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24A51 Jonetta L. Grieme v. Shawn Collie, Buchanan County Drug Strike Force, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-07-16 Presumed Complete civil-rights disability mental-health pro-se statute-of-limitations tolling Whether a pro se civil rights plaintiff's claims can be time-barred under a state statute of limitations when the plaintiff argues for equitable tolli…
23-7331 Carol Ann McBratnie v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sixth Circuit 2024-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act case-precedent disability disability-status employee employment-law job-applicant medical-inquiry reasonable-accommodation Did the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals and the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan apply the wrong standard to a new job applicant un…
23-7017 Cyrus Hazari v. Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-03-18 Denied IFP ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights constitutional-protections disability disability-rights due-process fair-play judicial-discrimination legal-access self-represented systemic-bias Do state and federal jurisprudence systemically eliminate rights and access to legal remedies for self-represented disabled litigants with invisible d…
23-6581 Eric Adam Grueninger v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2024-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP assets-liabilities child-support disability employment-history financial-disclosure income-sources prisoner-filing retirement spouse-employment support-expenses unemployment What legal issues are being raised?
23A605 Robert Holton v. Robert Henon, et al. Third Circuit 2024-01-02 Presumed Complete appellate-review disability legal-counsel third-circuit time-extension writ-of-certiorari Whether the Third Circuit's prior appellate decision in favor of the petitioner warrants Supreme Court review given the unique circumstances of counse…
23-362 Perry Hopman v. Union Pacific Railroad Eighth Circuit 2023-10-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability disability-rights employment employment-discrimination equal-access essential-job-functions reasonable-accommodation Whether the ADA's reasonable accommodation requirement is limited to accommodations that enable an employee to perform the essential functions of a po…
23-5697 Asem Farooq v. Manheim Remarketing, Inc., et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-10-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP arbitration-dismissal civil-rights disability disability-rights due-process employment-discrimination federal-protected-class military-service military-service-protection wrongful-termination Whether an employer can arbitrarily dismiss an employee who is a federally protected class member and was terminated in violation of the rules announc…
23-339 J. M. F. v. New Jersey Department of Treasury, Division of Pensions and Benefits New Jersey 2023-10-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-hearing administrative-law burden-of-proof civil-rights credibility credibility-determination disability disability-benefits due-process first-amendment Whether ALJs violate the rule-of-law by depriving petitioners of their disability-pensions on credibility-grounds
23-5622 Ervie Savage v. Walmart Stores, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2023-09-20 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights disability disability-insurance employer-liability employment employment-law insurance sedgwick-claims workers-compensation workplace-injury Whether Walmart Stores has the right to decide not to cover an employee injured on the job
23-134 Suellen Klossner v. IADU Table Mound MHP, LLC, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-08-14 Denied Amici (1) alternative-income-sources civil-rights disability disability-rights equal-opportunity fair-housing-act housing-discrimination reasonable-accommodation rent-payment tenant-rights Whether the Fair Housing Act requires landlords to accept rent from alternative sources for tenants who are too disabled to work
23A113 Carolyn Frost Keenan v. River Oaks Property Owners, Inc. Texas 2023-08-08 Presumed Complete circuit-split deed-restrictions disability fair-housing-amendments-act property-owners-association reasonable-accommodation Whether the Fair Housing Amendments Act requires a housing provider to have knowledge of a disability at the time of an initial denial of a reasonable…
23-5271 Eric Villarreal v. California California 2023-08-03 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion court-of-appeals criminal-conviction criminal-procedure disability due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-standard legal-review mental-health psychological-disorder right-to-counsel Did the trial courts abuse its discretion by denying VeSendant and Repellant repeated request for new counsel
23-5069 Lola Bonitta McGee v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power civil-rights disability due-process employee-rights federal-employment government-accountability medical-disability retaliation workplace-discrimination workplace-harassment when-an-exemplary-employee-is-discriminated-against
22-7819 Javier Bautista-Scheuber v. Alia Day Floren Montana 2023-06-20 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights disability due-process equal-access equal-protection judicial-bias mental-capacity procedural-fairness standing Does the violation of a fundamental constitutional right constitute grounds for the Supreme Court to review and reverse a judgment?
