clearly-erroneous-standard

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25-7067 Davonte J. Coe v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-03-18 Pending Response WaivedIFP appellate-review clearly-erroneous-standard excessive-force factual-findings party-presentation-principle remand When a district court declines to make factual findings because an antecedent legal ruling makes those findings unnecessary, and an appellant challeng…
25-5973 Eric Michael Schuster v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review clearly-erroneous-standard due-process fourteenth-amendment mixed-questions-of-law standard-of-review Whether a reviewing court must strictly adhere to the Supreme Court requirement that a district court's fact-findings "must not be set aside unless cl…
24-5866 Edward Moses v. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Fifth Circuit 2024-10-31 Denied Relisted (2)IFP attorney-sanctions clearly-erroneous-standard constitutional-challenge federal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity tribal-recognition On March 15, 2024, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held that, Edward Moses, Jr., a lawyer who has proclaimed himself "Emperor of the A…
22-6223 Byron O. Woods Sr. v. United States Federal Circuit 2022-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure clearly-erroneous-standard conclusions-of-law court-of-appeals fact-finding federal-circuit judicial-conflict legal-findings pullman-standard rule-52(a) standard-of-review (1) The Pullman-Standard , 456 U.S. 273 (1982), this Court developed which is the standard for reviewing jurisprudence for issues of fact and issues …
19-8372 Abdul Hakiym Ismaiyl v. Donald C. Nugent Sixth Circuit 2020-04-28 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review circuit-court-review clearly-erroneous clearly-erroneous-standard factual-findings frivolous-claims in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion record-review standard-of-review Whether a Circuit court, once the veracity of the factual findings of a Dist. Court has been contended not to exist, and not supported by the record, …
19-7061 Charles Edward Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-27 Granted IFP appellate-review batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky burden-shifting clearly-erroneous-standard jury-selection peremptory-challenge prima-facie-case racial-discrimination standard-of-review In Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 97 (1986), the Court set forth a three-step protocol to prevent racial discrimination in jury selection. It applie…
19-6483 Carl Robinson v. Bernadette Mason, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Retreat Third Circuit 2019-11-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure clearly-erroneous-standard clearly-erroneous'-rule-52(a),exhaustion-of-remedi conviction court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process exhaustion-of-remedies judicial-independence judicial-procedure legal-remedy procedural-due-process standard-of-review statute supplemental-response timeliness unfairness Was the Petitioner denied due process of law,in vi 1 This case presents the question when there's no authority in the Federal Court's that countenances the preparation of the opinion by the attorney fo…
18-8216 Zavia L. Johnson v. United States Third Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review clearly-erroneous clearly-erroneous-standard law-enforcement-officer law-enforcement-testimony scott-v-harris standard-of-review testimony video-evidence videotape videotape-evidence Does a federal courts of appeals misapply the clearly erroneous standard of review when it upholds a district court's crediting of a law enforcement o…