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25A589 Humphrey Daniels, III v. United States Armed Forces 2025-11-18 Application appellate-process fraud-on-the-court government-misconduct hazel-atlas-doctrine judicial-supervision structural-conflict Whether a government-induced structural conflict that was never disclosed to a tribunal constitutes fraud on the court requiring judicial supervisory …
24-5020 Velina M. Johnson v. Inland Residential Real Estate Services, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP automatic-stay civil-procedure-60b-motion due-process fair-housing-act fraud-on-the-court housing-discrimination housing-retaliation judicial-bias rule-60-motion shotgun-pleading willful-violation-of-automatic-stay Whether a motion to vacate the court of appeals judgment is proper when the court of appeals defied its prior decision on the definition of a 'shotgun…
23-7536 Donna M. Brown v. Thomas U. Brown Louisiana 2024-05-22 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure due-process ex-parte-proceeding fraud fraud-on-the-court judicial-fraud standing subpoena-duces-tecum void-judgment Whether a person has a constitutional right to impugn a judgment procured by fraud and fraud on the court?
23-7301 Reginald Burrell v. Sharon Langham, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-25 Denied IFP circuit-conflict civil-rights due-process equitable-relief federal-courts federal-procedure fraud-on-the-court fraudulent-judgments habeas-corpus judicial-discretion supervisory-power Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in denying equitable relief against a fraudulent judgment
23-6414 In Re Joseph Raimondo 2024-01-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice qualified-immunity Whether the United States Eastern District of MI Court erred in granting Respondents qualified immunity after voiding civil case No. 2:01-cv-71352, di…
23-714 Bobby Len Franklin v. BWD Properties 2, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure concealment discovery discovery-concealment fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-misconduct land-patent officers-of-court patent-rights standing Did the named officers of the court perpetrate fraud to conceal petitioner's patent rights?
23-6288 Carlos Velasquez v. Robert Baldock, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-12-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights court-procedure fed-r-civ-p-59 fed-r-civ-p-60(d) fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-fraud judicial-immunity judicial-malpractice new-trial-timing rule-60 Will the Supreme Court of the United States reject Political-Fraud,fraud-and-false-statements-in-official-transactions,when-expressed-by-political-aut…
23-6125 Walter Lancaster v. Beats Electronics LLC, et al. California 2023-11-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court miscarriage-of-justice petition-for-review stare-decisis Whether the denial of a petition for writ of certiorari by the highest state supreme court, followed by a denial of a timely appeal by the state distr…
23-5420 Bruce Wanzo, Jr. v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa certificate-of-appealability due-process equitable-tolling fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit Whether appointment of counsel on appeal for briefing, and the actions of counsel in detracting from the intended issues raised in the Certificate of …
23-5378 Frank J. Capozzi v. United States Third Circuit 2023-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation fourth-amendment franks-hearing fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court miscarriage-of-justice probable-cause search-warrant Was the State search warrant obtained based on fraudulent, deceptive, misleading, and omitted statements
22-7621 Jerry Elkins v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction fraud-on-the-court hazel-atlas-fraud interstate-commerce jury-instructions rico-violation Whether the convictions were proper due to lack of federal jurisdiction
22-891 John Earl Erickson, et ux. v. Vanessa Power, et al. Washington 2023-03-16 Denied civil-proceedings client-concealment due-process false-pleadings foreclosure-action forged-documents fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court legal-misrepresentation relief-from-judgments summary-judgment Does fraud on the court committed by officers of the court in civil proceedings violate due process requiring relief from judgments fraudulently procu…
22-763 Ganiyu Ayinla Jaiyeola v. Toyota Motor Corporation, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-02-14 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure clear-and-convincing-evidence cross-examination due-process evidence fraud-on-the-court judicial-procedure rule-of-law sanctions Whether the Sixth Circuit panel's decision to affirm the District Court decision that was based on the application of the wrong legal test constituted…
22-6735 Echo Dixon v. New York New York 2023-02-09 Denied IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment fraud-on-the-court free-exercise habeas-corpus misnomer Whether the People of the State of New York interfered with Petitioner's first and fourteenth amendment free exercise rights
22-6572 Christian Dior Womack v. United States Third Circuit 2023-01-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-offenses due-process fraud-on-the-court government-misrepresentation habeas-corpus judicial-error mandate-recall miscarriage-of-justice plea-bargaining sentencing Does an appellate court's failure to recall its mandate to amend its opinion — that is predicated on the government's legal argument of inaccurate con…
