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25-784 Kiya Cunningham v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Fourth Circuit 2026-01-05 Pending amendment-of-pleadings civil-rights discovery-sanctions due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure summary-judgment This petition presents recurring questions concerning the procedural limits of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 56, 37, and 15, and the due-process pr…
24-1286 Jeffrey Buford v. Georgia Georgia 2025-06-17 Denied Response Waived constitutional-authority due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure original-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the U.S. Supreme Court has original jurisdiction when a state is a party to the case and a citizen of another state is involved
24-42 Scott Meide v. Pulse Evolution Corporation, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-16 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure corporate-assignment due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-interpretation legal-standing procedural-rules separation-of-powers standing unbiased-judiciary Has F.R.Civ. P. been abrogated by judicial fiat?
23-1348 In Re Charles Simon 2024-06-27 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act all-writs-act civil-rights civil-rights-act-1964 due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure first-amendment judicial-impartiality judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation Whether the Three Judge Panel's order denied and rubber-stamped the Mandamus All Writs Act 28 U.S.C. section 1651, consolidated with the appeal, ignor…
23-1259 BLOM Bank SAL v. Michal Honickman, et al. Second Circuit 2024-06-03 Judgment Issued Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) amendment-standard civil-procedure district-court extraordinary-circumstances federal-rules-of-civil-procedure finality-of-judgments judgment-finality rule-15(a) rule-60(b)(6) second-circuit Whether Rule 60(b)(6)'s stringent standard applies to a post-judgment request to vacate for the purpose of filing an amended complaint
23-7621 Kevin Rashaan Golden v. City of Longview, Public Works Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-06-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure discrimination discrimination-claim federal-rules-of-civil-procedure mcdonnell-douglas mcdonnell-douglas-test reeves rule-52 rule-56 summary-judgment Whether the court of appeals departed from this Court's holdings
23-1253 McLaughlin Freight Services, Inc. v. ContiTech USA, Inc. Eighth Circuit 2024-05-31 Denied civil-procedure claim-processing claim-processing-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judgment judgment-amendment nutraceutical-corp-v-lambert remittitur rule-59 sua-sponte time-limitation Can a district court disregard Rule 59's claim-processing rule by sua sponte remitting and amending a judgment more than nine months after Rule 59's t…
23-1205 Wayne Johnson for Congress, Inc., et al. v. Jeremy C. Hunt, dba Jeremy for Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure dismissal eleventh-circuit federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure mail-fraud pleading-requirements pleading-standards wire-fraud Did the Eleventh Circuit err in affirming the dismissal of Petitioners' suit due to the purported failure of Petitioners to comply with the heightened…
23-1178 First Floor Living, LLC v. City of Cleveland, Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-05-01 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure discovery discovery-rights due-process evidentiary-standards federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-procedure motion-to-dismiss summary-judgment trial-court-discretion Whether a trial court may enter summary judgment against a party without allowing that party to conduct discovery
23-7349 Scott Zirus v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Fifth Circuit 2024-04-30 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-challenge due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure housing-assistance mandamus property-rights regulatory-taking standing venue-transfer whether-mandamus-relief-is-available
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…
23-7228 Jimmy D. Woods v. Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-15 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP article-iii civil-rights-damages due-process equal-protection federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-power subject-matter-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-rights Whether Article III jurisdiction extends to cases arising under the Constitution and federal law
23-7186 Anthony Roland v. Department of Justice Seventh Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourteenth-amendment in-camera-review judicial-system legal-proceeding meet-and-confer preliminary-injunction summary-judgment Whether permitted by Due Process shall a ruling and proceeding take place without a 'Meet and Confer'?
23-7110 Ileen Cain v. Mercy University, fka Mercy College, et al. Second Circuit 2024-03-29 Denied IFP civil-procedure document-exclusion federal-rules-of-civil-procedure finality first-amendment frcp-60b judgement judgment-finality pro-se-pleading rule-60(b) standing Which juncture of federal civil proceedings constitute Judgement entered establishes the finality of a civil complaint, Pursuant to Federal Rule Civil…
23-1061 Hawkeye Gold, LLC v. China National Materials Industry Import and Export Corporation, dba Sinoma Eighth Circuit 2024-03-28 Denied circuit-split civil-procedure default-judgment federal-rules-of-civil-procedure motion-to-set-aside personal-jurisdiction rule-12b waiver Whether a party waives the defense of lack of personal jurisdiction if available but omitted from its first court filing in a motion to set aside a de…
23-7103 Marilyn Eason v. Cook County Correctional Facility, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-standing pleadings standing Whether the district court erred in denying the petitioner's motion to amend the complaint under Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
23-7066 Tremane Wood v. Christe Quick, Warden Tenth Circuit 2024-03-25 Denied IFP 28-usc-1291 appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rule-60b strickland-v-washington Does the court of appeals have jurisdiction to review a district court's decision that a habeas petitioner's Rule 60(b)(6) motion is an unauthorized s…
23-1032 Gary Topolewski v. URS Holdings, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-03-19 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure discovery-sanctions due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure inherent-authority ninth-circuit rule-37 sanctions Is Societe Internationale still good law, thereby making the Ninth Circuit's practice of substituting an inherent authority' analysis for Rule 37 juri…
23-980 Facebook, Inc., et al. v. Amalgamated Bank, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-03-06 Judgment Issued Amici (13)Relisted (2) circuit-split disclosure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure loss-causation materiality pleading-standard risk-disclosure securities-fraud What public companies must disclose in the 'risk factors' section of their 10-K filings
23-6717 Steve Van Horne v. Robert Jones, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-02-09 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-discretion due-process excusable-neglect federal-rules-of-civil-procedure haines-v-kerner legal-technicalities timeliness united-states-v-lee Whether the circumstances surrounding the petitioner's late filing of an appeal qualify as surprise, excusable neglect, and other compelling circumsta…
23-6620 Bruce A. Quarles v. Joseph Terra, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Phoenix, et al. Third Circuit 2024-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights diligence-requirement due-process ex-post-facto federal-rules-of-civil-procedure rule-60 rule-60(d)(1) timely-filing Is an imposition of a diligence requirement upon a timely filed Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 60(d)(1) motion a violation of the rule?
23-814 Visa Inc., et al. v. National ATM Council, Inc., et al. District of Columbia 2024-01-29 Denied Amici (1) antitrust antitrust-impact civil-procedure class-action class-certification classwide-impact federal-rule-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure material-dispute merits merits-determination Whether a district court validly certifies a class under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3)
23-810 Harold Jean-Baptiste v. Almonte Stream Food Corporation Second Circuit 2024-01-26 Denied appellate-procedure circuit-rule civil-procedure court-procedure default-judgment due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-error procedural-default second-circuit standing Whether inexcusable error or neglect by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Clerk by not ruling for default judgment
23-6456 Tyree Earl Ford v. Carmine Marceno, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-11 Denied IFP civil-litigation civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-orders due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-review legal-procedure standing summary-judgment Whether the District Court followed the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and granted summary judgment for non-compliance with the Court's order
23-6451 Travis Dwight Green v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-01-10 Denied IFP abandonment attorney-abandonment cause cause-doctrine circuit-split federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus maples-v-thomas mental-incompetence procedural-default standard-of-review Are a district court's findings on habeas abandonment subject to clear error review?
23-658 Medical Transportation Management, Inc. v. Isaac Harris, et al. District of Columbia 2023-12-19 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure class-certification commonality federal-rules-of-civil-procedure policy-uniformity rule-23 significant-proof uniform-policy Where class certification is based on allegations that a defendant's policy or practice has injured class members, what constitutes 'significant proof…
23-648 Brinker International, Inc. v. Eric Steinmetz, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-15 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure class-action class-certification consumer-credit damages damages-uniformity federal-rules-of-civil-procedure individualized-injury predominance-requirement rule-23 rules-enabling-act Whether a class can be certified by ignoring individualized issues of damages and injury and instead proposing to award every class member the same 'a…
23-6239 Christopher Everson v. Angel Quiros, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction, et al. Second Circuit 2023-12-12 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fraud fraud-on-court independent-action judicial-procedure mandate-rule rule-60 timing timing-limitations Is the filing of an independent action under FRCP 60(d)(1) for fraud on the court distinguishable from FRCP 60(b)(3) fraud?
