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25A857 John Paul Gomez v. David Ryan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2026-01-30 Application civil-rights dismissal judicial-procedure pro-se section-1983 vexatious-litigant Question not identified.
25-344 Robert Cromwell, et al. v. William Tacon, as Administrator of Caribbean Commercial Investment Bank Ltd. Second Circuit 2025-09-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure dismissal forum-selection limitations-period rule-41 time-bar-defense Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41, a plaintiff may withdraw a case voluntarily until the defendant answers or moves for summary judgment. There…
25A95 Larry Jordan v. Stephen Bates, Sr. Third Circuit 2025-07-23 Presumed Complete civil-case dismissal factual-matters jury-trial right-to-trial seventh-amendment Question not identified.
24-7519 Frederick S. Koger v. Charles E. Kleidon, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP dismissal judicial-procedure mental-health perjury police-misconduct statute-of-limitations Whether the petitioner's post-traumatic stress disorder and alleged judicial failure to consider case merits justify dismissal with prejudice, and whe…
24-6524 Robert Annabel, II v. Heidi E. Washington, Director, Michigan Department of Corrections, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure complaint-sufficiency dismissal judicial-discretion pleading-amendment pro-se Does a district court have discretion to allow a pro se plaintiff an opportunity to amend a complaint or dismiss it without prejudice when the complai…
24A749 Frederick Luehring v. Los Angeles County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-01-31 Presumed Complete civil-rights court-order dismissal pro-se section-1983 service-of-process Whether a pro se plaintiff's failure to serve a complaint and comply with court orders warrants dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b)
24-6234 Danilo Augusto Feliciano v. Nancy Landry, Louisiana Secretary of State, et al. District of Columbia 2025-01-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-general dismissal false-claims-act jurisdiction qui-tam relator Does the District Court have jurisdiction to dismiss a False Claims Act action without a written explanation from the court and Attorney General, and …
24-5816 Terrance A. Burlison v. Jerry W. Benefield, dba Green Oaks Manor Mobile Home Park Florida 2024-10-24 Denied IFP appellate-procedure dismissal due-process florida-supreme-court fourteenth-amendment procedural-rules Whether the Florida Supreme Court violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause by entering an order of dismissal before the time prescribed …
24-5716 Dale B. Green v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2024-10-07 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations dismissal district-court judicial-review legal-standing Whether the district court's dismissal of a civil rights action was proper given the plaintiff's allegations of constitutional violations
24-5213 Gilbert Campa v. Ingrid Rosenquist, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-01 Denied IFP appeals civil-action civil-procedure court-of-appeals dismissal holidays judicial-procedure jurisdiction legal-review prejudice procedural-error time-limits Question not identified
24-5199 Sharon Cammille Riddick v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2024-07-31 Denied IFP dismissal due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment interlocutory-appeal obstruction-of-justice petition-government self-incrimination Whether 8.J.C. Rule 2:21 (2) is an adequate basis to dismiss the Petitioner's Complaint, and not a violation of the Petitioner's First Amendment right…
24A99 Nicolyn Plummer v. New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association Second Circuit 2024-07-26 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure dismissal human-rights insurance-underwriting motion-for-reconsideration pro-se Whether a pro se plaintiff can challenge an insurance underwriting decision through an appeal lacking an arguable basis in law or fact
24-5096 Steven C. Levi v. Anchorage School District, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-17 Denied IFP civil-procedure discovery discovery-rights dismissal due-process interrogatories judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss procedural-due-process standing summary-judgment Can a case be dismissed without allowing Discovery and Interrogators?
23A1156 Rona J. Adeoye v. Clayton County DFCS Employees, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-06-25 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure court-of-appeals dismissal jurisdiction pro-se sua-sponte Whether a pro se litigant's procedural challenges to a sua sponte dismissal by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals for lack of jurisdiction warrant …
23-7749 Carlos Enrique Lopez-Soto v. United States First Circuit 2024-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-of-appeals dismissal due-process government-objection judicial-procedure notice notice-of-judgment standing timeliness Whether the Court of Appeals could dismiss an action based on untimely notice where (1) the district court's judgment was never notified, and (2) in t…
23-7718 In Re Christopher L. Takhvar 2024-06-13 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-process legal-review petition-for-writ procedural-challenge standing right-to-appeal
23A1103 Rahim Caldwell v. City of Providence, Rhode Island, et al. First Circuit 2024-06-11 Presumed Complete constitutional-claims dismissal judicial-procedure no-bid-contracts notice-of-deficiencies pro-se Whether federal courts are required to provide pro se litigants specific notice of pleading deficiencies before dismissing their complaints
23-1263 Ibrahim Donmez v. New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, et al. Second Circuit 2024-06-03 Denied administrative-law civil-procedure complaint-screening dismissal due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure screening standing statutory-interpretation Does 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(b)(ii) allow screening or dismissal of non-frivolous non-prisoner complaints before service of process and defendants' ans…
23-1205 Wayne Johnson for Congress, Inc., et al. v. Jeremy C. Hunt, dba Jeremy for Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure dismissal eleventh-circuit federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure mail-fraud pleading-requirements pleading-standards wire-fraud Did the Eleventh Circuit err in affirming the dismissal of Petitioners' suit due to the purported failure of Petitioners to comply with the heightened…
23-1182 Kenneth Jones v. County of San Diego, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-02 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process equitable-tolling excessive-force law-enforcement race-discrimination standing Whether equitable tolling should apply in this case?
