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25-6791 David Sano-Perez, aka David Sanot Perez v. United States First Circuit 2026-02-11 Pending IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-rules harmless-error rule-60b sentencing-guidelines Whether a District Court's mere pronouncement at a criminal sentencing that it would have imposed the same sentence on a defendant without regard to t…
25-951 Morgan Banks, et al. v. David H. Hoffman, et al. District of Columbia 2026-02-10 Pending anti-slapp congressional-mandate d-c-council federal-rules home-rule-act superior-court May the D.C. Council impose the D.C. Anti-SLAPP Act's special-motion-to-dismiss procedures in Superior Court notwithstanding Congressional mandates re…
25-6295 Caleb L. McGillvary v. Nicholas Scutari, et al. Third Circuit 2025-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure discretionary-appeal due-process federal-rules jurisdictional-review legal-standing Is the use of 3rd Cir. L.A.R. 27.4 to effectively convert an appeal as of right into a discretionary appeal, which denies an appellant the opportunity…
25-622 Office and Professional Employees International Union v. Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-12-02 Pending Response Waived civil-procedure federal-rules intervention labor-law nlrb writ-of-certiorari Whether leave to intervene to file a petition for a writ of certiorari may properly be denied for a failure to show 'exceptional' circumstances and 'i…
25-6251 Caleb L. McGillvary v. Michael T. G. Long, et al. Third Circuit 2025-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure discretionary-appeal due-process federal-rules jurisdictional-review statutory-interpretation Is the use of 3rd Cir. L.A.R. 27.4 to effectively convert an appeal as of right into a discretionary appeal, which denies an appellant the opportunity…
25-5981 Erick Pizarro-Mercado v. United States First Circuit 2025-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure evidence-sufficiency federal-rules procedural-error rule-29 sentencing Whether evidence was sufficient to justify the district court denial of Rule 29 of the Fed. R. Crim. P. and whether the district court committed rever…
25-483 Edward Jacob Lang, et al. v. Daniel Thau, et al. District of Columbia 2025-10-20 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process federal-rules incarceration-rights judicial-discretion service-of-process Whether good cause for lawsuit reinstatement under FRCP Rule 4(m) turns on incarceration status and lack of defendant prejudice
25-473 Angela W. DeBose v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-17 Pending Response Waived civil-procedure court-jurisdiction default-judgment federal-rules judicial-discretion responsive-pleading Whether a federal district court's refusal to enter a clerk's default and default judgment against a defendant who has failed to file a responsive ple…
25-445 E&I Global Energy Services, Inc., et al. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Eighth Circuit 2025-10-14 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure contract-assignment expert-testimony federal-rules jury-trial seventh-amendment Whether the district court violated the Seventh Amendment and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 39(b) by denying petitioners' timely motion for a jury t…
25A375 Jeremiah Vance v. Jeffery Mims Fifth Circuit 2025-10-01 Presumed Complete bankruptcy-appeal federal-rules jurisdiction notice-of-appeal pro-se time-bar Whether a pro se litigant's untimely notice of appeal from a bankruptcy court order can be excused or tolled due to unique procedural circumstances
25-352 Jasmine Younge v. Fulton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, Georgia Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-24 Pending Response Requested affirmative-defense civil-procedure federal-rules judicial-discretion pleading-rules summary-judgment Whether a defendant may assert an affirmative defense in a summary judgment motion without previously pleading it in an answer, despite Rule 8(c)(1) a…
25A217 Geronimo Velasco v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-08-22 Presumed Complete court-integrity due-process federal-rules judicial-estoppel phantom-hearing sanctions Whether a federal district judge may commit judicial estoppel by issuing contradictory orders and imposing sanctions based on a legally non-existent '…
25-5451 Zephaniah S. Edwards v. Bland Management, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-08-22 Denied IFP civil-procedure district-court due-process evidence-admissibility federal-rules virginia-law Whether under Virginia Law, multiple procedural irregularities occurred in the Alexandria District Court and Federal Court proceedings that potentiall…
25-5359 Robert Joyce v. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. Second Circuit 2025-08-14 Denied IFP arbitration-award collective-bargaining duty-of-fair-representation employment-termination federal-rules labor-relations Whether the Court of Appeals improperly dismissed Petitioner's federal court challenge to union and Con Edison actions involving employment terminatio…
25A155 Jasmine Younge v. Fulton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, Georgia Eleventh Circuit 2025-08-06 Presumed Complete affirmative-defense civil-procedure federal-rules pleading-amendment scheduling-order summary-judgment Whether a defendant may raise an affirmative defense by motion for summary judgment without first amending a pleading that did not originally include …
25-92 Isaac Mulamba v. Board of Education of Baltimore County Maryland 2025-07-23 Denied civil-rights federal-rules forum-selection pleading-standards supremacy-clause title-vii Whether a state court's application of heightened pleading standards to federal Title VII claims, beyond those required under Federal Rule of Civil Pr…
25-5146 Ahmad Abouammo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-07-18 Pending Amici (6)Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure federal-rules indictment prosecutorial-discretion statute-of-limitations venue-statute Whether venue is proper in a district where no offense conduct took place, and whether a criminal information without a waiver of indictment can exten…
25-5074 Michael Horton v. Captain Gilchrist, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-07-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP discovery-rights federal-rules prisoner-litigation pro-se-litigant section-1983 summary-judgment May federal courts implement an uncodified special report procedure that divests pro se prisoner litigants of discovery rights afforded them under the…
24A1270 Robert Gene Rega v. Lorraine Rega Scottie Fourth Circuit 2025-06-23 Presumed Complete appellate-review civil-judgment federal-rules post-judgment-motions pro-se standard-of-review Whether a pro se litigant's procedural challenges to a civil judgment can overcome the standard of review for affirming a district court's ruling
24-6973 James Arthur Meeks, III v. Alvin DeBouse, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-04-11 Denied IFP constitutional-search due-process federal-rules judicial-review procedural-error search-and-seizure Whether the district court's findings were correct in light of the constitutional search and seizure claims and procedural due process violations
24-1008 Justicia Rizzo v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sixth Circuit 2025-03-20 Denied civil-procedure court-jurisdiction default-judgment federal-rules judicial-discretion service-of-process Whether the Petitioner is entitled to Default Judgment and whether the Eastern District Court abused its discretion in multiple procedural rulings
24-6648 James A. Wolfe v. John Rivello, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit 2025-02-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-jurisdiction default-judgment federal-rules judicial-discretion legal-error Whether the District Court improperly exercised discretion in denying default judgment under federal civil procedure rules
24-839 Roman Storm v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Second Circuit 2025-02-05 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure district-court federal-rules inherent-power judicial-discretion mandamus Whether a district court may rely on its inherent power to contravene an express provision of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure Rule 16, and whether …
24-730 Robert H. Gravatt, III v. Montgomery County, Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-01-13 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction court-procedure federal-rules reconsideration-motion rule-4 time-limit Whether the 28-day limit to toll a postjudgment reconsideration motion of Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(4)(A) is jurisdictional
24-6218 Anthony McCarary v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-rules judicial-explanation preservation-of-error sentencing-reasonableness Does advocating for a particular sentence preserve the procedural reasonableness claim that a court failed to adequately explain the sentence when it …
24-608 Daniel Montes, Jr. v. Bertha A. Tibbs Fifth Circuit 2024-12-04 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure claim-assignment federal-rules jurisdiction precedent-conflict summary-judgment Whether the Fifth Circuit's decision conflicts with Supreme Court precedents regarding absolute claim transfers and summary judgment procedures
24-6041 Daniel Hampton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Second Circuit 2024-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split claims-processing federal-rules jurisdictional-rules statutory-interpretation Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 4(a)(4)(B)(ii) is jurisdictional or claims processing?