23-6227 Jose Antonio Cortez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus reasonable-time rule-60b6 sixth-amendment unanimous-jury-verdict Whether the court of appeals side-stepped the requirements of a Certificate of Appealability
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
23-6094 Dena Inez Minton v. Miranda Richardson, Warden Fourth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa civil-rights court-filing due-process federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus legal-documents prisoner-rights procedural-due-process standing Why is the petitioner being denied relief, when there has been a significant infringement of petitioner's Constitutional Rights
23-517 Jeffrey Pratt v. Tony Helms, in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Camden County, Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-11-16 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts circuit-split civil-procedure constitutional-claim federal-rules-of-civil-procedure government-misconduct johnson-v-city-of-shelby meritorious-claims pleadings-doctrine Whether the Eighth Circuit impermissibly reestablished the long-abolished pleadings doctrine
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…
23-457 Terrance Nelson Cates v. Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-rights federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jury-trial medical-evidence summary-judgment Whether a circuit court must review evidence considered on a motion for reconsideration when reviewing a grant of summary judgment
23-5874 In Re L. E. Pauli Coffey 2023-10-25 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourteenth-amendment mandamus sovereign-immunity standing timely-response Do the Federal Laws of Civil Procedure (Fed R. Civ. P 12) and the Federal Laws of Appellate Procedure (31) set a time limit for a respondent to respon…
23-422 Shirley T. Sherrod, et al. v. Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary of Labor Seventh Circuit 2023-10-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) affirmative-defenses amendment civil-procedure erisa federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fiduciary-duties rule-15 standing statutory-interpretation Whether the underlying rulings contradict the plain text of the applicable ERISA provisions in finding a breach of Petitioners' fiduciary duties and d…
23-409 Henri N. Beaulieu, Jr. v. Samuel Powell, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a State Trooper for the State of Alabama, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-18 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourteenth-amendment pleading-requirements pleading-standards section-1983 shotgun-pleading twombly-iqbal Whether the Eleventh Circuit's application of the 'shotgun pleading' standard conflicts with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Supreme Court pr…
23-5822 Gina Russomanno v. Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2023-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure frcp-rules jurisdiction jurisdiction-statement motion-for-permission pro-se rule-54b standing Whether the Supreme Court will consider the merits of the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
23A298 Yehoram Uziel v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-10-05 Presumed Complete abuse-of-discretion due-process equal-protection-clause federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discrimination self-represented-litigant Whether the Ninth Circuit violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments and abused its discretion under 28 U.S.C. § 455 …
23-352 Christopher A. Rogalski v. Laureate Education, Inc. Third Circuit 2023-10-03 Denied Relisted (3) 12(b)(6) appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure collateral-order-doctrine diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment forum-non-conveniens forum-selection forum-selection-clause standing Must the result of a motion to dismiss based upon a claimed forum selection clause under F.R.C.P. 12(b)(6) be considered the same as a dismissal for f…
23-5687 Isaac Brunson v. DeKalb County Schools Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-discrimination civil-rights employment-discrimination federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jury-trial pro-se-litigation seventh-amendment summary-judgment Will the Supreme Court continue to allow federal district and appellate courts to pervert the original intention of the summary judgement device and t…
23-5585 Scott David Creech v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourth-amendment franks-v-delaware habeas-corpus rule-60-motion statute-of-limitations stone-v-powell Can a 60(b)(6) motion be considered a 60(b)(3) claim if it does not assert relief from judgment due to fraud, misrepresentation, or misconduct by an o…
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
23-5521 Jackie Gaff v. MSNI Advantage, L.P., et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-09-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure foreclosure foreclosure-procedure non-judicial-foreclosure standing standing-requirement ucc ucc-regulations Whether Petitioner's Constitutional Rights and Due Process were violated through Texas non-judicial foreclosure and abuse of FRCP 12(b)(6) motions
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…
23-5441 Mika 'ya Ali Shakur v. Sergeant Thompson Fourth Circuit 2023-08-25 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment federal-rules-of-civil-procedure prison-healthcare serious-medical-need Whether the plaintiff's allegation of denial of Eighth Amendment right to serious medical need for COVID-19 vaccine fails to satisfy Fed. R. Civ. P. 8…
23-166 Hilton Hotels Retirement Plan, et al. v. Valerie White, et al. District of Columbia 2023-08-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appeal-period civil-procedure class-certification equitable-tolling federal-rules-of-civil-procedure nutraceutical-corp-v-lambert rule-23(f) rule-23f time-limitation time-period Do successive motions for class certification restart the fourteen-day period under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f) for seeking permission to ap…
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?
23-111 United States, ex rel. Howard Beck v. St. Joseph Health System, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction post-judgment-motion post-judgment-motions rule-59 timely-appeal Whether a court-created exception barring successive post-judgment motions can deprive a court of appeals of jurisdiction over an appeal that is timel…
23-5197 Marshall Ray Partain v. Jason Hallmark, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-07-26 Denied IFP appeal-dismissal civil-procedure court-of-appeals deadlines due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure filing-deadline judicial-process legal-timeliness mental-illness procedural-grounds standing Should a federal district court allow an appeal to proceed if the opposing party fails to object to an untimely filed appeal?
23-5128 In Re Mark T. Stinson, Sr. 2023-07-18 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 6th-circuit abuse-of-discretion appellate-review circuit-court federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-discretion mandamus motion-denial rule-60b section-2255 Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit abuse its discretion by refusing to answer Stinson's § 2255 motion?
23-1 Eric Clopper v. President & Fellows of Harvard College, et al. First Circuit 2023-06-30 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived amendment-right civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment procedural-due-process rule-12(b) rule-12b rule-15 rule-15(a) Did the District Court, the First Circuit Panel and the en banc Panel violate the procedural due process guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the U.S.…
22-1231 Laird J. Heal v. Wells Fargo, N.A., as Trustee for WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Services 2006-PR2 Trust, et al. First Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-estoppel motions-to-strike standard-of-review summary-judgment Whether the motions to strike under Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c)(2) were decided correctly
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?
22-7748 Mike Webb v. James Christian Kimmel, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-06-09 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure default-judgment discretionary-power evidence-exclusion federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-review motion-to-dismiss rico rico-statute Whether it is an abuse of discretion to exclude relevant evidence in a RICO case
22-7611 George Cunningham v. Maria Quinn, et vir Sixth Circuit 2023-05-22 Denied IFP 14th-amendment becker-v-montgomery child-custody civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure icara material-evidence notice-of-appeal standing Should the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit have accepted a corrected notice of appeal involving failure to sign, in conflict with…
22-7591 In Re Mark T. Stinson, Sr. 2023-05-18 Dismissed IFP 28-usc-1361 28-usc-1915 civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure mandamus service-of-process standing statutory-interpretation Did the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Arkansas Judge violate Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 4(c)(3), and 28 U.S.C. §1915(d)?
22-7574 Nawaz Ahmed v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure final-judgment mental-illness notice-of-appeal pro-se-motion separate-document-rule separate-judgment statutory-interpretation timely-appeal whether-the-court-of-appeal-erred-in-its-reliance-on-28-u.s.c.-§-2101(c)
22-1052 Patricia Hermann v. Jonathan B. McFarland, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure good-cause judicial-discretion procedural-motion reconsideration time-extension Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying a motion for extension of time under Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(1)(A) where the record showed go…
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?
