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25-6797 Eshawn Jessica Scipio v. Finklea, Hendrick & Blake, LLC, et al. Fourth Circuit 2026-02-12 Pending IFP circuit-conflict federal-questions fraud-upon-court judicial-records state-actors Question not identified.
25-5461 Gary Eugene Maddox, II v. United States Federal Circuit 2025-08-25 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP clerk-obstruction document-misappropriation fraud-upon-court jurisdictional-challenge right-to-petition supreme-court-docket 1. Did National Supreme Court clerk Danny Bickel violate Maddox's right to petition the Government when he committed clerk obstruction, and fraud upon…
24-7447 Gilbert Aguirre v. Department of Defense Federal Circuit 2025-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure chevron-deference fraud-upon-court judicial-review rule-60-motion veterans-preference Is a Rule 60 Motion for Fraud upon the Court sufficient basis for judicial intervention and review on its merits?
24-7371 Abraka Vanessa Okposio v. Barry University, Inc., et al., a Florida Corporation Eleventh Circuit 2025-06-06 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure collateral-order default-judgment fraud-upon-court judicial-review Is a District Court's Collateral Order denying a Motion for Default Final Judgment Due to Opposing Counsel's Fraud Upon the Court immediately appealab…
24-6902 In Re Sefe A. Almedom 2025-03-31 Denied IFP constitutional-law federal-supremacy fraud-upon-court judicial-authority stare-decisis state-supreme-court Whether the Ohio Supreme Court can override U.S. Supreme Court rulings on constitutional matters and revive unconstitutional statutes or sentences
24-989 Cedrick Frazier, et al. v. Southeast Georgia Health System, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-17 Denied Response Waived due-process electronic-stored-information fraud-upon-court inherent-authority sanctions seventh-amendment Whether a federal court can impose case-ending sanctions based on inherent authority for alleged ESI fabrication when a colorable medical malpractice …
24-6779 Daniel E. Hall v. X Corp., fka Twitter, Inc. First Circuit 2025-03-17 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP court-integrity fraud-upon-court judicial-procedure legal-remedy local-rule rule-60 How does the Supreme Court define and address instances of fraud upon the court, the required duty to apply Local Rule 83.1(a), the required procedure…
24-984 Ross Horsey v. American Finance, LLC Delaware 2025-03-13 Denied constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial fraud-upon-court judicial-delay judicial-procedure Whether a 105-day delay by a judge in responding to a court letter constitutes a failure of due process
24-802 Aleksandr J. Stoyanov v. Howard County, Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-01-28 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment fraud-upon-court malicious-prosecution section-1983 Whether the Court of Appeals abused its discretion by using Ashcroft to improperly affirm the district court's dismissal order of a §1983 malicious pr…
24-5964 In Re Daniel E. Hall 2024-11-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP fraud-upon-court judicial-procedure local-rule-83.1 mandamus rule-60 writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court will address fraud upon the court, procedural requirements under Local Rule 83.1(a), voiding proceedings under Rule 60, and …
24A341 Ricky Kamdem-Ouaffo v. Colgate Palmolive Co., et al. Third Circuit 2024-10-10 Presumed Complete appellate-procedure civil-procedure fraud-upon-court judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation rule-60-challenge Whether a pro se litigant can successfully challenge multiple court orders and legal proceedings alleging fraud upon the court under Rule 60(b)(4) whe…
24-207 Carlos A. Alonso Cano, et al. v. 245 C & C, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-26 Denied appellate-procedure civil-rights fraud-upon-court judicial-discretion pro-se-representation transcript-integrity Whether a federal court can prohibit pro se representation in a civil case when the plaintiff has demonstrated prior ability to represent themselves, …
24-5140 Frederick David Pina v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Ninth Circuit 2024-07-25 Denied IFP civil-procedure claim-preclusion commissioner-of-internal-revenue-v-sunnen constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment-retaliation fraud fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court hazel-atlas-glass-v-hartford-empire judicial-misconduct kremer-v-chemical-construction naacp-v-button res-judicata Claim Preclusion and Due Process
23-985 Yuri J. Stoyanov v. Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-03-07 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court judicial-misconduct mail-fraud pro-se-litigation standing summary-judgment wire-fraud Whether the district court judge committed fraud upon the court by intentionally planned and executed federal crimes of Mail Fraud and Wire Fraud to d…
23-940 Kenneth James Rosellini v. New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics New Jersey 2024-02-28 Denied attorney-ethics due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment fraud fraud-upon-court professional-misconduct res-judicata Can an attorney be suspended from the practice of law for failure to obey tribunal rules when asserting the orders are unconstitutional?