23-1134 Mark Habelt v. iRhythm Technologies, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appeal case-dismissal civil-procedure dismissal financial-stake judicial-procedure legal-redress litigation-appeal plaintiff-standing redress standing Does a named plaintiff who initiated a suit from which he was never dismissed or removed, who retains a financial stake in the litigation's outcome, a…
23-7130 In Re William Graven 2024-04-02 Denied IFP appeals-court appellate-procedure circuit-court dismissal judicial-error judicial-oversight judicial-review mandamus motion-to-dismiss orders panel Can an Appeals Court Panel 'accidentally' miss/not rule on a second appealed/argued Order, and then just ignore that second argued Order, even when re…
23-7004 Noel Vincent Thomas v. Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Florida 2024-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure claim-dismissal discovery-process dismissal due-process evidence evidence-standard judicial-review pleading-sufficiency pleadings standing trial-court-discretion Whether the Trial Court erred in dismissing Petitioner's claim
23A840 Vivian Houston, et al. v. Christopher Klaverkamp, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-03-14 Presumed Complete civil-rights court-orders dismissal due-process pro-se willful-disobedience Whether a district court's dismissal with prejudice of a pro se civil rights action for willful disobedience of court orders violates the plaintiffs' …
23A813 Homayoun Maali v. William K. Harrington First Circuit 2024-03-04 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure circuit-court dismissal filing-fee pro-se procedural-default Whether a pro se litigant's failure to timely file an appellate brief and pay filing fees warrants dismissal of an appeal under First Circuit procedur…
23A698 Martha Carrascal v. American Airlines, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2024-01-29 Presumed Complete discovery-sanctions dismissal employment-discrimination judicial-discretion pro-se-litigant rule-37 Whether a district court may impose the sanction of dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(b)(2)(A)(v) for a plaintiff's failure to comply…
23A693 Jabari J. Johnson v. Correctional Officer Giles, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-01-26 Presumed Complete civil-rights dismissal prisoner-litigation pro-se procedural-due-process tenth-circuit Whether a pro se prisoner's civil rights complaint can be dismissed for lack of prosecution without a clear warning or opportunity to show good cause
23A675 Hong Tang v. Kurt L. Schmoke, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-01-22 Presumed Complete civil-rights dismissal federal-procedure fourth-circuit pro-se rule-12b6 Whether the Fourth Circuit correctly applied the standard for dismissing a pro se civil rights complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6…
23-769 Lyft, Inc. v. Million Seifu California 2024-01-17 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (2) arbitration-agreement dismissal federal-arbitration-act individual-claims non-individual-claims paga-claims private-attorneys-general-act state-law-employment-claims state-law-preemption supreme-court-precedent Whether the Federal Arbitration Act requires the dismissal of non-individual claims brought under California's Private Attorneys General Act
23-6105 Alvin Henry Dalton v. M. Votari Ninth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-provisions dismissal district-court due-process environmental-justice equal-protection jurisdiction legal-procedure standing Whether respondent's actions in forcing petitioner to live in an unhealthy environment violate petitioner's constitutional rights
23-5986 Francisco Rodriquez Ruiz, Jr. v. Jordan Wierenga Seventh Circuit 2023-11-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights dismissal district-court due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance pleadings procedural-default standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's civil rights claims against defendants without properly considering the factual allegation…
23A392 Brenda Dawson Battle v. Atty Creel, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-10-31 Presumed Complete civil-rights constitutional-violation dismissal judicial-immunity pro-se section-1983 Whether a pro se litigant's civil rights complaint against multiple judicial and law enforcement officials can survive dismissal when alleging potenti…
23-5855 Regina Tate v. Hamilton County Election Commission Sixth Circuit 2023-10-23 Denied IFP appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights dismissal due-process judicial-procedure legal-counsel pro-se-litigant standing Whether the Dismissal should be reconsidered for failure to appoint legal counsel
23-5729 Titus Henderson v. Gary Boughton, Warden, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-10-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process notice standing Whether the Seventh Circuit erred in denying counsel to challenge the certification of the district court under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 appeal
23-305 Larry Rice v. Interfood, Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Relisted (2) 12(b)(6) circuit-split civil-procedure contract-breach dismissal federal-jurisdiction merits missouri-law redressability standing summary-judgment Whether a federal court can rule on the merits of a complaint or counterclaim without first ruling on standing
23-5642 Tracy Jones, aka Tracy Wilcox v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure dismissal due-process fifth-amendment miranda-rights missouri-v-seibert presentment Whether a 37-day delay in presentment requires dismissal under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment?
23-5538 Noel Brown v. Ken Hollibaugh, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Somerset Pennsylvania 2023-09-07 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-doctrine dismissal due-process habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief reversal structural-error warden writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court's holding in Weaver v. Massachusetts clarified the Constitutional Doctrine of Structural Error
23-193 Richard Rynn v. First Transit, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-30 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-process civil-rights constitutional-rights court-proceedings dismissal due-process employment-retaliation freedom-of-speech judicial-recusal retaliation Should assigned District court judge recuse himself due to conflict of interest?
23-181 Patricia L. Harrison v. South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-08-25 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure dismissal district-court-discretion federal-court-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-standards rule-11-sanctions sanctions settlement sua-sponte-sanctions Did the district court abuse its discretion by sanctioning Petitioner sua sponte pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 11 after settlement…
23-174 Richard Rynn v. First Transit, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-24 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal due-process employer-liability false-accusations legal-standing procedural-hearing Can case be dismissed without a hearing?
23-158 Dora L. Adkins v. Fitness International, LLC Fourth Circuit 2023-08-18 Denied civil-procedure complaint-dismissal dismissal district-court district-court-order emergency-complaint fourth-circuit in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion standing Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit properly affirmed the district court's order denying the plaintiff's requests and dismissing …
23-5274 Wicahpe George Milk v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1503 attorney-client-privilege constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure dismissal indian-reservation jurisdiction statutory-interpretation suppression Whether acts occurring on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation deprived the Court of jurisdiction over all parts of the indictment
23-34 Delila Uwasomba v. Bank of America, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-07-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure claim claim-pleading corporate-negligence dismissal due-process economic-damages employment-law standing statute-of-limitations Is it appropriate for a case to be dismissed for not stating a claim and the stated claim dismissed as time barred?
23-5028 Eric St. George v. E. E. Colorado 2023-07-05 Denied IFP 12b6-dismissal amendment civil-procedure dismissal due-process judicial-discretion motion-to-amend pleading-standards pro-se pro-se-plaintiff standing Is it permissible for a State District Court to deny a pro-se plaintiff every motion to amend,to never allow an amendment to a meritorious case,to dis…
22-7778 Kenneth Ueding v. Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-06-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights dismissal district-court-dismissal habeas-corpus prejudice procedural-remedy speedy-trial state-convictions Did Mr. Ueding hold the right to challenge his state convictions in a habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254?
22-7732 George Cerron v. Personal Investment Inc. Florida 2023-06-08 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure deadlines discretion dismissal motions Whether the Second District Court of Appeals erred in granting the appellant's former counsel's motion to amend the initial brief and extend the deadl…
22-7619 Earl Anderson v. Aramark Correctional Services, LLC Sixth Circuit 2023-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights corporate-disclosure dismissal district-court due-process in-forma-pauperis standing supplemental-complaint Whether the Appellate Court erred in affirming the dismissal of Petitioner Andersen's Original Complaint
22-1128 Amos N. Jones v. Campbell University, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-05-19 Denied administrative-law civil-procedure deposition discovery dismissal due-process federal-rules judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss sanctions standing Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit err in upholding the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Caro…
22-7594 Gary V. Jenkins v. United States, et al. District of Columbia 2023-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure dismissal district-court district-court-order docket federal-docket judicial-review motion-to-strike related-cases standing supreme-court-procedure Will this UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT effectuate the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, ORDER NO. 22-3757
22-7478 Marla Faith Crawford v. David Patrick Corrigan, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-05-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-dismissal dismissal due-process en-banc-review judicial-discretion legal-review procedural-error rehearing-en-banc standing Did the Appeals Court of the Fourth Circuit err in dismissing the petition and refusing to grant a rehearing en banc?
