| 25-125 |
Kim Davis v. David Ermold, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-08-01 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
constitutional-defenses emotional-distress first-amendment free-exercise government-official tort-liability |
(1) Whether the First Amendment Free Exercise
Clause provides an affirmative defense to tort liability
based solely on emotional distress damages with… |
| 24-1220 |
Mark Joseph Uhlenbrock v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-05-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
cyberstalking emotional-distress federal-prosecution first-amendment mens-rea statutory-interpretation |
Can a Federal Cyberstalking prosecution pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2261A be used to target repeated communications on the sole basis that they would be '… |
| 24-7173 |
Terrell Perkins v. Gregory Hancock, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-05-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
child-witness confrontation-rights constitutional-procedure courtroom-testimony defendant-presence emotional-distress |
Whether a defendant's confrontation rights under Craig are violated when a court permits a minor child witness to testify outside the defendant's pres… |
| 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… |
| 24-5797 |
Deandre Arnold v. Tyarielle Patterson |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-10-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
child-custody-order diversity-jurisdiction domestic-relations-exception emotional-distress judicial-disqualification parental-interference |
Whether a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress concerning parental interference in a child custody dispute is barred under the Domes… |
| 24-454 |
Arthur Lopez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, et al. |
California |
2024-10-22 |
Denied |
|
bankruptcy-court civil-procedure due-process emotional-distress judicial-conflict self-representation |
Whether a self-represented litigant's due process rights were violated in a civil case involving emotional distress claims, bankruptcy court proceedin… |
| 24-5649 |
Deandre Arnold v. Tyarielle Patterson |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-09-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
child-support diversity-jurisdiction emotional-distress fiduciary-duty state-court-order tort-law |
Whether a tort suit for intentional infliction of emotional distress based on alleged extortionate usage of a child support order and breach of fiduci… |
| 24-252 |
Jason Doherty v. Patricia Bice, Individually and as Dean of Student Affairs for Purchase College, State University of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-09-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights compensatory-damages disability-discrimination emotional-distress title-ii |
Whether Compensatory Damages Available Under Title II of the ADA include Compensation for Emotional Distress? |
| 24-5293 |
Anthony Douglas Elonis v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2024-08-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-conviction cyberstalking emotional-distress first-amendment intent-standard true-threat |
Whether the Third Circuit's decision affirming Petitioner's cyberstalking conviction is erroneous due to insufficient evidence of intent to cause emot… |
| 23-1318 |
Arthur Lopez v. MUFG Holding Corporation, et al. |
California |
2024-06-18 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process emotional-distress judicial-recusal recusal self-representation standing |
due-process-clause |
| 23-938 |
Cynthia Wheeler, et al. v. Orange County, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-28 |
Denied |
|
attorney-appearance civil-rights continuing-violation-doctrine emotional-distress intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress negligent-infliction-of-emotional-distress preemption statutory-rights tort tort-claims |
Whether the 'pure' form of 'Continuing Violation Doctrine' should apply to Civil Rights and Tort Claims of Intentional and Negligent Infliction of Emo… |
| 23-786 |
Jon Myers v. Sondra Myers, et al. |
Massachusetts |
2024-01-23 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
abuse civil-rights consent-denial due-process emotional-distress family-dispute intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress judicial-procedure legal-rights standing tort-claim |
Whether in denying Jon Myers' consent to file a lawsuit |
| 22-1235 |
Brandon E. Ogbolu v. Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-06-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-duty disability-discrimination due-process emotional-distress felony-conduct pro-se public-interest standing sua-sponte |
Whether lower courts have a constitutional duty to sua sponte assess all unlawful conduct and harm to the public interest |
| 22-1168 |
Center for Medical Progress, et al. v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-06-02 |
Denied |
Amici (5) |
civil-rights creative-pleading due-process emotional-distress first-amendment free-speech general-application-law public-speech publication standing tort tort-liability |
Does the First Amendment protect defendants against tort claims arising out of speech or expression? |
| 22-740 |
Harinder Jeet Singh v. RXR 620 Master Lease, LLC, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-02-07 |
Denied |
|
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure district-court due-process emotional-distress evidence-spoliation judicial-misconduct spoliation-of-evidence standing summary-judgment |
Whether District Court falsified facts to favor respondents |
| 22-435 |
Renetrice R. Pierre v. Midland Credit Management, Inc. |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-11-09 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
article-iii-standing circuit-split emotional-distress fair-debt-collection-practices-act intangible-injuries intangible-injury psychological-harm statutory-right |
Whether a plaintiff who suffers emotional or psychological distress and confusion from a debt collector's unlawful attempt to collect a debt has Artic… |
| 22-5905 |
Terrell Biggs, Jr. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company |
Tennessee |
2022-10-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights due-process emotional-distress equal-protection insurance-company standing systemic-misconduct |
Whether state appellate courts are unconstitutionally forcing plaintiffs to be subjected to systemic misconduct by a private corporation |
| 21-7447 |
Peter Liounis v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-03-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process emotional-distress false-arrest false-imprisonment favorable-termination heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey intentional-tort preponderance-of-evidence reasonable-doubt |
