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25-5598 Mary Martha McComas v. United States District Court for the District of Oregon Ninth Circuit 2025-09-10 Denied IFP amendment civil-procedure district-court judicial-discretion pleadings pro-se Whether a district court must provide a reason for denying a pro se litigant leave to amend a complaint when such denial occurs
25-5336 Terrell McCoy v. Stephen Duncan, Warden Fourth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment constitutional-rights counsel criminal-procedure due-process evidence Question not identified.
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
23-7671 James Chamblin v. Ohio Ohio 2024-06-07 Denied IFP amendment constitutional-rights due-process due-process-clause equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indictment indictment-amendment pleading-recasting recasting-of-pleadings state-appellate-court Does a State Appellate Court violate a Petitioner's right to Due Process under the United States Constitution, when a court recast a litigants pleadin…
23-7103 Marilyn Eason v. Cook County Correctional Facility, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-standing pleadings standing Whether the district court erred in denying the petitioner's motion to amend the complaint under Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
23-1050 Luis Sanchez, et al. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-22 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) amendment circuit-split civil-forfeiture criminal-procedure due-process forfeiture pleading pleading-deficiency statutory-interpretation Whether a timely-filed 21 U.S.C. § 853(n) petition may be amended to cure a pleading deficiency after the 30-day filing period has run
23-6860 Keyron Lamonte Binns v. American General Life and Accident Insurance Company, AIG, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion amendment contract-interpretation contract-law diversity-jurisdiction extrinsic-evidence judicial-discretion jurisdictional-standing stare-decisis Did the U.S. Eastern District Court err in using extrinsic evidence to deny the plaintiff's complaint with prejudice despite no ambiguity in the insur…
23-6309 Elvin Farris v. Vector Construction, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2023-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment civil-rights discovery-rule EEOC eeoc-charge employment-discrimination legal-amendment statute-of-limitations termination-notice Should the petitioner been allowed to amend the EEOC charge
23-422 Shirley T. Sherrod, et al. v. Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary of Labor Seventh Circuit 2023-10-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) affirmative-defenses amendment civil-procedure erisa federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fiduciary-duties rule-15 standing statutory-interpretation Whether the underlying rulings contradict the plain text of the applicable ERISA provisions in finding a breach of Petitioners' fiduciary duties and d…
23-5545 Robert K. Decker v. Federal Bureau of Prisons Seventh Circuit 2023-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts administrative-procedure-act amended-complaint amendment civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction pleadings pro-se-litigant Did the lower courts err in dismissing the case and denying the petitioner's motion to amend the complaint
23-5398 Charles Michael Ledford v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment amendment constitutional-rights district-court-review due-process federal-procedure federal-rule-of-civil-procedure-15 habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief Whether district courts violate fundamental principles of due process under the Fifth Amendment by denying a § 2255 movant's request to amend their pl…
23-5028 Eric St. George v. E. E. Colorado 2023-07-05 Denied IFP 12b6-dismissal amendment civil-procedure dismissal due-process judicial-discretion motion-to-amend pleading-standards pro-se pro-se-plaintiff standing Is it permissible for a State District Court to deny a pro-se plaintiff every motion to amend,to never allow an amendment to a meritorious case,to dis…
22-1023 Dora L. Adkins v. American Service Center Associates, LLC, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-04-21 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1915 amendment amendment-right appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-statute in-forma-pauperis judicial-dismissal Whether the district court properly dismissed a civil action filed in forma pauperis without allowing the plaintiff to amend the complaint
22-7284 Herbert Bernard Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment criminal-law criminal-procedure harmless-error indictment indictment-amendment interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation structural-error Whether the statutory language of 18 U.S.C. §2252A(a)(5)(B)'s alternative interstate commerce elements constitute separate offenses or alternative mea…
22-7258 Brian Marc Fraser v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-12 Denied IFP aggravated-robbery amendment commission-amendment criminal-classification due-process enumerated-offense robbery robbery-definition sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether there is a reasonable probability of a different result if the court of appeals were permitted to consider the Commission's Proposed Amendment…
22-788 Paul Edwards v. McMillen Capital, LLC Second Circuit 2023-02-21 Denied amendment breach-of-contract breach-of-implied-covenant court-of-appeals cutpa implied-covenant negligence nied statute-of-limitations tila Whether the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled contrary to prior holdings of the Supreme Court, other Circuits, and state courts on the sta…
22-6799 Emeka Dominic Okongwu v. County of Erie, New York Second Circuit 2023-02-16 Denied IFP amendment appellate-review civil-procedure complaint-amendment district-court due-process judicial-procedure reconsideration second-circuit standing summary-judgment Did the court of appeals err in affirming the district court's refusal to allow amendment of the complaint?