22-6886 Kavin Maurice Rhodes v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence actual-innocence-standard brady-material brady-v-maryland constitutional-error federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus napue-v-illinois postconviction-discovery schlup-v-delo statute-of-limitations Can a District Court erroneously declare timely and proven Brady-Napue claims untimely
22-6865 Jennifer Reinoehl v. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-02-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure complaint-sufficiency due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-bias judicial-discretion jurisdiction pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation standing Whether Courts have discretion to hold pro se litigants to a strictly following Fed.R.Civ.P. while ignoring represented litigants' late filings and wh…
22-769 Weixing V. Wang v. Brandywyne Common Condominium New Hampshire 2023-02-16 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process evidence-rules federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-misconduct standing summary-judgment Solely-with-lies-and-fabricated-numbers-on-paper-without-evidence-how-can-petitioner-be-ordered-to-pay
22-6638 James Ralph Dawson, Jr. v. Jeff Archambeau, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-procedure remedies standing statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Whether Kelsi failed to show actual harm to entitle him to entire Remedies pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(c), the limiting the AEDPA's 1-year statute …
22-6459 Lenroy McLean v. United States Second Circuit 2023-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure government-misconduct government-review procedural-motion section-2255 section-3504 statutory-interpretation wiretapping Whether the Fed.R.Civ.P. 60 procedure qualifies as a Proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 3504(a)(1)
22-6447 In Re David A. Avery 2023-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrariness civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion jury-trial state-constitution state-rules-of-civil-procedure trial-by-jury Whether the petitioner is entitled to the provisions set forth in the Bill of Rights, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Tennessee Constitution…
22-608 CVG Ferrominera Orinoco, C.A. v. Commodities & Minerals Enterprise Ltd. Second Circuit 2023-01-03 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-award federal-arbitration-act federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-sovereign-immunities-act new-york-convention public-policy service-of-process service-of-summons Did the Second Circuit err in holding service of a Summons pursuant to Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fed. R. Civ. P. 4, upon a party…
22-597 Herbert W. G. Clanton v. Sam's Club, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-12-29 Denied Response Waived civil-rights civil-rights-act-of-1964 constitutional-amendments discrimination-in-employment due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection federal-rules-of-civil-procedure Whether the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure required compliance with the minimum benefits, privileges, immunities, and degrees of protection guarante…
22-6416 Nicholas Lee Blair v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 civil-procedure dismissal dismissal-without-prejudice federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus new-evidence rule-60(b) rule-60b time-bar Whether a Petitioner can utilize a motion under Rule 60(b) Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or similar vehicle, to overcome a dismissal without preju…
22-574 Tiffany Lay, et vir v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-21 Denied Response Waived appellate-review bench-trial bench-trials circuit-court-review civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure findings-of-fact judicial-findings obiter-dictum standard-of-review stare-decisis Whether Federal District Court judges properly comply with FRCP 52(a) in conducting complex bench trials
22-6186 Michael Andrew Jace v. Ronald Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-12-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-deadlines civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus look-through-presumption post-conviction-relief rule-60b time-limits Is Rule 60(b) available as a means of providing relief to an individual who missed the appellate deadlines in Rule 4(a)(1) and Rule 4(a)(5)?
22-6122 Danny Wayne Alcoser v. Kathryne Ford, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-11-21 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-circuit judicial-discretion rule-15 standing sua-sponte supervisory-power Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings
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…
22-400 Mark Barinholtz v. HomeAdvisor, Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-10-31 Denied appellate-review civil-procedure federal-courts federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion jurisdiction jurisdictional-rules procedural-flexibility timeliness timeliness-doctrine Whether federal courts should follow strict timeliness rules for appellate review or allow flexibility to exercise rights of review in an orderly, rea…
22-5703 Charles Michael Ledford v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourth-circuit habeas-corpus pro-se statute-of-limitations summary-dismissal Whether it is inconsistent with this Court's Slack v. McDaniel 524 U.S. 473 (2002) standard for a Court of Appeals to decline to issue a Certificate o…
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
22-169 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
22-147 Reshawn Armstrong v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit 2022-08-16 Denied Response Waived employment-discrimination ex-parte-communication federal-rules-of-civil-procedure material-facts prima-facie-case protected-class similar-situated summary-judgment supervisor-liability Whether a Judge committed ex parte communication
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…
22-5092 James Eric Moore v. Jason Koenigsfeld, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-07-13 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure discrimination-claims dismissal due-process expedited-funds-availability federal-rules-of-civil-procedure service-of-process standing statutory-interpretation sua-sponte-dismissal Did the district court sua sponte dismissal of complaint prior to service of complaint and summons on defendants violate Federal Rules of Civil Proced…
21-8280 James Michael Forney v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process electronic-dockets federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-notice procedural-dismissal rule-4 section-2254 timeliness Whether Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases allows the district court to research online electronic dockets, take judicial notice, and di…
21-8080 Travis Horne v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure district-court error-of-law excusable-neglect federal-rules-of-civil-procedure final-judgment inadvertence mistake relief-from-judgment rule-60b surprise Whether Rule 60(b)(1) authorizes relief based on a district court's error of law
21-7989 Peter Vu v. San Francisco Police Department, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-05-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-review pleading-standard prison-litigation-reform-act stare-decisis u.s-constitution Whether the Iqbal & Twombly fact-pleading standard applied and extended in the Ninth Circuit through the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) in Hebbe …
21-7952 Steven P. Grados v. United States Third Circuit 2022-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-motion constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-assignment magistrate-judge procedural-error recusal retaliation third-circuit-court-of-appeals Whether a trial judge can assign a non-consent magistrate judge to hear a 2255 motion involving the trial judge's own actions
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
21-1460 Cynthia Sue Mary, et al. v. QEP Energy Company, fka Questar Exploration & Production Company Fifth Circuit 2022-05-18 Denied continuing-trespass disgorgement-of-profits federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-circuit louisiana-law oil-and-gas-pipelines summary-judgment trespassing-pipelines Did the Fifth Circuit erroneously fail to determine and apply the substantive law of Louisiana with respect to 'disgorgement of profits' from trespass…
21-7604 Antonio U. Akel v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-12 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appeal certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eleventh-circuit federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas habeas-corpus procedural-access standing Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals approach and practice in the Certificate of Appealability (COA) context are significantly out of step wi…
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)
21-1175 Harold Jean-Baptiste v. Department of Justice, et al. District of Columbia 2022-02-24 Denied Response Waived 11th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-order default-judgment federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure human-rights judicial-review state-sovereign-immunity Whether the DC Appeal Court can ignore inexcusable neglect by the Superior Court for failure to apply Default Judgement
21-7187 Paul E. Jozwiak v. Raytheon Missile Systems, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-02-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP alternative-service civil-procedure civil-rights covid-19 covid-restrictions due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-procedure jurisdictional-authority magistrate-judge service-of-process What-methods-for-service-of-process-must-a-court-accept-when-mail-signature-services-and-personal-process-services-were-suspended
21-7164 Charles Pyne v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus magistrate-judge post-conviction-relief subject-matter-jurisdiction unreviewable-determination Whether a certificate of appealability should issue
21-1062 Keith Robert Caldwell, Sr. v. Department of Transportation, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment appellate-review civil-procedure dismissal-of-defendants due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice safety-act Did the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals circumvent the appeals process by ignoring significant evidence which demonstrated that the district court trial…
21-1040 Corona Clay Company v. Inland Empire Waterkeeper, a Project of Orange County Coastkeeper, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-01-26 Denied article-iii-standing citizen-suit civil-rights clean-water-act due-process environmental-law federal-rules-of-civil-procedure informational-injury jurisdictional-waters standing Whether a plaintiff can establish Article III standing in a private citizen suit under the Clean Water Act without proving actual or threatened harm
21-1028 International Energy Ventures Management, L.L.C. v. United Energy Group, Ltd. Fifth Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) appellate-review arbitration arbitration-waiver circuit-split civil-procedure clear-error-standard deference fact-finding federal-rules-of-civil-procedure litigation-conduct rule-52a standard-of-review Whether prejudice is part of the test for litigation conduct waiver in the context of an arbitration clause
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…
21-991 Diana Berber v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-12 Denied appellate-review civil-procedure extraordinary-circumstances federal-rules-of-civil-procedure hazel-atlas-glass-co-v-hartford-empire-co judicial-precedent klapprott-v-united-states liljeberg-v-health-services-acquisition-corp manifest-injustice rule-60-motion Did the Court of Appeals, despite the presence of the requisite 'extraordinary circumstances', by affirming the District Court's denial of Petitioner …
21-6773 In Re Robert L. Hedrick 2022-01-07 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure pleadings rule-8(a) standing Did the Court Error in ruling that the 'complaint failed to comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)?
21-6733 Freddie Cleveland v. Chad Wakefield, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Smithfield, et al. Third Circuit 2021-12-27 Denied IFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure discretionary-review due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure gonzalez-v-crosby mens-rea rule-60b6 third-circuit Did the District Court and the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit abuse its discretion when not granting Petitioner's certificate of appealability
21-6613 DeAndre Russell, et ux. v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights class-action constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-act pro-se standing stare-decisis Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
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?
