| 25-6712 |
William Louis Armstrong v. Boyland Auto BGMC LLC, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2026-02-04 |
Pending |
IFP |
civil-procedure district-court-discretion frcp-service in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigation statutory-interpretation |
1. I filed with an IFP motion; the court found me indigent (including for counsel recruitment). I moved for service under FRCP 4(c)(3), but the distri… |
| 25A852 |
John De Light v. Laura De Light, et al. |
California |
2026-01-29 |
Application |
|
docketing-fee extension-of-time filing-requirements in-forma-pauperis pro-se supreme-court |
Question not identified. |
| 25-6617 |
Naquea Elaine Johnson v. New Jersey, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2026-01-20 |
Pending |
IFP |
due-process fundamental-rights in-forma-pauperis jurisdictional-challenge section-1983 state-actors |
I. Whether federal courts violate due process and equal protection by denying in forma pauperis status based on gross income that includes mandatory p… |
| 25A814 |
Joshua White v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2026-01-13 |
Application |
|
certiorari counsel-representation in-forma-pauperis procedural-extension sixth-circuit supreme-court |
Question not identified. |
| 25-795 |
Montgomery Blair Sibley v. Chauncey J. Watches, Judge, Steuben County, New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2026-01-07 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis judicial-immunity petition-clause second-amendment |
WHETHER federal in forma pauperis litigants may be significantly denied immediate access to Court while filing-fee paying litigants suffer no such con… |
| 25-6500 |
Anita Bryant v. Estate of Laura J. Bryant |
Seventh Circuit |
2026-01-07 |
Pending |
IFP |
appellate-rights court-of-appeals in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion meritorious-claim procedural-dismissal |
1. Whether the United States Court of Appeal Seventh Circuit abused its discretion by improperly dismissing an In Forma Pauperis (I FP) action as friv… |
| 25-6498 |
Cynthia Stephanie Jones v. Providence Teachers Union, Local 958 |
First Circuit |
2026-01-07 |
Pending |
IFP |
district-court eeoc employment-discrimination in-forma-pauperis right-to-sue teachers-union |
1) Shall the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issue a Right to Sue to a claimant only to have the Right-to-Sue expeditiously denied upon entry … |
| 25A776 |
Jerry Lee Flores v. Texas |
Texas |
2026-01-05 |
Application |
|
in-forma-pauperis lock-down procedural-filing supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari |
Question not identified. |
| 25-6297 |
Peter Joseph Polinski v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2025-12-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts due-process in-forma-pauperis pro-se rule-41b tucker-act |
1. Whether the Court of Federal Claims may dismiss a pro se complaint for failure to prosecute based solely on an assertedly incomplete in forma paupe… |
| 25-638 |
Zhongxiao Michael Chen v. Michigan State University |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-12-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-procedure electronic-filing in-forma-pauperis prima-facie rule-12b6 |
1. Whether a civil action is "commenced " under
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 3 when a complaint is
electronically delivered and date -stamped by … |
| 25-6160 |
Pamela Short Powell, Individually and on Behalf of Diana Lynn Short, Margaret Julia Short, Daniel Alan Short, and Jack Warren Short, Jr. v. Anthony Decicco, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-11-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
fifth-circuit-procedure in-forma-pauperis judicial-conflict judicial-recusal procedural-irregularity sua-sponte-dismissal |
A. Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by not addressing whether the district court should have first ruled on a motion for recusals about several conflic… |
| 25A553 |
Shirley V. Remmert v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-11-13 |
Application |
|
appellate-procedure district-court frivolous-appeal in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court has the authority to dismiss an appeal as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 without providing a detailed explanation of its re… |
| 25-6017 |
John Todd Williams v. Richard J. Sullivan, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-11-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review constitutional-claims due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion |
1. Whether the denial of in forma pauperis status to an indigent litigant raising substantial constitutional claims — including violations of the Four… |
| 25A495 |
Mark Hanna v. John Bel Edwards, former Governor of Louisiana, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-10-30 |
Application |
|
appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights good-faith-standard in-forma-pauperis prisoner-litigation procedural-default |
Whether a prisoner's in forma pauperis (IFP) status can be denied on appeal when procedural challenges prevent full review of the underlying civil rig… |
| 25-457 |
Topaz Johnson, et al. v. High Desert State Prison, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-10-15 |
Pending |
Amici (1)Relisted (4) |
civil-procedure court-fees filing-fee in-forma-pauperis incarcerated-plaintiff statutory-interpretation |
Does 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) require each incarcerated plaintiff filing in forma pauperis to pay the full amount of a filing fee whether or not he is f… |
| 25-5774 |
Jason Adam Jensen v. United States, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-10-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis mental-illness pro-se-litigant |
1. Does the in forma pauperis dismissal process under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii), which applies the Rule 12(b)(6) "failure to state a claim" standa… |
| 25-5714 |
Abass Yaya Bamba v. United States District Court for the District of Colorado |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-09-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion |
1. Whether a federal court may constitutionally dismiss a civil rights complaint solely for inability to pay filing fees, in violation of 28 U.S.C. § … |
| 25A318 |
William Loggins, Jr. v. Kansas |
Kansas |
2025-09-18 |
Presumed Complete |
|
access-to-courts in-forma-pauperis law-library-access legal-communication prison-mail-policy pro-se-litigant |
Whether prison mail policies and limited law library access unconstitutionally impede an indigent prisoner's ability to timely file a petition for wri… |
| 24-7455 |
Garland E. Williams v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2025-06-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review constitutional-injury due-process frivolous-dismissal in-forma-pauperis subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether a federal statute precludes procedural redress of a timely invoked constitutional injury, and whether a district court's dismissal of a compla… |
| 24-7405 |
Willie Triplett v. James LeBlanc, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-06-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-court civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis medical-complaint three-strikes-rule |
Whether the U.S. Middle District of Louisiana's dismissal of Petitioner's Civil Rights medical complaint as frivolous and denial of in forma pauperis … |
| 24-7345 |
Anita Sue Bryant v. Estate of Laura J. Bryant |
Indiana |
2025-06-03 |
Rehearing |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-procedure case-dismissal court-of-appeals in-forma-pauperis notice-requirement procedural-due-process |
Whether the Indiana Court of Appeals improperly closed Appellant's case without addressing pending motions and without providing notice |
| 24-7138 |
Steve Van Horne v. Harriett L. Haag, Judge, County Court at Law No. 2, Taylor County, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-05-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
district-court first-amendment in-forma-pauperis judicial-error motion-to-reconsider religious-freedom |
Whether the district court erred in ignoring the 1st Amendment and 42 USC 21b § 2000bb in denying Petitioner's Notification of Religious Obligation |
| 24-7124 |
Gary Daniel Rodgers v. Jeff Landry, Governor of Louisiana, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-05-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review circuit-court-procedure constitutional-challenge frivolous-appeal in-forma-pauperis legal-briefing |
Whether the Circuit Court erred in their rulings regarding Rodger's legal filings, procedural challenges, and motion to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 24-6820 |
David C. Lettieri v. Broome County Sheriffs, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-03-21 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
case-reopening constitutional-rights false-charges imminent-danger in-forma-pauperis legal-intervention |
Does a case reopen when the reasons for no insurance are unclear, and do false charges constitute an imminent danger warranting legal intervention? |
| 24-6764 |
Albert Johnson v. United States |
First Circuit |
2025-03-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
assets employment expenses in-forma-pauperis income poverty |
Question not identified. |
| 24-6736 |
David C. Lettieri v. Federal Bureau of Investigation |
Second Circuit |
2025-03-11 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal-court constitutional-procedure in-forma-pauperis judicial-delay notification-requirement procedural-rights |
Whether an appeal court's delay constitutes a violation of procedural rights and whether a plaintiff must be notified of an in forma pauperis terminat… |
| 24-6696 |
James R. Turner, III v. Edward Rapp |
Second Circuit |
2025-03-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure constitutional-protections due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion recusal |
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in denying in forma pauperis status and dismissing an appeal without proper constitutional consideration |
| 24-6485 |
David C. Lettieri v. Wyoming County Sheriffs |
Second Circuit |
2025-02-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review case-review court-procedure in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion procedural-rights |
Does an appeal court have the ability to ignore facts, does a judge have the right to revoke in forma pauperis without notice, and does revoking in fo… |
| 24A707 |
Carlsel Alexander v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-01-17 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appointed-counsel criminal-justice-act deadline-extension federal-public-defender in-forma-pauperis petition-for-certiorari |
Whether a criminal defendant represented by appointed counsel under the Criminal Justice Act may seek an extension of time to file a petition for cert… |
| 24-6280 |
Margaly Philippe v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Trustee |
Massachusetts |
2025-01-13 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response WaivedIFP |
assets employment expenses in-forma-pauperis income poverty |
Question not identified. |
| 24A660 |
Lidia M. Orrego v. Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano LLP, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-01-03 |
Presumed Complete |
|
filing-deadline in-forma-pauperis pro-se procedural-compliance supreme-court-rules writ-of-certiorari |
Whether a pro se litigant's motion for in forma pauperis status and petition for writ of certiorari can be timely considered despite potential procedu… |
| 24A628 |
Shaheryar Khan v. Nancy K. Curry, Trustee |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-12-27 |
Presumed Complete |
|
civil-liberties court-procedure dismissal-standard frivolous-appeal in-forma-pauperis ninth-circuit |
Whether the district court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals improperly dismissed the appellant's case as frivolous without adequate consideration of… |
| 24-6139 |
Alexis Carberry Benson, Individually and on Behalf of K. C. J., et al. v. Lancaster County School District, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-12-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process education-law in-forma-pauperis parental-rights pro-se-litigation |
Can a court deny in forma pauperis status after previously granting it in related cases, and should parents be accorded appointed counsel when filing … |
| 24A561 |
Lola Shalewa Barbara Kasali v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-12-09 |
Presumed Complete |
|
criminal-defendant discretionary-appeal extension-of-time in-forma-pauperis incarceration pro-se |
Whether a pro se criminal defendant's motion for extension of time to file a discretionary appeal should be granted when the defendant lacks counsel a… |
| 24-597 |
Jonathan Eugene Brunson v. Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General of North Carolina, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-12-03 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split heck-dismissal in-forma-pauperis prison-litigation-reform-act section-1983 three-strikes-rule |
Whether dismissals under Heck v. Humphrey categorically constitute strikes under the Prison Litigation Reform Act's three-strikes rule |
| 24A477 |
James R. Turner, III v. Edward Rapp |
Second Circuit |
2024-11-13 |
Presumed Complete |
|
in-forma-pauperis mental-health petition pro-se supreme-court time-extension |
Whether a pro se plaintiff suffering from mental health conditions can obtain an extension of time to file a Supreme Court petition for writ of certio… |
| 24-5915 |
Willie D. Orr v. Zorian Trusewych, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-11-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review district-court in-forma-pauperis legal-procedure motion-to-proceed summary-judgment |
Did the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois err when granting defendants' summary judgment motion, and did the Seventh Circuit Co… |
| 24-5810 |
Andre Wilburn v. Virginia Nguyen, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-10-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure constitutional-defect in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion oath-of-office pro-se-prisoner |
