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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A786 Thomas Joseph Powell, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission Ninth Circuit 2026-01-07 Application certification corporate-disclosure court-rules legal-standing procedural-filing rule-29.6 Question not identified.
25A307 Rahul Chaturvedi v. Siddharth Siddharth Massachusetts 2025-09-17 Presumed Complete court-rules judicial-discretion procedural-deadline supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court will grant an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari beyond the standard deadline
25-298 Bi-Qem SA DE CV, et al. v. Trade Links, LLC Second Circuit 2025-09-15 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-rules docket-notation local-rule order-entry Whether an unsigned and uninitialed 'Courtroom Minutes - Civil' document constitutes an 'Order' for purposes of Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(…
25A277 Christopher J. Rahaim v. Nancy M. Ley, former Judge, Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-10 Presumed Complete certiorari-petition court-rules fraud-on-court motion-for-leave page-limit pleading-requirements Whether the lower court improperly applied procedural rules that prevented a full and fair review of the petitioner's substantive claims involving fra…
24-7165 John Laurence Berman v. Richard Jordan, Senior Judge, Circuit Court of Maryland, Montgomery County, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-05-09 Denied IFP briefing-procedure court-rules fourth-circuit judicial-process legal-fraud procedural-integrity Is the Fourth Circuit's published 'informal briefing' sheet a fraud that should be disregarded
24A760 Andre Bisasor v. Brian Moushegian, et al. New Hampshire 2025-02-05 Presumed Complete court-rules extension-of-time legal-representation petition-for-certiorari pro-se procedural-fairness Whether a pro se litigant's lack of legal representation constitutes good cause for an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari
24-747 Erik Cooper v. Tennessee, et al. Tennessee 2025-01-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) agency-policy court-rules disciplinary-proceedings judicial-ethics legal-accountability procedural-integrity Whether the public can maintain trust or confidence in a state supreme court if the court ignores its own rules and its agency's own policies and rule…
24-414 Reuben Larson v. CommunityWorks North Dakota, et al. North Dakota 2024-10-11 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure brief-requirements constitutional-challenge court-rules judicial-discretion procedural-due-process Whether a court rule mandating brief page limits and paragraph numbering, with dismissal for non-compliance, is unconstitutional
24-34 Ricky-Dean Horton v. PG&E Corporation Ninth Circuit 2024-07-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 9th-circuit bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-procedure civil-procedure court-rules due-process judicial-discretion procedural-fairness statutory-interpretation substantive-rights Whether the proceedings in the U. S. Bankruptcy Court N.D. Cal. failed to follow the rules and procedures for a fair and just determination of Petitio…
23-7769 In Re Johnny Smith 2024-06-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP bar-ethics court-rules criminal-procedure due-process indictment judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct legal-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct rule-of-court rules-of-court Question not identified
23-6613 Kathy Allen v. Arthur Allen, et al. North Carolina 2024-01-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure appellate-rules civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-rules due-process estate-litigation motion-to-dismiss national-interest north-carolina standing Did the NCCOA and NCSC improperly deny appellant's motions or was it a violation of appellate rules and of national interest to court litigation and c…
23A649 Alphonza L.P. Thomas-Bey v. John Stine Fourth Circuit 2024-01-12 Presumed Complete court-rules document-preparation filing-challenges legal-assistance pro-se supreme-court Whether the Supreme Court will provide relief to a pro se litigant facing procedural challenges in document preparation and filing for a Supreme Court…
23-5514 Rodger William Dillard v. Wyoming Wyoming 2023-09-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion alford-plea appeal court-rules criminal-procedure due-process judicial-abuse judicial-discretion plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentence-correction sentencing Did the District in and for Natrona County 7th Judicial Abuse its power
23-5337 Noel Brown v. State Correctional Institution at Somerset, Administration Office, et al. Third Circuit 2023-08-11 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-costs court-rules default-judgment due-process federal-rules inmate-accounts notice-of-appearance standing stare-decisis Does the substantial holding in Commonwealth v. Spotz apply on appeal from the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania?
