| 25A912 |
Joshua Howard v. Anthony Meli, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2026-02-13 |
Application |
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28-u.s.c.-§1746 extension-request filing-deadline prison-mailbox-rule pro-se supreme-court |
Question not identified. |
| 25A664 |
Jeanie Reese v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., et al. |
California |
2025-12-05 |
Application |
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court-document extension-request filing-deadline pro-se procedural-rules timely-submission |
Whether a pro se litigant's self-filed document meets the legal standard for timely filing under federal court procedural rules |
| 25A257 |
Jennifer Bridges, et al. v. The Methodist Hospital, dba The Methodist Hospital System, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-09-03 |
Presumed Complete |
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certiorari filing-deadline procedural-relief supreme-court-rules time-extension writ-application |
Whether the lower court's extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari was procedurally appropriate and consistent with Supreme Court… |
| 25A207 |
Daniel Gonzalez v. California Department of Real Estate, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-08-21 |
Presumed Complete |
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court-of-appeals filing-deadline petition-for-certiorari supreme-court-rules time-extension writ-of-certiorari |
Whether a federal court of appeals may grant an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari beyond the standard 90-day period prescrib… |
| 25A33 |
Raymond Poore v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-07-08 |
Presumed Complete |
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appellate-review certiorari filing-deadline judicial-procedure supreme-court time-extension |
Whether a federal appellate court's judgment can be challenged through a petition for writ of certiorari after the standard filing deadline |
| 24A660 |
Lidia M. Orrego v. Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano LLP, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-01-03 |
Presumed Complete |
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filing-deadline in-forma-pauperis pro-se procedural-compliance supreme-court-rules writ-of-certiorari |
Whether a pro se litigant's motion for in forma pauperis status and petition for writ of certiorari can be timely considered despite potential procedu… |
| 24A543 |
Sergio Garcia Fernandez v. Michael Phillip Jagger, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-12-04 |
Presumed Complete |
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filing-deadline legal-procedure procedural-relief supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari |
Whether a petitioner may obtain an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari without demonstrating extraordinary circumstances |
| 24A530 |
DeWayne Lee Waldrup v. Texas |
Texas |
2024-12-02 |
Presumed Complete |
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certiorari extension-of-time filing-deadline habeas-corpus judicial-discretion supreme-court |
Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari despite previous missed filing deadlines |
| 24A225 |
Alicia Marie Richards v. Richard A. Marshack, Chapter 7 Trustee |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-08-30 |
Presumed Complete |
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certiorari civil-contempt court-procedure filing-deadline prisoner-rights pro-se |
Whether a pro se prisoner's motion to extend a filing deadline for a certiorari petition constitutes a valid legal request when the underlying civil c… |
| 24A21 |
H.C. v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, et al. |
California |
2024-07-09 |
Presumed Complete |
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equitable-tolling filing-deadline medical-disability pro-se procedural-rules supreme-court |
Whether a pro se litigant's physical disability and medical challenges can constitute good cause for equitable tolling of procedural filing deadlines … |
| 23A1045 |
Daniel Taylor v. Unit Manager Santos, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-05-23 |
Presumed Complete |
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due-process filing-deadline legal-mail procedural-challenges supreme-court time-extension |
Whether the Court will grant an extension of time for filing a legal document given apparent procedural challenges and potential due process concerns |
| 23A953 |
Keith Vernon Davis v. David Close, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale |
Third Circuit |
2024-04-23 |
Presumed Complete |
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actual-innocence administrative-error filing-deadline habeas-corpus pro-se time-bar |
Whether a federal habeas petition can be deemed timely when administrative errors prevented the petitioner from receiving critical court correspondenc… |
| 23A650 |
Scott Smith v. Entrepreneur Media Inc., a California Corporation |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-12 |
Presumed Complete |
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appellate-procedure certiorari filing-deadline ninth-circuit supreme-court-rules time-extension |
Whether a federal appellate court's procedural ruling can extend the standard 90-day certiorari filing deadline under Supreme Court rules |
| 23A622 |
Kari Lake, et al. v. Adrian Fontes, Arizona Secretary of State, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-05 |
Presumed Complete |
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filing-deadline procedural-relief supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari |
| 23-6395 |
In Re Daniel Lee Beckley |
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2023-12-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
all-writs-act appellate-procedure federal-appeals filing-deadline houston-v-lack incarcerated-person mandamus prison-mail prisoner-litigation pro-se-filing supreme-court-mandate timely-filing |
Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the court of appeals to abide by the Supreme Court's holding in Houston v. Lack and accept Petitione… |
| 23A506 |
Michael J. Harvey v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-12-05 |
Presumed Complete |
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extension-request filing-deadline legal-obstacles pro-se supreme-court technological-barriers |
Whether a pro se litigant's technological challenges, personal circumstances, and time constraints constitute sufficient grounds for an extraordinary … |
| 23-5805 |
Jeffrey Corporal v. Ronald Weber, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-10-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction filing-deadline harmless-error pro-se-litigant procedural-error standing statute-of-limitations |
