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25-6735 May Chen v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia 2026-02-05 Pending IFP appellate-procedure default-judgment judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct procedural-rules writ-of-certiorari Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals judges violated judicial conduct rules by disobeying procedural rules in May Chen's multiple petitions
25-6733 May Chen v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia 2026-02-05 Pending IFP appellate-procedure default-judgment emergency-motions judicial-conduct summons-and-complaints supreme-court-rule Question not identified.
25-6681 Victor Correa v. Scott Wyckoff, Executive Officer, Board of Parole Hearings, et al. Ninth Circuit 2026-01-30 Pending IFP appellate-review civil-rights default-judgment due-process federal-procedure judicial-discretion Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals improperly denied petitioner's timely action and prejudiced petitioner's legal claims through procedural ma…
25-6475 May Chen v. Manufacturers & Traders Trust Company, et al. District of Columbia 2026-01-05 Pending Response WaivedIFP appellate-review default-judgment emergency-motions judicial-conduct judicial-misconduct rules-of-procedure Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit violated judicial conduct rules by failing to properly apply Federal Rules of Civil and Appella…
25-6461 Michael Anthony Christopher Cochren, II v. White Castle System, Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit 2025-12-31 Pending Response WaivedIFP court-clerk-duties default-judgment federal-rules-civil-procedure record-falsification service-of-summons waiver-of-service Whether the Clerk's Office for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri improperly issued or processed summonses and serv…
25-610 Hansueli Overturf v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District California 2025-11-25 Denied civil-procedure default-judgment due-process fourteenth-amendment hague-service-convention service-of-process Whether entry of default based on defective service of process violates the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of notice and an opportunity to be heard?
25-5945 In Re Derrick L. Johnson 2025-10-23 Denied IFP court-jurisdiction default-judgment federal-rules-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-procedure procedural-void QP: Whether the August 21,2025 proceedings by the District Court clerk and United States District Court are void due to procedural irregularities
25-473 Angela W. DeBose v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-17 Pending Response Waived civil-procedure court-jurisdiction default-judgment federal-rules judicial-discretion responsive-pleading Whether a federal district court's refusal to enter a clerk's default and default judgment against a defendant who has failed to file a responsive ple…
25-5700 Patricia Ann Jackson v. John Xiao-Jian Qian, et al. California 2025-09-22 Denied IFP affidavit default-judgment judicial-error liberal-construction pro-se truth-in-commerce Is truth expressed in the form of an affidavit? Is an unrebutted Affidavit fact? Is truth sovereign in commerce? Are pro se filings to be liberally co…
25-5558 Matthew Andrew Garces v. Cindy Hernandez, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP claim-preclusion default-judgment due-process fifth-circuit jurisdictional-limit pro-se-litigant Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that a default judgment against a pro se litigant constitutes a 'full and fair opportunity to litigate' for…
25-5526 Fouzia Lakhloufi v. Mohammad Ali Nimber Abuzanet Oregon 2025-09-03 Denied IFP appellate-review covid-19-impact default-judgment dissolution-of-marriage due-process judicial-discretion Did the Oregon Court of Appeals abuse its discretion by not reversing and remanding to the trial court after finding a plain error in a dissolution de…
24-7371 Abraka Vanessa Okposio v. Barry University, Inc., et al., a Florida Corporation Eleventh Circuit 2025-06-06 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure collateral-order default-judgment fraud-upon-court judicial-review Is a District Court's Collateral Order denying a Motion for Default Final Judgment Due to Opposing Counsel's Fraud Upon the Court immediately appealab…
24-1096 James William Hall v. Dorain Davis, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-04-22 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-extension default-judgment motion-to-dismiss summons-service Whether a judge can grant an extension for a defendant who has already violated the summons timeline in a civil action and failed to respond within th…
24-6934 Frederick Pina v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2025-04-07 Denied IFP circuit-split constitutional-rights contract-clause default-judgment due-process judicial-fraud Whether the California Supreme Court's failure to enforce a fully executed contract violates the Contract Clause and Fourteenth Amendment's Due Proces…
24-1008 Justicia Rizzo v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sixth Circuit 2025-03-20 Denied civil-procedure court-jurisdiction default-judgment federal-rules judicial-discretion service-of-process Whether the Petitioner is entitled to Default Judgment and whether the Eastern District Court abused its discretion in multiple procedural rulings
24-945 Jenn-Ching Luo v. Owen J. Roberts School District, et al. Third Circuit 2025-03-04 Denied Response Waived constitutional-issue default-judgment federal-rules-civil-procedure judicial-procedure pre-answer-motion void-judgment Whether bombing courts or shooting judges is a holy mission to counter a corrupt judicial system?