22-6170 Andrea Peterson v. HVM L.L.C., et al. Third Circuit 2022-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-amendment court-rules disability-rights discovery due-process equal-protection legal-representation standing Whether a person(s) with a handicap or disability are protected by the Due Process Clause
22-5391 Lin Ouyang v. Mark A. Borenstein, Judge, Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-08-18 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals court-rules due-process final-judgment mandamus procedural-due-process statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Whether the Court of Appeals has reached a genuinely final judgment under 28 U.S.C. §2101 (c) and this Court's Rule 13.3?
21-8145 Gregory T. Ackerman, et ux. v. Bank of New York Mellon Ohio 2022-06-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights court-rules due-process emergency-motion legal-stay mediation mediation-request mortgagor-rights standing stay supreme-court-procedure Whether the Supreme Court of Ohio erred in denying the Petitioners' request for mediation proceedings
21-7882 In Re Lin Ouyang 2022-05-16 Dismissed IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-of-appeals court-rules exceptional-circumstances final-judgment finality-of-judgment frivolous-appeal mandamus statutory-provisions writ-of-mandamus Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the court of appeals to rule the motion for reconsideration
21-6925 Chong Su Yi v. Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr., Governor of Maryland, et al. Maryland 2022-01-20 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights court-rules due-process equal-protection judicial-deference judicial-discretion legal-interpretation procedural-fit statutory-interpretation Could the court apply rules that do not fit the person?
21-969 Jean Coulter v. Gerri Volchko Paulisick, et al. Pennsylvania 2022-01-06 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights court-rules due-process equal-protection judicial-bias pro-se pro-se-litigation standing state-courts Has the Trial Court accurately conclude that the Pervasive Bias which is evident in the states' justice systems, also extends even to this This Honora…
21-805 Douglas Norberg v. Nevada Center for Dermatology, et al. Nevada 2021-12-01 Denied appellate-procedure civil-rights common-law court-rules due-process judicial-precedent precedent stare-decisis unpublished-opinions Is Nevada Supreme Court Rule 36 allowing appellate decisions to be unpublished and unable to the cited as precedent a violation of the rule of stare d…
21-610 Louis S. Shuman, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fourth Circuit 2021-10-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) court-rules due-process federal-court-rules federal-statutes fifth-amendment jurisdiction jurisdictional-grounds tax-court Whether an Order of the United States Tax Court is deemed final, and legally enforceable, including enforcement on jurisdictional grounds, when the U.…
21-5886 Sasha Trieste McGarity v. Birmingham Public Schools, dba West Maple Elementary - Bloomfield Hills Sixth Circuit 2021-10-05 Denied IFP 28-usc-1652 28-usc-8004 civil-procedure court-rules due-process electronic-filing federal-procedure legal-service service-of-process statutory-interpretation Does filing an answer with the court via electronic means but failing to serve the plaintiff satisfy service of process in accordance with 28 U.S. Cod…
20-8337 Noe Torres v. Dwayne Santistevan, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claims court-rules criminal-procedure discretionary-review due-process extension-of-filing-period habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-misconduct media-coverage procedural-default state-court Appealability of habeas corpus denial
20-6276 Arek R. Fressadi v. Arizona, et al. Arizona 2020-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-violations court-rules due-process equal-protection first-amendment ineffective-assistance judicial-misconduct judicial-review oath-of-office procedural-default self-defense state-law supreme-court trial-counsel venue-transfer venue-transfer 20-6275" Would a jurist of reason find debatable the correc Whether failures to apply mandatory language of the U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court rulings, state law, and court rules are violations of the Du…
19-7975 Glenn Myer v. All Dulles Area Muslim Society Virginia 2020-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights civil-rights,pro-se,due-process,court-rules,subpoe court-rules due-process judicial-procedure legal-discrimination pro-se pro-se-litigant standing subpoena Does Virginia have the right to discriminate against a Pro Se litigant and violate their Civil Rights, US Supreme Court Rulings, Court rules
19-7328 April Taylor v. City of Colonial Heights, Virginia Fourth Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-filing court-rules due-process equal-access equal-protection federal-courts federal-jurisdiction legal-procedure state-courts Does the federal Court of Appeals or Eastern District Court of VA erred and had conflict with the U.S. Supreme Court Rule 29.2, and U.S. Constitution …
19-5850 Yurie Yamano v. Hawaii State Judiciary, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP article-vi civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law court-rules due-process judicial-misconduct procedural-irregularity rules-of-court separation-of-powers standing stare-decisis Whether the Court should resolve the issues of treason and anarchism by state judges
19-5055 Isaac Decurtis Harris v. Michigan Michigan 2019-07-03 Denied IFP arraignment civil-rights constitutional-rights conviction court-rules criminal-procedure due-process liberty-interest state-court transcript warrantless-arrest Whether the State Court had caused a conflict within the State Court ignoring its controlling governed caselaw
18-9148 Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. James T. Blomo Arizona 2019-05-06 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure court-rules due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure motion-to-dismiss pro-se standing statutory-interpretation summary-judgment Whether the Honorable Margaret Mahoney should have issued a court order for the pro se litigant to reply to the defendant's motion to dismiss, as a mi…
18-8877 Reginald Knox v. Unknown Parties Sixth Circuit 2019-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional constitutional-error court-rules district-court due-process federal-statute judicial-review jurisdiction mandamus petition-for-certiorari standing statutory-provisions writ-of-mandamus Should the District Court's dismissal of the Petitioner's Writ of Mandamus under 28 U.S.C. § 1361 be reviewed?
