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24-7376 Yu Hin Chan v. Honorable Joy F. Campanelli, et al. Second Circuit 2025-06-06 Denied IFP court-documents due-process ex-parte-communication immunity legal-ethics official-act Whether Joy F. Campanelli's forging of court documents and ex parte communications constitute official acts and violate due process rights
24-1116 Jason Fyk v. Facebook, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2025-04-28 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived communications-decency-act first-party-conduct immunity interactive-computer-service pleading-stage section-230 Whether §230(c)(1) confers immunity from suit at the pleading stage and protects affirmative first-party conduct by interactive computer service provi…
24-7004 Gerald Nelson v. New York City Transit Authority, et al. Second Circuit 2025-04-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP duty-of-fair-representation federal-jurisdiction immunity labor-management political-subdivision wrongful-discharge Whether a political subdivision has immunity under 301 labor management (duty of fair representation) and whether such immunity can be waived when fed…
24-6227 David C. Lettieri v. University of Rochester Second Circuit 2025-01-02 Denied IFP abuse-of-process americans-with-disabilities-act immunity non-government-agent state-agent university Can a non-government agent be granted immunity?
24-682 Dario Politella, et al. v. Windham Southeast School District, et al. Vermont 2024-12-26 Denied Response Waived covered-countermeasure emergency-use immunity preemption public-health subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Vermont Supreme Court has improperly construed the Public Readiness and Preparedness Act's (PREPA) immunity provisions beyond Congressiona…
24-6036 Antonio Medina v. Microsoft Corporation, et al. California 2024-11-26 Denied IFP circuit-split court-sealed-documents first-amendment immunity publication-rights section-230 Whether the Supreme Court should resolve the circuit split regarding immunity under Section 230 of Title 47 of the United States Code and First Amendm…
23-7423 Glenn Francis v. Thomas Scarantino, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights immunity immunity-doctrine jury-trial probable-cause punitive-damages writ-of-certiorari wrongful-incarceration Can you deny me a jury trial for civil rights violations and wrongful incarceration and punitive damages based only on immunity of defendants
23-1102 Timothy Allen Davis, Sr. v. City of Apopka, Florida Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-11 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process false-arrest immunity law-enforcement probable-cause qualified-immunity search-and-seizure section-1983 stand-your-ground Whether the federal court denied effect to the immunity provision of the state statute
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
23-6401 Wayne Johnson v. Contra Costa County Clerk Recorder, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-misconduct civil-rights court-immunity court-reporter criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process immunity judicial-proceedings procedural-error standing state-court Whether a court reporter in a state criminal action is entitled to immunity for failing to record objections made by parties in a criminal preceding t…
23-703 Liberty University, Inc. v. Laura Barbour Bowes, as Executor of the Estate of Eva Palmer Fourth Circuit 2023-12-29 Denied constitutional-law defense-to-liability employment-discrimination first-amendment immunity ministerial-exception religious-autonomy religious-institutions religious-organizations Whether the First Amendment ministerial exception provides religious organizations with immunity from employment discrimination suits, or merely a def…
23-647 Adrienne Sepaniak King v. Meta Platforms, Inc., fka Facebook, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-12-15 Denied Relisted (2) 47-usc-230 civil-procedure content-moderation contract contract-law first-amendment free-speech immunity internet-immunity judicial-interpretation section-230 standing Should this Court adopt the opinion of Justice Thomas in Malwarebytes v. Enigma Software Group USA, LLC, reverse the Barnes v. Yahoo!, Inc. decision, …
23-516 Michael D. Smith v. Derek Gordon, et al. Kentucky 2023-11-16 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fifth-amendment immunity legal-immunity legal-malpractice prisoner-rights standing Will this court let stand as Kentucky courts have ruled that lawyers in a criminal case have the same immunity as judges and prosecutors and cannot be…
23-5991 Samuel T. Whatley v. Richland County Family Court, Columbia, South Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-11-09 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-court fifth-amendment governmental-immunity immunity judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice standing Does the Constitution allow judicial misconduct and obstruction of justice?
23-262 Vinodh Raghubir v. Bonnie Jean Parrish, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-18 Denied 1985 1986 civil-rights civil-rights-conspiracy conspiracy government-official-liability immunity judicial-immunity section-1985 section-1986 sovereign-immunity Do immunity statutes protect government officials from civil rights conspiracy claims?
