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25A906 Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense v. Lessors of Abchakan Village, Logar Province, Afghanistan Federal Circuit 2026-02-11 Application afghanistan-land-dispute bilateral-security-agreement government-liability land-ownership military-base-occupation rent-payment Question not identified.
25-804 George Baldwin Hutchinson, Jr. v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-07 Denied appellate-review civil-procedure due-process ftca-claim government-liability service-of-process 1. Did the Eleventh Circuit err in affirming the district court's requirement that Petitioner serve individual government employees in a Federal Tort …
25-6420 In Re Ryan D. Mumme 2025-12-23 Denied IFP article-iii constitutional-jurisdiction federal-court government-liability judicial-power sovereign-immunity 1. Whether the applicant has a right to the relief he demands; 2. If he has a right, and that right has been violated, whether the laws of his countr…
25-705 Carter Page v. James B. Comey, et al. District of Columbia 2025-12-18 Pending Amici (2) accrual-of-claims fbi-misconduct fourth-amendment government-liability inspector-general-report surveillance-warrant The Federal Bureau of Investigation obtained four warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to surveil Petitioner Dr. Carter Page. But…
25-6146 William G. Roberson, IV v. Thomas J. Dart, Sheriff, Cook County, Illinois Seventh Circuit 2025-11-18 Denied IFP civil-rights establishment-clause first-amendment government-liability procedural-obstacles religious-coercion Whether the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment is violated when a pretrial detainee is compelled to attend a court hearing conducted in the s…
25-560 Sheffield Korte Joint Venture v. Daniel P. Driscoll, Secretary of the Army Federal Circuit 2025-11-07 Denied Response Waived contract-law design-build government-contract government-liability implied-warranty spearin-doctrine In a landmark decision, this Court held in United States v. Spearin, 248 U.S. 132 (1918) (Spearin), that the federal government impliedly warrants to …
25-539 Johnathan H. Dinh, et al. v. United States Federal Circuit 2025-11-03 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived fifth-amendment government-liability just-compensation property-rights takings-clause third-party-taking 1. Can Congress insulate itself from Fifth Amendment takings liability by creating a separate, third-party entity and authorizing that entity to "inde…
25-100 Javier Enrique Barraza-Miranda v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-28 Denied Response Waived circuit-review due-process extraterritorial-action government-liability sixth-amendment speedy-trial The Fifth Circuit erred when they decided that the United States Government's failure to take actions outside of the United States did not jeopardize …
24-749 In Re Lorraine Bond 2025-01-15 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction government-liability 1. Should the respondents in the above civil action be allowed to Escape justice when part of the respond ents namely the City of Philadelphia, PA h…
24-204 Raynu Clark, Mother of Tyler M. Gergler, et al. v. Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy, et al. Third Circuit 2024-08-23 Denied Response Waived discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-liability negligence policy-judgment sovereign-immunity Whether the discretionary-function exception to the waiver of the United States' sovereign immunity in the Federal Tort Claims Act immunizes from suit…
23-7497 In Re Olamide O. Bello 2024-05-16 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defamation due-process federal-release first-amendment free-speech government-liability retaliation speech-restriction 1. Wether a Company's Comments with customer on and for tedress Of Grievances Ver on alt eqed Qqovernment defam ator stoten ends 15 Orotected Under Fi…
23-1138 Angela Williams, et al. v. Joseph Lombardo, Governor of Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-19 Denied Response Waived 13th-amendment article-iii-standing causation civil-procedure civil-rights government-liability section-1983 standing thirteenth-amendment trafficking-victims-protection-act Petitioners were sex trafficked within Nevada's legalized prostitution system, and sued the businesses that trafficked them, and the government entiti…
23-1088 John Doe 1, et al. v. Harris County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-04-05 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-rights government-liability standing The state-created danger doctrine allows constitutional claims against government officials as first shown in DeShaney v. Winnebago Cty. Dep't of Soc.…
23-1070 In Re Palani Karupaiyan 2024-04-01 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process government-liability jurisdictional-challenge mandamus multi-party-litigation official-capacity standing writ-of-prohibition Petitioners ' prayed over 16 reliefs which were as Writ of Mandamus or Prohibition or alternative so the questions were part of three test condition r…
23-6967 Victor Chen v. Ashwin Vasan, Commissioner, et al. Second Circuit 2024-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP british-monarchy civil-rights conspiracy-theory due-process elizabeth-ii government-liability new-yorker oxford-university royal-family sexual-abuse standing Question not identified.