22-6549 Anne Marie Jordan v. Historic Log Cabins, Inc., et al. South Dakota 2023-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-judicial-misconduct democracy-preservation discrimination fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-misconduct misapplication-of-federal-law misapplication-of-state-law state-law-discrimination supreme-court-review Whether the Supreme Court should grant certiorari to address issues of criminal judicial misconduct, fraud on the court, and the misapplication of fed…
22-6277 Paul E. Pavulak v. United States Third Circuit 2022-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-bar rule-60 rule-60(d)(3) section-2255 successive-petition When a petitioner challenges a procedural bar in his 2255 which based on a fraud on the court, may a District Court Judge dismiss this motion as a Suc…
22-499 John Earl Erickson, et ux. v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-6 Washington 2022-11-28 Denied civil-procedure civil-proceedings due-process false-pleadings foreclosure-action forged-documents fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-misconduct relief-from-judgment summary-judgment Does fraud on the court committed by officers of the court in civil proceedings violate due process requiring relief from judgments fraudulently procu…
22-5960 Steven Justin Villalona v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure equity-proceeding final-order fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court independent-action independent-action-in-equity post-judgment-discovery rule-60(d)(3) Whether the dismissal of an independent action in equity seeking to set aside a judgment based on fraud on the court may be considered a final order
22-409 Alexander Moskovits v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. Second Circuit 2022-11-01 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-recusal supervisory-power Whether instituting sealed proceedings in a civil case violates Constitutional rights
22-55 Leo Kramer, et ux. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-07-20 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process evidence-fabrication fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-estoppel judicial-misconduct property-rights rule-60-motion standing Should lawyers be allowed to commit fraud upon the court?
21-8170 Samuel Gaines, Jr. v. Brooks L. Benton, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-17 Denied IFP civil-rights court-fraud criminal-law due-process federal-procedure fraud-on-the-court judicial-interference legal-obstruction obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct standing state-procedure Whether the lower court's order violated the Petitioner's constitutional and statutory rights by disrespecting the authority of the United States Dist…
21-1458 EPA Drug Initiative II v. Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2022-05-18 Denied Response Waived appellate-review fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court hazel-atlas-doctrine hazel-atlas-glass-co-v-hartford-empire-co judicial-proceedings patent-invalidation patent-invalidity standing supervisory-power third-party-intervention Questions presented
21-7741 David Mejia v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-04-28 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance pro-se pro-se-litigant standing Has the Fifth Circuit erred in holding fraud on the court not a substantive constitutional violation of due process?
21-1374 Floyd Chodosh, et al. v. John Saunders, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-04-22 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-455 civil-procedure disqualification due-process federal-jurisdiction fraud-on-the-court judicial-misconduct procedural-due-process rooker-feldman Whether Petitioners' procedural due process rights were violated
21-7635 William F. Kaetz v. United States Third Circuit 2022-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-orders content-and-viewpoint-discrimination court-jurisdiction covid-19 covid-19-continuance due-process fraud-on-the-court judicial-authority public-debate unconstitutional viewpoint-discrimination Are the administrative internal court operation orders in response to the covid-19 pandemic an act that lacks authority, jurisdiction, due-process, a …
21-7125 William F. Kaetz v. United States Third Circuit 2022-02-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure coram-nobis criminal-procedure fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-error miscarriage-of-justice rule-60 writ-of-coram-nobis Whether a lower court has a duty and obligation to correct a miscarriage of justice caused by fraud on the court, regardless of a harmless error of mi…
21-7099 Edwin Disla v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure eleventh-circuit fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus precedent remand rule-60b3-motion second-and-successive supreme-court-precedent Whether a Rule 60(b)(3) Motion for Fraud on the Court overcomes a Second and Successive Ruling Pursuant to the dictates of Supreme Court Precedent set…
21-6444 In Re James Joseph Knochel 2021-11-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus inaccessibility judicial-process medical-rights mental-incompetence next-friend next-friend-standing standing May a next friend be declared vexatious without considering evidence of fraud on the court?
