extraordinary-circumstance

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A649 Denzel Chandler v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2025-12-03 Application constitutional-right equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstance habeas-corpus mental-health statute-of-limitations Question not identified.
23-652 Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections v. Berman Justus, Jr. Fourth Circuit 2023-12-15 Denied civil-procedure equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstance federal-rule-of-civil-procedure-60(b)(6) habeas habeas-corpus mental-illness statute-of-limitations Whether a habeas petitioner can show that a mental illness constitutes an 'extraordinary circumstance' that warrants reopening a final judgment under …
22-6922 Samuel Ross v. Clerk of Courts of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2023-03-03 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights civil-rights-action extraordinary-circumstance fed-r-civ-p-60(b)(6) lewis-v-casey prisoner-rights rule-60(b)(6) Whether the majority Circuit Court of Appeal decisions clarifying that Lewis v. Casey does not foreclose a prisoner's right to access to courts to lit…
21-5275 Alan Gregory Ender v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appealability attorney-abandonment civil-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstance extraordinary-circumstances notice-of-appeal rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) Did the Eleventh Circuit err when not considering attorney abandonment to be an extraordinary circumstance warranting relief from a final judgment pur…
20-5366 Anthony Bernard Smith, Jr. v. Ron Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-08-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstance judicial-precedent ninth-circuit reasonable-diligence statute-of-limitations supreme-court-precedent Whether reasonable diligence to remedy an extraordinary circumstance is sufficient for equitable tolling to stop the clock on a statute of limitations
20-5398 Lezmond Charles Mitchell v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-08-18 Denied IFP civil-rights death-penalty due-process extraordinary-circumstance juror-interviews jury-selection pena-rodriguez racial-bias rule-60b Whether district courts can validly bar death-sentenced inmates from interviewing trial jurors post-verdict concerning racial bias
19-8219 Juan Gilberto Medrano v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstance extraordinary-circumstances federal-habeas federal-petition habeas-corpus legal-question ninth-circuit timeliness Was Petitioner's 2016 Petition filed in a timely manner?
19-6733 George R. Durham v. Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2019-11-22 Denied IFP actual-innocence change-in-relevant-decisional-law civil-procedure extraordinary-circumstance federal-rule-of-civil-procedure-60(b)(6) habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mcquiggin-precedent mcquiggin-v-perkins rule-60b6 Whether the Court's decision in McQuiggin v. Perkins constitutes a change in relevant decisional law that justifies relief under Federal Rule of Civil…
18-9680 Elester Middlebrook v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence appeals certificate-of-appealability extraordinary-circumstance extraordinary-circumstances federal-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings reopening rule-60b statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction unresolved-claims Does a corroborated claim of actual-innocence constitute an extraordinary-circumstance that justifies reopening the habeas-proceedings to adjudicate t…
18-8958 Sheila Davalloo v. Amy Lamanna, Acting Superintendent, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2019-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP adjudication AEDPA equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstance extraordinary-circumstances federal-claims state-created-impediment statute-of-limitation statute-of-limitations Does the uncommon circumstances of this case rise to the level of an extraordinary circumstance warranting equitable tolling of the AEDPA statute of l…