| 25-784 |
Kiya Cunningham v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2026-01-05 |
Pending |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 … |