13th-amendment

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24-1162 Gina Robinson v. Fashion District Dental, et al. New York 2025-05-14 Denied Response Waived 13th-amendment 14th-amendment civil-rights-violation constitutional-rights court-of-appeals jurisdiction-refusal Whether the New York Court of Appeals violated constitutional rights by improperly refusing jurisdiction and dismissing a case involving alleged 13th …
24-5818 In Re Lemerick Christopher 2024-10-24 Denied IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process federal-status state-jurisdiction Question not identified.
24-5351 In Re Michael Toro El 2024-08-20 Denied IFP 13th-amendment constitutional-rights denationalization jurisdiction racial-labeling slavery Whether the use of racial labels on arrest records constitutes a violation of constitutional rights and a form of denationalization under the 13th Ame…
24-5080 Glenn Brumfield v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment civil-rights color-of-state-laws constitutional-rights due-process fraud judicial-fraud state-law-violation Whether judgments of Louisiana Supreme Court, the Appeals Court, Fifth Circuit, and the District Court are absolutely null?
23-1138 Angela Williams, et al. v. Joseph Lombardo, Governor of Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-19 Denied Response Waived 13th-amendment article-iii-standing causation civil-procedure civil-rights government-liability section-1983 standing thirteenth-amendment trafficking-victims-protection-act Whether codefendants in a lawsuit can be treated as independent third parties not before the court for purposes of Article III standing traceability
22-7634 Alan Headman v. Camille Headman, aka Camille Bromley Utah 2023-05-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 13th-amendment alimony alimony-servitude civil-rights court-coercion due-process involuntary-servitude jury-trial pre-nuptial-agreement thirteenth-amendment Whether the Supreme Court should order the use of a 'Headman Deference' doctrine for alimony-related servitude
22-941 Hatem Saied v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board of Pennsylvania, et al. Pennsylvania 2023-03-28 Denied Response Waived 13th-amendment benefits bias constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel employer-liability medical-care workers-compensation Should the employer be responsible for fully paying all benefits till the date of the WCJ's decision, even if the worker had recovered earlier?
22-6770 In Re Alphonza Thomas Bey 2023-02-14 Dismissed IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment 15th-amendment administrative-remedies constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-questions human-rights personal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction unlawful-imprisonment Whether the United States Constitution, the United States Congress, and/or the Constitution of the State of North Carolina have government jurisdictio…
22-6275 Dalton Alonzo Dixon v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-12-09 Denied IFP 13th-amendment citizenship civil-rights consent constitutional-rights due-process government-labor-program government-program involuntary-servitude thirteenth-amendment Whether the statutory presumption of consent when participating in a government program violates the Thirteenth Amendment's prohibition on slavery and…
22-5632 Albert Coppedge v. New York, et al. Second Circuit 2022-09-21 Denied IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment adoption-law birth-certificate citizenship-status civil-procedure civil-rights due-process identity-documentation international-adoption legal-impediment standing What Branch of Law Purported the States to Apply Abolished Slave Labels (Negro, Black, and Colored) to Any Human of African Descent After 1865?
22-5616 In Re Deonte Jenkins 2022-09-20 Denied IFP 13th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-claim political-hostage sovereign-rights treaty-rights Whether the petitioner's claims of unconstitutional and unlawful detention by the Commonwealth of Virginia violate his constitutional rights under the…
22-5486 Hillary Best v. New York City Police Department Sex Offender Unit Second Circuit 2022-09-01 Denied IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 6th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process Whether the State Statute, under New York Criminal Procedure Law §100.30(1)(d), is unconstitutional by allowing arrest and detention upon unsworn crim…
22-5370 In Re Rodney Allen Bey 2022-08-17 Denied IFP 13th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights denationalization due-process property racial-classification slave-status slavery What branch of law authorized states to apply abolished slave labels (negro, black, colored) to any person of African descent after 1865?
22-91 Stephanie Logsdon Smith, et al. v. Kentucky Sixth Circuit 2022-07-29 Denied Response Waived 13th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violation involuntary-servitude private-right-of-action probation-officer sexual-slavery slavery sovereign-immunity state-action thirteenth-amendment Whether the Constitution confers a private right of action against an individual State when that State violates the explicit prohibitions against slav…
21-7968 Thurman Jerome Brown v. New York, et al. Second Circuit 2022-05-24 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 13th-amendment binding-precedent civil-procedure civil-rights due-process extrajudicial-proceedings judicial-discretion personal-jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment What is the full legal effect of the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to grant certiorari?
21-1408 Peter Efo v. Diane Fondjo Maryland 2022-05-02 Denied 13th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-order damages due-process employment-law labor labor-rights restitution thirteenth-amendment Whether a Court Order for refund of paid labor cost for work ordered by an employer and was completed by a laborer violates the U.S.C. Amendment XIII …
21-7527 Kieron Derek Penigar v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-04-01 Dismissed IFP 13th-amendment civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection healthcare-access interstate-travel reproductive-rights slavery state-restrictions states-rights Whether the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution allows slavery in the Confederate states?
