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25-904 La Union del Pueblo Entero v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2026-02-02 Pending Response Waived disability-rights election-law mail-ballot preemption voter-assistance voting-rights Whether Section 208 preempts a state law that prohibits eligible voters from compensating their chosen assisters or from choosing trusted assisters wh…
25-843 Disability Rights New York v. New York State Department of Health, et al. Second Circuit 2026-01-15 Pending Response Waived article-iii-standing disability-rights federal-jurisdiction individual-rights protection-and-advocacy statutory-interpretation Whether DRNY, as a Protection & Advocacy System authorized by Congress to bring lawsuits in its own name on behalf of individuals with disabilities pu…
25A765 Karen L. MacElroy Zopatti v. Superior Court of California, San Diego County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2026-01-02 Application ada disability-rights due-process judicial-access reasonable-accommodation title-ii Whether the state trial court violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II by denying reasonable accommodations and effective communica…
25-6434 Natasha T. Baskin v. Algernon M. Pitre District of Columbia 2025-12-29 Pending IFP access-to-justice disability-rights due-process emergency-tolling equal-protection pro-se-litigants 1. Due Process and Access to Courts Whether the combined effect of emergency tolling restrictions, denial of disability accommodations, and additiona…
25-6071 Anna Joy Eltgroth v. Edward Aaron Pierson Pennsylvania 2025-11-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights disability-rights due-process legal-accommodation protection-from-abuse self-representation 1) Does the only modernly developed 1994 PA Protection from Abuse Act constitute a serious enough civil matter to warrant a consideration of specific…
25-5783 Tanya Spurbeck v. Midland Credit Management, Inc. Nevada 2025-10-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP disability-rights due-process federal-claims indigent-litigants legal-representation supremacy-clause As of April 26, 2024, there is required federal funding, signed by the Nevada Attorney General, to promise required legal representation to indigent a…
25-357 Adrian M. Lockridge v. Madison Metropolitan School District, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-09-25 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 504-plan disability-rights education-law equal-protection individualized-education 1. Does the Department of Education's 504 Plan for educating the child with disability provide equal protection under the 14th Amendment as does the p…
25-314 Carl Culp v. Scott Caudill, in His Official Capacity as Chief of the Fort Wayne Police Department Seventh Circuit 2025-09-17 Denied americans-with-disabilities-act arrest-standards civil-rights disability-rights law-enforcement reasonable-accommodation Whether Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12131 et seq., applies to a law enforcement agency during the circumstance of the…
25-212 Anh Tuyet Thai v. Los Angeles County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-08-21 Denied Response Waived ada-accommodation disability-rights due-process federal-immunity fourth-amendment search-and-seizure This Court has long recognized that "to facilitate the orderly and sympathetic administration of the disability program[s] * * *, the Secretary and …
25-5326 Geneva Langworthy v. Supreme Court of New Mexico New Mexico 2025-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-access disability-rights due-process judicial-bias legal-representation self-representation 1. Can a judge with a personal bias against a party, deny that individual access to the courts as a punishment for disrespectful language in her plead…
25-5307 In Re Sara Murray 2025-08-08 Denied IFP ada-compliance civil-rights disability-rights due-process judicial-misconduct mandamus I. Structural Conflict of Interest Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the U.S…
24-1164 Jacqueline R. Everson v. The Coca-Cola Company, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-05-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split disability-rights due-process equitable-tolling erisa-plan statutory-violation Whether the courts are precluded from violating statutory laws affecting the rights of ERISA plan participants nationwide and whether such violations …
24A751 Trent Nelson v. URSA Major Corporation Seventh Circuit 2025-01-31 Presumed Complete ada disability-rights employment-discrimination fmla medical-leave reasonable-accommodation Whether an employer's termination of an employee who has requested medical accommodations and taken intermittent leave constitutes unlawful discrimina…
24-6220 John F. Policastro v. Nevada Employment Security Division, et al. Nevada 2025-01-02 Denied IFP administrative-law cares-act disability-rights due-process equal-protection nevada-constitution Did the Nevada courts purposely ignore facts related to CARES Act emergency pandemic benefits fund improprieties by the State of Nevada?
