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25-880 In Re Roy Dixon, et ux. 2026-01-22 Pending Response Waived civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment foreclosure fourteenth-amendment mandamus Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the 15th Judicial Circuit Court in West Palm Beach, Florida, to perform its ministerial duty to vaca…
25-6593 Jason Jones v. Florida Florida 2026-01-15 Pending IFP criminal-fines eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment immunities-clause incarceration-costs Whether the Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment must restrict government from imposing costs of incarceration and criminal fines that are gr…
25-6481 Brent Evan Webster v. Redwood Holdings, LLC, dba Wedgewood Inc. Oregon 2026-01-05 Pending IFP bona-fide-purchaser constitutional-rights deed-transfer due-process foreclosure property-taking Question 1 Concerning: 1. "Whether the state-court judgments sanctioning the transfer of real property obtained through a collusive foreclosure proces…
25-703 Calvary Chapel San Jose, et al. v. California, et al. California 2025-12-17 Pending Amici (7) church-autonomy covid-restrictions excessive-fines free-exercise-clause religious-liberty strict-scrutiny At issue in this case is the ability of government to referee religious services in a house of worship. Government officials in California imposed COV…
25-6060 Katherine Henry, et vir v. City of Ormond Beach, Florida Florida 2025-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection excessive-fines local-law-compliance malum-prohibitum The lower tribunals committed harmful errors by violating Henrys' right to Equal Protection, issuing orders violating state and local laws, and issuin…
25-460 Donata Edwards v. U.S. Bank National Association, Trustee for RMAC Trust, Series 2016-CTT, et al. District of Columbia 2025-10-16 Denied Response Waived covid-19-restrictions equal-protection executive-order foreclosure fourteenth-amendment property-sale 1. Whether the DC Court of Appeals improperly affirmed the decision of its lower court to ratify the sale of Petitioner 's real property and the su…
25-246 Kenneth J. Jouppi v. Alaska Alaska 2025-09-03 Pending Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-law culpability due-process excessive-fines judicial-standard property-forfeiture Whether, in determining whether a fine contravenes the Excessive Fines Clause, courts may consider the gravity of the underlying offense purely in the…
25-5366 Jane Doe v. Jack Dwosh California 2025-08-14 Denied IFP due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment indigent-party pro-per Does the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause protect a pro per indigent party in State courts, whether or not she uses the term 'Eighth Amendmen…
25A182 Morgan Joseph Langan v. Chip Davis, et al. Arizona 2025-08-13 Application constitutional-protections due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines petition-rights republican-form-of-government Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits local governments from imposing excessive fines that violate constitutional protections and deny citizens' righ…
25-87 Kevin F. MacDonald v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. Massachusetts 2025-07-23 Denied Response Waived due-process estate-law foreclosure pro-se-litigation property-rights standing Whether a pro se beneficiary and co-representative of an estate has standing to prevent wrongful foreclosure when emergency action is necessary and co…
24A1287 Kenneth J. Jouppi v. Alaska Alaska 2025-06-26 Presumed Complete alcohol-transportation dry-village eighth-amendment excessive-fines forfeiture mandatory-seizure Whether the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment prohibits the mandatory forfeiture of an aircraft used to transport a small quantity of alc…
24A1166 Ray Leonerdirt Diaz Santiago v. Jose Ramon Carrion Morales, et al. First Circuit 2025-05-30 Presumed Complete bankruptcy constitutional-violations due-process foreclosure notice-of-hearing property-rights Whether due process requires meaningful notice and opportunity to be heard in bankruptcy foreclosure proceedings involving property rights when proced…
24-7077 Todd Stephens v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fifth-amendment pro-se-litigant restitution Does imposing a restitution order of $130,220,803.65 derived from speculative calculations and disproportionately exceeding the petitioner's limited n…
24-7008 Anthony Michael Branch v. Fannie Mae, et al. Massachusetts 2025-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process foreclosure non-judicial-foreclosure notice-of-default property-rights Did the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court err in affirming the Housing Court's decision granting possession to Fannie Mae and the third-party purch…
24-1077 Sierra Health and Life Insurance Company, Inc. v. Sandra L. Eskew, as Special Administrator of the Estate of William George Eskew Nevada 2025-04-15 Dismissed constitutional-protections due-process excessive-fines fair-notice gore-guideposts punitive-damages Whether Gore's constitutional protections against excessive punitive damages are inapplicable in cases where statutes purportedly authorize such award…
24-1045 City of Los Angeles, California v. Jesus Pimentel, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-04-01 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 burden-of-proof eighth-amendment excessive-fines gross-disproportionality prima-facie-case Does a government defending against an Eighth Amendment excessive fines claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 bear a burden to produce affirmative evidence tha…
24-799 Hanh Ho Tran v. Parkway Condominiums I Homeowners Association, Inc. Colorado 2025-01-27 Denied Response Waived assessment-collection civil-procedure due-process equal-protection foreclosure homeowners-association Whether Parkway Condominiums I Homeowners Association violated Colorado law through improper foreclosure, legal document filing, and assessment collec…
24A692 Edward Moses, Jr. v. U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the RMAC Trust, Series 2018 G-CTT Louisiana 2025-01-15 Presumed Complete banking-law constitutional-challenge foreclosure pro-se property-rights sovereign-immunity Whether a pro se litigant claiming sovereign status can challenge a foreclosure proceeding based on purported sovereign immunity or constitutional def…
24A627 United States v. Steven Zorn, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-12-26 Presumed Complete civil-penalty eighth-amendment excessive-fines false-claims-act medicaid-fraud qui-tam Whether the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment limits the civil penalty amount in qui tam False Claims Act cases where the government decl…
24A578 The Good Foundation, Inc., et al. v. Matthew Vertefeuille, Director, Town of Windham Code Enforcement Connecticut 2024-12-12 Presumed Complete blight-lien due-process foreclosure municipal-enforcement property-rights taking Whether the Due Process Clause protects property owners from municipal blight lien foreclosure actions that potentially constitute an unconstitutional…
24A493 Anthony Michael Branch v. Fannie Mae, et al. Massachusetts 2024-11-18 Presumed Complete due-process foreclosure intervention judicial-review mootness property-rights Whether a state appellate court's dismissal of a foreclosure challenge as moot violates a property owner's due process rights when the underlying fore…
24A468 Grace Rungu v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee Massachusetts 2024-11-08 Presumed Complete due-process eviction foreclosure judicial-review property-rights title-dispute Whether Massachusetts state courts have systematically violated due process and property rights by failing to properly adjudicate title disputes in fo…
24A470 Margaly Philippe v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Trustee Massachusetts 2024-11-08 Presumed Complete foreclosure judicial-review predatory-lending property-rights statutory-interpretation title-transfer Whether Massachusetts foreclosure statutes require judicial review of foreclosure sales and title transfers to ensure compliance with state property l…
24-314 Paul Siladi v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Connecticut 2024-09-19 Denied Response Waived appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process foreclosure judicial-procedure procedural-due-process Whether the Connecticut Supreme Court's denial of Petitioner's appeal petition violates due process rights under the 5th and 14th Amendments by uphold…
24A261 Lilia Belkova v. PNC Bank, N.A. Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-13 Presumed Complete bankruptcy foreclosure lien-rights mortgage-dispute pro-se summary-judgment Whether a bankruptcy court's summary judgment order allowing a creditor to foreclose on a property can be challenged on appeal when the foreclosure ac…
24-31 Michael J. Libman, et al. v. Antwon Jones, et al. California 2024-07-12 Denied ability-to-pay attorney-fees disgorgement eighth-amendment excessive-fines professional-conduct proportionality-test Does the court-ordered disgorgement of attorney fees for violation of state rules of professional conduct fall under the 'excessive fines' clause of t…
23-1291 Gazul Producciones SL Unipersonal v. Sheddf2-FL5 LLC Florida 2024-06-11 Denied corporate-disclosure covid-19 foreclosure general-appearance non-litigation-counsel pandemic-procedure service-of-process waiver zoom-hearing Whether a Spanish entity waived service of process
23-7686 Sammy David McLain, Jr. v. Michelle L. Thaller, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-06-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process excessive-fines judicial-jurisdiction standing sua-sponte-dismissal tort-claim Can a Judge(s) dismiss a Claim sua sponte (frivolous) involving a Tort (civil wrong) Code (statute) Injury (loss of a legal right) and an Act (law) wi…
23-7534 Charles Feick v. The Brutsche Family Revocable Trust, et al. Washington 2024-05-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ability-to-pay constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment indigent-rights Whether the Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment require the state to demonstrate a rational basis for treating …
23A1044 Michael J. Libman, et al. v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2024-05-22 Presumed Complete attorney-fees disgorgement eighth-amendment ex-post-facto excessive-fines professional-conduct Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits a state court from disgorging an attorney's fees without finding harm to clients or assessing the attorney's ab…
23-7506 Alicia L'Esperance v. Chloe Thibodeau New Hampshire 2024-05-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-fines fair-housing judicial-procedure landlord-tenant notification notification-requirements property search Whether any State or judicial body should be allowed to violate Constitutional Rights