22-1045 Robert R. Snyder v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-27 Denied Response Waived 12(b)(6) civil-procedure dismissal due-process pleading-standards pleadings prisoner-rights rule-12 section-1983 standing Does Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 12 permit a defendant to file successive, pre-answer Rule 12(b)(6) motion(s) to dismiss—each towards a sepa…
22-7384 In Re Reidie James Jackson 2023-04-26 Denied IFP abstention circuit-court civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-procedure dismissal due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-procedure jurisdiction standing Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred in refusing to address the issue of abstention
22-7149 Eugene Hammond v. Karl Fort, Warden Georgia 2023-03-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal civil-procedure dismissal due-process probable-cause standing Whether the courts erred in dismissing the petitioner's claim for lack of probable cause to appeal?
22-689 Rochelle Y. Driessen v. Barclays Bank, PLC Eleventh Circuit 2023-01-25 Denied 12(b)(6) 12b6-motion circuit-court-opinion civil-procedure conflict-with-precedent dismissal frivolous frivolous-complaint judicial-review motion-to-dismiss standing Whether the 11th Circuit entered the incorrect decision
22-6557 Diana Louise Houck v. Lifestore Bank, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-01-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure cumulative-finality dismissal finality interlocutory-appeal right-to-appeal rule-58 vacatur Cumulative Finality
22-6454 Christine Chang v. Ezery Beauchamp, Captain and Commander for California Highway Patrol, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 abuse-of-discretion civil-rights dismissal dismissal-with-prejudice due-process fourteenth-amendment ninth-circuit pro-se section-1983 Whether the Ninth Circuit violates Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment due process rights
22-6416 Nicholas Lee Blair v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 civil-procedure dismissal dismissal-without-prejudice federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus new-evidence rule-60(b) rule-60b time-bar Whether a Petitioner can utilize a motion under Rule 60(b) Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or similar vehicle, to overcome a dismissal without preju…
22-571 United States and Michigan, ex rel. Mohamad Sy, et al. v. Oakland Physicians Medical Center, LLC, dba Pontiac General Hospital, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-12-20 Denied civil-procedure dismissal dismissal-without-prejudice false-claims-act qui-tam retaliation-claim service-of-process statute-of-limitations Whether a district court may decline a discretionary extension of time to effect service and, in effect, dismiss with prejudice a relator's individual…
22-5792 Armad Jamall Gatling v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals dismissal district-court due-process merits restitution sentence-enhancement standing Did the Court of Appeals err in dismissing Mr. Gatling's appeal without reviewing its merits?
22-235 Paul S. Morrissey, et al. v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. District of Columbia 2022-09-13 Denied Amici (2) appellate-circuit-split case-termination civil-procedure dismissal dismissal-standard federal-rules prejudice prejudice-analysis standard-of-review statute-of-limitations willful-noncompliance Whether a discretionary dismissal without prejudice, which nevertheless functions as a dismissal with prejudice because it would end a case forever, i…
22-5571 Wamel Allah v. L. Latona, et al. Second Circuit 2022-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure brief-submission briefs circuit-court-jurisdiction civil-procedure dismissal due-process government-misconduct government-response judicial-review procedural-due-process Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeals without a response from the government who faile…
22-190 Wikimedia Foundation v. National Security Agency/Central Security Service, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-08-30 Denied Amici (3) civil-rights dismissal due-process evidence-review ex-parte-review general-dynamics judicial-dismissal legal-procedure national-security reynolds state-secrets state-secrets-privilege Does the state secrets privilege authorize courts to dismiss actions where plaintiffs can prove their case without privileged evidence?
22-5092 James Eric Moore v. Jason Koenigsfeld, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-07-13 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure discrimination-claims dismissal due-process expedited-funds-availability federal-rules-of-civil-procedure service-of-process standing statutory-interpretation sua-sponte-dismissal Did the district court sua sponte dismissal of complaint prior to service of complaint and summons on defendants violate Federal Rules of Civil Proced…
22-24 Vincent Gabriel v. El Paso Combined Courts, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-07-08 Denied Response Waived amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights dismissal due-process judicial-immunity motion-to-dismiss prejudice prosecutorial-immunity standing Is it appropriate for a trial court to dismiss a complaint with prejudice prior to allowing an individual at least one opportunity to amend the compla…
22-16 Business Exposure Reduction Group (BERG) Associates, LLC v. Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. Second Circuit 2022-07-06 Denied Response Waived 12(b)(6) civil-procedure dismissal inference-drawing inferences judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss pleading-standard pleadings rule-12b6 state-of-mind twombly-standard Whether the courts below deviated from and disregarded this Court's holding in Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
22-5014 Willie Johnson v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-07-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP case-law civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation dismissal district-court due-process election federal-courts judicial-procedure legal-standards standing Whether the District Court for the District of South Carolina erred in dismissing the case on the ground that the petitioners lacked standing to chall…
21-8088 Evelyn Howell Massey v. Biola University, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-06-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process pleadings standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
21-7790 In Re Gina Russomanno 2022-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights curative-remedy dismissal district-court due-process mandamus mandamus-writ ministerial-action res-judicata rule-12b6-dismissal Whether the Supreme Court will compel Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson to perform a required ministerial action
21-7672 Jermaine E. Spence v. Reemon Bishara, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-21 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-dismissal dismissal due-process evidence in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion pro-se-litigation procedural-due-process standing Were the causes of action substantiated by evidence or was the trial court not in error in dismissing the case?