Whether the favorable termination requirement of Heck v. Humphrey must be satisfied in plaintiff's criminal case prior to filing a federal torts claim… |
| 21-1024 |
Miriam Brysk v. Henry Herskovitz, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-01-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
anti-semitism civil-rights emotional-distress first-amendment free-speech injunction standing |
Whether the use of anti-Semitic signs is protected by the First Amendment |
| 21-965 |
Arthur Lopez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights civil-rights-statutes constitutional-deprivation emotional-distress federal-tort-claims-act governmental-liability property-taking property-takings title-42-usc-1983 title-42-usc-1985 |
Should the U.S. government be held liable for persecution of a religious Catholic Christian, Mexican-Heritage U.S. born male father causing personal i… |
| 21-5569 |
Patrick Charles v. Caliber Home Loans, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation damages disability due-process elder-abuse emotional-distress fair-debt-collection judicial-bias property-rights wrongful-eviction |
Do the defendants have the right to abuse an elderly and disabled person without the law doing anything about it? |
| 20-1146 |
Pamela Smith v. PacerMonitor, LLC, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-02-22 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act conspiracy deprivation-of-rights due-process emotional-distress res-judicata rule-60 standing |
Whether the process petitioner received in this case is sufficient to satisfy the substantive and procedural due process standard |
| 20-344 |
Jon Myers v. Sondra Myers, et al. |
Massachusetts |
2020-09-15 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
civil-rights corruption divorce due-process emotional-distress familial-dispute intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress judicial-review legal-corruption legal-system tort-law |
Whether the Massachusetts Appeals Court erred in its skeptical treatment of the petitioner's claims regarding the degree of destructiveness in his fam… |
| 20-219 |
Jane Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-08-25 |
Judgment Issued |
CVSGAmici (10)Relisted (4) |
affordable-care-act antidiscrimination-law civil-rights civil-rights-act compensatory-damages emotional-distress federal-funding rehabilitation-act title-vi |
Whether the compensatory damages available under Title VI and the statutes that incorporate its remedies include compensation for emotional distress |
| 19-7736 |
Silvester Woods v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-21 |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights complaint court-of-appeals damages district-court due-process emotional-distress employment intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress jurisdiction representation standing |
Whether the WMATA and ATU Local 689 presented unjustified excuses to reinstate the plaintiff and deny representation, and whether the district court a… |
| 19-7508 |
Jeffrey D. Leiser v. Karen Kloth, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-01-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
by triggering PTSD symptoms rise to a level that is cognizable under the Eigh that caused psychological harm civil-rights correctional-officer correctional-officer-duties due-process eighth-amendment emotional-distress inmate-rights intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress psychological-harm ptsd qualified-immunity |
Does the intentional infliction of severe emotional distress, by triggering PTSD symptoms, that caused psychological harm, rise to a level that is cog… |
| 19-5086 |
Iris McClain v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-07-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
bankruptcy-fraud civil-procedure district-court emotional-distress false-and-deceitful-misrepresentation fourth-circuit fraud-upon-the-court infliction-of-emotional-distress mail-and-wire-fraud mail-fraud wire-fraud |
Whether the Fourth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals erred in affirming the District Court's Order Dismissing the Bankruptcy Fraud (Claim … |
| 18-1232 |
Al Zeiny v. United States, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process emotional-distress fbi-investigation federal-tort-claims-act free-speech government-misconduct intelligence-agency intelligence-agency-misconduct mental-health pro-se pro-se-litigant standing |
Whether Zeiny's rights would prevail over the CIA's power |
| 18-1063 |
John Cottam v. Douglas Pelton |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-13 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process emotional-distress fabricated-evidence false-arrest law-enforcement-fabrication malicious-prosecution probable-cause qualified-immunity rule-56 summary-judgment |
Whether law enforcement fabrication of a felony charge against an innocent citizen precludes summary judgment on a false arrest claim |
| 18-7530 |
Tonya Udoh, et vir v. Minnesota Department of Human Services, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-01-23 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
14th-amendment 1983-claims 1985-claims 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights davis-v-monroe-county-board due-process emotional-distress false-arrest fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment haines-v-kerner minor-children miranda-rights monell-liability municipal-liability parental-rights pro-se-litigant qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing unconstitutional-statutes |
Whether pro se litigants are held to the same legal standards as counseled litigants |
| 18-7027 |
Crystal Nicole Kuri v. Addictive Behavioral Change Health Group, et al. |
Kansas |
2018-12-14 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy defamation due-process emotional-distress slander standing |
Has Haw Stecruke o Unni ation sepired on AN 13 of my Claims? |
| 18-627 |
William Henry Starrett, Jr. v. Lockheed Martin Corporation, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-statutory-causes-of-action constitutional-rights due-process emotional-distress federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress service-of-process standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Did the Fifth Circuit err in affirming a district court's conclusion that service of process by Certified Mail is insufficient under Federal Rules of … |
| 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 |
| 18-6200 |
Emmanuel Chukwuebuka Uzoechi v. David Wilson, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-10-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure discrimination due-process emotional-distress false-conviction intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress malicious-prosecution title-ix |
Did the State of Maryland intentionally inflict emotional distress on Emmanuel C Uzoechi, and was Emmanuel C Uzoechi Maliciously prosecuted? |