abuse-of-process

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24A1242 Richard Rynn, et al. v. UHS of Phoenix, LLC, et al. Arizona 2025-06-16 Presumed Complete abuse-of-process administrative-agencies certiorari-review constitutional-due-process fraud state-court-proceedings Whether state courts and administrative agencies have systematically violated constitutional due process rights through abuse of process and fraudulen…
24-6458 David C. Lettieri v. Federal Bureau of Investigation Second Circuit 2025-02-03 Denied IFP abuse-of-process constitutional-rights due-process false-arrest grand-jury probable-cause Whether a false arrest without probable cause constitutes a violation of due process rights
24-6227 David C. Lettieri v. University of Rochester Second Circuit 2025-01-02 Denied IFP abuse-of-process americans-with-disabilities-act immunity non-government-agent state-agent university Can a non-government agent be granted immunity?
24-6174 David C. Lettieri v. Federal Marshals Sixth Circuit 2024-12-19 Denied IFP abuse-of-process access-to-courts bivens-action constitutional-rights federal-agency pro-se Whether a pro se litigant can be denied access to courts and file a Bivens action without knowing an officer's name
24-148 Wittaya Theerachanon v. FIA Cards Services, et al. Delaware 2024-08-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abuse-of-process bad-debt-deduction contract-dispute court-filing judicial-misconduct legal-procedure Whether the pattern of abuse of process by the Respondent in multiple court proceedings constitutes a violation of legal standards for fair adjudicati…
24-5228 Thomas Waters v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. Third Circuit 2024-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-process amendment civil-litigation civil-procedure court-procedure due-process federal-courts judicial-discretion jurisdiction procedural-rules standing Question not identified
23-6683 Antoine Poteat v. Gerald Lydon, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Pennsylvania State Police, et al. Third Circuit 2024-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-process civil-rights fabrication-of-evidence legal-standard malicious-prosecution pro-se pro-se-pleading section-1983 speedy-trial Whether the Third Circuit's decision should be vacated and remanded for reconsideration in light of Thompson and McDonough?
23-6341 Tramaine Edward Martin v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-12-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-process civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct Does habeas corpus stand to correct the abuse of process involved in deliberate deception of a court by presentation of known false evidence?
23-193 Richard Rynn v. First Transit, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-30 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-process civil-rights constitutional-rights court-proceedings dismissal due-process employment-retaliation freedom-of-speech judicial-recusal retaliation Should assigned District court judge recuse himself due to conflict of interest?
23-5108 Cassandra McGuire v. Tennessee, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-07-14 Denied IFP abuse-of-process civil-rights court-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts federal-question injunctive-relief judicial-misconduct judicial-orders section-1983 standing state-agencies Did the Appeals Courts err by Affirming the District Court in complete disregard for the Supreme Court rulings regarding State agencies can be sued fo…
22-7816 Onyinye Jideani v. Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. District of Columbia 2023-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-process civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-due-process discriminatory-practice due-process judicial-procedure pro-se-litigation standing want-of-prosecution Did the District of Columbia Court of Appeals violate existing laws and breach its duty to protect the substantive rights of a pro se litigant
22-1179 Sabena Puri v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-06-06 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-process foreign-government-inquiry good-faith irs-summons judicial-process judicial-review powell-framework tax-treaty treaty-request united-states-v-powell united-states-v-stuart Is a foreign government's abusive or bad faith purpose ever relevant to the enforcement of an IRS summons issued pursuant to a treaty request?
22-1177 Lindsay L. Lee v. New York New York 2023-06-05 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-process constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial judicial-misconduct mistrial retrial Did the unwarranted declaration of a mistrial deprive the petitioner of her constitutional right to a fair trial?
