| 25-7166 |
Kris Briscoe v. Ryan Johnston, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2026-04-09 |
Pending |
IFP |
access-to-courts appellate-procedure civil-rights equal-protection filing-fees in-forma-pauperis |
Issues of importance beyond the particular facts and parties involved: "Get Niggas " Civil Conspiracy (2023 to 2025).
1. Did the 10th Circuit of Appe… |
| 25-6938 |
Anthony Tyrone Campbell, Sr. v. P. Dickey, former Corrections Officer |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-03-02 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-USC-636 appellate-review consent-requirement federal-procedure filing-fees magistrate-judge-jurisdiction |
1. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit consequently
overlook Federal Law pertaining to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1), where, petitio… |
| 24A1082 |
Christopher J. Rahaim v. Nancy M. Ley, former Judge, Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-05-08 |
Presumed Complete |
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access-to-courts due-process filing-fees judicial-review pro-se procedural-rules |
Question not identified. |
| 24-6707 |
Eddie Turner v. Department of Justice, Office of Administration, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-03-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts filing-fees judicial-review mandamus procedural-technicalities sovereign-immunity |
PETTIANER. YAS CLEP SUFEILIENT FAC, THAT PROVES' B (LERY PRESENT BND MINIGrE TAL puTy Owen To THE PET Toner Ufan THE RESCONDENTS PUES MCLEAN PRESENT A… |
| 24A30 |
Martin Akerman v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-07-11 |
Presumed Complete |
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access-to-courts constitutional-rights due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigant |
Whether the denial of in forma pauperis (IFP) status by the district court and the subsequent refusal by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to revie… |
| 23-7383 |
Kenric Ledbetter, et al. v. Religious Practice Committee, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process filing-fees legal-document petition prison-litigation-reform-act standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari |
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| 23A534 |
Jay Hymas, dba Dosmen Farms v. Department of Interior |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-12-12 |
Presumed Complete |
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civil-litigation court-fees filing-fees in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation |
1. This case presents a significant question of law—namely, whether, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1), district courts may impose a partial filing f… |
| 23-5883 |
Shardaye Jeacole Malik Bey v. Ohio |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-10-25 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1443 appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-rights court-fees criminal-procedure criminal-removal due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis |
Because filing fees are not required for removal of a criminal action under [28 U.S.C.] § 1443, it is not necessary to grant Petitioner in forma paupe… |
| 21-7796 |
Ryan Stephen Ehrenreich v. Shirley N. Weber, California Secretary of State |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
ballot-access candidate-certification civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process election-law elections filing-fee filing-fees free-speech notarization write-in-voting |
In 1989. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decided "the fee require
ment challenged in this lawsuit unconstitutional " and "the State may … |
| 21-7535 |
Antonio Alejandro Gutierrez v. Steve Shelton, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-04-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1915 bruce-v-samuels civil-procedure due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis procedural-law retroactive-application retroactivity statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Should the Oregon Department of Corrections, the U.S. District Court of Oregon, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, be allowed to collect 28 U.S.C… |
| 20-1734 |
Waseem Daker v. Timothy C. Ward, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-06-16 |
Denied |
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civil-procedure civil-rights due-process filing-fees intervention joinder prison-litigation-reform-act section-1983 standing |
I. Whether the Prison Litigation Reform Act requires each prisoner filing a lawsuit to pay a separate filing fee.
II. Whether the Prison Litigation R… |
| 20-6489 |
Mario Allan Montano v. Ivy Alice Wimmer |
Michigan |
2020-12-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts case-dismissal constitutional-rights court-fees court-orders due-process equal-protection filing-fees jurisdiction supreme-court-jurisdiction |
I. Whether the Michigan Supreme Court violated its jurisdiction in issuing three orders dismissing the Petitioner's cases thus depriving the Petitione… |
| 19-8840 |
Darnell Cooper v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-06-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection filing-fees in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion partial-filing-fee prison-litigation-reform-act standing |
1. Should Petitioner have been charged with an initial partial filing fee of 20 percent of the $1,300 dollars petitioner had in his account, to procee… |
| 19-7901 |
Thomas Powers v. Travis Smith, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-03-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment civil-procedure-rules due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction standing access-to-courts civil-rights detention due-process filing-fees indigency |
WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT IS DENYING AN INDIGENT CIVIL DETAINEE (PRE TRIAL DETAINEE'') FOR SEVEN YEARS (JUNE 26,2012) FROM ACCESSING THE COURT WHEN P… |
| 19-6666 |
Christopher Thornton v. Patricia Anne Coyne-Fague, Director, Rhode Island Department of Corrections |
First Circuit |
2019-11-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-court filing-fees habeas-corpus return-of-fees rule-60 |
the filing of a State prisoner writ of habeas corpus 1. does prohibit the federal court from returning a filing fees.
2. does the Fed.R.Civ.P. Rule 6… |
| 19-164 |
David Samarripa, et al. v. Gregory Kizziah, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-08-05 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights court-costs due-process federal-courts filing-fees habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion procedural-rules standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether federal courts have the authority to impose partial filing fees on habeas petitioners. |
| 18-1303 |
Sonja Colbert v. Cleveland Mitchell |
California |
2019-04-15 |
Denied |
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appeals appellate-review bad-faith civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process filing-fees housing-authority judicial-procedure jury-trial landlord-tenant lower-court rent-control section-8-housing standing |
Can a Single Court of Appeals Justice, Dismiss an Appeal, after shown by all Clerks, the lower court and Appellant in writing, that Appellant timely f… |
| 18-8723 |
Miles Sterling Bench v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2019-04-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment affidavit civil-rights competency costs criminal-appeals death-penalty declaration due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis indigent indigent-status mental-illness oklahoma-law supreme-court-procedure writ-of-certiorari |
Question not identified. |
| 18-8461 |
Arther Lee Williamson v. Tyrie W. Boyer, Judge, Circuit Court of Florida, 4th Judicial Circuit |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis standing |
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| 18-8180 |
William N. Lucy, Personal Representative of Annie D. Fox, Deceased v. Dialysis Associates, et al. |
Alabama |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alabama-supreme-court civil-procedure civil-rights double-county-circuit-court due-process equal-access-to-justice-act filing-fees in-forma-pauperis standing |
1) THE ISSUE IS WHETHER THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT ERRED IN HOLDING THAT PETITIONER WERE NOT ALLOWED TO PROCEED ON APPEAL FROM THE MOBILE COUNTY CIRCUI… |
| 18-5451 |
Charles M. Steele v. Charlotte Jenkins, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-access due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis indigent-plaintiff judicial-discretion prisoner-rights sua-sponte-dismissal |
1. May the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals sua sponte dismisses a Plaintiff's Appeal for not paying the filing fees, where documentation clearly showed… |
| 24A547 |
Frank Deville v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation |
District of Columbia |
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Presumed Complete |
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appellate-procedure filing-fees in-forma-pauperis pro-se supreme-court-rules writ-of-certiorari |
Question not identified. |