| 23-697 |
Tony Evers, in His Official Capacity as Governor of Wisconsin v. Michael Dean, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-12-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-mandate civil-procedure costs district-court fees judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction legal-fees sanctions sanctions-motion section-1927 |
Did the Seventh Circuit err in holding that district courts lack jurisdiction to consider motions under Section 1927 after a court of appeals has issu… |
| 22-6620 |
Alex Adams v. Sergeant Beusch, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-01-24 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law costs due-process fees judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the lower courts erred in dismissing the petitioner's case |
| 21-8157 |
Demetrius Antwon Wilson v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
affidavit civil-procedure costs declaration poverty redress |
Whether the petitioner is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 21-1256 |
Robert M. Athey, et al. v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2022-03-16 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
american-rule attorney-fees common-law costs equal-access-to-justice-act federal-circuit fee-shifting statutory-interpretation |
Did a panel of the Federal Circuit err by entirely exempting the United States as a matter of law from liability for such fees and costs pursuant to t… |
| 21-6129 |
John Ragin v. Supreme Court of Virginia |
Virginia |
2021-11-01 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
affidavit civil-procedure costs court-filing declaration financial-assets in-forma-pauperis income-disclosure legal-support monthly-expenses poverty |
Whether the petitioner's affidavit or declaration in support of a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is sufficient to establish their inabi… |
| 20-7466 |
Charles L. Burgett v. The General Store No. Two Inc., et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bill-of-costs civil-procedure cost-waiver costs court-discretion deposition-costs indigency local-rules waiver |
Whether a party waives costs if it does not file a bill of cost on time pursuant to local rules? |
| 19-1323 |
B.E. Technology, L.L.C. v. Facebook, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-06-01 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure civil-rights costs due-process federal-circuit judicial-imprimatur legal-relationship mootness preclusion prevailing-party standing texas-state-teachers-association-v-garland |
Whether the dismissal of a case for mootness can satisfy the 'prevailing party' standard |
| 19-7953 |
Arthur Lopez v. Cheryl Lopez |
California |
2020-03-11 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights costs due-process patent standing takings waiver-of-fees |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's claims |
| 19-6669 |
Donnie Berry v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavit-or-declaration appeals civil-rights costs due-process habeas in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel poverty redress security sixth-amendment |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in denying habeas relief on petitioner's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel |
| 19-6057 |
Shane Austin Peters v. Eric Arnold, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights costs court-access due-process in-forma-pauperis indigent-status juvenile-justice legal-proceeding parole poverty poverty-affidavit redress security sentencing |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits the imposition of life sentences on juvenile offenders convicted … |
| 19-378 |
Alfred Lam, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure costs frcp-59(b) public-interest unclean-hands |
Whether the federal court abused its discretion granting costs to Respondents-Defendants despite their unclean hands and without any consideration of … |
| 18-9157 |
Israel Arce v. Chicago Transit Authority |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-05-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
affidavit civil-rights costs court-fees declaration due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines financial-hardship fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis income-limitation incorporation litigation-expenses poverty redress social-security |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 18-8723 |
Miles Sterling Bench v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2019-04-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment affidavit civil-rights competency costs criminal-appeals death-penalty declaration due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis indigent indigent-status mental-illness oklahoma-law supreme-court-procedure writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits the execution of a person with severe mental illness |
| 18-7709 |
John B. Laschkewitsch, as Administrator for the Estate of Ben Laschkewitsch v. Lincoln Life and Annuity Distributors, Inc., dba Lincoln Financial Group |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-01 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law appeals attorneys-fees breach-of-contract civil-rights contract costs diagnostic-disclosure due-process equal-protection insurance insurance-policy policy-contestability producer-agreement standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions governing the issues prese… |
| 18-7328 |
Anthony Sheely, et ux. v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
affidavit civil-procedure compensation costs court-access declaration due-process fifth-amendment financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure legal-filing poverty poverty-exemption private-property regulatory-burden takings |
Whether the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment requires compensation when the government imposes a regulatory burden on private property that does … |
| 18-7064 |
Thomas W. Mackenzie v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights costs court-fees declaration due-process financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis incarceration indigent-status legal-materials legal-proceeding poverty prison-law-library redress |
Whether the Florida Department of Corrections violated the petitioner's constitutional rights by denying him access to the courts and legal materials |
| 18-6550 |
Anthony Thomas v. Darrell Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-02 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
affidavit costs court-fees declaration effective-assistance-of-counsel financial-disclosure habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis income-declaration ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-indigency poverty prejudice procedural-default redress sixth-amendment |
Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel requires a new trial when counsel's deficient performance prejudiced the defendan… |