Whether a district court errs when dismissing a pro se prisoner's complaint without leave to amend for futility reasons when defects could be cured, a… |
| 24-5643 |
In Re Deandre Arnold |
|
2024-09-27 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
bias-and-prejudice court-clerk-duties in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion jurisdictional-challenge procedural-due-process |
Whether the Circuit Court Judge and Clerk exceeded their jurisdiction by denying an IFP motion and dismissing an appeal without proper notice |
| 24-5472 |
In Re Thomas Jayaton-Kerry |
|
2024-09-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
due-process frivolous-filing in-forma-pauperis judicial-machinery mandamus ninth-circuit |
Did the Ninth Circuit err by dismissing Thomas' Jayaton-Kerry's Writ of Mandamus as frivolous and denying due process? |
| 24A119 |
Adam Owen Grady v. Brent Fluke, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-08-01 |
Presumed Complete |
|
criminal-justice-act eighth-circuit in-forma-pauperis prisoner-rights pro-se writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the pro se prisoner's motion for in forma pauperis status and extension of time to file a petition for certiorari should be granted given the … |
| 24A111 |
Stan Brown v. Corey Pankow, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-07-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appeal-deadline federal-rules-appellate-procedure in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction prisoner-litigation pro-se |
Whether a pro se prisoner's untimely notice of appeal can be excused due to unique circumstances or equitable tolling principles when filed beyond the… |
| 24-5165 |
Leonard W. Houston, as Beneficiary of Estate of Luis Houston Sr.,
Deceased v. Highland Care Center, Inc., Skilled Nursing Home |
Second Circuit |
2024-07-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process federal-court-access in-forma-pauperis indigent-litigant judicial-screening nursing-home pro-se-litigation resident-rights standing |
in-forma-pauperis |
| 24A60 |
Keith Edmund Gavin v. Alabama |
Alabama |
2024-07-17 |
Presumed Complete |
|
criminal-procedure death-row filing-fee in-forma-pauperis indigent-status judicial-discretion |
Whether a death row inmate's in forma pauperis application can be denied based on having received monthly inmate deposits that exceed the filing fee t… |
| 24A30 |
Martin Akerman v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-07-11 |
Presumed Complete |
|
access-to-courts constitutional-rights due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigant |
Whether the denial of in forma pauperis status and appellate filing fees violates a pro se litigant's constitutional right to meaningful access to the… |
| 23A1177 |
Andrew Fields v. New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision |
Second Circuit |
2024-07-02 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights in-forma-pauperis judicial-review motion-to-vacate pro-se |
Whether the lower court's denial of a motion to vacate judgment violated the petitioner's constitutional due process rights |
| 23-7837 |
Fidel Alcantar Soto v. Rual Morales, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-07-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
asset-declaration civil-procedure court-fees financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income-sources indigent-status legal-proceeding monthly-expenses poverty-affidavit prisoner-rights |
Question not identified |
| 23A1113 |
Brandan C. Bellamy v. Officer Houghton, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-06-14 |
Presumed Complete |
|
certiorari in-forma-pauperis judicial-assistance pro-se procedural-barriers supreme-court |
Whether pro se litigants facing procedural barriers in federal court can obtain equitable relief and guidance when attempting to file a Supreme Court … |
| 23-7718 |
In Re Christopher L. Takhvar |
|
2024-06-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-process legal-review petition-for-writ procedural-challenge standing |
right-to-appeal |
| 23-1263 |
Ibrahim Donmez v. New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-06-03 |
Denied |
|
administrative-law civil-procedure complaint-screening dismissal due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure screening standing statutory-interpretation |
Does 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(b)(ii) allow screening or dismissal of non-frivolous non-prisoner complaints before service of process and defendants' ans… |
| 23-7576 |
Solomon A. Jones v. Georgia Department of Labor, et al. |
Georgia |
2024-05-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process employment-law in-forma-pauperis minimum-wage pandemic service-of-process sovereign-immunity unemployment-benefits unemployment-insurance |
Can unemployment insurance benefits be denied to persons whose employment is terminated through no fault of their own? |
| 23A1012 |
Brent Evan Webster v. United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-05-14 |
Presumed Complete |
|
extension-of-time in-forma-pauperis judicial-misconduct ninth-circuit pro-se writ-of-certiorari |
Whether a pro se litigant can obtain an extension of time to file a writ of certiorari based on personal circumstances and alleged judicial misconduct |
| 23-7353 |
Noel Vincent Thomas v. North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-05-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure failure-to-state-a-claim failure-to-state-claim federal-rules in-forma-pauperis motion-to-dismiss res-judicata sovereign-immunity |
Whether the trial court erred in dismissing the complaint |
| 23-7311 |
Holly Harvey v. Allen Dillis, Warden |
Georgia |
2024-04-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights court-filing criminal-procedure due-process employment-history financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income-sources poverty-affidavit search-and-seizure standing |
Whether the lower court erred in its application of the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures |
| 23A961 |
John W. Patton v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2024-04-26 |
Presumed Complete |
|
civil-procedure court-costs in-forma-pauperis indigent-status prisoner-litigation pro-se |
Whether a pro se prisoner's in forma pauperis application satisfies the legal standard for proceeding without prepayment of court costs in federal cou… |
| 23-7264 |
Samreen Riaz v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, et al. |
California |
2024-04-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavit civil-procedure declaration employment-history financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income-declaration legal-redress poverty redress |
Whether the petitioner should be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 23A881 |
Linda Baldwin v. Robert Pitman, Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-04-04 |
Presumed Complete |
|
civil-rights constitutional-challenge in-forma-pauperis judicial-bias pro-se-litigation vexatious-litigant |
Whether a federal district court judge's adverse rulings in prior cases constitute a cognizable constitutional violation or impermissible judicial bia… |
| 23-933 |
Jay Hymas, dba Dosmen Farms v. Department of the Interior |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-27 |
Denied |
|
access-to-courts circuit-split civil-procedure court-fees fee-waiver in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion litigation-access statutory-interpretation |
Does 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1) grant district courts authority to set a partial filing fee for in forma pauperis litigants, as the Ninth Circuit below an… |
| 23A774 |
Dexter Conrad Jackson v. Lavar Ham, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-23 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-filing-fee civil-procedure district-court-dismissal in-forma-pauperis prisoner-litigation pro-se |
Whether a pro se prisoner's in forma pauperis appeal can be dismissed without explicit assessment of the required appellate filing fee |
| 23A692 |
Montel Westley v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-01-26 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-rights criminal-conviction federal-appeal in-forma-pauperis sixth-circuit writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming a criminal conviction where the defendant claims a violation of his constitutional right… |
| 23-6473 |
Joseph Bergeron v. William Bolin, Warden, et al. |
Minnesota |
2024-01-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis informa-pauperis judicial-fairness legal-obstruction minnesota-judicial-system pro-se pro-se-litigation |
Can the Minnesota Judicial system deny Informa Pauperis to impoverished Pro Se litigant as a means to obstruct Judicial fairness? |
| 23A625 |
Shaheryar Khan v. Kent Seton, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-08 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-procedure court-dismissal frivolous-appeal in-forma-pauperis ninth-circuit pro-se-litigant |
Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeal as frivolous and denying in forma pauperis status |
| 23-6329 |
Russell G. Finnegan v. David L. Chidester |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-12-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals appellate-review civil-procedure court-fees due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure jurisdiction pro-se-litigation signature-requirement standing |
Are the orders from the Court of Appeals valid absent an authorized signature of a judicial officer? |
| 23-6326 |
In Re Luis Fernando Isaza Arango |
|
2023-12-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
affidavit assets civil-procedure declaration employment financial-information financial-status in-forma-pauperis income poverty |
Whether the petitioner's inability to pay the costs of this case or provide security therefor, as stated in the affidavit or declaration, entitles the… |
| 23A534 |
Jay Hymas, dba Dosmen Farms v. Department of Interior |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-12-12 |
Presumed Complete |
|
civil-litigation court-fees filing-fees in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation |
Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1) permits district courts to impose partial filing fees on non-prisoner civil litigants or requires complete fee waiver |
| 23A500 |
Michael W. Bohannan v. Erica Redic, Texas Department of Justice-CID Law Library Supervisor, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-12-01 |
Presumed Complete |
|
civil-rights court-sanctions in-forma-pauperis prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-litigation pro-se |
Whether a pro se prisoner's failure to strictly comply with Prison Litigation Reform Act procedural requirements warrants dismissal of a civil rights … |
| 23-6052 |
Larry Bailey v. West Laurel Water Association, et al. |
Kentucky |
2023-11-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis indigent-status notice-of-appeal standing |
Whether the Franklin Circuit Court violated my constitutional rights to due process |
| 23-5883 |
Shardaye Jeacole Malik Bey v. Ohio |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-10-25 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1443 appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-rights court-fees criminal-procedure criminal-removal due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis |
Whether filing fees are required for removal of a criminal action under 28 U.S.C. § 1443 |
| 23A377 |
Anthony Andrews v. United States, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-10-25 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-procedure frivolous-dismissal imminent-danger in-forma-pauperis prison-litigation-reform-act serious-physical-injury |
Whether a prisoner with three prior frivolous dismissals can proceed in forma pauperis under the Prison Litigation Reform Act without demonstrating im… |
| 23-5783 |
Edward Francis Davis v. Power Authority of the State of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-10-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process equal-protection evidence-handling in-forma-pauperis judicial-precedent procedural-fairness sanctions supervisory-power |
whether-petitioner-was-treated-unfairly-and-unequally |
| 23-5763 |
In Re Darryl C. Daniels |
|
2023-10-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
affidavit civil-rights due-process expense-reporting financial-declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income-verification legal-redress poverty standing |
Whether the petitioner is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 23-5721 |
In Re Terrance A. McCauley |
|
2023-10-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
affidavit civil-procedure court-fees declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income-declaration legal-support poverty poverty-affidavit redress |
Whether the petitioner should be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 23-5548 |
Christian R. Aguirre-Hodge v. Charles E. Larson |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights counsel-recruitment due-process in-forma-pauperis indigent-plaintiff judicial-discretion pro-se-litigation recruitment-of-counsel standing visual-impairment |
Whether a visually impaired plaintiff's case exceeds their capacity to coherently present it to the judge or jury |
| 23-158 |
Dora L. Adkins v. Fitness International, LLC |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-08-18 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure complaint-dismissal dismissal district-court district-court-order emergency-complaint fourth-circuit in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion standing |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit properly affirmed the district court's order denying the plaintiff's requests and dismissing … |
| 23-5279 |
Robert Annabel, II v. Joseph Novak, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-08-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process free-speech in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure lawsuit-dismissal prisoner-rights retaliation standing |
Should truthful prisoner complaints be protected conduct? |
| 23-5246 |
Aaron Abadi v. Caesars Entertainment, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-07-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts circuit-court-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion pro-se-litigants pro-se-litigation standing |
