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25-910 MEI-GSR Holdings, LLC, et al. v. Second Judicial District Court of Nevada, Washoe County, et al. Nevada 2026-02-03 Pending civil-contempt contempt criminal-contempt due-process fourteenth-amendment receiver-restitution Whether an order directing a flat, unconditional restitution payment to a receiver constitutes civil or criminal contempt under due process
25-513 Adele Jeffords Pope v. South Carolina South Carolina 2025-10-27 Denied Response Waived contempt due-process estate-law first-amendment foia-request judicial-order Whether the South Carolina Supreme Court's 2015 Order violates the First Amendment and due process rights by prohibiting a former court-appointed fidu…
24-1128 Angelique Layton v. RBL Financial LLC, et al. Colorado 2025-05-02 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights contempt due-process governmental-immunity personal-jurisdiction rule-interpretation Does Colorado's current expansive interpretation of C.R.C.P. Rule 107 violate constitutional rights of non-parties by interpreting the Rule to apply t…
23-704 Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. Federal Trade Commission, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-29 Denied civil-contempt civil-procedure contempt decisional-law equitable-remedies federal-trade-commission ftc-act permanent-injunction rule-60(b)(6) sanctions Can a fundamental change in decisional law independently support relief from a judgment under Rule 60(b)(6)?
22-1161 Steve Cooley, et al. v. National Abortion Federation Ninth Circuit 2023-06-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-injunction civil-rights contempt contempt-sanction criminal-defense due-process fair-ground-of-doubt sovereign-immunity younger-abstention Whether the District Court can punish two criminal attorneys for contempt and sanction them $200,000 for using evidence in defense of their client in …
22-7003 Justin Melton v. Jared Perry, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-03-14 Denied IFP child-custody civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights contempt due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-jurisdiction petition-for-writ Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the child was denied habeas corpus relief and the petitioner was held in contempt fo…
22-6918 Ralph Hall v. Darwin LeClaire, et al. Second Circuit 2023-03-03 Denied IFP 6th-amendment administrative-law agency-decision appellate-review civil-rights contempt counsel due-process incarceration judicial-review procedural-due-process statutory-interpretation Whether the Sixth Amendment right to counsel and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment require the appointment of counsel for indigent de…
22-426 Transperfect Global, Inc., et al. v. Robert Pincus Delaware 2022-11-07 Denied contempt contempt-power corporate-litigation declaratory-judgment delaware-law due-process first-amendment judicial-declaration petition-clause Whether holding TPG in contempt because it filed a lawsuit in Nevada unconstitutionally burdened TPG's First-Amendment-right-to-petition
22-276 Aparna Vashisht-Rota v. Howell Management Services, et al. Utah 2022-09-23 Denied Relisted (2) appellate-review civil-procedure contempt due-process jurisdictional-challenge rule-11 rule-83 safe-harbor vexatious-litigant Whether application of the contempt analysis associated with Utah R. Civ. P. 11 sanctions to review a Utah R. Civ. P. 83 Vexatious Litigant order is f…
21-7515 Paula Antonia Gordon v. Leslie Nelson Parker, et al. Louisiana 2022-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP bench-warrant child-custody contempt dna-testing due-process equal-protection family-court human-trafficking judicial-misconduct order-of-appeal Did the family court judge commit human-trafficking,violate-equal-protection,violate-due-process,find-grandmother-guilty-of-contempt,issue-bench-warra…
21-6985 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Oregon Oregon 2022-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal case-review civil-procedure contempt court-jurisdiction due-process fraud-upon-court judicial-review legal-standing petition-review standing sub-judice Is it fair, just, sound, and prudent that the denial and dismissal of a motion for relief from a judgment for fraud upon the court be considered to be…
21-1000 Clifford Allen Brace, Jr. v. Steven M. Speier, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-01-14 Denied 11-usc-541 automatic-stay bankruptcy-jurisdiction bodily-detention contempt contempt-order due-process jurisdiction probate-exception Whether the Bankruptcy court's order violates the 5th, 8th and 14th amendments of the United States Constitution
