conflicts-of-interest

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5064 Rona Johnson Adeoye v. Clayton County DFCS Employees, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-power civil-rights conflicts-of-interest constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection false-arrest judicial-immunity statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23A1033 In Re Rosalind Holmes 2024-05-20 Presumed Complete abuse-of-discretion conflicts-of-interest extraordinary-circumstances judicial-misconduct mandamus pro-se Whether a pro se litigant can demonstrate extraordinary circumstances warranting judicial review of multiple adverse judgments involving alleged syste…
23-1035 Angela W. DeBose v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-19 Denied Response Waived civil-rights collateral-order-doctrine conflicts-of-interest due-process extrajudicial-conduct judicial-disqualification mandamus recusal standing Whether the district judge should be disqualified from presiding over a case based on bias or prejudicial, financial interest, or other impermissible …
23-5943 Saria Walker v. United States Federal Government, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-conspiracy civil-procedure conflicts-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process judicial-corruption judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal pro-se-plaintiff Why is a Judge Not recusal themselves when they are Named as defendants in the case?
23-5905 Daniel Kristof Lak v. California California 2023-10-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady brady-disclosure conflict-of-interest conflicts-of-interest criminal-investigation criminal-procedure due-process impeachment-evidence law-enforcement law-enforcement-witness prosecutorial-ethics witness Whether a prosecutor's duty to disclose exculpatory and impeachment information under Brady should be extended to include mandating the disclosure of …
23-244 Lawyers for Fair Reciprocal Admission v. United States Third Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied Response Waived civil-rights conflicts-of-interest due-process free-speech judicial-admission local-rules nonuniform-standards professional-speech standing third-circuit writ-of-certiorari Has the Petitioner established good cause for this Court to issue a writ of certiorari before judgment because the nonuniform local rules directly con…
22-708 Gripum, LLC v. Food and Drug Administration Seventh Circuit 2023-01-30 Denied administrative-agencies administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-deference conflicts-of-interest evidentiary-requirements fda-guidance judicial-deference judicial-review regulatory-conflict tobacco-control-act What level of judicial deference is afforded to administrative agencies with conflicts of interest?
21-881 Linda Shao v. McManis Faulkner, LLP California 2021-12-14 Denied Relisted (2) appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure conflicts-of-interest court-jurisdiction due-process filing judicial-bias procedural-irregularity vexatious-litigant Question not identified
21-6019 James Paul Arlotta v. His Holiness Pope Francis, et al. Second Circuit 2021-10-19 Dismissed IFP appearances-of-impropriety bankruptcy-court civil-rights conflicts-of-interest constitutional-questions court-jurisdiction due-process establishment-clause judicial-proceedings legal-review recusal Whether the court will adhere to the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment in light of the apparent conflicts of interest and impropriety involv…
21-5359 In Re Ellis Keyes 2021-08-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP conflicts-of-interest constitutional-checks-and-balances nobility open-and-honest-government separation-of-powers standing Does a State have standing to exclude Judiciary Candidates from Election in violation of constitutional-checks-and-balances,conflicts-of-interest,sepa…
20-1816 David L. Whitehead v. Paramount Pictures Corporation, et al. District of Columbia 2021-06-29 Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights conflicts-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-conflicts-of-interest judicial-review recusal standing Whether the High Court has jurisdiction (Authority) to conduct judicial review
20-1666 Ashton R. O'Dwyer, Jr. v. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Fifth Circuit 2021-06-01 Denied Response Waived attorney-disciplinary-proceeding civil-rights conflicts-of-interest due-process judicial-conflict-of-interest judicial-misconduct panel-member-disqualification procedural-fairness reciprocal-discipline recusal standing Whether the failure of a Panel Member to disclose conflicts of interests requires vacature of the Panel's decision
20-1057 Oracle America, Inc. v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit 2021-02-03 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law administrative-record agency-deference bid-protest conflicts-of-interest criminal-statute federal-law harmless-error procurement procurement-law Whether a bid protest that establishes a violation of federal law may be denied for 'harmless error' based on a rationale not present in the administr…
20-378 North Cypress Medical Center Operating Company, Ltd., et al. v. Cigna Healthcare, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied administrative-discretion benefits-denial circuit-split conflicts-of-interest employee-retirement-income-security-act erisa firestone-analysis judicial-review standard-of-review totality-of-factors Whether, in reviewing an ERISA administrator's benefits denial, it is automatically dispositive that 'two other courts' upheld the administrator's int…
19-1180 Robert Radcliffe, et al. v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-30 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure class-action class-actions class-counsel conflicts-of-interest due-process fair-settlement legal-representation material-conflict rule-23 settlement-fairness Whether Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 permits class counsel whose interests are in material conflict with those of the class to represent the class so long as th…
19-639 Linda Shao v. Tsan-Kuen Wang California 2019-11-18 Denied Relisted (2) appellate-procedure california conflicts-of-interest court-disclosure due-process fraudulent-referencing incomplete-records judgment judicial-conflict judiciary-corruption oral-argument-waiver procedural-irregularity record-completeness sixth-district-court-of-appeal Does due process require reversal of California Sixth District Court of Appeal's Judgment of June 4, 2019 when the named Justice writing the Judgment …
19-6406 Clifford L. Rush v. Nebraska Nebraska 2019-10-28 Denied IFP conflicts-of-interest constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion nebraska-supreme-court pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment withdrawal-of-counsel Whether the Nebraska Supreme Court's denial of the petitioner's right to proceed pro se violated the Sixth Amendment
18-8895 Kevin Watkins v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2019-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel civil-rights conflicted-jurors conflicts-of-interest criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection open-trial Is a defendant's right to an open trial violated when an attorney observing the trial and was asked to assist with defendant's appeal, was barred from…
18-749 JoEllen Mary Crossett v. Michigan Michigan 2018-12-11 Denied conflicts-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel impartial-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juror-bias jury-selection peremptory-challenges prejudice sixth-amendment state-and-federal-rights trial-procedure Was Petitioner denied her state and federal rights to the effective assistance of counsel, and did Michigan Court of Appeals err when it confirmed wit…
18-569 Linda Shao v. Tsan-Kuen Wang California 2018-10-31 Denied Relisted (2) appeal child-custody civil-procedure conflicts-of-interest constitutional-rights dismissal due-process fraud judicial-misconduct procedural-irregularities rule-8.57 Does due process require reversal of the dismissal where the court fraudulently concealed dismissal and knowingly dismissed the appeal with false grou…
18-360 Ronald Bergrin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-09-20 Denied Response Waived competency-test conflicts-of-interest counsel-conflict criminal-investigation due-process due-process,criminal-procedure,competency,conflict dusky-standard dusky-v-united-states right-to-counsel stand-trial standard-of-review structural-error Does the competency test established in Dusky v. United States permit a finding of incompetency based on the accused's unwillingness to assist counsel…
18-344 Linda Shao v. McManis Faulkner, LLP California 2018-09-17 Denied Relisted (2) access-to-courts american-inns-of-court attorney-client-relationship civil-procedure conflict-of-interest conflicts-of-interest court-of-appeal due-process judge-disclosure judicial-ethics recusal right-to-appeal social-relationship Does due process require reversal of dismissals due to judge's failure to recuse or disclose conflicts of interest
18-5369 Baboucar B. Taal v. St. Mary's Bank, et al. First Circuit 2018-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-455 appeal conflict-of-interest conflicts-of-interest due-process equal-protection fair-adjudication federal-claims judicial-ethics judicial-recusal recusal May a party who is denied Fair and Impartial adjudication of his (federal) claims, deprived of his basic due process and equal protection rights, in a…