| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |