| 24-77 |
GeLab Cosmetics LLC v. Zhuhai Aobo Cosmetics Co., Ltd., et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-07-25 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
abstention circuit-split civil-procedure colorado-river-doctrine federal-abstention federal-courts judicial-proceedings parallel-proceedings procedural-stay state-court-litigation |
Whether the Seventh Circuit erred in affirming the district court's stay of federal proceedings under the Colorado River doctrine |
| 23-6792 |
In Re Kinley MacDonald |
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2024-02-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
abstention child-abuse child-custody child-welfare civil-rights due-process family-law parental-rights standing state-court-jurisdiction |
Whether state residents can be prohibited from intervening in child custody cases based solely on hearsay accusations, while the same state is involve… |
| 23-277 |
Usha Soujanya Karri v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-09-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
abstention bribery civil-rights civil-rights-violation color-of-law criminal-cover-up judicial-misconduct murder-conspiracy procedural-technicality rule-of-law |
Is it lawful when the Trial Court cites 'abstention grounds' and refuses to order for investigation as per the 'Rule of Law', as Chicago Police were b… |
| 23-5211 |
Andrew Cook v. Robert Martin, Warden, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abstention amendment-protections civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process executive-power executive-powers general-warrants judicial-abstention younger-doctrine |
Whether there are issues of Constitutional importance regarding the 4th, 6th, 8th and 14th Amendments |
| 22-1191 |
Thomas Gearing, et al. v. City of Half Moon Bay, California |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-06-08 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
abstention civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process eminent-domain federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment forum pullman-abstention regulatory-taking takings |
Whether federal courts may deprive takings claimants of their chosen forum by invoking the prudential Pullman abstention doctrine to require them to f… |
| 22-7384 |
In Re Reidie James Jackson |
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2023-04-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
abstention circuit-court civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-procedure dismissal due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-procedure jurisdiction standing |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred in refusing to address the issue of abstention |
| 22-522 |
Applied Underwriters, Inc., et al. v. Ricardo Lara, Commissioner, California Department of Insurance, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-12-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 abstention abstention-doctrine civil-rights constitutional-violations in-personam in-rem in-rem-jurisdiction prior-exclusive-jurisdiction section-1983 state-executive-officers |
Does the prior exclusive jurisdiction doctrine require a federal court to abstain in an action against state executive officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983… |
| 22-392 |
Bel Air Auto Auction, Inc. v. Great Northern Insurance Company |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-10-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abstention appellate-procedure certification circuit-split civil-procedure deference erie-doctrine federal-courts interlocutory-appeal judicial-deference state-courts state-law-certification |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit violate the principle of Erie v. Thompkins |
| 21-979 |
Carla Young v. Brian Lundstrom, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-10 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
abstention abstention-doctrine circuit-split federal-jurisdiction inextricably-intertwined injunctive-relief rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-judgment |
Whether receiving benefits pursuant to a state-court judgment is an independent claim or an injury caused by a state-court judgment |
| 21-5876 |
Under Seal v. Virginia Board of Medicine |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-10-04 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
abstention civil-rights comity constitutional-rights due-process fair-hearing federal-courts federalism state-agency younger-abstention |
Whether Younger and its progeny permit federal courts to abstain, on the basis of general principles of comity and federalism, from hearing Constituti… |
| 21-479 |
Nicole K., by Next Friend Linda R., et al. v. Terry J. Stigdon, Director, Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-09-30 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
abstention abstention-doctrine administrative-process circuit-court-ruling civil-procedure extraordinary-circumstances federal-court-discretion federalism judicial-proceeding procedural-jurisdiction |
Whether a federal court has discretion to put any federal proceeding on hold while a state works its way through an administrative process |
| 20-1284 |
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., et al. v. Rick C. Sasso |
Federal Circuit |
2021-03-17 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
abstention claim-construction exclusive-jurisdiction federal-abstention federal-jurisdiction patent-infringement patent-jurisdiction patent-law state-court-proceedings |
Whether a federal court with exclusive jurisdiction over a federal patent-law dispute may abstain in favor of a state court with no jurisdiction over … |
| 20-396 |
Sheri Speer v. Michael Tieger, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-09-25 |
Denied |
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abstention abstention-doctrine abuse-of-process bankruptcy-code circuit-split civil-procedure involuntary-bankruptcy legal-precedent subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Is the Second Circuit's decision in conflict with In re: Matthew N. Murray (Wilk Auslender LLP v Murray), Popular Auto, Inc. v. Reyes-Colon (In re Rey… |