21-1331 Marcus A. Murphy v. Amanda Cameron Dalton, aka Mandy Moore, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-04-06 Denied abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal district-court-discretion due-process energy-company pro-se-plaintiff sanctions tort-law Whether the district court abused its discretion in dismissing the plaintiff's claims and imposing sanctions
21-7550 Sharon Neal v. Natalia Neal Oregon 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal due-process equal-protection indigent involuntary-dismissal judicial-discretion sanctions Is it a violation of due-process to involuntarily dismiss a case with prejudice for a party's failure to pay a monetary sanction that bears no relevan…
21-7037 Robert Breest v. New Hampshire New Hampshire 2022-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure dismissal dna-testing expert-testimony favorable-evidence forensic-evidence habeas-corpus new-hampshire retrial statutory-interpretation Whether the DNA tests were favorable under New Hampshire RSA 651-D-2, VI (b) and warrant dismissal of the charge
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
21-1029 Geoffrey M. Young v. Adam Edelen, et al. Kentucky 2022-01-21 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy-allegations defendant-sanctions dismissal due-process good-faith-findings pre-discovery-dismissal sanctions standing trial-court-dismissal Whether a trial court may dismiss all allegations against most defendants before discovery without construing the complaint in the light most favorabl…
21-6854 Joe Byrd v. Bank of New York Mellon, fka Trustee for the Benefit of Alternative Loan Trust 2007-J1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-01-14 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-jurisdiction dismissal dismissal-with-prejudice due-process equal-protection federal-statute subject-matter-jurisdiction Is it an error, a violation of federal statute, and an impermissible denial of due process of law and equal protection of law for a court without subj…
21-880 Vicki Stefanini v. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company Ninth Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response Waived appellate-rules court-procedure defects dismissal judicial-review legal-interpretation merits-review procedural-technicality rehearing substantial-compliance Whether a technical application of appellate rules should bar a review of the merits of an appellate case, when substantial compliance with the rules …
21-6246 Noble Leroy Johnson v. Hazel Peterson, Warden Tenth Circuit 2021-11-10 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's 42 U.S.C. 1983 motion
21-654 Judith Frei, et al. v. Taro Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc. Second Circuit 2021-11-03 Denied civil-procedure complaint-dismissal dismissal due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion pleading pleading-standards standing Whether a court has discretion to dismiss a plaintiff's complaint without leave to replead
21-622 Susan Elaine Devine v. Absolute Activist Value Master Fund Limited, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure dismissal district-court-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction modification motion-modification protective-order rule-41 voluntary-dismissal Whether the voluntary dismissal of a plaintiff's suit under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1) permanently strips the district court of jurisdic…
21-616 Lee W. Yeager v. FirstEnergy Generation Corporation Sixth Circuit 2021-10-27 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure dismissal district-court due-process federal-procedure fifth-amendment legal-redress notice opportunity-to-be-heard pleading-amendment standing Whether a federal district court's outright dismissal of a stayed action without having first lifted that stay, to permit ruling on plaintiffs pending…
21-5942 Michael Woolen v. California California 2021-10-12 Denied IFP appellate-review appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure dismissal due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion procedural-due-process sentencing-guidelines Whether the cumulative effect of deprivations of equal protection of laws, failure to appoint counsel, and procedural due process deficiency issues re…
21-5761 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Michael J. Buseman PC, et al. Oregon 2021-09-23 Denied IFP adverse-parties appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure dismissal due-process jurisdiction pro-se-litigation service-of-process standing Was the Appellate Commissioner correct in determining that Petitioner needed to have served Respondents as 'adverse parties' to the appeal?
21-426 Elias Karkalas v. Linda Marks, et al. Third Circuit 2021-09-21 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure dismissal federal-complaint federal-rules-of-civil-procedure personal-knowledge pleading pleading-standard source-of-knowledge standing Is a federal complaint subject to dismissal when the plaintiff fails to identify the source of his knowledge of specific information contained in the …
21-5590 Ray Scott Heid v. Algenon L. Marbley, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process pleading standing Was petitioner denied due process by the district court when his complaint was dismissed for failure to state a claim
21-346 Yvonne Reignat-Vodi v. Motor Vehicle Administration Maryland 2021-09-02 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment administrative-law agency-records civil-rights dismissal driver-license due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment procedural-due-process witnesses Did the courts follow the Procedural Due Process subject to the 14th Amendment due process protection?
20-1820 Stephane J. Wantou Siantou v. CVS RX Services, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2021-06-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 7th-amendment amendment-rights bench-conference dismissal due-process judicial-procedure jury-trial motion-dismissal postponement Can a District Court judge invite the parties counsel to a bench conference for the specific goal of preventing the plaintiff from listening to the di…
20-1600 Sae Han Sheet Co., Ltd. v. Eastman Performance Films, LLC Fourth Circuit 2021-05-18 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts civil-procedure contract-action dismissal dismissal-with-prejudice due-process judicial-sanctions legal-procedure sanctions warnings Whether lower courts must refrain from using the sanction of dismissal unless egregious conduct justifying dismissal is committed in the face of direc…
20-7999 David James Lola v. Miami Herald, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-12 Denied IFP access-to-courts appellate-rights civil-procedure constitutional-access court-procedure dismissal in-forma-pauperis judicial-review national-emergency post-conviction-relief procedural-default reconsideration Whether the clerk's entry of dismissal for failure to prosecute should be set aside and the appellant permitted to proceed to rule on the in forma pau…
20-7947 Arnold Anderson v. Christina Pastuna, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights dismissal due-process in-forma-pauperis petition-for-writ-of-certiorari standing Whether the court erred in denying in forma pauperis status and dismissing the petition for writ of certiorari
20-1411 Starline Tours of Hollywood, Inc. v. EHM Productions, Inc., dba TMZ, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure dismissal district-court-dismissal finality finality-doctrine judicial-participation ninth-circuit-interpretation pragmatic-approach technical-construction Whether the Ninth Circuit's undefined requirement for meaningful judicial participation impermissibly abandons this Court's longstanding mandate that …
20-7302 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Rentgrow, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-03-02 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP amendment civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-court jurisdiction legal-claim procedural-rules standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the complaint against the defendant(s) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction
20-7222 Ian Lamonte Cormier v. Riverside County District Attorney, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-23 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-procedure dismissal due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction judicial-access judicial-review standing Whether petitioner's case can be denied in forma pauperis
20-7175 Timothy W. Elkins, Jr. v. Tony Guinn, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-02-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure dismissal due-process federal-jurisdiction pleadings standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's complaint for failure to state a claim
20-6890 Chong Leng Lee v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2021-01-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-rights brady-violation court-reporter-act criminal-procedure dismissal due-process evidence-destruction fair-trial transcripts Is dismissal available to remedy a Brady violation and did Chong establish a Brady violation that warrants dismissal?
20-6476 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-11-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1495 28-usc-2513 certificate-of-innocence court-of-appeals dismissal district-court federal-court-of-claims fourth-circuit jurisdiction rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation technical-claim Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred in affirming the district court's denial of a certificate of innocence in 28 U.S.C. § 2…
20-735 Artem Koshkalda v. Seiko Epson Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-11-27 Denied civil-procedure dismissal district-court-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure frcp-rule-25 frcp-rule-41 rule-25 rule-41 standing substitution-of-parties voluntary-dismissal Did the district court err in denying the motion to set aside a notice of voluntary dismissal?