21-771 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…
21-692 Sergeant Haystings, et al. v. Albert B. Korb Third Circuit 2021-11-10 Denied administrative-remedies civil-procedure civil-rights exhaustion-requirement federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-procedure prison-litigation-reform-act standing supplemental-pleading Whether a prisoner can cure a violation of the Prison Litigation Reform Act's mandatory pre-suit exhaustion requirement by filing a supplemental plead…
21-6220 Jehoni Kierre Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-09 Denied IFP 2255-motion abuse-of-discretion amendment civil-procedure direct-appeal district-court-discretion evidentiary-hearing federal-rules-of-civil-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal Whether the District Court denying petitioner's request to Amend is in conflict with The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 15?
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
21-635 Larry Fields v. Cincinnati, Ohio Police Department, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-11-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure magistrate-judge standing trial-fairness Whether the magistrate judge intended violation of the federal rules of civil Procedure?
21-622 Susan Elaine Devine v. Absolute Activist Value Master Fund Limited, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure dismissal district-court-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction modification motion-modification protective-order rule-41 voluntary-dismissal Whether the voluntary dismissal of a plaintiff's suit under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1) permanently strips the district court of jurisdic…
21-577 Fredric N. Eshelman v. Puma Biotechnology, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure damages damages-challenge defamation federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judgment-as-matter-of-law rule-50 sufficiency-of-evidence unitherm unitherm-precedent Whether a defendant who did not file a Rule 50 motion for judgment as a matter of law in the district court can nonetheless raise a sufficiency of the…
21-559 Todd W. Hutton, et al. v. Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. Fifth Circuit 2021-10-15 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure counsel-illness excusable-neglect federal-rules-of-civil-procedure illness-of-counsel rule-60b summary-judgment texas-law Is illness of counsel which results in failure to comply with the local rules, a basis for relief as inadvertence or excusable neglect under Federal R…
21-478 Ee Hoong Liang v. Panircelvan Kaliannan, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-09-30 Denied due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure forum-non-conveniens minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction summary-judgment Questions Presented
21-5833 In Re Leslie Willis 2021-09-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure district-court federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure perpetuate-evidence petition-to-perpetuate-evidence rule-27 rule-27-petition standing trust-litigation writ-of-mandamus writ-of-prohibition Whether the Court should issue a WRIT OF PROHIBITION, WRIT IN MANDAMUS/MANDATE, WRIT OF PROHIBITION
21-426 Elias Karkalas v. Linda Marks, et al. Third Circuit 2021-09-21 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure dismissal federal-complaint federal-rules-of-civil-procedure personal-knowledge pleading pleading-standard source-of-knowledge standing Is a federal complaint subject to dismissal when the plaintiff fails to identify the source of his knowledge of specific information contained in the …
21-5726 Dexter Earl Kemp v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-20 Judgment Issued Amici (1)IFP civil-procedure district-court error-of-law excusable-neglect federal-rules-of-civil-procedure final-judgment inadvertence mistake relief-from-judgment rule-60b surprise Whether Rule 60(b)(1) authorizes relief based on a district court's error of law
21-5608 David Angel Sifuentes v. John Prelesnik, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure standing Whether a district court has discretion to reopen a case under Rule 60(b) more than a year after the final judgment was entered
21-5527 Kerry Kotler v. L. Jubert, Deputy Superintendent of Security, et al. Second Circuit 2021-08-30 Denied IFP civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure incarcerated-plaintiffs motion-to-substitute rule-25 service-of-process statement-of-death substitution successor successor-or-representative Substitution-requirements-under-FRCP-25(a)
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…
21-146 Christine Clifford, as Administrator of the Estate of John Clifford, et al. v. Richard Federman, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-03 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-courts federal-rules-of-civil-procedure pleading-standard pleadings rule-12 rule-8 shotgun-pleading twombly-and-iqbal Whether the Eleventh Circuit's 'shotgun pleading' rule used to strike pleadings with prejudice directly conflicts with the Twombly and Iqbal standard …
21-84 Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, et al. v. Victim Rights Law Center, et al. First Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) adequate-representation circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure government-litigation governmental-litigant intervention intervention-as-of-right presumption-of-adequacy presumption-of-adequate-representation standing title-ix Whether a movant who seeks to intervene as of right on the same side as a governmental litigant must overcome a presumption of adequate representation
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 …
21-15 Don Peterson, et al. v. Russ Jones, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-07-07 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment first-amendment free-speech Is an order punishing a citizen's exercise of guaranteed constitutional freedoms patently unconstitutional and void, subject to mandatory relief under…
21-5018 In Re Zoe Ajjahnon 2021-07-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure default-judgment due-process false-claims-act federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure pro-se-litigant summary-judgment third-circuit-court Whether the False Claims Act statutes preclude established standards of Federal Rules for Civil Procedure Rule 56 in a default/summary judgment conclu…
20-8392 Dmitry Pronin v. Troy Johnson, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process evidence federal-rules-of-civil-procedure mistake new-trial Must Petitioners attorneys' mistake or inadvertence in not introducing evidence of history of retaliation from the side of at least one of the Defenda…
20-1793 Aura Moody, on Behalf of Her Minor Child, J. M. v. National Football League Second Circuit 2021-06-23 Denied appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-procedure judicial-discretion motion-to-amend procedural-due-process standing Whether the court had authority to dismiss the appeal without giving the petitioner opportunity to present evidence and be heard on the merits
20-1577 John S. Barth v. Adam Buckley, et al. First Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure motion-to-dismiss pleadings standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
20-7927 Daryl DeWayne Riggins v. DeAnn Morris, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-05 Denied IFP admissions civil-procedure contract-interpretation denials exhibits federal-review federal-rules-of-civil-procedure material-facts pleadings state-court-jurisdiction Whether a party's responsive pleading must admit or deny the statement(s) in the other party's pleading, such as whether a copy of the parties' contra…
20-1513 Raj K. Patel v. Trump Corporation, et al. Second Circuit 2021-04-28 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-discretion due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-intervention permissive-intervention rule-24 standing united-states-v-local-638 Whether the Southern District Court of New York's decision was arbitrary or unfair and violated Due Process
20-1449 Harold Persaud v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-04-16 Denied Response Waived federal-rules-of-civil-procedure gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan rule-60b section-2255 trevino-rule trevino-v-thaler Whether under Martinez v. Ryan and Trevino v. Thaler a Petitioner May Use Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) to Reopen a Proceeding Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255
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…
20-1333 Roy Sheridan v. DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc. Third Circuit 2021-03-24 Denied civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judgment-on-partial-findings procedural-fairness united-states-v-james-daniel-good-real-property Does Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52(c) violate the Due Process clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
20-1296 Walter Skipper v. A&M Dockside Repair, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-03-18 Denied Response Waived affirmative-defenses circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure pleading-amendment scheduling-order summary-judgment supreme-court-precedent Does precedent in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit allow defendants to circumvent FRCP 15 and FRCP 16 requirements for amendin…
20-7411 Douglas Cornell Jackson v. Leah Berean, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-proceedings judicial-review pro-se pro-se-litigant rule-60b standing Should the lower courts have been so stringent in limiting their review to only one exception of Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) in deciding whether to grant re…
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
20-7281 Michael J. Wright v. Mario Cardenas, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights failure-to-state-a-claim federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss procedural-requirements rule-interpretation summary-judgment Proper-Procedure-for-Defenses-under-Rule-12
20-7005 Andre King v. Brian Kendall, Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-02-01 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-procedure legal-error motion-to-dismiss procedural-discretion standing summary-dismissal Whether the Court of Appeals erred as a matter of law in allowing the district court to summarily dismiss the petitioner's motion to reopen the case p…