24-6648 James A. Wolfe v. John Rivello, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit 2025-02-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-jurisdiction default-judgment federal-rules judicial-discretion legal-error Whether the District Court improperly exercised discretion in denying default judgment under federal civil procedure rules
24-808 Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited, Inc. v. Jeanne Ann Burton, Chapter 7 Trustee for Vista-Pro Automotive, LLC Sixth Circuit 2025-01-30 Judgment Issued Relisted (2) circuit-split civil-procedure default-judgment personal-jurisdiction rule-60 void-judgment Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(c)(1) imposes any time limit to set aside a void default judgment for lack of personal jurisdiction
24-5769 Tanya Tyson v. Quiktrip Corporation Oklahoma 2024-10-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review default-judgment jurisdictional-challenge petition-of-error service-of-process supreme-court-procedure Did the Supreme Court err in dismissing the Motion to Dismiss the Default Order when it had already been certified and docketed, and in mooting compan…
24-5734 In Re Abdur-Rahim Dib Dudar 2024-10-09 Denied IFP appellate-procedure default-judgment district-court judicial-discretion procedural-motion venue-transfer Whether the transfer of a case from District 1 to District 2 under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) was proper and whether the defendant is entitled to a default j…
24-5193 James E. Clifford v. Carla Walker, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-07-31 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights default-judgment due-process fair-adjudication fourteenth-amendment procedural-error racial-discrimination Does the failure of the Appellate Court to recognize and address a procedural error, especially the entry and subsequent denial of default judgment ou…
23-1347 Fang Zeng v. Mingan Chen, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-06-26 Denied burden-shifting civil-procedure civil-procedure 23-1346" default-judgment default-judgments due-process employment-discrimination foreign-defendant foreign-defendants Is the McDonnell Douglas framework applicable to m mixed-motive personal-jurisdiction pretext service-of-process substituted-service summary-judgment title-vii Due process-requirements-for-service-of-process-on-foreign-defendants
23-7428 Robert Pann v. Julian Ulmer Florida 2024-05-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-amendment default-judgment due-process garnishment jurisdiction notice-requirement procedural-due-process subject-matter-jurisdiction writ-of-garnishment Whether the petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment procedural due process rights were violated when: (A) the respondent provided only 16 hours' notice for …
23-1061 Hawkeye Gold, LLC v. China National Materials Industry Import and Export Corporation, dba Sinoma Eighth Circuit 2024-03-28 Denied circuit-split civil-procedure default-judgment federal-rules-of-civil-procedure motion-to-set-aside personal-jurisdiction rule-12b waiver Whether a party waives the defense of lack of personal jurisdiction if available but omitted from its first court filing in a motion to set aside a de…
23-982 In Re Joshua Marbley 2024-03-08 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure default-judgment due-process judicial-investigation judicial-misconduct legal-representation motion-dismissal pro-se-litigation standing Why were the plaintiff's affidavits ignored?