20-6256 Elet Valentine v. The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-11-09 Denied IFP amendment civil-procedure dismissal federal-rules-of-civil-procedure interlocutory-appeal jurisdiction jurisdictional-transfer law-of-the-case motion-to-dismiss service-of-process Question not identified
20-6239 Abdul Mohammed v. Prairie State Legal Services, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied IFP amendment civil-procedure complaint-amendment dismissal district-court notice pro-se rule-8 Whether a District Court can dismiss a Pro Se Plaintiff's complaint under Rule 8 without giving an opportunity to amend the complaint at least once af…
20-471 Y. W. v. Patricia Aufiero, et al. Third Circuit 2020-10-09 Denied appeal appellate-jurisdiction circuit-split civil-procedure dismissal finality finality-doctrine judicial-procedure microsoft-baker-precedent microsoft-corp-v-baker without-prejudice without-prejudice-dismissal Whether the mere using of the word 'dismissed' is enough to make an order final within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. 1291
20-5899 Bodhisattva Skandha v. William Bates Massachusetts 2020-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion case-dismissal civil-procedure court-jurisdiction dismissal due-process judicial-procedure pure-land-buddhism religious-rights standing trial-court trial-court-discretion Whether The Trial Court Abused Its Discretion By Dismissing The Case?
20-367 Anna Baran v. ASRC Federal Mission Solutions, et al. Third Circuit 2020-09-23 Denied appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals defamation discovery-rule dismissal due-process equitable-tolling prejudicial-evidence statute-of-limitations Whether the Court of Appeals Erred in Affirming the District Court's Order Dismissing Ms. Baran's Defamation Claim on the Grounds that it was Time-Bar…
20-270 Irma Rosas v. R.K. Kenzie Corp., et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-09-02 Denied Response Waived 7th-circuit case-law civil-complaint civil-procedure dismissal george-v-smith judicial-precedent pleadings procedural-rule seventh-circuit standing Whether a civil complaint can be dismissed solely pursuant to George v. Smith, 507 F.3d 605 (7th Cir. 2007)
20-200 Morgan McCoy v. Michael Bullock, et al. Ohio 2020-08-20 Denied 8th-amendment civil-procedure dismissal due-process evidence landlord-tenant-law prima-facie prima-facie-case racial-discrimination selective-enforcement standing Does pretrial court dismissing prima facie case before its evidence filing deadline constitute R.103(D) plain error in constitutional violation of due…
20-5340 Tanveer S. Majid v. Central Intelligence Agency Fourth Circuit 2020-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion administrative-procedure agency-complaint civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process federal-courts harassment-claim judicial-dismissal standing Are the Federal Courts abusing their dismissal powers?
20-5199 Robert Lee Simms v. California California 2020-07-29 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process standing Did the court abuse its discretion in dismissing the petitioner's claims?
20-5022 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Sara Glines, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-07-10 Denied IFP administrative-law agency-decision appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process federal-circuit judicial-interpretation pleadings precedential-opinion standing Whether petitioner's complaint contains sufficient factual allegations to survive a motion to dismiss
20-5006 Manuel Olivas-Guevara v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP abduction appeal appeal-timeliness base-offense-level civil-procedure dismissal district-court jurisdiction robbery sentencing-guidelines standing timeliness Did the panel err by dismissing the appeal for timeliness?
19-1413 Armin Abazari v. Department of Education, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-06-24 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment 7th-amendment civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules complaint dismissal due-process equal-protection federal-rules-of-civil-procedure first-amendment objections procedural-due-process sovereign-immunity standing Whether the District Court must consider an opportunity to present objections under F.R.C.P. §72(b)(2) prior to a ruling on a dismissal of a Complaint
19-1337 Todd Phillippi v. Humble Design, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-06-04 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure consent dismissal district-court-jurisdiction federal-civil-procedure federal-courts frcp-41 FRCP-60(b) judicial-consent jurisdiction legal-representative magistrate-authority prevailing-party rule-60b standing Whether the District Court and Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals have created an exception to 28 USC 636 (c)
19-1230 Bobby Knight v. Chenega Security, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-04-18 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights contract-law dismissal due-process evidence motion-to-dismiss pro-se-litigation qui-tam qui-tam-action standard-of-review standing whistleblower-protection Did the court below fail to use an appropriate standard of review when granting all the dismissal motions without recognizing the petitioner's evidenc…
19-8289 Jose Yeyille v. Cecilia M. Altonaga, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-17 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure dismissal district-court-review due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis jury-trial seventh-amendment standing Whether the district court appropriately resolved genuine issues of disputed facts; correctly applied legal conclusions; and provided any statement ex…
19-7912 Ali Mehdipour v. Keith Sweeney, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure court-filing dismissal erroneous-ruling fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree judicial-review legal-timeliness prejudice procedural-error review statute-of-limitations timeliness Does a fruit-of-a-poisonous-tree follow from an initial erroneous ruling on timeliness of filing the initial complaint follow through subsequent rulin…
19-7733 Gustavo Diaz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-dismissal civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal district-court-procedure due-process fifth-amendment pre-sentencing-waiver sentencing substantive-due-process waiver Whether the District Court denied the Petitioner's constitutional right to a substantive due process under the Fifth Amendment by the United States Co…
19-993 Irma Rosas v. Austin Independent School District, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-02-07 Denied appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-procedure dismissal due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion legal-interpretation motion-to-reopen Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims when it denied her motion to reopen her appeal, contrary to Federal Rule of Appellate …
19-7419 Timothy Shayne Hardin, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-01-27 Denied IFP appeals arrest charge civil-rights community-supervision constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-due-process dismissal due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment probable-cause probation revocation search-and-seizure sentencing Whether the trial court abused its authority by revoking a community supervision because of a new honest mistake charge which was ultimately dismissed…
19-7342 Ray Turner v. Veronica Cadney, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied IFP 1983-complaint 4th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-act-1983 dismissal due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment section-1983 standing temporary-restraining-order Did the U.S. District Court error by not applying the Fourth Amendment equal protection to the petitioner's case when he applied for a temporary restr…
19-7238 Jerry Reginald Burkes v. Tennessee Tennessee 2020-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure dismissal due-process harmless-error harmless-error-analysis indictment-dismissal mandatory-language money-laundering speedy-trial speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation tennessee-local-rule-10.03 tennessee-rules-of-criminal-procedure tennessee-rules-of-evidence trial-rights Whether the trial court's denial of a motion to dismiss an indictment for a violation of the Speedy Trial Act's 70-day time limit is subject to harmle…
19-7009 Daniel Rosario-Gonzalez v. United States First Circuit 2019-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review case-disposition civil-procedure dismissal dismissal-with-prejudice district-court judicial-authority jurisdiction prejudice procedural-error standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a district court which had no jurisdiction over a case can dismiss it with prejudice
19-6756 Rene Torres v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellant-notification appellate-procedure civil-procedure counsel-notification dismissal due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure legal-procedure notice rule-42(b) rule-42b standing Does the plain language of Rule 42(b) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure require counsel, when retained, to notify Appellant of dismissal?