24-6137 Alicia Epps v. Poah Communities, LLC Ohio 2024-12-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP disability-rights eviction-rights housing-act housing-discrimination hud-regulations procedural-violations Whether a housing authority can unlawfully evict a mentally handicapped tenant by disregarding federal housing regulations and local ordinances
24-6073 Earlando Samuel v. Delaware County Housing Authority, et al. Third Circuit 2024-12-04 Denied IFP disability-rights fair-housing-act judicial-discretion motion-to-alter-judgment procedural-due-process retaliation-clause Whether the lower court erred in denying appointment of counsel under the Fair Housing Act's retaliation clause and whether the Third Circuit Court of…
24A536 Leo Stoller v. Arizona Arizona 2024-12-03 Presumed Complete americans-with-disabilities-act disability-rights pro-se second-amendment supreme-court-rule writ-of-certiorari Whether the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms for a pro se litigant with a disability seeking to challenge a state…
24-523 A. W., By and Through J. W., et al. v. Coweta County School System, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-07 Denied Response Waived americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights compensatory-damages disability-rights emotional-distress intentional-discrimination Whether Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act allows victims of intentional discrimination to recover compensatory damages for emotional dis…
24A404 Predrag Tosic v. Heather Tomason Washington 2024-10-25 Presumed Complete constitutional-protections disability-rights due-process family-court judicial-review pro-se Whether the Supreme Court will review a state court's alleged systemic due process violations in a family law case involving a pro se litigant with di…
24-442 Onaney Polanco, Individually and as Parent and Natural Guardian of A. D. v. David Banks, in His Official Capacity as Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, et al. Second Circuit 2024-10-21 Denied Response Waived disability-rights due-process federalism free-appropriate-public-education school-accessibility special-education Whether a parent must specifically list school accessibility in a due process complaint to preserve claims of inadequate educational services for a di…
24-5653 Aaron Abadi v. Marina District Development Company, LLC, dba Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, et al. Third Circuit 2024-09-27 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act cdc-guidance covid-19 direct-threat disability-rights public-accommodations Can a public accommodation categorically rely on CDC guidance to label an individual with a disability who cannot wear a mask as a 'direct threat,' th…
24-274 LuzMaria Arroyo v. Volvo Group North America, LLC, dba Volvo Parts North America Seventh Circuit 2024-09-11 Denied disability-rights employment-discrimination military-service reasonable-accommodation userra veterans-protection Whether the Seventh Circuit misapplied USERRA provisions and improperly relied on ADA standards in evaluating a disabled veteran's reemployment rights
24-249 A. J. T., By and Through Her Parents, A. T. & G. T. v. Osseo Area Schools, Independent School District No. 279, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-09-05 Judgment Issued Amici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-split disability-rights educational-discrimination reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act Whether the ADA and Rehabilitation Act require children with disabilities to satisfy a uniquely stringent 'bad faith or gross misjudgment' standard wh…
24-197 Rose Izzo v. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., et al. Delaware 2024-08-22 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 14th-amendment Can the Third Circuit disobey the Supreme Court's class-action disability-rights due-process educational-placement individuals-with-disabilities-education-act opt-out 24-196" opt-out-rights settlement stay-put-provision stockholder-rights supreme-court-precedent third-circuit-ruling Does the due process clause of the 14th Amendment require courts to give objecting stockholders the right to opt-out in a monetary settlement of a cla…
24-196 Jenn-Ching Luo v. Owen J. Roberts School District, et al. Third Circuit 2024-08-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) disability-rights educational-placement individuals-with-disabilities-education-act stay-put-provision supreme-court-precedent third-circuit-ruling Can the Third Circuit disobey the Supreme Court's holding to rule that age 21 is a condition to end stay-put protection?
24-5149 Brandy Thompson v. Lloyd J. Austin, III, Secretary of Defense, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-07-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada-discrimination ada-rehabilitation-act-burden-shifting-qualified-i burden-shifting disability-rights employment-discrimination reasonable-accommodation retaliation-claim Did the lower court correctly apply the burden-shifting framework in assessing the plaintiff's discrimination and retaliation claims under the America…
24A81 Jane Doe, on Behalf of Herself and Her Minor Child, Sarah Doe v. Franklin Square Union Free School District Second Circuit 2024-07-23 Presumed Complete disability-accommodation disability-rights federal-law reasonable-accommodation school-district student-protection Whether a school district's denial of a reasonable accommodation for a disabled student constitutes a violation of federal disability rights laws
24-5069 Phile Andra Watson v. FedEx Express Fifth Circuit 2024-07-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP ada-discrimination americans-with-disabilities-act but-for-causation causation causation-standard congressional-intent disability-discrimination disability-rights employment-law motivating-factor What is the appropriate standard for determining causation under the ADA?
23-7757 Pacita D. Whatley, et al. v. Oakbrook Health and Rehabilitation Center Fourth Circuit 2024-06-18 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-rights due-process elder-care federal-jurisdiction health-care healthcare-protections protective-measures Does the Constitution provide protected elder citizen rights for health care?