23-977 Henry W. Dean v. D.L. Evans Bank Idaho 2024-03-06 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights default-judgment due-process ex-parte-judgment notice procedural-fairness service-by-publication Whether Petitioner's Constitutional right to procedural due-process was violated
23-810 Harold Jean-Baptiste v. Almonte Stream Food Corporation Second Circuit 2024-01-26 Denied appellate-procedure circuit-rule civil-procedure court-procedure default-judgment due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-error procedural-default second-circuit standing Whether inexcusable error or neglect by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Clerk by not ruling for default judgment
23-777 Herbert O. Chadbourne, Jr. v. Cumberland County District Court First Circuit 2024-01-18 Denied Response Waived attorney-general civil-procedure default-judgment due-process equal-protection federal-rules honest-services-fraud judicial-procedure standing state-created-danger Whether the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit erred in refusing to enter a default judgment against the respondents when the Maine Attorney Ge…
23-709 David R. Johnson v. Illinois Seventh Circuit 2024-01-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) §1983-claim civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-claims default-judgment due-process judicial-misconduct standing state-abuse-of-power traffic-stop Whether the alleged wrongful traffic stop arose in 2008 or 2009, and the subsequent default proceedings and abuse of power by state officials
23-656 Arthur Lee Hairston, Sr. v. Department of Veterans Affairs Martinsburg, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-12-18 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-of-appeals default-judgment due-process legal-procedure procedural-due-process service-of-process show-cause-order summary-judgment united-states-marshal-service Whether the Court of Appeals decision denying procedural due process was an error of law?
23-6228 Barbara Burks Williams v. Fred Lane, et al. Alabama 2023-12-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP alabama civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction default-judgment due-process failure-to-appear legal-notice procedural-rules standing takings Why wasn't the Due Process of the law applied?
23-6155 Mike Webb v. James Christian Kimmel, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 12(a)(1)(A) 18-usc-1964(c) civil-procedure default-judgment dismissal-motion equal-protection federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure racketeering-statute standing Whether a plaintiff is entitled to a default judgment under Fed.R.Civ.Pro. 55 after defendants fail to answer a complaint within 21 days
23-5352 Cassandra McGuire v. Highmark Holdings, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-08-15 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure court-discretion default-judgment federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure procedural-rules stare-decisis summary-judgment Did the courts properly apply default judgment rules when the defendant failed to respond in a timely manner?
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?
22-7798 Rifat Shafique v. Equity Residential Management, L.L.C. District of Columbia 2023-06-15 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights default-judgment due-process eviction-proceedings free-speech landlord-tenant remote-hearings standing takings Whether an initial order declaring default against party who does not consent to remote hearings constitute violation of a person's natural rights, Ar…
22-7748 Mike Webb v. James Christian Kimmel, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-06-09 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure default-judgment discretionary-power evidence-exclusion federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-review motion-to-dismiss rico rico-statute Whether it is an abuse of discretion to exclude relevant evidence in a RICO case
22-7596 Ripdaman Narula v. Superior Court of California, Orange County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights crime-reporting criminal-procedure default-judgment due-process judicial-procedure judicial-review law-enforcement pro-se standing victim-rights pro-se-rights,default-judgment,crime-reporting,police-obligations,crime-victim-rights,judicial-power
22-7558 Mike Vigil v. Midas International Corporation, et al Nevada 2023-05-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure default-judgment disability-act due-process elder-abuse elder-exploitation felony fraud intentional-fraud service-of-process standing Whether the Supreme Court should grant certiorari to review the intentional fraud and felony conduct by the defendants in the lower courts
22-964 Kenneth Allen Pruitt v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-04-05 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-challenge corruption default-judgment due-process ethics-violation government-corruption standing standing-doctrine ultra-vires uncac Are 'Pruitt-type' complaints of corrupt acts by ultra vires actors a special species of complaints that enable a lower hurdle standing?
22-6996 Candace Searcy v. Orchard National Title Fifth Circuit 2023-03-13 Denied Relisted (3)IFP civil-rights default-judgment discrimination due-process housing housing-discrimination human-rights procedural-rules race-discrimination texas-rules-of-civil-procedure Why am I being denied housing because of my race being an African American?