23-6928 Saria Walker v. Scientific Alloys Corp., et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights consumer-protection dental-amalgam due-process environment government-liability health medical-safety mercury-toxicity product-safety 1.) Is there other safer Alternatives now Available other than Dental Amalgam? 2.)ls Mercury a product you would want in your mouth as a citizen ? 3…
23-968 Steven Dakota Knezovich, et al. v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied Response Waived circuit-court-split circuit-split discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-liability negligence sovereign-immunity tort-liability wildland-fire wildland-fire-response In Rayonier, infra, this Court held that the Federal Tort Claim Act (FTCA) "makes the United States liable (with certain exceptions which are not rele…
23-842 Patricia Polanco, et al. v. Ralph Diaz, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-07 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process government-liability immunity judicial-doctrine law-enforcement legal-standard qualified-immunity standing Whether the Court should reverse or recalibrate the doctrine of qualified immunity.
23-5914 Samuel O. Araoye v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2023-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process employment-discrimination forensics government-liability policy-maker-liability racial-discrimination record-alteration veterans-rights Where Respondent [City Government] and its individual policymaking authorities violate the Appellant's Constitutional rights under 14th Amendment per …
23-5809 Bryce Jackson v. Tony Golick, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-10-17 Denied IFP 5th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment government-liability probable-cause search-and-seizure standing Question not identified.
23-213 Brian O'Grady v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-09-07 Denied Response Waived circuit-court-conflict circuit-split discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-liability negligence subject-matter-jurisdiction wildland-fire wildland-fire-response In Rayonier, infra, this c ourt held that the Federal tort c laims Act (F tcA) "makes the u nited States liable ( with certain exceptions which are no…
23-196 Jade Mound, et al. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-09-01 Denied budgetary-considerations circuit-court-conflict circuit-split discretionary-function-exception failure-to-warn federal-tort-claims-act government-liability latent-danger public-safety warning-duty When the government is alleged to have tortiously neglected to warn the public of a known, latent danger, whether the de minimis cost of posting such …
23-190 Probir K. Bondyopadhyay v. United States Federal Circuit 2023-08-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment government-liability jurisdictional-conflict patent patent-claim perjury sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation takings A serious legal conflict has developed between the USCFC and U.S. District Court involving Title 28 U.S.C. Section 1338(a) and Title 28 U.S.C. Section…
22-7865 Tiffany Recinos v. Mike Kreidler, et al. Washington 2023-06-26 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights disclosure-requirements due-process government-accountability government-liability government-transparency official-immunity public-records public-records-exemption vicarious-liability Whether or not laws exist without documents when public disclosure is exempted? Whether Commissioners of the government are held to obeying the laws …
22-7856 Annice Hale v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-liability sovereign-immunity standing statutory-interpretation tort-claims 1. Whether Plaintiff-Appellant's assertion of violations as are asserted herein against the Defendant-Appellee(s) are waivers of sovereign immunity pu…
22-1154 Winglet Technology, LLC, et al. v. United States District of Columbia 2023-05-30 Denied Response Waived circuit-conflict defamation discovery-standard government-certification government-liability limited-discovery personal-spite scope-of-employment westfall-act 1. Where the FAA disowned as verifiably false its employee's defamatory statements about petitioners and questioned his decision to publish them in th…
22-6967 Arnoldo Antonio Garcia v. Afod Valdez, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-03-08 Denied IFP access-to-courts bivens-claim civil-detainee civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction government-liability ninth-circuit Did the Ninth Circuit err in an of issue of nationwide importance, and erroneously dismissed a meritorious Appeal, despite the fact that Petitioner pl…
22-774 Adam Delgado v. Department of Justice Federal Circuit 2023-02-17 Denied Response Waived breach-of-contract false-documentation foia government-liability official-misconduct perjury Question not identified.