23-7680 Charles R. Murse, Jr. v. Mary L. Murse Third Circuit 2024-06-11 Denied IFP 42-usc-407 ada-rights ada-violations attempted-murder civil-rights constitutional-violations court-misconduct disability-rights due-process judicial-misconduct ssdi-protections civil-rights-violations
23A1050 Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, dba Labcorp v. Luke Davis, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-24 Presumed Complete accessibility ada disability-rights medical-testing ninth-circuit reasonable-accommodation Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act requires private medical testing facilities to provide reasonable accommodations for visually impaired ind…
23-7320 Darrin Espinosa v. Contra Costa County, California Ninth Circuit 2024-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada americans-with-disabilities-act disability-rights employment-discrimination essential-functions job-performance reasonable-accommodation termination termination-of-employment workers-compensation Does a disabled person have the right to perform a job even though he does not need accommodations to perform all essential functions of the job?
23A959 Predrag Tosic v. Heather Tosic Washington 2024-04-25 Presumed Complete ada-accommodations disability-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment pro-se Whether the First and Fourteenth Amendments require courts to provide reasonable accommodations and due process protections for pro se litigants with …
23-7074 Venus Moore v. Delaware Merit Employee Relations Board, et al. Delaware 2024-03-28 Denied IFP ada-accommodation americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-rights due-process employment-discrimination interactive-process reasonable-accommodation veterans-readjustment-act vevraa Did the defendant have a legal obligation to engage in a flexible interactive process with the plaintiff under the Americans Disabilities Act?
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…
23-6995 Rosaura Strous v. Superior Court of California, Yuma County Ninth Circuit 2024-03-14 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights disability-discrimination disability-rights due-process employment-law judicial-procedure sexual-discrimination sexual-harassment standing What claims did you raise to the court below?
23-997 Karyn D. Stanley v. City of Sanford, Florida Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-12 Judgment Issued Amici (13)Relisted (2) americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-rights discrimination employment employment-discrimination legal-standing post-employment-benefits standing workplace-discrimination Does a former employee have a right to sue over discrimination with respect to post-employment benefits under the Americans with Disabilities Act?
23-750 Jennica Carmona, Individually, and as Parent and Natural Guardian of B. A., et al. v. New Jersey Department of Education, et al. Third Circuit 2024-01-10 Denied Response Waived administrative-exhaustion change-in-placement disability-rights due-process educational-placement equal-protection idea individuals-with-disabilities-education-act rehabilitation-act standing virtual-instruction Whether the move from in-person to virtual educational instruction and support services constitutes a change in placement under the Individuals with D…
23-6321 Barbara Johnson-Luster v. Christine E. Wormuth, Secretary of the Army Fifth Circuit 2023-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-counsel disability-rights due-process equal-protection exceptional-circumstances title-vii Whether an appellant in the Circuit Courts, with an invisible disability and previous court appointed attorneys in the Lower District Courts should re…
23-507 Rita C. Simpson-Vlach, et vir, on Behalf of A. S. and M. S., et al. v. Michigan Department of Education, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-11-14 Denied Response Waived article-iii-standing disability-rights due-process education educational-access idea idea-compliance procedural-requirements remote-learning standing Did the Petitioners allege an injury-in-fact sufficient to confer standing?
23-461 Maria Navarro Carrillo, et al. v. New York City Department of Education, et al. Second Circuit 2023-11-01 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights cooperative-federalism disability-rights due-process individuals-with-disabilities-education-act judicial-review state-statutes statutory-interpretation Whether the Second Circuit erred in setting aside binding state law in an Individuals with Disabilities Education Act case
23-5843 Cleon Belgrave v. Publix Super Market, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada-discrimination ada-qualified-individual ada-reasonable-accommodations ada-retaliation civil-rights disability-rights eeoc-filing employment-discrimination employment-termination judicial-review reasonable-accommodation Whether the plaintiff's EEOC filing was timely, whether the plaintiff was a qualified individual under the ADA, whether the plaintiff's accommodation …
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…
23-309 Michael Paul Nelson v. North Carolina North Carolina 2023-09-26 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-rights confrontation-clause criminal-procedure disability-rights due-process equal-access fundamental-rights reasonable-accommodation Does the Confrontation Clause and/or Due Process Clause require a criminal court to modify policies to allow a disabled defendant to use prosthetic de…
23-284 H. C., Individually and on Behalf of J. C., a Child With a Disability, et al. v. New York City Department of Education Second Circuit 2023-09-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) attorneys-fees court-discretion disability-rights discretion due-process due-process-hearing educational-agency idea-act individuals-with-disabilities-education-act prevailing-rates settlement-offers How does 20 U.S.C. § 1415(i)(8)(G) affect an award of attorneys' fees under the IDEA?
