discovery-limitations

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-1080 Suzanne Gifford, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Michael Gifford v. Operating Engineers 139 Health Benefit Fund Seventh Circuit 2025-04-16 Denied administrative-law civil-procedure discovery-limitations erisa fiduciary-duty judicial-discretion Whether courts may effectively preclude ERISA plaintiffs from engaging in any discovery and whether plan administrators' fiduciary obligations require…
19-6460 Daniel Paul Copple v. Pelicia Hall, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections Fifth Circuit 2019-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-standards discovery discovery-limitations dismissal-standards due-process evidence-preservation evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus institutional-mental-health-records judicial-discretion mental-competency pro-se-defendant state-records Whether a defendant claiming mental incompetency should have the state court records reviewed prior to denying equitable tolling
19-5188 Jermaine Tart v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2019-07-15 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights digital-access discovery discovery-limitations due-process employment-royalties ninth-circuit procedural-scope royalties standing state-rights statutory-interpretation takings Do the plaintiffs have a due process right to funds from existing or future employment royalties?
18-1187 Mitchell Miorelli, et al. v. Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Ltd. Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-14 Denied admiralty-jurisdiction civil-procedure discovery discovery-limitations discovery-rules disputed-facts due-process equitable-tolling maritime-law material-fact material-facts motion-to-dismiss pre-answer-dismissal summary-judgment Whether summary judgment was proper where the respondent Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, LTD. moved to dismiss before filing an answer, no discovery had …