20-1016 Michael Kosterlitz v. The S/V Knotta Klu, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied civil-procedure contract-formation contract-law false-arrest federal-rules-of-civil-procedure florida-law title-transfer uniform-commercial-code Under Florida law, false arrest occurs when a person provides false information to the arresting officer, did the District Court properly rule that th…
20-6945 Robert White v. Kubotek Corporation, et al. First Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure excusable-neglect federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure motion-for-reconsideration rule-59(e) timeliness timely-filing Does the act of mailing a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) motion for reconsideration in time for normal US Mail Second Day delivery to the US Di…
20-6950 In Re John Poullard 2021-01-26 Dismissed IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-challenge due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure rule-60-motion standing subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment Can the United States District Court of Appeals 5th Circuit Clerk of Court refuse to file my FRCP(60)(B)(4) motion for relief from the 2-1 decision ju…
20-6842 Christine D'Onofrio v. Costco Wholesale Corporation Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-sufficiency rule-50b-motion seventh-amendment standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-precedent Whether the majority opinion in affirming the grant of a Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(b) motion failed to apply the correct standard of review, and under the co…
20-918 In Re Johnathon Kelly 2021-01-08 Denied Response Waived actual-innocence antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act constitutional-rights evidence-exclusion federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review newly-discovered-evidence Whether the petitioner's actual innocence claim is unconstitutionally restricted by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) and Fede…
20-869 David E. Henry v. Castle Medical Center Ninth Circuit 2020-12-30 Denied circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure foman-standard foman-v-davis judicial-discretion motion-to-amend post-judgment-amendment rules-59-and-60 standards-for-amendment Whether a district court must consider and decide on the merits a post-judgment motion for leave to amend the complaint
20-857 Dale L. Miesen v. John D. Munding, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-12-29 Denied circuit-split corporate-governance demand-letter derivative-action derivative-actions diversity-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure pleading-requirements rule-23.1 standard-of-review Whether the plaintiff in a derivative action must plead and prove the adequacy of its derivative demand letter
20-6696 La Verne Koenig v. Andrew Wheeler, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-precedent due-process equal-protection erie-doctrine federal-rules-of-civil-procedure full-faith-and-credit pro-se-litigation state-rights Does the Federal Rule [Fed. R. Civ. Pro. Rule 4] significantly affect the result of a litigation for a Federal Court to disregard a law of a State tha…
20-800 Tracy Alan Barnett v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-12-14 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-claims district-court district-court-jurisdiction federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure final-order habeas-corpus Are United States District Courts required to address and resolve all constitutional claims or issues raised in a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 Motion to satisfy t…
20-773 Nazir Khan, et al. v. Merit Medical Systems Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2020-12-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) attorney-fees civil-procedure federal-circuit federal-rules-of-civil-procedure pro-se rule-11 sanctions service-of-process Whether a motion for Rule 11 sanctions may be granted despite the movants' failure to serve the motion prior to filing
20-6413 Maxine Shepard v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure good-cause pro-se-litigant procedural-default service-of-process standing Whether the COA improperly held in conflict with other courts that the Petitioner did not show good cause to excuse procedural default and allow for a…
20-6256 Elet Valentine v. The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-11-09 Denied IFP amendment civil-procedure dismissal federal-rules-of-civil-procedure interlocutory-appeal jurisdiction jurisdictional-transfer law-of-the-case motion-to-dismiss service-of-process Question not identified
20-602 Stephanie Clifford, aka Stormy Daniels v. Donald J. Trump Ninth Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) anti-slapp anti-slapp-statute circuit-split civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-rules-of-civil-procedure procedural-law shady-grove Does the Texas Citizens' Participation Act apply in federal court diversity jurisdiction cases under Erie R.R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938)?
20-492 Charles D. Gonzalez, et al. v. Elna Sefcovic, LLC, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied Response Waived adequate-representation civil-procedure class-action federal-rules-of-civil-procedure inadequate-representation intra-class-conflict release rule-23 settlement settlement-approval Whether the district court and the court of appeals improperly applied obsolete standards for approval of settlement class actions under prior caselaw…
20-458 Michael B. Brown v. Department of Labor Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure deposition-modification evidence factual-finding federal-rules-of-civil-procedure petition-for-review regulatory-compliance sarbanes-oxley whistleblower-protection Whether a judge's change of a party's transcribed deposition is an appropriate factual finding, conclusion, and decision
20-420 Jack R. T. Jordan v. Department of Labor Eighth Circuit 2020-10-01 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure-act constitutional-interpretation federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence foia foia-review judicial-misconduct judicial-procedure judicial-review supreme-court-precedent Whether lower courts may disregard FOIA-judicial-review-provisions,administrative-procedure-act,federal-rules-of-civil-procedure,federal-rules-of-evid…
20-407 Nancy Massenburg v. Innovative Talent Solutions, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-09-29 Denied Response Waived civil-rights discrimination due-process eeoc-charge employment-discrimination federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourth-circuit pro-se-litigation statute-of-limitations summary-judgment title-vii Whether the Fourth Circuit properly upheld the district court's dismissal of Title VII claim
20-394 David Alan Schum v. Fortress Value Recovery Fund I, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-09-25 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-precedent officers-of-the-court rule-60 stare-decisis time-bar Whether a claim brought under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 60(d)(3) as a result of fraud on the court can be time-barred
20-5800 Robert L. Rose v. Lynn Guyer, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review certificate-of-appealability discretionary-ruling federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-procedure reasonable-jurists rule-70(a) Whether a certificate of appealability is required to appeal an order denying a motion for enforcement made pursuant to Rule 70(a) of the Federal Rule…
20-5664 Marcus Hanserd v. Tony Trierweiler, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied IFP civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel relate-back relate-back-doctrine rule-15c sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-court-of-appeals standard-of-review Is there a conflict among the circuits as to the proper standard of review for Federal Rules Civil Procedure Rule 15(c), relate-back provision; does p…
20-5593 Chaz Antonio Earp v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2020-09-03 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review mistake Whether the appellant received a fair trial as promised by the federal and state constitutions
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…
20-212 Teresita A. Canuto v. Nancy Pelosi, et al. District of Columbia 2020-08-24 Denied Response Waived article-iii causal-connection civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure ftca ftca-claims jurisdiction standing standing-doctrine summary-judgment Whether the district court erred in dismissing the case due to federal defendants' non-compliance with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
20-208 Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. Ethan Volungis, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-08-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) amendment civil-procedure district-court federal-rules-of-civil-procedure leave-to-amend motion-to-dismiss represented-plaintiff rule-15 sua-sponte Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a) requires district courts to grant plaintiffs represented by counsel leave to amend their complaint sua s…
20-181 Daniel L. Miles v. Kristine Svinicki, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-08-18 Denied Response Waived civil-rights class-action class-certification discriminatory-hiring due-process employment-discrimination federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment involuntary-servitude thirteenth-amendment Whether the Seventh Circuit panel majority's decision conflicts with the Thirteenth and Fifth Amendments
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…
20-5061 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
19-1476 Vantage Energy Services, Incorporated, et al. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Fifth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure civil-rights conditions-precedent due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure intake-questionnaire iqbal plausibility-standard pleadings statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements verified-charge Whether the combination of an unverified intake questionnaire and an inexcusably dilatory verified charge meets the statutory requirements of the Amer…
19-1445 Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. Federal Trade Commission, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied civil-procedure contempt contempt-sanctions dietary-supplements due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-trade-commission injunction injunction-specificity waiver-doctrine Can the FTC unilaterally reinterpret an injunction to seek contempt sanctions based on a more restrictive standard?
