extraordinary-relief

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A779 Malik Allah-U-Akbar, fka Odraye G. Jones v. Margaret Bradshaw, Warden Sixth Circuit 2026-01-05 Application capital-case due-process extraordinary-relief federal-courts habeas-corpus writ-compliance Question not identified.
25A635 Robert Keaton v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-02 Application equitable-tolling extraordinary-relief federal-prisoner habeas-corpus mental-health suicide-attempt Whether a federal prisoner's suicide attempt and subsequent mental health challenges constitute grounds for equitable tolling or extraordinary relief …
25-6065 Rashid El Malik v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2025-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-delay due-process extraordinary-relief judicial-review mandamus-relief veterans-benefits 1. Whether a catastrophically disabled veteran facing imminent, life threatening harm is entitled to mandamus relief under Martin v. O'Rourke when a g…
24A655 Kenneth J. Taggart v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Pennsylvania 2025-01-02 Presumed Complete certiorari extraordinary-relief kings-bench-petition mortgage-foreclosure procedural-due-process supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether a state supreme court's denial of a Kings Bench petition and motion for reconsideration in a mortgage foreclosure case presents a justiciable …
23-1180 Palani Karupaiyan v. United States, et al. Third Circuit 2024-05-01 Denied Response Waived administrative-law alternative-relief civil-procedure extraordinary-relief extraordinary-writs judicial-review legal-standard mandamus standing writ-of-mandamus writ-of-prohibition Whether the lower court erred in denying the requested writs of mandamus, prohibition, or alternative relief
23-6539 In Re Jesse James Corbin-Bey 2024-01-23 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process ex-post-facto extraordinary-relief federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus imprisonment slavery state-court-jurisdiction Should this Court use its power to grant a writ of habeas corpus to the Petitioner who has no other available forum to raise his compelling claims of …
23A678 Jerome Yelder v. Department of Labor, Administrative Review Board Sixth Circuit 2024-01-23 Presumed Complete covid-19 decision-order extraordinary-relief judicial-proceedings pro-se supreme-court Whether a pro se litigant's lack of original decision order documentation due to COVID-19 circumstances constitutes grounds for extraordinary relief o…
23A401 R. Allen Stanford v. Ralph S. Janvey, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-11-03 Presumed Complete certiorari extraordinary-relief pro-se procedural-rules supreme-court time-extension Whether a pro se petitioner's request for an extension of time to file a certiorari petition constitutes a legally cognizable claim for extraordinary …
22-6486 Atiq Weston v. Michael Capra, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2023-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claims constitutional-rights dna-testing due-process extraordinary-relief false-evidence false-testimony guilty-plea new-trial newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction Whether the post-conviction, due process violations exposed by false DNA testing on the petitioner's case warrant a new trial
21-6862 In Re Daniel Jones 2022-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process extraordinary-circumstances extraordinary-relief federal-courts filing-requirements judicial-procedure mandamus prisoner-rights standing is-petitioner-entitled-to-immediate-relief
21-6778 In Re Mark Thomas Garrett 2022-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights court-discretion due-process equal-protection exceptional-circumstances extraordinary-relief legal-remedy qualified-immunity standing writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
20-5311 Richard Hollihan, Jr. v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-08-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection extraordinary-relief fourteenth-amendment legal-precedent precedent precedential-decision state-court-jurisdiction supreme-court Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court violate the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution when it Denied Petitioner's Application For Extraordin…
19-8225 In Re Faramarz Mehdipour 2020-04-08 Denied IFP all-writs-act certiorari-timeline due-process equitable-powers exceptional-circumstances extraordinary-relief prison-lockdown pro-se pro-se-petition standing supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the Court retains equitable powers to ensure faith in the Federal Courts of the United States, even when no other means of relief can be obtai…
18-7510 Mark A. Perez v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-01-24 Denied IFP 42-pa-csa-721-726 collateral-review constitutional-challenge constitutional-law direct-review due-process extraordinary-relief original-jurisdiction pennsylvania sentencing-statute statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction Does the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania's original jurisdiction process constitute a process to seek 'other collateral review'?
18-5236 In Re Ferlando Esco 2018-07-13 Denied IFP ' 'certificate-of-appealability" ' 'due-process" ' 'habeas-corpus" ' 'ineffective-assistance-of-counsel" ' 'mandamus" ' 'sentencing' appellate-review certificate-of-appealability designated-issues extraordinary-relief fifth-circuit fully-briefed judicial-procedure merits-decision writ-of-mandamus Whether a writ of mandamus should issue to compel the Fifth Circuit to decide the merits of a request for certificate of appealability regarding two d…