23-1192 Christine Mire v. University Hospital & Clinics, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-03 Denied Response Waived attorney-conduct civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment estoppel excessive-fines first-amendment free-speech punitive-sanctions subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the lower courts' imposition of punitive sanctions violates Petitioner's rights under the First and/or Eighth Amendments
23A960 Chryssoula Arsenis v. M&T Bank Third Circuit 2024-04-25 Presumed Complete certiorari emergency-relief foreclosure irreparable-harm remand stay Whether a trial court's remand order can be stayed pending potential Supreme Court review of a foreclosure proceeding
23-1083 Shula Waxwoman, fka Shlomit Ruttkamp v. The Bank of New York Mellon, et al. Connecticut 2024-04-04 Denied constitutional-protection covid-19 due-process equal-protection eviction-stay foreclosure foreclosure-moratorium fraud-misrepresentation judicial-procedure property-rights state-of-emergency Whether the lifting of COVID-19 foreclosure moratoriums deprives individuals of due process and equal protection
23-7053 Jonathan James Markle v. Texas Texas 2024-03-21 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
23-994 Marcus Marchman v. Amerihome Mortgage Co. Georgia 2024-03-12 Denied bills-of-exchange bonds commerce-clause discharge foreclosure mortgage-debt securitized-debt standing title-48-cfr treasury-bonds u-c-c Can the identified 'Holder' of the Securitized mortgage debt avoid discharge of said debt when bonds are issued in accord with Title 48 C.F.R. Ch. 1, …
23A823 Paul Siladi v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Connecticut 2024-03-07 Presumed Complete due-process fifth-amendment foreclosure fourteenth-amendment standing summary-judgment Whether the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments require a state court to conduct an evidentiary hearing and allow discovery before granting summary judgme…
23-6591 Tracie Ledora Green v. U.S. Bank National Association Fourth Circuit 2024-01-26 Denied Relisted (4)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process foreclosure foreclosure-case jurisdiction legal-violations standing witness-protection Was the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in error dismissing the appeal for a 'lack of jurisdiction'
23-781 Sammie Todd Moser v. Halifax County Board of Supervisors, et al. Virginia 2024-01-23 Denied Response Waived appeals-limitation due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fifth-amendment forfeiture retirement-benefits Whether the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines clause was violated in the forfeiture of Petitioner's vested retirement benefits
23-6301 Delbert Leroy Oldham v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-12-19 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-error cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines res-judicata sentencing Whether the Court of Appeals erred by applying the doctrine of res-judicata,whether the District Court exceeded its authority,whether the trial court …
23-6280 Felix I. Gaspard v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, et al. Florida 2023-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure foreclosure-action fraud judicial-immunity property-rights taking-clause Whether the judiciary has jurisdiction to effectuate the 'Taking without due process and without just compensation' of a pro se black disabled senior …
23-5984 Lawrence F. Curtin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment
23-5870 George Tolbert v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, dba Mr. Cooper Seventh Circuit 2023-10-24 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation consumer-protection discovery due-process federal-regulation foreclosure mortgage-foreclosure property-rights sanctions Whether Nationstar/Mr. Cooper failed to comply with discovery rules, the Dodd-Frank 120-day rule, and other consumer protection regulations, and wheth…
23-403 Emma Serna, et al. v. William Cooksey, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-10-18 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment foreclosure foreclosure-proceeding standing void-judgment Whether an appellate court has jurisdiction to vacate a 'void judgment' under the Fifth Amendment, and whether a wrongful foreclosure judgment should …
23-391 Alexander Eugenio Moskovits v. MTGLQ Investors, L.P. Florida 2023-10-13 Denied civil-procedure due-process equal-protection foreclosure foreclosure-law judicial-precedent standing stare-decisis subject-matter-jurisdiction whether-florida-state-courts-can-defy-stare-decisis-on-the-jurisdictional-issue-of-lack-of-plaintiff-standing
23-383 Karen C. Yeh Ho v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-clause contracts due-process equal-protection foreclosure mortgage-modification takings Whether Respondent voided and denial of permanent streamline mortgage modification agreement is a violation of United States Constitution
23-388 Richard W. Como v. Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement Board Pennsylvania 2023-10-12 Denied Response Waived civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process excessive-fines excessive-punishment fourteenth-amendment pension pension-forfeiture public-employee retirement-law Did the Commonwealth Court and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court err in forfeiting Mr. Como's entire pension due to criminal convictions as Superintenden…
23-314 Debra Brown v. Federal National Mortgage Association Massachusetts 2023-09-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) consideration default due-process equal-protection foreclosure fraud government-instrumentality mortgage property-ownership standing takings Whether FNMA as an instrumentality of the U.S. Government and/or state government can take private citizens' property without due process of law const…
23-5521 Jackie Gaff v. MSNI Advantage, L.P., et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-09-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure foreclosure foreclosure-procedure non-judicial-foreclosure standing standing-requirement ucc ucc-regulations Whether Petitioner's Constitutional Rights and Due Process were violated through Texas non-judicial foreclosure and abuse of FRCP 12(b)(6) motions
23A179 Alexander Eugenio Moskovits v. MTGLQ Investors, L.P. Florida 2023-08-25 Presumed Complete due-process equal-protection foreclosure standing stare-decisis subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether state courts may deny a foreclosure defendant due process and equal protection by deciding the foreclosure plaintiff's standing to invoke subj…
23-148 SR Construction, Inc. v. RE Palm Springs II, LLC, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-08-16 Denied Response Waived adverse-claims bankruptcy-code-363(m) bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-sale foreclosure good-faith good-faith-purchaser section-363(m) superior-lien Whether a purchaser with notice of adverse claims that the property is not part of the bankruptcy estate and is subject to foreclosure based on a supe…
23-99 Wendy B. Adelson v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, nka PHH Mortgage Corporation, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-08-02 Denied bankruptcy-stay civil-procedure due-process foreclosure foreclosure-sale mortgage-acceleration mortgage-lender post-acceleration-charges procedural-exception sheriff-sale time-bar Whether post-acceleration charges and fraudulent foreclosure sale adjournment notices constitute irregularities to invalidate the sheriff's deed
23-5066 Juan Reyes v. Illinois Illinois 2023-07-10 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-fines incorporation judicial-review legal-procedure statutory-interpretation Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment
22-7705 Matthew J. Kwong v. Cheswold (TL), LLC, et al. Connecticut 2023-06-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP agency-participation civil-procedure due-process equal-protection foreclosure standing Question not identified
22-7508 Herma Barbara Medina Reyna v. PNC Bank, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP civil-rights due-process foreclosure foreclosure-fraud mortgage-ownership punitive-damages racketeering rooker-feldman-doctrine standing title-fraud Can a party who was wronged by a bank or business entity that committed mass fraud, misrepresentation, and racketeering actions retain a judgment in a…
22-7476 Michael D'Antonio v. Borough of Allendale, New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2023-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection fair-housing foreclosure money-laundering municipal-misconduct racketeering sheriff-sale Absence of decision on Fair Housing Act compliance
22-7342 Dupree Penn v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
22-996 Tawanda Hall, et al. v. Andrew Meisner, Oakland County Treasurer, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-04-13 Denied civil-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-punishment constitutional-law due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause property-forfeiture takings tax-foreclosure Whether the forfeiture of property worth far more than needed to satisfy a debt plus interest, penalties, and costs is a fine within the meaning of th…
22-894 Andrew Meisner, Oakland County Treasurer, et al. v. Marion Sinclair Sixth Circuit 2023-03-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-law due-process equitable-title foreclosure municipal-government property-rights property-tax surplus-proceeds takings takings-clause tax-delinquency tax-foreclosure Whether foreclosing on a home for the nonpayment of taxes constitutes a violation of the federal Takings Clause whenever the home is worth more than t…
22-874 Andrew Meisner, Oakland County Treasurer, et al. v. Tawanda Hall, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-03-13 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law due-process equitable-title foreclosure municipal-law property-rights surplus-proceeds takings takings-clause tax-delinquency tax-foreclosure Whether foreclosing on a home for the nonpayment of taxes constitutes a violation of the federal Takings Clause whenever the home is worth more than t…
22-6664 Sheik Tehuti v. Christopher C. Collie, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-01-31 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure complaint-reinstatement due-process federal-appellate-rules foreclosure jurisdictional-procedure standing texas Is non-judicial foreclosure pursuant to Texas's extensive statutory procedure subject to 14th Amendment Due Process protection?
22-705 George Matthew Culbertson, et ux. v. Wells Fargo USA Holdings, Inc., et al. Louisiana 2023-01-30 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy chapter-7 civil-procedure discharge foreclosure servicemembers-civil-relief-act statute-of-limitations tolling Does 50 U.S.C.A. §3936 apply to toll a state statute of limitations on a state law foreclosure action?