22-673 Robert G. Hicks v. City of Hopkinsville, Sewerage and Water Works Commission, dba Hopkinsville Water Environment Authority Kentucky 2023-01-20 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment default-judgment due-process eminent-domain jurisdictional-statute non-residents service-of-process supremacy-clause Does a failure to cite jurisdiction and service of process statutes in a default judgment violate due process?
22-526 Pulak Barua v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Texas 2022-12-07 Denied Response Waived administrative-hearing administrative-law default-judgment due-process fourteenth-amendment notice notice-requirement service-of-process state-administrative-agency takings Whether the notice given to Petitioner violated his Due Process rights
22-5995 Collucci J. Myers v. Clayton County Board of Commissioners, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-04 Denied IFP 28-usc-455 bias-complaint civil-discrimination civil-procedure civil-rights default-judgment due-process judicial-recusal notice-of-lawsuit pro-se-litigation procedural-standards standing Appropriate-standard-for-recusal-of-judges
22-5855 Kenrick C. Hamilton v. Northern Virginia District Office, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure debt-collection-practices default-judgment fair-debt-collection-practices federal-jurisdiction security-clearance service-of-process subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the court erred in finding that the plaintiff did not properly serve the defendant despite service by U.S. Marshals
22-217 Grant S. Kim v. Superior Court of California, County of Riverside Ninth Circuit 2022-09-09 Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights default-judgment due-process eleventh-amendment eleventh-amendment-immunity eminent-domain jurisdictional-challenge military-service-protection servicemembers-civil-relief-act standing Whether the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) protects an active military servicemember from a default judgment resulting in the loss of real pro…
22-5414 Leroy Lamont Wells v. Colette S. Peters, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP answer civil-procedure complaint default-judgment due-process objection Whether a district court can enter a default judgment against a defendant who fails to file an answer to a complaint, when the defendant has objected …
22-61 Traci M. Cull v. Dyck-O'Neal, Inc., et al. Kentucky 2022-07-21 Denied default-judgment due-process foreclosure property-deprivation service-of-process state-judiciary state-law wage-garnishment Whether due process is violated when a state court enters a default judgment based on improper service of process
21-1574 Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Europe v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela District of Columbia 2022-06-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) central-authority civil-procedure default-judgment foreign-sovereign-immunities-act hague-service-convention service-of-process treaty-interpretation Whether a District Court deciding a motion for default judgment may find service upon a foreign State pursuant to Article 15 of the Hague Service Conv…
21-8169 Ghassan Hage v. Fida Mhanna California 2022-06-17 Denied IFP civil-rights default-judgment due-process due-process-violation family-law fraud fraud-upon-court judicial-abuse-of-discretion judicial-misconduct legal-ethics Where Fraud upon the Court became normal in Family Justice Center in Santa Clara county, Department 76 when a lawyer committed numerous count of Fraud…
21-8104 Frederick Williams v. Toll Brothers Builders, et al. Delaware 2022-06-09 Denied IFP civil-procedure complaint-response default-judgment failure-to-answer judicial-discretion motion-for-default relief-demanded service-of-process time-limitation time-to-answer Is there something called a default judgment and how does it come into play?
