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25-6738 Clyde Pontefract v. United States, et al. Sixth Circuit 2026-02-06 Pending IFP administrative-law federal-prisoner-rights federal-tort-claims-act fiduciary-responsibility inmate-property-loss little-tucker-act 1. Does the Substantive Law of 28 CFR §14.1 et seq. and 28 CFR §543.30 et seq. qualify for the Little Tucker Act under United States V. Mitchell, 463 …
25-6635 Jose Amaury Sanchez-Jimenez v. United States, et al. First Circuit 2026-01-21 Pending Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure federal-tort-claims-act fourth-amendment malicious-prosecution probable-cause superseding-indictment A. Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon, 602 U.S. 556 (2024) held that the presence of probable cause for one charge in a criminal proceeding does not categ…
25A823 Brij Mohan, et al. v. Jordan Watkins Seventh Circuit 2026-01-16 Application bivens-remedy due-process eighth-amendment federal-tort-claims-act medical-negligence prisoner-rights Question not identified.
25-729 James King v. United States, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-12-19 Pending Response RequestedResponse Waived circuit-split federal-tort-claims-act judgment-bar procedural-law retroactive-application rule-60b6 Whether a litigant can claim relief from judgment under Rule 60(b)(6) when a change in settled procedural law retroactively vitiates the litigant's re…
25A250 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States v. E. Jean Carroll Second Circuit 2025-09-02 Presumed Complete defamation federal-tort-claims-act issue-preclusion presidential-immunity scope-of-employment westfall-act Question not identified.
24-7506 Allan Douglas Wilson v. United States District of Columbia 2025-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP defamation-claim federal-tort-claims-act official-conduct removal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction westfall-act Whether a federal district court may dismiss a defamation case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction after removal under the Westfall Act (28 U.S.C.…
24-1078 Kari Beck, Personal Representative of the Estate of Cameron Gayle Beck, et al. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-04-16 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) circuit-split federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine military-service negligence-claims servicemember-rights 1. Whether the Feres doctrine's bar against a servicemember's ability to bring tort claims "incident to service" is only triggered when the injury was…
24-6599 William J. Trengove, Jr. v. Department of Justice Third Circuit 2025-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court-circuit-split discretionary-function-exemption federal-tort-claims-act government-negligence legal-duty statutory-interpretation Can the Department of Justice, or any government agency, legitimately claim 28 U.S.C. § 2680(a) discretionary function exemption (DFE) after being ind…
24-510 Kevin Abbey, et al. v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-11-05 Denied federal-tort-claims-act misrepresentation negligence-claims sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction toxic-exposure Whether Petitioners' negligence claims "aris[ e] out of … misrepresentation," and thus are barred by section 2680(h) of the FTCA , even though Petitio…
24-483 Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc. v. Joann Ford, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-10-30 Denied Amici (1) civil-action federal-tort-claims-act health-care-functions medical-immunity public-health-service statutory-interpretation Does "related functions" in 42 U.S.C. § 233(a)'s recitation of immunized conduct mean functions related to medical, surgical, or dental functions—as t…
24-362 Curtrina Martin, Individually and as Parent and Next Friend of G. W., a Minor, et al. v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-01 Judgment Issued Amici (13)Relisted (3) federal-tort-claims-act law-enforcement-proviso negligent-act sovereign-immunity supremacy-clause wrong-house-raid 1. Whether the Constitution's Supremacy Clause bars claims under the FTCA—a federal statute enacted by Congress—when the negligent or wrongful acts of…
24-5654 Vincent L. Hepburn v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP damages-claim establishment-clause federal-tort-claims-act first-amendment official-capacity religious-freedom 1. Where federal employees acting in their official capacity violate 76 OK Stat § 1 and the First Amendment's Establishment Clause by harming Mr. Hepb…
24-351 United States Postal Service, et al. v. Lebene Konan Fifth Circuit 2024-09-27 Granted Amici (3)Relisted (2) federal-tort-claims-act intentional-non-delivery mail-delivery postal-service sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation Whether a plaintiff's claim that she and her tenants did not receive mail because Postal Service employees intentionally did not deliver it to a desig…
24A200 United States Postal Service, et al. v. Lebene Konan Fifth Circuit 2024-08-23 Presumed Complete discrimination federal-tort-claims-act intentional-tort mail-delivery postal-matter-exception sovereign-immunity Question not identified.