24-5860 Elliot Rivera v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit civil-procedure due-process federal-rules fifth-amendment rule-60 Whether the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in limiting Rule 60(d)(3) relief to civil matters and potentially violating due process rights
24A402 Carl Ezekiel Woods v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-24 Presumed Complete constitutional-right extension-of-time federal-rules prisoner-litigation pro-se writ-of-certiorari Whether a pro se prisoner's motion for an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari should be granted when the litigant lacks profes…
24-5749 Noel Vincent Thomas v. North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-10-11 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-review failure-to-state-claim federal-rules res-judicata sovereign-immunity trial-court Whether the trial court erred in affirming the lower court decision based on failure to state a claim, failure to comply with federal rules, sovereign…
24-5711 Jesse Regalado v. Town of Trion, Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP contract-rights copyright-law eminent-domain federal-rules governmental-immunity judicial-procedure Whether federal rules 60(b) and 60(d)(3) protect petitioners from fraudulent judgments and whether the government can deny citizens contracts and use …
24-358 Faresha Sims v. University of Maryland Medical System Corporation, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-10-01 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure federal-rules jury-trial seventh-amendment summary-judgment Whether federal district courts have discretion to grant summary judgment when material facts are disputed or when grounds not raised by the movant ar…
24-5412 Derrick Hills v. Richard A. Roble, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP bad-faith civil-procedure federal-rules motion-for-relief rule-60b zoom-deposition Whether the district court properly denied a Rule 60(b) motion when insufficient evidence demonstrated bad faith in a Zoom deposition appearance
24-5327 Daniel Lopez, III v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-rules revocation-hearing sentencing-procedure supervised-release Whether Rule 32.1 or Rule 32 governs the procedural timing of sentencing following supervised release revocation
24A165 Muzafar Babakr v. Jacob T. Fowles, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-08-12 Presumed Complete circuit-split civil-procedure excusable-neglect federal-rules pioneer-factors summary-judgment Whether a district court must comprehensively analyze all four Pioneer factors when determining excusable neglect under Federal Rule of Civil Procedur…
24A112 David Hatchigian v. ABCO, et al. Pennsylvania 2024-07-31 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure federal-rules good-cause pro-se supreme-court-jurisdiction time-extension Whether a pro se litigant's motion for an extension of time to file an appeal meets the standard for good cause under Federal Rule of Appellate Proced…
24A109 Irina Collier v. Donald J. Trump District of Columbia 2024-07-30 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-rules jurisdictional-requirement notice-of-appeal time-bar Whether a notice of appeal filed beyond the 60-day period established in Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(1)(B) can be deemed timely when the …
24-30 John Garland, et al. v. New York City Fire Department, et al. Second Circuit 2024-07-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure discovery due-process employment-law federal-rules motion-to-dismiss plausibility plausibility-requirement pleading-standards pleadings When are pleadings sufficient to state a claim under Iqbal/Twombly standards?
24A26 William Hudson v. James T. Vaughn, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2024-07-10 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-rules habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance supreme-court-rules Whether a federal habeas petitioner's untimely motion for rehearing can constitute good cause for an extension of time to file a certiorari petition u…
23-7738 Terrill Goods v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure in-absentia presence sentencing waiver Whether a defendant who does not clearly and expressly waive his presence at his sentencing hearing may be sentenced in absentia under Fed. R. Crim. P…
23-7433 Gary Allen Kachina v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure habeas-corpus new-trial standard-of-review Whether the district court erred in denying the defendant's motion for a new trial
23-7353 Noel Vincent Thomas v. North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure failure-to-state-a-claim failure-to-state-claim federal-rules in-forma-pauperis motion-to-dismiss res-judicata sovereign-immunity Whether the trial court erred in dismissing the complaint
23-1174 Peter Kleidman v. Hilton & Hyland Real Estate, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-01 Denied circuit-split evidence-rule expert-testimony federal-rule-of-evidence-704(a) federal-rules judicial-interpretation legal-duties ninth-circuit petition-for-writ-of-certiorari Does Federal Rule of Evidence 704(a) allow an expert to opine on a person's compliance with legal duties?
23A973 Marc Pierre Hall, aka Marc Valeriano v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-05-01 Presumed Complete appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-rules petition-for-certiorari supreme-court time-extension Whether a criminal defendant's request for an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari constitutes a substantive legal challenge to the und…
23-7285 Sabrina Gibson v. Thomas F. Roupas, Jr., et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure district-court federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion manifest-error prejudice procedural-standard standard-of-review Whether it was manifest error and significantly prejudicial for the District Court to apply a heightened standard under Federal Rule of Civil Procedur…
23-7197 Michael David Logering, et al. v. Morrison County Sheriff's Office, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-04-11 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-rules fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-error standing Did the United States Appeals Court for the Eighth Circuit violate the Plaintiffs' Constitutional Rights to Due Process and Equal Protection under the…
23A894 Terrance Brown v. Andrew Beshear, Governor of Kentucky Sixth Circuit 2024-04-08 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure federal-rules jurisdictional-prerequisite notice-of-appeal pro-se-litigant time-limitation Whether a pro se litigant's notice of appeal filed outside the standard 30-day window can be considered timely under federal appellate procedural rule…
23-6900 Bryan Reshad Hill v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure federal-rules fifth-circuit jury-verdict plain-error presentence-report rosales-mireles sentencing sentencing-guidelines Does a sentence twice that authorized by the jury's verdict constitute plain error?
