frivolous-claims

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-6867 Nelson L. Bruce v. Bank of America, N.A. Fourth Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP consumer-dispute consumer-disputes credit-reporting-agencies credit-reporting-agency data-furnishers fair-credit-reporting-act frivolous-claims good-cause rule-60-motion statute-of-limitations Whether each dispute sent to a Credit reporting agency or a data furnisher by a consumer that has not been determined to be frivolous or irrelevant st…
23-5771 Cornel Jackie Drummer v. Ken Maynard, III, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-10-12 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process failure-to-state-claim frivolous-claims judicial-procedure medical-error medical-malpractice procedural-due-process standing Did the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas err in dismissing Plaintiff's Civil Rights violation complaint?
23A107 Matthew Edwin Gronda, et al. v. Title Check, LLC Sixth Circuit 2023-08-07 Presumed Complete 28-u-s-c-section-1927 attorney-liability bad-faith first-impression frivolous-claims sanctions-on-counsel Whether sanctions under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 may be imposed on trial counsel for advancing a novel legal theory in a case of first impression without evid…
22-5124 Michael Jerrial Ibenyenwa v. Elroddrock B. Wells, Sr., et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process frivolous frivolous-claims in-forma-pauperis pleadings prisoner-plaintiff qualified-immunity twombly Whether a defendant sufficiently and properly invokes a qualified immunity defense in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights action lawsuit through broad and g…
22-5044 Richard Anthony Siler v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights consumer-protection data-protection direct-appeal due-process frivolous-claims habeas-corpus judicial-procedure privacy standing writ-of-certiorari Is it legal for a legitimate leads company to sell personal identities under any circumstance?
21-5134 Wayne R. Reiner v. Cox Communications California, LLC California 2021-07-19 Denied IFP case-dismissal case-review ccp-391 civil-procedure court-sanctions due-process frivolous-claims judicial-discretion legal-standing vexatious-litigant Whether the Orange County Superior Court erred in determining that Reiner was a vexatious plaintiff under CCP 391 without reviewing the underlying mer…
20-6077 Johnathan Pinney v. Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied IFP appeals civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts frivolous-claims judicial-discretion pleading-standards pro-se-litigation standing three-strikes-rule Issues being raised
19-8372 Abdul Hakiym Ismaiyl v. Donald C. Nugent Sixth Circuit 2020-04-28 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review circuit-court-review clearly-erroneous clearly-erroneous-standard factual-findings frivolous-claims in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion record-review standard-of-review Whether a Circuit court abdicates its duty by accepting clearly erroneous factual findings without reviewing the record
19-5702 Tony D. Walker v. Green Bay Correctional Institution Health Services Unit, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process exhaustion-of-remedies frivolous-claims prison-conditions prisoners-rights procedural-hurdles standing statutory-interpretation Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) is unconstitutional, when courts have denied prisoners past relief for their grievances merely because the prisoners have …
18-9611 Nicholas D. Weir v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2019-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure de-novo-analysis de-novo-review factual-allegation frivolous frivolous-claim frivolous-claims judicial-discretion legal-standard standing sua-sponte sua-sponte-dismissal How does the lower courts rigorously determine if a factual allegation is baseless or frivolous when there is no argument in fact or law to dispute th…
18-8839 Frizzell Carrell Woodson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-standing due-process federal-tort-claims-act frivolous-claims in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion pro-se-litigant sovereign-immunity standing Whether the Supreme Court has clearly established uniformity precedent for pro-se litigants' procedural due process rights under 28 USC § 1915 screeni…
18-611 John J. Tatar v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-claim burden-of-proof civil-procedure due-process equal-protection frivolous-claims rule-of-law tax-evasion tax-refund Did Petitioner-Tatar carry his burden of proof for his tax refund claims?
18-6294 Steven Anthony Walcott, Jr. v. Terrebonne Parish Jail Medical Department, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process exhaustion-of-remedies frivolous-claims medical-conditions medical-treatment prison-conditions standing Whether the petitioners allege serious medical conditions