24-204 Raynu Clark, Mother of Tyler M. Gergler, et al. v. Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy, et al. Third Circuit 2024-08-23 Denied Response Waived discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-liability negligence policy-judgment sovereign-immunity Whether the discretionary-function exception to the waiver of the United States' sovereign immunity in the Federal Tort Claims Act immunizes from suit…
24-5249 Farid Fata v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies berkovitz-gaubert-test circuit-split discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act jurisdictional-requirement sovereign-immunity Q 1 - Given the Supreme Court case law Precedents since after "Arbaugh v. Y&H. Corp., 546 U.S. 500, 515-16 (2006)", and amid a Circuit Split, is exhau…
24A74 Curtrina Martin, Individually and as Parent and Next Friend of G.W., a Minor, et al. v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-22 Presumed Complete discretionary-function federal-tort-claims-act fourth-amendment qualified-immunity search-warrant supremacy-clause First, does the FTCA's discretionary function exception immunize the United States from liability for torts committed by its law enforcement officers …
23-1281 Ryan G. Carter, et al. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-06-07 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine judicial-precedent medical-malpractice military-medical-malpractice military-service-members service-member-rights sovereign-immunity tort-claims 1. Should the Feres doctrine be limited and not bar tort claims brought by service members alleging medical malpractice where the service member was u…
23-1143 Nelda Kellom, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Terrance Kellom, Deceased, et al. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-04-22 Denied Response Waived administrative-exhaustion circuit-split civil-rights claims-processing due-process excessive-force federal-tort-claims-act standing statutory-interpretation waiver 1. Given the judicial unwillingness in other circuits to permit the United States to stand on technicalities and this Court's guidance in Arbaugh v Y&…
23-1046 Peter George Noe v. Berkley, Dr., et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-03-22 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived bivens bivens-action civil-rights civil-rights-remedy constitutional-claim due-process federal-agents federal-tort-claims-act judicial-precedent medical-care medical-indifference standing Whether a cause of action can be maintained under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), in circumsta…
23-7045 Carol Ann McBratnie v. Charles Paul Rettig, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 26-usc-7436 28-usc-2680c administrative-procedures-act constitutional-challenge constitutional-challenges due-process federal-payment-levy-program federal-tort-claims-act gross-negligence irs-administrative-remedy tax-court-jurisdiction What does the jurisdictional checkbox on Tax Court Form 2 represent ? Is it restricted to 26 USC §7436 and businesses only, or do workers such as McBr…
23-1042 Sean Gaskin, et al. v. Stephen May, et al. District of Columbia 2024-03-20 Denied Response Waived common-law-powers district-court-powers district-of-columbia-court-reorganization-act federal-actors federal-tort-claims-act sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation westfall-amendment 1. Whether FTCA's 1988 "Westfall" amendment created immunity that did not previously exist, thus displacing non-FTCA actions that do not rely on the F…
23-968 Steven Dakota Knezovich, et al. v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied Response Waived circuit-court-split circuit-split discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-liability negligence sovereign-immunity tort-liability wildland-fire wildland-fire-response In Rayonier, infra, this Court held that the Federal Tort Claim Act (FTCA) "makes the United States liable (with certain exceptions which are not rele…
23A594 Joseph Randolph Mays v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-12-28 Presumed Complete appellate-review district-court federal-tort-claims-act motion-to-dismiss pro-se-litigant procedural-default Question not identified.
