| 24-1179 |
United States, ex rel. Ganesa Rosales, et al. v. Amedisys North Carolina, L.L.C., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-05-19 |
Denied |
|
false-claims-act federal-civil-procedure first-to-file-rule government-intervention qui-tam subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether an action asserting False Claims Act claims is a 'related action' under the First to File rule when the government declines intervention and t… |
| 24-1069 |
In Re Symon Mandawala |
|
2025-04-10 |
Denied |
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due-process ex-parte-communication federal-civil-procedure full-faith-and-credit summary-judgment witness-testimony |
Whether a district court judge's deliberate disregard of available witnesses and limited response time violates due process and federal civil procedur… |
| 24-6649 |
Kirti Mehta v. Victoria Partners, dba Park-MGM Casino & Hotel Operator, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-02-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
due-process federal-civil-procedure justice-interpretation litigation-costs summons-service waiver-of-summons |
Question not identified. |
| 24-6468 |
Leonard W. Houston v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-02-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
camp-lejeune-justice-act constitutional-rights federal-civil-procedure jury-trial pro-se seventh-amendment |
Whether the Plaintiff has a right to a jury trial under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act and the Seventh Amendment |
| 24-491 |
Bernice Rutland v. Robinson Property Group, L.L.C., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-10-31 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
conclusory-allegations evidentiary-standard federal-civil-procedure fifth-circuit stare-decisis summary-judgment |
Whether the Fifth Circuit's ruling conflicts with Supreme Court precedent on summary judgment standards under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(a) |
| 24-440 |
Harold R. Berk v. Wilson C. Choy, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-10-18 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (13)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
affidavit-of-merit circuit-split expert-testimony federal-civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction state-procedural-rules |
Whether a state law providing that a complaint must be dismissed unless it is accompanied by an expert affidavit may be applied in federal court |
| 24-426 |
Plan Benefit Services, Inc., et al. v. Heriberto Chavez, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-10-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
article-iii-standing circuit-split class-action class-certification federal-civil-procedure standing-doctrine |
Whether the Supreme Court should resolve the circuit split on the proper approach to determining Article III standing in class action lawsuits |
| 24-5642 |
Nawaz Ahmed v. Bill Cool, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-09-26 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction federal-civil-procedure finality-of-judgment habeas-corpus motion-to-dismiss voluntary-dismissal |
Whether the Court of Appeals lacks appellate jurisdiction to proceed in appeal case 21-3542 due to district court orders lacking finality and failure … |
| 24-341 |
Juan Carlos Emden, et al. v. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-09-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
act-of-state-doctrine federal-civil-procedure foreign-sovereign-immunity judicial-inference nazi-art-restitution rule-12(b)(6) |
Whether the Fifth Circuit's application of the act of state doctrine conflicts with precedent regarding adjudication of foreign sovereign acts and whe… |
| 24-5338 |
Jerry Lester Willis v. Warden, Valdosta State Prison |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-08-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
federal-civil-procedure judicial-review merits-not-reached multi-round-litigation rule-60-motion time-bar |
Does the passage of time preclude a federal court from issuing a ruling on a Rule 60(d) motion when the merits of a claim have never been reached thro… |
| 23-6835 |
R. Allen Stanford v. Ralph S. Janvey, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-02-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-enforcement district-court-jurisdiction equity-receiver equity-receivership federal-civil-procedure federal-venue general-jurisdiction securities-enforcement securities-regulation ultra-vires venue-laws |
Whether the SEC properly construed and applied federal venue laws |
| 23-497 |
L. Lin Wood v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-11-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-ethics attorney-liability civil-procedure due-process federal-civil-procedure frivolous-pleading of-counsel rule-11 rule-11-sanctions safe-harbor-period sanctions standing |
Whether an attorney whose name is designated as 'Of Counsel' on the signature page of a frivolous pleading that the attorney did not sign, file, submi… |
| 23-5444 |
Adam P. Strege v. Eric A. Vos, Individually and in His Official Capacity as the Chief Defender for the Office of the Federal Public Defender District of Puerto Rico, et al. |
First Circuit |
2023-08-25 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-civil-procedure free-speech government-officials malicious-prosecution standing |
Question not identified |
