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25-5742 Zachary C. Crouch v. University of Tennessee Sixth Circuit 2025-09-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law de-novo-review freedom-of-speech sovereign-immunity state-law The questions presented for review include whether state sovereign immunity can be and should be applied to unofficial acts and the Constitutional ri…
25-5701 William Scales v. Hotel Trades Council of New York Local 6 Second Circuit 2025-09-23 Denied IFP arbitration-rights constitutional-violation employment-contract fair-business-practices freedom-of-speech union-representation Did The Hotel and Motel Trades Council, Violate the Constitution of The United States of America, by not allowing Mr Scales the plaintiff, freedom o…
24-1269 Jeremiah Curtis-Shanley v. J.G. Connecticut 2025-06-12 Denied constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment freedom-of-speech prior-restraint Whether the State of Connecticut violated the petitioner's First and Fourteenth Amendment rights through a no-contact order that allegedly chilled spe…
24-6769 Maylois Bacot, aka Maylois Conerly Price, aka Maylois Conerly, aka Maylois Price v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-R4 Louisiana 2025-03-14 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment freedom-of-speech right-to-petition Whether the court violated the Petitioner's First Amendment right to freedom of speech and right to petition the court, and whether the court's proced…
24-5049 Irena Shie v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2024-07-11 Denied IFP americans-with-disabilities-act communication-disability deprivation-of-constitutional-rights-under-color-o equal-protection fourteenth-amendment freedom-of-speech judicial-procedure meaningful-participation-in-justice-system petition-government-for-redress-of-grievances reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations equal-protection-under-law
23-5911 Jeffrey Rivard v. Brattleboro Reformer, et al. Vermont 2023-10-30 Denied IFP false-light first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech journalists-privilege libel negligence Whether the Vermont Superior Court's ruling granting a Motion to Strike in Jeffrey Rivard v Susan Smallheer, Brattleboro Reformer is inconsistent with…
23-193 Richard Rynn v. First Transit, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-30 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-process civil-rights constitutional-rights court-proceedings dismissal due-process employment-retaliation freedom-of-speech judicial-recusal retaliation Should assigned District court judge recuse himself due to conflict of interest?
23-150 Ronald Preston Harper v. North Carolina North Carolina 2023-08-16 Denied civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech objective-reasonableness police-conduct swatting Is it illegal to criticize police in North Carolina?
22-577 Jodee Wright v. Service Employees International Union Local 503, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-21 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights collective-bargaining due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech labor-law public-sector union-dues Do the constitutional guarantees of Freedom of Speech and Due Process of law create an affirmative duty for government employers to ensure employees' …
22-407 Maria Herta v. Terrie E. Roberts Ninth Circuit 2022-11-01 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights corporate-governance due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech freedom-of-speech jurisdictional-challenge oath-of-office standing Is the federal government's statutory law and corporate policies superior to the U.S. Constitution?
22-5246 Bruce H. Singman v. IMDb.com, Inc. California 2022-08-01 Denied IFP anti-SLAPP commercial-speech damaging-information defamation digital-media edit-system first-amendment freedom-of-speech internet-movie-database internet-publication tortious-interference wrongful-information Did the Supreme Court of California error in failing to note that the Respondent's IMDb.com i.e., Internet Movie Data Base had an EDIT System providin…
22-41 Xiu Jian Sun v. Michael P. Kelly, et al. New York 2022-07-14 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions divine-intervention due-process freedom-of-religion freedom-of-speech judicial-review legal-filing mandamus-request religious-petition standing Whether the civil magistrate has the authority to restrain crime but not control conscience, and whether punishing guilt but not suppressing the freed…
21-1548 Courtney L. Rainey v. Mississippi Mississippi 2022-06-09 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights criminal-investigation due-process false-information first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech witness-intimidation Whether a conviction under a state witness intimidation statute violates the First Amendment and Due Process Clause
21-1481 John Destin Alexander v. Department of the Army, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-05-25 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process freedom-of-speech government-overreach imprisonment involuntary-servitude privacy privacy-violation Can the government impose and maintain thirty years of involuntary servitude imprisonment upon an American citizen without filing any charges against …
21-1350 Jack Jordan v. Department of Labor, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-04-14 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act agency-sanctions constitution constitutional-precedent free-speech freedom-of-speech judicial-review petition precedent strict-scrutiny Whether federal judges are free to flout and violate the APA, Constitution, and precedent
21-1229 Saved Magazine, et al. v. Spokane Police Department, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-10 Denied Response Waived civil-rights content-based-censorship content-based-restrictions due-process dueling-protests first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech press-freedom public-forum qualified-immunity Are the expressive rights of freedom of speech and press in the context of dueling protests so well established and particularized that the shield of …
21-900 City of Cincinnati, Ohio, et al. v. Lamar Advantage GP Company, LLC, et al. Ohio 2021-12-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) billboard billboard-advertising business-privilege commercial-speech first-amendment freedom-of-press freedom-of-speech municipal-tax state-court-conflict Whether a municipal excise tax on the business privilege of charging for the use of billboard space abridges the freedom of speech, or of the press
21-6647 Kenneth Howard Kerr, III v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP computer-skills due-process equal-protection first-amendment freedom-of-speech injury-in-fact re-entry rehabilitation survival Did the Petitioner state enough facts (included in his attachments as well as the text) to present a valid claim?