23-213 Brian O'Grady v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-09-07 Denied Response Waived circuit-court-conflict circuit-split discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-liability negligence subject-matter-jurisdiction wildland-fire wildland-fire-response In Rayonier, infra, this c ourt held that the Federal tort c laims Act (F tcA) "makes the u nited States liable ( with certain exceptions which are no…
23-196 Jade Mound, et al. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-09-01 Denied budgetary-considerations circuit-court-conflict circuit-split discretionary-function-exception failure-to-warn federal-tort-claims-act government-liability latent-danger public-safety warning-duty When the government is alleged to have tortiously neglected to warn the public of a known, latent danger, whether the de minimis cost of posting such …
23-104 Granville S. Watson v. Connecticut, et al. Second Circuit 2023-08-03 Denied 18-usc-242 civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act fraudulent-concealment sovereign-immunity wrongful-incarceration Federal Tort Claims Act's (F.T.C.A.) discretionary function exception does not immunize the government from liability for actions proscribed by federa…
22-7856 Annice Hale v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-liability sovereign-immunity standing statutory-interpretation tort-claims 1. Whether Plaintiff-Appellant's assertion of violations as are asserted herein against the Defendant-Appellee(s) are waivers of sovereign immunity pu…
22-7677 Francis Okiemute Akpore v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process federal-tort-claims-act immigration immigration-law jurisdiction obstruction-of-justice removal removal-proceedings subject-matter-jurisdiction Does 8 U.S.C. 1252(g) strip the district court of subject matter jurisdiction to hear a noncitizen's FTCA claim of wrongful removal in violation of a …
22-7383 Carlton Theodore Landis v. David J. Ebbert, et al. Third Circuit 2023-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law contract-interpretation diversity-jurisdiction employment-discrimination federal-tort-claims-act judicial-relief scope-of-employment standing statutory-interpretation substitution Can the Court Oua front Substitute the Underlying under the Pertinent §§ of the Contract & Discrimination Regarding State of Employment? Can the Cour…
22-912 James King v. Douglas Brownback, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-03-20 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (4) circuit-split common-law common-law-backdrop federal-tort-claims-act judgment-bar res-judicata statutory-interpretation Whether the Federal Tort Claims Act's judgment bar, 28 U.S.C. 2676, which this Court has repeatedly said functions in much the same way as the common-…
22-6284 Bryan M. Espinoza v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. Second Circuit 2022-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP bell-v-hood bivens-action bivens-doctrine constitutional-rights davis-v-passman federal-tort-claims-act fourth-amendment obstruction-of-justice whistleblower-protection whistleblower-protection-act 1) The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) is Federal Legislation enacted in 1946 that provides a legal means for compensating individuals who have suffere…
21-8259 In Re Johnny Brett Gregory 2022-06-29 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process federal-courts federal-tort-claims-act habeas-corpus mandamus ninth-circuit standing united-states-court-of-appeals writ-of-certiorari on 2^ 2o2.\ , o-F * / fl/ot/ ct 0-£ h'lt*y ,o4 7'or-i cUt/rts- flc-t [FT cA) rel"tvu /o OhArtat 7Ay /A 1 n (rr*-yry V, Ur\AA /cr$ub/r\ J$6/o^\ . -f…
21-7861 Omar S. Folk v. Bureau of Prisons, et al. Third Circuit 2022-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP abeyance case-holding certiorari circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-tort-claims-act legal-abeyance procedural-review standing supreme-court Whether the Pending Supreme Court Case Egbert v. Boule, Case No. 21-147(Cert. Granted Nov. 5, 2021) Should be Held In Abeyance until outcome of Suprem…
21-1410 Carol V. Clendening, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gary J. Clendening v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-05-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) camp-lejeune discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine feres-v-united-states judge-advocate-general military-tort-claims standing-law toxic-exposure (1) Does Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135 (1950) apply to an unwitting Judge Advocate General Officer's toxic exposure not related to his service.…
21-1290 Joseph Ferrari v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-24 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process federal-courts federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine immunity intentional-misconduct scope-of-employment 1. Is lying by a US employee to undermine the boss outside the scope of employment and therefore prevents US substitution into a suit for the liar and…
21-7179 Precious Wiley v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process eisenhower-army-medical-center federal-tort-claims-act medical-malpractice medical-negligence pro-se-litigation service-of-process standing wrongful-death 1. Why did the district court, order suasponte dismissing the appellant Precious Wiley Pro-se complaint under the Federal Tort claims Act alleging the…