22-165 Samuel M. Howard v. Office of the Special Deputy Receiver, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-08-23 Denied Response Waived amendment civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process eeoc-filing employment judicial-discretion standing title-vii Whether the District Court and Magistrate Judge did not consider all of the brief, filing, company witnesses, and business location and area
22-5267 John Everette Murray, III v. Florida Florida 2022-08-03 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion post-conviction-relief remand rule-3.850 state-courts Will the United States Supreme Court allow the State courts to abuse their discretion by denying a rule 3.850 motion determined to be facially deficie…
22-24 Vincent Gabriel v. El Paso Combined Courts, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-07-08 Denied Response Waived amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights dismissal due-process judicial-immunity motion-to-dismiss prejudice prosecutorial-immunity standing Is it appropriate for a trial court to dismiss a complaint with prejudice prior to allowing an individual at least one opportunity to amend the compla…
21-8222 Abdur-Rashid Muhammad v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts fifth-amendment judicial-discretion leave-to-amend pro-se pro-se-litigants standards-of-practice standing Whether the Fifth Amendment prohibits federal courts from holding pro se litigants to the same stringent standards as attorneys
21-6220 Jehoni Kierre Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-09 Denied IFP 2255-motion abuse-of-discretion amendment civil-procedure direct-appeal district-court-discretion evidentiary-hearing federal-rules-of-civil-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal Whether the District Court denying petitioner's request to Amend is in conflict with The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 15?
21-5868 Ryan Russell Parks, aka Dinero v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment constitutional-rights constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial indictment ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief variance As the amended charge of 'SQ' (33) a constructive amendment?
20-7596 Olen Ware, II v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-03-29 Denied IFP amendment appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure federal-procedure fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance motion-to-amend motion-to-suppress Did the federal district court err in dismissing the habeas petition without considering the petitioner's motion to amend
20-7437 Frederico Ramsey v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment amendment-of-claims certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-review due-process federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-precedent mayle-v-felix Whether the district court and the tenth circuit decisions conflict with the decisions of this court in Mayle v. Felix, when the district court erred …
20-1207 Alexander Balbuena v. Brian Cates, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-03-02 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) aedpa amendment appeal appellate-procedure circuit-split federal-courts habeas-corpus habeas-petition petition-amendment second-or-successive Whether a district court filing that seeks to amend a habeas petition pending on appeal constitutes a 'second or successive' petition under the Antite…
20-7302 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Rentgrow, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-03-02 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP amendment civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-court jurisdiction legal-claim procedural-rules standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the complaint against the defendant(s) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction
20-1108 Pontiler S.A. v. OPI Products Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied Response Waived amendment civil-procedure contract due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-policy judicial-discretion pleading-standards rule-15 rule-8 Whether the court of appeals' dismissal of the petitioner's complaint for omitting one nonessential word in describing the respondents' breach of cont…
20-7001 Aaron J. Bressi v. Jeffrey Brennen, et al. Third Circuit 2021-01-29 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP amendment civil-procedure due-process federal-rules free-speech judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss pleading pleading-standards standing How does this Amended Complaint not comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure?
