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25-457 Topaz Johnson, et al. v. High Desert State Prison, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-10-15 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (5) 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 constitutional-rights court-fees criminal-justice due-process equal-protection indigent-defendant Question not identified.
24-6531 Mary Ruffin v. Mark Henry Texas 2025-02-10 Denied IFP court-fees fourteenth-amendment judicial-authority jurisdictional-challenge mandamus-writ procedural-due-process Whether the lower court's failure to honor a Statement of Inability to Afford Payment of Court Costs after filing, without any contest, thereby imposi…
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 access-to-courts circuit-split civil-procedure court-fees fee-waiver in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion litigation-access statutory-interpretation Congress has determined that individuals should not be denied access to federal court based on their economic circumstances. To effectuate that impo…
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 Am. the orders tram He Court of dypeats vah'ol absent wthori-zedsiqnatvpe, of a. \udlcial officer ?I. an ■? - ~z_ 'V7*** " • f of dppeats opinion New…
23A534 Jay Hymas, dba Dosmen Farms v. Department of Interior Ninth Circuit 2023-12-12 Presumed Complete civil-litigation court-fees filing-fees in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation 1. This case presents a significant question of law—namely, whether, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1), district courts may impose a partial filing f…
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 Because filing fees are not required for removal of a criminal action under [28 U.S.C.] § 1443, it is not necessary to grant Petitioner in forma paupe…
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 Question not identified.
23-5530 Matthew Jones v. Maine State Police Troop E Maine 2023-09-06 Denied 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 1. 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.…
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 Petitioner has a right to "free justice and open courts ". NO fee needed to have Ninth Circuit hear a matter. Case cannot be closed due to fee(s) not …
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 Question not identified.
20-7211 In Re Jeremy L. Dale 2021-02-23 Denied IFP affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights court-fees declaration financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-procedure poverty redress Question not identified.
20-6490 Mario Allan Montano v. Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Michigan 2020-12-01 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights court-fees court-orders due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-injunction standing supreme-court-jurisdiction I. Whether the Michigan Supreme Court violated its jurisdiction in issuing two orders dismissing the Petitioner 's cases thus depriving the Petitioner…
20-6489 Mario Allan Montano v. Ivy Alice Wimmer Michigan 2020-12-01 Denied IFP access-to-courts case-dismissal constitutional-rights court-fees court-orders due-process equal-protection filing-fees jurisdiction supreme-court-jurisdiction I. Whether the Michigan Supreme Court violated its jurisdiction in issuing three orders dismissing the Petitioner's cases thus depriving the Petitione…
20-6488 Mario Allan Montano v. Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Michigan 2020-12-01 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-fees due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-standing standing supreme-court-jurisdiction I. Whether the Michigan Supreme Court violated its jurisdiction by issuing an order dismissing the Petitioner's case thus depriving the Petitioner of …
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 Question not identified.
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 Question not identified.
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 In Iowa, as in nearly every state, a person who has been charged with an offense, but not convicted, is entitled to have the record of the charge expu…
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 Question not identified.
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 I Wow Can Me Couch oF AR PRS For Lhe ENevendy rcuth DiS ge My APRRA\ By SNating "Failed Yo Pay the Dock ering 8 Fi Ving Fees bg Wherg iy Cleasly Shake…
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 WETER A PRISONER AS PLAINTIFF STILL HAS STANDING ON A DELI8EATE INDIF?E1ENCE CLAIM WHEN THE DEPENDANT DY FRAUD DEFAULTS THEIR OBLIGAT[0N3 TO FORHRRD P…
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 Question not identified.
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 Question not identified.