21-6038 In Re Brian David Hill 2021-10-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitution constitutional-violations district-court due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus judicial-rebellion north-carolina supreme-court-authority uncontested-motions Where the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina had systematically and repeatedly deprived a Petitioner of Due Process of Law …
21-6036 Brian David Hill v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-10-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-limitations certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus Where the U.S. Court of Appeals didn't properly grant a Certificate of Appealability to an improperly dismissed § 2255 Motion/Case asserting Actual In…
21-5977 In Re Rigoberto Melero Aguirre 2021-10-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constructive-denial counsel-rights criminal-procedure due-process fraud-on-the-court fraud-upon-court ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-proceedings miscarriage-of-justice plain-error-standard standard-of-review Whether the constructive denial of counsel during Melero Aguirre's judicial proceedings, coupled with the wholesale adoption by the Fifth Circuit, of …
21-503 Bo Peng v. F.M. Tarbell Co. California 2021-10-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-violation due-process fraud-on-the-court judicial-corruption jurisdictional-challenge subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment Whether a court's judgment is void if it lacked jurisdiction over the subject matter or parties, or acted inconsistently with due process
21-5862 Micah Lamb v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-04 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial fraud-on-the-court government-corruption ineffective-assistance judicial-misconduct post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct standing Whether the U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying petitioner's claims of 'fraud on the court'…
21-5719 Edward Zinner v. United States Third Circuit 2021-09-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aedpa conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fraud-on-the-court government-failure-to-admit-or-deny habeas-corpus hazel-atlas prosecutorial-misconduct when-prosecutors-conspire-with-known-conflicted-defense-counsel
21-360 Joseph Constant v. DTE Electric Company, aka DTE Energy, aka Detroit Edison Company, aka DTE, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights contract-conspiracy fraud-on-the-court fraud-upon-court judicial-ethics judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct rico rico-act Did Judge Kumar and the Executives of the Judges' RICO Enterprise made frauds upon the court
21-5470 Aleksys Lomeli-Garcia v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP arizona casey-v-united-states constitutional-review fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus indigent-prisoners indigent-rights judicial-fraud supreme-court-procedure suspension-clause Whether the concealed 28 U.S.C. 2244(c) facts caused the Supreme Court to unwittingly suspend the Writ of Habeas Corpus for all Arizona indigent priso…
21-65 Yvonne Bowers, Sr. v. Lynx Asset Services, LLC New Jersey 2021-07-16 Denied Relisted (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process equal-protection fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court section-1983 state-action state-actions Whether violations of due process and equal protection of law by state actions present a constitutional challenge and violates Petitioner's civil righ…
21-62 Paul Poupart v. Louisiana, et al. Louisiana 2021-07-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) collateral-review constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process ex-post-facto fraud-on-the-court fraud-upon-court retrospective state-collateral-review Has the State of Lovisiana and its Judicial Officers created and/or imposed an ex post facto law violating the Petitioner's federal due process rights…
21-22 Bo Peng v. F.M. Tarbell Co. California 2021-07-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fraud-on-the-court judicial-bias judicial-corruption judicial-independence jury-trial legal-misconduct rule-of-law standing Judicial corruption
20-1816 David L. Whitehead v. Paramount Pictures Corporation, et al. District of Columbia 2021-06-29 Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights conflicts-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-conflicts-of-interest judicial-review recusal standing Whether the High Court has jurisdiction (Authority) to conduct judicial review
20-1711 Kevin K. Tung v. Janet Yijuan Fou New Jersey 2021-06-11 Denied attorney-discipline attorney-ethics due-process equal-protection fraud-on-the-court hostile-work-environment intervention judicial-criticism judicial-misconduct professional-reputation Whether the denial of a motion to intervene violated the petitioner's due process rights