21-6995 Admassu Regassa v. C. Brininger, et al. Third Circuit 2022-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP bivens-action civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violation constitutional-rights due-process federal-tort-claims-act government-liability prison-officials standing summary-judgment 1. Whether the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit erred…
21-965 Arthur Lopez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-01-04 Denied Response Waived civil-rights civil-rights-statutes constitutional-deprivation emotional-distress federal-tort-claims-act governmental-liability property-taking property-takings title-42-usc-1983 title-42-usc-1985 Should Defendant, United States of America be held liable for its relentless persecution of the religious Catholic Christian, Mexican Heritage U.S. bo…
21-867 Midwest Air Traffic Control Service, Inc. v. Jessica T. Badilla, et al. Second Circuit 2021-12-10 Denied CVSGAmici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-rights combatant-activities due-process federal-preemption federal-tort-claims-act military military-operations preemption statutory-interpretation tort-claims Whether state-law tort claims that arise out of the uniquely federal sphere of the military's combat operations are preempted by the interests embodie…
21-777 Blake Edward Halfacre v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-11-29 Denied Response Waived administrative-law employment-rights exclusive-provisions federal-employees federal-employment-compensation-act federal-tort-claims-act light-duty-job light-duty-job-offer united-states-court-of-appeals workers-compensation Are the "exclusive provisions" in the FECA (Federal Employment Compensation Act) applicable, or available to Federal Employees who also have no formal…
21-720 Rodney S. Ratheal v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abuse-of-process discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act ftca no-admit-no-deny no-admit-no-deny-policy sec-policy securities-and-exchange-commission whistleblower whistleblower-notice Does the SEC publishing a defaming whistleblower notice that implies guilt in violation of its own No Admit No Deny policy directive that after settle…
21-682 Mackie L. Shivers, Jr. v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-09 Denied circuit-split civil-liability constitutional-violation discretionary-function-exception employee-liability federal-tort-claims-act government-immunity Whether the discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act immunizes the United States from tort liability for acts taken by its empl…
21-590 A. Michael Davallou v. United States First Circuit 2021-10-22 Denied Response Waived administrative-law discretionary-function-exception failure-to-warn federal-tort-claims-act government-liability hazard-disclosure negligence policy-decision specific-known-immediate-hazard warning-duty Whether the Government's failure to warn of a specific, known, immediate hazard, for which the acting agency is responsible, is not the kind of broade…
21-5667 David Lockmiller v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-09-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion ashcroft-v-iqbal civil-rights constitutional-rights contingency-fee due-process federal-tort-claims-act first-amendment free-speech government-redress petition-clause Given the fact that the Constitution of the United States, Amendment I reads in pertinent part that "Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . …
21-362 Reuel Jacques Abale Gnalega v. United States, et al. District of Columbia 2021-09-08 Denied Response Waived civil-rights discovery due-process federal-tort-claims-act medical-malpractice standing statute-of-limitations summary-judgment va-hospital veterans-affairs (A) Issue 1: Whether Appellate review of a grant of summary judgment was de novo , (Judicial Watch, finely. rflep 'tfofD?f.-, M3 F.3d 1106, 1110't&.C …
21-311 Carrie S. Willis, Individually and as Trustee of the Trust of James C. and Norma D. Willis v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-agent government-liability mandatory-duty sovereign-immunity state-law-tort-claims tort-claims 1. Whether the discretionary-function exception shields the Government from suit whenever a government agent fails to fulfill a mandatory duty that ap…
21-291 Barbara Silva v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-08-30 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-tort-claims-act personal-information privacy-act privacy-act-1974 social-security-number sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction 1) Under Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C § 552a. (2)(c)(d),(6), (9), (10). a) Is the Agency required to maintain accurate information on each…
21-239 Daniel Loring v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-08-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-tort-claims-act government-misconduct legal-malpractice obstruction-of-justice public-record On www.pacermonitor.com the "OFFICIAL " Publics Domain of the governments; United States Courts Cases. On PACER Service Center pacer@psc.uscourts.gov …
21-5107 Willie C. Walker v. Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied IFP berkovitz-test civil-rights discretionary-function-exception due-process federal-tort-claims-act government-liability judicial-review policy-considerations statutory-interpretation Exceptions pursuant to which the government is not subject to suit, even if a private employer could be liable under the same circumstances. These exc…