Does a federal district court harmlessly err when it erroneously extends a defendant's inexcusably neglectfully missed filing deadline to respond to a… |
| 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? |
| 23-21 |
Stuart R. Harrow v. Department of Defense |
Federal Circuit |
2023-07-06 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (5)Relisted (4) |
administrative-law federal-circuit federal-employee filing-deadline judicial-review jurisdictional jurisdictional-deadline merit-systems-protection-board nonjurisdictional statutory-interpretation |
Whether the 60-day deadline in 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1)(A) is jurisdictional |
| 22-944 |
Lois Yankah v. Sgt. Moore, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-03-29 |
Denied |
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appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure filing-deadline fugitive-disentitlement fugitive-disentitlement-doctrine speedy-trial speedy-trial-act |
Whether an appellate court may dismiss an appeal filed after the filing deadline but before the 3-day extension for notices sent by mail |
| 21-7887 |
Jeffrey Charles Rodd v. K. Crandall, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-05-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law administrative-remedies civil-procedure due-process filing-deadline physical-incapacitation procedural-excuse statute-of-limitations tolling |
Whether Mr. Rodd could have been excused or allowed to file administrative remedies at a later date or been excused altogether due to physical incapac… |
| 21-6385 |
Edward J. Dostal v. Basin Electric Power Cooperative, et al. |
South Dakota |
2021-11-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appeal-timeline court-procedure due-process federal-court-precedent filing-deadline motion-dismissal public-utility-regulation sherman-act state-court-precedent supremacy-clause |
Whether the South Dakota Supreme Court's dismissal order violated the Petitioners' due process and supremacy clause rights |
| 21-5593 |
Dennis Akaazua v. Walker Novack Legal Group, LLC, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-09-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure district-court equitable-relief equitable-tolling filing-deadline postal-delivery postal-service pro-se timeliness weather-conditions winter-conditions |
Whether the U.S. District Court could equitably rule that the Petitioner's reply brief was untimely despite postal delivery suspension due to extreme … |
| 21-5536 |
Eddie Dewayne Lee v. Scott Crow, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-08-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights equitable-tolling filing-deadline habeas-corpus legal-library prison-access procedural-barriers |
Should a criminal defendant be afforded Equitable Tolling of the One Year Filing Deadline for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 USC 2254 when the priso… |
| 20-8153 |
Samantha J. Jackson v. AT&T Retirement Savings Plan, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-05-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-court civil-procedure docketing excusable-neglect filing-deadline jurisdictional-issue notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-filer |
Did the Appellate Court erroneously calculate the filing deadline for the Notice of Appeal? |
| 20-7784 |
Bryan Keith Goins v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appellate-review court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process filing-deadline ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-interpretation legal-timeliness procedural-requirements sentencing writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the petitioner's sentence was unconstitutional |
| 20-1197 |
Eugene Milton Clemons, II v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-03-01 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
atkins-v-virginia circuit-split civil-rights court-clerk-error due-process equitable-tolling filing-deadline habeas-corpus intellectual-disability post-conviction-review procedural-default standing |
Whether the availability of equitable tolling requires consideration of the totality of the circumstances |
| 18A1248 |
Jeffrey Alan Glossner v. Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-06-03 |
Presumed Complete |
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court-procedure extension-of-time filing-deadline legal-request supreme-court writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Supreme Court will grant an extension of time to file a writ of certiorari in a pending legal matter |
| 18-9207 |
Leon Markel Winston v. Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-05-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling filing-deadline habeas-corpus legal-assistance one-year-filing-deadline prison-access prison-law-library |
Should a criminal defendant that can demonstrate that he has been diligently pursuing a writ of habeas corpus be afforded Equitable Tolling of the One… |
| 18-8545 |
Debra Ann Lohri v. Specialized Loan Servicing, L.L.C. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law appellate-procedure bankruptcy civil-procedure due-process filing-deadline government-agencies mailbox-rule notice-timeliness procedural-technicality statutory-interpretation |
Whether the mailbox rule should apply to bankruptcy filings |
| 18-8595 |
Charles Kenneth Wallace, Sr. v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections |
Louisiana |
2019-03-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights court-rules due-process filing-deadline free-speech legal-procedure mailbox-rule petition-timing standing takings |
Did the 5th Circuit deny certiorari as untimely, when under mailbox rule is timely filed? |
| 18-1087 |
Javier Chavez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
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access-to-courts attorney-abandonment attorney-death certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure court-access due-process equitable-tolling filing-deadline legal-malpractice pro-se |
Should the Fifth Circuit have granted a Certificate of Appealability on equitable tolling when Petitioner's retained lawyer died and no one could find… |
| 24A422 |
Sekou Keita v. Giant of Maryland LLC |
Fourth Circuit |
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Presumed Complete |
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court-rules filing-deadline forma-pauperis legal-printing pro-se writ-of-certiorari |
Whether a pro se litigant's financial constraints and limited time constitute good cause for an extension of the Supreme Court's deadline for filing a… |