22-7724 Juan Andrade-Moreno, aka Juan A. Moreno v. Isaac Kwarting, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-06-07 Denied IFP actual-innocence ada-coverage civil-rights constitutional-rights disability dna-testing due-process fourteenth-amendment physical-injury post-conviction reasonable-accommodation standing Whether the petitioner's physical injury and resulting disability are covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
22-7304 Gricely Rosa v. Lawrence Housing Authority, et al. First Circuit 2023-04-17 Denied IFP administrative-policy americans-with-disabilities-act disability disability-rights fair-housing-amendments-act federal-funding housing-discrimination justiciability public-housing reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act Is a public housing agency required to alter its policies and procedures to accommodate the handicapped under the Fair Housing Amendments Act and the …
22-6961 Teresa G. Murphy v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Tenth Circuit 2023-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP cost-of-living-raise disability retirement social-security tax-calculation tax-free Is the SSA taxable?
22-6686 Jerad M. Ross v. Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability disability-rights due-process federal-statutes incarceration rehabilitation-act standing Whether incarceration of felons is considered a disability under the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act
22-638 Mary La Riccia, et vir v. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-01-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) ada americans-with-disabilities-act disability disability-rights doctor-patient-relationship employment medical-care medical-communication title-i title-iii Can the restrictions placed on employees under Title I of the ADA be applied to an individual seeking medical care and treatment under Title III?
22-6279 Alex Duncan v. Jennifer R. Bartone, et al. Ohio 2022-12-09 Denied IFP accessibility ada civil-rights disability due-process equal-protection Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was instituted with the purpose of delivering an 'equal future' for all, when in reality some indivi…
22-297 Kevin Llewellyn McGhee v. United States Federal Circuit 2022-09-28 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights combat-related-injury correction-of-records disability due-process federal-claims federal-employee-rights military military-disability Whether a Court and an armed forces board of corrections can invalidate disability laws, disregard a service member's permanent disability combat-rela…
22-5591 Robert Lopez-Parker v. Texas Texas 2022-09-15 Denied IFP americans-with-disabilities-act criminal-enhancement criminal-law disability disability-classification due-process equal-protection federal-standard fourteenth-amendment state-law When is an individual regarded as having or perceived to have, impairment within the meaning of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
22-141 Michelle McDonald-Witherspoon, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Kenyada Jones v. Amber Browne, et al. Third Circuit 2022-08-15 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 civil-rights disability due-process equal-protection mental-disability mental-health probation-officer section-1983 Whether a probation officer's actions violate the disabled person's rights under the Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment, giving rise to a c…
21-7751 Timothy Littlejohn v. Dr. Dalton, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-29 Denied IFP civil-rights disability due-process glaucoma-treatment judicial-discretion medical-negligence medical-treatment ophthalmology standing Whether the district court misapplied the governing legal rules concerning my constitutional right to be treated by ophthalmologists and did so by imp…
21-1018 Nicole Colton v. Fehrer Automotive, North America, LLC Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-19 Denied ada ada-amendments-act ada-amendments-act-of-2008 disability disability-discrimination motion-to-dismiss pleading reasonable-accommodation regarded-as-disabled short-stature standing Whether Colton's short stature could plausibly be a disability covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act 1990, as amended by the ADA Amendments A…
21-6798 Daniel Everett v. Justices of the Supreme Court of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-proceedings civil-rights disability due-process involuntary-inactive-status licensee-rights standing state-bar state-bar-court younger-abstention Whether the Younger abstention doctrine applies to a challenge against California State Bar rules which allow that agency to place licensees with phys…
21-6066 R. Susan Woods v. Alina's Real Estate, LLC First Circuit 2021-10-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP ada bankruptcy-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review disability due-process equal-protection indigent-rights judicial-discretion standing Under what circumstances is it appropriate for the courts to refuse accommodation to the disabled?