22-7646 Derek Pelker v. United States Third Circuit 2023-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-process certificate-of-appealability due-process equal-protection federal-government-collusion federalism ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default separation-of-powers Question not identified
22-296 Willow Grande, LLC v. Cherokee Triangle Association, et al. Kentucky 2022-09-28 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-process antitrust-immunity antitrust-liability civil-procedure noerr-pennington-doctrine noncompetitors sham-litigation standing wrongful-use-of-civil-proceedings Does the sham exception to the Noerr-Pennington Doctrine also apply to common law torts between noncompetitors, such as state law claims for abuse of …
21-1137 Byron Wendell Phillips v. The Life Property Management Services, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-16 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-process civil-procedure civil-rights claim-dismissal conspiracy-allegations court-procedure due-process fraud-and-corruption fraud-claims legal-exclusion personal-jurisdiction standing Whether the courts below erred by excluding and/or failing to constitutionally dispute all essential elements of an argument(s)
21-720 Rodney S. Ratheal v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abuse-of-process discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act ftca no-admit-no-deny no-admit-no-deny-policy sec-policy securities-and-exchange-commission whistleblower whistleblower-notice Does the SEC publishing a defaming whistleblower notice that implies guilt in violation of its own No Admit No Deny policy directive that after settle…
21-668 Charles G. Kinney v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-04 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-process civil-procedure due-process ftca ftca-exception judicial-immunity malicious-prosecution pre-filing-order vexatious-litigant whistle-blower-rights Can the 'law enforcement proviso' exception to the FTCA's exclusion of intentional torts by law enforcement officers (acting within the scope of their…
20-6649 El Aemer El Mujaddid v. Andrew Brewer, et al. Third Circuit 2020-12-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-process civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights damages damages-remedy due-process state-actors statute-of-limitations subpoena subpoena-abuse Does 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 18 U.S.C. § 1595 create a damages remedy against state actors for abuse of invalid subpoena?
20-6056 Matthew Jones v. Jose Capiro Delaware 2020-10-16 Dismissed IFP 8th-amendment abuse-of-process civil-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-psychiatrist due-process judicial-process legal-frivolity malicious-prosecution medical-misdiagnosis section-1983-claim standing Did the lower Courts correctly use the 10-delaware-code-subsection-8803
20-426 William L. Huntress, et al. v. United States Second Circuit 2020-10-02 Rehearing Amici (2)Relisted (2) abuse-of-process discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act law-enforcement-proviso malicious-prosecution sovereign-immunity Whether the discretionary-function exception nullifies the law-enforcement proviso
20-5810 Ruth Torres v. Marie Diaz, et al. Texas 2020-09-25 Denied IFP abuse-of-process anti-SLAPP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review whistleblower whistleblower-retaliation Is a state anti-SLAPP restriction seeking dismissal within 60 days of the filing of claims (ignoring later legal actions) unconstitutional when the cl…
20-396 Sheri Speer v. Michael Tieger, et al. Second Circuit 2020-09-25 Denied 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…
20-5162 Joseph Shane Terry v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-process attorney-ineffective conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights counsel-representation due-process ineffective-assistance plea-agreement witness-testimony Is an attorney ineffective and engaging in a conflict of interest
20-44 In Re David A. Golden 2020-07-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abuse-of-process civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process false-claims-act free-speech judicial-discretion rule-of-law standing Whether the 9th Circuit and Western Washington District Court have abused their discretion
18-1376 Fernando Gabriel Irazu v. Margarita O. Connecticut 2019-05-02 Denied abuse-of-process constitutional-law contempt-of-court divorce-judgment due-process enforcement-of-us-judgments equal-protection exequatur-proceedings international-law international-private-law jurisdictional-dispute parental-rights unequal-treatment-under-law Parental rights and due process violations in international child custody dispute
18-1227 Alvin S. Kanofsky v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-03-20 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-process civil-procedure civil-rights conservatorship due-process free-speech government-corruption judicial-bias judicial-misconduct municipal-fraud municipal-liability property-rights standing takings Whether the City of Bethlehem improperly seized Kanofsky's property through abuse of process and collusion with the courts
18-931 David Christopher Hesse v. Jason Kane Howell Texas 2019-01-17 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 abuse-of-process civil-rights civil-rights-violation color-of-law due-process false-arrest legal-procedure prosecutorial-immunity state-law-immunity texas-civil-practices-and-remedies-code wrongful-incarceration Are acting as a witness by swearing to facts, abusing process and committing crimes, acts that are foreign to the duties of a prosecutor? If so, is th…
18-529 Jenn-Ching Luo v. Owen J. Roberts School District, et al. Third Circuit 2018-10-23 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-process case-merger civil-procedure consolidation consolidation-of-cases due-process erie-doctrine erie-railroad-co-v-tompkins hall-v-hall informed-consent judicial-consolidation judicial-practice standing third-circuit Whether the decision of the Third Circuit conflicts with the Supreme Court decision by holding that the District Court effectively consolidated two co…
18-5714 Jose A. Rivera-Quinones v. Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2018-08-23 Denied IFP abuse-of-process confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment double-jeopardy due-process fourteenth-amendment prejudicial-evidence sentencing sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a trial court can possess subject matter jurisdiction on a criminal offense not charged within the indictment/criminal information