18-8595 Charles Kenneth Wallace, Sr. v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Louisiana 2019-03-27 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights court-rules due-process filing-deadline free-speech legal-procedure mailbox-rule petition-timing standing takings Did the 5th Circuit deny certiorari as untimely, when under mailbox rule is timely filed?
18-8401 Justin D. Burgess v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, dba Christiana Trust, as Trustee for Premium Mortgage Acquisition Trust Texas 2019-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP automatic-stay civil-procedure court-rules due-process equal-protection judgment judgment 18-83" lawsuit Question not identified. rules standing Is it an error and an impermissible denial of due process of law and equal protection of law for a court to ignore its own rules which would impose an…
18-7988 James Forney v. Florida Florida 2019-02-15 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-power administrative-rules civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-abridgement court-rules due-process felony-conduct judicial-misconduct legal-impunity standing state-jurisdiction Have we really reached the point where stote judges can commit felonies from the beach against the citizens with a sense of impunity?
18-7729 Earnest S. Harris v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied IFP attorney-discipline civil-rights court-rules disbarment due-process election-law equal-protection habeas-corpus incarceration professional-conduct suspension voting voting-rights Is the State of California's and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's involation of the U.S. Constitution's Amendment 3 by pr…
18-947 Michael S. Barth v. Township of Bernards, New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied Response Waived appeal appeal-timeliness appeals civil-rights court-of-appeals court-rules due-process ex-parte ex-parte-motion in-camera-review judicial-misconduct misconduct procedural-rules Whether if a member of the Court of Appeals sends a party a 'racist' mailing of a court initiated letter, whether intentional or unintentional, does a…
18-829 John H. Davis v. Jeanne W. Anderson, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-01-02 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure attorney-client-relationship attorney-discipline attorney-removal civil-procedure civil-rights court-rules due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-ethics presumptive-reasonableness seventh-circuit supervisory-power Whether the Seventh Circuit's removal of an attorney's name from the roll of attorneys is presumptively reasonable without due process, record support…
18-736 Carl Lawson, et ux. v. Bell Sports USA New Jersey 2018-12-10 Denied Response Waived civil-action civil-procedure conference court-rules due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment hearing state-court witness-testimony Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause prohibits a State court from directly violating one of its own court rules, by failing to provid…
18-490 Jael Watts v. Michael K. Allen Virginia 2018-10-17 Denied civil-procedure court-rules due-process fourteenth-amendment fundamental-rights hearing-rights notice procedural-notice state-law state-procedure trial-court virginia-court-rules virginia-supreme-court Whether the trial court's failure to provide advance written hearing notices, as required by state procedural rules, constitutes a denial of the Petit…
24A422 Sekou Keita v. Giant of Maryland LLC Fourth Circuit Presumed Complete court-rules filing-deadline forma-pauperis legal-printing pro-se writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se litigant's financial constraints and limited time constitute good cause for an extension of the Supreme Court's deadline for filing a…