21-573 John L. Roseman, Sr. v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied civil-rights collateral-estoppel disability disability-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination pro-se-litigation second-amendment termination Whether courts below relitigated issues of disability, legitimate termination, and medical advice contrary to collateral estoppel
21-5630 Daniel Everett v. State Bar of California California 2021-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-rights disability disability-inactive-status due-process involuntary-inactive-status medical-records postdeprivation-hearing predeprivation-hearing state-bar state-bar-rules Is constitutional due process of law violated by State Bar rules that allow the agency to enroll licensees with disabilities on involuntary inactive s…
21-5569 Patrick Charles v. Caliber Home Loans, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-09-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation damages disability due-process elder-abuse emotional-distress fair-debt-collection judicial-bias property-rights wrongful-eviction Do the defendants have the right to abuse an elderly and disabled person without the law doing anything about it?
21-231 Julie Ellen Wartluft, fka Julie Ellen Bartels, et al. v. The Milton Hershey School, et al. Third Circuit 2021-08-17 Denied Amici (3) civil-rights civil-rights-act consideration consideration-definition disability disability-discrimination fair-housing fair-housing-act housing-discrimination rental-definition renter student-housing Whether participation in a mandatory chore program at a student home is 'consideration' under the Fair Housing Act sufficient for the child to qualify…
21-123 Marguerite T. Martin v. Teleperformance Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-29 Denied Response Waived americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability disability-rights employment employment-discrimination medical-condition privacy reasonable-accommodation security-breach termination wrongful-termination Whether the plaintiff's anemia condition and privacy concerns were properly considered in the termination of her employment due to a security breach
20-8301 Daniel J. Heffley v. Kimberly Steele, et al. Third Circuit 2021-06-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada ada-compliance deliberate-indifference disability disability-accommodation discrimination discrimination-intent due-process federal-court federal-court-obligations rehabilitation-act Does the Federal court have an obligation to follow the spirit and letter of the ADA and § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act?
20-8225 John Anderson v. The University of Iowa, et al. Iowa 2021-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure covid-impact disability due-process first-amendment notice-of-appeal procedural-rules tolling-statutes Is a Notice of Appeal, although with the trial court's designation, but filed with the Appellate Court automatic grounds for dismissal?
20-8137 Marilynn M. McRae v. Donnie Harrison, Sheriff, Wake County, North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2021-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-rights disability due-process eeoc-duty employee-protection employment government-agency light-duty-policy workplace-discrimination Whether EEOC has a duty to protect employees from discriminatory light duty policies
20-7951 Eduardo Flores v. Peter M. Hoagland, et al. California 2021-05-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment ada-1990 americans-with-disabilities-act court-accommodation disability due-process equal-access judicial-procedure self-represented self-represented-litigant Whether the Superior Court of the State of California, San Diego County and the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District violated the 14t…
20-1434 Leslie Rutledge, Attorney General of Arkansas, et al. v. Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-04-13 GVR Amici (8)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-rights civil-rights disability down-syndrome due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment medical-ethics prenatal-diagnosis selective-abortion state-prohibition Whether the Fourteenth Amendment bars States from prohibiting abortions that are sought solely because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome
20-7595 Randy T. Thomas v. Steve Stanson, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-03-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights disability disability-rights due-process employment employment-termination family-medical-leave-act fmla-leave medical-leave termination workplace-discrimination Whether the Petitioner's protections under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) were violated by the termination of employment without due process …
20-1224 O’Reilly Auto Enterprises, LLC, dba O'Reilly Auto Parts v. Brian Bell First Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability disability-rights employment employment-discrimination essential-functions essential-job-functions first-circuit reasonable-accommodation Does the ADA require employers to provide accommodations to employees who do not need them?