22-6352 Anson Paape v. Illinois Illinois 2022-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-liability qualified-immunity Whether a Lewanal Oeerdon*S Oser Proceas Rags s Provilore bovernmen\ Xnkentvornol Ase 68% False. "Vestwwmory "Yo forand Suey Regordless hen Diectover …
22-6305 Kaleb L. Basey v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment campbell-ewald civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fourth-amendment government-liability property-rights property-seizure rule-41g standing This petition presents the following question: Whether a person seeking return of illegally seized property under Fed. R. Crim. P. Rule 41(e) has an …
22-538 William F. Nored, et ux., as Conservators, Parents, and Next Friends of William F. Nored, Jr. v. Tennessee Department of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-12-13 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights developmental-disabilities government-liability intellectual-disabilities medicaid-act nondelegable-duty statutory-interpretation Whether the Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities has a nondelegable duty to enforce The Medicaid Act, 42 U.S.C. §1396, …
22-6093 Steven L. London v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-11-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights cushman-v-shinseki disability-claims due-process government-liability property-rights retroactive-benefits statutory-deadline veterans-benefits (1) Does Cushman's determination of the constitutional duty to protect a veteran's property rights apply to the six-year statutory deadline in 31 U.S.…
22-5786 Foroud Foladpour v. City of Upland, California California 2022-10-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment government-liability judicial-discretion negligence standing trial-court-procedure judicial discretion Rearview on a writ of certiorari is not a matter of right Is judicial discretion discretion is abused power of official to act th…
22-5120 Glendrick Gardner v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-07-19 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process employment government-liability workers-compensation Question not identified.
22-5011 Randolph Mays v. Illinois Illinois 2022-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process government-liability law-enforcement qualified-immunity Question not identified.
21-1202 Michael D. Smith v. Frances Catron Cadle, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-03-02 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-power civil-rights constitutional-rights cover-up criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction government-liability judicial-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct Will the government officials of the Eastern District of Kentucky and state officials be allowed to violate our federal laws, Constitution and Bill of…
21-7111 David Roy Worthy v. Corizon Medical Group, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-02-14 Denied IFP civil-rights delayed-diagnosis due-process government-liability informed-consent medical-malpractice medical-negligence patient-harm patient-rights professional-liability standard-of-care When a delayed diagnosis is in effect, shouldn't the Dept. of Corrections be responsible?
21-6995 Admassu Regassa v. C. Brininger, et al. Third Circuit 2022-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP bivens-action civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violation constitutional-rights due-process federal-tort-claims-act government-liability prison-officials standing summary-judgment 1. Whether the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit erred…
21-841 Michael Smallwood v. William Paul Nichols, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-12-07 Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment government-agency government-liability liberty-interest search-and-seizure standing I Can state and federal agencies use private entities, as agents of the government to commits acts of unlawful search and seizure, and deprivation of …
21-590 A. Michael Davallou v. United States First Circuit 2021-10-22 Denied Response Waived administrative-law discretionary-function-exception failure-to-warn federal-tort-claims-act government-liability hazard-disclosure negligence policy-decision specific-known-immediate-hazard warning-duty Whether the Government's failure to warn of a specific, known, immediate hazard, for which the acting agency is responsible, is not the kind of broade…
21-5938 Brenda M. Johnson v. Electronic Transaction Consultants, LLC Ninth Circuit 2021-10-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-hearings administrative-law civil-action civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-litigation government-agencies government-liability legal-jurisdiction social-services standing Question not identified.