23-105 Joe Thorpe v. Township of Salisbury, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2023-08-03 Denied Response Waived absolute-immunity civil-rights due-process eleventh-amendment fourteenth-amendment harris-v-harvey immunity judicial-immunity prosecutorial-immunity Did the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals violate the rule announced in Harris v. Harvey, 605 F.2d 330 (7th Cir.…
23-58 Robert Chagolla, et ux. v. Bryan Cluff, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-21 Denied absolute-immunity civil-rights civil-tort constitutional-rights due-process false-reporting government-collusion government-misconduct immunity statute-of-limitations Whether absolute immunity shields government employees who report false information/omit exculpatory information
23-5122 Ronny Deviod Walker v. Amy Robey, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-07-18 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts immunity impeachment judicial-misconduct misconduct pro-se-pleading procedural-rules standing Who may be complained about: where to file a complaint?
23-23 Sebhat Afework v. Velanta Monique Babbitt, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-07 Denied Response Waived attorney-general civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction immunity public-health-service removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tort-immunity Whether 42 U.S.C. § 233(c)(2) permits a deemed Public Health Service employee to remove a civil action or proceeding against him to federal district c…
22-1152 Najam Azmat v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 28-usc-535 criminal-activity criminal-liability department-of-justice equal-justice immunity misprision-of-felony official-immunity prosecutorial-misconduct Does the Department of Justice have an obligation to charge prosecutors and Federal Agents for criminal activity during investigations or prosecutions…
22-7341 Donnie Earl Phillips, Jr. v. Robert Ray Cowie, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-04-21 Denied IFP civil-conspiracy civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations damages due-process illegal-prosecution immunity legal-remedy malicious-prosecution prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified
22-7227 Jared B. Goudy v. Jennifer E. Caluori Florida 2023-04-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-action civil-immunity constitutional-rights criminal-activity driving-under-the-influence due-process immunity self-defense stand-your-ground statutory-interpretation Was Petitioner's Constitutional Rights to due-process violated when the trial court found the Respondent immune and dismissed the complaint?
22-902 Sara Gonzalez Flavell v. Tracy Jane Marshall, et al. District of Columbia 2023-03-17 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts immunity international-organizations judicial-immunity judicial-power procedural-rights state-action Whether the two federal courts may in this manner and by issuing these rulings deprive a litigant of the right to pursue their state action in state c…
22-824 The Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, et al. v. Alexander Belya Second Circuit 2023-03-01 Denied Amici (8)Relisted (3) church-autonomy defamation-claims first-amendment immunity internal-disputes judicial-interference liability ministerial-exception religious-leadership religious-liberty Whether the First Amendment's church autonomy doctrine and its 'ministerial exception' should be understood as an immunity from judicial interference …
22-785 Theryn Jones v. United States Second Circuit 2023-02-21 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment immunity self-incrimination sixth-amendment witness witness-immunity when-the-due-process-clause-requires-vacatur-of-a-criminal-conviction-based-on-the-government's-refusal-to-seek-immunity-for-a-defense-witness
22-753 Jason Fyk v. Facebook, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-10 Denied communications-decency-act content-moderation due-process free-speech good-samaritan immunity interactive-computer-service-provider internet-service-provider section-230 Proper scope of immunity under Section 230(c) of the Communications Decency Act
22-6707 Alfred E. Caraffa v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-06 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims damages due-process habeas-corpus immunity ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief procedural-default standing state-court-review Whether the federal district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims as unconstitutional acts done within the court's jurisdiction?
22-5309 Saddam Daoud Samaan v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-misconduct civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus immunity ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief Did the lower courts err by suppressing evidence after a state court ruling?