21-215 Barry J. Smith, Sr. v. United States Congress, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-08-13 Denied Response Waived 13th-amendment 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-jurisdiction due-process government-consent petition-for-redress second-amendment self-defense thirteenth-amendment Does petitioner need the government's consent to petition the government for redress of his grievance
20-6847 Christopher Bryan Torres v. Brad Livingston, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-01-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 13th-amendment civil-rights involuntary-servitude legal-rights prison-labor pro-se pro-se-complaint section-1983 thirteenth-amendment Do 13th Amendment slaves, or those under involuntary servitude, have legal rights when filing pro se § 1983 complaints for serious injuries received f…
20-698 Alan Headman v. Royal I. Hansen, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-11-20 Denied Response Waived 13th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection inadequate-forum involuntary-servitude judicial-immunity thirteenth-amendment Whether the lack of 'specific' terms within a written agreement should prevent state court officers from imposing terms of servitude
20-5189 In Re Khayree Smith 2020-07-29 Denied IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights denationalization dred-scott-v-sandford due-process racial-classification slavery-abolition standing Whether the application of the abolished slave labels of 'negro', 'black', and 'colored' to individuals violates their constitutional rights and denat…
19-7147 In Re Khayree Smith 2020-01-03 Denied IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment chattel-property chattel-slavery civil-rights constitutional-rights denationalization due-process ex-post-facto jurisdictional-challenge racial-classification slavery slavery-abolition status What branch of law authorized States to apply abolished slave labels (Negro, Black, Colored) to any person of African descent after 1865?
19-6014 In Re Lee R. Comier, Jr. 2019-09-20 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process jurisdiction reparations slavery 13th-amendment 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus slavery state-law Whether the State of Arizona can legally apply a 'slave' label to a person of African descent after 1865, in violation of the 13th Amendment and due p…
19-5989 Errol Victor, Sr. v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-09-18 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-provision direct-review due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-trial jury-unanimity retroactivity state-constitutional-law thirteenth-amendment verdict-retroactivity Whether it denies defendant's Fourteenth and Thirteenth Amendment Rights while on direct review not to retroactively vacate a non-unanimous jury verdi…
19-124 Barry J. Smith, Sr. v. United States, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-07-25 Denied Response Waived 13th-amendment civil-rights criminal-sentence criminal-sentencing dred-scott due-process emancipation involuntary-servitude judicial-relief thirteenth-amendment Does duly convicted include duly sentenced, and did petitioner's Thirteenth Amendment enslavement end when he discharged from his Thirteenth Amendment…
18-9250 Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva v. Alameda Health System, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 13th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment employment employment-retaliation involuntary-servitude retaliation thirteenth-amendment Shall the Court of Appeals expedite an Appeal in an employment retaliation case
18-8691 Eugene C. Boisvert v. United States Second Circuit 2019-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 13th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights counsel-ineffective due-process government-misconduct Whether the petitioner's 5th, 6th, 8th, and 13th Amendment constitutional rights were violated by the United States government and the petitioner's co…
18-7528 In Re Keith E. Doyle 2019-01-23 Denied IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment adversarial-hearing constitutional-intent due-process fourteenth-amendment indictment indictment-by-information information-document intent-of-delegates judicial-procedure montana-constitution preliminary-examination preliminary-hearing void-proceedings Did the district court judge violate my right to Due Process of Law, factually loose jurisdiction, and create void proceedings?
18-7392 In Re James Rudnick 2019-01-10 Denied IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure custody due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus incarceration-authority mittimus thirteenth-amendment Whether the Respondent has valid authority to punish the Applicant and keep him incarcerated without a valid conviction
18-787 Robert Lee Rhoe, II v. Montgomery County Office of Child Support Enforcement Maryland 2018-12-20 Denied Response Waived 13th-amendment child-support civil-rights dna dna-rights due-process economic-enslavement liberty paternity-testing property takings thirteenth-amendment Whether the Custodial Parent and MCOCSE's actions in economically enslaving the Petitioner through child support and U.S. citizenship claims over his …
18-6987 Javon Sanders v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied IFP 13th-amendment civil-rights compensation constitutional-challenge due-process evidence-standard forced-labor-slavery interaction-log international-covenant international-law involuntary-servitude labor-conditions law-enforcement police-contact prison-labor prison-reform procedural-review Whether the failure of the Arkansas Department of Correction to pay equitable remuneration to its inmate population violates the Thirteenth Amendment'…
18-5580 In Re Camaron Thorn Kye-El 2018-08-14 Denied IFP 13th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection human-rights involuntary-servitude jurisdiction legal-personhood property-rights property-status racial-classification racial-discrimination slavery standing Whether the Thirteenth Amendment prohibits the involuntary servitude of African Americans and other racial minorities