23A430 Ernest Bustos v. Encino Park Homeowners Association, et al. Texas 2023-11-14 Presumed Complete access-to-courts due-process first-amendment fraud-upon-court pro-se supreme-court-precedent Whether the lower courts violated a pro se litigant's due process rights by dismissing appeals based on procedural technicalities rather than addressi…
23-5485 Paul M. Poupart v. Louisiana Louisiana 2023-08-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 8th-amendment constitutional-challenge cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court statute-validity Whether LSA-R.S. 15:529.1 is unconstitutional
23-5452 In Re Reinard Smith 2023-08-25 Denied IFP attorney-misconduct civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process fraud fraud-upon-court injunctive-relief judicial-misconduct perjury standing Did the District Court conspire to have jurisdiction over Petitioner's Motion for Injunctive Relief?
23-106 Allan Nowicki, et al. v. Crown Financial Corporation Pennsylvania 2023-08-03 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process fraud fraud-upon-court judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal legal-procedure recusal standing void-judgment Are the judgments entered in this case void because they were obtained by a fraud upon the court?
23-5155 Jeremiah Lyle VanTassel v. Patricia Thompson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2023-07-20 Denied IFP aedpa civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling fraud fraud-upon-court procedural-default prosecutorial-vouching standing time-limits Does fraud upon the court trigger equitable tolling?
22-6120 In Re Olayinka Famofo-Idowu 2022-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights cohen-v-beneficial collateral-order-doctrine due-process fraud-allegations fraud-upon-court standing supreme-court-discretion writ-of-prohibition Whether appeals by substituting finality for ripeness in a proceeding implicating fraud upon the court by the government and erstwhile defense counsel…
22-6007 Jerry Word v. John Christiansen, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing fourth-amendment fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court ineffective-assistance-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct remand search-and-seizure standing Whether lower courts may reject a claim of fraud upon the court without addressing the issue or remanding the case
21-8169 Ghassan Hage v. Fida Mhanna California 2022-06-17 Denied IFP civil-rights default-judgment due-process due-process-violation family-law fraud fraud-upon-court judicial-abuse-of-discretion judicial-misconduct legal-ethics Where Fraud upon the Court became normal in Family Justice Center in Santa Clara county, Department 76 when a lawyer committed numerous count of Fraud…
21-6985 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Oregon Oregon 2022-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal case-review civil-procedure contempt court-jurisdiction due-process fraud-upon-court judicial-review legal-standing petition-review standing sub-judice Is it fair, just, sound, and prudent that the denial and dismissal of a motion for relief from a judgment for fraud upon the court be considered to be…
21-6802 Tarvis Wilson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-representation constitutional-error due-process fraud-practice fraud-upon-court fundamental-error judicial-misconduct manifest-injustice misrepresentation plea-change show-cause-order Is it fraud practice upon the Court when an Assistant State Attorney misrepresents the facts of a Petitioner's Motion in their Response to a show caus…
21-740 Richard E. Paulus, M.D. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-11-18 Denied appellate-jurisdiction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ethical-violations fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court government-misconduct Did the Sixth Circuit err in ruling it lacked jurisdiction to consider allegations of fraud upon the court and due process violations in evaluating a …
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 …
21-435 Kevin D. Loggins, Sr. v. Rebecca L. Pilshaw, Judge, District Court of Kansas, Sedgwick County, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-09-21 Denied Relisted (2) §-1983-suit 11th-amendment 11th-amendment-immunity civil-rights due-process fraud-upon-court immunity judicial-conflict-of-interest judicial-misconduct judicial-nullity standing Whether the lower courts ruled in contradiction to long-standing Supreme Court precedent regarding a void judgment or unlawful judicial conduct
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
21-167 Timothy Dasler v. Jennifer Dasler Vermont 2021-08-05 Denied 14th-amendment burden-of-proof civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process ex-parte-action fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court pre-trial-election standing Is it Unconstitutional to allow a party to make pre-trial elections that deprive another party their due process rights?
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…
20-8311 Owen W. Barnaby v. Berrien County Treasurer Michigan 2021-06-15 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process fraud fraud-upon-court property-rights subject-matter-jurisdiction unauthorized-practice-of-law void-judgment Whether the foreclosure judgment obtained by fraud and unauthorized practice of law is void
20-1477 Randy R. Bell v. New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, et al. Second Circuit 2021-04-21 Denied appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-discretion district-court due-process fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction notice-of-appeal standing Did the district court lack jurisdiction due to fraud upon the court?