21-855 Paul M. Mahoney v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three California 2021-12-09 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights contempt contempt-citation due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech judicial-proceedings petition-for-rehearing Whether the California Court of Appeal's contempt citation for statements made in a petition for rehearing violates the First Amendment and equal prot…
21-712 Derrick Tyrone Jenkins v. Florida Florida 2021-11-15 Denied Response Waived clear-and-present-danger contempt contempt-of-court due-process extrajudicial-speech first-amendment free-speech habeas-review judicial-criticism political-speech Does the clear and present danger standard apply in contempt proceedings brought to sanction a litigant's extrajudicial criticism of an elected judge …
21-531 Jerome D. Lee, Stephen E. Brown-Bennett, and Taylor Lee & Associates LLC v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-12 Denied Response Waived available-funds civil-procedure cja-vouchers contempt contract-authority due-process fee-inquiry judicial-discretion reimbursement standing statutory-interpretation sua-sponte Did the lower court have the authority to, sua sponte, set aside the petitioners' contracts, and conduct a fee inquiry into whether or not funds were …
21-5696 Fan Gu v. Invista S.A.R.L. Fifth Circuit 2021-09-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights contempt discrimination due-process fifth-circuit-review forgery judicial-misconduct perjury pro-se-litigation res-judicata Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in claiming that the claims are barred by Res Judicata
21-5652 Carlos Velasquez v. Utah, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-procedure civil-petition civil-rights constitutional-challenge contempt due-process fraud fraud-on-court in-forma-pauperis judicial-misconduct judicial-misrepresentation standing Whether effective limitations on government power can define fraud on the court and criminal contempt in judicial misrepresentation of citizens' civil…
20-7650 In Re Bo Zou 2021-04-02 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion contempt copyright-infringement judicial-discretion judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct liljeberg-standard magistrate-disqualification perjury procedural-irregularity How did the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit disregard and ignore the facts and factual evidence, and prohibition criteria, which …
20-1135 Alex Emric Jones, et al. v. Erica Lafferty, et al. Connecticut 2021-02-19 Denied Response Waived civil-rights contempt due-process free-speech judicial-authority party-presentation Whether a litigant's extra-judicial statements can be sanctioned when the First Amendment otherwise protects his speech and where there was no order p…
20-1051 Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Hillary Rodham Clinton, et al. District of Columbia 2021-02-01 Denied Response Waived appeal-procedure civil-procedure contempt discovery discovery-order foia-request intervenor judicial-review mandamus post-judgment-appeal writ-of-intervention Whether a witness can seek a writ of mandamus and bypass the 'disobedience and contempt route to appeal a discovery order' by becoming an intervenor f…
20-6965 Bradley B. Miller v. Virginia T. Dunn Texas 2021-01-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights contempt court-fine court-fines due-process fourteenth-amendment indigent-party judicial-discretion jurisdiction removal Whether the levying of a court fine against an indigent party represents a violation of constitutional Due Process
20-944 Pamela D. Stark v. Joe Edward Stark Tennessee 2021-01-13 Denied appellate-review constitutional-safeguards contempt contempt-of-court legislative-safeguards mootness mootness-doctrine prior-restraint right-to-petition Whether a state trial court can create a hybrid form of contempt which avoids traditional constitutional and legislative safeguards and prevents appel…
20-856 Gary Pisner v. Robert M. McCarthy Maryland 2020-12-29 Denied asset-transfer beneficiary-rights civil-rights contempt court-appointed-trustee due-process ex-parte-contact procedural-due-process standing trust trust-governance trustee Whether the petitioner was denied procedural due process
20-801 Frank DeLucia v. Greenbuild, LLC, et al. New York 2020-12-14 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights contempt due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment subpoena witness-appearance Is it a violation of the Due Process clauses of the United State Constitution, 5s Amendment and 14th Amendment to punish a party by dismissing his pro…
19-1445 Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. Federal Trade Commission, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied civil-procedure contempt contempt-sanctions dietary-supplements due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-trade-commission injunction injunction-specificity waiver-doctrine Can the FTC unilaterally reinterpret an injunction to seek contempt sanctions based on a more restrictive standard?
