28-usc-1915

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-7591 In Re Mark T. Stinson, Sr. 2023-05-18 Dismissed IFP 28-usc-1361 28-usc-1915 civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure mandamus service-of-process standing statutory-interpretation Did the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Arkansas Judge violate Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 4(c)(3), and 28 U.S.C. §1915(d)?
22-1024 Dora L. Adkins v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2023-04-21 Denied 28-usc-1915 amendment-right appellate-review civil-procedure district-court-dismissal failure-to-state-a-claim frivolous frivolous-claim in-forma-pauperis right-to-amend Whether the district court properly dismissed a civil action filed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) without first allowing the plaint…
22-1023 Dora L. Adkins v. American Service Center Associates, LLC, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-04-21 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1915 amendment amendment-right appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-statute in-forma-pauperis judicial-dismissal Whether the district court properly dismissed a civil action filed in forma pauperis without allowing the plaintiff to amend the complaint
22-6937 Robert L. Davis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-03-06 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 28-usc-1915 access-to-courts civil-rights court-access cruel-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment first-amendment pro-se-litigant redress Does a lifetime ban to courts under 28 U.S.C. §1915(g) unless one pays in full deny due process violating the 14th amendment right to seek redress?
22-6506 Andrew Simpson v. Carl Davis, dba Davis Construction Co., et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-01-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1915 civil-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process exceptional-circumstances informa-pauperis legal-representation mental-illness pro-se-litigant When acting under 28 USC 1915 Informa paupers, do a mental illness qualify as a 'exceptional circumstance' for appointment of council? Do a mentally i…
21-7535 Antonio Alejandro Gutierrez v. Steve Shelton, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 bruce-v-samuels civil-procedure due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis procedural-law retroactive-application retroactivity statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Question Presented
21-6675 Robert JW McCleland v. Rick Raemisch, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process expert-witness fed-r-evid-706 indigent-party judicial-notice medical-facts pro-bono-counsel standing summary-judgment Whether the appellate courts should apply case law established under Fed.R.Evid. 706 to an indigent party's request for the appointment of pro bono co…
20-7693 Keenan G. Wilkins, aka Nerrah Brown v. C. Joksch, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-04-08 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis indigent-appeal pro-se-litigant standing three-strikes Is a prisoner who is found to have three strikes pursuant to 28 USC 1915 entitled to a one-time appeal on the merits of this finding?
20-6860 Antonia W. Shields v. United States Second Circuit 2021-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 28-usc-453 civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection judicial-review pro-se-litigation standard-of-review Does the federal government give unequal rights to a free U.S. citizen and the U.S. Constitution when the judiciary requires a different standard of r…
20-6700 Melissa Calabrese v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-12-23 Denied IFP 28-usc-1915 americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights civil-rights 20-66" collateral-order-doctrine counsel-appointment district-court-order due-process in-forma-pauperis moral-rights property-development recognized-stature standing statutory-damages visual-artists-rights-act Whether the Due Process Clause permits imposing st Whether the collateral order doctrine permits the immediate appeal of a district court order denying appointment of counsel under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(…
19-7940 Luis Fernandez Morales v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 28-usc-1915 appeals appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-procedure federal-courts in-forma-pauperis merits-determination sentence-modification sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether defendant in a federal criminal case is entitled to appeal the district court's judgment denying motion to modify sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3…
19-6874 In Re Stephen Daniel Leonard 2019-12-06 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1915 abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure circuit-court-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion judicial-power pro-se-litigation standing three-strikes three-strikes-provision Whether the Eleventh Circuit abused its discretion in refusing to file the petitioner's motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal
19-332 Steven E. Davis, et al. v. Bank of America Corporation, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-09-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 28-usc-1915 civil-litigation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process forma-pauperis judicial-access legal-costs pro-se pro-se-litigants standing Do pro se litigants have any 'CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS'
18-9482 Jorge J. Rubio v. Tina Raburn, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-05-31 Dismissed IFP 28-usc-1291 28-usc-1915 appeals appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether a federal court of appeals has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. 1291 to review an order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C.…
18-8363 Joshua G. Stegemann v. United States Second Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 appellate-procedure circuit-court criminal-appeal dismissal federal-rules greenlaw-v-united-states gvr in-forma-pauperis neitzke-v-williams party-presentation-rule sua-sponte sua-sponte-dismissal Whether the Second Circuit may dismiss a criminal appeal sua sponte under Neitzke v. Williams and 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (e) without briefing by any party a…
18-8081 Jared King v. Karen Creed, et al. Second Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights coppedge-v-united-states due-process fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis notice-of-hearing standing summary-judgment Whether the panel violated plaintiff's right to due process
18-7991 George E. Kersey v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States First Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 appeal appeal-certification civil-procedure complaint-dismissal court-of-appeals dismissal district-court frivolous immunity in-forma-pauperis standing Whether the Court of Appeals properly affirmed the District Court's December 18, 2017 decisions
18-7909 John J. Wilson, Jr. v. Correct Care, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied IFP 28-usc-1915 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process imminent-injury in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure monell monell-claim standing temporary-injunction Can cases still under litigation be used as a reason to deny a plaintiff under threat of imminent injury or loss of life the right to proceed in forma…
18-7853 John Patrick Fletcher v. Celia Schwartz, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied IFP 28-usc-1915 42-U.S.C-1983 7th-amendment abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure due-process prisoner-complaint pro-se section-1915 section-1983 section-242 seventh-amendment standing takings Whether the Seventh Amendment allows an action to be dismissed under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 — without a finding of factual error — six months after the issu…
18-7752 Mohan A. Harihar v. US Bank NA, et al. First Circuit 2019-02-05 Denied IFP 28-usc-1915 appointment-of-counsel circuit-panel-procedure civil-procedure-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process judicial-recusal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge legal-complexity pro-se pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation recusal standing Whether the replacement Circuit Panel repeatedly refused to address/clarify Jurisdiction issues, ultimately denying Petitioner's efforts to resolve a …
18-5688 Joseph Emanuel v. Department of Justice District of Columbia 2018-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 access-to-courts civil-rights consent-to-collection-of-fee-form constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fee-collection in-forma-pauperis proceedings-in-forma-pauperis Is a 'consent to collection of fee form' that is not an inmate account form or an inmate trust-fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) co…