22-117 Oussama El Omari v. The International Criminal Police Organization, aka INTERPOL Second Circuit 2022-08-08 Denied Response Waived arbitration immunity international-organization ioia jam-v-intl-fin-corp public-international-organization statutory-construction treaty-interpretation treaty-ratification Whether INTERPOL is entitled to immunity as a 'public' international organization under 22 U.S.C. § 288 of the IOIA as interpreted by Jam v. Intl Fin.…
21-1333 Reynaldo Gonzalez, et al. v. Google LLC Ninth Circuit 2022-04-06 Judgment Issued Amici (79) civil-rights communications-decency-act editorial-functions immunity information-content-provider interactive-computer-service section-230 targeted-recommendations Does section 230(c)(1) immunize interactive computer services when they make targeted recommendations of information provided by another information c…
21-1290 Joseph Ferrari v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-24 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process federal-courts federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine immunity intentional-misconduct scope-of-employment Is lying by a US employee to undermine the boss outside the scope of employment and therefore prevents US substitution into a suit for the liar and th…
21-7396 Hung M. Nguyen v. Yolo County District Attorney Ninth Circuit 2022-03-17 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-deprivation due-process equal-protection immunity negligence policy-maker prosecutorial-immunity public-entity Does Yolo County District Attorney Office as Public Entity have any liabilities or qualify for prosecutory immunity due to negligence or reckless rela…
21-7317 Michael Cota v. John Malone, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process immunity prosecutorial-misconduct standing Whether the petitioner's absolute immunity from criminal liability for acts taken in his official capacity as a state prosecutor violates due process
21-804 Philippe Zogbe Zatta v. Steven Charles Eldred, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-30 Denied Response Waived child-support civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fraud immunity parental-rights rooker-feldman-doctrine state-jurisdiction Whether Petitioner can be prosecuted for not providing support to his child
21-793 Pennsylvania v. William Henry Cosby, Jr. Pennsylvania 2021-11-30 Denied 14th-amendment criminal-charges criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fourteenth-amendment immunity immunity-promise press-release prosecutorial-discretion Whether a public press release grants a defendant transactional immunity
21-6153 Suran Wije v. David A. Burns, et al. Texas 2021-11-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-liberties due-process equal-protection equal-rights fourteenth-amendment immunity leave-to-amend liberty nondisclosure qualified-immunity sovereign-immunity Do the interests of 'justice so require' a leave to amend, when purposeful obfuscation, legal trickery, and nondisclosed affirmative defenses like imm…
21-593 Priscilla Everette-Oates v. Beth Wood, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-10-22 Denied Response Waived civil-rights civil-rights-action conspiracy due-process evidence-concealment immunity municipal-immunity municipal-liability prosecutorial-immunity section-1983 summary-judgment Can municipal defendants win summary judgment solely on the basis that one defendant has prosecutorial immunity and was otherwise deemed not liable un…
21-459 Jane Doe v. Facebook, Inc. Texas 2021-09-27 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (6) communications-decency-act immunity internet-platform-immunity legal-liability platform-misconduct publisher-liability section-230 sex-trafficking third-party-content Does Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provide immunity from suit to internet platforms in any case arising from the publication of third-…
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
20-1727 James David O'Brien v. Securities and Exchange Commission Second Circuit 2021-06-15 Denied Response Waived circuit-court-ruling civil-procedure federal-agency immunity legal-interpretation proffer-agreement subpoena testimony testimony-protection Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit err in deciding that a proponent of testimony pursuant to a proffer agreement is not lat…
20-7025 Derrick Michael Allen, Jr. v. Orlando Hudson, Jr. Fourth Circuit 2021-02-04 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus immunity monetary-relief post-conviction-relief procedural-default standing state-court-review Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals erred in affirming the District Court's order dismissing Petitioner's complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1915 without d…
20-960 Khue Nguyen v. Hai Phu Nguyen, as Administrator of the Estate of Thin Thi Ta, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied appellate-jurisdiction breach-of-contract civil-procedure immunity mediation mediation-immunity non-final-judgment summary-judgment tort-claims Whether an appellate court can take the act of refusal to settlement at mediation out of the mediation context to strip off the immunity from liabilit…
20-6432 Elise LaMartina v. David Adler, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied IFP automatic-stay bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-jurisdiction barton-doctrine creditor-claims immunity judicial-immunity jurisdiction state-court trustee ultra-vires-acts May a bankruptcy court exponentially expand the Barton Doctrine?
20-6019 Greg P. Givens v. Clyde Yates, Jr., et al. Ohio 2020-10-15 Denied IFP bankruptcy civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech immunity judicial-discretion petition-clause standing Does the lower court have the absolute right to wholly suspend the First Amendment rights of free speech and petition for redress of grievances?
20-5724 Justin Lamar Johnson v. Joseph Gibson, Judge, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-09-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-conspiracy civil-rights court-appointed-attorneys fraud immunity judicial-immunity res-judicata state-action state-actors Are court-appointed attorneys state actors for 42 USC 1983 claims?
20-5495 Ruben Sanchez v. United States, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights complaint-amendment due-process federal-court federal-court-jurisdiction immunity marginalized-defendants pro-se standing state-actor-immunity Does a pro se plaintiff have the right to appointment of counsel to amend a complaint challenging state-actor-immunity?