Can the Circuit Courts of Appeals treat indigent pro se litigants differently than they treat litigants who can afford attorneys, by just dismissing t… |
| 23A50 |
Raul Gardea, Jr. v. Raymond Madden, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-07-20 |
Presumed Complete |
|
in-forma-pauperis institutional-search law-library-access prison-lockdown procedural-barriers writ-of-certiorari |
Whether an indigent prisoner can obtain an extension of time to file a writ of certiorari due to institutional library access restrictions and lockdow… |
| 23-5048 |
Leonard W. Houston v. Highland Care Center, Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2023-07-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process exceptional-circumstances federal-procedure in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigation rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) standing |
Whether the lower court erred in denying the pro-se plaintiff's motion to proceed in forma pauperis and dismissing the appeal |
| 23-5007 |
Alexis Carberry Benson, on Behalf of Minor Child K.C., Jr., et al. v. Fort Mill Schools/York County District 4, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-06-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-justice ada district-court-jurisdiction idea idea-law in-forma-pauperis individual-immunity pro-se right-to-counsel section-1983 |
Should Plaintiffs/Parents filing a Federal Complaint through IDEA Section 504 or ADA, be accorded the right to counsel when filing pro se' and/or in f… |
| 22-7648 |
In Re William M. Windsor |
|
2023-05-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals appellate-procedure exceptional-circumstances federal-court-jurisdiction federal-court-order in-forma-pauperis judicial-review jurisdiction-challenge state-court-authority void-orders |
Is a federal court order void when jurisdiction is never determined? |
| 22-7619 |
Earl Anderson v. Aramark Correctional Services, LLC |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-05-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-court appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights corporate-disclosure dismissal district-court due-process in-forma-pauperis standing supplemental-complaint |
Whether the Appellate Court erred in affirming the dismissal of Petitioner Andersen's Original Complaint |
| 22-7510 |
Noel Thomas v. Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-05-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-access due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion motion-to-proceed-in-forma-pauperis right-to-redress-grievances standing |
Whether the Trial Court erred in dismissing the case |
| 22-1042 |
Lauren Andersen v. British Airways PLC, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-04-27 |
Denied |
|
brady-act civil-rights court-procedure due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-bias judicial-disqualification judicial-review political-affiliation standing |
Is it fitting for three Democrat judges from a district court and a panel of three Democrat judges from an appellate court to decide a case that has, … |
| 22-1023 |
Dora L. Adkins v. American Service Center Associates, LLC, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-04-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1915 amendment amendment-right appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-statute in-forma-pauperis judicial-dismissal |
Whether the district court properly dismissed a civil action filed in forma pauperis without allowing the plaintiff to amend the complaint |
| 22-1024 |
Dora L. Adkins v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-04-21 |
Denied |
|
28-usc-1915 amendment-right appellate-review civil-procedure district-court-dismissal failure-to-state-a-claim frivolous frivolous-claim in-forma-pauperis right-to-amend |
Whether the district court properly dismissed a civil action filed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) without first allowing the plaint… |
| 22-7325 |
Noel Brown v. City of New York, New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-04-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-review court-review federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion prisoner-appeal standing |
Did the denial of appellant's motion for in forma pauperis violate Rule 24(A)(5) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure? |
| 22-7268 |
Derek Sloane v. Robert L. Langley, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-04-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appointment-of-counsel civil-rights due-process federal-procedural-rules imminent-danger imminent-danger-exception in-forma-pauperis prisoner-litigation pro-se-appeal standing statutory-interpretation three-strikes-rule |
Whether a prior dismissal is a strike under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) |
| 22-7279 |
Robert J. Thomas v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-04-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure compassionate-release compassionate-relief concepcion-v-united-states due-process first-step-act in-forma-pauperis judicial-review prisoner-rights statutory-interpretation |
Whether the lower court erred in denying petitioner's request for in forma pauperis status and compassionate relief under the First Step Act |
| 22-6787 |
Mike Webb v. City of Falls Church, Virginia, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-02-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-claim equal-protection in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion procedural-due-process standing standing-doctrine substantive-due-process |
Whether denial of in forma pauperis application violates due-process, equal-protection, or privileges-of-citizens |
| 22-6773 |
Ernest Adimora-Nweke v. Steven C. McCraw, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-02-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights class-action due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-immunity probable-cause prosecutorial-immunity standing |
Whether Petitioner's in forma pauperis status from state court applies post removal to Federal Court |
| 22-6405 |
David Lee Smith, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Mary Julia Hook v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2022-12-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appeal-dismissal civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis judicial-taking poverty sanctions takings |
Whether the Federal Circuit grossly abused its discretion in dismissing an appeal as frivolous |
| 22-6285 |
In Re Jason D. Fisher |
|
2022-12-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ex-parte-order ex-parte-orders in-forma-pauperis motion-practice standing temporary-protection-order |
Is 'permission based motion practice' legal or 'negative gatekeeping' legal? |
| 22-6176 |
Cheryl A. Wolf, et al. v. Federal Bureau of Investigation |
Second Circuit |
2022-11-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavit civil-procedure declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis poverty |
Whether the petitioner's affidavit or declaration in support of a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis satisfies the legal requirements |
| 22-6080 |
James David Wren v. Minnesota |
Minnesota |
2022-11-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavit civil-procedure declaration financial-status in-forma-pauperis poverty |
Whether the petitioner is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 22-5903 |
L. Powers v. United States Postal Service |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-rights court-procedure due-process equal-protection equal-rights in-forma-pauperis indigent-rights judicial-discretion judicial-powers |
Was the appearance of dismissing Petitioner's in forma pauperis applications an abuse of judicial powers & law? |
| 22-5787 |
William Paul Burch v. Freedom Mortgage Corporation, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-07 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals-procedure bankruptcy-lien bankruptcy-lien-extinguishment bankruptcy-procedure constitutional-order debtor-rights in-forma-pauperis mortgage-servicing pro-se-litigation property-return void-lien |
If a mortgage holder and/or a mortgage service company were to have their lien extinguished in bankruptcy and then refuse to accept payments should th… |
| 22-264 |
Shahrouz Jahanshahi v. Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, et al. |
California |
2022-09-20 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure court-discretion deposition-procedure discovery due-process in-forma-pauperis indigent-litigant litigation-costs remote-deposition remote-testimony |
Whether a court can order an indigent litigant granted in forma pauperis to conduct deposition by remote means that is discretionary and more costly t… |
| 22-5628 |
In Re Tony Walker |
|
2022-09-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts federal-procedure in-forma-pauperis mandamus procedural-rules seventh-circuit standing standings-blanket-order statutory-interpretation |
Whether the January 23, 2014 standing blanket order of the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit violates 28 U.S.C. §1651(a) and 28 U.S.C. §1915(e)… |
| 22-5482 |
William Paul Burch v. Homeward Residential Incorporated |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
bankruptcy-court due-process in-forma-pauperis non-article-iii-judge removal-court removal-jurisdiction removal-time-limit rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-appeals thirty-day-window vexatious-litigant |
Question not identified |
| 22-5425 |
William Paul Burch v. Bank of America, N.A. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
article-iii-court civil-procedure constitutional-challenge court-removal federal-jurisdiction in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigation removal sanction-fees sanctions vexatious-litigant |
Should-removal-from-state-court-to-federal-court-be-allowed-only-after-state-court-hearing |
| 22-5390 |
Carina Conerly v. Julie G. Yap, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-08-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process frivolous-appeal frivolous-claim in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion standing |
Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in finding petitioners' claim to be frivolous |
| 22-5366 |
William Michael Fields, Jr. v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure court-access financial-affidavit financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis indigent-status poverty pro-se-litigation redress standing waiver-of-fees |
Ability to Proceed In Forma Pauperis |
| 22-5376 |
Jerico Matias Cruz v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis standing |
Whether the pro se plaintiff-appellant was denied due process and equal protection under the 14th Amendment when the district court denied his motion … |
| 22-5254 |
William Paul Burch v. Mark X. Mullen |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
article-iii bankruptcy-judge constitutional-violation federal-rules in-forma-pauperis sanction-fees unconstitutional-order vexatious-litigant |
Whether a non-Article III bankruptcy judge can write and enforce their own law on vexatious litigants that violates the constitution |
| 22-5233 |
Carina Conerly v. Yee Yang, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-07-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion standing |
Whether the Ninth Circuit abused its discretion |
| 22-5171 |
Rebekah Werth v. Stuart Police Department, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-07-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-justice civil-rights court-procedure due-process equal-access in-forma-pauperis indigent-plaintiff legal-standards pro-se standing sua-sponte-dismissal |
Do the sua sponte dismissals by the lower courts under the in forma pauperis statute 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (e) (2) (B), in which the reviewing court merely… |
| 22-5157 |
William Paul Burch v. Bank of America, N.A. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-07-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-dismissal civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-hearing jurisdiction removal removal-procedure sanctions unconstitutional-rulings |
Should removal from a state court to a federal court be allowed without a hearing to determine if the case is a state or federal issue? |
| 22-5145 |
Michael Kim v. Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-07-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-removal due-process eleventh-amendment in-forma-pauperis judicial-jurisdiction litigation-costs removal standing supreme-court-precedent |
Should this Court overrule Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. v. Jackson, 189 S. Ct. 1743 (2019), affirmed on 54 (1 dissent), or hold that a defendant in a civil… |
| 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… |
| 22-5136 |
Francette Washington v. Virginia Rodriguez, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-07-19 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
assets civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment equal-protection financial-status in-forma-pauperis income poverty standing takings |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated |
| 22-5051 |
Gabriel M. Robles, et al. v. United States, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-07-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-rights due-process energy-assistance equal-protection in-forma-pauperis low-income-assistance poverty poverty-level |
Have the Courts enacted 'Rules' and Congress made laws that serve to deprive the poor and needy, the elderly, and the developmentally disabled, their … |
| 21-8266 |
Timothy Wayne Calhoun v. Tim Hooper, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-06-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavit civil-procedure court-filing declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-proceeding poverty prisoner-rights |
Whether the petitioner's affidavit or declaration in support of a motion to proceed in forma pauperis satisfies the legal requirements |
| 21-8248 |
Lorenzo Newborn, Karl Darnell Holmes, and Herbert McClain v. California |
California |