19-1408 James Coppedge, et ux. v. Janet Z. Charlton Third Circuit 2020-06-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-complaint civil-rights-procedure collateral-order-doctrine due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction pleadings procedural-review standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the District Court review of the facial sufficiency of 42 USC § 1983 and § 1985 complaint below ignored the requirements of FRCP Rule 12(c)
19-1413 Armin Abazari v. Department of Education, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-06-24 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment 7th-amendment civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules complaint dismissal due-process equal-protection federal-rules-of-civil-procedure first-amendment objections procedural-due-process sovereign-immunity standing Whether the District Court must consider an opportunity to present objections under F.R.C.P. §72(b)(2) prior to a ruling on a dismissal of a Complaint
19-1351 Ameranth, Inc. v. Domino's Pizza, LLC, et al. Federal Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-resolution patent pretrial-order property-rights summary-judgment Does the sua sponte judicial resolution on summary judgment of issues expressly excluded by pretrial order, and on which the moving party submitted no…
19-8587 Reginald Young v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-06-02 Denied IFP affidavit-of-merit circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure medical-negligence preemption shady-grove state-law state-substantive-law summary-judgment Whether a state law 'affidavit of merit' requirement applies in a federal court medical-negligence case governed by state substantive law
19-1281 Dimitritza Toromanova v. Summit Real Estate Services, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-05-12 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure claim-preclusion federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure frcp-60(b) frcp-60(d) independent-action judicial-procedure ninth-circuit pro-se pro-se-litigant rule-60(d) Did the doctrine of Claim Preclusion preclude a party from asserting the right to file a complaint as an independent action under FRCP 60(d)
19-8408 Stanley West McPherson v. Tompkins Trust Company, et al. Second Circuit 2020-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-error motion-to-dismiss pretrial-procedures procedural-rules scheduling-conference standing summary-judgment Whether the United States Magistrate Judge David E. Peebles erred and violated in failure and refuse to give petitioner a scheduled conference
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…
19-8377 Bobby Ray Knight v. Monterey County, California Ninth Circuit 2020-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP antiterrorism-act circuit-court civil-procedure due-process extensions federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus health-issues incarceration statutory-interpretation time-limitations Whether the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 6(a) and 6(b) are too restrictive or inflexible when resolving impediments to timely litigation, and whet…
19-1249 Phyllis Davis v. Echo Valley Condominium Association, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-04-27 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure fair-housing-act federal-courts federal-rules-of-civil-procedure notice-pleading pleading-standards state-law summary-judgment twombly Whether the liberal notice pleading standard under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a) and Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007) ceases…
19-8290 Robert Taylor v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2020-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court-discretion civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-procedure procedural-due-process standing Did The Circuit Court Abuse Its Discretion?
19-8276 In Re Levar Lee Anthony Spence 2020-04-16 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rule-60 court-of-appeals district-court federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction notice-of-appeal petit-rule Whether the district court should have filed the Petitioner's Civil Rule 60 petition as a notice of appeal in the Court of Appeals?
19-8248 Herve Wilmore v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-u.s.c.-§2255 due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure final-judgment gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct mischaracterization Whether a mischaracterization of facts by a Judge warrant relief from a final judgment in light of Gonzalez v Crosby?
19-1185 Carol Wilding, et al. v. DNC Services Corporation, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-30 Denied amendment civil-procedure civil-rights democratic-party due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fiduciary-duty fraud impartiality rule-12 rule-15 standing Does the DNC have a fiduciary duty to maintain impartiality in the Democratic Party presidential nominating process?
19-1170 Ricky W. Campbell v. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Fourth Circuit 2020-03-26 Denied Response Waived administrative-exhaustion causal-connection civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eeoc-filing employment-discrimination federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdictional-bar standing staub-v-proctor-hospital supreme-court-precedent issue being raised
19-1139 James Leonard Hines v. Regions Bank, fka Union Planters Bank, N.A. Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure default-judgment due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure motion-to-transfer notice notice-of-complaint personal-jurisdiction service-of-process Was the precedent established by the U. S. Supreme Court in summons-and-complaint followed in the lower courts' decisions
19-1114 National Collegiate Athletic Association, et al. v. New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, Inc. Third Circuit 2020-03-11 Denied civil-procedure damages equitable-discretion federal-rules-of-civil-procedure injunction injunction-bond permanent-injunction rule-65(c) rule-65c sports-gambling temporary-restraining-order Whether a party was 'wrongfully enjoined' under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c) when the district court confirmed via the grant of a permanent i…
19-7871 In Re Antonio Damarcus Woodson 2020-03-04 Dismissed IFP access-to-courts appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-jurisdiction civil-procedure-standing-jurisdiction-federal-rule civil-rights district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure final-judgment jurisdiction legal-standards procedural-due-process retroactive-law standing Whether the jurisdictional requirements under 28 USC §§ 1331, 1332, 1343, 1367, 2072, and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were met, and whether t…
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…
19-7722 Audrel Jack Watson, Jr. v. Virginia Virginia 2020-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-appeals due-process federal-procedural-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure standing state-court-rules state-statutes statutory-interpretation supreme-court-error Did the Virginia Supreme Court err in denying Audrel Una Weston Jr.'s petition for writ of certiorari?
19-1025 City of Ferguson, Missouri v. Keilee Fant, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-02-18 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure interlocutory-appeal required-entity rule-19 section-1983 sovereign-immunity standing state-law Whether an interlocutory appeal lies from a refusal to dismiss for failure to join a required-entity sovereign
19-1010 Actavis Holdco U.S., Inc., et al. v. Connecticut, et al. Third Circuit 2020-02-13 Denied Amici (6) civil-procedure civil-procedure-discovery claw-back discovery discovery-scope document-production federal-rules-of-civil-procedure mandamus mandamus-review proportionality relevance relevance-standard rule-26 scope-of-discovery Whether a district court may compel a party that has not engaged in discovery-related misconduct to produce documents that are neither relevant nor re…
19-7411 In Re Lionel McCray 2020-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP all-writs-act appeals circuit-court civil-procedure civil-procedure-mandamus contempt contempt-proceeding due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure mandamus second-circuit sequestration writ-of-sequestration Whether Mandamus should issue to compel the Second Circuit Court to enter a Finding of Contempt
19-898 Kimberly D. Collins v. Gwendolyn Thornton Fourth Circuit 2020-01-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-procedure discretion federal-rules-of-civil-procedure good-cause judicial-discretion service-of-process statute-of-limitations Whether a district court has discretion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m) to extend the time for service of process absent good cause
19-7283 Fairly W. Earls v. Susan Novak, Warden Seventh Circuit 2020-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-split civil-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment newly-discovered-evidence rule-60(b) rule-60b-motion Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit imposed an improper and unduly burdensome Certificate of Appealability standard
19-7257 Dillon Mvuri v. American Airlines, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2020-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-reasoning pro-se summary-judgement summary-judgment Where the district court issues a summary judgement without giving reasons on the record contrary to Rule 56 of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and t…
19-7119 Larry Bell v. Kevin Ransom, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Third Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure due-process federal-rule-60b federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction legal-standard slack-v-mcdaniel standing third-circuit whether-reasonable-jurist-could-debate-third-circuit-court-of-appeals-adoption
19-836 Paul Ross Evans v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review post-conviction-relief prisoner-petition section-2255 statutory-interpretation successive-application successive-petitions Whether a subsequent amendment to a prisoner's first 28 U.S.C. 2255 proceeding may be considered a second or successive application under 28 U.S.C. 22…
19-7010 Omar Folk v. Prime Care Medical, et al. Third Circuit 2019-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure discovery-issues double-jeopardy due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus mandate-stay rule-59(e) rule-60-motion standing third-circuit-appeal Whether Third Circuit Court of Appeal Judges applied the correct standard under Rule 60(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
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
19-6958 Renee L. McCray v. Samuel I. White, P.C., et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-12-16 Denied IFP bona-fide-error civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules debt-collection due-process fair-debt-collection-practices-act fdcpa federal-appeals federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourth-circuit jerman-v-carlisle rehearing standing summary-judgment Whether the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred when it denied the Petitioner's petition for rehearing, when the United States District Cour…
19-740 Kayla Butts, Individually and on Behalf of Her Daughter, A. F., a Minor v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-11 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-52a evidence-consideration expert-testimony fact-finding federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-tort-claims-act medical-malpractice standard-of-care standard-of-review trial-court-deference Did the Appellate court violate Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 52(a) when it failed to consider all of the evidence before the trial court, inserted…
19-6853 Nhuong Van Nguyen v. Jackson Lucky, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-judgment court-of-appeals due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fraud fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court judicial-misconduct legal-remedy motion-to-vacate rule-60 standing Whether the District Court and the court of Appeals correctly rejected petitioner's claim that the United States committed 'FRAUD UPON THE COURT?