23-264 Jay Hannah v. United Parcel Service, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2023-09-19 Denied Response Waived ada ada-accommodation business-decision disability-rights employment-discrimination equipment-modification fourth-circuit judicial-review reasonable-accommodation reasonable-modification union-employee Whether an employer's selection of the equipment used to perform a job precludes a court from considering whether modification of such equipment would…
23-5580 Richard Barroso v. Texas Texas 2023-09-14 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights disability-accommodations disability-rights due-process equal-protection prison-litigation-reform-act rehabilitation-act Whether petitioner has a due-process right to be heard and determined as to whether his physical-and-mental disabilities significantly impair his abil…
23-5520 Tamara Sue Harbec v. North Country Hospital and Health Practices, et al. Second Circuit 2023-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-violation disability-discrimination disability-rights due-process expert-testimony interpreter-access medical-care medical-malpractice medical-rights patient-care Was it constitutional to deny the right of an interpreter because of bilateral sensorineural hearing loss?
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
23-5117 In Re Jeffrey Alonzo Simms 2023-07-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada-compliance americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law court-procedure disability-rights due-process judicial-discretion legal-documentation procedural-due-process standing Whether the judge erred in refusing to read legal documentation of law from the petitioner with disabilities
22-7291 Eric J. Mapes, et ux. v. Cable One, dba Sparklight Seventh Circuit 2023-04-17 Denied IFP accessibility court-procedure disability-discrimination disability-rights due-process federal-rehabilitation-act judicial-corruption judicial-discrimination tennessee-v-lane Where public Court employees of the lower Courts violate the Disability Rights and Federal Rehabilitation Act laws 29 U.S.C. 794 et seq. announced in …
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 …
22-7118 Scott David Creech v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Sixth Circuit 2023-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada americans-with-disabilities-act disability-accommodation disability-rights due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment prisoner-accommodation reasonable-accommodation Did the Ohio Department of Rehabilitations and Corrections know that Petitioner was disabled and thereafter deny him a reasonable accommodation to a k…
22-7049 Robert A. Martinez, Jr. v. Lucas County Jail Sixth Circuit 2023-03-21 Denied IFP 8th-amendment americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-rights due-process eighth-amendment inmate-healthcare medical-treatment Is it legal to refuse prescribed medication to a Disabled person while incarcerated?
22-7039 Michael T. Brooks v. Agate Resources, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-03-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP article-3-courts civil-procedure civil-rights disability-rights due-process informa-pauperis judicial-discretion qui-tam rehabilitation-act standing whistleblower whistleblower-protection Can a federal judge open a qui tam case that they dismissed three years ago, turning it into a criminal case against the relator?
22-778 Danielle Howard Martinez, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-17 Denied covid-19-education declaratory-relief disability-rights free-appropriate-public-education idea-compliance individuals-with-disabilities-education-act injunctive-relief mootness mootness-doctrine school-closures state-educational-agencies Whether Petitioners' claims that the CDE Defendants violated federal law
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
22-697 Heather B., Parent and Next Friend of S. S., et al. v. Houston Independent School District, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-01-26 Denied Response Waived child-find civil-rights disability-rights due-process idea-compliance individuals-with-disabilities-education-act parental-notice private-school private-schools special-education standing state-school-districts Whether parents of a previously IDEA eligible blind student attending a private school bear any responsibility to give notice of their child's needs t…
22-6583 Keith Melillo v. City and County of Rice, Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-01-20 Denied IFP arrest-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law disability-discrimination disability-rights due-process equal-protection false-arrest law-enforcement standing Whether the petitioner was denied the right to be free from false arrest and the courts discriminated against the petitioner as a disabled person
22-633 Stacey A. Kincaid, Sheriff, Fairfax County, Virginia v. Kesha T. Williams Fourth Circuit 2023-01-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9) 42-usc-12211 ada-title-ii americans-with-disabilities-act disability-definition disability-rights dsm-5 fourth-circuit gender-dysphoria statutory-interpretation Whether the diagnosis of gender dysphoria, found in the DSM-5, is excluded from the ADA's definition of disability under 42 U.S.C. § 12211(b)
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?
22-6295 Jamisi Jermaine Calloway v. M. Martel, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-13 Denied IFP access-to-courts ada-discrimination civil-rights constitutional-rights continuing-violation-doctrine disability-rights due-process indigent-prisoner-rights legal-assistance pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation section-1983 When should a total disabled incarcerated indigent prisoner be appointed legal assistant in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case?