20-7179 Nelson Viera v. Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-jurisdiction fraud fraud-upon-court judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-interpretation miscarriage-of-justice procedural-review rule-60 supreme-court Whether the lower Courts are properly interpreting and implementing the Supreme Court decree about jurisdiction and fraud upon the Court under Rule 60…
20-955 Delva Newhouse, Administratrix of the Estate of William Perry Newhouse, III v. Ethicon, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights due-process federal-law fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court judicial-discretion medical-device product-liability rule-60 summary-judgment Did the U.S. District Court and U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals justices abuse their discretion, create manifest injustice, substantially err, pr…
20-6868 Tim Sundy v. Friendship Pavilion Acquisition Company, LLC, et al. Georgia 2021-01-13 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights constructive-custody due-process fraud-upon-court free-speech judicial-procedure legal-remedy standing state-accountability Whether the State of Georgia's use of constructive custody imposes unusual hardship and deprives the litigant of protections guaranteed by the First, …
20-6136 Owen W. Barnaby v. Bret Witkowski, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-10-27 Denied IFP 14th-amendment collateral-attack due-process fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court rule-60b subject-matter-jurisdiction unauthorized-practice-of-law void-ab-initio void-judgment Validity of void judgment and order
20-5919 Astarte Davis v. Joseph Wilson, Judge, Superior Court of California, Marin County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-10-06 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fraud-upon-court judicial-conduct standing void-judgment Is non-judicial conduct/actions by judges subject to due-process protection?
20-5808 In Re Roger Liverman 2020-09-25 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure court-access docket-manipulation due-process fraud-upon-court mail-fraud mandamus-writ misprision-felony standing writ-of-mandamus Writ of Mandamus to Correct Fraud Upon the Court
19-8492 In Re Tim Sundy 2020-05-18 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-record due-process equal-protection fraud-upon-court judicial-procedure mandamus standing Equal-protection
19-8427 Dillard James McNeley v. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton LLP, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process extrinsic-fraud fraud-upon-court rooker-feldman section-664.6 standing state-court-judgment Did the District Court err in denying McNeley Request for an Evidentiary Hearing Motions in light of the 5th and 14th Amendment constitution rights vi…
19-1240 Myron Hubbard v. Missouri Department of Mental Health Eighth Circuit 2020-04-22 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1251 appellate-review civil-procedure fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court judicial-misconduct original-jurisdiction retaliatory-action supervisory-power supreme-court-jurisdiction void-judgment void-judgments Whether the Court of Appeals and District Courts breached its duty, departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceeding and is of such …
19-7926 Lin Ouyang v. Achem Industry America, Inc. California 2020-03-10 Denied IFP civil-procedure fraud misconduct oral-argument standing appeal appellate-procedure attorney-misconduct civil-procedure due-process fraud fraud-upon-court judicial-misconduct oral-argument standing Where rules of the court provides that oral argume Whether refusal of California Court of Appeal to vacate a judgment procured by fraud upon the court violated the right to due-process, civil-procedure…
19-7727 In Re Chakakhan R. Davis 2020-02-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP all-writs-act appellate-jurisdiction equitable-intervention fraud-upon-court hazel-atlas-doctrine hazel-atlas-glass-co-v-hartford-empire-co hazel-atlas-glass-v-hartford inherent-duty judicial-integrity mandamus-writ usurpation-of-judicial-power Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals violated its inherent duty to uphold the integrity of its jurisdiction by failing to vacate orders obtained…
19-6853 Nhuong Van Nguyen v. Jackson Lucky, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-judgment court-of-appeals due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fraud fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court judicial-misconduct legal-remedy motion-to-vacate rule-60 standing Whether the District Court and the court of Appeals correctly rejected petitioner's claim that the United States committed 'FRAUD UPON THE COURT?
19-6740 Glendal Rhoton v. Richard Brown, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process e-filing extraordinary-circumstances fraud fraud-upon-court habeas-corpus notification-delay rule-60-b rule-60b Does the legal librarian's 7-month delay in notifying Rhoton of the District Court's Order denying his Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus warrant reli…
19-390 William James, et al. v. Barbara Hunt, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied Response Waived civil-rico collateral-estoppel constitutional-amendments due-process federal-procedure final-judgment-act first-amendment fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court interlocutory-appeal jury-trial obstruction-of-justice Whether district court orders denied petitioner's Civil RICO rights,
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'
19-98 Kyle D. Kennard v. Means Industries, Incorporated Sixth Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court procedural-due-process standing Did the lower courts commit and allow fraud upon the court?
