| 25A835 |
Vikram Valame v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-01-21 |
Application |
equal-protection equal-rights-amendment fifth-amendment military-integration rostker-v-goldberg selective-service |
Question not identified. |
| 25-6596 |
Jamie Brian Ketcham v. Department of Defense |
Fourth Circuit |
2026-01-15 |
Pending |
constitutional-violations due-process habeas-corpus indigent-standard military-detention sixth-amendment |
Petitioner was framed with false incriminating evidence back around 2014. A corrupted military court hearing was held without the petitioner being pre… |
| 25-737 |
John S. Morter v. Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense |
District of Columbia |
2025-12-22 |
Pending |
agency-discretion essential-job-function medical-exemption reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act security-screening |
1. Whether a federal agency may, consistent with the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and EEOC regulations,
redefine a security screening requirement —suc… |
| 25A100 |
Veronica Marquand v. Department of Defense |
Federal Circuit |
2025-07-24 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 25A26 |
Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2025-07-08 |
Presumed Complete |
administrative-record agency-misconduct judicial-review merit-systems-protection-board settlement-agreement whistleblower |
Whether an administrative agency's intentional spoliation of the underlying record can invalidate an appellate judgment and require judicial review of… |
| 24-7447 |
Gilbert Aguirre v. Department of Defense |
Federal Circuit |
2025-06-17 |
Denied |
administrative-procedure chevron-deference fraud-upon-court judicial-review rule-60-motion veterans-preference |
Is a Rule 60 Motion for Fraud upon the Court sufficient basis for judicial intervention and review on its merits? |
| 24-1241 |
Adam Kelnhofer v. United States |
Armed Forces |
2025-06-05 |
Denied |
burden-of-proof constitutional-inference drug-testing due-process military-law scientific-evidence |
Whether the inference allowing a trier of fact to find knowing use of a drug based solely on the presence of a metabolite in a defendant's body, even … |
| 24A741 |
Faye Rennell Hobson v. Department of Defense |
Federal Circuit |
2025-01-28 |
Presumed Complete |
administrative-review employment-discrimination federal-employment judicial-appeal veterans-preference veterans-rights |
Whether the Veterans' Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (VERRRA) requires federal agencies to provide substantive preference and procedural prote… |
| 24-339 |
Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-09-25 |
Denied |
administrative-procedure court-fee-waiver federal-employee-rights government-accountability userra-rights whistleblower-protection |
Does the whistleblower protection provisions of USERRA require waiver of court fees for federal employees engaged in protected whistleblowing activiti… |
| 24-265 |
Heidi Stirrup, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Visitors for the Air Force Academy, et al. v. Department of Defense, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-09-09 |
Denied |
administrative-law advisory-board-independence injunctive-relief mootness-doctrine presidential-removal-power separation-of-powers |
Whether the President may remove at will presidentially appointed members of independent advisory Boards and suspend their operations despite statutor… |
| 24-125 |
Ahmed Alahmedalabdaloklah v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-05 |
Denied |
brady-disclosure brady-obligations conspiracy criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritoriality-jurisdiction federal-agencies federal-agency improvised-explosive-devices statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. 844(f) and (n) apply extraterritorially to offenses committed abroad by non-U.S. persons, despite the statute's lack of any affirmat… |
| 24-5149 |
Brandy Thompson v. Lloyd J. Austin, III, Secretary of Defense, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-07-26 |
Denied |
ada-discrimination ada-rehabilitation-act-burden-shifting-qualified-i burden-shifting disability-rights employment-discrimination reasonable-accommodation retaliation-claim |
Did the lower court correctly apply the burden-shifting framework in assessing the plaintiff's discrimination and retaliation claims under the America… |
| 23-1001 |
Larry Golden v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2024-03-12 |
Denied |
7th-amendment civil-rights due-process patent race standing |
Whether the District and Appellate Courts' denial of Petitioner's Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial against a White-Owned Foreign Corporation th… |
| 23-6463 |
Charles D. Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2024-01-11 |
Dismissed |
civil-rights clearance-system constitutional-rights discrimination due-process eeo-records employer-discrimination retaliation sixth-amendment standing |
Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1680 which was about MDA COC's and MDA's Aiding And Abetting Employer Discrimination |
| 23-6373 |
Charles D. Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2023-12-27 |
