irreparable-harm
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A873 | Patricia Tillman v. Illinois State Board of Elections, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2026-02-04 | Application | ballot-access candidate-exclusion election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment irreparable-harm | Whether the First and Fourteenth Amendments permit a state election board to exclude ballot candidates based on disputed ballot access requirements | |
| 25A430 | Juliana Sloto v. Christian Karvelid | First Circuit | 2025-10-15 | Presumed Complete | child-custody habitual-residence hague-convention international-law irreparable-harm parental-intent | Whether a child's habitual residence under the Hague Convention can be modified by parental actions demonstrating shared intent to change jurisdiction… | |
| 25A211 | Tamika D. Pless v. State Employees' Credit Union. et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2025-08-22 | Presumed Complete | civil-rights eviction fair-housing-act housing-discrimination irreparable-harm pro-se-litigation | Whether federal courts can provide emergency injunctive relief to prevent a potentially discriminatory eviction under the Fair Housing Act and 42 U.S.… | |
| 25A185 | Kayle B. Bates v. Florida, et al. | Florida | 2025-08-14 | Denied | capital-punishment constitutional-protection cruel-and-unusual death-penalty eighth-amendment irreparable-harm | Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of a death row inmate when the state supreme court has denied constitutional protections that saf… | |
| 24-6840 | In Re Lolonyon Y. Akouete | 2025-03-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bankruptcy-appeal bankruptcy-procedure due-process finality-doctrine irreparable-harm judicial-review | Whether the First Circuit and Bankruptcy Appellate Panel erred in dismissing Petitioner's appeal for lack of finality by narrowly interpreting the For… | |
| 24A396 | Eric Dean Sheppard v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-10-23 | Presumed Complete | bail-pending-appeal constitutional-challenge criminal-appeal irreparable-harm prison-sentence substantial-question | Whether a criminal defendant's appeal raising a substantial constitutional question warrants bail pending appeal to prevent irreparable harm from serv… | |
| 23A960 | Chryssoula Arsenis v. M&T Bank | Third Circuit | 2024-04-25 | Presumed Complete | certiorari emergency-relief foreclosure irreparable-harm remand stay | Whether a trial court's remand order can be stayed pending potential Supreme Court review of a foreclosure proceeding | |
| 23A429 | Casey A. McWhorter v. Alabama | Alabama | 2023-11-14 | Denied | constitutional-challenge death-penalty eighth-amendment execution-stay irreparable-harm supreme-court-alabama | Whether the Eighth Amendment permits the execution of a death row inmate where there are substantial legal challenges to the method of execution or un… | |
| 23A402 | Casey A. McWhorter v. Alabama | Alabama | 2023-11-03 | Denied | constitutional-challenge death-penalty eighth-amendment execution-stay irreparable-harm supreme-court-alabama | Whether the Eighth Amendment permits the execution of a death row inmate where there are substantial legal challenges to the method of execution or un… | |
| 23A115 | Eileen Mendez, Individually and as Legal Guardian of A. C., et al. v. David C. Banks, Chancellor, New York City Department of Education, et al. | Second Circuit | 2023-08-08 | Presumed Complete | individuals-with-disabilities-education-act irreparable-harm pendency-placement preliminary-injunction special-education-funding stay-put-provision | Whether the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act's stay-put provision, 20 U.S.C. § 1415(j), requires a school district to fund a student's pend… | |
| 21-1609 | Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona v. Paul A. Isaacson, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-06-30 | Denied | civil-rights due-process equal-protection injunction irreparable-harm stay | Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying a stay of the injunction | |
| 21-7464 | Ioan Lela v. Thomas J. Dart, Sheriff, Cook County, Illinois, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2022-03-25 | Denied | IFP | civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus irreparable-harm pre-trial-detention speedy-trial younger-abstention | Whether a pretrial detainee can obtain dismissal of pending state criminal charges in federal court pursuant to 28 USC § 2241 based on willful and unc… |
| 21-660 | Freelancer International Pty Limited, et al. v. Upwork Global, Inc., et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-11-03 | Denied | Response Waived | counterfeit-mark fair-use fair-use-defense irreparable-harm preliminary-injunction retroactive-statute statutory-interpretation trademark trademark-law | Whether the courts may rewrite the trademark statute to include a fair use defense for use of an incontestable mark to describe users |
| 21-5126 | Kevin Tyrell Beach v. Florida | Florida | 2021-07-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process irreparable-harm mistrial pro-se pro-se-defendant right-to-counsel sanctions | Does it constitute 'bad faith conduct' or 'abuse of discretion' when a judge denies a defendant's numerous pre-trial requests for 'stand-by' counsel |