21-5005 Erwin Eugene Semien v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment administrative-claim due-process federal-tort-claims-act first-amendment jones-v-bock jurisdictional-threshold supreme-court-precedent QUESTION ONE: DID THE LOWER COURTS VIOLATE SEMIEN 'S RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS UNDER THE 5th AMENDMENT DUE PROCESS CLAUSE BY FAILING TO FOLLOW SUPREME COUR…
20-8148 Mike Vigil v. Department of Housing and Urban Development Ninth Circuit 2021-05-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 7th-amendment civil-rights due-process fair-hearing federal-tort-claims-act motion-to-dismiss open-court-hearing pleading-defects rule-15-amendment sovereign-immunity standing summary-affirmance Is this Document that I TRUSTWORTHY ?? My Question is the Below STATUTE Valid and Firm ?? My Question is the Amendments SUMMONS CONSTITUTION FEDERAL…
20-1368 Cynthia Rollo-Carlson, as Trustee for Jeremiah Flackus-Carlson, Deceased v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-03-30 Denied Response Waived administrative-claims administrative-law agency-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure federal-claims federal-tort-claims-act jurisdictional-requirement standing statutory-interpretation Under 28 U.S.C. §2675(a), is the requirement that an agency be presented with evidence of the claimant's authority to act during the administrative cl…
20-1237 Blanche A. Brown v. United States Third Circuit 2021-03-08 Denied Response Waived duty-to-protect federal-tort-claims-act ftca-claim patient-abuse patient-protection procedural-error rule-41-dismissal va-negligence va-security-policy victim-rights-act witness-protection 38 USC§ 901 makes the VA Secretary and VA Facility Directors Responsible for Providing PROTECTION of persons, to include patients, visitors, and empl…
20-879 Arthur Lopez v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-04 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-torts federal-officials federal-tort-claims-act qualified-immunity sovereign-immunity Should the United States of America be subject to Liability under the Federal Tort Claims act for 1946 C Personal ligenions sustained by United States…
20-6562 Reynaldo Salinas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP air-force air-force-office-of-special-investigations civil-rights civilian-employee constitutional-rights due-process federal-tort-claims-act law-enforcement military-law posse-comitatus-act special-investigations standing ft) Wqs#ns ^ ~XnVg.s4i^^4iQK\ ?_ 3,) ~X-f Milrtarij , wha-f Ar4iclg UflrtK - LLC. M.^T. uiere.'lfatij ___ fjjtiiinj- 3,) ZC-P Civilian, rtujhw ift…
20-587 Hope Angelic White, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Myron Pollard v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-11-03 Denied bivens bivens-action civil-procedure civil-rights federal-tort-claims-act judgment-bar personal-representative sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. 1346(b), 2671 et seq., waives the sovereign immunity of the United States and creates a cause of action …
20-559 Jane Doe v. United States Second Circuit 2020-10-29 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) circuit-split federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine military-service service-academy sexual-assault sexual-harassment sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation 1. Was Feres wrongly decided and should it be overruled? 2. Alternatively, should Feres be limited so as not to bar tort claims brought by servicemem…
20-426 William L. Huntress, et al. v. United States Second Circuit 2020-10-02 Rehearing Amici (2)Relisted (2) abuse-of-process discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act law-enforcement-proviso malicious-prosecution sovereign-immunity In 2006, this Court rejected the EPA's Clean Water Act jurisdiction over a wetland that does not abut navigable-in-fact waters. Sackett v. E.P.A., 566…
20-254 Kuang-Bao Ou-Young v. John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-09-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) civil-rights competence-restoration criminal-action criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-tort-claims-act habeas-corpus judicial-procedure standing 1. Should a three-judge court instead of a single judge at the North Carolina district court adjudge the FTCA case? 2. Does denial of certiorari just…
20-217 Richard Balter v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-08-25 Denied expert-witness federal-tort-claims-act medical-malpractice proximate-cause standard-of-care virginia-medical-malpractice-act Does the Virginia Medical Malpractice Act's requirement that a plaintiff possess a written opinion signed by an expert witness that, based upon a reas…
20-215 Richard Bernholz v. Internal Revenue Service Second Circuit 2020-08-25 Denied Response Waived federal-tort-claims-act government-liability immunity internal-revenue-service sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation tax-assessment tax-collection The question presented is whether any conduct by the Internal Revenue Service which may broadly be construed as a mechanism for the assessment and col…
20-5017 Jerry Glendon Modisette v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-tort-claims-act health-care pleading-requirements 1. Do I have a Constitutional right to health care. 2. Did Federal Bureau of Prisons breach it's duties under 18 uses 4042 Certification of merit on …