2022-06-28 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appointed-counsel court-appointment criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process in-forma-pauperis indigent-defendant indigent-status right-to-counsel supreme-court-rule writ-of-certiorari |
Whether petitioner should be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 21-8010 |
Louis Gonzalez v. Elaine E. Bucklo, Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-06-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process immigration in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure notice plra standing |
Whether the Seventh Circuit adopted an opinion conflicting with its earlier decision and other courts |
| 21-8018 |
Ramon Ortiz Perez v. Giselle Matteson, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis ninth-circuit search-and-seizure standing supreme-court-rules writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in affirming the district court's denial of petitioner's motion to suppress evidence obtained in violation of the Four… |
| 21-7805 |
William Paul Burch v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Incorporated |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment free-speech frivolous-dismissal in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigant removal sanctions |
What is the complete legal definition of frivolous? |
| 21-7672 |
Jermaine E. Spence v. Reemon Bishara, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-04-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-dismissal dismissal due-process evidence in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion pro-se-litigation procedural-due-process standing |
Were the causes of action substantiated by evidence or was the trial court not in error in dismissing the case? |
| 21-7535 |
Antonio Alejandro Gutierrez v. Steve Shelton, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-04-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1915 bruce-v-samuels civil-procedure due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis procedural-law retroactive-application retroactivity statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Question Presented |
| 21-7422 |
Edward Shane West-El v. Internal Revenue Service, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-03-21 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access delegated-authority due-process government-authority in-forma-pauperis judicial-review standing tax |
Where does Charles P. Rettig and his employee's that are on his staff get the Delegated Authority to question the Plaintiff Edward Shane WestEl regard… |
| 21-7389 |
John Peyton Alexander, II v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
2022-03-16 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process federal-prisoner habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis parole post-conviction-relief sentence-computation sentence-modification standing supreme-court-precedent unconstitutional-statute |
Whether a financially solvent prisoner has a constitutional right to receive in forma pauperis status to file a meritorious petition for writ of certi… |
| 21-7350 |
Roberto Cerda v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2022-03-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
affidavit assets civil-rights declaration due-process employment-history financial-institution in-forma-pauperis income-source monthly-expenses standing |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the lower court's denial of in forma pauperis status |
| 21-1191 |
Gabriel Gonzalez v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-02-28 |
Denied |
|
appellate-review article-iii article-iii-power federal-courts in-forma-pauperis prison-litigation-reform-act statutory-interpretation strikes ultra-vires |
Whether federal district courts exceed their statutory or Article III power by issuing proclamations that their dismissal 'counts as a 'strike' within… |
| 21-6852 |
Joedon Bradley v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
assets constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process employment-history felon-in-possession firearms in-forma-pauperis indigence monthly-income second-amendment support-obligations |
Whether the petitioner's conviction and sentence for possession of a firearm by a felon under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment |
| 21-6777 |
Carol Garrard, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
appearance-of-impropriety civil-rights due-process first-amendment in-forma-pauperis judicial-conduct judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics paupers-penalty standing |
whether-an-allegation-of-infra-judicial-acts-of-bias-is-required-for-standing |
| 21-6755 |
Kenny Pugh v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2022-01-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule in-forma-pauperis judicial-district legal-representation search-and-seizure state-court state-courts |
Whether the Petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the trial court denied his motion to suppress evidence obtained from an unlawful sea… |
| 21-6744 |
Jose D. Resto-Figueroa v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-12-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment appellate-review criminal-justice-act criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule first-circuit in-forma-pauperis pro-se-petition probable-cause search-and-seizure vehicle-search |
Whether the district court erred in denying the petitioner's motion to suppress evidence obtained from a warrantless search of his vehicle |
| 21-924 |
Michael R. Atraqchi, et ux. v. United States, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-question frivolous-dismissal in-forma-pauperis pro-se standing statutory-interpretation surveillance wiretapping |
Whether the opinion of the Eleventh Circuit affirming the lower Court's decision in dismissing the Pro se, federal question in forma pauperis complain… |
| 21-6508 |
Daniel Jones v. Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-12-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure appointment-of-counsel circuit-court-jurisdiction circuit-court-split civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion motion-for-counsel pro-se-litigant standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the appeal pursuant to 25 U.S.C.§ 1915(e) based solely on the denial of the motion for… |
| 21-6544 |
Omar Leonides Diaz v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavit civil-rights court-costs declaration due-process financial-declaration in-forma-pauperis incarcerated-prisoner legal-redress monthly-income standing |
Whether the petitioner is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 21-6476 |
Aaron Michael Murray v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals appellate-jurisdiction circuit-court-review civil-rights due-process frivolous in-forma-pauperis judicial-interpretation legal-precedent standing |
Whether the district court and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals violated this Court's decision in Ellis v. United States |
| 21-6353 |
Stephen Allwine v. Minnesota |
Minnesota |
2021-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts court-funding due-process equal-protection financial-status in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion legal-procedure post-conviction post-conviction-relief |
Did the Trial Court err in denying In Forma Pauperis funding based on financial status at start of prosecution rather than post-conviction action? |
| 21-6129 |
John Ragin v. Supreme Court of Virginia |
Virginia |
2021-11-01 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
affidavit civil-procedure costs court-filing declaration financial-assets in-forma-pauperis income-disclosure legal-support monthly-expenses poverty |
Whether the petitioner's affidavit or declaration in support of a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is sufficient to establish their inabi… |
| 21-5884 |
Carina Conerly v. Superior Court of California, Sacramento County, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-10-04 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial first-amendment frivolous in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion moot recusal standing |
Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals abused its discretion |
| 21-5845 |
Danny Collins v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals certiorari criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing service-of-process solicitor-general supreme-court-rule |
Whether the petitioner's conviction and sentence violated his constitutional rights |
| 21-5652 |
Carlos Velasquez v. Utah, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-09-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-procedure civil-petition civil-rights constitutional-challenge contempt due-process fraud fraud-on-court in-forma-pauperis judicial-misconduct judicial-misrepresentation standing |
Whether effective limitations on government power can define fraud on the court and criminal contempt in judicial misrepresentation of citizens' civil… |
| 21-5654 |
Michael Ortega, aka Salvador Amitcar Herrero Flores v. Oregon |
Oregon |
2021-09-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
affidavit civil-procedure court-access declaration financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis indigent-status judicial-discretion poverty redress |
Question not identified |
| 21-262 |
The Rouge House, LLC v. 308 Decatur-New Orleans, LLC |
Louisiana |
2021-08-24 |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
14th-amendment access-to-courts constitutional-rights corporate-representation corporations due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis |
Whether the fundamental rights of Due Process and Equal Protection guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution are violated when a corpo… |
| 21-5468 |
Fredrick Mackie v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure criminal-appeal due-process in-forma-pauperis knowing-and-intelligent-waiver pro-se-appeal right-to-appeal right-to-counsel |
Whether a court must ascertain that a defendant-appellant's decision to abandon a criminal appeal is knowing and intelligent |
| 21-85 |
Neil G. Leeds v. Hanmi Bank |
California |
2021-07-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights court-reporter due-process in-forma-pauperis pro-se standing unruh-act |
Whether the lower court including the appeal court should have followed The California Supreme Court Ruling under Jameson v. Desta to provide a free c… |
| 20-1810 |
Charles Landon Roberson v. Hanesbrands, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-06-29 |
Denied |
|
access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection in-forma-pauperis labor-law protected-activity restitution retaliation wrongful-termination |
Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection under the law when the court denied the petitioner's motion to proceed in forma pau… |
| 20-8348 |
Christopher Hawkins v. California |
California |
2021-06-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
assets-and-liabilities civil-procedure financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis poverty redress |
Whether the petitioner should be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 20-7999 |
David James Lola v. Miami Herald, Inc., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-05-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts appellate-rights civil-procedure constitutional-access court-procedure dismissal in-forma-pauperis judicial-review national-emergency post-conviction-relief procedural-default reconsideration |
Whether the clerk's entry of dismissal for failure to prosecute should be set aside and the appellant permitted to proceed to rule on the in forma pau… |
| 20-7947 |
Arnold Anderson v. Christina Pastuna, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-05-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights dismissal due-process in-forma-pauperis petition-for-writ-of-certiorari standing |
Whether the court erred in denying in forma pauperis status and dismissing the petition for writ of certiorari |
| 20-7712 |
Gwendolyn Singleton v. Orangeburg County Disabilities Special Needs Board |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-04-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
affidavit civil-procedure court-fees declaration financial-disclosure financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis indigent-status judicial-discretion poverty standing |
Whether the petitioner is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 20-7719 |
Robert L. Tatum v. Thomas Trettin, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-04-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process free-speech in-forma-pauperis prison-litigation prisoner-litigation-reform-act standing three-strikes-rule |
Whether the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) 3-strike rule is unconstitutional |
| 20-7693 |
Keenan G. Wilkins, aka Nerrah Brown v. C. Joksch, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-08 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1915 appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis indigent-appeal pro-se-litigant standing three-strikes |
Is a prisoner who is found to have three strikes pursuant to 28 USC 1915 entitled to a one-time appeal on the merits of this finding? |
| 20-7578 |
Valentin Spataru v. Rick Ramsay, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-03-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights conspiracy cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment detention-conditions due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-dismissal official-conspiracy standing |
Whether the Courts may or may not dismiss an Appeal and Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis on Appeal |
| 20-7376 |
Howard E. Martin, III v. Ohio |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-03-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-justice appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis legal-access standing systemic-racism |
Where are the Justices, Honorable Seer, who is sentencing Petitioner denied an opportunity to present Petitioner's defense, failed to avail the Petiti… |
| 20-7358 |
Mariann Harris v. Nevada |
Nevada |
2021-03-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts assets civil-rights due-process employment expenses in-forma-pauperis income poverty standing |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the state court's denial of her motion to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 20-7254 |