23-806 Indiezone, Inc., et al. v. Todd Rooke, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-25 Denied appellate-procedure civil-procedure electronic-filing excusable-neglect federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure good-cause intervening-circumstances judicial-discretion pioneer-investment-services Whether Congress intended to treat 'excusable neglect' and 'good cause' separately in Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5)(A)(ii) and the appropriate standard of r…
23-777 Herbert O. Chadbourne, Jr. v. Cumberland County District Court First Circuit 2024-01-18 Denied Response Waived attorney-general civil-procedure default-judgment due-process equal-protection federal-rules honest-services-fraud judicial-procedure standing state-created-danger Whether the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit erred in refusing to enter a default judgment against the respondents when the Maine Attorney Ge…
23A548 Mary M. Mooney v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-12-14 Presumed Complete circuit-court clerk-error federal-rules motion-for-reconsideration pro-se timely-filing Whether a pro se litigant's timely motion for reconsideration can be deemed untimely due to a clerk's administrative error when the motion was receive…
23-6155 Mike Webb v. James Christian Kimmel, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 12(a)(1)(A) 18-usc-1964(c) civil-procedure default-judgment dismissal-motion equal-protection federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure racketeering-statute standing Whether a plaintiff is entitled to a default judgment under Fed.R.Civ.Pro. 55 after defendants fail to answer a complaint within 21 days
23-515 Amory Investments LLC, et al. v. Utrecht-America Holdings, Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-11-15 Denied circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss procedural-rights rule-12(b)(6) rule-56 summary-judgment Is the Seventh Circuit correct that a district court may 'effectively grant summary judgment' under Rule 56 without providing plaintiffs their procedu…
23-6015 Kwame Ali Askia v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-11-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-rule constitutional-law continuing-offense exculpatory-evidence federal-rules federal-rules-of-procedure judicial-protocol statute-of-limitations Whether the court of appeals has discretion to correct an error only if there is 'an error' that is 'plain' and that 'affects substantial rights'
23-5844 Loretta J. Alford v. Jeffrey Koses, Chairman, Committee for Purchase/AbilityOne, et al. District of Columbia 2023-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-court-system federal-rules standing witness witness-examination Question not identified
23-5564 Trent Steven Griffin, Sr. v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Fifth Circuit 2023-09-13 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion jury-trial motion-to-dismiss procedural-misconduct standing Whether a judge had the power or authority to take certain actions in a civil rights case
23-5352 Cassandra McGuire v. Highmark Holdings, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-08-15 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure court-discretion default-judgment federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure procedural-rules stare-decisis summary-judgment Did the courts properly apply default judgment rules when the defendant failed to respond in a timely manner?
23-5337 Noel Brown v. State Correctional Institution at Somerset, Administration Office, et al. Third Circuit 2023-08-11 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-costs court-rules default-judgment due-process federal-rules inmate-accounts notice-of-appearance standing stare-decisis Does the substantial holding in Commonwealth v. Spotz apply on appeal from the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania?
23-5345 Henry Robledo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-rules holguin-hernandez-v-united-states preservation-of-error procedural-reasonableness sentencing sentencing-preservation statutory-interpretation Whether an argument for a sentence based on specific statutory sentencing factors is sufficient to preserve a procedural reasonableness claim
23-5212 DeAndra Stephenson v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2023-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-procedure federal-rules habeas-corpus judicial-discretion newly-discovered-evidence notice-requirement standing sua-sponte-dismissal Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying petitioner's motion for rehearing en banc, which sought review of the district court's de…
23-5215 Aisha Wright v. Union Pacific Railroad Company Fifth Circuit 2023-07-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process federal-rules financial-gain judicial-misconduct legal-malpractice oath-of-office summary-judgment Whether the lower court abused its discretion in dismissing the petitioner's case despite newly discovered evidence of judicial misconduct, violations…
22-7845 Daniel Coleman v. Minneapolis Public Schools Eighth Circuit 2023-06-22 Denied IFP civil-procedure excusable-neglect federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure inadvertence judicial-relief mistake mistake-of-law rule-60 summary-judgment surprise Whether Petitioner Daniel Coleman Rule 60 is timely under Federal rules of Procedure Rule 60?
22-1128 Amos N. Jones v. Campbell University, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-05-19 Denied administrative-law civil-procedure deposition discovery dismissal due-process federal-rules judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss sanctions standing Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit err in upholding the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Caro…
22-1104 Shawn Talbot v. Louis Eric Johnson, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-jurisdiction due-process facial-challenge federal-court federal-rules jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge material-allegations pleading-requirements standing Whether the United States District Court, District of Nevada lacked lawful jurisdiction in cause no: 2:09CR-0078, and 2:10-CR-00520
22-7130 Timothy Fletcher v. United States First Circuit 2023-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP booker-decision criminal-procedure district-court-notice federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion mandatory-guidelines notice-requirement sentencing sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-booker Whether the elimination of mandatory sentencing guidelines pursuant to United States v. Booker has rendered Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(h) a nullity
22-6630 John Butler v. Howard Sissem, et al. Third Circuit 2023-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-procedure correctional-facility federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure jurisdiction legal-standing prisoner-rights standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals, for the Third Circuit, did in fact have jurisdiction concerning Petitioners' appeal under the Federal Rule…
22-6532 Alfred E. Caraffa, aka Alfred Erik Caraffa v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-13 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-rules habeas-corpus state-jurisdiction supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the writ of habeas corpus can be unconstitutionally delayed
22-570 Richard Y. Kim v. Hawaii Office of Elections, et al. Hawaii 2022-12-20 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process election-certification election-regulations elections federal-rules judicial-discretion state-rules state-sovereignty voting-machines If this honorable US Supreme Court determines that the Elections Office of Hawaii (EOH) failed to follow State Rules and Regulations and due process, …
22-553 Derek Rodgers v. United Services Automobile Association, aka USAA Fifth Circuit 2022-12-16 Denied Response Waived arbitration civil-procedure duty federal-procedure federal-rules rights rule-37 sanctions spoliation-of-evidence witness-coaching Should arbitrators have the duty and right to impose sanctions for violations of FRCP Rule 37?
22-483 Paige Lee, et al. v. Anthony Lawrence Collection, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-11-21 Denied civil-procedure federal-rules infringement joinder licensing nonparty-joinder rule-19 standing trademark trademark-joinder trademark-licensing Whether a nonparty trademark licensor's joinder is required under Rule 19(a)
22-456 Lynett S. Wilson v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, et al. First Circuit 2022-11-15 Denied appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure motion-to-dismiss waiver Whether a complaint that states a claim may be dismissed on the grounds that a plaintiff waived an argument against dismissal by failing to make the a…
22-243 Museum of Fine Arts, et al. v. David L. de Csepel, et al. District of Columbia 2022-09-14 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights exhaustion federal-rules foreign-policy foreign-sovereign-immunity international-comity republic-of-philippines-v-pimentel rule-19 sovereign-defense Whether non-immune foreign sovereign entities may raise a defense of international comity (exhaustion)
22-235 Paul S. Morrissey, et al. v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. District of Columbia 2022-09-13 Denied Amici (2) appellate-circuit-split case-termination civil-procedure dismissal dismissal-standard federal-rules prejudice prejudice-analysis standard-of-review statute-of-limitations willful-noncompliance Whether a discretionary dismissal without prejudice, which nevertheless functions as a dismissal with prejudice because it would end a case forever, i…
22-5567 Lamar Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plain-error plain-error-review sentencing sentencing-waiver waiver Whether sentencing issue is waived where the Defendant raises, but drops an issue as part of a sentencing or subject to plain error review under Fed. …
22-5529 Anthony H. Lett v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states standing Did the court of appeals err in denying Petitioner's Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 204 claim?
