| 25-572 |
James Stuart Faller, II v. Department of Justice, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-11-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
absolute-immunity due-process equal-protection judicial-bias pro-se-litigant qualified-immunity |
1. Whether persistent and categorical judicial bias
and procedural disregard toward pro se litigants,
resulting in dismissal despite detailed factual … |
| 25A83 |
Jonathan Voorhis v. Cindy Digangi, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-07-21 |
Presumed Complete |
|
absolute-immunity child-protective-services civil-rights due-process fabricated-evidence investigative-misconduct |
1. This case is about whether absolute immunity shields Child Protective Service (CPS) Workers from allegations of fabrication of evidence within an i… |
| 24-6851 |
Irving A. Harned, Jr. v. Office of the Clerk, Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-03-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
absolute-immunity court-order georgia-law interested-parties judicial-immunity legal-jurisdiction |
Can Georgia law grant 'ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY' to any party other than a judge without a court order? |
| 24-5912 |
David C. Lettieri v. Paul E. Bonanno, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-11-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
absolute-immunity case-assignment due-process judicial-function jurisdictional-challenge prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether absolute immunity shields prosecutors and judges from liability for fabricating evidence and potential jurisdictional overreach |
| 24-5174 |
Michael D. Carver v. City of Kalamazoo, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-07-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
absolute-immunity fabricated-evidence false-arrest fourth-amendment franks-doctrine investigative-conduct malicious-prosecution probable-cause qualified-immunity |
Whether Franks applies to material omissions, and whether probable cause is vitiated for a particular offense where the omitted information is exculpa… |
| 23A928 |
John C. Baer v. Larry Trent Roberts, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-04-17 |
Presumed Complete |
|
absolute-immunity civil-rights fourteenth-amendment investigative-function prosecutorial-immunity witness-interview |
Whether a prosecutor's pre-trial witness interview and identification constitutes an investigative function precluding absolute prosecutorial immunity… |
| 23-6327 |
Noel Garcia v. Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-12-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
absolute-immunity civil-rights constitutional-restrictions due-process false-arrest freedom-of-movement judicial-proceeding probable-cause unlawful-arrest |
Did the United States District Court and the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit of Pennsylvania err in determining defendants are entitled to abso… |
| 23-5282 |
Clarence Leonard Hearns, Jr. v. Andrew Whisnand, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-08-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
absolute-immunity access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-conspiracy due-process first-amendment standing state-attorney-general |
Whether a state deputy attorney general has absolute immunity from suit for initiating criminal conspiracy? |
| 23-105 |
Joe Thorpe v. Township of Salisbury, Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-08-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
absolute-immunity civil-rights due-process eleventh-amendment fourteenth-amendment harris-v-harvey immunity judicial-immunity prosecutorial-immunity |
Did the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals violate the rule announced in Harris v. Harvey, 605 F.2d 330 (7th Cir.… |
| 23-58 |
Robert Chagolla, et ux. v. Bryan Cluff, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-07-21 |
Denied |
|
absolute-immunity civil-rights civil-tort constitutional-rights due-process false-reporting government-collusion government-misconduct immunity statute-of-limitations |
Whether absolute immunity shields government employees who report false information/omit exculpatory information |
| 23-25 |
Michael Charles Ward v. James V. Chafin, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-07-07 |
Denied |
|
absolute-immunity appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process prosecutorial-immunity prosecutorial-misconduct section-1983 |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit overextended the holding of Ashcroft v. Iqbal such that § 1983 plaintiffs are unjustly deprived of an opportunity to cond… |
| 22-857 |
Paulette H. Foster, et al. v. Michael Wearry |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-03-08 |
Denied |
|
absolute-immunity buckley-v-fitzsimmons civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process functional-approach judicial-phase prosecutorial-immunity section-1983 witness-preparation |
Whether preparing witnesses to bolster existing evidence intended for use at the criminal trial, after probable cause has been determined, is a functi… |
| 22-811 |
John E. Reardon v. New Jersey, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-02-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-U.S.C.-§1983 42-usc-1983 absolute-immunity civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violations constitutional-rights due-process judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct jurisdictional-challenge standing |
Judges Liability for Equity, Prospective and/or Legal Relief |
| 22-632 |