Juan Valenzuela v. L. Small, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
9th-circuit brady-violation criminal-justice-act criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis ninth-circuit-review police-misconduct writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Ninth Circuit unreasonably applied SCOTUS precedent in concluding that petitioner's Brady-claim failed for lack of prejudice |
| 20-7211 |
In Re Jeremy L. Dale |
|
2021-02-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights court-fees declaration financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-procedure poverty redress |
Whether the petitioner's affidavit or declaration in support of motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is sufficient to establish poverty and e… |
| 20-7184 |
Mitchell Wagner v. Archie D. Scarborough, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-02-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis legal-complexity legal-representation pro-se pro-se-litigation right-to-counsel standing |
Whether the failure of an appellate court to recognize an already approved and accepted in forma pauperis status violates the petitioner's constitutio… |
| 20-1052 |
In Re Christopher Gary Baylor |
|
2021-02-02 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigant section-1983 section-1983-claim |
Does a non-prisoner, indigent, pro se litigant to a Section 1983 claim who initially proceeds In Forma Pauperis but later pays for his appeal, lose th… |
| 20-6700 |
Melissa Calabrese v. California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-1915 americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights civil-rights
20-66" collateral-order-doctrine counsel-appointment district-court-order due-process in-forma-pauperis moral-rights property-development recognized-stature standing statutory-damages visual-artists-rights-act Whether the Due Process Clause permits imposing st |
Whether the collateral order doctrine permits the immediate appeal of a district court order denying appointment of counsel under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(… |
| 20-6599 |
Randy Dominguez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal circuit-split criminal-procedure good-faith in-forma-pauperis retained-counsel |
Whether a criminal defendant represented by retained counsel in the district court must show that his appeal is taken in good faith to proceed in form… |
| 20-6503 |
George J. Raudenbush, III v. Monroe County, Tennessee, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-12-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights collateral-estoppel due-process false-prosecution in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance police-brutality right-to-counsel |
Whether the Sixth Circuit erred by denying Raudenbush's application to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 20-6354 |
Richard A. Poplawski v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-11-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fee-provisions fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis prison-litigation-reform-act standing |
Can courts strategically exempt litigants from the law to thwart test cases? |
| 20-6104 |
Jacqueline Pidanick v. Paul C. LaRosa, III, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-10-22 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
affidavit child-custody civil-procedure court-fraud declaration due-process in-forma-pauperis poverty pro-se-litigation standing supreme-court-review |
Whether the petitioner should be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 20-6009 |
Lamar Thornton v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-10-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appointed-counsel criminal-justice-act due-process in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-for-leave-to-proceed-in-forma-pauperis petition-for-writ-of-certiorari pro-se-filing sixth-circuit writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the government's actions |
| 20-5755 |
Joseph Lee Jones v. Google LLC |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-09-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights consumer-protection due-process first-amendment free-speech human-rights in-forma-pauperis legal-remedies three-strikes |
Whether the three strikes provision in 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) violates the right of access to courts, as it is part of the right of petition protected by… |
| 20-5713 |
Jean Dufort Baptichon v. United States, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2020-09-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review counsel-rights district-court-ruling evidentiary-rulings frivolousness frivolousness-standard in-forma-pauperis procedural-discretion procedural-rulings reconsideration-amendment |
Question not identified |
| 20-5661 |
Monty Marcellus Shelton v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts appeal civil-procedure due-process in-forma-pauperis standing |
Whether the lower court's dismissal of the petitioner's appeal for failure to pay court fees violated the petitioner's due process rights |
| 19-8840 |
Darnell Cooper v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-06-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection filing-fees in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion partial-filing-fee prison-litigation-reform-act standing |
Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection by being required to pay a partial filing fee to appeal his civil rights case, when… |
| 19-1387 |
Waseem Daker v. Theodore Jackson, Sheriff, Fulton County, Georgia, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-06-18 |
Denied |
|
access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-challenge first-amendment free-speech in-forma-pauperis prison-litigation-reform-act religious-exercise three-strikes three-strikes-provision |
Whether the Prison Litigation Reform Act 'three-strikes' provision, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), is unconstitutional as applied to deny a prisoner access to c… |
| 19-8686 |
Beverley M. Harris v. The Bozzuto Group, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-dismissal civil-procedure civil-rights court-access discovery due-process federal-procedure in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion procedural-due-process standing |
Whether the Court should resolve the questions for which the Federal District Court rejected/denied Petitioner's evidences and amendments, conducted n… |
| 19-8641 |
Samir Hanna v. California |
California |
2020-06-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
affidavit civil-procedure court-fees declaration in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-fees poverty pro-se-litigation redress |
Whether the petitioner is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 19-8505 |
George Tolbert v. Stephanie Waggoner, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-05-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis judicial-review prisoner-rights prisoners-rights statutory-interpretation |
Whether the district court erred in denying Appellant George Tolbert's motion to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 19-8454 |
Michael Boykin v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida, Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-05-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavit certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure cumulative-evidence declaration hearsay-evidence in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance martinez-rule poverty procedural-default redress |
Whether the petitioner is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 19-8424 |
José Yeyille v. Miami-Dade County Public Schools, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-05-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure civil-procedure coppedge-v-united-states disputed-facts district-court-review due-process in-forma-pauperis legal-conclusions standing summary-disposition |
Whether the district court appropriately resolved genuine issues of disputed facts; correctly applied legal conclusions; and provided any statement ex… |
| 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 |
| 19-8289 |
Jose Yeyille v. Cecilia M. Altonaga, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-04-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure civil-procedure dismissal district-court-review due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis jury-trial seventh-amendment standing |
Whether the district court appropriately resolved genuine issues of disputed facts; correctly applied legal conclusions; and provided any statement ex… |
| 19-8214 |
Howard Atkins v. Georgia Crowell, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-04-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis poverty standing |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the lower court denied his motion to proceed in forma pauperis without considering h… |
| 19-8052 |
Mohamed A. Almahmmody v. Tennessee |
Tennessee |
2020-03-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
the legal issue being raised appears to be: appeal court-appointed-counsel criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process in-forma-pauperis indigency indigent-defendant pro-bono-representation right-to-counsel transcript trial-transcript |
Whether the Petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the state court failed to appoint counsel for his appeal despite finding him indigen… |
| 19-7995 |
Elijah Jackson, Jr. v. Magoon Estates Limited, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts article-3-court civil-procedure district-court due-process filing-fee in-forma-pauperis prisoner-rights related-cases standing |
Did the federal article 3 court or United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, in Honolulu err/error or breach its own order failing to a… |
| 19-7940 |
Luis Fernandez Morales v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3582 28-usc-1915 appeals appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-procedure federal-courts in-forma-pauperis merits-determination sentence-modification sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether defendant in a federal criminal case is entitled to appeal the district court's judgment denying motion to modify sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3… |
| 19-7888 |
Josephine Banks v. Waffle House, Inc. |
Georgia |
2020-03-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal appellate-rights civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-procedure denial-of-appeal due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-error legal-document notice-of-appeal procedural-justice record standing |
When a lower court overlooks a required legal document that is in the record, fails to correct their error and proceeds to deny a litigant the right t… |
| 19-7829 |
Dale E. Phillips v. South Coast Plaza, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights civil-rights-discrimination class-action constitutional-rights diversity-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction pro-se-litigation standing state-actor vexatious-litigant |
Whether California's Vexatious Litigant Laws violate the 1st, 8th and 14th Amendments |
| 19-7788 |
Ulises Corrales Vega v. Connie Horton, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process frivolous-claim habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis judicial-review legal-standard reasonable-jurists split standing summary-dismissal writ-of-certiorari |
Did the petitioner raise a substantial constitutional claim that was not so patently false or frivolous as to warrant summary dismissal? |
| 19-7483 |
Lisa Washington v. Diana Deleon, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts appeals appellate-procedure certiorari-petition civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-court in-forma-pauperis judicial-bias judicial-recusal jurisdiction procedural-due-process recusal standing |
Whether the District of California's rules satisfy the First Amendment's right to access the courts |
| 19-7266 |
Mickie Stone v. Centene Corporation |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-01-14 |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
11-usc-1915-e-2-b appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process eeoc eeoc-complaint eleventh-circuit frivolous-appeal frivolous-claim in-forma-pauperis standing statute-of-limitations tolling |
Whether the Court in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in denying my motion for leave to proceed on appeal in forma pa… |
| 19-7211 |
Joseph A. Brown v. Dr. Sage, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-01-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis prisoner-litigation standing |
Whether the disposition in Brown v. Kemmerer, U.S.D.C. Del. Civ. No. 13-cv-0138, qualifies as a strike for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) |
| 19-7164 |
Dominic Howard v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule fifth-circuit fourth-amendment in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review pro-se probable-cause search-and-seizure sentencing standing writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in affirming the district court's denial of Petitioner's motion to suppress evidence obtained in violation of the Four… |
| 19-7186 |
James R. Young v. United States, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-01-06 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
bivens bivens-claim civil-rights due-process federal-courts federal-review fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis inmate-rights property property-theft standing |
Did the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals abuse Petitioner's 5th Amendment due-process right to be heard on his Bivens claim on appeal by summarily di… |
| 19-7136 |
Karen Lynn McClaflin v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-12-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavit appeal appellate-procedure cja-appointment counsel-appointment criminal-justice-act criminal-justice-act-1964 criminal-procedure due-process fee-waiver in-forma-pauperis prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing standing writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's denial of Ms. McClaflin's motion to dismiss the indictment on the b… |