20-8278 L. Powers v. Arthur J. Morburger Florida 2021-06-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court property-rights Can the Double Jeopardy Clause Apply To Innocent Persons Thrust in 'Criminal' Courts Rendering False Judgments albeit in Civil Court? When There's no …
20-1672 Joan Carol Lipin v. Wisehart Springs Inn, Inc., et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-06-02 Denied attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-estoppel due-process first-amendment fraud-on-the-court judicial-authority summary-judgment supreme-court-precedent trust-agreement Whether the sanctity of the express and unambiguous written intent, terms, and conditions of an Act of Congress are inviolate
20-7494 Kirk A. Simmons v. United States Third Circuit 2021-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure constitutional-issue fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus jurisdiction legal-innocence rule-60 rule-60-motion standing Did the District Court abuse its discretion when it dismissed petitioner's Rule 60 motion, which asserted evidence falsification and Fraud on the Cour…
20-1267 Ronald E. Byers v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue District of Columbia 2021-03-12 Denied Response Waived certiorari certiorari-writ circuit-split decision-finality finality fraud-exception fraud-on-the-court jurisdictional-statute post-decision-motions post-decision-relief tax-court Is U.S.C. § 7481(a)(2)(B) jurisdictional?
20-7352 In Re Henry Lee Rudolph 2021-03-08 Denied IFP collateral-estoppel constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fraud-on-the-court judicial-discretion post-conviction-relief predicate-offense prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court-discretion Did the Utah Supreme Court commit error by stating the Franses' rights were not violated and Rodolph requested, and by stating three flawed reasons fo…
20-7015 Sabina Leigh Burton v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-02-02 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure discovery-violations fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-discretion rule-37 rule-60(b)(6) rule-60b speedy-trial-act Whether discovery violations can constitute fraud on the court
20-917 800 Services, Inc. v. AT&T Corp. Third Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied Response Waived administrative-law appellate-review federal-communications-commission federal-courts fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court jurisdiction primary-jurisdiction tariff tariff-interpretation telecommunications Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals Erred in Failing to Refer this Questions of Tariff Interpretation to the FCC Under the Doctrine of Primary …
20-871 In Re Bryant Moore 2020-12-31 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1651 appellate-review default-judgment extraordinary-writ fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court hazel-atlas-glass-co-v-hartford-empire-co judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation summary-judgment Whether this Court should use its discretion through 28 U.S.C. §1651(a) and governing law of Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co., 322 U.S. 23…
20-6729 Michael Allen Bullock v. Erik A. Hooks, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety Fourth Circuit 2020-12-30 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection evidence-tampering fraud-on-the-court ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-fraud prior-record sentencing Whether the petitioner's attorney deliberately and flagrantly violated the petitioner's constitutional rights, and why the courts have avoided address…
20-613 Lyle Mark Coultas v. Carroll Tichenor, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Yamhill County Prosecutor, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-court-review civil-rights due-process due-process-violation fabricated-facts fraud-on-the-court judicial-fraud judicial-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct standing supreme-court supreme-court-jurisdiction Can the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals disregard the United States District Court Judge Marco Hernandez intentional fabrication of facts…
20-532 Xiaohua Huang v. Huawei Technology Co., Ltd. Federal Circuit 2020-10-21 Denied Relisted (2) claim-preclusion federal-circuit fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-misconduct judicial-proceedings patent patent-infringement perjury pro-se-plaintiff sanctions Claim-preclusion-issue
20-5838 Daryl Dude Nelson v. Mike Brown, Acting Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-09-29 Denied IFP circuit-court-review district-court due-process ex-parte-proceeding fact-finding fraud-on-the-court judicial-oversight legal-authority prosecutor prosecutorial-fraud relief-from-judgment Did the Circuit Court commit a reversible error and grossly violate petitioner's Due Process when it (1) overlooked the district court's fact-finding …
20-5830 Taryn Christian v. Todd Thomas, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady brady-violation due-process fraud-on-the-court habeas habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal prosecutorial-misconduct recusal sixth-amendment Whether the district court ignored due process by its repeated failure to rule on petitioner's Brady claims