19-666 Jenn-Ching Luo v. Lowe's Home Centers, LLC, et al. Pennsylvania 2019-11-25 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure dismissal due-process judicial-discretion opportunity-to-cure rule-compliance Whether Pennsylvania Superior Court can dismiss Petitioner's appeal based on disagreement over the number of argument points, non-compliance with inap…
19-659 Miladis Salgado v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-21 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 28-usc-2465 abuse-of-discretion civil-forfeiture claimant court-dismissal dismissal dismissal-without-prejudice federal-procedure judicial-discretion legal-prevailing-party prevail prevailing-party statutory-interpretation without-prejudice When does a civil forfeiture claimant 'substantially prevail' under 28 U.S.C. § 2465(b)(1)?
19-6705 Keenan G. Wilkins v. J. Galvin, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-11-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-jurisdiction arbitration-award civil-procedure dismissal district-court due-process jurisdiction legal-standard manifest-disregard motion-to-strike motion-to-vacate standing Does the Court of Appeal have jurisdiction to decide an appeal before hearing an oral argument by the appellants, and is the appellants' request for I…
19-6227 In Re Steven Talbert Williams 2019-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights contempt-of-court dismissal due-process frivolous in-forma-pauperis sanctions standing Whether the dismissal of a case as 'frivolous' under 28 USC 1915(e)(2)(B)(i) and 18 U.S.C. §402 violates the 6th and 10th Amendments of the U.S. Const…
19-5971 Darlene Schmidt v. Gary R. Herbert, Governor of Utah Tenth Circuit 2019-09-17 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appeals appeals-court appeals-procedure cause-of-action civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation corporate-governance dismissal due-process facts judicial-bias judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction misrepresentation standing Does appeals court's dismissal finding 2 reliefs but no known cause show the appeals court is misrepresenting the facts?
19-5662 Carter Stephens v. Marcelo Britto Gomez, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process henderson-factors judicial-intervention legal-ethics legal-malpractice sanctions standing state-bar state-bar-regulation Why was plaintiff Carter Stephens not informed by the State Bar of the neglectful attorney's record he retained?
19-5461 Anthony L. Pierce v. Lisa Garrett, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal civil-procedure civil-rights conclusion constitutional-provisions dismissal due-process frivolous jurisdiction magistrate opinions-below reasons-for-writ standing statement-of-case Did the court erred in allowing the magistrate to use non-meritorious issues to dismiss petitioner's action without prejudice, barring appeal
19-5399 Steven Talbert Williams v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2019-07-30 Denied IFP cestui-que civil-procedure collateral-claims court-of-appeals dismissal dismissals federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure local-procedural-rules local-rules pendent-jurisdiction standing Whether the Court will provide for further questioning upon Fed. R. App. P. 27, L.R. 27(d), (g), (i) and L.R. 40.2 of the Local Rules and Internal Ope…
19-5408 Gregory Daniels v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-dismissal dismissal due-process fourth-circuit jurisdiction legal-error notice-of-appeal standard-of-review standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred as a matter of law by dismissing petitioner's notice of appeal
19-5265 Benjamin E. Schreiber v. Nick Ludwick, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-07-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law administrative-remedies appeals bivens-action civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation dismissal due-process exhaustion-doctrine federal-courts parties section-1983 standing Did the Court of Appeals violate Petitioner's Due Process Rights when it 'ADDED' extra Defendants not in the original lawsuit and in which the U.S. Di…
19-5229 Saldy Marzan v. CoreCivic Correctional Center, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-07-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review dismissal documentary-evidence due-process federal-courts frivolous habeas-corpus ninth-circuit procedural-default standing Can the hintk Cireuid Courd of App esle dismissed My Lake US Frivelsus With 647. having given Ine opperrutedy 6 presentis documentary evidenze to demo…
19-5148 Vinodh Raghubir v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations dismissal due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-standing procedural-irregularities standing takings Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
19-5131 Steven L. Rackley v. Brigham Sloan, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights dismissal due-process fifth-amendment fourth-amendment guilty-plea habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel involuntary-manslaughter notice post-indictment-delay probable-cause sixth-amendment statute-of-limitations statute-of-limitations
19-5135 Joseph Ballard v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Louisiana 2019-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts automatic-stay centralized-inmate-banking dismissal due-process equal-protection meaningful-access-to-courts prison-litigation-reform-act statutory-automatic-stay Is Louisiana obligated to implement and maintain a Centralized Inmate Banking System?
19-32 Gordon Scott Stroh v. Saturna Capital Corporation Ninth Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived cause-of-action civil-procedure dismissal evidence evidence-dismissal motion-in-limine standard-of-review summary-judgment trial-court What is the appropriate standard of review when a trial court improperly grants a motion in limine that has the practical effect of dismissing an enti…
19-5076 William J. Daugherty v. Randy L. White, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure dismissal due-process equal-protection judicial-review jurisdiction pleadings standing Whether the judge had a sufficient basis to dismiss the complaint
19-5040 Jennifer Lu v. Stanford University Ninth Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-procedure-amendment complaint-amendment dismissal district-court-procedure due-process judicial-guidance leave-to-amend legal-notice pleading pleading-deficiencies pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-fairness Whether when granting a pro se litigant leave to amend the complaint, a district court must identify the complaint deficiencies so that the pro se lit…
19-11 Lin Rountree v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-07-01 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure compliance dismissal district-court judicial-discretion mediation mediation-order motion-for-reconsideration motion-to-dismiss order procedural-error reconsideration standing Whether the district court erred in granting respondents' motion to dismiss when the respondents failed to comply with the district court's order to m…
18A1311 Tony D. Walker v. Green Bay Correctional Institution Health Services Unit, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-06-14 Presumed Complete appellate-fees court-procedure dismissal in-forma-pauperis prisoner-litigation pro-se Whether a pro se prisoner's failure to timely pay appellate filing fees constitutes grounds for dismissal of an appeal without further procedural safe…
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
18-9408 Freddie J. Hennington v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure criminal-procedure dismissal due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion legal-review procedural-error sentencing standing Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by dismissing Mr. Hennington's appeal without considering the merits of his arguments
18-1453 Mitra Rangarajan v. Johns Hopkins University, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-22 Denied Response Waived attorney-misconduct attorney-responsibility circuit-split civil-procedure discovery discovery-violations dismissal federal-civil-procedure federal-procedure prejudice rule-37 sanctions warning When is it appropriate to dismiss an action for discovery violations under Fed. R. Civ. P. 37?