22-546 Nazira Urrego v. Samuel I. White, P.C. Fourth Circuit 2022-12-14 Denied civil-rights constitutional-standards due-process equal-protection foreclosure loan-assignment property-rights takings Whether Virginia courts have violated the constitutional standards of due process and equal protection?
22-6243 Darrell Berry, et ux. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-civil-procedure foreclosure jurisdiction-challenge mortgage mortgage-validity note-refinancing standing uniform-commercial-code Whether the M.D. La., erred and the 5th Cir., erred in affirming that the LoanCity note and mortgage of December 2005 was the original financed note
22-468 Daniel James Altstatt v. City of Sacramento, California California 2022-11-18 Denied bajakajian-factors civil-penalty civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause fourteenth-amendment incorporation-doctrine united-states-v-bajakajian Whether a state court erred by failing to apply the factors set out in United States v. Bajakajian in evaluating whether a civil penalty is unconstitu…
22-460 Joshua C. Plumb, et al. v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al. Washington 2022-11-17 Denied Relisted (2) adverse-parties civil-procedure due-process foreclosure fourteenth-amendment judicial-foreclosure judicial-power pro-se-defendants standing Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment limits the judicial power of state courts to issuing judgments deciding those justiciable m…
22-454 Garey Webb v. U.S. Bank National Association, As Trustee for CRMSI REMIC Series 2006-03 REMIC Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-03 Oklahoma 2022-11-15 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment foreclosure fourteenth-amendment fraud fraud-on-court property-rights Whether the Oklahoma Supreme Court violated the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments by failing to address fraud and permitting a foreclosure judgment thro…
22-5860 Brent Evan Webster v. United States District Court for the District of Oregon Ninth Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-152-4 bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-fraud constitutional-rights creditor-claims due-process false-claims foreclosure perfected-claims secured-and-unsecured-creditors Is it true that the courts erred by allowing the USBK Court Division Portland, Oregon and their attorneys to violate webster's due-process-rights allo…
22-345 Paul Siladi v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Connecticut 2022-10-13 Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process foreclosure foreclosure-action judicial-procedure procedural-fairness standing trial Whether the Connecticut Supreme Court's Order Denying Petitioner's Petition for Certification to Appeal to that Court upholding the Connecticut Appell…
22-5797 Marie C. Russo v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee on Behalf of the Holders of the Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust Mortgage Loan Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-12 New Mexico 2022-10-07 Denied IFP due-process fair-adversarial-process jurisdiction stare-decisis constitutional-rights due-process foreclosure judicial-jurisdiction stare-decisis substantive-due-process Whether the Judiciary of the State of New Mexico violated my right of substantive due-process
22-294 County of Ontario, New York v. Brian Gunsalus, et al. Second Circuit 2022-09-28 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy-code bfp-v-resolution-trust-corp due-process foreclosure fraudulent-conveyance judicial-oversight real-estate-titles state-law tax-collection tax-foreclosure Did the Second Circuit err in refusing to extend the holding of BFP to a lawfully conducted tax foreclosure?
22-237 Sandra K. Nieveen v. TAX 106, et al. Nebraska 2022-09-13 GVR Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines government-seizure just-compensation property-rights takings-clause tax-sale Does the government violate the Takings Clause when it confiscates property worth more than the debt owed by the owner?
22-166 Geraldine Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-08-23 Judgment Issued Amici (44)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-forfeiture constitutional-law due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fine excessive-fines government-forfeiture property-rights takings-clause tax-debt Whether the government's retention of surplus proceeds from the sale of a home to satisfy a tax debt violates the Takings Clause
22-160 Kevin L. Fair v. Continental Resources, et al. Nebraska 2022-08-22 GVR Amici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) due-process equity-forfeiture excessive-fine excessive-fines government-seizure just-compensation property-rights takings-clause tax-foreclosure Does the government violate the Takings Clause when it confiscates property worth more than the debt owed by the owner?
22-5358 James L. Miller v. Amir Kashani, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-08-17 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment
22-61 Traci M. Cull v. Dyck-O'Neal, Inc., et al. Kentucky 2022-07-21 Denied default-judgment due-process foreclosure property-deprivation service-of-process state-judiciary state-law wage-garnishment Whether due process is violated when a state court enters a default judgment based on improper service of process
21-8245 Felix I. Gaspard v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, et al. Florida 2022-06-29 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure judicial-immunity property-rights takings Whether the judiciary has jurisdiction to effectuate the 'Taking without due process and without just compensation' of a pro se black disabled senior …
21-8155 Chad M. Vice v. City of Fort Madison, Iowa, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
21-1491 City of Kent, Washington v. Adrian Jacobo-Hernandez Washington 2022-05-27 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process excessive-fines felony felony-instrumentality forfeiture livelihood-preservation property-forfeiture Whether the Excessive Fines Clause provides a livelihood preservation protection which can prevent the forfeiture of the instrumentality of a felony?
21-1361 Marguerite DeSelms, Individually and as Trustee of the Circle Road Revocable Living Trust Dated November 11, 2010 v. Bank of New York Mellon, fka The Bank of New York Ninth Circuit 2022-04-19 Denied civil-rights due-process foreclosure foreclosure-capacity fraudulent-billing mortgage mortgage-securitization non-existent-entity pmI-proceeds securitization standing trust-standing Whether a non-existent entity have standing or capacity to do business, acquire a mortgage and foreclose?
21-7568 Jimmy Stephens v. Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2022-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
21-1285 M & N Financing Corporation, et al. v. Department of Fair Employment and Housing California 2022-03-23 Denied Response Waived civil-rights civil-rights-statute constitutional-excessiveness eighth-amendment excessive-fines gender-discrimination penalty-damages small-business small-business-liability state-statute Is an award of more than $6 million in penalty damages against a small business and its owner unconstitutionally excessive, as a violation of the Eigh…
21-1269 Heidi M. Lobstein, et al. v. Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates WMALT Series 2007-OC1, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-21 Denied capacity foreclosure foreclosure-fraud legal-identity mortgage mortgage-securitization perjury procedural-misrepresentation securitization standing trust-standing Whether the court must take as true the sworn testimony of the Respondents that they are not a Trust and also take as true that they are a trust when …
21-7124 Pamela Polejewski v. Montana Montana 2022-02-16 Denied IFP animal-seizure civil-forfeiture constitutional-rights due-process excessive-fines innocent-owner procedural-violations res-judicata takings vagueness Are Animal Cost for Caring Civil Forfeiture Laws Constitutional
21-7106 Leonard Nyamusevya v. Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, et al. Ohio 2022-02-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-discharge civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-amendment court-jurisdiction due-process foreclosure justiciable-controversy mortgage-foreclosure ohio-state-law standing Would the U.S. Constitution not limited to the 5th and the 14th Amendments and Article IV, Section 4(B), of the Ohio Constitution divest the Franklin …
21-6979 Andrew J. Johnston v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-01-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
21-1012 Brad Heidelberg, dba Rio Seco Resources, et al. v. D.O.H. Oil Company Texas 2022-01-18 Denied Response Waived constitutional-notice due-process foreclosure judgment judicial-procedure limitations-statute mullane-standard notice property-rights state-limitations Whether a state-limitations statute may preclude challenge to a judgment obtained by notice that is constitutionally insufficient to meet the requirem…
21-6622 Rufus Lawson, Jr. v. Officer West, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied IFP 8th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process excessive-fines statutory-interpretation tax-evasion Whether the statute prohibiting willful failure to pay income taxes violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines
21-758 James P. Tatten v. LSF9 Master Participation Trust Colorado 2021-11-22 Denied 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection foreclosure fourteenth-amendment nonjudicial-foreclosure nonjudicial-hearing property-rights real-property state-court-procedure Whether the district court orders that authorized and approved a public trustee sale and transfer of the homeowner's real property, violated the due p…
21-695 Bennie Anderson v. New Jersey New Jersey 2021-11-12 Denied Response Waived constitutional-scrutiny eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause national-importance pension-seizure public-pensions punitive-forfeiture punitive-forfeitures state-action Can a state insulate its punitive forfeitures from federal constitutional scrutiny by limiting the definition of what constitutes a 'fine' for purpose…
21-563 Warren M. Lent, et al. v. California Coastal Commission, et al. California 2021-10-18 Denied Amici (4) administrative-law administrative-penalty administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment property-rights takings Whether administrative agency can permanently deprive person of millions in fines using summary hearing process
21-5986 Kathleen C. Hampton v. PROF-2013-S3 Legal Title Trust, by U.S. Bank National Association, as Legal Title Trustee Virginia 2021-10-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process fair-trial foreclosure foreclosure-law property-rights summary-judgment unlawful-detainer Whether the Supreme Court of Virginia's Opinion properly addressed the questions regarding the rules on granting summary judgment; or the constitution…
21-524 Schlomit Ruttkamp v. Bank of New York Mellon, fka Bank of New York Connecticut 2021-10-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment civil-procedure discovery due-process foreclosure judicial-sanctions mortgage-law notice property-rights sanctions Whether granting sanctions without adequate notice and opportunity to be heard violates due process
21-517 Antoinette Marques v. JPMorgan Chase, N.A. Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment default default-declaration due-process foreclosure property-rights residential-note secured-creditor Was Chase authorized to declare default and foreclose?