20-394 David Alan Schum v. Fortress Value Recovery Fund I, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-09-25 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-precedent officers-of-the-court rule-60 stare-decisis time-bar Whether a claim brought under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 60(d)(3) as a result of fraud on the court can be time-barred
20-243 James L. Robison v. Citibank, N.A., et al. Florida 2020-08-31 Denied 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court procedural-fairness property-rights standing state-court-procedure state-courts Due-process
19-1426 Paul Pecina v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Third Circuit 2020-06-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure fraud fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-proceeding judicial-review standard-of-review supervisory-powers third-circuit third-circuit-court-of-appeals united-states-v-sierra-pacific-industries Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the lower Western District Court of Pennsylvania depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial proc…
19-8684 Brian David Hill v. United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2020-06-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process fraud-allegations fraud-on-the-court judicial-inaction jurisdiction jurisdiction-challenge mandamus mandamus-petition pending-motions Where the U.S. Court of Appeals didn't think that the Petition for Writ of Mandamus should apply to the case of multiple pending motions not being act…
19-8632 Sandra Rumanek v. Sherry R. Fallon, et al. Third Circuit 2020-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 15th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-violation constitutional-amendments equal-protection fraud-on-the-court judges-liability judicial-immunity obstruction-of-justice pro-se-litigation Does the law shielding judges, officers of the court and state actors from personal liability in a civil rights suit facilitate and encourage bad acto…
19-1004 Robert James Jaffe v. Brad Sherman, United States Congressman Ninth Circuit 2020-02-12 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2) certiorari-review checks-and-balances civil-rights congressional-oversight due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-fraud judicial-misconduct summary-dismissal supervisory-power supreme-court-discretion void-judgment Whether US Supreme Court justices may refuse to enforce FRCP rules and precedent
19-7564 In Re Michael Dewayne Seibert 2020-02-06 Denied IFP criminal-procedure death-penalty-case due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction jurisdiction-challenge pro-se-representation resentencing resentencing-hearing void-judgment Can a defendant raise a claim of fraud on the court pro se when their counsel refuses to do so?
19-958 Bahar Mikhak v. University of Phoenix, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-30 Denied Response Waived clear-and-convincing-evidence counsel-negligence dismissal-with-prejudice fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court frcp-60(b)(3) frcp-60b new-trial pro-se-litigant procedural-due-process Was the Ninth Circuit's holding wrong for departing from its own precedent and creating a conflict with other circuits over the application of the 'cl…
19-7073 Anthony Thomas v. Kenmark Ventures, LLC Ninth Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure bankruptcy-law civil-procedure due-process fraud fraud-on-the-court judicial-bias judicial-fraud mandate mandate-recall supreme-court-precedent void-judgment Did the Ninth Circuit commit error by failing to recall the mandate based upon this Court's intervening decision in Lamar, Archer & Cotrin. LLP v. App…
19-769 Alaa Elkharwily v. Franciscan Health System Ninth Circuit 2019-12-16 Denied Response Waived bright-line-rule civil-procedure claim-preclusion different-facts district-court due-process federal-courts fraud-on-the-court issue-preclusion ninth-circuit post-trial-relief res-judicata Whether federal courts must refuse to dismiss on res-judicata grounds a second claim against the same defendant that is based on different facts, evid…
19-582 Sara Ann Edmondson v. Lilliston Ford Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2019-11-04 Denied Relisted (2) appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights contract contract-formation due-process federal-procedure fraud fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-admission judicial-admissions oscanyan-v-arms-co standing summary-judgment Whether the Third Circuit and District Court are acting in opposition to long standing, controlling law
19-6263 Carlos Velasquez v. Utah, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-10-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-hearing appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court rooker-feldman-doctrine standing Were the constitutional claims barred by Rooker-Feldman doctrine?