21-7507 Valedia Gross v. First NLC Financial Services, LLC, et al. Maryland 2022-03-31 Denied IFP appeal appeal-waiver case-reopening civil-procedure court-intervention default-judgment legal-procedure motion-to-vacate standing timeliness waiver did-the-court-of-special-appeals-err-in-holding-that-ms-gross-waived-her-right-to-appeal
21-1175 Harold Jean-Baptiste v. Department of Justice, et al. District of Columbia 2022-02-24 Denied Response Waived 11th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-order default-judgment federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure human-rights judicial-review state-sovereign-immunity Whether the DC Appeal Court can ignore inexcusable neglect by the Superior Court for failure to apply Default Judgement
21-6981 In Re Benny David Gibson 2022-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-review court-jurisdiction default-judgment dismissal due-process judicial-procedure legal-rights procedural-dismissal settlement standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's case without prejudice
21-982 Timothy O. Markland v. Asset Acceptance, LLC Oklahoma 2022-01-10 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure debt-collection default-judgment due-process extrinsic-evidence service-of-process statute-of-limitations time-bar Whether rigid invocation of the non-extrinsic evidence rule denies due process
21-562 Kenneth A. Pruitt v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-10-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights default-judgment due-process government-authority injunctive-relief magistrate-judge paris-climate-accord standing ultra-vires uncac Can Counsel for Respondent U.S. Government defend or assist RUVA for ultra vires acts outside scope of government authority, when RUVA has not filed a…
21-424 KD, et ux., as Parents, Natural Guardians, and Next Friends of Minor LD v. Douglas County School District No. 001, aka Omaha Public Schools, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-09-20 Denied Response Waived civil-damages civil-procedure civil-rights damages default-judgment due-process jury-trial victim-rights willful-blindness Whether a convicted rapist sued by the victim may deprive the victim of trial by jury to determine damages by defaulting and declining to respond to t…
21-5512 In Re Shannon Riley 2021-08-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law default-judgment due-process foreign-judgment judicial-procedure jurisdiction mandate nunc-pro-tunc standing Did the filing of a nunc pro tunc journal entry correcting default judgment filed as a final order of judgment impeach due process?
21-240 KWS Inc., a Member of the Thiele Group v. Eric Scalla Pennsylvania 2021-08-18 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure default-judgment federal-removal federal-rights federal-statutory-right federal-supremacy procedural-prerequisites state-court-procedure state-procedure supremacy-clause Whether a state court may require a federal-court litigant that has exercised its federal statutory right of removal following the state court's entry…
21-205 Thomas Rimini v. Department of Labor Second Circuit 2021-08-12 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act administrative-record default-judgment department-of-labor frap-17 local-rules res-judicata sarbanes-oxley subject-matter-jurisdiction Should an unopposed default judgement be granted because the Department of Labor did not submit the full administrative record to the court as require…
21-37 Henry E. Gossage v. Office of Personnel Management Federal Circuit 2021-07-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law constitutional-claims default-judgment federal-circuit-jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge merit-systems-protection-board mspb-judgment office-of-personnel-management opm-investigation statutory-review void-judgment Whether the Federal Circuit has Jurisdiction or 'lacks jurisdiction' to determine its original and lower court's jurisdiction in OPM Investigation Cas…
21-5018 In Re Zoe Ajjahnon 2021-07-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure default-judgment due-process false-claims-act federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure pro-se-litigant summary-judgment third-circuit-court Whether the False Claims Act statutes preclude established standards of Federal Rules for Civil Procedure Rule 56 in a default/summary judgment conclu…
20-8419 Bridget Brown Parson v. Select Portfolio Servicing, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-proceeding civil-rights default-judgment document-forgery due-process judicial-misconduct mortgage mortgage-fraud racial-discrimination standing whether-the-appellees-can-make-false-statements-and-file-multiple-lawsuits
20-1739 Carline M. Curry v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al., Sixth Circuit 2021-06-15 Denied Response Waived bad-faith-affidavit civil-procedure default-judgment informa-pauperis mandamus preponderance-of-evidence summary-judgment Whether the plaintiff should have been awarded default judgment and summary judgment under Ohio civil procedure rules
20-1722 Damian Cruz v. Glenda I. Lebron Vazquez Puerto Rico 2021-06-11 Denied administrative-agency civil-procedure default-judgment due-process fourteenth-amendment in-personam-jurisdiction interstate-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Puerto Rico Court of Appeal departed so far from the due process in direct conflict with the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of t…
20-1540 Victor J. Edney v. Eondra Lamone Hines, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-05-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction default-judgment government-liability governmental-immunity legal-action motion-for-default qualified-immunity sovereign-immunity Why should the petitioners' motion of frivolous-claims be granted by this court?