21-5784 Joe Vonzo Readon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
21-437 Yao Pone v. Board of County Commissioners for Calvert County Maryland 2021-09-23 Denied Response Waived 8th-amendment administrative-abuse civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-fines racial-discrimination takings zoning zoning-violations Were unjustifiable excessive fines imposed by the Calvert County's Planning and zoning employees to the Petitioner?
21-5704 Antoine Martwain Hill-El v. Calvin Johnson, Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
21-412 Samantha V. Roussell v. Bank of New York Mellon Florida 2021-09-15 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-amendment due-process evidence-tampering foreclosure foreclosure-fraud impartiality judicial-review mortgage-settlement national-mortgage-settlement Whether the Florida Supreme Court and the Fourth District Court of Appeal of Florida violated the due process protections of the 5th and 14th Amendmen…
21-5676 Patsy Naomi Sakuma v. Association of Condominium Homeowners of Tropics at Waikele, et al. Hawaii 2021-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure collateral-order-doctrine due-process equal-protection foreclosure foreclosure-proceeding jurisdiction jurisdiction-challenge mootness Whether the Intermediate Court of Appeals improperly applied mootness and the collateral order doctrine
21-393 Sanford A. Mohr, et ux., Individually and as Co-Trustees of Their October 15, 1996 Unrecorded Revocable Trust v. MLB, SUB I, LLC Ninth Circuit 2021-09-13 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure hawaii-law quiet-title summary-judgment Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii denied Petitioners Mohrs' Constitutional ri…
21-5550 Darrel Welch v. Illinois Illinois 2021-09-01 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states
21-275 Stars Interactive Holdings (IOM) Ltd., fka Amaya Group Holdings (IOM) Ltd., et al. v. Kentucky, ex rel. J. Michael Brown, Secretary of the Governor's Executive Cabinet Kentucky 2021-08-25 Dismissed Amici (1) constitutional-law due-process excessive-fines gambling-losses kentucky-loss-recovery-act kentucky-supreme-court online-poker statutory-damages treble-damages Whether an award of statutory damages violates due process when it exceeds by a factor of more than 30 any conceivable harm
21-5444 In Re Calvin James 2021-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment
21-5381 Lou Tyler v. PHH Mortgage Corporation, dba PHH Mortgage Services, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-08-17 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process foreclosure homeowner-rights loan-modification mortgage mortgage-foreclosure predatory-lending standing statute-of-limitations Whether the Texas statute of limitations has expired on the defendants' ability to pursue foreclosure proceedings against the plaintiff
21-5305 Alejandro Rosales-Gonzalez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-05 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ability-to-pay circuit-split constitutional-consideration constitutional-law criminal-fines eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause fine-assessment indigent-defendant judicial-discretion Whether a defendant's ability to pay a fine is a relevant consideration when determining if a fine is excessive under the Eighth Amendment
21-117 Vernon Deck v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-07-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment bankruptcy civil-rights due-process foreclosure fraud judicial-discretion property-rights rule-41b standing Question not identified
21-76 Linda B. Vacchino v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC Florida 2021-07-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appeal constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment foreclosure fourteenth-amendment fraud judicial-fraud mortgage-crisis property-rights Whether the constitutional rights guaranteed under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments are violated when foreclosures and subsequent sale of primary r…
21-5088 Chavalier Dwayne Johnson, Sr. v. Dr. Nichols, et al. Florida 2021-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment
20-1801 Darrel Mendez v. NRZ REO X LLC Arizona 2021-06-25 Denied civil-procedure consumer-protection deed-of-trust due-process foreclosure property-rights statutory-interpretation statutory-waiver takings trustee-sale Does the Arizona Deed of Trust Scheme provide good cause for removal of one or more of its provisions under severability?
20-1797 Fedie R. Redd v. Federal National Mortgage Association, et al. Second Circuit 2021-06-24 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination disparate-impact fair-housing-act foreclosure housing-discrimination mortgage-lending property-rights Did the respondents engage in discriminatory practices that had a disparate impact on Black Americans under the Fair Housing Act?
20-1670 William J. Golz v. Marcia L. Fudge, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Tenth Circuit 2021-06-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) deed-of-trust equitable-estoppel federal-housing-administration fha-loan forcible-entry foreclosure fourth-amendment housing-law mortgage-foreclosure standing Whether a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan is an important national policy which gives license to a lender's forcible entry and seizure of an…
20-8110 Lawrence Edward Jackson, Jr. v. Maryland Maryland 2021-05-24 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection excessive-fines fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure takings wrongful-conviction Whether the imposition of mandatory fees on the basis of a wrongful conviction violates the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
20-7976 Treyton Lee Thomas v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-provision court-filing due-process excessive-fines incorporation jurisdictional-issue legal-document scotus-petition writ-of-certiorari Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment
20-1413 Debra M. Brown v. Federal National Mortgage Association Massachusetts 2021-04-09 Denied Response Waived constitutional-constraints delegation-of-authority due-process equal-protection foreclosure housing-court land-court mortgage-backed-securities servicer-responsibilities state-action takings Whether the U.S. Government and/or state government can take private citizens' property without due process of law constituting a violation of the Fif…
20-1418 Sepideh Cirino v. Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-04-08 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-discharge chapter-7 deed-of-trust foreclosure mortgage mortgage-lien nonjudicial-foreclosure promissory-note How can a mortgagor collect on more than the amount of the lien secured by the deed of trust when a debtor in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy in California, as…
20-1277 Richard Meyer v. Kentucky Kentucky 2021-03-15 Denied civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process excessive-fines forfeitability forfeiture kentucky kentucky-statutes timbs-precedent timbs-v-indiana Does the Kentucky Court of Appeals decision in this case stand in direct contradiction to this Court's decision in Timbs v. Indiana, 139 S.Ct. 682 (20…
20-1278 Johlen Johnson, et ux. v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. Arizona 2021-03-15 Denied Response Waived constitutional-violation deed-of-trust due-process foreclosure non-judicial-foreclosure property-rights severability statutory-interpretation takings Does the prevailing Opinions of the Arizona Deed of Trust Scheme produce a constitutional violation, and therefore provide this Court with good cause …
20-1210 Seneca County, New York v. Cayuga Indian Nation of New York Second Circuit 2021-03-02 Denied city-of-sherrill foreclosure immovable-property local-tax-authorities open-market open-market-land property-rights property-taxes tax-collection tribal-sovereign-immunity Whether tribal sovereign immunity bars local tax authorities from collecting lawfully imposed property taxes by foreclosing on real property that a tr…
20-1152 Guillermo Luna, et ux. v. U.S. Bank N.A. Eighth Circuit 2021-02-23 Denied due-process foreclosure fourteenth-amendment notice power-of-sale property-rights Whether the notice of the foreclosure sale of the property of the petitioners under the power of sale in the deed of trust is subject to notice requir…
20-1038 Darrell Wayne Brown v. Kevin Michael Comstock Fourth Circuit 2021-01-29 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
20-6780 Guillermina Aguilar v. Specialized Loan Servicing, LLC, et al. California 2021-01-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure foreclosure legal-standing loan-servicing mortgage mortgage-ownership note payment-collection reconveyance-certificate standing trustee trustee-status Whether Wells Fargo Bank N.A. has standing to litigate this case when the note was allegedly owned by Specialized Loan Servicing, LLC
20-907 SFR Investments Pool 1, LLC v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights conservatorship due-process federal-agency federal-statute foreclosure property-interest quiet-title separation-of-powers standing takings Whether the FHFA's structure violates separation of powers and whether its conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must be set aside
20-908 SFR Investments Pool 1, LLC v. M&T Bank, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) conservatorship federal-agency foreclosure foreclosure-bar property-rights quiet-title statute-of-limitations Whether the FHFA's structure violates separation-of-powers and whether its conservatorship of Fannie-Mae and Freddie-Mac must be set aside
20-909 Iqbal S. Randhawa v. Bank of New York Mellon, fka The Bank of New York Ninth Circuit 2021-01-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) california-law federal-truth-in-lending-act foreclosure jesinoski-v-countrywide property-possession quiet-title statute-of-limitations tila-rescission truth-in-lending-act Did the court of appeals nullify this Court's decision in Jesinoski when it held that Petitioner was required to file suit, not for rescission or dama…
20-6689 Matthew J. Kwong v. Cheswold (TL), LLC, et al. Connecticut 2020-12-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-principles due-process foreclosure judicial-order legal-precedent property-rights republic-design statutory-interpretation Whether the Connecticut Superior Court's Order of Judgment of Foreclosure by Sale would promulgate construction of statutory interpretation repugnant …
20-764 Mark E. O'Brien v. U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust Connecticut 2020-12-03 Denied due-process foreclosure foreclosure-procedure judicial-notice loan-servicer mortgage-note new-evidence procedural-defect standing standing-challenge testimony Were the Defendants' due-process rights violated?