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 Whether the Internal Revenue Service's conduct falls within the tax assessment and collection exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act's waiver of imm…
20-5357 Anthony Collymore v. Connecticut Connecticut 2020-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process due-process fair-trial immunity prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination statutory-immunity witness-immunity Whether the petitioner's rights to due process of law, compulsory process and fair trial were violated
20-5336 Matthew Jones v. Captain Alice Brumbley Delaware 2020-08-12 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-liability civil-procedure civil-prosecution civil-rights constitutional-protection criminal-law criminal-liability due-process government-immunity immunity legal-accountability official-misconduct Do government employees enjoy immunity from committed crimes and civil prosecution?
19-1430 Richard Polidi v. Michelle K. Lee, et al. Federal Circuit 2020-06-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) absolute-immunity brady-v-maryland civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ethics-prosecution exculpatory-evidence federal-circuit-jurisdiction fifth-amendment immunity qualified-immunity standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Fifth Amendment provides a remedy for ethics violations
19-1284 Malwarebytes, Inc. v. Enigma Software Group USA, LLC Ninth Circuit 2020-05-13 Denied Amici (4)Relisted (2) anticompetitive-animus antitrust blocking civil-liability civil-rights communications-decency-act computer-service-providers filtering free-speech immunity section-230 Whether federal courts can derive an implied exception to Section 230(c)(2)(B) immunity for blocking or filtering decisions when they are alleged to b…
19-7782 Stephen Mayer v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP absolute-immunity contempt-of-court-18-usc-401 contempt-proceedings criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-42-a-2 federal-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction-28-usc-1331 federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure government-misconduct immunity judicial-immunity statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit's opinion declining jurisdiction over contempt proceedings under 18 U.S.C. §401 violates Federal Rules of Criminal Proced…
19-7542 Noah-Wade Pelmear, et al. v. Maureen O'Connor, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights color-of-law due-process equal-protection free-exercise immunity judicial-immunity oath-of-office obstruction-of-justice Whether state actors acting under color of state law can impair, impede, deny, discriminate, threaten or otherwise obstruct petitioners' federally pro…
19-7536 James Henry Simpson v. Martesha Bishop, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-liability criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution federal-rules immunity judicial-docketing prisoner-filing standing statutory-interpretation Should a U.S. District Court docket a Criminal Complaint as a civil action?
19-859 Stuart Force, et al. v. Facebook, Inc. Second Circuit 2020-01-09 Denied communications-decency-act content-provider editorial-function editorial-functions immunity interactive-computer-service legal-interpretation online-platforms publisher publisher-immunity section-230 Whether Section 230(c)(1) of the Communications Decency Act provides broad immunity to online platforms or is limited to traditional editorial functio…
19-849 Kristanalea Dyroff, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Wesley Greer v. Ultimate Software Group, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-06 Denied civil-rights communications-decency-act content-moderation editorial-function editorial-functions free-speech immunity information-provider internet-immunity publisher publisher-liability section-230 Does Section 230(c)(1) provide broad immunity or limit the definition of a publisher?