22-5254 William Paul Burch v. Mark X. Mullen Fifth Circuit 2022-08-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP article-iii bankruptcy-judge constitutional-violation federal-rules in-forma-pauperis sanction-fees unconstitutional-order vexatious-litigant Whether a non-Article III bankruptcy judge can write and enforce their own law on vexatious litigants that violates the constitution
22-5258 Jeremy Lafitte v. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Ninth Circuit 2022-08-02 Denied IFP appellate-procedure cause-of-action civil-procedure court-of-appeals federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction jurisdictional-dismissal pleading procedural-error rule-8(a) Whether a plaintiff must plead a specific set of facts that constitute a cause of action under the federal pleading requirements of Rule 8(a) of the F…
22-89 Michelle M. Newbauer v. Carnival Corporation, dba Carnival Cruise Line Eleventh Circuit 2022-07-29 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure eleventh-circuit federal-rules iqbal iqbal-standard notice-pleading pleading pleading-standards rule-8 twombly twombly-standard Whether the Eleventh Circuit required an unnecessary and unrealistic level of detail in pleading factual allegations supporting a facially plausible c…
22-5135 Joshua Jay Schroeder v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-waiver criminal-procedure federal-rules plea-agreement right-to-appeal sentencing Does a defendant retain the right to appeal a sentence if, after imposition of the sentence, the district court advises the defendant of the right to …
21-1546 Caroline S. Alasagas v. Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Fourth Circuit 2022-06-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction court-procedures due-process federal-agency federal-rules legal-standing petition-for-rehearing standing Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred in denying the Petitioner's request for justice under the law, contrary to the court's …
21-1541 Quannah L. Harris v. Jerry Biddle, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-06-08 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-filing due-process equitable-relief federal-courts federal-rules judicial-discretion procedural-limitations standing Does Rule 4(a)(6) of the Rules of Appellate Procedure limit equitable relief as it is part of the broad powers granted to the Federal Courts?
21-8033 Jesus Francisco Fernandez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-06-02 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fourth-amendment good-cause plain-error plain-error-review pretrial-motions When a defendant raises a derivative theory on appeal that was not raised in a timely suppression motion in district court
21-8007 In Re Michael David Hower 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 aedpa criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-rules habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel massaro-v-united-states plea-withdrawal Has AEDPA created an unconstitutional barrier that has rendered the petitioner's remedy under 28 U.S.C. §2255 inadequate or ineffective?
21-7946 Jesse Manuel Skinner v. GPCH-GP, Inc., et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-05-23 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure injunctive-relief pro-se section-1983 standing without-prejudice whether-pro-se-plaintiff-has-right-to-withdraw-complaint-without-prejudice
21-7742 Marvel Jones v. John M. Carter, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure court-review criminal-procedure dismissal-without-prejudice federal-rules legal-ruling pleading prejudice res-judicata standing summary-judgment Whether a dismissal without prejudice resulted in a final disposition against the backdrop of a res judicata bar
21-1209 Jennifer B. Miller v. The Bank of New York Mellon, Successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-03-04 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure free-speech judicial-review motion-to-dismiss pleading-standards standing summary-judgment Whether the district court erred in dismissing certain counts under Rule 12(b)(6)
21-7247 Kevin Herriott v. Lieutenant Jackson Fourth Circuit 2022-03-02 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-amendments court-of-appeals due-process evidence federal-courts federal-rules legal-mail mail-room standing statutory-provisions Whether the claimant is entitled to offer evidence to support his claims?
21-1178 Subhadra Gunawardana, et vir v. American Veterinary Medical Association, et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-02-25 Denied amendment-standard circuit-split civil-procedure constitutional-claims dispositive-motion due-process federal-rules procedural-waiver seventh-circuit timeliness waiver Whether objections to an untimely dispositive motion are waived if not presented orally prior to the response deadline
21-1047 Annick Roy, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Jean-Guy Veilleux, Deceased, et al. v. Canadian Pacific Railway Company First Circuit 2022-01-27 Denied Amici (1) appeal appeal-tolling bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-procedure civil-procedure district-court federal-rules judicial-review title-11 Whether the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure govern procedure in district court cases that are merely 'related to a case under title 11
21-6881 Aaron J. Bressi v. Tracy McCloud, et al. Third Circuit 2022-01-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals-court civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-dismissal public-interest standing subpoena-service Whether the U.S. District and U.S. Appeals Court erred in dismissing motions for appointment of counsel and amended complaints without serving defenda…
21-875 Harry Barnett v. Menard, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied civil-procedure district-court federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion judicial-power local-rule local-rules procedural-authority separation-of-powers Whether a district judge has the power to enact a local rule that contravenes the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure?
21-842 Mark Donelson v. Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-12-08 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) civil-litigation civil-procedure class-action federal-rules federal-rules-civil-procedure judicial-discretion motion-to-strike pleading-standards pleadings separation-of-powers standards Whether class allegations can be struck under FRCP 12(f)
21-832 Terrance Walker v. Intelli-Heart Services, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-12-06 Denied anti-slapp circuit-split civil-procedure federal-procedure federal-rules necessary-and-proper ninth-circuit rules-of-civil-procedure shady-grove Is applying state law Anti-Slapp procedure in Federal Court consistent with Shady Grove?