21-824 Cecelia F. Abadie v. Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board Louisiana 2021-12-03 Denied Response Waived attorney-discipline civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech freedom-of-speech judicial-misconduct legal-paternity Whether suspending respondent for a year and a day, after ignoring evidence that supported her allegation, violated due-process, free-speech
21-6381 Russell Tinsley v. Merrill Main, et al. Third Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech qualified-immunity retaliation standing Whether the New Jersey United States District Court denied Mr. Tinsley's First Amendment retaliation claim
21-730 'Lanre O. Amu v. Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission Illinois 2021-11-17 Denied attorney-discipline civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-hearing freedom-of-press freedom-of-speech judicial-misconduct racial-discrimination Whether the Illinois Supreme Court Justices are condoning racism and discrimination against the Petitioner
21-6216 Robert J. Kulick v. Leisure Village Association, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-08 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights davis-stirling-act due-process freedom-of-speech freedom-of-the-press homeowners-association quasi-government unconstitutional Question not identified
21-575 Freedom Foundation v. Washington Department of Ecology, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech public-employee-unions public-employees right-to-work state-action unions viewpoint-discrimination Does state action that supports speech by public employee unions to public employees advocating union membership and disfavors speech by right-to-work…
21-298 Bobby Wilson v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., et al. Arizona 2021-08-30 Denied Response Waived context defamation false-publication first-amendment freedom-of-press freedom-of-speech malice media-liability speech-protection Is a fabricated publication sufficient proof of malice?
20-1520 Diane Gruber, et al. v. Oregon State Bar, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-04-30 Denied Response Waived bar-association compelled-speech constitutional-law first-amendment freedom-of-speech integrated-bar janus-v-afscme keller-v-state-bar legal-precedent mandatory-dues Whether compelled speech of attorneys unconstitutionally infringes upon their Freedom of Speech
20-7713 Anthony Keenan Sharp v. Lawrence Long, Judge, Second Judicial Circuit Court of South Dakota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence fair-trial freedom-of-speech prosecutorial-misconduct unlawful-search-and-seizure Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights to due process, equal protection, freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, and freedom from unlawful …
20-1249 Gary Victor Dubin v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel Hawaii 2021-03-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech freedom-of-speech judicial-discretion license-revocation professional-licensing state-constitution Is it a violation of (1) Equal Protection, (2) Due Process and/or (3) Freedom of Speech
20-7108 Jan Gawlik v. Scott Semple, et al. Connecticut 2021-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment freedom-of-association freedom-of-expression freedom-of-speech religious-rights Where the Connecticut Department of Correction violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments, denying used books from publishers without inspection, de…
20-6938 Muhammad E. Milhouse v. Camba Inc. Staff Members, et al. Second Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-law due-process federal-statute freedom-of-religion freedom-of-speech prosecutorial-discretion sex-trafficking standing statutory-interpretation Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the government's actions in this case
20-6318 Abdul Azeem Mohammed v. Erin Anderson, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-11-13 Denied IFP civil-litigation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech legal-procedure standing Whether a litigant has a First Amendment right to freedom of speech in civil litigation
20-5831 Rafael Cezar Danam v. Arizona Board of Education Arizona 2020-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-hearing bill-of-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment freedom-of-speech redress-of-grievances stare-decisis Is the inferior, subordinate courts' rulings and orders superior to the Supreme Court of the United States?