| 23-89 |
Jennifer Reinoehl v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-07-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights covid-19 covid-emergency-powers due-process emergency-powers federal-civil-procedure individual-capacity-suit mootness mootness-doctrine standing state-official-immunity |
Whether a case involving COVID-19 emergency powers is moot |
| 22-7031 |
David Andrew Diehl v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-03-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP |
certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure federal-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure gonzales-v-crosby habeas-corpus merits-determination procedural-bar procedural-rulings rule-60 statute-of-limitations |
Should a Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) and 60(d)(3) motion be reviewed de novo without a certificate of appealability? |
| 22-6738 |
Melvin G. Simms v. Donald Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-02-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus magistrate-report magistrate-review summary-judgment |
Whether the District Court Judge Violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution By Granting the Respondent'… |
| 22-6688 |
Danny Richard Rivers v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-02-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
2254(e)(2) due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez-exceptions pinholster procedural-default reversible-error |
Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals violate due process and/or commit reversable error when it applied PINHOLSTER to bar evidentiary hearing? |
| 22-6243 |
Darrell Berry, et ux. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-07 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-civil-procedure foreclosure jurisdiction-challenge mortgage mortgage-validity note-refinancing standing uniform-commercial-code |
Whether the M.D. La., erred and the 5th Cir., erred in affirming that the LoanCity note and mortgage of December 2005 was the original financed note |
| 22-364 |
Ryan Noah Shapiro v. Department of Justice |
District of Columbia |
2022-10-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
agency-bad-faith civil-procedure discovery discovery-standard federal-civil-procedure foia foia-request motion-for-summary-judgment rule-56(d) rule-56d standing summary-judgment |
Must a plaintiff facing a motion for summary judgment provide evidence that the movant has acted in bad faith before obtaining discovery under Rule 56… |
| 22-5604 |
John Gregory Lambros v. Federative Republic of Brazil, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-09-19 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-procedure federal-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure foreign-state foreign-state-defendant jurisdictional-defect motion-to-remand remand removal removal-procedure service-of-process timeliness |
Whether an untimely 'Motion for Removal' by a foreign state suffices when the non-jurisdictional procedural removal defect is timely raised |
| 22-5490 |
Nicholas Wukoson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-09-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
11th-circuit appeals certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure clisby-v-jones davis-v-us federal-civil-procedure judicial-procedure plain-error plain-error-review remand |
Whether the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the 11th Circuit departed from its accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings |
| 22-5189 |
Haider Salah Abdulrazzak v. Brent Fluke, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-habeas-proceedings habeas-corpus judicial-bias judicial-discretion procedural-default rule-60b-motion |
whether-the-district-court-abused-its-discretion-in-denying-rule-60(b)-motion |
| 21-1192 |
Day & Zimmermann NPS, Inc. v. John Waters, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated |
First Circuit |
2022-03-01 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
bristol-myers-squibb circuit-split civil-procedure due-process fair-labor-standards-act federal-civil-procedure personal-jurisdiction rule-4(k)(1)(a) service-of-summons standing |
Whether out-of-state plaintiffs seeking to opt into an FLSA collective action pending in federal court must demonstrate that the forum state's courts … |
| 21-810 |
Luis Lorenzo Vargas v. City of Los Angeles, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-civil-litigation federal-civil-procedure heck-v-humphrey mcdononugh-v-smith preclusion preclusive-effect section-1983 state-criminal-conviction vacated-judgment |
Whether a wrongful state criminal conviction retains preclusive effect in a later federal action under 42-U.S.C-§1983 challenging the constitutionalit… |
| 21-6101 |
Paul D. Timms v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa aedpa-standard civil-rights constitutional-claim district-court-review due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-courts habeas-corpus standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent |
When a federal district court denies a state prisoner's 28-U.S.C.-2254-petition based upon an improper standard-of-review |
| 21-505 |
Bank of America Corporation, et al. v. Fund Liquidation Holdings LLC, as Assignee and Successor-in-Interest to FrontPoint Asian Event Driven Fund L.P., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-10-05 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
