| 24-6397 |
Mahfooz Ahmad v. Colin Day, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-01-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split civil-procedure dismissal-standard judicial-consistency procedural-fairness rule-12b6 |
Does the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) require a consistent standard across circuits, or may courts apply varying criteria leading to unpre… |
| 24A628 |
Shaheryar Khan v. Nancy K. Curry, Trustee |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-12-27 |
Presumed Complete |
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civil-liberties court-procedure dismissal-standard frivolous-appeal in-forma-pauperis ninth-circuit |
Whether the district court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals improperly dismissed the appellant's case as frivolous without adequate consideration of… |
| 23-7255 |
Andrew Horace v. MD Now Medical Centers, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-04-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
11th-circuit civil-rights dismissal-standard due-process evidence federal-procedure medical-battery pleading pleading-standards standing twombly-doctrine |
Whether Horace forfeited his argument in the District Court's error in granting MD Now's motion to dismiss without considering medical records and exp… |
| 22-723 |
Jonathan VanLoan v. Nation of Islam, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-02-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights clearly-baseless-standard denton-v-hernandez dismissal-standard factual-allegations frivolous neitzke-v-williams section-1983 subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Is the legal standard for dismissal of a plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case, for factual allegations deemed 'fantastical' by the court, the 'clearly ba… |
| 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… |
| 21-6914 |
Michael Patrick Kennedy v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-01-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights dismissal-standard due-process fifth-circuit-interpretation judicial-proceedings pro-se-representation standing successive-petitions supervisory-power |
Whether a dismissal without prejudice is in fact a dismissal with prejudice |
| 21-6291 |
Zoltan Barati v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-11-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
case-dismissal circuit-split constitutional-rights dismissal-standard due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-oversight qui-tam relator sequoia-dismissal |
Whether the 11th Circuit can eliminate due process requirements of Qui Tam - relator progressed - case dismissals while other circuits rely on Sequoia… |
| 19-1312 |
Weih Steve Chang v. Children's Advocacy Center of Delaware |
Third Circuit |
2020-05-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
31-usc-3730 circuit-split constitutional-law dismissal-standard due-process federal-statute legal-malpractice legal-procedure qui-tam separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation |
Which one of the two differing standards, the D.C. Circuit's 'Unfettered Discretion' standard or the Ninth and Tenth Circuits' 'Rational Basis Test' s… |