| 25-934 |
Gore and Associates Management Company, Inc. v. SLSCO Ltd., et al. |
First Circuit |
2026-02-06 |
Pending |
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28-usc-1359 assignor-citizenship diversity-jurisdiction federal-court-procedure jurisdictional-dismissal subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether a federal court may dismiss a diversity action, years after filing, for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction based solely on the plaintiff's in… |
| 25-5463 |
Trent Nelson v. URSA Major Corporation |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-08-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights due-process-clause federal-court-procedure fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigation |
Do Pro Se litigants have constitutional protections in federal court under the Due Process Clause? |
| 24-6439 |
Amir Abdul-Alim, et ux., Individually and on Behalf of Their Minor Children A.A.A. and I.A.A. v. Clark County School District, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights equal-access-to-justice federal-court-procedure mandatory-legal-counsel parental-authority pro-se-litigation |
Under what circumstances does a federal court exclude parents from receiving court-appointed legal counsel for their children in pro se litigation whe… |
| 24-5605 |
In Re Shannon Clark |
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2024-09-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
all-writs-act constitutional-interpretation equitable-remedy federal-court-procedure judicial-power mandamus |
Whether the All Writs Act empowers the Supreme Court to issue a mandamus order compelling a federal court clerk to fulfill his duty |
| 24-5291 |
Ethan Printemps-Herget v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-rights federal-court-procedure legal-representation pro-se-litigation summary-judgment witness-testimony |
Whether pro se litigants are entitled to full legal participation and representation in federal court proceedings despite limited legal knowledge |
| 23-711 |
James P. Ryan v. Carlo DeMaria, Jr., Mayor of the City of Everett, Massachusetts, et al. |
First Circuit |
2024-01-03 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
appeal-jurisdiction civil-procedure excusable-neglect federal-court-procedure federal-jurisdiction good-cause notice-of-appeal pro-se-motion statutory-interpretation time-limitation time-limits |
Whether a federal court is deprived of jurisdiction when a notice of appeal is filed beyond the 30 days in the first provision of § 2107 but meets the… |
| 23-181 |
Patricia L. Harrison v. South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-08-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure dismissal district-court-discretion federal-court-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-standards rule-11-sanctions sanctions settlement sua-sponte-sanctions |
Did the district court abuse its discretion by sanctioning Petitioner sua sponte pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 11 after settlement… |
| 22-7786 |
Lei Yin v. Biogen Inc. |
First Circuit |
2023-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-court-procedure judicial-discretion legal-representation pro-se pro-se-rights standing |
Whether the Pro Se Rights shall be preserved in Federal Court System? |
| 22-169 |
Jay Lin, et ux. v. Hudson City Savings Bank, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-08-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure debt-collection due-process fair-debt-collection-practices-act fdcpa federal-court-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-ethics procedural-rules recusal |
Whether the New Jersey District Court judge erred in circumventing his recusal by suspending FRCP R. 7.1 |
| 21-6624 |
Arthur F. Jones v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-12-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review civil-rights due-process federal-court-procedure federalism habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdiction-dispute standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the axon exclusive soars decision rule should have precluded the district court and the appellate court from exercising jurisdiction over the … |
| 21-6197 |
Lance Arnold Kingbird v. Vicki Janssen, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability circuit-split federal-court-procedure federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review reasonable-jurists similar-facts statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal court may find that 'reasonable jurists would not disagree' about the denial of relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 where other courts hav… |
| 21-5310 |
Marcus Daniel Silver v. Bertram Siegel, et al. |
California |
2021-08-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
30-day-rule civil-procedure federal-court-procedure filing-deadlines jurisdictional-deadline notice-of-removal receipt-of-complaint service-of-process statutory-interpretation |
When does the deadline to file for Notice of Removal begin? |
| 20-1815 |
Dale J. Richardson v. United States District Court for the District of Colorado |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-06-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-court-procedure habeas-corpus immigration-court judicial-suspension obstruction-of-justice torture torture-prevention |
Is it constitutional to leave a person in the custody of someone they alleged torture against? |
| 20-1403 |
Benny Hernandez v. Excel Contractors, Inc. |
Louisiana |
2021-04-07 |
Denied |
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bone-growth-stimulator closed-records federal-court-procedure medical-malpractice spinal-cord-injury workers-compensation |
Whether the Soeket M50-2018 Spinal Cord Injury Bone Growth Stimulator is Compensable under Workers' Compensation |
| 20-7431 |
Anthony O. Wint, Jr., By and Through His Next Friend, Oral Wint v. Ric Bradshaw, Sheriff, Palm Beach County, Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights counsel due-process federal-court-procedure incompetent incompetent-litigant legal-standing parental-representation pro-se-representation standing |
Where a federal case is brought by a non-lawyer parent on behalf of an incompetent who cannot represent him or herself pro se, should no issues concer… |
| 19-6085 |
Frank Amodeo v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-09-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-iii civil-procedure civil-procedure-standing constitutional-standing criminal-forfeiture criminal-procedure due-process federal-court-procedure federal-courts jurisdiction jurisdictional-hierarchy non-merits-questions standing standing-requirement |
Must a federal court resolve standing issues before resolving other dispositive, non-merits questions? |
| 18-1547 |
Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. v. Shawn Jensen, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-14 |
Denied |
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28-usc-636 civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-litigation constitutional-violation federal-court-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-rights magistrate-judge magistrate-judge-selection magistrate-jurisdiction prison-litigation-reform-act prospective-relief statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in allowing parties to choose their own magistrate judge and in permitting prospective relief in a prisoner case witho… |
| 18-7673 |
In Re Roda Hiramanek |
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2019-01-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts ada-accommodations civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection federal-court-procedure judicial-interference judicial-misconduct standing |
Question not identified |
| 18-6965 |
Lei Yin v. Biogen, Inc., fka Biogen-IDEC |
First Circuit |
2018-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-protections discovery discovery-rules due-process federal-court-procedure federal-courts federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-fairness legal-representation pro-se pro-se-rights standing |
Whether a Pro Se shall share the same right as those represented by lawyers that are protected by United States Constitution? |
| 18-6470 |
In Re Gary Malone |
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2018-10-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2244(b) actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-court-procedure habeas-corpus mcquiggin-v-perkins miscarriage-of-justice panetti-v-quarterman standing successive-petition successive-petitions |
Whether a single district court and circuit court judge can entertain a second successive 2254(b) petition when the second application is a continuati… |
| 18-275 |
Patricia Smith, et al. v. Hillary Rodham Clinton, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2018-09-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
benghazi civil-procedure civil-rights dc-circuit defamation federal-court-procedure federal-courts government-immunity hillary-clinton motion-to-dismiss sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction substitution substitution-of-defendant westfall-act |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit erred in affirming the substitution of the United States for Hillary Clinton an… |