20-1157 Michelle Stopyra Yaney v. Superior Court of California, Riverside County, et al. California 2021-02-23 Denied civil-rights covid-19 disability disability-rights due-process health-status judicial-discretion mortality-risk public-health standing writ-of-certiorari Whether a court has to consider a petitioner's health status or if they would have a higher rate of mortality if infected with COVID-19, prior to deny…
20-1067 Maria M. Rosas v. Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation, dba Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-02-04 Denied Response Waived civil-rights damages disability equitable-tolling fourth-amendment section-1983 statute-of-limitations Whether the statute of limitations on a § 1983 claim seeking damages under the Fourth Amendment for deprivation of liberty can be equitably tolled whe…
20-1058 National Board of Medical Examiners v. Jessica Ramsay Third Circuit 2021-02-03 Denied Response Waived academic-performance-evaluation ada ada-disability-standard disability disability-diagnosis medical-licensing medical-licensing-exam reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations standardized-testing-accommodation standardized-tests third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit erred in holding that the 'substantial limitation' standard requires disregarding evidence of real-world academic and standa…
20-6996 Delroy T. Booth v. Walter Berry, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-29 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law disability due-process judicial-review legal-precedent social-security standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Social Security Administration's denial of disability benefits to the petitioner violated the petitioner's constitutional rights
20-5166 J. J. H. v. Waukesha County, Wisconsin Wisconsin 2020-07-24 Denied Amici (2)IFP civil-rights disability disability-accommodation due-process equal-protection hearing-rights involuntary-commitment legal-participation mental-health procedural-due-process procedural-fairness Whether a deaf person undergoing an involuntary commitment has a due process right to understand and participate in her hearing
19-8369 LaLangie Hoskins v. GE Aviation Fifth Circuit 2020-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada-title-i americans-with-disabilities-act disability disability-discrimination due-process employment-discrimination employment-law protected-class standing trial-procedure wrongful-termination Whether the district court abused its discretion by relying on the erroneous legal premise that the Plaintiff is not part of the protected class of ci…
19-7740 Yolanda Bell v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review case-dismissal civil-rights collateral-order disability disability-accommodation disability-rights due-process interlocutory-appeal judicial-discretion judicial-process motion-denial reasonable-accommodation Did the Court of Appeals commit legal error and abuse their discretion when denying Petitioner's appeal of the district courts denial of her motions r…
19-6954 Jerry Scott Camp, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-12-16 Denied IFP coa department-of-corrections disability due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus medical-condition medical-disability procedural-barriers sec-2254 section-2254 statute-of-limitations Should an inmate be entitled to equitable tolling due to extraordinary circumstances?
19-6930 Richard Knider Jackson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights disability due-process government-action rehabilitation-act standing transcript Whether the government's denial of a disability accommodation violates the Rehabilitation Act and the Due Process Clause
19-737 James Nathaniel Douse v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) camp-lejeune civil-rights disability disability-statute due-process eleventh-circuit federal-courts federal-district-court north-carolina standing state-legislator takings toxic-exposure toxic-water Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the Federal District Court of Northern Georgia erred in their interpretation and application of the …
19-6764 Nicole Rena McCrea v. District of Columbia Police & Firefighter's Retirement and Relief Board District of Columbia 2019-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-hearing administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge disability disability-benefits disability-provisions due-process employment police-firefighters property-interest property-rights takings takings-clause Are the provisions of the United States Constitution, Amendment 5, Due Process Clause, compelled and/or implied as pertains to the expressed statutory…
19-549 Hannah P. v. Joseph Maguire, Acting Director, Office of the Director of National Intelligence Fourth Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights conduct conduct-based-termination disability disability-discrimination employment employment-discrimination employment-law reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act Whether an employment decision that is based on conduct caused by a qualified individual's disability is insulated from scrutiny under the federal dis…
19-6217 Joanne Hall v. Department of Veterans Affairs Fourth Circuit 2019-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights disability due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review medical-care negligence post-conviction-relief procedural-default state-court-dismissal veterans-affairs Whether the Disabled Veteran Petitioner received adequate healthcare at the Veterans Medical Center, including whether treatment, monitoring, and diag…
19-6130 George W. Fisher v. John Gregory Mermelstein, et al Eighth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied IFP 1st-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment disability due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection free-speech media-access medical-treatment prison prisoner-rights state-liability Whether the denial of media treatment at a state prison violates the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of the press