20-6507 Darrell Berry, et ux. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-12-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment foreclosure rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court Whether the Berrys' Fifth Amendment Rights to Due Process were Violated
20-758 Audie Jay Reynolds v. U.S. Bank National Association Arizona 2020-12-02 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-violation deed-of-trust due-process foreclosure non-judicial-foreclosure property-rights severability statutory-interpretation takings Does the Arizona Deed of Trust Scheme provide good cause for removal of one or more of its provisions under severability?
20-762 Eric Ferrier v. Cascade Falls Condominium Association, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-02 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure national-settlement national-settlement-agreement property-rights title-transfer Whether a person born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, may be deprived of property without due process of…
20-6493 Neelam Uppal v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC Florida 2020-12-01 Denied IFP abuse-of-authority bias civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process foreclosure hobbs-act judicial-bias standing Whether a litigant is deprived of due process of law
20-703 William Kinney Jr., et al. v. Urban Housing Development, LLC Oregon 2020-11-23 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process foreclosure jurisdiction mortgage-securitization property-rights res-judicata standing Whether the Multnomah County Trial Court is without jurisdiction to Adjudicate the Defected Inferior FED action because of the Original jurisdiction o…
20-648 James W. Bonham v. John Sutto, Jr., et ux. Arizona 2020-11-12 Denied civil-rights constitutional-violation deed-of-trust due-process foreclosure non-judicial-foreclosure property-rights statutory-interpretation Does the Arizona Deed of Trust Scheme provide good cause for removal of one or more of its provisions under severability?
20-505 Shlomit Ruttkamp v. Bank of New York Mellon, fka The Bank of New York Connecticut 2020-10-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment bankruptcy civil-procedure due-process foreclosure property-rights real-property standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether subject matter jurisdiction should be waived
20-509 Jonnaven Jo Monalim, et ux. v. HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union Hawaii 2020-10-16 Denied constitutional-law deficiency-judgments due-process english-common-law foreclosure foreclosure-deficiency judicial-procedure market-value property-rights retroactivity Does the centuries old English common law procedure for calculating foreclosure deficiency judgments violate the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth and …
20-488 Sangeeta Bhargava v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. California 2020-10-15 Denied civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure forgery fraud judicial-process robo-signing standing Are forgery and robo-signing one and the same?
20-377 Gina Ackerman v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Pennsylvania 2020-09-24 Denied act-91 act-91-notice civil-procedure due-process foreclosure judicial-review legal-procedure notice property-rights sheriff's-sale Whether the lower court erred in denying the petition to set aside sheriff's sale where the plaintiff's Act 91 notice was defective and premature?
20-284 Nicole Barone v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Florida 2020-09-03 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-property-rights due-process fannie-mae-liability foreclosure foreclosure-fraud government-takings securities securities-law-violation standing takings void-judgment Whether the U.S. Government's wrongful possession of a tainted, unlawful void title due to clear violations of federal and Florida laws is acceptable
20-5567 Linda Ames v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A. Washington 2020-09-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP assignment foreclosure jurisdiction parties quiet-title relationship statute-of-limitations summary-judgment tolling trustee-appointment unjust-enrichment Does the complete absence from the jurisdiction of this court from the outset of the assignment in 2011 entitle the plaintiff to claim that the statut…
20-5541 Betsy Sachs v. Bank of America, N.A. First Circuit 2020-08-31 Denied Relisted (2)IFP arbitration attorney-conduct civil-rights debt-collection due-process fdcpa foreclosure judicial-procedure manifest-disregard Whether the definition of a 'debt collector' under the FDCPA includes attorneys who select non-judicial foreclosure
20-154 Wayne P. Byzon, et ux. v. PNC Bank, National Association, Successor by Merger to National City Bank Pennsylvania 2020-08-13 Denied Response Waived act-6 act-6-of-1974 act-91 act-91-of-1983 foreclosure foreclosure-procedure homeowner-assistance homeowner-assistance-settlement-act mortgage-company mortgage-notices notices sheriff-sale Whether the mortgage company's Act 6 of 1974 and Act 91 of 1983 notices were adequate?
20-5260 In Re Kenton G. Findlay 2020-08-05 Denied IFP 11-usc-362 14th-amendment 5th-amendment bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-stay constitutional-violation court-jurisdiction due-process foreclosure property-seizure Whether the Florida Supreme Court and the Third District Court of Appeal of Florida violated the due process protection of the 5th and 14th Amendments…
20-94 Martin Dekom v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC New York 2020-07-29 Denied civil-procedure court-intervention due-process foreclosure foreclosure-procedure judicial-rulemaking legal-burden rulemaking-power standing statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements Can a court of its own interstitial rulemaking power supplant or replace the legislative scheme?
20-5112 David Wayne Robinson v. Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied IFP 14th-amendment booking-fees civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection excessive-fines takings-clause Whether the imposition of a booking fee on citizens of the Beaver County, Pennsylvania violates their due process and equal protection rights under th…
19-8848 Curtis Phillips v. Derek Oberlander, et al. Third Circuit 2020-07-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
19-8872 James Henry Simpson v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment
19-8879 Gurminder Sekhon v. California California 2020-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines judicial-process standing trial-transcript Did the courts violate the petitioner's due process rights by rejecting a defense under the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines?
19-8858 Xavier Deshawn Lymas v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation state-action takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states
19-1347 LaDawn Douglas v. Kondaur Capital Corporation Michigan 2020-06-09 Denied 14th-amendment 5th-amendment as applied and enforced in the courts below constitutes state-action due-process foreclosure MCL § 600.3201 et seq. property-rights 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process foreclosure foreclosure-by-advertisement michigan-statute property-law state-action takings Whether Michigan's foreclosure by advertisement statute, MCL § 600.3201 et seq., as applied and enforced in the courts below, constitutes state action…
19-1344 Lahkwinder Singh v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-06-05 Denied Response Waived circuit-split criminal-forfeiture deprivation-of-livelihood eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause livelihood-deprivation proportionality-analysis sentencing Whether the 'deprivation of livelihood' should be included in the proportionality analysis when determining whether a forfeiture meets the constitutio…
19-1329 Mary P. Strong v. U.S. Bank Trust N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust Oregon 2020-06-01 Denied chain-of-title civil-rights deed-of-trust due-process foreclosure legal-standing mortgage mortgage-foreclosure mortgage-note mortgage-note-possession oregon-trust-deed-act robo-signed-assignments robo-signing standing Did the trial and appellate courts err in ruling that the plaintiff(s) can fabricate, forge and steal a mortgage note and deed of trust without eviden…
19-1270 Steven D. Fodge, et al. v. Trustmark National Bank, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-05-06 Denied Response Waived active-duty confession-of-judgment due-process foreclosure military-personnel military-protection mortgage-foreclosure servicemembers-civil-relief-act supremacy-clause Does Louisiana's law allowing banks to use 'confession of judgment' clauses to seize and sell the homes of military personnel on active duty without a…
19-8351 In Re Vinodh Raghubir 2020-04-24 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
19-8320 Quintez Talley v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2020-04-21 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines federal-claims pleading-standards prisoner-rights pro-se-plaintiff state-law-claims supplemental-jurisdiction Whether the party seeking to raise the possessory evidence privilege has an absolute evidentiary privilege
19-8311 John D. Dalen v. Federal National Mortgage Association, et al. South Carolina 2020-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process foreclosure securitization standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Was Petitioner denied his Common Law Right to a trial by jury, and his right to due process of law
19-8241 Joseph Llewellyn Worrell v. Emigrant Mortgage Company, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-10 Denied IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-stay civil-rights due-process foreclosure foreclosure-proceedings mortgage-security preemption servicemembers-civil-relief-act summary-judgment Whether a mortgage security instrument created six days before the underlying promissory note is sufficiently executed to provide standing to foreclos…
19-8242 Adrian Weatherspoon v. Fatemah Bagahpour, et al. Tennessee 2020-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process eviction eviction-procedure foreclosure judicial-signature mortgage-dispute property-rights standing Why was the writ of possession document not signed by a judge or stamped by the lower courts?