Dismissed |
administrative-hearing civil-rights clearance constitutional-rights discrimination discrimination-claim due-process employer-discrimination equal-protection retaliation security-clearance |
Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1678 |
| 23-6372 |
Charles D. Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2023-12-27 |
Dismissed |
administrative-law agency-action civil-rights clearance constitutional-rights discrimination due-process employer-discrimination retaliation security-clearance |
Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1698 |
| 23-6371 |
Charles D. Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2023-12-27 |
Dismissed |
abuse-of-power civil-rights clearance-system constitutional-rights discrimination due-process employer-discrimination employment-discrimination evidence-suppression obstruction-of-justice sixth-amendment |
Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1695 |
| 23-6370 |
Charles D. Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2023-12-27 |
Dismissed |
clearance-system constitutional-rights disparate-treatment dod-clearance-system due-process eeo-records employer-discrimination equal-justice retaliation sixth-amendment |
Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1662 which was about Removing the last discriminatory '2' appraisal from my records |
| 23A355 |
Martin Akerman v. Nevada National Guard |
Nevada |
2023-10-18 |
Presumed Complete |
and whether such challenges present unresolved co civil-forfeiture constitutional-jurisdiction due-process false-imprisonment habeas-corpus National-Guard-authority |
Whether a federal employee may challenge through habeas corpus and replevin actions the legality of civil forfeiture and alleged false imprisonment by… |
| 23-5325 |
Charles D. Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2023-08-10 |
Dismissed |
agency-collusion civil-rights collusion-between-an-mda-ses-and-dia-is-wrong-and- constitutional-violations due-process employer-discrimination equal-justice-under-the-law evidence-withholding sixth-amendment standing |
Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1212 |
| 23A64 |
D'Andre M. Johnson v. United States |
Armed Forces |
2023-07-24 |
Presumed Complete |
cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment military-confinement sentence-appropriateness uniform-code-of-military-justice |
Whether military officials may constitutionally subject a service member to confinement conditions that constitute cruel and unusual punishment in vio… |
| 23A16 |
Thomas Stalcup v. Department of Defense |
First Circuit |
2023-07-10 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 23-21 |
Stuart R. Harrow v. Department of Defense |
Federal Circuit |
2023-07-06 |
Judgment Issued |
administrative-law federal-circuit federal-employee filing-deadline judicial-review jurisdictional jurisdictional-deadline merit-systems-protection-board nonjurisdictional statutory-interpretation |
Whether the 60-day deadline in 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1)(A) is jurisdictional |
| 22-1128 |
Amos N. Jones v. Campbell University, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-05-19 |
Denied |
administrative-law civil-procedure deposition discovery dismissal due-process federal-rules judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss sanctions standing |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit err in upholding the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Caro… |
| 22-1122 |
Virgil M. Lorenzo v. Lloyd J. Austin, III, Secretary of Defense |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-05-17 |
Denied |
communicative-competence discrimination litigation-barrier national-origin objective-evidence subjective-judgment subjective-judgments title-vii |
Does the reliance of federal courts on subjective judgments concerning the communicative competence of the plaintiff constitute an unreasonable obstac… |
| 22-355 |
Kathy Lynn Carter v. Department of Defense |
Federal Circuit |
2022-10-14 |
Denied |
administrative-procedure agency-action cell-phone-data due-process fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence merit-system privacy reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure telework-agreement unexcused-leave |
Whether the government's warrantless seizure and search of a person's cell phone data violates the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable sear… |
| 22-5393 |
Seth Mitchell v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-08-18 |
Denied |
administrative-law civil-rights document-withholding due-process freedom-of-information-act government-transparency governmental-agencies privacy-act |
when-can-government-agencies-withhold-foia-documents |
| 22-5122 |
Faye Rennell Hobson v. Merit Systems Protection Board |
Federal Circuit |
2022-07-19 |
Denied |
administrative-law civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination federal-circuit merit-systems-protection-board retaliation whistleblower-protection |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit erred in dismissing the Petitioner's Whistleblower By Proxy case |
| 21-7466 |
Anthony Aanand Patel v. Sonya Bhatia Patel |
California |
