| 23-7177 |
In Re Terrance McCauley |
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2024-04-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
act-of-state-doctrine color-of-law constitutional-rights foreign-state foreign-state-citizenship free-exercise-of-religion peaceable-assembly sovereign-immunity |
Whether the judgment of conviction against Terrance A. McCauley transgresses the Court's act-of-state-doctrine, sovereign-immunity, peaceable-assembly… |
| 22-596 |
Lamon Sandel Dewayne Donnell v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment civil-rights due-process foreign-state judicial-procedure jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunities sovereign-immunities-act subject-matter-jurisdiction title-28 |
Is this Court, and all public offices, a FOREIGN STATE as defined under FRCP Rule 4(j) and under Title 28— JUDICIARY | AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE? |
| 22-5604 |
John Gregory Lambros v. Federative Republic of Brazil, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-09-19 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-procedure federal-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure foreign-state foreign-state-defendant jurisdictional-defect motion-to-remand remand removal removal-procedure service-of-process timeliness |
Whether an untimely 'Motion for Removal' by a foreign state suffices when the non-jurisdictional procedural removal defect is timely raised |
| 21-200 |
Willie Frank Walker v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-08-11 |
Denied |
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14th-amendment accardi-doctrine civil-procedure due-process foreign-state jurisdictional-challenge personal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunities sovereign-immunities-act subject-matter-jurisdiction transient-foreigner |
Lack of subject-matter and personal jurisdiction |
| 20-640 |
The Welsh Government v. Pablo Star Ltd., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-11-10 |
Denied |
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commercial-activity commercial-activity-exception copyright-infringement foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-state international-law jurisdictional-exception political-subdivision tourism-promotion |
Is a political subdivision of a foreign state immune from copyright infringement claims under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's commercial activi… |
| 20-462 |
Jesse Louis Kaiser v. Anthony R. Morfitt, Assistant United States Attorney |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-10-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure constitutional-challenge due-process foreign-state personal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunities sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Jurisdiction-challenge |
| 18-1412 |
Lewis-Jay Porter v. Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-05-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-state personal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the court lacks subject matter and personal jurisdiction due to the court being defined as a 'foreign state' under FRCP Rule 4(j) and the Sove… |
| 18-620 |
Jamahl Harim Simmons v. Pennsylvania |
Third Circuit |
2018-11-14 |
Denied |
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14th-amendment civil-rights collateral-attack constitutional-challenge due-process foreign-state jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunities sovereign-immunities-act subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the state trial court lacks subject matter and personal jurisdiction |
| 18-544 |
Teresita A. Canuto v. Department of Defense, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2018-10-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1604 28-usc-1605 acting-official foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity foreign-state government-liability individual-capacity individual-liability official-capacity service-of-process sovereign-immunity state-immunity statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether a foreign state's immunity from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act extends to an individual for acts taken in the individual's fo… |
| 18-295 |
Alexander Alimanestianu, et al. v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2018-09-07 |
Denied |
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due-process eminent-domain espousal fifth-amendment foreign-affairs foreign-state international-law just-compensation property-rights takings |
Can the United States seize, use, and compromise the claims and judgments of its citizens against a foreign state—a practice in international law know… |