19-1082 Stephen Linder v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied civil-rights-tort-claims-act-discretionary-functio constitutional-violation constitutional-violations discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress law-enforcement malicious-prosecution sovereign-immunity 1. Whether the Seventh Circuit erred in concluding, contrary to five other circuits, that the discretionary function exception of the Federal Tort Cla…
19-7660 Ronald Blue West v. United States Third Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-exhaustion breach-of-duty causation civil-rights constitutional-rights damages duty-of-care federal-tort-claims-act prisoner-protection subject-matter-jurisdiction In 2015, I Ronald Blue West, was incarcerated at the FCI-Allenwood Federal Correctional Institution in White Deer, Pa. 'Pennsylvania. West, file a civ…
19-913 Ghazala Siddiqui, et vir, Individually and as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Raheel Siddiqui, Deceased v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-01-22 Denied Response Waived civilian-claims civilian-rights federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine military-discrimination military-nexus military-recruit pre-enlistment-negligence tort-claims In Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135 (1950) this Court held that service members were barred from bringing tort claims under the Federal Tort Claim…
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 1. 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, inser…
19-6897 Obaydul Hoque Bhuiyan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure federal-tort-claims-act government-liability jurisdiction plaintiff-burden prima-facie prima-facie-showing private-party-analogue standing statutory-interpretation What prima facie showing is it necessary and sufficient for a plaintiff to make, in order to establish the existence of a private-party analogue suppo…
19-661 Mynor Abdiel Tun-Cos, et al. v. B. Perrotte, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-11-22 Denied 4th-amendment bivens bivens-action civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-law-enforcement federal-tort-claims-act immigration-enforcement law-enforcement qualified-immunity search-and-seizure Whether victims of an unconstitutional search and seizure, who were subjected to a home raid and detention without a warrant or suspicion, by law enfo…
19-596 Sandra G. Hale v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response Waived administrative-claim civil-procedure continuing-tort-doctrine dismissal-with-prejudice federal-tort-claims-act medical-malpractice standing statute-of-limitations Petitioner and veteran Ms. Hale, sued under 28 U.S.C. § 1346, Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries caused by Veteran's Administration x-ray technician…
19-578 Sandra G. Hale v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-11-04 Denied Response Waived administrative-law chemical-burns chemical-exposure expert-testimony federal-tort-claims-act medical-malpractice pesticide-regulations pesticide-usage veterans-affairs 1. Whether an expert Toxicologist can testify regarding chemical burns. 2. Whether cleaning dentures is practicing dentistry and therefore a dental t…
19-546 Douglas Brownback, et al. v. James King Sixth Circuit 2019-10-28 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Relisted (2) bivens-claim bivens-claims civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-tort-claims-act government-liability judgment-bar sovereign-immunity state-tort-law Whether a final judgment in favor of the United States in an action brought under Section 1346(b)(1), on the ground that a private person would not be…
19-5960 Ben W. Bane v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavits breach-of-duty civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prisoner federal-tort-claims-act judicial-enforcement medical-negligence prisoner-rights procedural-requirements standing state-law state-law-preemption Whether a Federal District Court and the Appellant Court of that District can enforce a Local State Law, under South Carolina Code § 15-36-100, requir…
19-224 Bryan James Strother v. David S. Baldwin, Adjutant General, California Army National Guard, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-20 Denied Relisted (2) accrued-benefits civil-rights contractual-entitlements due-process federal-tort-claims-act federal-torts-claim-act feres-doctrine military-benefits military-pay military-pay-and-bonuses property-rights repetition-evading-review vested-property-interests vested-property-rights Regardless of the presence or absence of any statutory scheme do enlistment contracts become entitlements vested upon commitment at the decision point…
19-217 DaVinci Aircraft, Inc. v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-19 Denied Response Waived bivens-claim bivens-v-six-unknown-named-agents civil-asset-forfeiture civil-asset-forfeiture-reform-act civil-rights discretionary-action espionage-act federal-tort-claims-act fourth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Does the exception for forfeitures created by the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (CAFRA), Pub. L. No. 106-185, § 3, 114 Stat. 202 for pr…
19-5282 James Odell Baxter, II v. United States District of Columbia 2019-07-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ability-to-pay circuit-split civil-rights criminal-restitution due-process federal-tort-claims-act incarceration-damages medical-negligence mental-distress settlement-funds Did the D.C. Circuit err in affirming the order requiring payment of Federal Tort Claim settlement funds towards a criminal restitution order, when th…
