guardian-ad-litem

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-330 Eugene Cory Dingle v. James G. McGee, Judge of Dorchester County Family Court, Individually and in His Official Capacity, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-09-19 Denied 42-usc-1983 fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment guardian-ad-litem judicial-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether a state judge who acts in the clear absence of subject-matter jurisdiction may nonetheless invoke absolute judicial immunity to bar a 42 U.…
25-5305 Victor Mondelli v. Berkeley Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, et al. Third Circuit 2025-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure-rule-17 district-court-dismissal guardian-ad-litem improper-discovery mental-health-competency Can a District Court dismiss a plaintiffs case by demanding improper discovery from him in connection with a Federal Rule of Civi Procure 17 inquiry a…
24-1224 Denver Ward v. Laura Fisher, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-06-02 Denied child-best-interests court-appointed due-process guardian-ad-litem quasi-judicial-immunity state-law Does a guardian ad litem violate due process when acting outside the scope of their duties for the child's best interests and in contravention of stat…
24-1033 Maria Del Rosario Chico Vietti, Individually and as Parent and Next Friend of A. R. V., P. F. V., and H. S. V., minor children v. Welsh & McGough, PLLC, an Oklahoma Professional Limited Liability Corporation, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-03-28 Denied Response Waived child-best-interests court-appointed-role due-process guardian-ad-litem quasi-judicial-immunity state-actor Whether a guardian ad litem violates due process by acting outside her statutory duties and advocating for one parent over another
24A204 Marlon Abraham Rosasen v. Kingdom of Norway, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-26 Presumed Complete certiorari family-rights guardian-ad-litem jurisdiction ninth-circuit pro-se Whether a pro se litigant's family rights claims involving international jurisdictional disputes can survive dismissal under federal appellate review …
23-6538 Ye-Ying Cen v. Oliver Wilfred Cass Minnesota 2024-01-23 Denied IFP alimony-tax-law cognitive-impairments due-process fairness fiduciary-duty guardian-ad-litem legal-ethics procedural-fairness spousal-support Informed-consent-breach-of-fiduciary-duty
23-536 Kendall Merlo v. Ingrid Warren, Presiding Judge, Probate Court No. 2, Dallas County, Texas Texas 2023-11-20 Denied Response Waived competency competency-hearing due-process estate-law guardian-ad-litem judicial-procedure notice pleadings probate-court sua-sponte Does a state trial court violate due process by appointing a guardian ad litem for the adult beneficiary of an estate, who is presumed to be competent…
23-239 Stuart Barnes v. Shawn A. Allen West Virginia 2023-09-13 Denied Relisted (2) appointed-guardian doctrine-of-chances estate-mismanagement financial-exploitation guardian-ad-litem guardianship protected-person trustee-conservator wrongful-death-settlement whether-the-doctrine-of-chances-theory-or-character-evidence-is-supported
22-7858 Wayne Anthony Aviles v. Captain Jason Kowalski Montana 2023-06-23 Denied IFP double-jeopardy due-process guardian-ad-litem ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias sentencing Whether the Mentana, Tenth Judicial District court erred in finding Mr. Aviles guilty of Double Jeopardy by giving him 4 separate sentences
22-251 Michael Chui v. Benjamin Tze-Man Chui, as Trustee, et al. California 2022-09-16 Denied california-law civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion due-process evidentiary-hearing guardian-ad-litem minor-rights settlement-authority standing Is a near-adult ward's right to due process violated by California's law allowing courts to settle actions involving the minor without the minor's kno…
22-247 Jacqueline Chui v. Benjamin Tze-Man Chui, et al. California 2022-09-15 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection guardian-ad-litem minor minor-rights Does the California guardian ad litem procedure deprive a minor of due process rights?