article-iii article-iii-jurisdiction civil-procedure court-procedure federal-civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction-creation legal-standing new-plaintiff plaintiff-addition rule-17 standing |
Whether a district court lacking Article III jurisdiction can create such jurisdiction by adding a new plaintiff via Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 1… |
| 21-5264 |
In Re Melvin Dinkins |
|
2021-07-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1651 28-usc-3730 administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation federal-civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction qui-tam standing statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause |
Whether the 'usages and principles' of 28 USC 3730(b)(2) allow a person to bring a civil action for the United States Government, and whether this is … |
| 20-1430 |
AMA Multimedia, LLC v. Marcin Wanat |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
calder-effects-test circuit-split civil-procedure due-process express-aiming federal-civil-procedure foreign-defendant geotargeted-advertising personal-jurisdiction tort |
Whether a foreign defendant has engaged in 'express aiming' at the United States for purposes of a U.S. court asserting personal jurisdiction |
| 20-7506 |
Peter Gakuba v. Terry Grissom |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-03-18 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-rights conclusory-denial constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection false-arrest federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review standing |
Whether the USDC-HDIL-ROCHFORD violated Gakuba's due process and equal protection rights by issuing a wholly conclusory denial of his habeas corpus pe… |
| 20-7437 |
Frederico Ramsey v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-03-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment amendment-of-claims certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-review due-process federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-precedent mayle-v-felix |
Whether the district court and the tenth circuit decisions conflict with the decisions of this court in Mayle v. Felix, when the district court erred … |
| 20-1246 |
Anna Valentine, Warden v. Johnny Phillips |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-03-09 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
appellate-review brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland credibility-determination district-court expert-witness federal-civil-procedure federal-habeas habeas-corpus standard-of-review |
Did the Sixth Circuit violate Fed. Rule Civ. P. 52(a)(6) when it failed to apply the proper, heightened and deferential standard to the district court… |
| 20-1130 |
Ericsson Inc., et al. v. TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-02-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (3) |
appellate-review civil-procedure discretion federal-civil-procedure judgment-as-a-matter-of-law judgment-as-matter-of-law legal-issues preservation-of-issues summary-judgment |
Whether there is an exception to the rule that a pretrial denial of summary judgment is not reviewable on appeal |
| 20-1108 |
Pontiler S.A. v. OPI Products Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
amendment civil-procedure contract due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-policy judicial-discretion pleading-standards rule-15 rule-8 |
Whether the court of appeals' dismissal of the petitioner's complaint for omitting one nonessential word in describing the respondents' breach of cont… |
| 20-7000 |
Felix Brown v. Keith Foley, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-01-29 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice constitutional-claim equity federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus pro-se-petition procedural-default rule-60 |
Does the United States Supreme Court require a showing of actual innocence to pursue an independent action in equity under Fed. Civ. Proc. R. 60(d)(J)… |
| 20-82 |
Kane County, Utah, et al. v. United States, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-07-29 |
Denied |
Relisted (5) |
administrative-representation civil-procedure environmental-interest federal-civil-procedure federal-government intervention intervention-as-of-right quiet-title quiet-title-action special-interest-groups standing tenth-circuit-precedent |
Whether private special interest groups have an interest to intervene as of right in a quiet title action |
| 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) |
| 19-7806 |
Cherunda Lynn Fox v. United States Postal Service, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-27 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment attorney-general civil-procedure default-judgment due-process electronic-case-filing equal-protection federal-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure service-of-process |
Whether the defendants were served on 3-19-18 as verified by the court record, the Judge and receipt - personally verified by the Attorney General, de… |
| 19-5621 |
David Green, Jr. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-08-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cat's-paw-negligence cats-paw civil-rights due-process eeo-retaliation eeoc-retaliation employment-discrimination federal-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure merit-systems-protection-board retaliation title-vii |