Anthony Haworth v. City of Walla Walla, Washington, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-01-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 absolute-immunity brady-violation civil-rights civil-rights-act common-law ku-klux-klan-act prosecutorial-immunity qualified-immunity section-1983 |
Whether this Court should overrule a halfcentury of precedent that has inaccurately interpreted the intent and purpose of Section 1983 by affirming im… |
| 22-302 |
Brent Ristow v. Amanda Cunningham |
Minnesota |
2022-09-28 |
Denied |
|
absolute-immunity adversarial-proceeding civil-rights defamation ex-parte free-speech government-communication private-citizen |
Whether a private citizen who has submitted allegedly defamatory statements, to the government, ex parte, outside of any adversarial proceeding, about… |
| 22-215 |
Heslin Gallagher v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-09-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
7th-amendment absolute-immunity civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jury-trial quasi-governmental-immunity securities-exchange-commission self-regulatory-organization seventh-amendment standing |
Whether clarification is needed to resolve the conflicts among the various circuits when a Self-Regulatory Organization registered with the Securities… |
| 21-1480 |
James Acres v. Lester Marston, et al. |
California |
2022-05-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
absolute-immunity california-common-law civil-litigation commercial-enterprise federal-law personal-immunity prosecutorial-immunity state-law tribal-immunity tribal-officials |
What personal immunities are available to tribal officials? |
| 21-1255 |
Acres Bonusing, Inc., et al. v. Lester John Marston, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-03-16 |
Denied |
|
absolute-immunity administrative-conduct circuit-split conspiratorial-conduct court-employees functional-approach judicial-immunity ministerial-conduct |
Should this Court's 'functional' approach to absolute immunity be discarded to allow absolute judicial immunity to bar claims against court employees … |
| 21-6756 |
Tracy Clare Micks-Harm v. William Paul Nichols, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-01-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
absolute-immunity administrative-function civil-rights constitutional-rights HIPAA hipaa-immunity judicial-immunity proprietary-functions qualified-immunity retaliation search-and-seizure third-party-doctrine |
Whether rie, retaliation, deliberate indifference to the violation of civil-rights, acts committed within the scope of administrative-function, acts c… |
| 21-891 |
Benjamin Wey, et al. v. NASDAQ, Inc., et al. |
New York |
2021-12-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
absolute-immunity commercial-interests false-reporting federal-law-enforcement nasdaq-conduct non-existent-rule regulatory-function regulatory-functions securities-rule self-regulatory-organization self-regulatory-organizations |
Does absolute immunity attach to actions taken by Nasdaq consisting of fabricating a non-existent securities rule; knowingly falsely reporting Petitio… |
| 21-6047 |
Fortuno Jeanfort v. Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees, aka Florida Atlantic University |
Florida |
2021-10-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
absolute-immunity civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-guarantees due-process pleading-standards public-official standing tort-liability |
Whether a university defendant can claim they are a public official to avoid liability for bank fraud, gross negligence, or tort liability |
| 21-188 |
Eddison Ramsaran v. Candace Lapidus Sloane, et al. |
Massachusetts |
2021-08-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
absolute-immunity administrative-investigation buckley-standard buckley-v-fitzsimmons evidence-fabrication fabricated-evidence medical-licensing medical-licensing-board pre-adjudicatory-investigation pre-adjudicatory-proceedings prosecutorial-function prosecutorial-immunity |
Whether non-attorney administrative officials are entitled to absolute immunity for fabricating evidence during a pre-adjudicatory investigation of a … |
| 20-1811 |
Jackie Chagolla, Parent on Behalf of B. C. and P. C. v. Liz Vullo, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-06-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
absolute-immunity constitutional-rights due-process exculpatory-information false-information government-employees investigation-stage spending-clause |
Whether absolute immunity shields government employees |
| 20-1806 |
Kim R. Helper v. Patrick H. Stockdale, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-06-25 |
Denied |
|
absolute-immunity civil-rights first-amendment giglio-disclosure giglio-v-united-states law-enforcement qualified-immunity retaliation |
Did the Sixth Circuit err in granting qualified immunity to the state district attorney and in denying her absolute immunity for communicating to the … |
| 20-1632 |
Patrick H. Stockdale, et al. v. Kim R. Helper |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-05-24 |
Denied |
|
absolute-immunity clearly-established constitutional-rights first-amendment petition-clause public-employee qualified-immunity retaliation |
Whether the decisional law regarding retaliation under the Petition Clause of the First Amendment was clearly established to place a public official o… |
| 19-1430 |
Richard Polidi v. Michelle K. Lee, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-06-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
absolute-immunity brady-v-maryland civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ethics-prosecution exculpatory-evidence federal-circuit-jurisdiction fifth-amendment immunity qualified-immunity standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the Fifth Amendment provides a remedy for ethics violations |