19-6833 Gregory Alan Rowe v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations dna-testing due-process equal-protection federal-habeas-corpus federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus post-conviction-dna-testing post-conviction-relief state-court-interpretation state-federal-conflict Whether a U.S. District Court and Court of Appeals are bound by a State Supreme Court's interpretation of its own post-conviction DNA testing statute …
19-6760 Ijaz Khan v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure-act constructive-amendment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment indictment indictment-modification polygamy polygamy-charge Whether a constructive amendment occurred at trial when the court found defendant guilty of multiple marriages, a charge not on the indictment, and wh…
19-651 John P. DeRose v. Village of Orland Park, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-11-20 Denied circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure motion-requirements rule-11 safe-harbor safe-harbor-provision sanctions service-of-motion May a party satisfy the safe-harbor provision of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11
19-610 Mushkin, Inc. v. Anza Technology, Inc. Federal Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response Waived amendment appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-15c-relation-back clear-error conduct-transaction-occurrence federal-circuit federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure notice relation-back standard-of-review Whether the appropriate standard of review for a 'relation back' determination under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(c) should be
19-6475 Burton Maurice Kahn v. Robert Ripley Fifth Circuit 2019-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defense civil-procedure collateral-estoppel due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure merits res-judicata standing Whether res judicata or collateral estoppel should apply when the initial trial did not have a full and fair opportunity to litigate the merits
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…
19-535 Patricia A. Flowers v. Connecticut Light and Power Company Second Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1981 42-usc-2000e civil-rights eeoc employment-discrimination employment-law federal-rules-of-civil-procedure racial-discrimination racial-discrimination-retaliation-claims retaliation-claim standard-of-review summary-judgment title-vii Whether Flowers proffered sufficient evidence in support of her prima facie case of racial-discrimination,retaliation,title-vii,42-usc-1981
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
19-457 Xia Bi, et al. v. Terry McAuliffe, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-10-08 Denied circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fraud fraud-pleading misrepresentation pleading reliance reliance-element rule-9b standing Whether Rule 9(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure imposes a particularity requirement for pleading the reliance element of common law fraud cl…
19-6197 Donald Steven Reynolds v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP §2255-motions circuit-court-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-procedural-rules federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-discretion jurisdiction local-rule-interpretation local-rules motion-to-strike page-limits statutory-interpretation Is the Sixth Circuit's holding in-Martinez v. United States, that the 25 page limit under Local Rule 7.1 applies to §2255 Motions, inconsistant with R…
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?
19-379 Alfred Lam, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exceptional-importance federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fraud-on-the-court fraud-upon-court judicial-misconduct ninth-circuit perjury public-employee rule-60 standing Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision imposes an erroneous and unjustifiable standard for 'Fraud Upon The Court'
19-5886 Arthur O. Armstrong v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-09-10 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60-b-6 conspiracy constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment liberty probable-cause property rule-60 Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief, pursuant to Rule 60 (b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
19-5901 In Re Charles K. Hamilton 2019-09-10 Denied IFP civil-procedure-standing-jurisdiction-due-process- civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge legal-standing standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's petition for writ of mandamus
19-5748 Seth Mitchell v. Macy's, Inc., et al. Second Circuit 2019-08-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights denial-of-motion disability-accommodation due-process employment-discrimination erisa federal-rules-of-civil-procedure first-amendment hipaa magistrate-judge motion-to-amend timeliness title-vii When, if ever, can a magistrate judge intentionally violate FRCP 15(a)(1)(B) in denying a timely motion to amend a complaint?
19-5689 Benjamin Oshea Calhoun v. Tony Villa, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-procedure-12b6 civil-rights due-process false-statements federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-recusal judicial-supervision legal-authority motion-to-dismiss probable-cause standing warrantless-arrest Whether the Appellant court's ruling to uphold the District Court's order which granted defendants' motions to dismiss conflicts with the Supreme Cour…
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…
19-5621 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…
19-157 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 …
19-5377 Fairly W. Earls v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split circuit-splits civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-justice-system criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus rule-60(b)(6) rule-60b6 Whether the Criminal Justice System allows Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in Habeas Corpus Cases
19-5258 Ernest Morris v. Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied IFP 60(b)(6) change-in-decisional-law change-in-law civil-procedure constitutional-relief decisional-law due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus relief rule-60(b) search-and-seizure sixth-amendment standing Should relief under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b)(6) be available to habeas corpus petitioners when a change in decisional law occurs?
19-93 Deborah Walton v. First Merchants Bank, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-07-18 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-dockets due-process equal-credit-opportunity-act federal-court-docketing federal-rules-of-civil-procedure financial-privacy personal-information-disclosure procedural-due-process rule-12b6 statutory-authorization Whether the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals neglected to apply Procedural-Due-Process to the Petitioners-Appeal in accordance with the Fifth-and-Fourteen…
19-65 Jonna Corporation, dba Premier Recycling Company v. City of Sunnyvale, California Ninth Circuit 2019-07-12 Denied 42-usc-1983 circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights declaratory-judgment due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure pleading pleading-standards property-rights section-1983 standing Did Petitioner Premier Recycling adequately plead its Declaratory Judgment claim alleging a violation of 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, pursuant to FCRP 8?
19-59 Loop AI Labs, Inc., et al. v. Anna Gatti, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-07-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-sanctions due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure inherent-power national-hockey-league-v-metro-hockey-club nonmonetary-sanctions punitive-sanctions rule-37 standing Does Nat'l Hockey League v. Metro. Hockey Club authorize a court to issue punitive nonmonetary sanctions under Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(b)(2) and its inhere…
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?
19-5042 Charles Edward Jones, Sr. v. Josephine T. Griffin, Circuit Clerk, Chicot County, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-court access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process equal-protection federal-rules-of-civil-procedure first-amendment fourteenth-amendment legal-remedy petition-filing standing Whether the district court erred in denying petitioner's claim of denying access to the court and equal protection of law and due process under the Fo…
19-5021 Oliver M. Boling v. United States Parole Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2019-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights district-of-columbia due-process equal-protection federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure personal-capacity preclusion section-1983 Whether the United States Court of Appeal for the District of Columbia is in conflict with the circuit courts on the issue of preclusion
18-1574 William Henry Starrett v. Department of Defense, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-06-25 Denied Response Waived 12(b)(6) appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process factual-allegations federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure motion-to-dismiss patent pleading pleading-standards standard-of-review standing takings technology-law Whether a complaint can survive a motion to dismiss when its factual allegations and claims involve one or more technologies, or capabilities of combi…
18-9577 Jose Pena v. United States Second Circuit 2019-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion opportunity-to-appeal procedural-remedy relief-from-judgment rule-60(b) standing Should this court grant certiorari to determine whether federal civil rule 60(b) may be used to restore the opportunity to appeal?
18-9518 Blayne D. Williams, Sr. v. City of Austin, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 7th-amendment civil-rights due-process employment federal-law federal-rules-of-civil-procedure municipal-employer municipal-government property-interest rule-12b6 seventh-amendment state-law Whether the City of Austin, as a municipal government employer violated the Appellant's federal and state law rights secured by the United States Cons…
18-9489 Aaron J. Bressi v. John Gembic, et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP amendment appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-process legal-claims procedural-rules remand standing supervisory-power writ-of-certiorari Why the Honorable United States District Court ordered the case closed without granting a 30-day order to amend the complaint
18-1471 Christopher Hall v. Securities and Exchange Commission Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied anti-fraud appellate-review civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judgment-as-a-matter-of-law judgment-as-matter-of-law rule-50 securities securities-exchange-act securities-exchange-act-of-1934 securities-fraud standing Whether an appellate court has authority to consider challenges to issues of law raised in a pre-verdict Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50(a) motion …
18-1427 Marie Laventure, et al. v. United Nations, et al. Second Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-procedure common-law federal-rules-of-civil-procedure immunity jurisdiction legislative-enactment liability tort tort-action tort-claims un-general-assembly un-immunity un-liability un-secretary-general Whether the term 'liability' can be used in an unenforceable, non-obligatory context
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
18-9222 Michael Owen Harriot v. Robert Waizenhofer, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1291 civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-procedure mclaughlin-violation notice-and-opportunity standing statute-of-limitations sua-sponte Whether the Court of Appeals exceeded its authority to affirm a judgment as time barred
18-8962 Ronald Collins, Jr. v. Kristen Keller Fourth Circuit 2019-04-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus standing statute-of-limitations Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in dismissing the appeal for lack of jurisdiction under Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A), despite the petitioner's argument…
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?