2022-03-25 |
Dismissed |
civil-rights congress due-process federal-judges judicial-misconduct judicial-resignation legal-education mandatory-legal-education martial-law national-security standing |
why-does-wasting-appellant's-time-prove-mandatory-continuing-legal-education |
| 21-6339 |
Sushila Gaur v. Department of Defense |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-11-19 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction standing |
Question not identified |
| 21-6333 |
Eddy Jean Philippeaux v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2021-11-18 |
Denied |
5th-amendment disability-process due-process mental-disability military-discharge traumatic-brain-injury |
Is the Secretary of the Department of Defense or the respective Secretary of the Military Branch of Service of the U.S. Armed Forces or the Servicemem… |
| 21-5781 |
Adelaide Lorin Scurlock-Zindler v. Peter Henry Zindler |
District of Columbia |
2021-09-24 |
Denied |
civil-rights due-process family international-human-rights judicial-misconduct marriage military military-jurisdiction state-department-intervention |
Why were the Respondent and I, as civilians, permitted to get married and renew our vows on an active-military-carrier, bringing family-and-friends ab… |
| 20-7741 |
Wen Dong Zhao v. Department of State |
Second Circuit |
2021-04-14 |
Denied |
administrative-procedure civil-rights department-of-state due-process embassy-communication federal-investigation freedom-of-information government-misconduct intellectual-property judicial-review letter-disposition standing |
Denial-of-access-to-letters |
| 20-1057 |
Oracle America, Inc. v. United States, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-02-03 |
Denied |
administrative-law administrative-record agency-deference bid-protest conflicts-of-interest criminal-statute federal-law harmless-error procurement procurement-law |
Whether a bid protest that establishes a violation of federal law may be denied for 'harmless error' based on a rationale not present in the administr… |
| 20-1039 |
Elizabeth Aviles-Wynkoop v. Department of Defense |
Federal Circuit |
2021-01-29 |
Denied |
5th-amendment administrative-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-employment federal-regulations fifth-amendment whistleblower |
Can the Federal Government violate a Federal Employee's 5th Amendment right by depriving a federal employee of his or her property right (job) without… |
| 20-928 |
National Coalition For Men, et al. v. Selective Service System, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-12 |
Denied |
combat-roles constitutional-challenge equal-protection fifth-amendment gender-discrimination military-draft rostker-v-goldberg selective-service |
Whether the federal requirement that men but not women register for the Selective Service, authorized under 50 U.S.C. § 3802(a), violates the right to… |
| 20-298 |
El Paso County, Texas, et al. v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-08 |
Pending |
appropriations-clause border-wall caa congressional-spending department-of-defense executive-branch executive-power separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation transfer-of-funds |
Whether the Executive Branch's expenditure of $2.5 billion on border-wall construction violates the CAA and thus the Appropriations Clause |
| 20-138 |
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. v. Sierra Club, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-08-07 |
Judgment Issued |
administrative-law appropriations appropriations-transfer department-of-defense executive-power judicial-review national-security separation-of-powers standing statutory-authority statutory-interpretation |
Whether respondents have a cognizable cause of action to obtain review of the Acting Secretary's compliance with Section 8005's proviso in transferrin… |
| 20-118 |
Gregory Greer v. General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-08-04 |
Denied |
contractor-employee-supervision executive-order-12829 federal-acquisition-regulation federal-acquisition-regulations inherently-governmental-function national-industrial-security-program private-right-of-action security-clearance |
Is the language of 48 CFR 7.503(d)(13) vague and untenable? |
| 19-1194 |
Jiahao Kuang, et al. v. Department of Defense, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-04-02 |
Denied |
administrative-law administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act,civil-procedure,due-p due-process equal-protection injunctive-relief judicial-review military-affairs standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether courts can evade their constitutional and statutory duty to review military decisions under the so-called 'Mindes test', or whether claims see… |
| 19A808 |
Jiahao Kuang, et al. v. Department of Defense, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-21 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 19-448 |
Glen Plourde v. Jane Doe |
Maine |
2019-10-03 |
Denied |
assassination-attempts civil-rights constitutional-law due-process government-surveillance harassment international-law standing surveillance torture |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated due to harassment, surveillance, and alleged torture by government agents |