21-6497 Hye-Young Park v. Colin S. Bruce Seventh Circuit 2021-12-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP alternative-remedies due-process false-statements federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-act judicial-immunity judicial-process Whether a judge knowingly replacing facts with false statements is a judicial act
21-771 Justin Herrera v. Theresa Cleveland, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure identity-of-parties john-doe mistake-of-identity notice-requirement pleading-amendment relation-back Does Rule 15(c)(1)(C) categorically exclude relation back if the plaintiff initially used John Doe placeholders in the complaint due to inadequate kno…
21-654 Judith Frei, et al. v. Taro Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc. Second Circuit 2021-11-03 Denied civil-procedure complaint-dismissal dismissal due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion pleading pleading-standards standing Whether a court has discretion to dismiss a plaintiff's complaint without leave to replead
21-6127 In Re Howard Griffith 2021-11-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-writ federal-rules habeas-corpus standing statutory-interpretation Whether the procedure for seeking habeas corpus relief in the district court was properly preserved for appeal
21-595 Bruce Alexander v. Anheuser-Busch, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-10-25 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process employee-contacts federal-rules in-rem-jurisdiction motion-to-dismiss personal-jurisdiction sales subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the Western District Court err in its rulings on personal-jurisdiction, in-rem-jurisdiction, due-process, civil-procedure, sales, and employee-con…
21-6032 Charles Francis Hurt v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas Fifth Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-limits district-court due-process federal-procedure federal-rules judicial-precedent jurisdiction prosecutorial-authority standing territorial-court territorial-jurisdiction Whether the United States district court can prosecute a defendant outside the limited jurisdiction provided to a territorial court
21-5844 James Malcolm Hale v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-disposition federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion pretrial-motion pretrial-motions procedural-waiver waiver Whether a defendant may appeal an adverse pretrial motion determination despite not reserving the right in writing under Rule 11(a)(2)
21-5818 Cynthia Lozano v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judgment judgment-amendment legal-rights notice-of-appeal time-to-file Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly split from the well-established rule of the Court and other Circuits
21-409 Anthony Italo Provitola, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-15 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction appellate-rules article-iii circuit-court civil-procedure federal-rules judicial-review procedural-rules standing summary-judgment tax-court Whether the United States Circuit Courts of Appeal have the power to override federal statutory appellate rules
21-5641 Conoly Freddie Franklin, III, and Andre Anthony Franklin, aka Tommy Martin v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP charging-document circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure good-cause judicial-review plain-error plain-error-review sufficiency Does Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 12(b)(8) bar reviewing the sufficiency of a charging document absent a showing of good cause
21-156 American Contractors Supply, LLC v. HD Supply Construction Supply, Ltd. Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-04 Denied antitrust antitrust-law civil-procedure evidence-weighing federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jury-trial material-fact summary-judgment Does Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 permit the court to weigh competing evidence of a material fact from the moving party to grant summary judgmen…
21-51 Central Payment Co., LLC v. Custom Hair Designs by Sandy, LLC, On Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-procedure class-certification contract-interpretation contractual-rights-and-obligations federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure individualized-defenses rule-23 rules-enabling-act Whether a class may be certified under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure when the class claims turn on materially different contractual …
20-8177 Michael T. Brooks v. Agate Resources, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2021-06-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure due-process federal-rules informa-pauperis judicial-procedure pro-se-plaintiff rehabilitation-act retaliation standing Can the federal courts ignore the Federal Rules?
20-8056 Aaron J. Bressi v. Tracy McCloud, et al. Third Circuit 2021-05-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP amended-complaint civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-justice due-process federal-rules judicial-discretion motion-for-appointment public-issue standing How does this motion for appointment of counsel get dismissed and not be granted pursuant to Rule 22 U.S.C. 1915 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedu…
20-1591 Ashwin Khobragade v. Covidien LP Ninth Circuit 2021-05-17 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment employment-law federal-rules fraud qualified-immunity rico stare-decisis white-collar-litigation Is the Defendant Covidien LP entitled to the absolute qualified immunity?
20-7762 Biner Ma v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights damages due-process federal-rules jurisdiction misrepresentation reliance standing Whether a plaintiff has standing to sue while she did not act in reliance on the defendant's misrepresentation but another party acted in reliance on …
20-7689 Herve Wilmore, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-claim constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel misconstruction Does the court's misconstruction of the habeas corpus claim violate due process of law?
20-1389 Kaboni Savage v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-05 Denied appellate-procedure district-court federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion procedural-barriers record-on-appeal record-reconstruction statement-of-proceedings supplemental-record third-circuit transcript Whether the Third Circuit properly held—in conflict with decades of federal practice endorsing flexible procedures to assemble a complete record on ap…
20-7634 Nevia Abraham v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-01 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP appeals-court appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure district-court extraordinary-circumstances federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction motion-review rule-60b Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals had jurisdiction to review the District Court's February 13, 2019 Order granting Petitioner's Federal Ru…
20-1343 Audrey L. Kimner v. Web Watchers, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-24 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-procedure federal-rules first-amendment racketeering standing vacatur Whether the Supreme Court finds it appropriate by law, The United States Constitution and Federal Rule 60 to VACATE all attached federal orders in cas…
20-1323 Gregory Patmythes v. City of Madison, Wisconsin Seventh Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied appellate-rights civil-procedure clerk court-accessibility due-process electronic-filing federal-rules judicial-discretion pro-se-litigant procedural-failure standing Whether a pro se litigant can be penalized for a CM/ECF failure that renders the clerk's office inaccessible
20-7541 Billian Jo, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Mee Jin-Jo v. JPMC Specialty Mortgage, LLC Second Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied IFP appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure clerk-authority due-process federal-rules judicial-discretion judicial-oversight summary-order Whether the Second Circuit Clerk's authority regarding Summary Orders is appropriate under FRAP
20-7528 Jonathan Figueroa-Serrano v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-03-22 Denied IFP appellate-review conditional-plea criminal-procedure federal-courts federal-rules harmless-error plea-bargaining sentencing In conditional plea appeals, is an error harmless when (1) the error did not affect the defendant's choice to plead guilty; or (2) the error did not a…
20-7303 John Joseph Barrera v. Jessica Newsome, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-03-02 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure haines-v-kerner judicial-review pleading-standard prisoner-rights pro-se standing Whether the courts below held the pro se prisoner plaintiff to a higher pleading standard
20-7010 Israel Santiago-Lugo v. United States First Circuit 2021-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP ambiguity amendment-782 criminal-procedure federal-rules forfeiture molina-martinez-v-us peugh-v-us rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines Whether the sentence was imposed under U.S.S.G. §201.1(c)
20-7001 Aaron J. Bressi v. Jeffrey Brennen, et al. Third Circuit 2021-01-29 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP amendment civil-procedure due-process federal-rules free-speech judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss pleading pleading-standards standing How does this Amended Complaint not comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure?
20-6828 Mwenda Murithi v. Bryan Gleckler, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP ANOER-Son-v.-LIBERTY-LOBBY civil-procedure credibility-determinations deposition-testimony district-court due-process federal-rules material-fact summary-judgment venue Whether the district court and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals superseded this Court's ruling in ANOER Son v. LIBERTY LOBBY, INC., 477 U.S. 242, …
20-820 Denise Jackson v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Second Circuit 2020-12-17 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-programs federal-rules hearing-notice judicial-fairness Whether the court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's complaint without providing proper notice and opportunity to be heard
20-625 Joseph Findler v. Christopher Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-11-10 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-claims dismissal-with-prejudice entitlement-to-relief federal-rules iqbal-twombly pleading-standards subject-matter-jurisdiction unconstitutional-conduct Do the lower federal courts have the authority to depart from the pleading standards required by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and this Court's…
20-619 R. S., et al., Individually and on Behalf of Their Son, A. S. v. Board of Education Shenendehowa Central School District, et al. Second Circuit 2020-11-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure autism civil-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion motion-to-reopen pro-se pro-se-litigant standing time-limitations Whether an appellate court may sua sponte dismiss an appeal
20-393 Alex Rahmi v. Pill & Pill, PLLC West Virginia 2020-09-25 Denied asset-liquidation bankruptcy-fraud class-action due-process federal-rules foreclosure-fraud foreclosure-scheme retaliation whistleblower-protection What legal issues are being raised?