| 19-7077 |
Immanuel F. Sanchez v. California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-27 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fundamental-rights in-forma-pauperis oral-argument standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the petitioner has a fundamental right to a hearing in these proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1) and Coppedge v. United States |
| 19-7002 |
Robert C. Denham, Jr. v. James Dzurenda, Director, Nevada Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-1332 42-usc-1983 amended-complaint amount-in-controversy civil-procedure civil-rights diversity-jurisdiction in-forma-pauperis jurisdictional-amount screening-order standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Is whether or not Plaintiffs Reply Motions Affidavit to Screening Order dated 01-09-19 was timely, and satisfied the $75,000 amount-in-controversy req… |
| 19-6874 |
In Re Stephen Daniel Leonard |
|
2019-12-06 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1915 abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure circuit-court-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion judicial-power pro-se-litigation standing three-strikes three-strikes-provision |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit abused its discretion in refusing to file the petitioner's motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal |
| 19-6829 |
Lisa Washington v. Diana Deleon, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-court appeals civil-procedure civil-rico civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process federal-procedure federal-rules in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure procedural-rules recusal |
due-process,civil-rights,access-to-court,federal-procedure,recusal,civil-rico |
| 19-6783 |
Virgil Lamont Jarvis v. David Allison, Sheriff, Pearl River County, Mississippi, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
administrative-review appeal-rights appeals civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process exhaustion-of-administrative-remedies in-forma-pauperis jury-trial legal-procedure prison-litigation-reform-act standing summary-judgment |
Whether officials can refuse to process inmate grievances and then dismiss a subsequent civil rights lawsuit for failure to exhaust administrative rem… |
| 19-6669 |
Donnie Berry v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavit-or-declaration appeals civil-rights costs due-process habeas in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel poverty redress security sixth-amendment |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in denying habeas relief on petitioner's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel |
| 19-6579 |
David Lee Smith v. North Carolina, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-11-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights copyright criminal-procedure due-process habitual-felon habitual-offenders in-forma-pauperis legal-publication punitive-law standing statutory-law |
Are pro-se petitioners entitled to Supreme Court leave to proceed as pauper in 55/983 complaint, when circuit court cited only (2) frivolous dismissal… |
| 19-6563 |
Robert William Wazney v. South Carolina |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-11-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
access-to-court access-to-courts civil-rights court-access due-process federal-courts in-forma-pauperis judicial-immunity ministerial-duty standing state-court |
Whether federal citizens have standing when federal courts ignore their claims |
| 19-6553 |
Vicki Corona v. City of Los Angeles, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-filing deprivation-of-rights due-process filing-procedures in-forma-pauperis judicial-conduct judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct Question not identified. standing takings |
Whether the Mayor of Los Angeles and California courts have unlawfully and unethically ignored Supreme Court precedent and higher court rulings |
| 19-6449 |
Antwoine Marquise Bealer v. Kern Valley State Prison |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-10-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment administrative-decision administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-screening PLRA prison prisoner-rights standing |
Does the PLRA require the court to look beyond a prima facie showing when screening prisoner in forma pauperis complaints? |
| 19-6399 |
Carmen A. Zammiello v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-10-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis jones-v-bock jurisdictional-grounds procedural-grounds |
Whether the court of appeals for the eleventh circuit rendered a decision in conflict with the law of the U.S. Supreme Court |
| 19-6325 |
Dewayne Barnes v. Sentry Management, Inc., et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-10-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure conflict-of-interest discovery dismissal-order due-process in-forma-pauperis res-judicata speedy-trial standing trial-court |
Can defendants the St. Regis Apartments claim res-judicata |
| 19-6271 |
Gary Patrick Lewis v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2019-10-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
affidavit-of-indigency appointed-counsel arson-conviction criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process in-forma-pauperis indigency indigent-defendant michigan-court right-to-counsel state-appellate-defender state-court-appeal |
Gary Patrick Lewis |
| 19-6227 |
In Re Steven Talbert Williams |
|
2019-10-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights contempt-of-court dismissal due-process frivolous in-forma-pauperis sanctions standing |
Whether the dismissal of a case as 'frivolous' under 28 USC 1915(e)(2)(B)(i) and 18 U.S.C. §402 violates the 6th and 10th Amendments of the U.S. Const… |
| 19-6215 |
Twila Haynes v. Assets Protection, Inc. |
Pennsylvania |
2019-10-09 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion americans-with-disabilities-act breach-of-contract civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process error-of-law in-forma-pauperis pro-se-plaintiff rule-240 standing |
Under Pa. Rule 240, were the petitioner's constitutional rights violated? |
| 19-425 |
Veronica W. Ogunsula v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis leave-to-amend notice notice-requirement pleading-standards procedural-dismissal standing statutory-interpretation |
What is the meaning of 28-U.S.C.-Section-1915-(e)-(2)-(b)-(ii) |
| 19-6057 |
Shane Austin Peters v. Eric Arnold, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights costs court-access due-process in-forma-pauperis indigent-status juvenile-justice legal-proceeding parole poverty poverty-affidavit redress security sentencing |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits the imposition of life sentences on juvenile offenders convicted … |
| 19-5984 |
Daniel H. Jones v. Claudia C. Bonnyman, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-09-18 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-1983 appeals appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis sovereign-immunity standing |
Did the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying the petitioner's absolute right in filing as well as to appeal his civil action in forma pa… |
| 19-5957 |
Twila Haynes v. Riverside Presbyterian Apartments |
Pennsylvania |
2019-09-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion americans-with-disabilities-act breach-of-contract civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process error-of-law in-forma-pauperis negligence rule-240 standing |
Under Pa. Rule 240, did the court abuse its discretion and commit an error of law? |
| 19-5925 |
Kavin Maurice Rhodes v. Peter C. Swarth, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
14th-amendment 8th-amendment assets civil-procedure civil-rights court-fees due-process excessive-fines financial-disclosure financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis incorporation indigent-status liabilities poverty pro-se-petition standing |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 19-5914 |
Lena Lasher v. Roger Stavis, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-09-12 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence best-evidence-rule civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-defense due-process in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel legal-malpractice |
Should a civil action be granted to correct the District Court's error in misrepresenting a precedent? |
| 19-5823 |
Jason Alston v. Arianna W. Eastman |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-09-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process eleventh-circuit in-forma-pauperis interested-parties judicial-discretion legal-procedure motion-for-leave recusal standing |
Whether United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit abuse its discretion in denying petitioner Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauper… |
| 19-5776 |
Benjamin R. Schwarz v. Erwin Meinberg, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavit assets bivens-claim civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment federal-inmate financial-disclosure free-speech in-forma-pauperis liabilities prison-conditions standing takings ziglar-precedent |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in dismissing petitioner's civil rights claims for lack of standing |
| 19-5584 |
Christopher Isaac Simmons v. Grissom, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-waiver due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure prisoner-rights standing vexatious-litigant |
Did the Ninth Circuit impermissibly revoke Appellant's In Forma Pauperis (IFP) status under 28 U.S.C. 1915(g) where a 'high risk' prisoner clearly mad… |
| 19-5453 |
Juan Pablo Revelo Salcedo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavit appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure criminal-procedure declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance judicial-access motion motion-to-substitute-counsel poverty poverty-affidavit pro-se-litigation redress right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel requires a court to appoint new counsel when a defendant expresses dissatisfactio… |
| 19-164 |
David Samarripa, et al. v. Gregory Kizziah, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-08-05 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights court-costs due-process federal-courts filing-fees habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion procedural-rules standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether federal courts have the authority to impose partial filing fees on habeas petitioners |
| 19-5249 |
George E. Kersey v. Herb Chambers 1186, Inc., et al. |
First Circuit |
2019-07-22 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
appeal appeals civil-procedure complaint-dismissal court-of-appeals district-court due-process filing-fee frivolous in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigation sanctions screening standing |
Whether the Court of Appeals properly affirmed the District Court's certification that the appeal was not taken in good faith |
| 19-5184 |
Kristopher Courtney v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-07-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel poverty sentencing standing |
Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in affirming the district court's denial of Kristopher Courtney's motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 |
| 19-5014 |
Ricardo Donate-Cardona v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-07-01 |
GVR |
IFP |
affidavit appointed-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-review court-filing defendant-dissatisfaction due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel in-forma-pauperis indigent-status legal-redress poverty-affidavit sixth-amendment standing substitute-counsel |
Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel requires a court to appoint substitute counsel when a defendant expresses dissati… |
| 18A1311 |
Tony D. Walker v. Green Bay Correctional Institution Health Services Unit, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-06-14 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-fees court-procedure dismissal in-forma-pauperis prisoner-litigation pro-se |
Whether a pro se prisoner's failure to timely pay appellate filing fees constitutes grounds for dismissal of an appeal without further procedural safe… |
| 18-9640 |
Paul Eugene Lawson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process fair-warning in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction legal-sequestration legal-work prison prison-discipline standing |
Can a district court dismiss petitioner's lawsuit based upon the State's attorney's waiver of reply to complaint? |
| 18-9538 |
Mark Anthony Head v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60(b) constitutional-claim constitutional-claims due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction legislative-process merits procedural-error procedural-errors rule-60b standing |
Whether the court of appeals erred in failing to construe the appellant's motion under Rule 60(b) |
| 18-9552 |
Patricia Gill v. Nyack College, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-06-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
bad-faith civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-procedure due-process harassment in-forma-pauperis judicial-misconduct poor-person-status prosecutorial-misconduct standing state-officials |
Whether the prosecutions undertaken by state officials in bad faith with the intent to harass the defendant/Plaintiff and discourage her from exercisi… |
| 18-9452 |
In Re Kirk Wayne McBride, Sr. |
|
2019-05-31 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
appeals civil-procedure civil-rights clerk-authority clerk-discretion court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts filing-requirements habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis judicial-authority procedural-compliance standing title-28 title-28-usc-1915 |
Does the United States District Court have the authority to gather and review civil service records & complaints to determine whether the party is a p… |
| 18-9482 |