18-9313 Warren D. Watson v. Matthew Killough, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process exhaustion-of-remedies grievance-procedures handbook-interpretation prisoner-rights procedural-confusion What is considered proper exhaustion and was there enough confusion in the policy handbook and other procedures to warrant non-exhaustion?
18-9129 Delroy T. Booth v. Trevonza Bobbitt, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied IFP appeal appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-costs court-fees dismissal docketing-fees due-process eleventh-circuit fees in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigant standing Whether the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeal by stating 'Failed to Pay the Docketing & Filing Fee…
18-9054 Sandra Forquer v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Maryland 2019-05-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts court-procedure dismissal due-process equal-protection legal-remedy maryland-court-of-appeals replevin replevin-action writ-of-certiorari Whether the Maryland Court of Appeals erred in denying the Petition for Writ of Certiorari regarding the improper dismissal of the Petitioner's Verifi…
18-1340 Bonnie R. Fowler v. Utah, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-estoppel dismissal due-process federal-question res-judicata standing state-actor supervisory-power Does the doctrines of res-judicata and collateral estoppel fail when the Petitioner has repeatedly disputed and proven that not any one of the necessa…
18-8756 Jonathan S. Williams v. Dr. Kurk, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-09 Denied IFP appeal civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal due-process federal-procedure judicial-error prima-facie-case res-judicata standing Did the U.S.D.C. commit legal error by granting defendant's motion to dismiss under res judicata without allowing the appellant an opportunity to cont…
18-8667 Donald James Anson v. United States Second Circuit 2019-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-rights digital-privacy dismissal due-process fourth-amendment opportunity-to-be-heard probable-cause search-and-seizure standing surveillance Does an appellate court err in dismissing an appeal because 'it lacks an arguable basis in law or fact' without first providing the petitioner an oppo…
18-8657 Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. Maricopa Commissioners Arizona 2019-04-01 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure dismissal evidentiary-ruling judgment judgment-of-dismissal jurisdiction reversible-error rule-38.1(n) special-commissioner Whether the Special Commissioner committed reversible error in the judgment of dismissal
18-8658 Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. Paul Penzone, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-01 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights complaint discretionary-rulings dismissal due-process failure-to-state-a-claim pro-se standing Whether the court below committed a reversible error by dismissing the pro se litigant's complaint
18-8465 Paula Jo Kunsman v. Joel Wall Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied IFP access-to-courts access-to-justice bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-1307 bankruptcy-dismissal bankruptcy-judge-discretion bankruptcy-law chapter-13 circuit-split dismissal due-process judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-debtor Are Bankruptcy Judges dismissing too many pro se debtors' cases without cause?
18-8257 Iris McClain v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-order dismissal due-process fraud judge judicial-procedure jurisdictional-challenge legal-review procedural-taint standing tainted Whether Judge Chuang was fair
18-8363 Joshua G. Stegemann v. United States Second Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 appellate-procedure circuit-court criminal-appeal dismissal federal-rules greenlaw-v-united-states gvr in-forma-pauperis neitzke-v-williams party-presentation-rule sua-sponte sua-sponte-dismissal Whether the Second Circuit may dismiss a criminal appeal sua sponte under Neitzke v. Williams and 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (e) without briefing by any party a…
18-8212 Harry Brantley v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-convictions dismissal district-court due-process federal-review federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus petition-dismissal standing state-court timeliness Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing petitioner's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging his state court convi…
18-7991 George E. Kersey v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States First Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 appeal appeal-certification civil-procedure complaint-dismissal court-of-appeals dismissal district-court frivolous immunity in-forma-pauperis standing Whether the Court of Appeals properly affirmed the District Court's December 18, 2017 decisions
18-7791 Joyce Ann Smith v. City of Princeton, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP case-dismissal civil-mediation civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal district-court due-process magistrate-judge mediation procedural-review reconsideration settlement settlement-dispute standing towing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
18-7868 Charles L. Burgett v. The General Store No. Two, Inc., dba Marsh's Sunfresh Market, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure discovery-order dismissal due-process judicial-discretion lesser-sanctions prejudice procedural-fairness sanctions Whether the district court is required to provide the sanctioned party with adequate due process before dismissing the lawsuit?
18-1004 James Seaman v. Westfield Medical Center, L.P., et al. Pennsylvania 2019-02-01 Denied civil-procedure dismissal due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure notice notice-requirement pro-se pro-se-litigant public-policy rules-of-procedure service-of-pleading WHETHER THE FAILURE TO SERVE A PLEADING UPON PRO-SE LITIGANTS WARRANTED A FAVORABLE RULING UNDER FED.R.CIV.P 60 AND REMOVAL OF A DISMISSAL OF AN ACTIO…
18-7708 Philip Eberhard Koebel v. Stevan Chandler, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied IFP 11-usc-109e attorney-discipline automatic-stay bad-faith bankruptcy-code chapter-13 debtor-attorney-discipline debtor-eligibility dismissal homestead-exemption Whether a bankruptcy court contravenes the Bankruptcy Code
18-7705 Duane Yates v. Iowa Iowa 2019-01-31 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure dismissal due-process fourteenth-amendment mullane-precedent notice postconviction-action service service-of-process standing state-citizens Whether the Iowa Supreme Court has failed to properly apply the Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure
18-7541 Adrian G. Rangel v. Tippecanoe County, Indiana, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP absolute-immunity appeals civil-procedure civil-rights complaint court-of-appeals dismissal due-process federal-court federal-trial-court immunity jurisdiction legal-error standing Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh and the Hammond Indiana Federal Trial Court err in dismissing Petitioner's Complaint based sole…
18-7501 GwanJun Kim v. Grand Valley State University, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-01-22 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure complaint dismissal due-process evidence factual-findings jurisdiction marshal service-of-process standing summons time-limits Whether the district court erred in dismissing the complaint for failure to serve the defendants within the time period required by Rule 4(m) of the F…
18-7311 Keenan G. Wilkins, aka Nerrah Brown v. Paul Gonzalez, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process equal-protection standing Whether the reasoning of the Court in Buck v. Davis (2017) 137 S.Ct. 759 also applies to the Court of Appeals
18-7171 Zuri Sana Kabisa Young v. M. Voong, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-12-26 Denied IFP access-to-courts bias civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process pleadings standing Whether the courts constitute a success in stating a cognizable claim for relief when a plaintiff has failed to satisfy a claim's elements, as require…
18-7164 Nathan Daniel Knuth v. Randall C. Arp, Judge, District Court for the First Judicial District of Colorado, et al. Colorado 2018-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal due-process evidentiary-hearing judicial-discretion procedural-fairness standing waiver Whether the Colorado Court of Appeals violated Mr. Knuth's constitutional rights to due process
18-800 Linda Shao v. McManis Faulkner, LLP California 2018-12-21 Denied Relisted (2) appeal appeal-dismissal california-rules-of-court conflict-of-interest court-procedure dismissal due-process fraud insufficient-records judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct notice procedural-deception Does due process require reversal of the dismissal of appeal based on the fact that the California 6th District Court of Appeal fraudulently dismissed…
18-7049 Joel Marvin Munt v. Nanette Larson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights dismissal due-process eighth-amendment expert-evaluation jury-trial medical-care mootness prisoner-rights standing summary-judgment Was Petitioner unconstitutionally denied his right to have a jury determine the facts of his case?