| 19-299 |
G. D. P. v. N. G. P. |
Maine |
2019-09-05 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-due-process domestic-violence due-process federal-jurisdiction government-surveillance international-law protection-from-abuse standing takings torture torture-allegations torture. |
Whether the Petitioner's constitutional rights were violated due to alleged torture, surveillance, and lack of government protection |
| 19-224 |
Bryan James Strother v. David S. Baldwin, Adjutant General, California Army National Guard, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-20 |
Denied |
accrued-benefits civil-rights contractual-entitlements due-process federal-tort-claims-act federal-torts-claim-act feres-doctrine military-benefits military-pay military-pay-and-bonuses property-rights repetition-evading-review vested-property-interests vested-property-rights |
Whether accrued military pay and bonuses are vested property entitlements or unilateral gratuities |
| 19-144 |
James Thomas Ryan v. Department of Defense |
Federal Circuit |
2019-07-31 |
Denied |
administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process employment federal-circuit federal-circuit-court-of-appeals federal-employment merit-systems-protection-board notice-and-opportunity personnel-action whistleblower-protection |
Can the government sustain a specification without giving the employee notice? |
| 18-1574 |
William Henry Starrett v. Department of Defense, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-25 |
Denied |
12(b)(6) appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process factual-allegations federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure motion-to-dismiss patent pleading pleading-standards standard-of-review standing takings technology-law |
Whether a complaint can survive a motion to dismiss when its factual allegations and claims involve one or more technologies, or capabilities of combi… |
| 18-1061 |
Karen Graviss v. Department of Defense, Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools |
Federal Circuit |
2019-02-13 |
Denied |
None |
|
| 18-7763 |
Charles Dereck Adams v. Department of Defense |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-05 |
Denied |
abuse-of-power administrative-procedure age-discrimination civil-rights discrimination discrimination-abuse-of-power disparate-treatment disparate-treatment-discrimination employment-discrimination extortion mspb-quorum-bias prohibited-personnel-practice vera-vsip-denial vera-vsip-hearing-fairness vera-vsip-weapon veraivsip |
Unlawful VERA Retirement Denial |
| 18-971 |
Faye R. Hobson v. James Mattis, former Secretary of Defense |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-28 |
Denied |
ada administrative-exhaustion chevron-deference civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling fmla pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation rehabilitation-act standing title-vii |
Should the doctrine of equitable tolling be expanded to include a pro se party's mistaken belief about filing deadlines |
| 18-627 |
William Henry Starrett, Jr. v. Lockheed Martin Corporation, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-13 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-statutory-causes-of-action constitutional-rights due-process emotional-distress federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress service-of-process standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Did the Fifth Circuit err in affirming a district court's conclusion that service of process by Certified Mail is insufficient under Federal Rules of … |
| 18-544 |
Teresita A. Canuto v. Department of Defense, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2018-10-25 |
Denied |
28-usc-1604 28-usc-1605 acting-official foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity foreign-state government-liability individual-capacity individual-liability official-capacity service-of-process sovereign-immunity state-immunity statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether a foreign state's immunity from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act extends to an individual for acts taken in the individual's fo… |
| 18-5766 |
Jian-yun Dong, aka John Dong v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-08-24 |
Denied |
appellate-court-standard campaign-contribution campaign-contribution-violation campaign-finance civilian-affairs civilian-law-enforcement domestic-security-act jurisdiction-removal military-jurisdiction posse-comitatus-act prosecutorial-misconduct third-amendment |
Whether the Third Amendment protects civilians from military intrusion into law enforcement |
| 18-207 |
George Duggan v. Department of Defense |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-16 |
Denied |
affirmative-defense agency-burden clear-and-convincing-evidence federal-circuit personnel-actions prima-facie prima-facie-retaliation protected-disclosures retaliation whistleblower-protection whistleblower-protection-enhancement-act |
Whether after a prima facie retaliation for whistleblowing has been found under the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012, does the Agency'… |