19-1171 Reed Kirk McDonald v. Citibank, N.A., et al. Colorado 2020-03-26 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights consumer-protection court-procedure due-process due-process,civil-procedure,tila,respa,dodd-frank, foreclosure jurisdictional-challenge respa-violation standing tila-claim writ-of-ejection Whether Mr. McDonald held any cognizable claim under TILA, RESPA, TRA, and Dodd-Frank against Citibank
19-8037 Shlomit Ruttkamp v. Bank of New York Mellon, fka The Bank of New York Connecticut 2020-03-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process foreclosure foreclosure-litigation fourteenth-amendment fraud fraud-allegations jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the court of Connecticut has acted unreasonably and in clear abuse of its discretion when it violated the Fourteenth Amendment to due process …
19-1096 Multiventas y Servicios, Inc., et al. v. Oriental Bank Puerto Rico 2020-03-06 Denied credit-default-swap due-process foreclosure foreclosure-standing jurisdiction mortgage-securitization note-ownership promissory-note securities-law securitization standing standing-to-sue ucc-section-3 ucc-section-8 uniform-commercial-code Whether the plaintiff lacks standing to sue for collection of monies and foreclosure when the plaintiff is neither owner, nor holder, nor possessor of…
19-7885 In Re Kenton G. Findlay 2020-03-05 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment appellate-procedure constitutional-amendment court-jurisdiction disqualification due-process foreclosure impartiality judicial-impartiality motion-for-rehearing timely-filing Whether the Florida Supreme Court and the Third District Court of Appeal of Florida violated the due process protection of the 5th and 14th Amendments…
19-1024 Wayne A. Powe, et ux. v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Residential Asset Securitization Trust Series 2004-A7 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates 2004-G Fifth Circuit 2020-02-18 Denied deed-of-trust financial-institutions-reform-recovery-and-enforce FIRREA firrea-receivership foreclosure foreclosure-standing indymac-bank mortgage-pass-through note-assignment receivership residential-asset-securitization standing trust trustee trustee-appointment Whether Respondent Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Residential Asset Securitization Trust Series 2004-A7 Mortgage Pass-Through Ce…
19-7624 Jerome Shaw v. United States Second Circuit 2020-02-12 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acceptance-of-responsibility burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause fatico-hearing sentencing Whether the District Court violated Petitioner's Due Process Rights
19-7339 Victor O. Jones, Jr. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-violations due-process foreclosure fraud pro-se-litigation res-judicata rooker-feldman standing takings Whether a litigant who has been repeatedly violated can come to Federal Court for protection and relief when the state courts no longer adhere to stat…
19-7224 Cheryl Jones v. Stephen Goldberg, et al. Maryland 2020-01-13 Denied IFP borrower-rights civil-procedure civil-rights document-falsification due-process foreclosure fraud legal-rights lender-fraud lender-practices property-law standing When a lender presents false documents and wins a final judgement, does this violate the rights of the borrower?
19-6982 Ernest Collins v. Barnes & Thornburg LLP, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-12-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 1983-civil-rights-act case-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment incorporation judicial-discretion qualified-immunity section-1691 standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states under the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
19-6922 Charles Edward Bates v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-punishment forfeiture sentencing Whether the lower courts erred in their interpretation of the Eighth Amendment prohibition on excessive fines and punishments as the forfeiture amount…
19-6919 Michael Allen Channel, Sr. v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation jurisdiction standing takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment
19-734 Trina R. Patterson v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied Response Waived 15-usc-1692a-6 circuit-court-split debt-collector fair-debt-collection-practices-act foreclosure ninth-circuit security-interest standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding consistent with the opinions in Dowers v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, et al and Obduskey v. McCarthy and Holt…
19-719 Dami Hospitality, LLC v. Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Workers' Compensation Colorado 2019-12-06 Denied ability-to-pay civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-fines criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause proportionality sentencing Whether an offender's ability to pay is relevant in determining whether a fine is unconstitutional under the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amen…
19-6804 Michael Helms v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process extinguishment foreclosure foreclosure-judgment rescission rescission-rights security-interest statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent truth-in-lending-act Whether, where the right to foreclose is extinguished as a matter of law by federal statute and a unanimous Supreme Court decision, and whether the in…
19-6813 Lenore Luann Albert v. State Bar of California California 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines legal-costs license license-suspension reinstatement state-bar state-bar-costs Whether the California State Bar's conditional suspension that conditions the time suspended to payment of State Bar costs and other amounts ordered d…
19-703 Barbara Nina Davis v. MTGLQ Investors, L.P. Florida 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) certified-mail civil-procedure consumer-rights due-process fannie-mae first-class-mail foreclosure freddie-mac mortgage-notice notice notice-and-opportunity-to-cure residential-foreclosure uniform-mortgage Whether under the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Uniform Mortgage, a notice given by certified mail return receipt requested is a means other than first class…
19-650 Melissa L. Barnette v. PROF-2013-M4 Legal Title, by U.S. Bank National Association, as Legal Title Trustee District of Columbia 2019-11-20 Denied civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure fourteenth-amendment fraud judicial-procedure property-rights standing Whether the District of Columbia Court of Appeals erred in affirming the Superior Court's denial of Petitioner's motion to vacate the order granting s…
19-641 Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Workers' Compensation v. Dami Hospitality, LLC Colorado 2019-11-18 Denied 8th-amendment ability-to-pay civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation corporate-liability corporations due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines regulatory-enforcement state-law takings workers-compensation Whether the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause applies to corporations as it does individuals and, if so, whether and to what extent it require…
19-629 Tracy L. Stewart, et al. v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society Pennsylvania 2019-11-15 Denied civil-procedure due-process foreclosure judicial-procedure mortgage mortgage-standing property-law real-estate sheriff-sale standing trial-court-error Whether the trial court erred in not setting aside the sheriff's sale because the mortgage company lacked standing?
19-599 Samuel C. Mohorne v. Beal Bank, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection foreclosure free-speech homestead-property property-rights standing state-court statutory-interpretation writ Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
19-6523 Pasqual Andres McMurry v. Nevada Nevada 2019-11-07 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation standing takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
19-6400 Robert W. Wazney v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. South Carolina 2019-10-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP borrower-protection civil-rights contract-law default due-process foreclosure lender-misconduct mortgage mortgage-foreclosure property-rights standing takings Whether the Respondent's actions in refusing mortgage payments from Petitioner's wife, defaulting on the property mortgage, and then pursuing Petition…
19-6311 Adam Douglas Boylen v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights claim-exhaustion constitutional-law due-process foreclosure habeas-corpus ninth-circuit petition-preclusion procedural-default record standing state-court-record takings Whether the court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims based on the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment
19-483 Elsie Marino v. Jeffrey Nadel, dba Law Offices of Jeffrey Nadel, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-10-11 Denied creditor debt-assignment debt-collection fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act foreclosure foreclosure-action postjudgment-remedy standing statutory-interpretation trustee trustee-status Whether a trustee that receives assignment or transfer of a debt, as trustee for beneficial interest holders solely to bring a foreclosure action, can…
19-443 Charles G. Kinney v. Philip S. Gutierrez, Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California Ninth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts bivens bivens-claim cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines obstruction-of-justice vexatious-litigant Whether the use of vexatious litigant laws to punish an individual and preclude access to the courts, resulting in excessive fines and cruel and unusu…
19-6140 Edwin P. Gant v. U. S. Bank Trust, et al. New Jersey 2019-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP discovery-violation due-process foreclosure fraud fraud-in-lending legal-standing mortgage-assignment mortgage-foreclosure predatory-loan standing unclean-hands Whether the New Jersey Supreme Court violated the due process clause by failing to reconsider its original decision refusing to vacate summary judgmen…
19-6046 Steven Gary Sanders v. William Beck, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied IFP 1st-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment law-enforcement search-and-seizure vehicle-seizure Issues being raised
19-346 Andrzej Madura, et ux. v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response Waived 15-usc-1635 due-process foreclosure mortgage-rescission non-purchase-money-mortgage rescission subject-matter-jurisdiction tila-disclosure truth-in-lending-act Whether the lender may decline to follow the prescribed procedure under the Truth in Lending Act after receiving notice of rescission
19-5925 Kavin Maurice Rhodes v. Peter C. Swarth, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment assets civil-procedure civil-rights court-fees due-process excessive-fines financial-disclosure financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis incorporation indigent-status liabilities poverty pro-se-petition standing Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment
19-5864 Brandon Jones v. Illinois Illinois 2019-09-09 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment free-speech incorporation standing takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
19-189 Miles Christian-Hart v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Florida 2019-08-13 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-tampering foreclosure foreclosure-fraud fraud judicial-procedure mortgage-litigation standing summary-judgment trial-rights Whether due process can abide a system in which one level of due process is accorded the bank and another level of due process is accorded the borrowe…
19-173 Jonathan Quinn, Individually and as Guardian ad Litem for H. Q., a Minor Child, et al. v. Truck Insurance Exchange, et al. South Dakota 2019-08-07 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation term-1 term-2 term-3 term-4 term-5 term-6 Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
19-5482 Joann Jefferson v. OneWest Bank, FSB New Jersey 2019-08-06 Denied IFP constitutional-violation discovery due-process equal-protection estate-rights fair-trial foreclosure foreclosure-proceeding pro-se-representation procedural-due-process property-rights standing trial-procedure Can Pro Se Legatees, Heirs, Executors, Estate Representatives, Devisees, successors be denied the procedural due process right to discovery and still …
19-142 Timothy C. Harry, et al. v. American Brokers Conduit, et al. First Circuit 2019-07-30 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights document-fabrication due-process fifth-amendment foreclosure fourteenth-amendment lending-transaction property-rights standing takings Whether the First Circuit Court of Appeals was correct in denying Petitioners' Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments rights to Substantive and Procedural Du…
19-5371 In Re Mary Capri 2019-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice restitution supervised-release Can the District Court Deny to Abide with the Supreme Court rulings on Restitution?