| 19-1277 |
David Thorpe v. Dexter Dumas, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-05-12 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
42-usc-1983 absolute-immunity administrative-acts civil-rights due-process investigative-acts probable-cause prosecutorial-immunity prosecutorial-misconduct qualified-immunity section-1983 |
Whether a supervising Deputy District Attorney who assigned three (4) District Attorneys over a two-year period to a case that lacked probable cause (… |
| 19-7782 |
Stephen Mayer v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-02-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
absolute-immunity contempt-of-court-18-usc-401 contempt-proceedings criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-42-a-2 federal-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction-28-usc-1331 federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure government-misconduct immunity judicial-immunity statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit's opinion declining jurisdiction over contempt proceedings under 18 U.S.C. §401 violates Federal Rules of Criminal Proced… |
| 19-6981 |
Vladik Bykov v. Steven G. Rosen, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-1983 absolute-immunity ada-title-ii americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure civil-rights compensatory-damages declaratory-relief discriminatory-motive Does Title II of the Americans with Disabilities A section-1983 standing |
Is absolute immunity a bar to declaratory relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983? |
| 19-559 |
John E. Reardon v. Noel Hillman, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-10-29 |
Denied |
|
absolute-immunity administrative-acts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-immunity notice notice-and-hearing notice-of-hearing right-to-be-heard standing standing-order void-judgment |
Is the court's failure to set aside a void judgment due to lack of prior notice and right to be heard a fatal defect? |
| 19-88 |
Wadith Stockinger Nader, et ux. v. City of Papillion, Nebraska, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-07-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
absolute-immunity eighth-circuit fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause prosecutorial-immunity search-and-seizure totality-of-circumstances totality-of-the-circumstances |
Can an unverified tip constitute probable cause for arrest? |
| 18-1193 |
Brandon Lee Moon v. County of El Paso, Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
absolute-immunity brady-violation circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights dna-testing due-process imbler-v-pachtman judicial-proceedings post-conviction post-conviction-DNA-testing prosecutorial-immunity prosecutorial-misconduct |
Prosecutorial misconduct in post-conviction DNA testing |
| 18-8283 |
Terry A. Burlison v. Pam Angus, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as a Marion County, Florida Court Deputy Clerk |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
42-usc-1983 absolute-immunity civil-rights clearly-established-law due-process immunity official-liability pre-seizure-conduct property-loss property-rights section-1983 seizure |
Whether a public official is protected by absolute immunity under 42 U.S.C. 1983 when their pre-seizure conduct violates clearly established law and c… |
| 18-7541 |
Adrian G. Rangel v. Tippecanoe County, Indiana, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
absolute-immunity appeals civil-procedure civil-rights complaint court-of-appeals dismissal due-process federal-court federal-trial-court immunity jurisdiction legal-error standing |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh and the Hammond Indiana Federal Trial Court err in dismissing Petitioner's Complaint based sole… |
| 18-440 |
Edward Michael Nero, et al. v. Marilyn J. Mosby |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-10-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
absolute-immunity advocacy-function civil-procedure civil-rights due-process investigation investigatory-materials law-enforcement legal-advice probable-cause prosecutor prosecutor-investigation prosecutorial-immunity standing |
Whether a prosecutor is acting as an 'advocate' and is entitled to absolute immunity when the prosecutor performs an investigation and provides those … |
| 18-5583 |
Stephen Brian Turner v. Melody Smith, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment absolute-immunity civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment immunity judicial-review parole parole-conditions quasi-judicial-role right-to-marry standing |
Whether parole conditions can prohibit the fundamental right to marry |
| 18-5316 |
Susan Wells Vaughan v. Jennifer Vaughan, et al. |
North Carolina |
2018-07-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
absolute-immunity child-neglect child-neglect-cases-recusal due-process ex-parte ex-parte-initiations judicial-recusal prosecutorial-misconduct subject-matter-jurisdiction troxel-v-granville |
Whether a judge who regularly participates in unlawful ex parte initiations of child neglect cases should recuse herself from hearing a challenge to t… |
| 18-5154 |
Edward Vincent Ray, Jr. v. Jamilah A. Jefferson, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-07-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
42-usc-1983 absolute-immunity civil-rights due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court ninth-circuit standing statute-of-limitations |
Whether a government attorney who allegedly committed fraud on the court is entitled to absolute immunity from a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights lawsuit |