| 25A533 |
James W. VanDivner, Jr. v. Laurel R. Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-11-07 |
Application |
capital-case certificate-of-appealability circuit-court federal-public-defender habeas-corpus post-conviction |
Whether a federal habeas petitioner may obtain a certificate of appealability when two complex areas of law intersect in a post-conviction review |
| 25-5364 |
David R. Kauffman v. United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania |
Third Circuit |
2025-08-14 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-violations federal-procedure judicial-misconduct mandamus-petition rule-16 |
On October 3,2023, Petitioner David Ryan Kauffman ("Mr. Kauffman ") filed
a civil action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court f… |
| 23-12 |
John Kowal v. Ferndale Area School District, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-07-05 |
Denied |
age-discrimination but-for-causation employee-benefits equal-cost-or-equal-benefit equal-protection medicare-eligibility older-workers-benefit-protection-act takings-clause |
Whether the prerequisite in Ferndale's 'Sick Leave Incentive' violates the ADEA and OWBPA |
| 22-7174 |
James R. Householder, Jr. v. Michael Zaken, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-04-03 |
Denied |
cross-examination due-process Fair-trial Fourteenth-Amendment Impeachment Inconsistent-testimony ineffective-assistance Ineffective-counsel Sixth-Amendment witness-testimony |
Due-process |
| 21-989 |
Jean Coulter v. Paul Laurence Dunbar Community Center, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-01-12 |
Denied |
appellate-review bias district-court due-process extrajudicial-source-doctrine judicial-bias pervasive-bias third-circuit |
Has Bias/Pervasive Bias violated Due Process in both the District Court and the Third Circuit? |
| 19-8753 |
Frederick H. Banks v. United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania |
Third Circuit |
2020-06-19 |
Dismissed |
constitution house-of-representatives preamble public-domain standing treaty |
Whether Adam and Gebhss' Clause in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution gave Petitioner standing to compel the U.S. House of Representatives to revie… |
| 18-8610 |
Antonio Sierra v. Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-03-29 |
Denied |
28-usc-2241 article-iii civil-procedure constitutional-review district-court due-process habeas-corpus judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction procedural-impairment standing |
Whether the District Judge of the Custodial United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania is precluded from exercising Article… |
| 18-497 |
Jean Coulter v. Cathy Bissoon, Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-10-17 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct recusal rule-of-law separation-of-powers vexatious-litigant |
Have the courts' refusal to recuse and non-compliance with criminal/civil statutes, case law and their code of conduct and the rule of law resulted in… |
| 18-5045 |
Vernon L. Brown v. United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania |
Third Circuit |
2018-06-29 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection fair-housing freedom-of-speech retaliation standing takings |
Whether the court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims related to discrimination and retaliation under the Fair Housing Act and other civil rig… |