| 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 |