21-403 Bruce H. Zitka, et ux. v. Michigan Michigan 2021-09-14 Denied Response Waived civil-rights court-order criminal-procedure due-process entrapment-by-estoppel government-liability governmental-officials jury-trial legal-defense res-judicata Were the Zitkas denied the right to present evidence to show the jury a prior court order authorized their conduct and to show they acted as they did …
21-5622 Michael C. Sullivan v. Karen Carrington, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-procedure fifth-amendment forest-service government-liability judicial-canon judicial-conduct takings WHETHER : The Fifth (5th) Amendment of the United States requires the United States government and its agencies to pay just compensation for wrong doi…
21-311 Carrie S. Willis, Individually and as Trustee of the Trust of James C. and Norma D. Willis v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-agent government-liability mandatory-duty sovereign-immunity state-law-tort-claims tort-claims 1. Whether the discretionary-function exception shields the Government from suit whenever a government agent fails to fulfill a mandatory duty that ap…
21-5107 Willie C. Walker v. Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied IFP berkovitz-test civil-rights discretionary-function-exception due-process federal-tort-claims-act government-liability judicial-review policy-considerations statutory-interpretation Exceptions pursuant to which the government is not subject to suit, even if a private employer could be liable under the same circumstances. These exc…
21-5 Solomon Adu-Beniako v. Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Michigan 2021-07-06 Denied Response Waived administrative-law cdc-guidelines civil-rights constitutional-rights defamation due-process expert-testimony government-liability judicial-review standing substantial-evidence Does the Respondent's unfairly tasking, and blaming the Petitioner for the DOJ/DEA responsibility violate the Petitioner's Constitutional rights ? Wh…
20-1540 Victor J. Edney v. Eondra Lamone Hines, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-05-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction default-judgment government-liability governmental-immunity legal-action motion-for-default qualified-immunity sovereign-immunity Why should the petitioners ' motion of frivolous claims be granted by this court? Why did the petitioner not negate the respondents qualified immunit…
20-1432 United States v. Maine Community Health Options, et al. Federal Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied affordable-care-act appropriations cost-sharing-reduction cost-sharing-reductions government-liability implied-damages implied-right-of-action premium-tax-credits statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that Congress intended to afford insurers an implied money damages remedy as compensation for CSR pay…
20-1200 Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative, On Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated v. United States Federal Circuit 2021-03-01 Denied Amici (1) affordable-care-act contract-law cost-sharing-reduction cost-sharing-reduction-payments government-liability government-obligation mitigation-defense statutory-interpretation May the United States invoke a non-statutory mitigation defense to avoid the unambiguous requirement of section 1402 of the Patient Protection and Aff…
20-1162 Maine Community Health Options, et al. v. United States Federal Circuit 2021-02-23 Denied Amici (3) affordable-care-act breach-of-contract contract-law contract-law-analogy cost-sharing-reduction government-liability government-obligation shall-pay-command statutory-interpretation Whether the government is required to pay insurers the full amount of the cost-sharing reduction payments required by the unambiguous shall-pay langua…
20-6614 Derek Jarvis v. Isiah Leggett, et al. Maryland 2020-12-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights county-liability due-process government-liability legal-precedent malicious-conduct malicious-prosecution official-immunity qualified-immunity stare-decisis venue-transfer 1- Md. Gen. Provision, 1-104, is not authority, nor based on precedent within the rule of 'stare decisis', nor persuasive authority. Maryland General …
20-634 Felicia Robinson v. Webster County, Mississippi, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-11-10 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-claim constitutional-violation due-process government-liability private-actor-injury section-1983 standing state-created-danger Whether a person injured by a private actor can state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against a state or local government actor who created the danger …
20-593 Hallmark Care Services, Inc., et al. v. Superior Court of Washington, Spokane County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-11-04 Denied citizen-redress civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-damages due-process ex-parte-order government-liability judicial-immunity standing Spokane County initiated and prosecuted, without counsel, and directly through judicial members of its local superior court 124 joint actions against …
20-5702 In Re Angel Osornio 2020-09-15 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process government-liability standing takings ① why B.D an√ in Californica Socal Swnty the 2!tf9 medical offies prourded Arizong not folo protods Cn}$ When into my Sodal Sewrty (o4u Ha Someone hac…