20-1219 Carline Maria Curry v. Douglas Mackenzie Ohio 2021-03-03 Rehearing Relisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-challenge damages-calculation default-judgment due-process jurisdiction jurisdiction-denial partial-liability resubmission summons-process Whether the plaintiff should have been awarded the amount prayed for in the initial complaint under Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 4 and Rule 54(C…
20-871 In Re Bryant Moore 2020-12-31 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1651 appellate-review default-judgment extraordinary-writ fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court hazel-atlas-glass-co-v-hartford-empire-co judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation summary-judgment Whether this Court should use its discretion through 28 U.S.C. §1651(a) and governing law of Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co., 322 U.S. 23…
20-6735 Frank A. McClung, Jr., et ux. v. Elia E. Estevez Florida 2020-12-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights default-judgment due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction jury-trial service-of-process seventh-amendment standing Seventh Amendment right to jury trial
20-524 Yi Tai Shao v. John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, et al. District of Columbia 2020-10-20 Denied Response Waived court-jurisdiction court-records default-judgment disqualification due-process ex-parte-communication ex-parte-communications judicial-bias judicial-recusal recusal Did the district court and court of appeal violate due process
20-5552 Ohio, ex rel. Jeremy Kerr v. Reeve Kelsey, Judge Ohio 2020-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure default-judgment dismissal-prejudice due-process non-legal-entity procedural-due-process standing state-court Does a state court violate the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution when it issues a Default Judgment against a non-legal entity?
19-1139 James Leonard Hines v. Regions Bank, fka Union Planters Bank, N.A. Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure default-judgment due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure motion-to-transfer notice notice-of-complaint personal-jurisdiction service-of-process Was the precedent established by the U. S. Supreme Court in summons-and-complaint followed in the lower courts' decisions
19-7806 Cherunda Lynn Fox v. United States Postal Service, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-02-27 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment attorney-general civil-procedure default-judgment due-process electronic-case-filing equal-protection federal-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure service-of-process Whether the defendants were served on 3-19-18 as verified by the court record, the Judge and receipt - personally verified by the Attorney General, de…
19-7701 Larry Douglas Kerns v. Mathew J. Wenner Ninth Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP certificate-of-service civil-procedure civil-rights default-judgment due-process erisa erisa-preemption fraud fraud-on-court judgment-by-default mail-fraud rico rico-act standing Will this court overturn the 9th circuit's denial of proven fraud on the district court and denial of Mr. Kerns' request for judgment by default?
19-807 Bank Melli v. Michael Bennett, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-26 Denied agency-instrumentality asset-execution blocked-assets default-judgment foreign-sovereign-immunity juridical-separation separate-entity state-owned-entity terrorism-risk-insurance-act treaty-obligations Whether TRIA requires that the respondent actually own the assets at issue, or whether the statute permits execution even absent ownership
19-6952 Sir Giorgio Sanford Clardy v. Judy Gilmore, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure default-judgment due-process federal-rules procedural-compliance service-of-process standing summons time-limitation time-limits timely-answer waiver Whether defendants must comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(1)(F) and timely answer after waiving service of summons
19-652 Norman D. Cox, Jr. v. The Money Source, Inc. New Jersey 2019-11-20 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-procedure-default-judgment default-judgment due-process excusable-neglect newly-discovered-evidence r-4-50-1-a service-of-process traverse-hearing Did the Trial Court err in or abuse its discretion by entering default judgment against Petitioner based upon the Respondent's defective Service of Pr…
19-6387 Trent S. Griffin, Sr. v. American Zurich Insurance Company, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-10-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split civil-procedure default default-judgment pleading procedural-rules summary-judgment supervisory-power waiver-of-rights writ writ-of-mandamus writ-of-prohibition Whether a party who fails to plead or otherwise defend within the time allowed by Rule, waive their rights on all claims
19-451 Edward Ronny Arnold v. Jeff McCord, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Sixth Circuit 2019-10-04 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 1st-amendment appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules-of-appellate-procedure-due-p court-clerk-duties default-judgment due-process electronic-filing pro-se-litigation Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit incorrectly dismissed the civil action in conflict with existing rules of appellate p…
19-5476 Anthony L. Williams v. American Airlines, Inc., et al. California 2019-08-06 Denied IFP administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law corporate-defense default-judgment due-process equal-employment-opportunity equal-employment-opportunity-commission standing supreme-court-precedent Did the lower courts make an exception in this case in denying statutory default judgment to the petitioner in support of a corporate defendant and vi…
19-5285 Daniel Luke Meier v. Amanda M. Berger, et al. Michigan 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 42-U.S.C.-1983 42-usc-1983 5th-amendment circuit-court civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983 constitutional-rights default-judgment due-process property property-rights state-law Did the Circuit Court err in failing to complete the default process against Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company under color of state law…
19-5088 Quancidine Hinson-Gribble v. Office of Personnel Management, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts attorney-representation civil-procedure civil-rights default-judgment due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing Why was the case dismissed?
