdiction is invoked under 28 U.S.C. § 1254(1) and Supreme Court Rule 12.4, as this petition seeks review of multiple related judgments involving the same parties and overlapping questions. CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY PROVISIONS INVOLVED U.S. Const, amend. V; 28 U.S.C § 19"15(e)(2); Ninth Circuit Internal Operating Procedures 6.1.

Docket Entries

2026-02-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2025-11-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 20, 2026)

Attorneys

Loni Nicole Granger, et al.
Loni Nicole Granger — Petitioner
Loni Nicole Granger — Petitioner