20-5817 Thomas Lewis v. Jonathan Decker, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-09-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure due-process exhaustion-of-remedies federal-rules grievance-procedure jurisdictional-challenge procedural-due-process standing summary-judgment Whether the appeals court erred in granting summary judgment based on a purported 'waived defense' under FRCP 12(b)(6) and contravening numerous decis…
20-5778 David Davalos, Sr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rules district-court-jurisdiction federal-rules forfeiture forfeiture-order jurisdiction money-judgment notice-of-appeal time-limits Whether a district court exceeds its jurisdiction by entering a preliminary order of forfeiture and an order of money judgment beyond the time limits …
20-334 City of San Antonio, Texas, On Behalf of Itself and All Other Similarly Situated Texas Municipalities v. Hotels.com, L.P., et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-09-14 Judgment Issued Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-costs circuit-split civil-procedure cost-award discretion federal-rules judicial-discretion procedural-interpretation standard-of-review Whether district courts lack discretion to deny or reduce appellate costs deemed taxable under Fed. R. App. P. 39(e)
20-5639 TJ Cain, aka Thomas J. Cain v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-09-09 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure involuntary-confession miranda-rights plain-error pretrial-motion suppression-of-evidence When a criminal defendant does not timely file a pretrial motion raising a claim covered by Federal-Rule-of-Criminal-Procedure-12(b)(8), is his claim …
20-5604 Atorbe Aaron Isibor v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-procedure federal-rules forfeiture olano venue venue-insufficiency waiver waiver-doctrine Whether a defendant who argues for the first time on appeal that the government failed to meet its burden to prove venue waives the issue or merely fo…
20-278 Marguerite Smith v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 11th-circuit appellate-procedure circuit-rules civil-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion jurisdiction mandate-issuance standing Does the 11th Circuit's circuit rules supersede the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedures, particularly when it results in depriving an individual due…
20-235 Edward J. Mierzwa v. Arkadiusz M. Dudek, et al. Third Circuit 2020-08-27 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-manipulation due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure racketeering supervisory-powers supreme-court-jurisdiction unlawful-process Will the Supreme Court exercise its supervisory powers to remedy the unlawful process enacted by the Lower Courts to substitute racketeering-based cou…
20-5300 Victor Santana-Gonzalez v. United States First Circuit 2020-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-error plain-error sentencing sentencing-procedure Does plain error apply to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure Rule 32(i)(4)(a)(ii) when the error is caused by the sentencing court
20-96 United States v. Kane County, Utah, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-07-30 Denied Relisted (5) circuit-conflict civil-procedure environmental-advocacy environmental-concerns federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure intervention intervention-of-right quiet-title quiet-title-action standing Whether an advocacy organization's environmental concerns qualify as an 'interest' required by Rule 24(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure f…
20-5098 Mikhail Tsukerman v. Western Community Unit School District No. 12 Seventh Circuit 2020-07-17 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion case-dismissal circuit-split civil-procedure due-process federal-rules judicial-discretion procedural-uniformity res-judicata standing uniformity-of-opinion Whether courts should protect plaintiffs from paying defendants' expenses from previously dismissed actions
20-5061 Philip Emiabata v. BB&T, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure notice pleadings pro-se-litigant rule-12d summary-judgment Whether the district court is required under Rule 12(d) to exclude matters outside the pleadings or give notice of conversion to summary judgment
19-8829 Anastasia Purnell v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-interpretation pro-se rule-of-law standing Should courts be held responsible for abuse of discretion when failing to follow the rule of law as written?
19-8588 Robert Donelson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-02 Denied IFP 404(b) circuit-split criminal-case criminal-procedure defendant-rights evidence-rule federal-rules federal-rules-of-evidence prior-act-evidence propensity-evidence propensity-free-link Whether Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b)'s prohibition against prior act evidence requires the government to demonstrate a propensity-free link between…
19-1328 Department of Justice v. House Committee on the Judiciary District of Columbia 2020-06-01 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (2) criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure grand-jury impeachment impeachment-trial judicial-proceeding legislative-body rule-6(e) rule-interpretation Whether an impeachment trial before a legislative body is a 'judicial proceeding' under Rule 6(e)(3)(E)(i) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
19-8453 John Christopher Dobbs v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure cross-reference district-court federal-rules firearm-possession judicial-findings presentence-report rule-32 sentencing-guidelines When a defendant disputes that he has committed a Cross Reference crime, does Rule 32(i)(3)(B) require the district court to make specific findings ab…
19-8389 Edward Yarbrough, Jr. v. J. Sullivan, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP bill-of-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-error federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure plain-error prosecutorial-misconduct remarks-authentication reversible-error trial-court Whether a prosecutor's uninvited inflammatory remarks made in summation, absent a timely explicit curative instruction, so infected the trial with unf…
19-7892 Frank Roark v. New York New York 2020-03-06 Denied IFP bar-admission civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-rules judicial-procedure new-york-law standing Whether Frank Poorlh has standing and is the real party in interest in this matter
19-7796 Kevin T. Hawkins v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure interlocutory-appeal ninth-circuit vindictive-prosecution Does the Ninth Circuit circuit rules supersede the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedures, particular when it results in depriving an individual due pr…
19-7645 Ramiro F. Gonzales v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure decisional-law due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-courts federal-rules gonzalez-v-crosby rule-60(b)(6) rule-60b6 split-among-circuits standing supreme-court-precedent Whether a change in decisional law may constitute an extraordinary circumstance justifying relief under Rule 60(b)(6)
19-7685 Dominic Lindsey v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-18 GVR IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure factual-determination factual-errors federal-rule-criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-error plain-error plain-error-review precedent sentencing standard-of-review Does plain-error review under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b) include factual errors?
19-1005 Hotze Health Wellness Center International One, LLC, et al. v. Environmental Research Center, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure article-iii-standing circuit-precedent en-banc-review federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure intra-circuit-splits jurisdictional-dismissal local-appellate-rules local-rules motions-panel subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Ninth Circuit's local rules for en banc review violate FED. R. APP. P. 47(a)(1) by allowing a three-judge motions panel to deny en banc re…
19-993 Irma Rosas v. Austin Independent School District, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-02-07 Denied appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-procedure dismissal due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion legal-interpretation motion-to-reopen Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims when it denied her motion to reopen her appeal, contrary to Federal Rule of Appellate …
19-7536 James Henry Simpson v. Martesha Bishop, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-liability criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution federal-rules immunity judicial-docketing prisoner-filing standing statutory-interpretation Should a U.S. District Court docket a Criminal Complaint as a civil action?
