| 25-457 |
Topaz Johnson, et al. v. High Desert State Prison, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-10-15 |
Pending |
Amici (1)Relisted (4) |
civil-procedure court-fees filing-fee in-forma-pauperis incarcerated-plaintiff statutory-interpretation |
Does 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) require each incarcerated plaintiff filing in forma pauperis to pay the full amount of a filing fee whether or not he is f… |
| 24A954 |
Altony Brooks v. Sergeant Sheila Johnston, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-04-07 |
Presumed Complete |
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constitutional-rights court-fees criminal-justice due-process equal-protection indigent-defendant |
Whether a criminal defendant's inability to pay court fees and costs constitutes an unconstitutional deprivation of due process or equal protection ri… |
| 24-6531 |
Mary Ruffin v. Mark Henry |
Texas |
2025-02-10 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
court-fees fourteenth-amendment judicial-authority jurisdictional-challenge mandamus-writ procedural-due-process |
Whether multiple procedural due process violations occurred in a case involving jurisdictional challenges, court fees, and judicial authority under th… |
| 23-7837 |
Fidel Alcantar Soto v. Rual Morales, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-07-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
asset-declaration civil-procedure court-fees financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income-sources indigent-status legal-proceeding monthly-expenses poverty-affidavit prisoner-rights |
Question not identified |
| 23-933 |
Jay Hymas, dba Dosmen Farms v. Department of the Interior |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-27 |
Denied |
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access-to-courts circuit-split civil-procedure court-fees fee-waiver in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion litigation-access statutory-interpretation |
Does 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1) grant district courts authority to set a partial filing fee for in forma pauperis litigants, as the Ninth Circuit below an… |
| 23-6329 |
Russell G. Finnegan v. David L. Chidester |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-12-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals appellate-review civil-procedure court-fees due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure jurisdiction pro-se-litigation signature-requirement standing |
Are the orders from the Court of Appeals valid absent an authorized signature of a judicial officer? |
| 23A534 |
Jay Hymas, dba Dosmen Farms v. Department of Interior |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-12-12 |
Presumed Complete |
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civil-litigation court-fees filing-fees in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation |
Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1) permits district courts to impose partial filing fees on non-prisoner civil litigants or requires complete fee waiver |
| 23-5883 |
Shardaye Jeacole Malik Bey v. Ohio |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-10-25 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1443 appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-rights court-fees criminal-procedure criminal-removal due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis |
Whether filing fees are required for removal of a criminal action under 28 U.S.C. § 1443 |
| 23-5721 |
In Re Terrance A. McCauley |
|
2023-10-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
affidavit civil-procedure court-fees declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income-declaration legal-support poverty poverty-affidavit redress |
Whether the petitioner should be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 23-5530 |
Matthew Jones v. Maine State Police Troop E |
Maine |
2023-09-06 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
access-to-justice civil-procedure court-fees due-process fee-waiver indigency indigent-status judicial-access legal-standing procedural-rights standing |
Who qualifies for fee waivers in the United States Court system? |
| 21-8147 |
John P. Tomkins v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-06-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2255 appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure court-fees due-process federal-prisoners judicial-review section-2255-motion |
Have the lower courts imposed too high of a standard on federal prisoners who seek a certificate of appealability following the denial of a 28 U.S.C. … |
| 21-5698 |
Jasper Crook v. Ricardo Aguilar, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-09-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
access-to-courts access-to-justice case-closure civil-rights court-fees due-process free-speech judicial-procedure judicial-process legal-rights ninth-circuit |
Does the petitioner have a right to 'free justice and open courts' without paying a fee to have their case heard in the Ninth Circuit? |
| 20-7712 |
Gwendolyn Singleton v. Orangeburg County Disabilities Special Needs Board |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-04-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
affidavit civil-procedure court-fees declaration financial-disclosure financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis indigent-status judicial-discretion poverty standing |
Whether the petitioner is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 20-7211 |
In Re Jeremy L. Dale |
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2021-02-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights court-fees declaration financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-procedure poverty redress |
Whether the petitioner's affidavit or declaration in support of motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is sufficient to establish poverty and e… |
| 20-6490 |
Mario Allan Montano v. Oakland County Circuit Court Judge |
Michigan |
2020-12-01 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights court-fees court-orders due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-injunction standing supreme-court-jurisdiction |
Whether the Michigan Supreme Court violated its jurisdiction in issuing orders against the Petitioner, depriving him of his right to equal protection … |
| 20-6489 |
Mario Allan Montano v. Ivy Alice Wimmer |
Michigan |
2020-12-01 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
access-to-courts case-dismissal constitutional-rights court-fees court-orders due-process equal-protection filing-fees jurisdiction supreme-court-jurisdiction |
Whether the Michigan Supreme Court violated its jurisdiction in issuing three orders dismissing the Petitioner's cases thus depriving the Petitioner o… |
| 20-6488 |
Mario Allan Montano v. Oakland County Circuit Court Judge |
Michigan |
2020-12-01 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-fees due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-standing standing supreme-court-jurisdiction |
Whether the Michigan Supreme Court violated its jurisdiction by issuing an order dismissing the Petitioner's case and depriving the Petitioner of his … |
| 19-8641 |
Samir Hanna v. California |
California |
2020-06-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
affidavit civil-procedure court-fees declaration in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-fees poverty pro-se-litigation redress |
Whether the petitioner is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 19-5925 |
Kavin Maurice Rhodes v. Peter C. Swarth, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
14th-amendment 8th-amendment assets civil-procedure civil-rights court-fees due-process excessive-fines financial-disclosure financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis incorporation indigent-status liabilities poverty pro-se-petition standing |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 19-169 |
Jane Doe v. Iowa |
Iowa |
2019-08-08 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
court-fees criminal-record due-process equal-protection expungement indigent-rights poverty |
Whether Iowa violates the Equal Protection Clause by denying expungement to people who have not been convicted of any offense, solely because they are… |
| 18-9389 |
Antonia Shields v. Juda Klein |
Second Circuit |
2019-05-23 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-action civil-rights constitutional-review court-fees due-process fees-and-costs fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis judicial-access standing unconstitutional |
Is 28 U.S.C. § 1915 unconstitutional, discriminatory, based on a person's ability to pay fees and costs and/or to give security for fees and costs for… |
| 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 |
| 18-9129 |
Delroy T. Booth v. Trevonza Bobbitt, Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-costs court-fees dismissal docketing-fees due-process eleventh-circuit fees in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigant standing |
Whether the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeal by stating 'Failed to Pay the Docketing & Filing Fee… |
| 18-8555 |
Randal Floyd v. Michael Johnson, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-fees deliberate-indifference due-process fraud indigent indigent-appeal prisoner-rights standing standing-civil-procedure-due-process-access-to-cou |
Whether a prisoner as plaintiff still has standing on a deliberate indifference claim when the defendant by fraud defaults their obligation to forward… |
| 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… |