| 19-7907 | David Allen Olsen v. Kaylee Ann Francois | Wisconsin | 2020-03-12 | Denied | IFP | civil-procedure civil-rights court-communication due-process emergency ex-parte ex-parte-proceeding free-speech imminent-threat involuntary-default irreparable-harm original-writings-rule pro-se-respondent quasi-criminal quasi-criminal-matter standing | Does asking someone for help constitute an emergency, threat of danger, or irreparable harm? |
| 19-5557 | Josiah English, III v. Theodore Campagnolo, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2019-08-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-jurisdiction irreparable-harm ninth-circuit standing state-officials younger-abstention | Did the U.S. District Court err in invoking the Younger Abstention Doctrine and not allowing the Plaintiff to state a claim in his Civil Rights action… |
| 18A1246 | Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind v. PDS Consultants, Inc. | Federal Circuit | 2019-05-31 | Presumed Complete | certiorari federal-circuit government-contract irreparable-harm judicial-review stay-pending-appeal | Whether the Federal Circuit improperly interpreted the standard for granting a stay pending appeal in a government contract dispute | |
| 18-1245 | Oglala Sioux Tribe, et al. v. Lisa Fleming, in Her Official Capacity, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2019-03-26 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | abstention child-welfare civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process irreparable-harm parental-rights procedural-rights standing state-action tribal-sovereignty younger-abstention | Whether the procedures used for preliminary hearings in child removal cases violate due process rights of parents |
| 18-1244 | David Pickup, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2019-03-25 | Denied | Response Waived | abrogation civil-rights content-based content-based-regulation content-based-restriction first-amendment free-speech irreparable-harm mandate-recall recall-mandate supreme-court-precedent | Whether the Court of Appeals erred when it refused to recall its mandate after this Court explicitly abrogated its opinion by name |
| 18-1073 | Tara King, et al. v. Phil Murphy, Governor of New Jersey, et al. | Third Circuit | 2019-02-15 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights content-based-regulation content-based-restriction due-process extraordinary-circumstances first-amendment free-speech irreparable-harm mandate-recall standing supreme-court-precedent takings | Whether a lower court mandate should be recalled when the Supreme Court expressly abrogates the ruling by name and the lower court opinion continues t… |
| 25A111 | Judy A. Brannberg v. Jefferson County Public Schools, et al. | Colorado | Presumed Complete | charter injunction irreparable-harm jurisdiction land-seizure rico | Whether a federal court can issue an injunction to prevent a RICO-based charter and land seizure that threatens to irreparably harm a petitioner's leg… | ||
| 24A1078 | Mike Miller v. Dillon Rock | Ninth Circuit | Presumed Complete | canine-deployment excessive-force fourth-amendment irreparable-harm qualified-immunity section-1983 | Whether the Fourth Amendment permits a police officer to deploy a canine to apprehend a suspect and, if deployment is justified, whether the duration … | ||
| 24A325 | South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism v. Google LLC | Fourth Circuit | Presumed Complete | constitutional-challenge fourth-circuit governmental-interest irreparable-harm sovereign-definition state-sovereignty | Whether a state's sovereign definition and self-identification constitutes a compelling governmental interest sufficient to overcome constitutional ch… | ||
| 18A1216 | Bobby Joe Long v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | Presumed Complete | constitutional-rights death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment federal-review irreparable-harm | Whether the Eighth Amendment and Due Process Clause prohibit the execution of a death row inmate when substantial constitutional claims remain unresol… | ||
| 25A577 | Richard Barry Randolph v. Florida, et al. | Florida | Denied | capital-punishment death-penalty eighth-amendment irreparable-harm mental-competency method-of-execution | Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of a death row inmate when substantial constitutional questions regarding the method of execution… | ||
| 25A899 | James Garfield Broadnax v. Texas | Texas | Application | balance-of-equities irreparable-harm likelihood-of-success public-interest standard-of-review stay-of-execution | Whether the lower court correctly applied the standard for granting a stay of execution in light of the petitioner's likelihood of success on the meri… | ||
| 25A900 | James Garfield Broadnax v. Texas | Texas | Application | constitutional-rights emergency-relief irreparable-harm judicial-review legal-standard stay-application | Whether the lower court's interpretation of the legal standard for granting emergency relief improperly restricts the applicant's constitutional right… |