19-1006 Facebook, Inc., et al. v. Superior Court of California, San Francisco County, et al. California 2020-02-11 Denied communication-contents constitutional-rights constitutional-subpoena contempt criminal-defendant-rights privacy privacy-protection service-provider-disclosure service-providers stored-communications-act subpoena Whether a criminal defendant has a constitutional right to subpoena service providers and force them to turn over the contents of their account holder…
19-7411 In Re Lionel McCray 2020-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP all-writs-act appeals circuit-court civil-procedure civil-procedure-mandamus contempt contempt-proceeding due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure mandamus second-circuit sequestration writ-of-sequestration Whether Mandamus should issue to compel the Second Circuit Court to enter a Finding of Contempt
19-812 Charles T. Marshall v. Federal Trade Commission Ninth Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights contempt due-process fifth-amendment right-to-counsel self-incrimination summary-judgment Whether a civil defendant invoking the privilege against self-incrimination in his pleadings and discovery responses is unconstitutionally penalized
19-713 Paul E. Nunu v. Nancy Nunu Risk, et al. Texas 2019-12-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abridged Petitioner's First-Amendment-right-to-pe as applied access-to-courts citizens-united-v-fec contempt court-access first-amendment petition-clause prior-restraint pro-se vexatious-litigant Whether the Texas Vexatious Litigant Statutes, as applied, abridged Petitioner's First Amendment unfettered core right to petition and to access Texas…
19-561 Gail Rosier v. Jeffrey Strobel Arizona 2019-10-29 Denied Response Waived child-support contempt contempt-proceedings due-process imprisonment incarcerated-obligors indigent-obligors interstate-enforcement procedural-safeguards uniform-interstate-family-support-act What minimum procedural safeguards are required to ensure due process for incarcerated and indigent obligors who face child support proceedings under …
19-6398 Aretha Townsend v. National Labor Relations Board Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP all-writs-act article-iii case-dismissal civil-procedure civil-rights compliance contempt due-process frivolous judicial-discretion jurisdiction procedural-jurisdiction standing Whether District Judge violated Petitioner's due-process rights
19-525 Steve Cooley, et al. v. National Abortion Federation Ninth Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights contempt contempt-sanction criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel effective-counsel preliminary-injunction sanctions sixth-amendment younger-abstention Whether a state court criminal defendant can enjoy his Sixth Amendment right to effective counsel when his state court criminal counsel have been held…
18-1238 Veeramuthu P. Gounder v. Progressive Credit Union, et al. New York 2019-03-22 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights consolidation contempt court-compel-discovery court-procedure discovery discovery-rights discovery-violation due-process evidence-suppression judicial-bias judicial-misconduct res-judicata share-certificate-dispute standing stock-share-dispute Denial of due process in dismissal of case without considering evidence, denial of discovery, improper consolidation of cases, judicial bias and misco…
18-1130 David W. Charron v. Glenn S. Morris, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-523 bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-procedure contempt contempt-sanctions debt-discharge discharge discharge-of-debts due-process intent non-dischargeable non-dischargeable-debt non-dischargeable-debts statutory-interpretation Whether contempt sanctions are per se non-dischargeable debts under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(6)
18-6756 John J. Koresko v. R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor Third Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights contempt debt-imprisonment disgorgement due-process erisa erisa-case erisa-enforcement garnishment imprisonment judicial-review labor-secretary-powers preliminary-injunction statutory-interpretation Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals incorrectly decided that parts of a $38 million judgment for disgorgement' entered in 2015 against the Peti…
18-6540 Maha Z. Rayan v. Georgia Georgia 2018-11-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP arrest contempt contempt-order criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment judicial-appointment municipal-court-jurisdiction municipal-courts probable-cause state-penal-law uniform-traffic-citation Whether the use of a municipal traffic citation as an initial accusation for a state penal law non-traffic offense is constitutional
18-358 Richard Roe v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied Response Waived civil-rights contempt document-sealing due-process first-amendment-right free-speech judicial-records judicial-records-access lower-court-authority lower-court-orders public-access public-docketing redactions standing supervisory-power supreme-court-supervisory-power Whether the Second Circuit erred in ordering additional redactions beyond what the Supreme Court had approved and ordered public