19-5364 In Re Carl A. Courtright, III 2019-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP Abuse-of-discretion access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights court-access due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines first-amendment judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-litigant sanctions Did the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals abuse its discretion in ordering a $500 sanction against a pro se indigent petitioner?
19-5241 Zack Zafer Dyab v. Nicole English, Warden Tenth Circuit 2019-07-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2241-petition 2255-motion 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 abuse-of-discretion circuit-court-discretion circuit-split detention-challenge foreclosure habeas-corpus judicial-review saving-clause section-2241 section-2255 united-states-v-wheeler Does the Petitioner have to test the legality of his detention in the initial 2255 motion, even though the argument would have been rejected on the me…
19-5108 Donald Covington v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourth-circuit sentencing sentencing-guidelines special-assessments standing statutory-claims Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit err in denying the Petitioner the ability to have his substantive constitutional, statut…
19-57 Donald Dewees v. United States District of Columbia 2019-07-09 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines international-tax international-taxation streamlined-filing-compliance-procedures tax-assessment tax-collection tax-compliance tax-convention tax-penalties Did the lack of a meaningful review of the assessment and collection of a tax under the Convention violate Dewees' right to due-process?
19-5103 Kenton G. Findlay v. Star Lakes Association, Inc. Florida 2019-07-08 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights disqualification due-process foreclosure foreclosure-appeal impartiality judicial-impartiality service-of-process Whether the Florida Supreme Court and the Third District Court of Appeal of Florida violated the due process protection of the 5th and 14th Amendments…
18-9717 Kenton G. Findlay v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., et al. Florida 2019-06-19 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-violation disqualification due-process fifth-amendment foreclosure fraud fraud-on-court impartiality judicial-impartiality Whether the Florida Supreme Court and the Third District Court of Appeal of Florida violated the due process protection of the 5th and 14th Amendment …
18A1290 Joann Jefferson v. OneWest Bank, FSB New Jersey 2019-06-11 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights extension-of-time foreclosure judicial-discretion pro-se procedural-rules Whether a pro se litigant's medical conditions and procedural challenges warrant judicial leniency in reviewing a state court foreclosure judgment
18A1279 Miles Christian-Hart v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Florida 2019-06-06 Presumed Complete due-process family-care foreclosure medical-hardship procedural-stay supreme-court-review Whether due process requires a stay of foreclosure proceedings when a homeowner has made substantial accommodations for a medically vulnerable family …
18-9341 Antwon G. Whitten v. William A. Gunter, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment free-speech standing takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
18-9287 Carole L. Scheib v. James Rozberil Pennsylvania 2019-05-16 Dismissed IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ex-parte federal-question fifth-amendment foreclosure property-law real-property statute-of-limitations Whether an appellate court must apply established state rules and laws pertaining to real-property, statute-of-limitations, due-process, but continue …
18-9246 Anthony G. Bryant v. Department of Education, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure asset-seizure civil-forfeiture civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines first-amendment fourteenth-amendment tenth-amendment Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment
18-1416 Adam Bereki v. Gary Humphreys, et ux. California 2019-05-13 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-fines penal-forfeiture restitution standing statutory-interpretation takings unjust-enrichment Are sections §7031(a) and (b) of the California Business and Professions Code unconstitutional in effect or as applied?
18-1392 John M. Barone v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-property-rights constitutional-rights due-process fannie-mae federal-jurisdiction foreclosure foreclosure-fraud nemo-dat-quod-non-habet pro-se-litigation securities securities-law standing state-actor takings takings-clause Whether the U.S. government's unconstitutional involvement in millions of foreclosures through FHFA and de facto state-actor Fannie Mae subjects it to…
18-9127 Kathleen C. Hampton v. PROF-2013-S3 Legal Title Trust, et al. Virginia 2019-05-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights consent-orders constitutional-standards due-process equal-protection foreclosure fraud loan-auction property-rights standing takings Whether Virginia courts have violated the constitutional standards of due-process,equal-protection
18-9157 Israel Arce v. Chicago Transit Authority Seventh Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied IFP affidavit civil-rights costs court-fees declaration due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines financial-hardship fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis income-limitation incorporation litigation-expenses poverty redress social-security Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
18-1390 Rochell Talley v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-estoppel due-process foreclosure notice-requirements pro-se pro-se-litigant standing time-limits Whether the appeal was wrongfully dismissed after the pro se litigant took measurable acts to protect the merits of his appeal after it was erroneousl…
18-1339 Mark Anthony Fornesa, et al. v. Fifth Third Mortgage Company Fifth Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Response Waived ' 'appeals' ' 'bankruptcy-law" ' 'civil-rights" ' 'constitutional-law" ' 'foreclosure" ' 'fraud" automatic-stay bankruptcy bankruptcy-stay constitutional-rights constitutional-validity constitutional-violation damages debtor-rights eviction foreclosure foreclosure-fraud fraud-allegation mortgage-dispute mortgage-law property-seizure Unlawful seizure of debtor's property during bankruptcy without relief from stay, fraud against the United States, violation of 4th and 7th Amendment …
18-8907 In Re Samuel H. Williams 2019-04-19 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights declaration due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis incorporation poverty redress Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment
18A1004 Marcus Davis v. Universal American Mortgage Company, LLC, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-04-02 Presumed Complete appellate-review district-court foreclosure judicial-procedure pro-se waiver Whether a pro se litigant's failure to challenge the specific legal basis for a district court's dismissal of a foreclosure complaint constitutes a pr…
18-1250 Corey Lea v. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture Sixth Circuit 2019-03-27 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedures-act agricultural-law civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause exhaustion-requirements fifth-amendment foreclosure moratorium-relief usda Denial of formal hearing for Black and socially disadvantaged farmers on discrimination complaints
18-8538 Rufus Spearman v. Mary Parson, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation standing takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
18-1053 Ashland Specialty Co., Inc. v. Dale W. Steager, West Virginia State Tax Commissioner West Virginia 2019-02-11 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bajakajian-standard civil-monetary-penalty civil-noncompliance civil-penalty cooper-industries-v-leatherman eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause-8th-amendment gross-disproportionality grossly-disproportionate master-settlement-agreement proportionality regulatory-compliance state-tax united-states-v-bajakajian Whether a 500% civil penalty imposed on a small business for inadvertent noncompliance is grossly disproportionate under the Eighth Amendment's Excess…
18-7606 Samuel Davis v. Sergeant Florence, et al. Second Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment free-speech incorporation standing takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
18-7508 Patrick Brooks v. Pinnacle Financial Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights consumer-protection due-process foreclosure home-rescission jesinoski-v-countrywide-home-loans res-judicata rescission supreme-court-precedent truth-in-lending-act Whether a lender can use res-judicata to bar examination of an invalid foreclosure that was barred by federal-consumer-protection-law
18-922 Abraham M. Fisch v. Texas Texas 2019-01-16 Denied attorney-fees client-rights criminal-defense-attorney criminal-procedure due-process excessive-fines forfeiture sixth-amendment standard-of-review What is the appropriate standard of review for the forfeiture of attorney's fees?
18-872 Dariusz Dolacinski, et ux. v. Bank of America Florida 2019-01-08 Denied Response Waived circuit-court-procedure civil-procedure consent-fraud due-process final-judgment foreclosure foreclosure-sale fraud jurisdiction-challenge service service-defect service-of-process standing If the Consent to final judgement in writing or otherwise never existed and was falsely and/or fraudulently presented to the Court by the Respondent's…
18-7225 Neil Gillespie v. Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc. Florida 2019-01-03 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 7th-amendment administrative-procedure buyer-incompetence civil-rights constitutional-challenge disciplinary-functions due-process federal-regulation foia foreclosure home-equity-conversion-mortgage hud-jurisdiction lawyers-guild mortgage-law nonlawyer-ownership older-americans-act privacy-rights pro-se-litigation securities-exchange-act securities-exchange-act-of-1934 standing the-florida-bar trial-by-jury unlicensed-practice-of-medicine void-for-vagueness voting-rights Is the federal HECM reverse mortgage program unconstitutional?