19-7454 Kenneth James Barfield v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-32 due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fifth-circuit gall-v-united-states guidelines preponderance-of-evidence presentence-report sentencing sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-watts Where the Government offers no evidence at sentencing in response to an objection to a factual assertion in the presentence report that increases a se…
19-7161 Aaron Michael Murray v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-protections criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure guilty-plea guilty-plea-withdrawal ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-withdraw plea-bargaining plea-colloquy sentencing withdrawal-of-plea Whether third-party affidavits filed with a motion to withdraw a guilty plea before sentencing, claiming ineffective assistance of counsel, overcomes …
19-787 Michael Lynn Robertson v. Banner Bank Tenth Circuit 2019-12-19 Denied appellate-jurisdiction bankruptcy-appeal bankruptcy-appeals bankruptcy-procedure claim-processing-rule federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-bankruptcy-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdictional-requirement jurisdictional-requirements notice-of-appeal whether-an-untimely-motion-to-alter-or-amend-a-jud Whether the time prescription for filing an appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 158(c)(2) is a jurisdictional requirement
19-6952 Sir Giorgio Sanford Clardy v. Judy Gilmore, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure default-judgment due-process federal-rules procedural-compliance service-of-process standing summons time-limitation time-limits timely-answer waiver Whether defendants must comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(1)(F) and timely answer after waiving service of summons
19-6825 Jorge Guerrero v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure good-cause plain-error pretrial-motions rule-12 rule-52 suppression-motion Whether Rule 12's good-cause standard displaces the plain-error standard in Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b)
19-6829 Lisa Washington v. Diana Deleon, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-court appeals civil-procedure civil-rico civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process federal-procedure federal-rules in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure procedural-rules recusal due-process,civil-rights,access-to-court,federal-procedure,recusal,civil-rico
19-6756 Rene Torres v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellant-notification appellate-procedure civil-procedure counsel-notification dismissal due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure legal-procedure notice rule-42(b) rule-42b standing Does the plain language of Rule 42(b) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure require counsel, when retained, to notify Appellant of dismissal?
19-6724 Lorie Anne Gunderson Zarum, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Theodore Lee Gunderson v. Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, et al. California 2019-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process fiduciary-duty harmless-error Question not identified. statute-of-limitations constitutional-rights due-process extrinsic-fraud federal-rules fiduciary-duty judicial-review state-judiciary statute-of-limitations united-states-v-throckmorton Where through breach of the fiduciary; no cause has ever been tried on the merits, no adversary trial has ever been provided, no decision has ever bee…
19-6589 Alicia Norman, Kendra Brantley, and Deenvaughn Rowe v. United States District of Columbia 2019-11-13 Denied IFP attorney-client-relationship criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-11 due-process federal-rules judicial-interference plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review Was the D.C. Circuit's affirmance of Petitioner Brantley's convictions erroneous and in conflict with other federal jurisdictions on the requirements …
19-6537 Christopher Everson v. Theresa Lantz, et al. Second Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules final-judgment frivolous frivolous-standard hearing judicial-discretion prima-facie-case rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) standing Can the frivolous standard of Title 28 U.S. Code section 1915 (e) (2) (B) (i) and (ii) be applied to a subsequent appeal of a decision on a motion for…
19-579 William Boateng v. BP, P.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-11-04 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-court federal-rules motion-to-dismiss rule-12(b)(6) rule-12(d) summary-judgment Can a Court of Appeals treat a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss as a converted motion for summary judgment under Rule 12(d) when the district court its…
19-6471 Diego Alonso Lozano-Perez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-determination constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure guilty-plea plea-bargaining rule-11 standing voluntariness voluntary-plea Whether the Court made the Constitutionally required determination that the guilty plea was truly voluntary
19-533 River Birch, Incorporated, et al. v. Waste Management of Louisiana, L.L.C. Fifth Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response Waived antitrust burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence civil-procedure civil-rico evidence evidentiary-inference federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure matsushita-standard precedent rule-56 summary-judgment Whether the holding in Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp. that 'ambiguous' circumstantial evidence does not support an inferen…
19-6248 In Re Warren Parks 2019-10-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure sanction-hearing sanctions standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the sanction imposed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit complied with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
19-393 Estelle Stein v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure district-court due-process due-process-clause evidence evidence-submission federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure summary-judgment Does a party have a right under the Due Process Clause to file evidence in opposition to a motion for summary judgment?
19-5714 Dianne Michele Carter v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation constitutional-supremacy due-process federal-rules internal-revenue-code judicial-procedure legislative-interpretation separation-of-powers service-of-process standing takings Is the Constitution or an ordinary act of the legislature superior?
19-5683 Isaiah Jermale Legall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-deadline appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion standing time-limit Whether equitable tolling applies to the time limit to appeal set forth in Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(b)(1)(A)
19-207 David Grober, et al. v. Mako Products, Inc. Federal Circuit 2019-08-16 Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof civil-procedure discovery due-process expense-sanctions federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion litigation-compliance reasoned-decision rule-37 sanctions Whether the mandatory expense sanctions of FRCP Rule 37 can be circumvented by a court ignoring, or reducing them, including to zero, absent the losin…
19-5553 Angela Roy v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-13 Denied IFP admissibility character-evidence circuit-split evidence-rule federal-rules federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-exception limits standards Whether the widely criticized 'inextricably intertwined' or 'intrinsic evidence' family of exceptions to Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) lack meaningf…
19-157 Eric Baggett v. Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC Fifth Circuit 2019-08-02 Denied Response Waived age-discrimination circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment employment-law federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure pleading-standard Whether the sufficiency of a pleading should be held to a heightened pleading standard requiring facts of each element of the claim when the claim is …
19-5399 Steven Talbert Williams v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2019-07-30 Denied IFP cestui-que civil-procedure collateral-claims court-of-appeals dismissal dismissals federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure local-procedural-rules local-rules pendent-jurisdiction standing Whether the Court will provide for further questioning upon Fed. R. App. P. 27, L.R. 27(d), (g), (i) and L.R. 40.2 of the Local Rules and Internal Ope…
19-5057 William Fletcher v. Corizon Health Services, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied IFP administrative-law administrative-remedies civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exhaustion-doctrine exhaustion-of-remedies federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure grievance-procedures judicial-review prison-grievance standing Did the Plaintiff Exhaust All Administrative Remedies of Idaho Department of Corrections Prison Policy of Grievance and Informal Resolution?
18-9780 Christopher Hannigan v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3551 component-parts criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judgment judgment-parsing judicial-discretion rule-32 sentencing sentencing-rules statutory-interpretation Does the language of Rule 32(k) and 18 U.S.C. §3551 allow for the court to parcel the judgment into component parts?