20-215 Richard Bernholz v. Internal Revenue Service Second Circuit 2020-08-25 Denied Response Waived federal-tort-claims-act government-liability immunity internal-revenue-service sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation tax-assessment tax-collection The question presented is whether any conduct by the Internal Revenue Service which may broadly be construed as a mechanism for the assessment and col…
20-5101 Timothy Visage v. R. E. Woodall, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment arbitrary-action arbitrary-and-abusive-conduct civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process fourteenth-amendment government-liability government-policy state-created-danger state-custody Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment imposes upon the State an affirmative duty of care and protection to confined persons held …
19-8841 Gregory Moore v. Orange County, California, et al. California 2020-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment government-liability rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine Should the United States Supreme Court overturn a state case where serious United States Constitutional human rights have been violated by government …
19-8622 Kimberley McQueary-Layne v. Louisiana State Board of Nursing, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law case-number civil-procedure civil-rights court-case district-court due-process government-liability judicial-system jurisdiction legal-proceeding standing How Can A Federal District Judge Dismiss With Prejudice A Matter Pursuant To Stub Violation Reg'l Memorandum Sys.) Exc 594 F.2d 1232 (5th Cir. 1980), …
19-8530 Sacorey L. Clark v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process government-duty government-liability judicial-remand legal-claims rehaif rehaif-precedent remand sentencing sentencing-review Whether CLARK's Affirmed Sentence & Judgment Must be Vacated in light of REHAIF, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2019), Then Remanded, Where it is Warranted that CLAR…
19-1262 Steven Eric Greer v. Dennis Mehiel, et al. Second Circuit 2020-04-30 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights final-policymaking-authority first-amendment government-entity government-liability monell monell-claim monell-v-department-of-social-services petition press probable-cause retaliation retaliation-claim rule-60-motion The Lozman question Did the lower courts misapprehend, then ignore completely on appeal, Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, Fla., 13 8 S. Ct. 1945 (201…
19-1198 CANVS Corporation v. Barbara M. Barrett, Secretary of the Air Force Federal Circuit 2020-04-06 Denied Response Waived administrative-law contract-law due-process government-contracts government-liability intellectual-property small-business small-business-innovation takings Can the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, an administrative panel, deprive a corporation of valuable intellectual property without due process…
19-7619 Therian Cornelia Wimbush v. R. L. Conway, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-10 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process government-liability law-enforcement qualified-immunity Question not identified.
19-6897 Obaydul Hoque Bhuiyan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure federal-tort-claims-act government-liability jurisdiction plaintiff-burden prima-facie prima-facie-showing private-party-analogue standing statutory-interpretation What prima facie showing is it necessary and sufficient for a plaintiff to make, in order to establish the existence of a private-party analogue suppo…
19-676 Joseph A. Zadeh, et al. v. Mari Robinson, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-11-26 Granted Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-liability judicial-precedent law-enforcement legal-doctrine qualified-immunity section-1983 standing Whether the Court should recalibrate or reverse the doctrine of qualified immunity.
19-6749 Bryan Keith Johnson v. Florida Florida 2019-11-25 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection government-liability standing Question not identified.
19-546 Douglas Brownback, et al. v. James King Sixth Circuit 2019-10-28 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Relisted (2) bivens-claim bivens-claims civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-tort-claims-act government-liability judgment-bar sovereign-immunity state-tort-law Whether a final judgment in favor of the United States in an action brought under Section 1346(b)(1), on the ground that a private person would not be…
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 On December 10, 2015, the City of Philadelphia and its officials denied constitutionally protected human rights of the United States Citizen, who had …
19-334 Norman Douglas Diamond v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-12 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-rights document-retention due-process government-accountability government-liability jurisdictional-challenge non-resident-rights standing takings tax tax-refund unauthorized-collection 1. Despite the US jailing former IRS employees for stolen identity refund fraud, the IRS still refuses to refund the legitimate taxpayer's overpayment…
19-5352 Hal Bernard Black v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland civil-rights,due-process,standing,civil-procedure, compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence fair-trial government-liability notice-requirement procedural-fairness prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified.