19-5193 Jonathan R. Burrs v. United Technologies Corporation, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment fraud fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court judicial-bias judicial-misconduct motion-to-dismiss procedural-obstruction seventh-amendment standing summary-judgment Does a District Court Judge engage in a Fraud Upon The Court
18-9537 Stephen S. Henry v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP assistant-united-states-attorney due-process federal-district-court fifth-amendment fraud fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court habeas habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review rule-60 section-2254 section-2255 standard-of-review state-court-review whether-fraud-on-the-court-can-be-reviewed-in-a-§-2255-habeas-proceeding
18-9295 Juan Aurelio Sanchez v. Arizona Arizona 2019-05-15 Denied IFP arizona-rules-evidence civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fraud-upon-court judicial-misconduct judicial-process prior-judgment-preclusion standing takings Can Arizona courts refuse to afford relief for fraud upon the court that is deeply embedded in the justice system?
18-9047 Gregory Swecker, et ux. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60-motion-to-vacate,judicial- court-of-appeals due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court judicial-bias motion-to-vacate recusal recusal-relief standing Whether the court of appeal's decision below contradicts existing legal principles when evaluating a Motion to Vacate under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60
18-1168 Carolyn J. Florimonte v. Borough of Dalton, Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied civil-procedure continuing-trespass due-process equal-protection equal-protection-14th-amendment fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fraud fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court just-compensation land-taking res-judicata standing takings unconstitutional-government-taking When the lower federal courts abandon the imperatives of the Fifth Amendment to provide just compensation and the Fourteenth Amendment to provide equa…
18-8008 Cedrick Euron Draper v. Muy Pizza Southeast LLC, dba Pizza Hut Fourth Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-courts'-review-of-a-federal-courts'-decr appellate-review detected-fraud-upon-the-court-predominantly-voidab federal-courts fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court immunity impersonation-by-title-18 intentionally-and-unintentionally-protected-or-unp judgment-void judicial-immunity legal-misrepresentation overrule-frivolous-defiance pro-se-ligitant's-defense-not-identified-to-author pro-se-litigant procedural-defiance voidable-judgment fraud upon the court
18-6611 Sherif Philips v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-law fraud fraud-upon-court medical-license medical-statute right-to-honest-services summary-suspension vagueness-doctrine Whether due process of law should be allowed
18-425 Alvin E. Williams, et ux. v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2018-10-03 Denied Response Waived appeal civil-procedure civil-rights consumer-protection consumer-warranty-act court-of-appeals due-process fraud fraud-upon-court judgment rico rico-violation song-beverly-consumer-warranty-act superior-court Did the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District Affirm the Judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles in favor of Petitioners Alvin E. Williams …
18-5794 Ronnie Keith Davis v. Benjamin Maddie Fifth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights civil-rights-procedure civil-rights-proceeding evidentiary-hearing first-national-bank-v-lustig fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court hazel-atlas-glass inherent-power miscarriage-of-justice rozier-v-ford-motor rule-60(b)(3) rule-60b3 sanctions summary-judgment Whether a motion to vacate a judgment under Rule 60(b)(3) is governed by the grave miscarriage of justice standard when alleging fraud upon the court …
18-5356 Joaquin H. Ciria v. California Ninth Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied IFP actual-innocence civil-procedure civil-procedure,fraud,rule-60(b),actual-innocence, fraud fraud-upon-court procedural-mechanism rule-60(b) rule-60b successive-petition timeliness Whether Rule 60(b) is the correct procedure for raising claims of fraud committed upon the court
18-103 Nathalie Thuy Van v. Language Line LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-07-23 Denied Response Waived court-impartiality disqualification-requirement due-process fraud fraud-upon-court fraudulent-court-records impartiality judicial-disqualification jurisdictional-fraud procedural-irregularities seventh-circuit supreme-court-review void-orders Whether the disqualification of a judge is required if an objective observer would entertain reasonable questions about the judge's impartiality, whet…
18-5099 Lennie Williams v. Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-07-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation declaratory-relief due-process fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court monell-v-department-of-social-services municipal-immunity officer-of-court perjury prospective-relief standing Whether a municipality engaged in an ongoing violation of the Constitution is immune from declaratory and other prospective relief in an action under …