20-6283 Robert Brownlee v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette Third Circuit 2020-11-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation Whether trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective
20-6256 Elet Valentine v. The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-11-09 Denied IFP amendment civil-procedure dismissal federal-rules-of-civil-procedure interlocutory-appeal jurisdiction jurisdictional-transfer law-of-the-case motion-to-dismiss service-of-process Question not identified
20-6239 Abdul Mohammed v. Prairie State Legal Services, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied IFP amendment civil-procedure complaint-amendment dismissal district-court notice pro-se rule-8 Whether a District Court can dismiss a Pro Se Plaintiff's complaint under Rule 8 without giving an opportunity to amend the complaint at least once af…
20-5780 D. W. v. California California 2020-09-23 Denied IFP amendment criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment juvenile-court notice petition-amendment prosecutorial-discretion trial-procedure Did The Juvenile Court Violate A Minor's Right To Due Process Under The Fourteenth Amendment When It Granted The Prosecutor's Request To Amend A Petit…
20-5529 Herman Bernard v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-08-31 Denied IFP aedpa amendment bankruptcy-court district-court due-process habeas-corpus judgment jurisdictional-defect procedural-rules successive-motions successive-petition Whether the Bankruptcy Court erred in denying a motion to amend a petition under the AEDPA, as the Eleventh Circuit has required that a motion to amen…
20-208 Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. Ethan Volungis, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-08-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) amendment civil-procedure district-court federal-rules-of-civil-procedure leave-to-amend motion-to-dismiss represented-plaintiff rule-15 sua-sponte Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a) requires district courts to grant plaintiffs represented by counsel leave to amend their complaint sua s…
19-1404 Michael Lieberman v. United States Third Circuit 2020-06-23 Denied Response Waived all-writs-act amendment criminal-defendant district-court judicial-relief post-conviction-remedies relief restitution restitution-order sentencing statutory-interpretation What relief is available to a criminal defendant under the All Writs Act?
19-1185 Carol Wilding, et al. v. DNC Services Corporation, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-30 Denied amendment civil-procedure civil-rights democratic-party due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fiduciary-duty fraud impartiality rule-12 rule-15 standing Does the DNC have a fiduciary duty to maintain impartiality in the Democratic Party presidential nominating process?
19-7756 In Re Frank Deville 2020-02-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP amendment civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-law constitutional-violation due-process federal-law hazardous-waste judicial-procedure liberal-amendment standing Is the Petitioner a victim in this case?
19-7064 Johanna Beanblossom v. Bay District Schools Florida 2019-12-26 Denied IFP amendment civil-procedure complaint-amendment due-process due-process-amendment employment-law first-amendment retaliation school-employment summary-judgment Absent unfair delay or futility, does fundamental due process require that a Plaintiff be allowed to amend a complaint at least once before a Court's …
19-610 Mushkin, Inc. v. Anza Technology, Inc. Federal Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response Waived amendment appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-15c-relation-back clear-error conduct-transaction-occurrence federal-circuit federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure notice relation-back standard-of-review Whether the appropriate standard of review for a 'relation back' determination under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(c) should be
19-6142 Santo Leone v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion amendment categorical-approach civil-procedure district-court-discretion divisibility drug-convictions due-process first-step-act marijuana-convictions motion-to-amend prior-convictions section-851 standing timeliness Whether district court abused its discretion by concluding motion to amend should be denied as untimely?
19-6047 Happy Stompingbear v. Sergeant Brown, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied IFP access-to-courts amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-procedure due-process judicial-access legal-remedy legal-work petition-review standing takings Was the taking of my legal work a violation of my access to the Courts?
19-5294 Abraham Asley Augustin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 amendment criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-15a due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-notice federal-rules-civil-procedure fourth-amendment habeas-corpus motion-to-amend pleading responsive-pleading section-2255 standing Whether the Fed. R.. Crim. P. 15(a) Motion's right to amend as a-matter of course' a 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2255 before a Responsive pleading is filed can be …
18-9489 Aaron J. Bressi v. John Gembic, et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP amendment appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-process legal-claims procedural-rules remand standing supervisory-power writ-of-certiorari Why the Honorable United States District Court ordered the case closed without granting a 30-day order to amend the complaint
18-1452 Jose A. Perez v. Physician Assistant Board, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-05-21 Denied 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 amendment civil-procedure constitutional-amendment constitutional-claim due-process equal-protection federal-rules-civil-procedure pro-se-litigant statute-of-limitations takings williamson-county Whether Mr. Perez can amend his complaint to allege that a State cannot exclude a person from the practice of medicine in a manner that contravenes th…
18-9093 James M. Ferguson v. Pelicia E. Hall, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied IFP amendment civil-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel indictment notice preliminary-hearing right-to-notice-of-charges right-to-prepare-defense Whether the defendant received effective assistance of counsel when his attorney failed to request a preliminary hearing, which would have exposed the…
