informa-pauperis

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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?
22-7039 Michael T. Brooks v. Agate Resources, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-03-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP article-3-courts civil-procedure civil-rights disability-rights due-process informa-pauperis judicial-discretion qui-tam rehabilitation-act standing whistleblower whistleblower-protection Can a federal judge open a qui tam case that they dismissed three years ago, turning it into a criminal case against the relator?
22-6506 Andrew Simpson v. Carl Davis, dba Davis Construction Co., et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-01-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1915 civil-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process exceptional-circumstances informa-pauperis legal-representation mental-illness pro-se-litigant When acting under 28 USC 1915 Informa paupers, do a mental illness qualify as a 'exceptional circumstance' for appointment of council? Do a mentally i…
20-1739 Carline M. Curry v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al., Sixth Circuit 2021-06-15 Denied Response Waived bad-faith-affidavit civil-procedure default-judgment informa-pauperis mandamus preponderance-of-evidence summary-judgment Whether the plaintiff should have been awarded default judgment and summary judgment under Ohio civil procedure rules
20-8177 Michael T. Brooks v. Agate Resources, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2021-06-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure due-process federal-rules informa-pauperis judicial-procedure pro-se-plaintiff rehabilitation-act retaliation standing Can the federal courts ignore the Federal Rules?
20-5298 Rodney A. Smith v. Susan Barker, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-08-06 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals de-novo frivolous frivolous-complaint informa-pauperis judicial-discretion standard-of-review Whether dismissal of informa pauperis complaint as frivolous is properly reviewed for abuse of discretion and it wass error for court of appeals to re…
23A1038 Kathy R. Allen, et al. v. L3Harris Technologies, Inc. Fourth Circuit Presumed Complete court-procedure filing-extension informa-pauperis petition-format pro-se supreme-court-rules Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension and allow a pro se petition to be filed in SCR 33.2 format despite procedural requirements for Sup…