19-701 Lloyd N. Johnson v. Karen Rimmer, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process immunity institutional-care medical-care medical-negligence mental-health professional-judgment qualified-immunity standing youngberg Whether the 'professional judgment standard' articulated in Youngberg can be reduced to 'whether the worst doctor in America would say ok'
19-643 John Hurry, et al. v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-law due-process finra immunity law-enforcement-powers private-corporation regulatory-authority securities-industry securities-regulation state-action state-actor tort-immunity Whether FINRA, an ostensibly private corporation invested with vast powers to regulate the securities industry, is absolutely immune from any claims a…
19-635 Donald J. Trump v. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., in His Official Capacity as District Attorney of the County of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2019-11-18 Judgment Issued Amici (13)Response Waived article-2 article-ii article-two constitutional-law criminal-investigation executive-power grand-jury-subpoena immunity president presidential-immunity separation-of-powers subpoena supremacy-clause Whether this subpoena violates Article II and the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution
19-6490 Ali Al-Maqablh v. Kentucky Kentucky 2019-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review capta capta-compliance child-abuse-reporting civil-immunity civil-rights criminal-liability due-process federal-funding immunity immunity-statute kentucky-law misdemeanor-prosecution Whether Kentucky's prosecution of individuals who report suspected child abuse violates the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) i…
19-6245 Keenan G. Wilkins, aka Nerrah Brown v. Stanislaus County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-10 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-review habeas-corpus immunity ninth-circuit parental-rights pro-se procedural-default standing state-court-procedure statutory-interpretation Whether incarcerated pro se litigants' custody, parental rights, property, and financial matters are at issue in a bona fide civil action seeking acce…
19-347 AER Advisors, Inc., et al. v. Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC First Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) annunzio-wylie-anti-money-laundering-act anti-money-laundering bank-secrecy-act choice-of-law civil-immunity criminal-disclosure diversity-jurisdiction federal-transfer financial-institutions forum-selection good-faith-reporting immunity immunity-defense Whether Section 5318 of the Bank Secrecy Act confers absolute immunity or only immunity for good-faith, truthful disclosures about possible criminal v…
19-5735 Yolanda M. Williams v. Shawna L. Reagin Fifth Circuit 2019-08-28 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights compensation constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution demand-letter deprivation-claim due-process immunity judgment judgment-enforcement procedural-process sovereign-immunity standing Whether the defendant forfeited her immunity: failed to comply with elementary principles of procedural process and rendered an in just judgment enfor…
19-5734 Yolanda M. Williams v. Lisa A. Millard, former Judge, District Court of Texas, Harris County Fifth Circuit 2019-08-28 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process immunity judicial-misconduct standing takings Whether the defendant forfeited her immunity: failed to comply with elementary principles of procedural process and rendered an unjust judgment enforc…
19-5720 Melinda Scott v. Joshua Moon, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-08-27 Denied IFP 47-usc-230 civil-liability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process immunity internet-law invasion-of-privacy legal-standing privacy section-230 standing tort-liability Has Plaintiff Scott stated sufficient facts to support an Invasion of Privacy claim against Defendants Moon and Zaiger?
19-5614 Robert Ricks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process criminal-procedure defense-witness due-process fifth-amendment immunity perjury perjury-threat prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment witness-immunity witness-intimidation Whether the grant of use and derivative use immunity to a defense witness cured the government's misconduct when the case agent threatened the defense…
18-1427 Marie Laventure, et al. v. United Nations, et al. Second Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-procedure common-law federal-rules-of-civil-procedure immunity jurisdiction legislative-enactment liability tort tort-action tort-claims un-general-assembly un-immunity un-liability un-secretary-general Whether the term 'liability' can be used in an unenforceable, non-obligatory context
18-9220 Earl C. Handfield, II v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-10 Denied IFP 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury immunity legitimate-source self-incrimination use-immunity witness witness-rights Who or what is a 'legitimate source' under use immunity?
18-9182 Aziz Mateen-El v. W. Robert Bell, Judge, Superior Court of North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-07 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-law due-process fraud government-benefits immunity social-security Whether defendants under suspension can be criminally liable for fraudulently obtaining social security benefits
18-8283 Terry A. Burlison v. Pam Angus, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as a Marion County, Florida Court Deputy Clerk Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 absolute-immunity civil-rights clearly-established-law due-process immunity official-liability pre-seizure-conduct property-loss property-rights section-1983 seizure Whether a public official is protected by absolute immunity under 42 U.S.C. 1983 when their pre-seizure conduct violates clearly established law and c…
18-1090 Mary Kay Beckman v. Match.com, LLC Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response Waived circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-split civil-liability communications-decency-act immunity internet-immunity negligence publisher-liability section-230 third-party-content tort tort-liability website-immunity Petitioner seeks review of whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act immunizes website operators from liability for their own negligent or…
18-7991 George E. Kersey v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States First Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 appeal appeal-certification civil-procedure complaint-dismissal court-of-appeals dismissal district-court frivolous immunity in-forma-pauperis standing Whether the Court of Appeals properly affirmed the District Court's December 18, 2017 decisions
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
18-7897 Larael Owens v. Maria Zucker, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violation contract-law due-process federal-question-jurisdiction immunity judicial-immunity standing state-court-procedure subject-matter-jurisdiction Question not identified.