19-5338 Anna Maria Agolli v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia 2019-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-misconduct due-process false-imprisonment government-liability government-misconduct immunity-defense qualified-immunity statute-of-limitations Should Courts allow qualified immunity to protect governments and their employees in spite of evidence only because it is the first of such violations…
18-1535 Letica Land Company, LLC v. Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, Montana Montana 2019-06-12 Denied 5th-amendment claim-of-right due-process fifth-amendment government-liability inverse-condemnation mistaken-claim-of-right physical-invasion property-rights takings takings-clause takings-clause-5th-amendment Believing there was a public right-of-way across Letica's private property, a local government physically invaded that property, removed a berm with h…
18-9221 Barrington M. Hamilton, aka Jaame Amun Re El v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law civil-procedure civil-rights creditor-claims debt-discharge due-process government-administration government-liability legal-procedure property-rights statutory-interpretation operation? Ans. No. The languagefound in Title 11 UScs$5a caxa) says "(a) A discharge in a case under this title [11 uscss 1o1 et seq.I (a) operates a…
18-8882 Kevin L. Donaldson v. United States Second Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 access-to-courts certificate-of-appealability civil-rights clerk-of-court clerk-of-court-error district-court-procedure due-process first-amendment government-liability standing Did the Second Circuit Court of Appeals abuse its discretion when it denied the Petitioner a Certificate of Appealability? Did the Clerk of the U.S. …
18-1155 James Michael Murphy v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights claim-preclusion defamation discovery due-process first-amendment government-liability judicial-estoppel litigation-strategy res-judicata Is a second defamation lawsuit precluded by res judicata after dismissal of the first lawsuit, where key information about additional, later, widespre…
18-1017 Angelex, Ltd. v. United States District of Columbia 2019-02-04 Denied 33-usc-1904 administrative-delay administrative-law apps-act-to-prevent-pollution-from-ships civil-procedure compensation-claim due-process government-liability maritime maritime-law marpol-treaty statutory-interpretation takings unreasonable-delay vessel-detention 1. Whether the Court below erred by prematurely dismissing Angelex's case prior to trial and full presentation of Angelex's evidence; and 2. Whether …
18-981 Theresa Jones, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine government-liability legislative-intent military-negligence military-service-members negligence servicemember-rights standing tort-action Should the Feres doctrine be revisited and limited to the legislative purpose underlining the Federal Tort Claims Act, such that a negligence action f…
18-7589 William Lee Judy v. Kathy Williams, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment government-liability qualified-immunity administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process federal-officials government-liability medical-regulations ministerial-duties qualified-immunity Is the government, in its various guises and employments, entitled to the exception under 28 U.S.C. § 1983(b) and qualified immunity when they fail to…
18-6609 Manuel Lampon-Paz v. Office of Personnel Management Third Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-immunity due-diligence due-process federal-tort-claims-act government-liability jurisdiction negligence statutory-interpretation When harm occurs and there is no resolution under current statutes and guidelines that regulate that agency, the following questions present themselve…
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, 28 U.S.C. § 1604 extends to an individual for acts taken in t…
18-359 St. Bernard Parish, et al. v. United States Federal Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied Amici (2) catastrophic-flooding categorical-exemption causation constitutional-taking due-process flood-control flood-damage government-action government-inaction government-liability property-rights takings takings-clause takings-liability In Arkansas Game, this Court admonished the Federal Circuit to eschew "blanket exclusionary rules" immunizing the Government from liability in takings…
18-5869 Duane Montgomery v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection government-liability standing takings trial-by-jury 1. Inordinste delay tween indrctment Anch Verdict Porm may under RtE CIFCUMStANCES Apptor Constitute Rifth Anendrent to the Urited states Constifution…
18-67 James Thomas Hurst, II v. James Caldwell, et al. Kentucky 2018-07-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-act deshaney deshaney-doctrine due-process government-liability police-misconduct section-1983 special-relationship special-relationship-rule state-actor-liability state-created-danger 1. Does the special relationship rule articulated by this Court in Deshaney, supra, apply to shield a state actor from liability under 42 U.S.C. § 198…