18-9212 Vincent McCrudden v. United States, et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP bivens-claim civil-procedure civil-rights credibility-determination de-minimis-force due-process federal-tort-claims-act jury-trial standing summary-judgment Can Courts systemically deny access to a jury trial in meritorious FTCA and Bivens Claims by making credibility determinations at the summary judgment…
18-8839 Frizzell Carrell Woodson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-standing due-process federal-tort-claims-act frivolous-claims in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion pro-se-litigant sovereign-immunity standing Whether the Supreme Court has clearly established uniformity precedent for pro-se litigants' procedural due process rights under 28 USC § 1915 screeni…
18-8836 Frizzell Carrell Woodson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP sovereign-immunity-waiver 28-usc-2106 appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process federal-tort-claims-act judicial-process judicial-recusal judicial-review recusal sovereign-immunity standing Whether the Supreme Court may consider the risk of manifest injustice and potential effect on public confidence in the judicial process when an impair…
18-8837 Frizzell Carrell Woodson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-standing due-process federal-tort-claims-act judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct notice pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-due-process sovereign-immunity standing sua-sponte-dismissal Whether a trial court should render a sua sponte decision to dismiss an informa pauperis pro se litigant first pleaded affidavit to commenced civil ac…
18-8838 Frizzell Carrell Woodson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-standing due-process due-process-clauses federal-tort-claims-act in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigant sovereign-immunity standing Whether, When, and to What extent raised therefor, a civil action is commenced
18-8840 Frizzell Carrell Woodson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-tort-claims-act impartiality judicial-discretion judicial-review jurisdictional-threshold sovereign-immunity standing tort-claims Whether the invoked appellate court adjudicative jurisdiction should acknowledge the particularism of any trial court judge's non-judicial palpable ac…
18-1260 Jessica Cooke v. United States Second Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied administrative-claims administrative-law circuit-split civil-procedure claim-filing common-law federal-tort-claims-act legal-procedure mailbox-rule standing statutory-interpretation Whether the common-law 'mailbox rule' applies to claims brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2675(a)
18-1232 Al Zeiny v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process emotional-distress fbi-investigation federal-tort-claims-act free-speech government-misconduct intelligence-agency intelligence-agency-misconduct mental-health pro-se pro-se-litigant standing Whether Zeiny's rights would prevail over the CIA's power
18-981 Theresa Jones, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine government-liability legislative-intent military-negligence military-service-members negligence servicemember-rights standing tort-action Should the Feres doctrine be revisited and limited to the legislative purpose underlining the Federal Tort Claims Act, such that a negligence action f…
18-6609 Manuel Lampon-Paz v. Office of Personnel Management Third Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-immunity due-diligence due-process federal-tort-claims-act government-liability jurisdiction negligence statutory-interpretation Whether the Office of Personnel Management can be held liable under FTCA statutes
18-6420 Gregory P. Nesselrode v. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education Sixth Circuit 2018-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP amount-in-controversy due-process federal-tort-claims-act jurisdiction sovereign-immunity student-loans tucker-act Whether the 'Tucker Act' and 20 U.S.C. § 1082(a)(2) overrule the 'Federal Tort Claims Act' and grant jurisdiction for petitioner to sue respondent wit…
18-460 Walter Daniel, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Rebekah Daniel v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine medical-malpractice military-discipline military-exigencies service-member service-members stare-decisis statutory-interpretation Does the Feres doctrine bar service members, or their estates, from bringing claims for medical malpractice under the Federal Tort Claims Act where th…
18-234 Guadalupe Chaidez Campos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied civil-rights discretionary-function-exception due-process false-arrest false-imprisonment federal-tort-claims-act intentional-torts law-enforcement-proviso sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act restricts the law enforcement proviso's waiver of sovereign immunity for i…
18-197 E. K. Wade v. R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-14 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights department-of-labor due-process federal-courts federal-tort-claims-act judicial-discretion pre-filing-order preliminary-injunction ripeness standing title-vii Whether Petitioner, at the time of his personal injuries, was a private citizen and not an employee subject to exclusive remedy under Title VII