18-7207 In Re Andrew Johnston 2019-01-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation standing takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
18-7198 Julio Cruz v. David Hallenbeck, Superintendent, Hale Creek Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2018-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure declaration due-process excessive-fines habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis incorporation ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief poverty redress Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment
18-809 Curtis T. Lovelace v. Illinois Illinois 2018-12-26 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) acquittal bail-bond bail-bond-forfeiture clerk-of-courts due-process due-process,excessive-fines,equal-protection,bail- equal-protection excessive-fines fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment Whether charging a person who was tried and acquitted a $35,000 bail bond forfeiture, not related to individualized costs or compliance with bail bond…
18-7070 Corla Jackson v. GMAC Mortgage Corporation Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment alabama civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process foreclosure motion-to-reinstate statutory-procedure Is non-judicial foreclosure pursuant to Alabama's extensive statutory procedure subject to 14th Amendment Due Process protection?
18-734 Daniel G. Szmania v. E-Loan, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-12-10 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure foreclosure-dispute jurisdiction-challenge ninth-circuit-review procedural-error property-rights res-judicata standing trustee-sale Did the UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT error in not enforcing the District Court's ruling that this was not a foreclosure case
18-6922 Raghvendra Singh v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Ninth Circuit 2018-12-07 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP anti-deficiency-statutes civil-procedure constitutional-rights foreclosure form-1099 irs non-recourse-debt tax-code tax-hardship wells-fargo-bank Is the Form 1099 illegal for non-recourse debt?
18-6938 Jarrod Phillips v. Rusty Washburn, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure boykin-precedent boykin-v-alabama civil-rights constitutional-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
18-729 Maxwell & Morgan, P.C., et al. v. Martha A. McNair Ninth Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Relisted (2) circuit-split civil-procedure consumer consumer-protection debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act fdcpa foreclosure judicial-foreclosure security-interest statutory-interpretation Whether the FDCPA applies to foreclosure activity that does not seek payment of money from a consumer
18-723 Jose Rodriguez v. Bank of America, N.A. Florida 2018-12-06 Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-amendments due-process equitable-relief foreclosure foreclosure-evidence impartiality judicial-impartiality mortgage-settlement national-mortgage-settlement Whether the due process protections enshrined in the 5th and 14th Amendments prohibit Florida Courts from turning a blind eye to the continued use of …
18-711 Donny Marin, et al. v. The Bank of New York Florida 2018-12-03 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment due-process foreclosure impartiality judicial-impartiality mortgage-settlement national-mortgage-settlement Whether the due process protections prohibit courts from turning a blind eye to the use of fraudulent evidence to obtain foreclosure relief
18-595 James P. Tatten v. City and County of Denver, Colorado, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights debt-collection due-process fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act foreclosure fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigation rooker-feldman-doctrine standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Tenth Circuit erred in creating a special pro se pleading standard for cognitively-disabled litigants
18-559 Meteku Negatu v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. District of Columbia 2018-10-30 Denied african-american-defendants civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure judicial-process mortgage mortgage-foreclosure standing summary-judgment Whether the decision of the D.C. Court of Appeals should be reversed and the case remanded because the due process and equal protection rights of Peti…
18-463 Bernard Morello v. Texas Texas 2018-10-12 Denied Response Waived arbitrary-enforcement civil-rights constitutional-proportionality due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment proportionality state-law state-statute statutory-fines Does a properly enacted state statute imposing fines and penalties violate the Eighth Amendment if the state applies the statute arbitrarily and abusi…
18-473 John Davis v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-10-12 Denied Response Waived conclusive-presumptions constitutional-law creditor-standing due-process eviction foreclosure foreclosure-statute judicial-immunity property-rights standing summary-judgment Whether foreclosure and eviction of homeowners, by virtue of statutory conclusive presumptions that allow courts to deem a creditor's ownership withou…
18-6254 Lou Tyler v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP bias bias-in-courts big-business civil-rights consumer-protection due-process fair-credit-reporting-act fair-debt-collection-protection-agency federal-jurisdiction foreclosure mortgage-foreclosure pro-se pro-se-litigation standing statute-of-limitations Why did lower courts refuse to hear Plaintiff's case, is there bias in favor of Big Business?
18-6259 Lou Tyler v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP bias big-business cfpb-enforcement civil-rights consumer-protection due-process fair-credit-reporting fair-debt-collection foreclosure judicial-bias mortgage-foreclosure pro-se pro-se-litigation standing statute-of-limitations Why did lower courts refuse to hear Plaintiff's case, is there bias in favor of Big Business?
18-6224 Lamond Latney v. Anthony Parker Fourth Circuit 2018-10-04 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines federal-jurisdiction fourteenth-amendment incorporation standing takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
18-6153 Tonya Lynn Raisbeck v. Anthony Stewart, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment assets assets-liabilities civil-rights due-process excessive-fines expenses financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income incorporation monthly-expenses monthly-income poverty poverty-affidavit support Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment
18-375 Daniel H. Alexander v. Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC Florida 2018-09-21 Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-amendment disqualification due-process evidence-fraud foreclosure fraud judicial-review mortgage-foreclosure national-mortgage-settlement Whether the Florida Supreme Court and the Third District Court of Appeal of Florida violated the due process protections of the 5th and 14th Amendment…
18-366 Roberta Golden, et vir v. George Peterson Massachusetts 2018-09-20 Denied contract due-process equitable-principles foreclosure fraud fraudulent-mortgage legal-mandates mortgage mortgage-fraud property-rights real-property standing Were Petitioners denied due process when the state refused to allow Petitioners to have a hearing on the nature of the illegality and instead conflate…
18-310 Amanda D. Tucker v. LCP-Maui, LLC Hawaii 2018-09-11 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights deficiency-judgment due-process equity-rights foreclosure gelfert-v-national-city-bank judicial-sale property-rights surplus-equity takings Does a State's judge-made common law foreclosure practice violate Due Process of Law that calculates the amount of deficiency judgments after confirma…
18-5710 Alejandro Amor v. United States, ex rel. Juan Pena, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP double-jeopardy eighth-amendment election-of-remedies estoppel excessive-fines false-claims-act materiality res-judicata restitution seventh-amendment Whether the False Claims Act 31 U.S.C. 3729-33 (FCA), estoppel provision violates the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution
18-223 In Re Christopher Dawson 2018-08-21 Denied Relisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights consumer-protection due-process financial-misconduct foreclosure standing Whether Christopher Dawson has been denied due process rights by US courts and government agencies, whether he is entitled to relief under 28 USC 1651…
18-187 Keith A. Simpson v. The Bank of New York Mellon Florida 2018-08-10 Denied bank-fraud civil-rights constitutional-rights disqualification due-process due-process-violation foreclosure fraud fraud-on-the-court judicial-misconduct mortgage-settlement national-mortgage-settlement perjury standing Whether the Florida Supreme Court and the Third District Court of Appeal of Florida violated the due process protections of the 5th and 14th Amendment…
18-5501 Donald Jones v. Bank of America, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-09 Denied IFP 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection florida-law foreclosure jury-trial property-rights state-law viamendment Whether the petitioner received the same equality decision from Florida state law 702.1 as he would have from a jury trial under the 7th Amendment
18-5478 Ryan Jennings v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, et al. Missouri 2018-08-07 Denied IFP civil-rights civil-rights-conspiracy conspiracy criminal-law due-process due-process-violation foreclosure fraud mortgage-assignment obstruction-of-justice real-estate-fraud witness-tampering To recover damages for a civil conspiracy claim, a plaintiff must show two or more persons, acting in concert, engaged in conduct that constitutes a t…
18-5455 In Re Deborah Elizabeth Gouch-Onassis 2018-08-06 Dismissed IFP but the text you've provided appears to be incomp fragmented I cannot extract a meaningful question presented I will respond with: 'Question not identified." legible text of a SCOTUS petition for writ of cer or unreadable. Without a clear civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation jurisdiction standing takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
18-5372 James J. Bagwell v. Southern National Assets, LLC Georgia 2018-07-26 Denied IFP banking-rules bankruptcy civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure lien-priority misappropriation-of-funds tax-sale Whether the lower courts erred in denying the pro se petitioner his constitutional rights of equal protection and due process
18-5311 Jack Reid v. United States Second Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-forfeiture criminal-procedure drug-forfeiture drug-offenses due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines property-rights property-seizure sentencing standing substantial-connection Whether property subject to forfeiture under 21 U.S.C. §853(a)(2) must have a substantial connection to the underlying criminal activity
18-49 Georgia Plumb, et al. v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al. Washington 2018-07-09 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process foreclosure fourteenth-amendment note-possession procedural-due-process property-rights residential-mortgage standing summary-judgment Whether the Plumbs' procedural due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment were violated
18-5165 Joh-ner Taylor Wilson v. Illinois Illinois 2018-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation patent standing takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
18-31 Joel Beck v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process foreclosure foreclosure-claims mortgage motion-to-dismiss pro-se pro-se-plaintiff procedural-dismissal rule-12(b)(6) standing state-law supreme-court-precedent Whether a pro se plaintiff's pleading of plausible state law claims, including an allegation that would stop a pending foreclosure, is subject to dism…