20-207 Lara Bush-Pensy v. Timothy Pflieger Wisconsin 2020-08-21 Denied due-process first-amendment freedom-of-speech private-communication private-email state-court state-court-restraint unprotected-speech Whether basic First Amendment and Due Process freedom of speech is infringed where a state court restrains a person's private e-mail absent any eviden…
19-837 Jerome Kunkel, et al. v. Northern Kentucky Independent Health District, et al. Kentucky 2020-01-02 Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech religious-freedom retaliation substantive-due-process Does a Health Department and its employees violate the United States Constitution when they disparately treat and target private Catholic Elementary a…
19-803 Xiu Jian Sun v. Michael P. Kelly, et al. New York 2019-12-23 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights divine-intervention due-process free-speech freedom-of-conscience freedom-of-speech judicial-review legal-filing mandamus religious-freedom religious-petition separation-of-church-and-state standing state-court takings Petition for writ of certiorari
19-6274 Sergei Kovalev v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2019-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employee-immunity first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-information freedom-of-speech government-accountability government-liability municipal-liability public-access qualified-immunity Whether the First Amendment guarantees the right to enter public offices and seek information or petition the government
19-255 Thomas More Law Center v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California Ninth Circuit 2019-08-26 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (5) charitable-organizations circuit-split civil-rights disclosure-requirements donor-anonymity due-process exacting-scrutiny first-amendment freedom-of-association freedom-of-speech nonprofit strict-scrutiny Whether exacting scrutiny or strict scrutiny applies to disclosure requirements that burden non-electoral, expressive association rights
19-251 Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California Ninth Circuit 2019-08-26 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (14)Relisted (5) association civil-rights constitutional-rights donor-privacy due-process exacting-scrutiny first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-association freedom-of-speech law-enforcement-interest naacp-v-alabama narrow-tailoring nonprofit nonprofit-association nonprofit-organizations standing Whether the exacting scrutiny this Court has long required of laws that abridge the freedoms of speech and association outside the election context ca…
19-5179 Susan E. Pattishall v. Vinton G. Cerf, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-07-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment freedom-of-religion freedom-of-speech intellectual-property statute-of-limitations takings Whether intellectual property should be treated differently from physical property under a statute of limitations
18-1375 Douglas Walter Greene v. Independent Pilots Association, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied abuse-of-discretion civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment fraud free-speech freedom-of-religion freedom-of-speech judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct jury-trial rule-of-law Whether federal district and appellate courts may render decisions abridging First Amendment rights based on overwhelming fraud in the record, while a…
18-8859 LaShunda Borden v. Cheaha Regional Mental Health Center, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights corporate-perjury criminal-procedure due-process employment-law first-amendment fraud free-speech freedom-of-speech legal-ethics perjury standing Is it legal for a company to commit perjury to win a lawsuit?
18-8755 Matthew Ryan Murdoch v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-restrictions due-process first-amendment freedom-of-speech liberty liberty-interest sentencing sex-offender statutory-interpretation Whether a lifetime prohibition on going to 'locations where any form of pornography, sexually stimulating performances, or sexually oriented material,…
18-1112 Alvin S. Kanofsky v. Bethlehem Area School District Pennsylvania 2019-02-26 Denied Response Waived article-v bill-of-rights civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection freedom-of-speech government-action religion religious-discrimination takings taxation taxation-dispute Was Kanofsky denied Due Process, as required in Article V of the Bill of Rights?
18-7852 Donald Hug v. T. J. Conley, Warden Georgia 2019-02-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-review freedom-of-religion freedom-of-speech habeas-corpus judicial-authority prison-policies prisoners-rights statute-of-limitations time-limits Whether prison officials have the authority to prevent (deny) pro se prisoners from getting their legal documents notarized until it is too late to fi…
18-846 David Allen Anderton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied Response Waived criminal-statute due-process first-amendment freedom-of-speech immigration-law overbreadth separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether to 'encourage' or 'induce' an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States in reckless disregard of the alien's 'in violation of la…
18-7162 Muna Osman Jama v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process first-amendment foreign-terrorist-organization free-speech freedom-of-speech material-support peaceable-assembly terrorism vagueness Does section, 18 USC § 2339B(a) [material support of foreign terrorist organization(s)] impose an unconstitutionally vague provision in times of peace…
18-773 Daniel Sullivan v. City of Frederick, Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied 42-usc-1983 assembly civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech monell monell-doctrine municipal-immunity retaliation Did the court below err in affirming that a six-month criminal investigation of police officer Dan Sullivan, for his off-duty activity of raising mone…
18-733 1A Auto, Inc., et al. v. Michael Sullivan, Director, Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance Massachusetts 2018-12-10 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedRelisted (2) association campaign-finance contribution-limits equal-protection first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-association freedom-of-speech intermediate-scrutiny political-contributions strict-scrutiny Should Beaumont be overruled?
18-6907 Robert J. Kulick v. Leisure Village Association, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2018-12-04 Denied Relisted (3)IFP anti-SLAPP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights defamation due-process equal-protection freedom-of-speech home-owners-association legal-procedure rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine standing Is 9th Cir's Case#18-56000, Dismissal, 11-29-18, null & void because of defective Defendant-Appellee, when correct was Leisure Village Association, In…
18-6617 James L. Rudzavice v. D. J. Harmon, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied IFP civil-rights constitution constitutional-challenge due-process free-speech freedom-of-speech habeas-corpus judicial-oath judicial-review separation-of-powers standing supreme-law How can a constitutional challenge be frivolous?
18-522 Michael Ishee v. Mississippi Mississippi 2018-10-19 Denied Response Waived child-pornography civil-rights due-process ex-post-facto first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech mens-rea scienter separation-of-powers void-ab-initio Whether a statute proscribing the mere possession of child pornography is facially unconstitutional if it contains no element of scienter
18-5045 Vernon L. Brown v. United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection fair-housing freedom-of-speech retaliation standing takings Whether the court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims related to discrimination and retaliation under the Fair Housing Act and other civil rig…