18-1560 Richard Leland Neal v. B. Marc Neal, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-06-21 Denied amended-complaint appellate-review civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-courts federal-rules motion-to-dismiss ninth-circuit pleadings rule-12(b)(6) standing Whether the Arizona District Court and the Ninth Circuit created a split by holding that defendants timely responded to Plaintiff's amended complaint …
18-9703 Milton Terry Kelton v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP base-offense-level criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure plain-error sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines Whether the Honorable Judge Brian C. Wimes and the U.S. Attorney James Bohling utilized two inapplicable statutory enhancements enacted after the offe…
18-9590 Stephen Mayer v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-33-b-1 criminal-procedure-33-b-2 federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure giglio giglio-violations napue napue-violations new-evidence post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct Whether evidence of Giglio/Napue violations can be utilized as new evidence under Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 33(b)(1) or if it is limited to …
18-9276 In Re Jesus Avila 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-procedure miscarriage-of-justice motion-recharacterization rule-60 rule-60(b)(6) standing statutory-interpretation Whether the re-characterization of Jesus Avila's properly filed Rule 60(b)(6) motion constitutes an impermissible miscarriage of justice
18-8914 Manuel Cazares v. Jay Cassady, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-04-19 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 conclusiveness district-court due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-procedure lower-court reply rules-governing-section-2254 section-2254 writ-of-habeas-corpus May Rule 5(e) of the Rules Governing Section 2254 cases in the United States District Courts, entitled Reply, be disregarded by the lower court?
18-8363 Joshua G. Stegemann v. United States Second Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 appellate-procedure circuit-court criminal-appeal dismissal federal-rules greenlaw-v-united-states gvr in-forma-pauperis neitzke-v-williams party-presentation-rule sua-sponte sua-sponte-dismissal Whether the Second Circuit may dismiss a criminal appeal sua sponte under Neitzke v. Williams and 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (e) without briefing by any party a…
18-8163 Pierre Andre Basson v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied IFP civil-procedure due-process federal-rules motion-to-dismiss notice opportunity-to-be-heard pro-se pro-se-plaintiff summary-judgment When considering a Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim Upon which Relief May be Granted Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(…
18-8144 Sami Albra v. Selene Finance, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 9th-circuit appellate-procedure circuit-rules civil-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure injunctive-relief judicial-discretion standing Does the 9th Circuit's circuit rules supersede the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedures, particularly when it results in depriving an individual due …
18-1086 Lucky Brand Dungarees, Inc., et al. v. Marcel Fashions Group, Inc. Second Circuit 2019-02-21 Judgment Issued Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-split civil-procedure claim-preclusion defense-preclusion due-process fairness-to-defendants federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure issue-preclusion res-judicata Whether federal preclusion principles can bar a defendant from raising defenses that were not actually litigated and resolved in any prior case betwee…
18-7908 Twila Haynes v. Walmart, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 7th-amendment civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-rules in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction legal-malpractice pro-se-litigation seventh-amendment standing Whether an in forma pauperis (IFP) status granted by one district court is transferable to another district court
18-7319 Charles J. Greene v. Alabama Department of Revenue, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP alternative-pleading causality causation civil-procedure civil-procedure-pleading-standards civil-procedure-pleading-standards-discovery-causa civil-rights discovery discovery-standards due-process employer-liability federal-rules heightened-pleading-requirements judicial-review pleading-standards Whether the court of appeals' decision is in conflict with the Twigbal holdings
18-885 Bennie Kennedy, et al. v. Schneider Electric, fka Square D Company Seventh Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-455 case-consolidation civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-review pleadings standing summary-judgment supervisory-power Whether or not this Court should call for an exercise of this Court's supervisory power by rejecting the Seventh Circuit's reasoning
18-7040 Adam L. Perry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights concurrent-jurisdiction constitutional-codes court-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-rules legal-jurisdiction procedural-rules standing state-codes state-courts Whether state courts have concurrent jurisdiction with federal courts, and whether state court judges can facilitate procedures to address violations …
18-7009 Jimmy Davis v. United States Third Circuit 2018-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure notice notice-requirement procedural-due-process supervised-release third-circuit Whether Mr. Davis was denied procedural due process
18-6586 Bruce Wood v. Delaware Delaware 2018-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard federal-rules judicial-review new-evidence post-conviction post-conviction-relief privileges-and-immunities Does Delaware's Amended' Superior Court Criminal Rule 61 and/or Delaware State Courts' decisions violate Due Process Rights (14th Amendment)
18-582 Stephen Yagman v. Michael J. Colello Ninth Circuit 2018-11-05 Denied anti-SLAPP civil-procedure federal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure iqbal rules-enabling-act supreme-court-precedent twombly Whether a state anti-SLAPP statute can be used to dismiss a claim in federal court when its application is contrary to the Rules Enabling Act, Federal…
18-6300 Cheryl Singleton v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP allocution criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure joint-stipulation presentence-investigation presentence-investigation-report sentencing Does the filing of joint stipulation(s) as to the presentence investigation report entitle the defendant to allocution on the modified terms, under Fe…
18-326 Estate of Bernice Goldberg by Executor Gary Goldberg v. Philip Nimoityn, et al. Third Circuit 2018-09-13 Denied civil-procedure due-process expert-testimony federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure perjury procedural-due-process sanctions trial-evidence Is a federal court required to follow the federal Rules of Civil Procedure and procedural due process, which mandate that an expert's report and depos…
18-316 Brian Arthur Weese v. Maryland Fourth Circuit 2018-09-11 Denied civil-procedure-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process facial-challenge federal-jurisdiction federal-rules jurisdictional-challenge material-allegations nonmoving-party personal-jurisdiction pleading-requirements sovereign-immunity standing subject-matter-jurisdiction sufficiency-of-pleadings Whether the court lacks subject matter and personal jurisdiction over the case
18-5758 Annamalai Annamalai v. Parvathi Sivanadiyan Fifth Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-procedure-68 dismissal dismissal-with-prejudice federal-rule-68 federal-rule-civil-procedure federal-rules frivolous frivolous-complaint judgment-offer mailbox-rule offer-and-acceptance offer-of-judgment prejudice prison-mailbox-rule prisoner-filing Whether a district court can dismiss a complaint filed under 9 U.S.C.4 as frivolous and can dismiss with prejudice, after the mailing of an unconditio…
18-5575 In Re Allah 2018-08-13 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP case-dismissal civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules judicial-misconduct judicial-procedure judicial-review malicious-prosecution mandamus standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the lower courts failed to properly dismiss the malicious prosecution against him, i…
18-115 Kimothy Maurice Wynn v. Washington Ninth Circuit 2018-07-26 Denied civil-procedure due-process facial-challenge federal-courts federal-rules jurisdictional-challenge material-allegations personal-jurisdiction pleading-requirements pleadings sovereign-immunity standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Lack of subject matter and personal jurisdiction
18-5125 Kenneth Lee Foster v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 civil-procedure due-process fair-trial federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-remedy procedural-error prosecutorial-misconduct rule-60(b) Whether Petitioner was deprived of a fair opportunity to seek relief through 28 U.S.C. § 2255 and whether Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro…
25A439 William P. DeBoskey v. Goshen Mortgage, as Separate Trustee for GDBT 1 Trust 2011-1, et al. Eleventh Circuit Application 28-usc-1447 diversity-jurisdiction federal-rules remand removal sua-sponte Whether a federal district court may sua sponte remand a removed case to state court after the statutory thirty-day period for challenging removal has…