19-379 Alfred Lam, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exceptional-importance federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fraud-on-the-court fraud-upon-court judicial-misconduct ninth-circuit perjury public-employee rule-60 standing Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision imposes an erroneous and unjustifiable standard for 'Fraud Upon The Court'
19-5873 In Re Richard Arjun Kaul 2019-09-09 Denied IFP all-writs-act appellate-jurisdiction district-court fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-corruption mandamus summary-judgment writ-of-mandamus Whether the district court's arbitrary refusal to adjudicate the petitioner's 22 motions for summary judgment was a consequence of judicial corruption…
19-5305 Sherman Alexander Lynch v. Shane Nelson Tenth Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process fraud-on-the-court fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice habeas-corpus martinez-v-ryan procedural-default schlup-v-delo standing Whether the District Court erred when it held Lynch was not entitled to the 'fundamental miscarriage of justice' exception
19-5240 James Butler v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Sixth Circuit 2019-07-18 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion actual-innocence civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act district-court-discretion due-process equity equity-jurisdiction fraud-on-the-court government-misconduct grand-jury rule-6(e) rule-6e-violation Did the district court abuse its discretion when it filed suit in equity under civil law docket
19-5052 John P. Greiner v. Macomb County, Michigan, et al. Michigan 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process fraud-on-the-court retaliation administrative-hearing civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment first-amendment fraud-on-the-court free-speech labor-law wrongful-termination Whether the termination of the plaintiff violated his First Amendment rights, given the alleged pretext, perjury, and fraud on the court involved in t…
19-5004 Ivan Stamps v. Michael Miller Tenth Circuit 2019-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP biggers-test concerted-action fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment fraud-on-the-court fundamental-fairness governmental-conduct habeas-corpus hearsay-testimony jurisdiction oath-requirement-perjury-fraud-jurisdiction perjury perjury-fraud-jurisdiction verification-affidavit Whether State obtained conviction through perjury/fraud
18-1363 David G. Morton v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-04-30 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-standing due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court misprision standing standing-issue summary-judgment tila tila-violation truth-in-lending-act Whether the lower court erred in granting summary judgment to the respondents despite their documented violation of the Truth in Lending Act, their de…
18-8835 Sabrina D. Davis v. Kia Motors America, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-interpretation discriminatory-ruling discriminatory-rulings due-process federal-law fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-discretion judiciary-act judiciary-act-of-1925 poverty standing statutory-construction unconstitutional Are the lower courts abusing the Judiciary Act of 1925 to ignore fraud on the court?
18-8805 In Re Andre Rene Scott 2019-04-12 Denied IFP appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus judicial-jurisdiction judicial-review jurisdiction mandamus mandamus-petition procedural-rules standing void-judgment Whether the ruling in Marbury v. Madison still stands
18-1275 Xiaohua Huang v. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Federal Circuit 2019-04-05 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure-fraud-on-the-court civil-rights discovery due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court hearsay-evidence judicial-misconduct patent patent-infringement sanctions standing summary-judgment Whether the district court erred in dismissing the case based on the magistrate judge's fraudulent statements and Huawei's perjured testimony
18-8279 George Wayne Brooks v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-03-05 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP brady-law constitutional-standards criminal-procedure due-process evidence-determination federal-law fraud-on-the-court judicial-process newly-presented-evidence Whether the United States has a substantial interest in preventing the risk of injustice to defendant and an interest in the public's confidence in th…
18-7731 Anthony Ciavone v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence competency-hearing court-jurisdiction due-process evidence-fabrication fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-fraud judicial-integrity jurisdictional-defects supervisory-power Whether Supervisory Power of this Court is necessary to investigate and correct an extrinsic fraud upon the lower courts
18-7261 Keith Stuart Cumbee v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appeal appealability appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure fraud-on-the-court habeas habeas-corpus judicial-discretion jurisdiction merits motion-to-reconsider procedural-error rule-60(b) Whether the lower court clearly erred in abusing its discretion by dismissing the appeal as premature/no jurisdiction without addressing the merits of…