18-7925 Syed Nazim Ali v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied IFP arbitration arbitration-immunity civil-rights corporate-representation due-process fair-hearing finra-arbitration immunity legal-standing pro-se-representation small-business small-corporation sole-owner Whether FINRA Arbitration process violated the Petitioner's rights of due process of law by failing to be fair and using the arbitration immunity to s…
18-7620 Emmanuel Adeyinka v. Harris County Jail, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights competency criminal-conviction cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment eleventh-amendment immunity mental-illness monetary-damages personal-involvement rational-understanding section-1983 standing Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits the execution of a prisoner who has a severe mental illness that …
18-7541 Adrian G. Rangel v. Tippecanoe County, Indiana, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP absolute-immunity appeals civil-procedure civil-rights complaint court-of-appeals dismissal due-process federal-court federal-trial-court immunity jurisdiction legal-error standing Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh and the Hammond Indiana Federal Trial Court err in dismissing Petitioner's Complaint based sole…
18-7407 Azaniah Blankumsee v. Circuit Court of Maryland, Washington County, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-14 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence immunity injunctive-relief standing Did The lower Court err in Granting Absolute Immunity to All defendants, Refusing and Dismissing his Claims for Injunctive Relief, and in Denying Indi…
18-7125 Refaat F. Abul Hosn v. Department of State, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP admitted-mistakes authority authority-regulation breach-of-contract civil-rights contract diplomatic-immunity foreign-sovereign-immunities fsia immunity international-law iraq-invasion legal-authority political-doctrine regulatory-compliance Was the immunity under the FSIA affected when the invasion of Iraq occurred?
18-772 Erasmo Aviles, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-18 Denied compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence exculpatory-testimony government-interests immunity prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination witness-immunity Does due process require a court to compel the government, on pain of dismissal, to seek immunity for an essential defense witness if government's int…
18-765 James H. Brady v. New York, et al. New York 2018-12-17 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights discretionary-action due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment immunity legal-fees obstruction-of-justice property-rights prosecutorial-immunity prosecutorial-misconduct quid-pro-quo sanctions standing takings Did the Appellate Division, First Department err in finding Respondents immune pursuant to Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409 (1976)?
18-718 Geoffrey M. Young v. Sannie L. Overly, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-12-04 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process election-fraud immunity judicial-review party-accountability political-parties standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified
18-635 Brian M. Burmaster v. United States Federal Circuit 2018-11-15 Denied Response Waived attorney-general criminal-conspiracy federal-court-judges federal-judges immunity international-criminal-court international-law judicial-immunity jurisdiction legal-jurisdiction u.s.-attorney-general Are US Federal Court Judges and former U.S. Attorney General immune from the International Criminal Court?
18-406 Aaron J. Schock v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-10-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (4) appellate-jurisdiction collateral-order-doctrine immunity legislative-immunity non-justiciability pendent-appellate-jurisdiction rulemaking-clause separation-of-powers speech-or-debate-clause Whether a member of the Legislative Branch may immediately appeal the denial of a motion to dismiss an indictment on Rulemaking Clause grounds
18-400 Christopher Hoskins v. Perry Fuchs Texas 2018-09-28 Denied Response Waived absolute-privilege civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-petition due-process equal-opportunity free-speech immunity standing tcpa-statute texas-civil-practice university-complaint Whether the confidential complaint filed by Petitioner with the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Equal Opportunity Services (EOS) office is abso…
18-6004 Matthew Jones v. Superior Court of Connecticut, et al. Second Circuit 2018-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-prosecution civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-liability criminal-prosecution due-process government-employee government-immunity hiv-disclosure immunity statutory-interpretation yale-university Do government employees enjoy immunity from committed crimes and civil prosecution?
18-5583 Stephen Brian Turner v. Melody Smith, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment absolute-immunity civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment immunity judicial-review parole parole-conditions quasi-judicial-role right-to-marry standing Whether parole conditions can prohibit the fundamental right to marry
18-171 Robert R. Snyder v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-08 Denied 42-usc-1983 civil-rights color-of-state-law constitutional-rights Cruel-and-unusual-punishment Due-process Eighth-amendment First-amendment immunity law-library-access Preliminary-injunction prisoner-rights retaliation section-1983 Does a person or entity have immunity from prosecution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 when rights secured by the U.S. Constitution have been violated by said …
18-1 C. G. v. Deborah Heart and Lung Center, et al. New Jersey 2018-06-29 Denied federal-statute health-care-quality-improvement-act hospital-immunity immunity medical-reporting patient-care preemption professional-review state-law To what extent does the federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA), 42 U.S.C. § 11101 et seq., preempt state laws governing a hospita…