22-6236 Michele Gray v. GC Service, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada age-discrimination civil-rights disability-rights eeoc employment-discrimination harassment social-security wrongful-termination Is the dismissal of claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Social Security Act, Equal Employment Oppo…
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
22-429 Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Deborah Laufer First Circuit 2022-11-08 Judgment Issued Amici (21)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) ada ada-tester article-iii-standing civil-rights disability-accessibility disability-rights legal-standing public-accommodation standing website website-accessibility Does a self-appointed Americans with Disabilities Act 'tester' have Article III standing to challenge a place of public accommodation's failure to pro…
22-5780 James F. Snyder v. Washington Washington 2022-10-06 Denied IFP ada civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure disability-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standing sentencing Can courts really charge a disabled man with any drug crimes when there was no drugs in any bodies' possession or on any of them?
22-5682 Jonathan F. Ramos v. Valmont Industries, Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-09-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-justice americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure civil-rights disability-rights due-process employment-discrimination reasonable-accommodation sign-language-interpretation standing workplace-accessibility Whether the denial of an ASL interpreter for a deaf individual in a legal proceeding violates the Americans with Disabilities Act
22-5051 Gabriel M. Robles, et al. v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-rights due-process energy-assistance equal-protection in-forma-pauperis low-income-assistance poverty poverty-level Have the Courts enacted 'Rules' and Congress made laws that serve to deprive the poor and needy, the elderly, and the developmentally disabled, their …
21-8136 Dionne K. Thompson v. Morris Heights Health Center, Inc., et al. Second Circuit 2022-06-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada ada-discrimination administrative-determination civil-rights disability-rights due-process judicial-immunity meaningful-access reasonable-accommodations state-court-system Is an Entity shielded from a claim when its agents and/or employees have clearly violated a Litigant's rights under the ADA, by refusing to provide re…
21-8113 Toya Gibson v. Wayfair, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2022-06-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP disability-discrimination disability-rights employment-discrimination family-medical-leave-act fmla-violation genetic-information-discrimination genetic-information-nondiscrimination-act religious-accommodation religious-discrimination wrongful-termination Whether the adverse employment action of wrongful termination in response to a dental disability, the use of genetic information to deny future FMLA l…
21-1167 Terry Rene Chapman v. Social Security Administration, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-02-23 Denied Response Waived binding disability-rights federal-pleading-standards final-decision judicial-precedent legislation precedent pro-se-petition stare-decisis unbinding unpublished-opinion How can a decision be final & be final to what; if it is unbinding without a Precedent for Stare Decisis?
21-7091 Zachary E. Coley v. Shaw Industries, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-09 Denied IFP ada ada-claim administrative-law civil-rights court-review disability-rights discrimination due-process judicial-error legal-procedure reasonable-accommodation standing Whether the lower courts erred in their analysis of the petitioner's ADA claim
21-6923 Raymond V. DiGiacomo v. Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco California 2022-01-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada-1990 appellate-rights court-funding disability-rights due-process judicial-conduct judicial-review legal-access procedural-technicalities reasonable-accommodation state-court-procedure Whether a disabled litigant be allowed a reasonable accommodation to cover which requires one or more of said court's judges to lower their vocal tone…
21-6709 Suran Wije v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations disability-rights due-process education educational-discrimination equal-protection invisible-disabilities standing systemic-segregation Whether an exception or immunity to the Fifth Amendment allows reinvented segregation to continue within the United States
21-887 Miguel Luna Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-12-15 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (12)Response RequestedRelisted (4) administrative-proceedings americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-rights exhaustion-requirement futility-exception individuals-with-disabilities-education-act money-damages statutory-interpretation Whether the IDEA's exhaustion requirement applies when the plaintiff's non-IDEA claim has been dismissed from IDEA proceedings and the plaintiff has s…
21-680 Lawrence Salisbury v. City of Santa Monica, California Ninth Circuit 2021-11-08 Denied Response Waived consideration disability-accommodation disability-rights fair-housing-act fair-housing-amendments-act federal-common-law housing-discrimination landlord-tenant landlord-tenant-law procedural-requirements reasonable-accommodation rental-housing Whether the Fair Housing Amendments Act requires landlords to accommodate the disabilities of individuals who occupy rental housing, even where the re…
21-6097 Dashon Hines v. Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance Staff, et al. Second Circuit 2021-10-28 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights disability-rights due-process medicaid Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause requires a state to provide free legal assistance to a disabled individual seeking to challenge …
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