Jorge J. Rubio v. Tina Raburn, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-05-31 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
28-usc-1291 28-usc-1915 appeals appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal court of appeals has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. 1291 to review an order denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C.… |
| 18-9389 |
Antonia Shields v. Juda Klein |
Second Circuit |
2019-05-23 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-action civil-rights constitutional-review court-fees due-process fees-and-costs fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis judicial-access standing unconstitutional |
Is 28 U.S.C. § 1915 unconstitutional, discriminatory, based on a person's ability to pay fees and costs and/or to give security for fees and costs for… |
| 18-9394 |
Ward T. Evans v. Delaware |
Delaware |
2019-05-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-challenge constitutionality-of-statute criminal-law criminal-offenses criminal-procedure criminal-statute double-jeopardy due-process in-forma-pauperis indictment indictment-counts statutory-interpretation three-strike-rule three-strikes-law |
Whether Delaware's 11 Del. Crim. C. sec. 773(2) defines three distinct criminal offenses |
| 18A1214 |
Tracy Nixon v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-05-22 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-remedies child-support constitutional-violation due-process in-forma-pauperis procedural-rights |
Whether the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments' due process protections preclude enforcement of a child support order that allegedly deprives an indigent… |
| 18-9361 |
Jordan Alexander Clemons v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2019-05-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
affidavit appellate-procedure civil-rights court-access criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-proportionality in-forma-pauperis indigence indigent-status juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing legal-representation life-imprisonment pro-bono |
Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court erred in rejecting petitioner's claim that his sentence of life imprisonment without parole for a crime committ… |
| 18-9215 |
Dale Giles v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-05-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability due-process eighth-circuit fair-notice in-forma-pauperis judicial-process opportunity-to-be-heard procedural-fairness supreme-court-precedent |
Did the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals violate petitioner's due process rights to fair notice and an opportunity to be heard? |
| 18-9157 |
Israel Arce v. Chicago Transit Authority |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-05-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
affidavit civil-rights costs court-fees declaration due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines financial-hardship fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis income-limitation incorporation litigation-expenses poverty redress social-security |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 18-9129 |
Delroy T. Booth v. Trevonza Bobbitt, Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-costs court-fees dismissal docketing-fees due-process eleventh-circuit fees in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigant standing |
Whether the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeal by stating 'Failed to Pay the Docketing & Filing Fee… |
| 18-8907 |
In Re Samuel H. Williams |
|
2019-04-19 |
Dismissed |
Relisted (2)IFP |
affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights declaration due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis incorporation poverty redress |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 18-8901 |
Daniel H. Jones v. James F. Goodwin, Judge, Criminal Court for Sullivan County, Tennessee |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-04-18 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-review sovereign-immunity standing statutory-interpretation |
Did the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying the petitioner's absolute right in filing as well as to appeal his civil action in forma pa… |
| 18-8838 |
Frizzell Carrell Woodson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-04-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-standing due-process due-process-clauses federal-tort-claims-act in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigant sovereign-immunity standing |
Whether, When, and to What extent raised therefor, a civil action is commenced |
| 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… |
| 18-8841 |
Frizzell Carrell Woodson v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-04-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-access due-process due-process-clause employment-discrimination federal-employment-discrimination in-forma-pauperis pro-se-plaintiff property-right retaliation title-vii-litigation |
Whether the Due Process Clause provides heightened protection for a property right of action vested upon filing an in forma pauperis complaint allegin… |
| 18-8723 |
Miles Sterling Bench v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2019-04-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment affidavit civil-rights competency costs criminal-appeals death-penalty declaration due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis indigent indigent-status mental-illness oklahoma-law supreme-court-procedure writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits the execution of a person with severe mental illness |
| 18-8669 |
James Paul Arlotta v. David Anthony Heraty, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-04-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights,due-process,standing,civil-procedure, due-process establishment-clause excessive-entanglement first-amendment in-forma-pauperis section-1983-violation standing |
Why did the U.S. C.A. 2d Cir. cite the S. Ct. Case Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. (1989); when the . petitioner's in forma pauperis motion was approved… |
| 18-8648 |
Undraneckio Brassfield v. Ron King, Superintendent, Central Mississippi Correctional Facility |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis indigent-defendants standing |
Whether indigent petitioners have a constitutional right to access the courts by way of being granted in forma pauperis status as a matter of law? |
| 18-8609 |
Robert L. Clark v. Carroll County Sheriff's Department, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal appeals civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process in-forma-pauperis standing |
Is the appeal lacking merits? |
| 18-8461 |
Arther Lee Williamson v. Tyrie W. Boyer, Judge, Circuit Court of Florida, 4th Judicial Circuit |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis standing |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals ACCA/Appellant failed to properly review the District Court's decision to deny the Appellant further leave to amend … |
| 18-8363 |
Joshua G. Stegemann v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1915 appellate-procedure circuit-court criminal-appeal dismissal federal-rules greenlaw-v-united-states gvr in-forma-pauperis neitzke-v-williams party-presentation-rule sua-sponte sua-sponte-dismissal |
Whether the Second Circuit may dismiss a criminal appeal sua sponte under Neitzke v. Williams and 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (e) without briefing by any party a… |
| 18-8365 |
Derrick Scott v. Allen Stark, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-filing due-process imminent-danger in-forma-pauperis prisoner-rights standing three-strikes |
Whether the middle district Court and Fifth Circuit court of appeals erred in refusing to allow the petitioner to proceed IFP as an indigent prose pri… |
| 18-8206 |
Robert L. Clark v. Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General of Georgia |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-law imminent-danger in-forma-pauperis standards standing |
How Could the US. Court of Appeals grant a leave to proceed in forma pauperis in US. Court of Appeals Case no.18-10949 under the 'imminent danger' sta… |
| 18-8180 |
William N. Lucy, Personal Representative of Annie D. Fox, Deceased v. Dialysis Associates, et al. |
Alabama |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alabama-supreme-court civil-procedure civil-rights double-county-circuit-court due-process equal-access-to-justice-act filing-fees in-forma-pauperis standing |
Whether the National Supremacy Clause prohibited the Alabama Supreme Court from holding that petitioners were not entitled to proceed in forma pauperi… |
| 18-8203 |
Darryl Burghardt v. Renee Stein-Graham |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts civil-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis pro-se service-of-process standing |
Whether a petitioner's First and Fourteenth Amendment constitutional rights are violated if their civil action is dismissed due to the U.S. Marshal's … |
| 18-8081 |
Jared King v. Karen Creed, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1915 appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights coppedge-v-united-states due-process fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis notice-of-hearing standing summary-judgment |
Whether the panel violated plaintiff's right to due process |
| 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 |
| 18-7908 |
Twila Haynes v. Walmart, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
7th-amendment civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-rules in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction legal-malpractice pro-se-litigation seventh-amendment standing |
Whether an in forma pauperis (IFP) status granted by one district court is transferable to another district court |
| 18-7909 |
John J. Wilson, Jr. v. Correct Care, LLC, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-1915 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process imminent-injury in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure monell monell-claim standing temporary-injunction |
Can cases still under litigation be used as a reason to deny a plaintiff under threat of imminent injury or loss of life the right to proceed in forma… |
| 18-7832 |
Jason Lee Harris v. Karen A. Mullins, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-law first-amendment in-forma-pauperis ninth-circuit sentencing-guidelines service-of-process standing |
Did the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit err in barring the grant of in forma paupe… |
| 18-7384 |
Michael Deuschel v. USC Faculty Dental Practice, et al. |
California |
2019-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
ada-accommodation ada-requests-for-accommodation court-reporter disabilities disability-rights due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis judicial-access multiple-disabilities pro-se pro-se-litigant pro-se-petitioner record-on-appeal |
Whether the trial court denials of ADA requests for accommodation from in forma pauperis pro se Petitioner with multiple disabilities, receiving multi… |
| 18-7328 |
Anthony Sheely, et ux. v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
affidavit civil-procedure compensation costs court-access declaration due-process fifth-amendment financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure legal-filing poverty poverty-exemption private-property regulatory-burden takings |
Whether the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment requires compensation when the government imposes a regulatory burden on private property that does … |
| 18-7316 |
Alice Annette Howell v. NuCar Connection, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-01-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure in-forma-pauperis leave-to-proceed motions pending-motions |
Whether the circuit court erred in denying Appellants' pending motions while granting leave to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 18-7203 |
Francisco Salazar v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-01-03 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appointed-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-record-on-appeal free-transcript in-forma-pauperis indigent standing trial-court-order |
Whether the trial court erred in denying Francisco Salazar's motion to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 18-7216 |
Jason Duhamel v. Michelle Miller, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment affidavit appellate-review buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights death-penalty declaration due-process habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis intellectual-disability miller-el-standard poverty redress sixth-circuit threshold-merits |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits the execution of a prisoner who was intellectually disabled at th… |
| 18-7198 |
Julio Cruz v. David Hallenbeck, Superintendent, Hale Creek Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2018-12-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 8th-amendment affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure declaration due-process excessive-fines habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis incorporation ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief poverty redress |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 18-816 |
Gavin B. Davis v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment 28-usc-2201 5th-amendment 8-usc-1481(a)(2) due-process expatriation-act expatriation-act-of-1868 federal-jurisdiction frap-21(c) frcp-57 frivolous in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction ninth-circuit political-asylum standing |
Whether Plaintiff-Appellant's Due Process rights were abridged |
| 18-7064 |
Thomas W. Mackenzie v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts affidavit civil-procedure civil-rights costs court-fees declaration due-process financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis incarceration indigent-status legal-materials legal-proceeding poverty prison-law-library redress |
Whether the Florida Department of Corrections violated the petitioner's constitutional rights by denying him access to the courts and legal materials |
| 18-7031 |