18-1262 Corona Regional Medical Center, et al. v. Marlyn Sali, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-02 Dismissed admissibility circuit-split civil-procedure class-certification evidence evidence-admissibility federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence ninth-circuit precedent rule-23 standards-of-proof Whether the requirements for class certification under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 can be satisfied with inadmissible evidence
18-1263 Jason Brian Braun v. Department of the Interior, et al. District of Columbia 2019-04-02 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure-error civil-rights constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-procedure mandamus mandamus-petition standing status-conference transfer venue venue-transfer Whether district court erred in dismissing claims and transferring venue in violation of rules and procedures
18-8630 Joseph Christopher Birdtail v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal section-2255 Is it error for a district court to deny either discovery proceedings or an evidentiary hearing under the Federal Rules Governing Section 2255 Proceed…
18-8348 Blair Garner v. William Lee, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 911-recordings ancillary-finding appellate-review civil-procedure de-novo-review due-process due-process-clause factual-determination factual-findings federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-procedure notice notice-and-opportunity-to-be-heard standard-of-review Whether the Second Circuit erred in rejecting the district court's prejudice determination without consulting the underlying 911 call recordings, with…
18-8212 Harry Brantley v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-convictions dismissal district-court due-process federal-review federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus petition-dismissal standing state-court timeliness Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing petitioner's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging his state court convi…
18-1125 ZocDoc, Inc. v. Radha Geismann, M.D., P.C. Second Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-procedure class-action class-action-standing deposit federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure individual-relief judgment-entry mootness mootness-doctrine rule-67 rule-68 rule-68-offer standing Whether the deposit of full amount of plaintiff's individual claim with the court moots the plaintiff's claim
18-8153 Steven Anthony Walcott, Jr. v. Pat Naquin, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exclusion-of-evidence federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure standing Whether the Court of Appeals erred in dismissing Petitioner's appeal
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…
18-1036 Antero Ramos v. Firestone Building Products Company, LLC Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied 60(b)(6) attorney-misconduct attorney-negligence circuit-split civil-procedure client-abandonment client-relief equitable-relief federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion legal-malpractice rule-60(b)(6) summary-judgment Whether a lawyer's gross neglect of a blameless client's case is grounds for relief under Rule 60(b)(6)
18-1007 Assem A. Abulkhair v. Google LLC, et al. Third Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights due-process email-privacy federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourth-amendment judicial-recusal law-enforcement-overreach privacy-rights recusal religious-discrimination search-and-seizure search-warrant standing Whether the District Judge has the authority to dismiss suit while his/her recusal remains pending and his/her disqualification and impartiality comes…
18-987 McKesson Corporation, et al. v. True Health Chiropractic, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) affirmative-defenses burden-of-proof civil-procedure class-certification federal-rules-of-civil-procedure halliburton-v-erica-p-john-fund predominance rule-23 Whether the burden at class certification shifts to the defendant when predominance turns on affirmative defenses
18-7449 Joel Darnell Patton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure finality-of-judgment gonzalez-standard habeas-corpus post-judgment-motion post-judgment-motions reconsideration rule-59-motion successive-motions successive-petition Does a district court have the authority to reconsider the merits of a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 action in response to a prisoner's timely post-judgment motion…
18-7370 Skye Ely Gipson v. Cynthia Y. Tampkins, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied IFP anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act antiterrorism-act civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-default standing statute-of-limitations Whether the court should hear this writ of certiorari challenging the denial of a certificate of appealability under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure …
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
18-7236 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)?
18-829 John H. Davis v. Jeanne W. Anderson, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-01-02 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure attorney-client-relationship attorney-discipline attorney-removal civil-procedure civil-rights court-rules due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-ethics presumptive-reasonableness seventh-circuit supervisory-power Whether the Seventh Circuit's removal of an attorney's name from the roll of attorneys is presumptively reasonable without due process, record support…
18-820 Teresa Y. Weinacker v. National Loan Acquisitions Company Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation court-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence legal-precedent plausibility-standard standing subject-matter-jurisdiction twombly-iqbal Whether lower courts can disregard precedent, the Constitution, and federal rules
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?
18-6943 Gregory Dean Banister v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-12-06 Judgment Issued Amici (4)Response RequestedRelisted (4)IFP aedpa appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus pro-se rule-59(e) successive-petition Whether Gonzalez v. Crosby extends to Rule 59(e) motions
18-6812 Jack Ferranti v. United States Second Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 criminal-sentencing federal-bureau-of-prisons federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-sentencing-guidelines good-time-credits life-expectancy post-conviction-relief rule-60(b) rule-60b sentencing Whether the district court imposed a defacto life sentence not authorized by the statute of conviction
18-683 Bradley Christopher Stark v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 5th-amendment burden-of-proof civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment motion-to-dismiss notice-pleading sovereign-immunity Whether a plaintiff possesses a burden to do more than allege an unequivocal waiver of sovereign immunity on a motion to dismiss raising a defense of …
18-627 William Henry Starrett, Jr. v. Lockheed Martin Corporation, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-11-13 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-statutory-causes-of-action constitutional-rights due-process emotional-distress federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress service-of-process standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the Fifth Circuit err in affirming a district court's conclusion that service of process by Certified Mail is insufficient under Federal Rules of …
18-6645 Peyton John Wesley Hopson v. Stark County, Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure good-faith in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion manifest-injustice pro-se standing Do the district court's failure to state reasons for certifying lack of good faith, failure to dismiss as frivolous, and failure to allow amendment am…
18-6607 Scott Peters v. John Baldwin Seventh Circuit 2018-11-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment 38-usc-1331 circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-violations disability-discrimination due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-tort-claims free-speech habeas-corpus Is the Eleventh Circuit's interpretation of 28-U.S medical-mistreatment retroactivity savings-clause statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs Whether the district court erred in denying plaintiff's claims against the Department of Veterans Affairs, its directors, the hospital staff, the stat…
18-6584 Larry Flenoid v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process eighth-circuit eighth-circuit-court-of-appeals federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment habeas-corpus procedural-irregularity second-or-successive section-2255 supervisory-powers Whether the supervisory powers of the United States Supreme Court will be asserted to correct the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals summarily affirming …
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…
18-6500 In Re Sandra Rumanek 2018-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-power pro-se-litigation procedural-rules standing Did the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware usurp this Court's judicial power in violation of FRCP rules?
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)
18-423 Christopher Barrella v. Village of Freeport, New York, et al. Second Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights damages due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure golden-rule-argument jury-instructions liability liability-determination new-trial standing Whether a lawyer's invitation to the jury to imagine themselves in the shoes of an interested party in determining either liability or damages is impr…
18-6164 John B. Laschkewitsch v. ReliaStar Life Insurance Company Fourth Circuit 2018-10-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights claim-limitation contestable-period due-process estoppel federal-rules-of-civil-procedure insurance insurance-contract precedent precedent-review rule-60a statutes-of-limitation Whether Hurni, Enelow, Stewart and Pickering precedent from this Court; American Trust Co. and Chavis precedent from the NC Supreme Court; unanimous U…
18-6126 Sally D. Villaverde v. Greg Smith, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60b constitutional-rights district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ninth-circuit rule-60b standing Whether the U.S. District Court and U.S. Court of Appeals incorrectly treated petitioner's Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion as a second or successive peti…
18-334 Amor Medina Del Rosario, et ux. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-09-14 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-protections dismissal due-process fed-r-civ-p-60 federal-rules-of-civil-procedure notice notice-requirements pro-se pro-se-litigants public-policy rules-of-procedure service service-of-pleading Whether the failure to serve a pleading upon pro-se litigants warranted a favorable ruling under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60 and removal of a dismissal of an acti…
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…
18-5836 Ya'shua Amen Shekhem El-Bey v. United States, et al. District of Columbia 2018-08-30 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fraud fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court minute-order rule-60 rule-60-motion service-of-process standing Whether the district court denied Petitioner's rights to due process of law
18-5689 George Bridgette v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing extraordinary-circumstances federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-requirements right-to-counsel substitute-counsel Whether the district court violated petitioner's constitutional rights by failing to appoint substitute counsel to continue representing him in the ha…
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…
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…
18-5133 Peyton John Wesley Hopson v. Stark County, Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied IFP amendment certification civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure forma-pauperis in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion manifest-injustice pro-se standing Whether the district court's failure to state its reasons for certifying that the petitioner could not proceed in forma pauperis in good faith, along …