21-5983 Jennifer L. Kammerer v. State Bar of California California 2021-10-15 Denied IFP administrative-law americans-with-disabilities-act disability-rights discrimination equal-protection mental-illness mental-illness-discrimination professional-license professional-licensing rehabilitation-program Does the Americans with Disabilities Act prohibit punishing an individual for being mentally ill by revoking their professional license and denying th…
21-5621 In Re Patrick Disanto 2021-09-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-allegations child-custody civil-rights conflict-of-interest disability-rights due-process family-law judicial-bias judicial-hearing-officer parental-rights standing Does the judicial hearing officer possess the ability to view the complicated case from a non-biased perspective, without expressing his own misogyny …
21-208 Merrilee Stewart v. IHT Insurance Agency Group, LLC Welfare Benefits Plan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-08-12 Denied affordable-care-act americans-with-disabilities-act arbitration civil-rights constitutional-protections disability-rights due-process employment-law erisa privacy Question not identified
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
21-103 In Re Charles Landon Roberson 2021-07-26 Denied academic-freedom academic-progress civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-rights due-process graduate-admission mandamus medical-disability retaliation standing university-liability Whether Plaintiff's constitutional rights were violated by the university administration's actions, leading to a request for mandamus to admit Plainti…
20-8245 Shkelqesa Dervishi v. Department of Special Education, et al. Second Circuit 2021-06-08 Denied IFP 20-usc-1415 compensatory-education disability-rights disabled-student-protections due-process local-education-agency procedural-rights special-education-law stay-put stay-put-provision Whether 20 U.S.C. § 1415 protects a disabled student's right during the 'stay-put' and requires a local education agency to maintain the stay put plac…
20-1377 William V., et ux. v. Copperas Cove Independent School District Fifth Circuit 2021-04-02 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights disability-rights due-process educational-services idea-statute individuals-with-disabilities-education-act legal-standard procedural-waiver special-education standing Is not specifically naming non-dispositive factors, when actually arguing the factors, a waiver of claims?
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 …
20-1357 Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado v. Laurie Exby-Stolley Tenth Circuit 2021-03-26 Denied ada adverse-employment-action americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-rights employment-discrimination reasonable-accommodation statutory-interpretation Whether a plaintiff asserting a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 must show that the employer's failure to make the requested ac…
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…
20-6650 Gregory Scott Sumner v. Brett Carter, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-12-18 Denied IFP ada ada-discrimination bivens-action civil-rights disability-rights due-process equal-access equal-protection free-speech public-services reasonable-accommodation Whether the public entity violated Title I of the ADA by excluding the plaintiff from participation in or denying the benefits of its programs and ser…
20-6629 Jane Doe v. Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-cases anonymity constitutional-rights court-cases disability-rights due-process government-defendant mental-illness name-redaction statutory-rights Should mentally ill individuals be automatically granted name redaction in administrative and court cases?
20-713 Rosa Elba Ventura de Paulino v. New York City Department of Education, et al. Second Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights disability-rights due-process educational-support idea-act individuals-with-disabilities-education-act pendency pendency-services school-district special-education Does a school district have an affirmative obligation to provide pendency-related educational and support services to its special education students u…
20-205 Z. B., By and Through His Mother, Sylvia Sanchez v. District of Columbia District of Columbia 2020-08-21 Denied Response Waived change-in-placement circuit-court-split disability-rights free-and-appropriate-public-education free-appropriate-public-education individualized-education-program individuals-with-disabilities-education-act parent-participation school-placement special-education What is the definition of school placement under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and when does a change in placement occur?
20-5308 Tammy Horton v. The Methodist University, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2020-08-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-accommodations disability-rights due-process equal-protection higher-education rehab-act rehabilitation-act Whether the United States District and Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit are obligated to confirm an institution of higher learning, subject to …
20-5138 Patricia A. McColm v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-07-23 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP ada ada-violation civil-rights constitutional-violation court-access court-services disability-rights due-process procedural-safeguards retaliation standing Whether imposition of a daily 15 minute time restriction on physical access to the court building and use of court services is a constitutional violat…
19-8717 Lance E. Felton v. City of Jackson, Mississippi Fifth Circuit 2020-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-accommodation disability-rights employment-discrimination interactive-process post-traumatic-stress-disorder pretext reasonable-accommodation termination Whether the City of Jackson, Mississippi failed to accommodate Lance Felton's disability pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act
19-8356 Henry Logan, et ux. v. Peggy Logan Texas 2020-04-27 Denied IFP best-interest-standard child-custody disability-rights due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment parental-rights third-party-custody Are grandparents counted as a third party?