Whether the court of appeals erred when it upheld a district court opinion that conflicted with decided Supreme Court case law for EEO retaliation and… |
| 19-5373 |
Helga G. Suarez Clark v. Carlos Castellon Cueva, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-07-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process federal-civil-procedure judicial-misconduct personal-injuries pro-se-litigation procedural-due-process res-judicata standing statute-of-limitations terrorism torture |
Whether the district court and appeals court erred in denying court-appointed counsel and dismissing the case despite the merits and evidence of terro… |
| 18A1310 |
Marcel Malachowski v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-06-13 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certificate-of-appealability federal-civil-procedure pro-se section-2255 supreme-court-jurisdiction writ-of-certiorari |
Whether a pro se prisoner can obtain an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari when facing limited legal research resources in a … |
| 18A1309 |
Marcel Malachowski v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-06-13 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certificate-of-appealability federal-civil-procedure legal-resources prisoner-rights pro-se section-2255 |
Whether a pro se prisoner's limited access to legal resources at a private correctional facility constitutes a due process violation warranting an ext… |
| 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? |
| 18-7236 |
Dwayne Stoutamire v. Christopher La Rose, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
alternative-grounds appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure clear-error-of-findings-of-fact district-court-discretion federal-civil-procedure federal-civil-rule-60(b) federal-civil-rule-60(d) federal-rules-of-civil-procedure findings-of-fact habeas-corpus rule-60 |
Do a Habeas Corpus petitioner need to obtain a Certificate of Appealability(COA) from the denial of a federal civil rule 60(b) and (d)? |
| 18-6525 |
Edmund Zagorski v. Tony Mays, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
edwards-v-carpenter federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lockett-v-ohio martinez-rule martinez-v-rule post-conviction-relief procedural-default |
Whether a federal habeas corpus petitioner can invoke the rule of Martinez v. Ryan to show that the ineffectiveness of post-conviction counsel provide… |
| 18-472 |
Behr Dayton Thermal Products LLC, et al. v. Terry Martin, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-12 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
appellate-conflict civil-procedure class-certification courts-of-appeals federal-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure issue-certification issue-classes predominance predominance-requirement rule-23 rule-23(b)(3) rule-23(c)(4) |
Whether plaintiffs can obtain certification of issue classes under Rule 23(c)(4) despite failing to demonstrate predominance under Rule 23(b)(3) |
| 18-6194 |
James Dow Vandivere v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-10-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
absurd-results civil-action civil-commitment civil-procedure congressional-act due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-statute procedural-law statute-of-limitations united-states |
Whether the 28 U.S.C. § 1658(a) four-year statute of limitations applies to civil commitment proceedings under 18 U.S.C. § 4248 |
| 18-5636 |
Edgar Searcy v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-4248 28-usc-1658 circuit-split civil-action civil-commitment federal-civil-procedure federal-procedure statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation |
Whether the 28 U.S.C. § 1658(a) four-year statute of limitations for a civil action arising under an Act of Congress' applies to civil commitment proc… |
| 18-5597 |
David E. Miller v. Tony Mays, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
buck-v-davis capital-punishment civil-rights due-process federal-civil-procedure ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan rule-60b6 trevino-v-thaler |
Whether the change in law announced in Martinez and Trevino, when coupled with a particularly substantial deprivation of a capital defendant's right t… |
| 18-119 |
Gotech International Technology Limited, et al. v. Nagravision SA |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure defendant-jurisdiction due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-claims federal-courts federal-rules-of-civil-procedure foreign-defendants jurisdiction-pleading personal-jurisdiction pleading pleading-requirements rule-4k2 subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether a plaintiff invoking jurisdiction under Rule 4(k)(2) must plead that the defendant is not subject to jurisdiction in any state's courts of gen… |
| 18-59 |
Eduardo Pineiro Perez, et al. v. BP, P.L.C., et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
class-action class-action-rule-23 district-court-dismissal docket-management federal-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure multi-district-litigation multi-plaintiff multi-plaintiff-lawsuits procedural-rights rule-23 shady-grove shady-grove-v-allstate supreme-court |
Was the Court of Appeals' affirmance of the district court's dismissal with prejudice of the class action complaints contrary to the holding of this C… |