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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5348 Tierzah Mapson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit declaration forma-pauperis jurisdiction oath writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
23-7264 Samreen Riaz v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, et al. California 2024-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit civil-procedure declaration employment-history financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income-declaration legal-redress poverty redress Whether the petitioner should be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis
23-6326 In Re Luis Fernando Isaza Arango 2023-12-21 Denied IFP affidavit assets civil-procedure declaration employment financial-information financial-status in-forma-pauperis income poverty Whether the petitioner's inability to pay the costs of this case or provide security therefor, as stated in the affidavit or declaration, entitles the…
23-5795 Benjamin D. Morrow v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1746 civil-procedure declaration declaration-requirements fourth-amendment oath-clause oath-or-affirmation perjury perjury-standard statutory-interpretation u.s.c.-section-1746 Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1746 requires an affirmative statement that the declaration's contents are true under penalty of perjury
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
22-6176 Cheryl A. Wolf, et al. v. Federal Bureau of Investigation Second Circuit 2022-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit civil-procedure declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis poverty Whether the petitioner's affidavit or declaration in support of a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis satisfies the legal requirements
22-6080 James David Wren v. Minnesota Minnesota 2022-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit civil-procedure declaration financial-status in-forma-pauperis poverty Whether the petitioner is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis
21-8266 Timothy Wayne Calhoun v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit civil-procedure court-filing declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-proceeding poverty prisoner-rights Whether the petitioner's affidavit or declaration in support of a motion to proceed in forma pauperis satisfies the legal requirements
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
21-7350 Roberto Cerda v. Illinois Illinois 2022-03-11 Denied IFP affidavit assets civil-rights declaration due-process employment-history financial-institution in-forma-pauperis income-source monthly-expenses standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the lower court's denial of in forma pauperis status
21-6544 Omar Leonides Diaz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit civil-rights court-costs declaration due-process financial-declaration in-forma-pauperis incarcerated-prisoner legal-redress monthly-income standing Whether the petitioner is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis
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…
21-5654 Michael Ortega, aka Salvador Amitcar Herrero Flores v. Oregon Oregon 2021-09-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP affidavit civil-procedure court-access declaration financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis indigent-status judicial-discretion poverty redress Question not identified
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 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…
20-6104 Jacqueline Pidanick v. Paul C. LaRosa, III, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-10-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP affidavit child-custody civil-procedure court-fraud declaration due-process in-forma-pauperis poverty pro-se-litigation standing supreme-court-review Whether the petitioner should be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis
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
19-8454 Michael Boykin v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida, Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure cumulative-evidence declaration hearsay-evidence in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance martinez-rule poverty procedural-default redress Whether the petitioner is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis
19-7812 Lajbar Lajaward Khan v. United States Second Circuit 2020-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP clearly-erroneous criminal-procedure declaration district-court drug-quantity drug-weight fatico-hearing objections probation-office role-enhancement sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review Whether the District Court's findings as to drug weight and role were clearly erroneous
19-7134 Jessie Carter v. Department of Agriculture Eighth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-hearing administrative-law administrative-law-judge arkansas-dept-of-human-services civil-rights declaration disqualification due-process federal-regulations national-disqualified-list usda usda-program usda-regulations What is the proper interpretation of CFR 7 226.6 (c) (v)
19-6089 Joseph Signore v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure criminal-procedure declaration department-of-justice due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel penalty-of-perjury sentencing service-of-process solicitor-general Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in affirming the district court's denial of petitioner's motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255
19-5453 Juan Pablo Revelo Salcedo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure criminal-procedure declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance judicial-access motion motion-to-substitute-counsel poverty poverty-affidavit pro-se-litigation redress right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel requires a court to appoint new counsel when a defendant expresses dissatisfactio…
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
18-8907 In Re Samuel H. Williams 2019-04-19 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights declaration due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis incorporation poverty redress Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment
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
18-7328 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 …
18-7216 Jason Duhamel v. Michelle Miller, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment affidavit appellate-review buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights death-penalty declaration due-process habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis intellectual-disability miller-el-standard poverty redress sixth-circuit threshold-merits Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits the execution of a prisoner who was intellectually disabled at th…
18-7198 Julio Cruz v. David Hallenbeck, Superintendent, Hale Creek Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2018-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure declaration due-process excessive-fines habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis incorporation ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief poverty redress Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment
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
18-6613 Hector R. DeJesus v. Salvador A. Godinez, et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP admissible-evidence civil-procedure declaration evidence judgment-as-matter-of-law material-fact material-facts motion perjury summary-judgment sworn-declaration Did the defendants show there were no material issues in dispute and that they were entitled to judgment as a matter of law?
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…