19-406 Marilu F. Touma v. The General Counsel of the Regents, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-26 Denied Relisted (2) abuse-of-power ada ada-violation americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights conspiracy-to-interfere-with-civil-rights disability disability-discrimination due-process jurisdiction medical-discrimination medical-treatment Whether UCLA Medical Center violated the ADA and Civil Rights when it denied medical treatment to a disabled woman, provided substandard services, and…
19-6022 Angel Rodriguez v. Laura Heit, et al. Second Circuit 2019-09-23 Denied IFP 14th-amendment access-to-justice administrative-remedies civil-rights disability disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-interpretation legal-remedy medical-privacy retaliation state-court statutory-construction Whether Petitioner's 14th Amendment Rights were violated by denying him the opportunity to work in food service
19-5526 Frances W. Lake v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedure appeals civil-rights compassionate-release disability due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-prisoner financial-hardship first-step-act government-benefits medical-expenses sentence-reduction Whether the VA pension was properly denied after medical expenses were incurred, despite the widow's disability and financial hardship
19-5019 Jennifer Perez v. Paul Grant Dwyer Florida 2019-07-01 Denied IFP child-abuse child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights disability disability-discrimination due-process judicial-abuse judicial-bias parental-alienation parental-rights Are people with disabilities more likely to be protected or discriminated when regarding parental stigma
18-9466 Paulito Govea-San Roman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law disability senior-victim sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-2l1.2 statutory-interpretation stokeling-precedent stokeling-v-united-states texas-robbery ussg-2l1.2 Whether the Texas offense of robbery by inflicting injury against a senior or disabled victim satisfies the definition of 'crime of violence' under US…
18-9387 Mary Elizabeth Schipke v. Connecticut, et al. Second Circuit 2019-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment americans-with-disabilities-act civil-gideon civil-rights constitutional-rights disability due-process equal-protection extension-of-time homelessness inheritance inheritance-rights speedy-trial Whether the 2nd Circuit Court erred in refusing Petitioner's motion for assistance of counsel and an extension of time under the Americans with Disabi…
18-9322 Edward Ray Crosby v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law disability judicial-review senior-victim sentencing sentencing-guidelines stokeling-precedent stokeling-v-united-states united-states-sentencing-commission ussg-4b1.2 Whether the Texas offense of aggravated robbery by inflicting injury against a senior or disabled victim satisfies the definition of 'crime of violenc…
18-9290 Albert J. Hamilton v. Jurban, RN, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-15 Denied IFP amendment-interpretation civil-rights constitutional-conflict criminal-law disability due-process equal-protection legal-classification rational-basis sentencing standing state-interest takings Does the State of California create a conflict under the U.S. Const. 5th and 14th Amend. by not providing a rational relationship between a legitimate…
18-9247 Hitoshi Ombe v. Susana Martinez, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP autism-disability civil-rights cognitive-ability competency competency-ability disability due-process emotional-damages executive-function instrumental-aggression knowledge-of-disability legal-competency pro-se pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation standing Does the depressed autism minority have adequate competency or ability to litigate on his own (pro se) without any help or support?
18-9229 Matthew DeRyan v. East Valley School District Washington 2019-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada ada-protections ada-rights-violation administrative-investigation civil-rights disability disability-rights due-process false-allegations false-arrest federal-jurisdiction fraud-by-court k-12-classrooms social-security-disability standing wrongful-termination Whether the Lower courts, if in violation of Petitioner's Disability-Rights, disregarding attempts at asserting Federal-ADA-Rights, denials of motions…
18-9223 Michael R. Gamble v. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Sixth Circuit 2019-05-10 Denied IFP ada-claims americans-with-disabilities-act animus civil-rights disability disability-discrimination disability-discrimination-claims due-process employment-termination federal-jurisdiction intentional-discrimination standing termination workers-compensation Whether Plaintiff's sustained muscular atrophy rendered him disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act
18-1319 Elijah Thomas v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Response Waived bodily-impairment civil-procedure court-of-appeals-for-veterans-claims disability disability-compensation due-process equitable-tolling judicial-review procedural-barriers procedural-exhaustion statutory-deadline statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits veterans-claims Whether the 120-day deadline for filing a claim in the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims should be equitably tolled for a 100% disabled veteran una…
18-1292 Craig Roth v. Nassau County, New York Second Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied Response Waived ada affirmative-defense americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-estoppel disability due-process employment federal-claims judicial-procedure Are lower courts correctly applying the affirmative defense of collateral estoppel to bar federal claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act?
