No. 25-6695

Andrew W. Bell v. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2026-02-03
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appellate-procedure en-banc-review judicial-review mandate-issuance notice-requirements procedural-rules
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a court of appeals violates Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 40 and 41 when it issues a mandate after granting a motion to correct a petition for rehearing en banc, without notice, briefing, or an order shortening the mandate period

Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether a court of appeals violates Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 40 and 41 when it issues a mandate after granting a motion to correct a petition for rehearing en banc, without notice, briefing, or an order shortening the mandate period. 2. Whether the Constitution requires recognition of a fraud-on-the-court exception to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine where a state-court judgment is alleged to have been procured through altered documents, misrepresentations, or other misconduct preventing meaningful judicial review. 3. Whether Georgia ’s statutory requirement that a candidate challenge the denial of a nomination petition within five days —combined with delayed notice and the inability to obtain timely judicial review —violates the. Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 4. Whether Georgia ’s ballot-access scheme, including the five-percent signature requirement for non-statewide independent candidates and the compressed judicial-review timeline, imposes unconstitutional burdens on the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of candidates and voters. 5. Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in refusing to review evidence of document alteration, irregularities, and inconsistent application of state election procedures, where such irregularities prevented Petitioner from obtaining meaningful review in state court.

Docket Entries

2026-01-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 5, 2026)

Attorneys

Andrew Bell
Andrew W. Bell — Petitioner
Andrew W. Bell — Petitioner