22-5175 A. W. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources West Virginia 2022-07-25 Denied IFP abuse-of-power adoption-proceedings child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-integrity family-preservation federal-adoption-act guardian-ad-litem perjury Whether the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals abided by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Sixth Amendment to the United States Co…
22-5021 Palani Karupaiyan v. L. Naganda, et al. Third Circuit 2022-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights conjugal-rights due-process false-arrest guardian-ad-litem injunctive-relief parental-rights pro-bono-counsel right-of-access-to-courts Question not identified
20-1630 Susan Chen v. Kate Halamay, et al. Washington 2021-05-20 Denied Response Waived access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process guardian-ad-litem judicial-interpretation legislative-power pro-se-representation separation-of-powers Whether RCW 4.08.050 deprives a minor's constitutional right to counsel and effective representation as well as his right to access the courts
20-6602 Wayne Boucher v. Deanne Lyons New Hampshire 2020-12-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse child-custody domestic-dispute due-process equal-protection evidence-exclusion family-law guardian-ad-litem judicial-bias parental-rights What is best for E.B.
20-657 Tony C. Thomas, for the Estate of Thalia Dukes v. Lawrence S. Craige Fourth Circuit 2020-11-13 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction guardian-ad-litem rooker-feldman-doctrine standing state-court-judgment state-court-judgments subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars a federal suit where the plaintiff was denied the opportunity to present his case in state court
20-57 Maurice McGinnis, By His Conservator Derrick K. Jones v. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture, et al. District of Columbia 2020-07-23 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-procedure civil-rights competency consent-order due-process equitable-jurisdiction guardian-ad-litem miscarriage-of-justice procedural-deadline Whether strict application of procedural deadlines by an Arbitrator under the guidelines of the Consent Order in Pigford v. Glickman resulted in a fun…
19-8496 C. K. J. v. M. J. T. Pennsylvania 2020-05-19 Denied IFP child-custody civil-rights domestic-relations due-process guardian-ad-litem judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal judicial-review standing Is it lawful for judges to evaluate a judge recusal on themselves?
19-7721 Machelle Parsons v. Ashton McDaniel, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-02-21 Denied IFP Child-protective-services-investigation child-support child-welfare civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eleventh-amendment Eleventh-Amendment-immunity family-law guardian-ad-litem Guardian-ad-litem-liability jurisdiction parental-rights Parental-rights-termination social-security-disability standing Termination-order-access Does the court have jurisdiction over the parties in the case to mandate services to families if there were no finding of neglect. No adjudicatory hea…
19-6507 Kenneth Michael Smith v. Melissa Sue Smith, nka Melissa Sue Graham Montana 2019-11-05 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights disability-law domestic-relations due-process family-law guardian-ad-litem guardianship mental-capacity standing Does an overly-intrusive and nature-based constitutional violation justify appointing a guardian ad litem in domestic-relations cases?
19-436 T. R. C. v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2019-10-02 Denied Response Waived due-process familial-integrity fourteenth-amendment guardian-ad-litem parental-rights strict-scrutiny termination-of-parental-rights Is Wis. Stat. §48.415 unconstitutional as applied when it was used to terminate the Fourteenth Amendment fundamental right of familial integrity of a …
18-1422 Michael B. v. Tennessee Department of Children's Services Tennessee 2019-05-14 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment guardian-ad-litem legal-disqualification parental-rights procedural-error witness-disqualification Whether the lower court's denial of the Father's motion to disqualify the Guardian Ad Litem, when her actions clearly indicated she had ceased being a…
18-6990 Elena Sturdza v. United Arab Emirates District of Columbia 2018-12-11 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion court-procedure due-process guardian-ad-litem incompetence incompetent-person judicial-discretion legal-representation motion-for-reconsideration pro-se-representation standing Whether the district court erred in its rulings on the motions for reconsideration, leave to file a supplemental complaint, and appointment of a guard…
18-6114 Linh Thi Minh Tran v. Kathy Hung Pham Oregon 2018-09-27 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-dismissal damages disability due-process guardian-ad-litem legal-standing medical-damages negligence personal-injury real-party-in-interest standing vegetative-state Did the trial court err in granting General Judgment of Dismissal in favor of defendant Kathy Hung Pham?