18-1139 BNSF Railway Company v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Ninth Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) ada ada-discrimination americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-court-split disability discrimination employment employment-discrimination job-applicant job-applicant-rights job-duties medical-examination ninth-circuit reasonable-accommodation regarded-as regarded-as-disability Whether requiring an individualized medical examination as a condition of employment to determine whether a job applicant or employee can safely perfo…
18-8211 Russell Berger v. James Gibson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied IFP ada civil-rights criminal-law disability discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-statute judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-safeguards standing statutory-interpretation Can a person's height be a disability under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213?
18-7584 Pamela Marberry v. State Bar of California California 2019-01-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP ada civil-procedure civil-rights disability due-process employment equal-protection reasonable-accommodation standing takings Whether the state's denial of petitioner's request for a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act violated petitioner's cons…
18-7535 Timothy S. Chalfant v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Third Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeals civil-procedure civil-rights disability due-process judicial-review social-security standing Whether the Social Security Administration and federal courts have to follow the same laws and rules that apply to all other litigants
18-7237 Dione C. Saunders v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Fourth Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights disability due-process government-misconduct social-security standing Why did Nancy A. Berryhill ignore and discourteous available evidence from petitioner and refuse to consider their opinion?
18-7193 Bryan D. Collins v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Seventh Circuit 2018-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law chenery-doctrine civil-procedure disability due-process harmless-error medical-opinion social-security social-security-disability substantial-evidence treating-physician What is the standard for assessing harmless error when a treating doctor has provided a form medical opinion statement that an applicant for social se…
18-6541 Michael Stoller v. Wilmington Trust Seventh Circuit 2018-11-02 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights disability discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction judicial-review standing Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act
18-6376 Adem Albra v. Board of Trustees of Miami Dade College, et al. District of Columbia 2018-10-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights disability disability-discrimination disability-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence free-speech higher-education retaliation standing Did the Public College take away the Petitioner's right to earn a living in whatever vocation he chooses, indirectly, by expelling him, twice, for bei…
18-483 Kristina Box, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health, et al. v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-10-16 Judgment Issued Amici (14)Relisted (15) 14th-amendment abortion civil-rights disability due-process equal-protection fetal-remains medical-regulation Whether States may require fetal remains to be handled the same as other human remains
18-6140 Lena Terrell Hardaway v. Cross State Moving, et al. District of Columbia 2018-09-28 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights disability-rights due-process standing civil-rights disability discrimination due-process housing standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act
18-6114 Linh Thi Minh Tran v. Kathy Hung Pham Oregon 2018-09-27 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-dismissal damages disability due-process guardian-ad-litem legal-standing medical-damages negligence personal-injury real-party-in-interest standing vegetative-state Did the trial court err in granting General Judgment of Dismissal in favor of defendant Kathy Hung Pham?
18-5883 Burdette Lowe v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada-retaliation civil-rights disability due-process eeoc employment employment-discrimination judicial-procedure pleading-standard pleading-standards retaliation Whether lower courts can dismiss disability-related occupational injury civil complaints by omitting essential facts and misconstruing allegations, cr…
18-5421 Sheila L. Gaines v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Fourth Circuit 2018-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-appeal administrative-law arthritis civil-rights disability disability-benefits due-process employment medical-evidence medical-records social-security standing Whether the Social Security Administration improperly denied disability benefits to the petitioner despite medical evidence of her advanced arthritis …
25A474 Michael Mallonee v. Department of the Interior Federal Circuit Application disability filing-requirements financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis pro-se supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant with limited income and disability can obtain an extension of time and partial relief from Supreme Court filing requirements…