18-7031 Kacey Lewis v. Angel Quiros, et al. Second Circuit 2018-12-14 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure dismissal due-process in-forma-pauperis standing Whether the court of appeals erred in denying the petitioner's motion to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis
18-7051 Jacqueline Lenorlia Taylor v. CVS Caremark Corporation Fourth Circuit 2018-12-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act civil-rights-defense dismissal due-process equal-access failure-to-prosecute prejudice public-accommodations standing title-ii Did the General District Court, Fourth Circuit, err in dismissing the plaintiff's case for failure to prosecute and an impending unfavorable judgment,…
18-6932 Asia Johnson v. German Aerospace Center Third Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process environmental-protection free-speech housing-crisis pro-se-petition public-health standing sunlight-access takings Whether the dismissal of the complaint for failure to state a claim was proper
18-6806 Eliana Sarmiento v. United States Second Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-speedy-trial-act dismissal harmless-error indictment-dismissal judicial-discretion prejudice speedy-trial-act statute-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether a district court's denial of a motion to dismiss an indictment for a violation of the Speedy Trial Act's 70 day time limit for bringing a defe…
18-639 Marek Biszczanik v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-11-16 Denied Response Waived amended-complaint appeals appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals dismissal district-court due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction judicial-review procedural-dismissal sixth-circuit standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred in affirming the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mich…
18-569 Linda Shao v. Tsan-Kuen Wang California 2018-10-31 Denied Relisted (2) appeal child-custody civil-procedure conflicts-of-interest constitutional-rights dismissal due-process fraud judicial-misconduct procedural-irregularities rule-8.57 Does due process require reversal of the dismissal where the court fraudulently concealed dismissal and knowingly dismissed the appeal with false grou…
18-6386 Dora L. Adkins v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion breach-of-contract civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal district-court-dismissal due-process emotional-distress gross-negligence motion-to-dismiss reconsideration standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred
18-6123 Ameen Green v. United States Third Circuit 2018-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-dismissal dismissal legal-standing notice-of-appeal procedural-error standing third-circuit Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit err in dismissing Mr. Green's Notice of Appeal?
18-6134 Scott Peters v. John Baldwin, et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-09-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion dismissal due-process federal-claim legal-action procedural-issue standing summary-judgment Whether the court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims due to lack of standing and failure to prosecute
18-334 Amor Medina Del Rosario, et ux. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-09-14 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-protections dismissal due-process fed-r-civ-p-60 federal-rules-of-civil-procedure notice notice-requirements pro-se pro-se-litigants public-policy rules-of-procedure service service-of-pleading Whether the failure to serve a pleading upon pro-se litigants warranted a favorable ruling under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60 and removal of a dismissal of an acti…
18-264 New World International, Inc., et al. v. Ford Global Technologies, LLC, et al. Federal Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied Response Waived civil-litigation civil-procedure claim-preclusion collateral-estoppel cure dismissal first-suit issue-preclusion jurisdictional-defect legal-procedure personal-jurisdiction res-judicata second-suit suit-dismissal Whether jurisdictional defects in a first suit dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction can be cured in a second suit by alleging facts that were k…
18-5758 Annamalai Annamalai v. Parvathi Sivanadiyan Fifth Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-procedure-68 dismissal dismissal-with-prejudice federal-rule-68 federal-rule-civil-procedure federal-rules frivolous frivolous-complaint judgment-offer mailbox-rule offer-and-acceptance offer-of-judgment prejudice prison-mailbox-rule prisoner-filing Whether a district court can dismiss a complaint filed under 9 U.S.C.4 as frivolous and can dismiss with prejudice, after the mailing of an unconditio…
18-5345 Roger Wilson v. United States, et al. Third Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process equal-protection fabricated-court-order free-speech standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's case based on a fabricated court order, in violation of due process and equal protection r…
18-95 Kyrt M. Wentzell, et al. v. BP America, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-procedure-appeal deepwater-horizon dismissal due-process fifth-circuit judicial-discretion mdl-procedure multidistrict-litigation oil-spill procedural-compliance standing timeliness Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the petitioners' appeal to the Fifth Circuit was not timely filed
18-5106 Shirley A. Stewart v. Eric H. Holder, Jr., et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal district-court-transfer due-process procedural-error rule-12-dismissal separation-of-powers standing transfer u-s-attorney-conduct venue-transfer Did the District Court commit clear error by transferring the case without informing the petitioner or allowing an opportunity to object?
18-5119 Ambrose King v. Mary King Maryland 2018-07-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal-dismissal appeals award civil-procedure dismissal due-process judicial-discretion monetary-award procedural-due-process standing substantive-due-process vacatur Did the lower court violate substantive and procedural due process in not vacating the dismissal of the appeal?
18-4 Samuel Giancarlo, et al. v. UBS Financial Services, Inc., et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response Waived amendment amendment-request civil-procedure class-action dismissal due-process judicial-discretion litigation-delay manifest-injustice motion-to-dismiss pleading-standards procedural-errors securities-litigation standing Whether manifest injustice results from the errors associated with the district court's dismissal of Petitioners' complaint, the errors of the appella…