18-7100 Brian Simmons v. Michael Capra, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial fraud-on-the-court ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review perjured-testimony perjury prosecutorial-misconduct Whether petitioner's justification defense was lost amongst the volume of prosecutors' use of false or perjured testimonies that went uncorrected
18-6585 Raymond Alfred Gagnon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion certificate-of-appeal civil-rights clear-and-convincing-evidence due-process fraud-on-the-court gonzalez-v-crosby habeas habeas-corpus prosecutorial-fraud rule-60 rule-60-motion second-or-successive-habeas-petition standing Whether the Appellate Court properly resolved the District Court's abuse of discretion
18-435 LabMD, Inc. v. Tiversa, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-05 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-agency fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court government-fraud hazel-atlas intentional-misrepresentation judicial-procedure mens-rea rule-60 rule-60(d)(3) standing wilful-blindness Whether a judgment obtained by fraud on a court must be set aside
18-6221 Raymond P. Vinnie v. Bruce R. Henry, et al. Massachusetts 2018-10-04 Dismissed IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983 constitutional-rights due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court litigation-privilege standing state-immunity supremacy-clause whether-private-attorneys-conspiring-with-clerk-of-court-for-favorable-judgment-violates-supremacy-clause
18-5922 Robert Joseph Sarhan v. Federal Bureau of Prisons Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure fraud-on-the-court res-judicata violated-supreme-court-precedent administrative-law civil-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court manifest-injustice res-judicata void-judgment Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and other courts acted inconsistently with due process and Supreme Court precedent in affirming the peti…
18-5836 Ya'shua Amen Shekhem El-Bey v. United States, et al. District of Columbia 2018-08-30 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fraud fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court minute-order rule-60 rule-60-motion service-of-process standing Whether the district court denied Petitioner's rights to due process of law
18-5635 Charles Alfred Jackson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-08-17 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-notice judicial-review procedural-due-process state-court-proceedings strickland-standard Whether the district court sidestepped the COA determination under §2253(c) when it denied Jackson's appeal and his COA and justified its denial of hi…
18-213 H. Richard Austin v. Hanover Insurance Company, aka Massachusetts Bay Insurance Company Eighth Circuit 2018-08-17 Denied appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure collateral-estoppel court-interpretation daubert daubert-standard en-banc-review fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court homeowners-insurance judicial-interpretation judicial-procedure motion-for-summary-judgment res-judicata sanctions summary-order Whether an initial appellate 'Summary Order' is the definitive source regarding the subject matter contested, or if courts in the same dispute can ado…
18-187 Keith A. Simpson v. The Bank of New York Mellon Florida 2018-08-10 Denied bank-fraud civil-rights constitutional-rights disqualification due-process due-process-violation foreclosure fraud fraud-on-the-court judicial-misconduct mortgage-settlement national-mortgage-settlement perjury standing Whether the Florida Supreme Court and the Third District Court of Appeal of Florida violated the due process protections of the 5th and 14th Amendment…
18-5320 James MacDonald v. Martin Dori Singer, et al. California 2018-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-rules attorney-misconduct civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fraud-on-the-court free-speech organized-crime professional-conduct right-to-fair-trial right-to-petition slapp slapp-law standing unequal-protection Whether California's SLAPP law is unconstitutional for protecting unlawful petitioning activities, denying due process and the right to a fair trial, …
18-5262 In Re Edward McLaughlin 2018-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure due-process equal-protection fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court independent-action judicial-delay judicial-procedure mandamus third-circuit writ-of-certiorari Whether a writ of mandamus is the proper remedy to compel the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to rule on petitioner's independent action alleging 'frau…
18-5154 Edward Vincent Ray, Jr. v. Jamilah A. Jefferson, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 absolute-immunity civil-rights due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court ninth-circuit standing statute-of-limitations Whether a government attorney who allegedly committed fraud on the court is entitled to absolute immunity from a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights lawsuit