19-8067 Abdul Mohammed v. DuPage Legal Assistance Foundation, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-03-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights counsel-appointment disability-rights due-process judicial-procedure medical-records mental-health reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act standing whether a Plaintiff with physical and mental disabilities in an Americans with Disabilities Act action need to reveal all his/her medical and mental h…
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…
19-7543 Earl Osborn v. Christopher Williams, et al. Second Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-remedies civil-rights corrections-department disability-accommodation disability-rights due-process inmate-rights medical-treatment mental-disability mental-health prisoner-rights standing summary-judgment Whether the Supreme Court should eliminate the requirement for an individualized, fact-specific determination regarding the availability of administra…
19-972 Christopher Edward McMillen v. New Caney Independent School District Fifth Circuit 2020-02-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-exhaustion circuit-split disability-rights education-law individuals-with-disabilities-education-act judicial-review non-IDEA-claims procedural-requirements relief-not-available-under-IDEA standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires administrative exhaustion for non-IDEA claims seeking relief not available und…
19-552 William A. Salzwedel v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 42-usc-1985 americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights constitutional-challenge disability-rights due-process equal-protection rehabilitation-act rooker-feldman-doctrine standing third-party-standing title-ii-ada Does an attorney have standing to challenge a state's adult conservatorship/guardianship practices?
19-6212 Melissa Edwards v. Attorney Grievance Commission Michigan 2019-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts administrative-investigation attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-due-process disability-rights due-process equal-protection government-transparency judicial-review judicial-transparency standing state-court-procedure Is it unconstitutional for a state court to deny relief without explaining why relief was denied?
19-6147 James Sardakowski v. Mike Romero, Warden Tenth Circuit 2019-10-04 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights disabilities disability-rights due-process equal-protection housing-assistance mental-health mental-health-disability non-discrimination parole parole-hearing reoffending-risk Does Mr. Sardakowski have a constitutional right to non-discrimination at a parole hearing with regards to a mental health disabilities?
19-5500 Michael Woolls v. Virginia Fourth Circuit 2019-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights code-of-law disability-rights due-process equal-protection mental-capacity mental-retardation political-concerns standard-of-review standing Am I entitled by law to a higher standard of review as a disabled person with mental retardation?
19-29 Troy Beemer v. University of Southern California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied curriculum-modification disability-rights educational-accommodation fundamental-alteration otherwise-qualified rehabilitation-act section-504 substantial-modification When does a modification or alteration to an educational program's curriculum become a substantial modification and a fundamental alteration for purpo…
18-9689 Robert Joseph King v. Robert R. Neall, Secretary, Maryland Department of Health, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-06-17 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP accessibility-law ada civil-rights disability-access disability-rights due-process equal-protection federal-buildings public-buildings public-facilities reasonable-accommodation Must State and Federal Buildings be required to provide readily and reasonable access to restroom facilities to those who have a physical disability?
18A1275 Scott Maione, et al. v. Medical Answering Services, LLC, et al. Second Circuit 2019-06-06 Presumed Complete administrative-hearing disability-rights due-process federal-rights medical-transportation state-policy Whether the Disability Rights Act of 2005 creates a federal right to medical transportation services for children with disabilities
18A1201 Napier Sandford Fuller v. North Carolina North Carolina 2019-05-21 Presumed Complete ada-accommodations disability-rights mental-impairment pro-se-litigation reasonable-accommodations supreme-court-review Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act requires state courts to provide reasonable accommodations for pro se litigants with documented mental imp…
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…
18-1387 Susan Lloyd v. Becky Doherty, Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Portage County, Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts ada ada-violations civil-rights courtroom-access disability-rights discrimination judicial-bias judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation rehab-act service-dogs sunshine-law transcript-alteration Is a magistrate and judge allowed to refuse well behaved service dogs in a courtroom?