| 20-379 |
Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London v. Brighton Collectibles, LLC |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-24 |
Denied |
|
abstention civil-damages comity due-process federalism insurance-policy invasion-of-privacy ninth-circuit privacy-rights song-beverly-act song-beverly-credit-card-act |
Whether the Ninth Circuit violated federalism, abstention, and comity by creating new law when it refused to follow California's precedence establishi… |
| 20-5401 |
Tim Sundy v. Friendship Pavilion Acquisition Company, LLC, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-08-19 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
abstention access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process equal-protection federal-forum judicial-abstention pro-se-litigation standing |
Whether the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the U.S. District Court's abstention from ruling on Sundy's independent claims despite Su… |
| 19-1318 |
Michael Anthony Deem v. Lorna M. DiMella-Deem, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-05-28 |
Denied |
|
abstention civil-rights domestic-relations domestic-relations-abstention due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-question jurisdiction jurisdiction-stripping malicious-prosecution standing |
May lower federal courts refuse to exercise jurisdiction over federal question claims in the absence of a warrant to do so from Congress or this Honor… |
| 19-1263 |
Mark Thompson v. Chicago Board of Education, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-05-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
11th-amendment abstention administrative-hearing civil-procedure civil-rights claim-splitting constitutional-rights due-process injunctive-relief judicial-procedure ongoing-state-proceedings standing title-vii |
Did the lower federal courts err in not permitting petitioner's claims for injunctive relief against a state branch if the ongoing state proceedings v… |
| 19-6126 |
Adelbaset A. Youssef v. Bill Schuette, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-10-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abstention appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights doe-v-univ-of-ky due-process federal-courts judicial-review motion-to-dismiss sprint-communications-inc-v-jacobs standing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent younger-abstention |
Whether the Six Circuit Court of Appeals' decision affirming motion to dismiss on Younger-Abstention conflicts with the Supreme-Court's-decision-in-SP… |
| 19-6105 |
Avram Moshe Perry v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abstention amendment-of-pleadings bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-discrimination due-process equitable-powers federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion pro-se-plaintiff procedural-due-process standing |
Whether Congress had provided that in an American civilized federal court system a judge can use an unlimited discretion to outrageously discriminate … |
| 19-13 |
Tennessee v. Tamarin Lindenburg, Individually and as Natural Guardian of Her Minor Children ZTL and SML |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-07-01 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
abstention certification diversity-jurisdiction federal-court first-impression judicial-procedure state-constitution state-constitutional-issue state-law state-statute |
Whether a federal court exercising its diversity jurisdiction should certify an important state constitutional issue of first impression to the State'… |
| 18-1467 |
Ty Clevenger v. Melanie Lawrence, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abstention administrative-hearing administrative-law article-iii-judges civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process federal-claims federal-jurisdiction judicial-review standing state-administrative-hearing state-court-judicial-review state-court-review younger-abstention younger-abstention-doctrine |
Where a state administrative hearing officer is prohibited from hearing a party's federal claim, may a federal court abstain from hearing that claim o… |
| 18-1245 |
Oglala Sioux Tribe, et al. v. Lisa Fleming, in Her Official Capacity, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-03-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
abstention child-welfare civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process irreparable-harm parental-rights procedural-rights standing state-action tribal-sovereignty younger-abstention |
Whether the procedures used for preliminary hearings in child removal cases violate due process rights of parents |
| 18-8511 |
Victoria Carlson, et vir v. Emily Johnson Piper, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services, et al. |
Minnesota |
2019-03-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abstention administrative-appeal breast-cancer breast-cancer-treatment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection federal-rights medicaid medicaid-benefits |
Whether the Minnesota Supreme Court erred |
| 18-769 |
Minnesota Living Assistance, Inc., dba Baywood Home Care v. Ken B. Peterson, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abstention abuse-of-discretion administrative-proceeding civil-administrative-proceeding civil-rights-preemption de-novo-review federal-preemption federal-question standard-of-review state-law younger-abstention younger-v-harris |
whether the principles enunciated in Younger v. Harris and its progeny require a federal court to abstain from deciding a federal preemption question |
| 18-572 |
Dorsey Ron McCall v. Aptim Corporation |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-01 |
Dismissed |
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abstention arbitration-waiver circuit-split civil-procedure federal-court-abstention federal-courts federal-state-jurisdiction forum-shopping litigation-conduct prejudice state-court-proceedings |
Must a party opposing arbitration on the ground of waiver by litigation conduct prove that it was prejudiced by the other party's waiver? |