Kacey Lewis v. Angel Quiros, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2018-12-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure dismissal due-process in-forma-pauperis standing |
Whether the court of appeals erred in denying the petitioner's motion to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis |
| 18-7006 |
Gordon C. Reid v. Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-12-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis plra prisoner-litigation-reform-act standing three-strikes |
Whether the PLRA's 'three strikes' provision, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), which bars prisoners from proceeding in forma pauperis if they have had three prior… |
| 18-6998 |
George Cleveland, III v. South Carolina |
South Carolina |
2018-12-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts bounds-v-smith civil-appeal civil-rights court-of-appeals direct-appeal docket-fee docket-fees due-process in-forma-pauperis indigent-litigant indigent-litigants pro-se-litigation south-carolina |
Whether Bounds v. Smith 430 U.S. 817 97 S.Ct. 1491 (1977) requires the waiver of the docket fee in a civil on direct appeal to Indigent litigants who … |
| 18-6837 |
Robert L. Swinton, Jr. v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
anders-brief appellate-review collateral-attack due-process extraordinary-writ federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-defendant sixth-amendment state-court-review |
If the merits of an appeal exist and are not evaluated by a State or Federal Court of review, should a Federal court address Ineffective Assistance of… |
| 18-6690 |
Eric Lawson v. Kelly Speight, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
42-usc-1981 civil-rights civil-rights-act-of-1964 due-process employment-discrimination in-forma-pauperis judicial-authority race-discrimination retaliation right-to-sue standing title-vii wrongful-termination |
Does the Petitioner have the right to sue under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, even after he has received his letter of right to sue? |
| 18-6645 |
Peyton John Wesley Hopson v. Stark County, Ohio, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-11-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure good-faith in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion manifest-injustice pro-se standing |
Do the district court's failure to state reasons for certifying lack of good faith, failure to dismiss as frivolous, and failure to allow amendment am… |
| 18-6595 |
John Smith v. Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal-dismissal due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis mental-incompetence prisoner-rights |
Does treating a dismissed appeal of a mentally incompetent prisoner's case, who in good faith, untimely filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis, c… |
| 18-6550 |
Anthony Thomas v. Darrell Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-11-02 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
affidavit costs court-fees declaration effective-assistance-of-counsel financial-disclosure habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis income-declaration ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-indigency poverty prejudice procedural-default redress sixth-amendment |
Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel requires a new trial when counsel's deficient performance prejudiced the defendan… |
| 18-6487 |
Alice Howell v. NuCar Connection, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure due-process in-forma-pauperis motions standing |
Whether the circuit court erred in denying Appellants' motions while granting leave to proceed in forma pauperis |
| 18-6356 |
Earl Reyes v. Dale Artus |
Second Circuit |
2018-10-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure-appeal court-of-appeals federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure final-decision frap-rule-24 in-forma-pauperis indigent-appellant indigent-rights motion-to-vacate plain-error standing Whether the court of appeals abused its discretion Whether the court of appeals was correct to requir |
Whether it was plain error for a court of appeals to deny in forma pauperis relief to an indigent appellant |
| 18-471 |
Jay Sandon Cooper v. Bank of New York Mellon, Trustee, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure due-process fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis property-foreclosure property-rights res-judicata standing statute-of-limitations |
Is Cooper's appeal taken in good faith, arguable on its merits, and therefore, not frivolous? |
| 18-6263 |
Ilich Vargas v. John McMahon, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-09 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights civil-rights-complaint constitutional-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct pleading pro-se-litigant recusal screening section-1983 standing |
Whether a district court judge and a magistrate conducting a 28 U.S.C. § 1915 IFP screening acted on an excess of discretion and beyond the limits of … |
| 18-6153 |
Tonya Lynn Raisbeck v. Anthony Stewart, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 8th-amendment assets assets-liabilities civil-rights due-process excessive-fines expenses financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income incorporation monthly-expenses monthly-income poverty poverty-affidavit support |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 18-5769 |
Edward Smith v. LaShann Eppinger, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavit-of-indigence anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-proceed rule-60(b) sixth-amendment sixth-circuit standard-of-review standing |
Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in denying petitioner's habeas corpus petition challenging his conviction and sentence under the Antiterrorism and Eff… |
| 18-5688 |
Joseph Emanuel v. Department of Justice |
District of Columbia |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1915 access-to-courts civil-rights consent-to-collection-of-fee-form constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fee-collection in-forma-pauperis proceedings-in-forma-pauperis |
Is a 'consent to collection of fee form' that is not an inmate account form or an inmate trust-fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) co… |
| 18-5626 |
Bruce Wishnefsky v. Jawad Salameh, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-08-17 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights district-court-dismissal due-process federal-statute in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure prisoner-appeal prisoner-rights standing statutory-interpretation three-strikes-provision |
Whether the 'three strikes' provision of the federal in forma pauperis statute bars a prisoner from appealing in forma pauperis a district court dismi… |
| 18-5595 |
Keith L. Williams v. Kul Sood, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-08-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion prisoner-rights procedural-error standing summary-judgment |
Whether court of appeals or district court abused its discretion in (8th) amendment violation claim by failing to acknowledge evidence |
| 18-5451 |
Charles M. Steele v. Charlotte Jenkins, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-access due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis indigent-plaintiff judicial-discretion prisoner-rights sua-sponte-dismissal |
Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in sua sponte dismissing the plaintiff's appeal for non-payment of filing fees when the plaintiff lac… |
| 18-5410 |
Charles Podaras v. City of Menlo Park, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure good-faith good-faith-appeal in-forma-pauperis informal-form-brief ninth-circuit pro-se pro-se-litigant statement-of-reasons written-reasons |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in not permitting the petitioner to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis without further authorization |
| 18-5419 |
Kevin Griffin v. Thomas DiNapoli |
Second Circuit |
2018-07-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 6th-amendment appeal-dismissal appellate-procedure appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-appointment due-process fourteenth-amendment in-forma-pauperis sixth-amendment standing |
Was petitioner erroneously denied in forma pauperis, appointment of counsel, and appeal dismissal? |
| 18-5260 |
Mike McGlocklin v. FNU Blankenship, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis motions procedural-posture standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether petitioner's motions and request to proceed in forma pauperis should have been granted based on the circumstances and procedural posture of th… |
| 18-5133 |
Peyton John Wesley Hopson v. Stark County, Ohio, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-07-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
amendment certification civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure forma-pauperis in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion manifest-injustice pro-se standing |
Whether the district court's failure to state its reasons for certifying that the petitioner could not proceed in forma pauperis in good faith, along … |
| 23A1144 |
C. Holmes v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
|
Presumed Complete |
|
certiorari in-forma-pauperis motion-for-reconsideration substantial-rights supreme-court time-extension |
Whether the Supreme Court should grant reconsideration of a denial of in forma pauperis status and extend time to file a petition for writ of certiora… |
| 23A733 |
Michelle A. Ferrell v. Department of Housing and Urban Development |
Federal Circuit |
|
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-justice disability-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis pro-se supreme-court-procedure |
Whether the Supreme Court's procedural handling of a pro se litigant's in forma pauperis application violates due process rights when the application … |
| 23A915 |
C. Holmes v. Anne Milgram, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration |
Fourth Circuit |
|
Presumed Complete |
|
certiorari court-procedure in-forma-pauperis motion-for-reconsideration substantial-rights time-extension |
Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari after a previous in forma pauperis filing was de… |
| 23A918 |
Kathy Allen v. Arthur Allen, et al. |
North Carolina |
|
Presumed Complete |
|
court-procedure docketing-fee filing-format in-forma-pauperis pro-se supreme-court-rules |
Whether the Supreme Court will grant an extension of time or allow alternative filing formats for a pro se litigant facing financial hardship in pursu… |
| 23A947 |
Kathy Allen v. Arthur Allen, et al. |
North Carolina |
|
Presumed Complete |
|
docketing-fee filing-format in-forma-pauperis pro-se procedural-extension supreme-court |
Whether a pro se litigant's procedural filing format and financial hardship constitute grounds for an extension or alternative filing method in Suprem… |
| 25A634 |
Robert Joyce v. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. |
Second Circuit |
|
Application |
|
docketing-fee extension-of-time in-forma-pauperis pro-se-petition procedural-technicality supreme-court-rules |
Whether a pro se petitioner's untimely application for an extension of time to file a Supreme Court petition can be excused based on procedural techni… |
| 25A627 |
Linda Kay Twigg v. Allan Lee Twigg |
Maryland |
|
Application |
|
certiorari docket-fee extension-of-time in-forma-pauperis pro-se supreme-court |
Whether a pro se litigant seeking in forma pauperis status may obtain an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari after being denied such s… |
| 24A390 |
Gregory Shawn Mercer v. Virginia, et al. |
Virginia |
|
Presumed Complete |
|
certiorari family-hardship in-forma-pauperis pro-se supreme-court time-extension |
Whether a pro se litigant's personal family circumstances and challenges with filing procedural documents constitute valid grounds for an extension of… |
| 23A962 |
Julian Ash v. Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
|
Presumed Complete |
|
extension-of-time federal-question in-forma-pauperis pro-se supreme-court writ-of-certiorari |
Whether a pro se litigant's in forma pauperis application denial and subsequent request for an extension of time to submit a writ of certiorari presen… |
| 24A428 |
Laura Marie Baldwin v. Joshua Devine, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
|
Presumed Complete |
|
certiorari extension-of-time in-forma-pauperis petition pro-se supreme-court |
Whether a pro se litigant may obtain an extension of time to submit a Supreme Court petition after in forma pauperis status is denied |
| 24A547 |
Frank Deville v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation |
District of Columbia |
|
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-procedure filing-fees in-forma-pauperis pro-se supreme-court-rules writ-of-certiorari |
Whether a pro se petitioner's failure to strictly comply with Supreme Court filing procedures and fee requirements constitutes grounds for dismissal o… |
| 25A491 |
Frederick S. Koger v. Charles E. Kleidon, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
|
Application |
|
in-forma-pauperis judicial-review litigant-rights petition-denial pro-se supreme-court-procedure |
Whether a pro se litigant's in forma pauperis petition can be denied without a detailed explanation of the grounds for denial |
| 25A474 |
Michael Mallonee v. Department of the Interior |
Federal Circuit |
|
Application |
|
disability filing-requirements financial-hardship in-forma-pauperis pro-se supreme-court |
Whether a pro se litigant with limited income and disability can obtain an extension of time and partial relief from Supreme Court filing requirements… |
| 23A382 |
C. Holmes v. Granuaile, LLC, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
|
Presumed Complete |
|
certiorari in-forma-pauperis procedural-relief substantial-rights supreme-court time-extension |
Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari after a previous in forma pauperis filing was de… |
| 23A397 |
Mark A. Jones v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
|
Presumed Complete |
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filing-requirements in-forma-pauperis lockdown-conditions prisoner-rights pro-se supreme-court-procedure |
Whether an indigent pro se prisoner can obtain an extension of time to comply with Supreme Court filing requirements when incarcerated under lockdown … |