18-9038 Scott Peters v. Illinois Illinois 2019-05-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada appeals civil-rights constitutional-rights courtroom-access disability-accommodation disability-discrimination disability-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion reasonable-accommodation standing trial-procedure Whether the trial court erred in denying petitioner's rights as a disabled individual, including his right to reasonable accommodations and equal acce…
18-9039 Kent Vu Phan v. National Jewish Health, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-05-01 Denied IFP ada ada-violation civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violation disability-discrimination disability-rights due-process environmental-contamination medical-malpractice racial-discrimination standing state-actor Whether the petitioner's disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act was violated by suppression instead of protection
18-8896 Richard J. Volis v. Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights disability-discrimination disability-rights disparate-impact equal-protection fair-housing housing-discrimination protected-class public-housing reasonable-accommodation Whether the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles' (HACLA) Administrative Plan required to accommodate all disabled voucher holders is unreason…
18-8517 Roderick Jermaine Hall v. Sprint Corporation Fourth Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied IFP antitrust civil-rights consumer-protection contract-disclosure contract-law disability-rights disclosure-requirements due-process false-advertising federal-regulations network-management service-limitations telecommunications telecommunications-law Whether Sprint failed to disclose information about network management practices for its Unlimited Freedom Plan and Apple iPhone 7 Plus
18-7998 Bobby Charles Byrd v. W. W. Lindsey, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied IFP ada-accommodation appointment-of-counsel civil-rights disability-rights due-process exceptional-circumstances judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-litigant rehabilitation-act Does the district court have an obligation to appoint counsel for an ADA-eligible pro se pauper litigant prevented from conducting their own trial due…
18-7854 Josiaha R. Wills v. Illinois Illinois 2019-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts accessibility civil-procedure civil-rights disability-rights due-process language language-rights standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the lack of effective communication accommodations during legal proceedings
18-7866 King Grant-Davis v. South Carolina Office of the Governor, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 administrative-procedure americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-rights due-process federal-statute procedural-rights property-interest rehabilitation-act vocational-rehabilitation Whether an individual with a disability has a protected liberty or property interest in vocational rehabilitation services
18-7384 Michael Deuschel v. USC Faculty Dental Practice, et al. California 2019-01-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada-accommodation ada-requests-for-accommodation court-reporter disabilities disability-rights due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis judicial-access multiple-disabilities pro-se pro-se-litigant pro-se-petitioner record-on-appeal Whether the trial court denials of ADA requests for accommodation from in forma pauperis pro se Petitioner with multiple disabilities, receiving multi…
18-7368 Redmond Howard v. Daryl McCready, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada ada-compliance civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violation disability-accommodation disability-rights due-process federal-procedure judicial-dismissal pro-se-pleading special-litigation standing Had Judge Russell III drafted an inaccurate OPINION based on the American Disabilities Act (ADA), rather than the plaintiffs true claim: What the US D…
18-6874 Christine Cornelius v. Town of Atkinson, New Hampshire New Hampshire 2018-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights corruption disability-accommodations disability-rights due-process incompetence judicial-proceedings legal-abuse reasonable-accommodations standing Whether the Court unconstitutionally denied the Petitioner, disabled with bipolar disorder, her rights to reasonable accommodations during judicial pr…
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…
18-5920 Ronnie R. Rolland v. Carnation Building Services, Inc. Tenth Circuit 2018-09-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP ada-accommodation civil-procedure civil-rights disability-rights discrimination due-process employment employment-discrimination judicial-estoppel misconduct-claims reasonable-accommodation retaliation standing subject-matter-jurisdiction termination Whether the appeals court ruling conflicts with previous Supreme Court decisions on important matters and cannot survive application of the correct le…
18-258 Hatem El-Khalidi v. Arabian American Development Company Texas 2018-08-29 Denied Response Waived access-to-court access-to-courts americans-with-disabilities-act burden-of-proof burdens-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-protection disability-rights due-process standing title-ii Must a person conclusively establish the limitations caused by a disability to invoke the protection of the constitutional right of access to court pr…
18-5503 Brian Preston v. Great Lakes Specialty Finance, Inc., dba Axcess Financial Sixth Circuit 2018-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada-accommodation americans-with-disabilities-act disability-accommodation disability-rights essential-job-functions interactive-dialogue qualified-employee reasonable-accommodation telecommuting work-from-home Whether the employer's view of the essential job elements or the competing views of the employer and employee should be the deciding factor in determi…
18-147 Karen H. Scott v. District Hospital Partners, L.P., et al. District of Columbia 2018-08-01 Denied ada ada-amendments-act breathing circuit-conflict circuit-split disability-discrimination disability-law disability-rights eeoc-procedure judicial-interpretation life-threatening medical-impairment reasonable-accommodation relation-back-doctrine standing Whether a severe physical condition that can prevent breathing and be life-threatening is considered a disability under the law, in conflict with othe…
18-5077 Frankie L. McCoy v. Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-07-03 Denied IFP ada ada-compliance administrative-remedies civil-rights correctional-facility-conditions disability-rights due-process equal-protection exhaustion-of-remedies medical-evidence personal-injury rehabilitation-act Did the trial court and Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erroneously dismiss the case brought by a physically impaired inmate seeking accommoda…
23A422 R. J. Kulick v. Ruth Stubba, et al. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete constitutional-rights disability-rights due-process judicial-procedure jurisdictional-challenge pro-se Whether a pro se litigant with disabilities can challenge federal court procedural rules and jurisdictional determinations based on constitutional due…
23A423 R. J. Kulick v. Patrick Soon-Shiong, et al. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete constitutional-interpretation disability-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review pro-se Whether the Due Process Clause protects a pro se litigant's right to file federal court pleadings despite disability and procedural challenges
23A733 Michelle A. Ferrell v. Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Circuit Presumed Complete administrative-justice disability-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis pro-se supreme-court-procedure Whether the Supreme Court's procedural handling of a pro se litigant's in forma pauperis application violates due process rights when the application …