18-1236 S. Bruce Hiran, et al. v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, et al. Texas 2019-03-22 Denied amendment civil-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure mandamus standing subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment Whether Petitioners' due process right was violated when the Supreme Court of Texas summarily denied their petition for writ of mandamus without reaso…
18-8421 Timothy M. Thomas v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-13 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 abuse-of-discretion amendment certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-of-appeals district-court due-process exhaustion habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-28-usc-2254 habeas-corpus-amendment judicial-discretion law-of-the-case merits section-2254 slack-v-mcdaniel Did the circuit court of appeals err when it denied (COA) status on the point raised that the U.S. district court abused its discretion by not allowin…
18-8029 Charles Russell Rhines v. Darin Young, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Amici (6)IFP 28-usc-2244(b) amendment anti-gay-animus appellate-procedure appellate-proceedings civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus impartial-jury juror-bias second-or-successive second-or-successive-petition second-or-successive-petitions standing Could reasonable jurists debate whether a court may permit an amendment to an initial habeas corpus petition, without applying 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)'s l…
18-7717 Byrion Demeco Ferguson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1B1.3 amendment appellate-review constitutional criminal-procedure evidence judicial-discretion plain-error sentencing-guidelines u.s-sentencing-commission u.s.-sentencing-commission Whether the trial court committed plain error by admitting insufficient evidence applied by the pre-amendment 1B1.3 version of the U.S. Sentencing Gui…
18-782 William C. Bond v. United States, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied amendment circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process leave-to-amend pleading pleading-deficiencies pro-se pro-se-litigant standing Whether a district court must provide a reason for denying a pro se litigant leave to amend the complaint
18-730 Moses McCormick, et al. v. Kim A. Browne, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 amendment amendment-futility civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process fourteenth-amendment injunctive-relief municipal-liability qualified-immunity section-1983 standing Whether leave to amend the plaintiff's complaint should be considered futile if the municipality with no immunity can be added as a defendant and held…
18-6950 Jason Wayne McBride v. Texas Texas 2018-12-07 Denied IFP 5th-amendment amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-intent criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process indictment-amendment mens-rea speedy-trial statutory-interpretation texas-penal-code Did the state decide an important Constitutional Double Jeopardy violation that conflicted with another Court and the Supreme Court?
18-712 Jerry Artrip v. Ball Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit 2018-12-03 Denied amendment civil-procedure claim-dismissal complaint-amendment district-court federal-circuit judicial-review patent patent-infringement standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit erred in affirming the district court's dismissal of Petitioner's patent infringeme…
18-701 Clayton Prince Tanksley v. Lee Daniels, et al. Third Circuit 2018-11-29 Denied Relisted (2) 7th-amendment access amendment copyright copyright-infringement jury-trial lay-observer-test pleading-stage prima-facie-claim probative-similarity similarity substantial-similarity Whether the trial court should engage in a substantive analysis and determination regarding substantial similarity as a matter of law at the pleading …
18-501 Alim Adburahman, et al. v. Hyundai Motor America, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response Waived amendment appellate-procedure case-dismissal civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction docket-management final-order frcp-15 judicial-authority jurisdiction multidistrict-litigation procedural-conflict Does a U.S. District Court have the power to dismiss cases previously transferred to a Multidistrict litigation, interfering with the adjudication of …
18-5264 Albert Jenkins, et al. v. WMC Mortgage, et al. District of Columbia 2018-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP amended-complaint amendment civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process fraudulent-concealment futility-of-amendment lulling-and-fraudulent-concealment oral-contract service-of-process standing statute-of-limitations Whether the statute of limitations was improperly applied despite fraudulent concealment
18-5134 Ronald Raymond Fowlkes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment circuit-split civil-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-magistrates-act habeas habeas-corpus magistrate-judge notice notice-requirement opportunity-to-respond plea-bargaining procedural-rules Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in failing to find a violation of the petitioner's due process rights when the district court denied…
18-5133 Peyton John Wesley Hopson v. Stark County, Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied IFP amendment certification civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure forma-pauperis in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion manifest-injustice pro-se standing Whether the district court's failure to state its reasons for certifying that the petitioner could not proceed in forma pauperis in good faith, along …
18-4 Samuel Giancarlo, et al. v. UBS Financial Services, Inc., et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response Waived amendment amendment-request civil-procedure class-action dismissal due-process judicial-discretion litigation-delay manifest-injustice motion-to-dismiss pleading-standards procedural-errors securities-litigation standing Whether manifest injustice results from the errors associated with the district court's dismissal of Petitioners' complaint, the errors of the appella…