| 25-584 |
Kenneth J. Rosellini v. Gary N. Wilcox, Individually, and as Judge, Superior Court, Bergen County, New Jersey, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-11-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights-statute constitutional-review due-process federal-jurisdiction state-court-procedure younger-abstention |
1) Is there a full and fair opportunity for a person to raise constitutional issues in in state court attorney ethics proceedings, so that Younger Abs… |
| 23-412 |
Seneca Lovett Engel v. Derek Engel, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-10-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-statute conspiracy-claim due-process federal-rules-procedure iqbal judicial-review motion-to-dismiss pleading-standard pleading-standards twombly |
Whether claims for conspiracy under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(8) and § 1983 are sufficiently stated under Fed. Rule Civ. P. 8(2) |
| 23-10 |
Miriam Brysk, et al. v. Henry Herskovitz, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-07-05 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
anti-semitism attorney-fees civil-rights civil-rights-statute due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-bias synagogue synagogue-picketing |
Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals improperly affirmed a decision awarding attorney fees to defendant protesters |
| 22-623 |
James William Hall v. G.M.S. Management Co., Inc., et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-01-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-statute constitutional-rights court-access due-process first-amendment free-speech pro-se-litigation standing |
Does a person have rights to a day in court to represent himself as a pro-se even when the appeal court lower United States District and the United St… |
| 22-5965 |
Michael C. Smart v. Prime Mortgage & Escrow, LLC, et al. |
Texas |
2022-11-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-1981 civil-rights civil-rights-statute due-process federal-pleading-standard federal-procedure motion-to-dismiss pleading-standards preemption prima-facie-case supremacy-clause |
Was the petitioner's federal rights violated when Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N.A. 534 U.S. 506, 122 S. Ct. 992 (2002) held that a plaintiff does not need … |
| 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… |
| 20-965 |
Balubhai Patel, et al. v. Manuel Chavez |
California |
2021-01-22 |
Denied |
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42-usc-1983 anti-SLAPP anti-SLAPP-statute attorney-fees civil-rights civil-rights-statute federal-preemption fee-shifting preemption supremacy-clause |
Whether California's anti-SLAPP statute's mandatory attorney fee shifting provisions in favor of a prevailing defendant conflicts with, and stands as … |
| 20-190 |
Daniel Sohn, et ux. v. Mariposa County, California, et al. |
California |
2020-08-19 |
Denied |
|
14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-statute constitutional-violation fourth-amendment government-entity property-rights subdivision-map-act |
Where a government entity enters and takes real and personal property of its citizens under color of law based on an intentional misinterpretation of … |
| 19-8533 |
Michael A. Lajeunesse v. Megan Anne Chambers, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-05-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-violation civil-rights civil-rights-statute constitutional-rights due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence judicial-notice prosecutorial-misconduct section-1983 standing |
Whether the petitioner can seek relief under 42 USC §1983, 1985, or 1986 for alleged conspiracy to withhold exculpatory evidence |
| 19-928 |
Kenneth Fernandez Johnson, Jr. v. Sadie Darnell, Sheriff, Alachua County, Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-01-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights-statute due-process false-arrest false-imprisonment favorable-termination fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment malicious-prosecution probable-cause |
Whether the Fourth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated due to false arrest, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution under 42… |
| 18-1533 |
William Henry Starrett, Jr. v. City of Richardson, Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-11 |
Denied |
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civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983 civil-rights-42-usc-1985 civil-rights-statute conspiracy conspiracy-claims due-process federal-jurisdiction municipal-liability pleading-standards pleading-sufficiency pleadings section-1983 texas-tort-claims-act |
Whether allegations are sufficient to support claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1985(2)-(3) |
| 18-7062 |
Louis Matthew Clements v. Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Florida |
2018-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-statute constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment malicious-prosecution state-governmental-immunity |
Does FL.S. § 768.28 first claiming to allow Florida citizens to sue State Governmental Agencies for malicious prosecution and then disallowing it, in … |
| 18-6446 |
Juliette Fairley v. PM Management - San Antonio AL |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
5th-circuit ada americans-with-disabilities-act associational-standing civil-rights civil-rights-statute diversity-jurisdiction public-accommodation rule-19 standing |
Did the 5th Circuit err in finding that Appellant Juliette Fairley failed to state a cause of action under 42 U.S.C. § 2000a, or 42 U.S.C § 12182, whe… |