18-9488 Nasedra K. Lumpkin v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights default-judgment dismissal due-process equal-protection federal-court procedural-default standing Whether the Fifth Amendment's due process clause requires a hearing before dismissal of a civil complaint for failure to prosecute
18-8423 Willie White v. Justin Hammers, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2248 administrative-law application-granted civil-procedure court-order court-orders default-judgment due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-procedure procedural-default respondent-failure statutory-interpretation Whether the application should have been granted after the respondent failed to reply to the court orders
18-8248 Hersy Jones, Jr. v. Supreme Court of Louisiana, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights default-judgment disbarment due-process judicial-review recusal rooker-feldman section-1983 standing Does Rooker Feldman bar a disbarred attorney from seeking damages and equitable relief under Sec. 1983
18-7903 Albert J. Arrington v. Virginia Virginia 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure default-judgment due-process ex-parte-communication Fourteenth-Amendment fraud ineffective-assistance judicial-review Jurisdiction procedural-rules Rules-of-civil-procedure Did the Supreme Court of Virginia err in finding that the Circuit Court of Henrico did not commit reversible error
18-7002 Clifton Stanley Diaz, Jr. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority District of Columbia 2018-12-13 Denied IFP appeal appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law damages default-judgment due-process employment judicial-review legal-procedure motion reinstatement remand standing statutory-interpretation Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit erred in denying the plaintiff's request for monetary damages and reinstatement to his job
18-6730 William Ramirez, et ux. v. Superior Court of California, El Dorado County, et al. California 2018-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure default default-judgment due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment merits-based-adjudication pro-se pro-se-litigant relief-from-default state-court state-court-procedure Should a pro se petitioner reasonably expect relief from default as a part of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitu…
18-6477 Delmer M. Ackels v. Randy M. Olsen, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-30 Denied IFP answer civil-procedure court-of-appeals default-judgment excuse excuses jurisdiction procedural-rules timeliness timely-filing Whether the Court of Appeals had jurisdiction to deny a default judgment when the defendant was untimely with its Answer without an excuse
18-5567 Carline Curry v. City of Mansfield, Ohio, et al. Ohio 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-procedure court-discretion default-judgment due-process failure-to-answer fraud judicial-review jurisdiction perjury procedural-due-process standing Should Plaintiff Curry been Awarded Default Judgement
18-5341 Roger Wilson v. United States Third Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-review civil-procedure default-judgment due-process equal-protection jurisdiction service-of-process standing Whether the appeals court committed a reversible error by denying the petitioner's motion to vacate a default judgment, where the petitioner claims he…
18-5198 Ronald David Jones v. Grand Canyon University, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure default-judgment due-process federal-courts obstruction-of-justice private-university service-of-process service-of-summons standing venue-change Whether the district court erred in dismissing the case despite defendants' failure to properly serve a response within the required timeframe
25A908 Yehonatan Kapach v. New Hampshire New Hampshire Application default-judgment discovery-rights due-process meaningful-access out-of-state-defendant remote-participation Whether due process requires state courts to provide meaningful remote participation and timely discovery for out-of-state defendants facing potential…