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25A733 Scott Erik Stafne v. Quality Loan Service Corporation of Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-12-22 Application appellate-review collateral-order-doctrine constitutional-questions judicial-authority pro-se sanctions Whether a federal district court can impose sanctions on an attorney for refusing to file substantive presentations while challenging the court's auth…
25-6363 Arturo Amaran v. Florida Florida 2025-12-15 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law fifth-amendment judicial-authority legislative-intent separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Whether Florida courts can expand or invent exceptions to Supreme Court 5th Amendment jurisprudence and modify statutory language beyond legislative i…
25-5491 Daniel James Caldwell v. Texas for the Protection of Jennifer Zimmerman Texas 2025-08-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process judicial-authority parent-child-relationship restraining-order second-amendment Whether a lifetime, nationwide restraining order permanently revoking Second Amendment rights without judicial findings of probable cause violates con…
25-108 Donald Wayne Bush, et ux. v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-07-29 Denied Amici (1) bankruptcy-jurisdiction circuit-split judicial-authority non-dischargeable-debt statutory-interpretation tax-liabilities Whether 11 U.S.C. §505(a)(1) confers jurisdiction on the bankruptcy court to adjudicate the amount and legality of a debtor's tax liabilities and whet…
24-7440 In Re Cedric Jones, Sr. 2025-06-17 Denied IFP circuit-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-appellate-review habeas-corpus judicial-authority mandamus Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals exceeded its authority by entering a decision in direct conflict with Supreme Court precedent in a federal …
24-7081 Michael Galluzzo v. Robin K. Edwards, Champaign County Treasurer Ohio 2025-04-28 Denied IFP constitutional-requirement judicial-authority jurisdiction oath-of-office plain-error standing Whether the court committed plain error by failing to adhere to constitutional requirements for judicial appointments and oaths of office
24-7047 In Re Sefe A. Almedom 2025-04-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law court-jurisdiction judicial-authority legal-fraud state-supreme-court statutory-interpretation Whether the Ohio Supreme Court has greater authority than the U.S. Supreme Court in interpreting constitutional statutes and state laws
24-6902 In Re Sefe A. Almedom 2025-03-31 Denied IFP constitutional-law federal-supremacy fraud-upon-court judicial-authority stare-decisis state-supreme-court Whether the Ohio Supreme Court can override U.S. Supreme Court rulings on constitutional matters and revive unconstitutional statutes or sentences
24-6531 Mary Ruffin v. Mark Henry Texas 2025-02-10 Dismissed IFP court-fees fourteenth-amendment judicial-authority jurisdictional-challenge mandamus-writ procedural-due-process Whether multiple procedural due process violations occurred in a case involving jurisdictional challenges, court fees, and judicial authority under th…
24-6030 Kenneth R. Talley, et al. v. Darren Horn, et al. Delaware 2024-11-25 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process indigent-rights judicial-authority legal-representation state-jurisdiction Whether state law can usurp the United States Constitution in a case involving an indigent and illiterate citizen's legal representation
24-5632 Laura Marie Baldwin v. Joshua Devine, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-09-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administrative-process due-process judicial-authority jurisdictional-challenge land-classification state-citizenship Whether a state citizen can challenge the jurisdictional authority of state courts and prosecutors in classifying land and filing criminal complaints …
24-69 Vishrut Amin, et al. v. Geico Indemnity Company, et al. Florida 2024-07-22 Denied 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-procedure-discovery constitutional-rights discovery-process due-process judicial-authority pro-se-litigants unethical-practice Whether the trial court abused its judicial power in denying the motion to compel discovery and violated the constitutional rights of the petitioners …
23-7817 Fernando Angel Puga v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines standard-conditions supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
23-1304 Edward L. Clark, Jr. v. Deborah L. Clark California 2024-06-13 Denied appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review civil-procedure due-process judicial-authority legal-procedure rule-enforcement subject-matter-jurisdiction summons void-judgment Question not identified
23-7532 In Re Keith Hager 2024-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP charging-instrument criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-authority mandamus mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation writ-of-mandamus Whether this court must issue a writ of mandamus where a federal court lacked authority to sentence petitioner upon an offense for which Congress did …
23-7466 Beatrice M. Uwamariya v. Enias Baganizi California 2024-05-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-interpretation due-process extradition federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment judicial-authority standing state-officers supreme-court-orders unauthorized-practice-of-law Whether state court judges can defy orders of the U.S. Supreme Court
23-7346 Oksana Marinaro v. Zimmer & Lewis, Attorneys & Counselor at Law Virginia 2024-04-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-law due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-appointment judicial-appointments judicial-authority judicial-procedure procedural-rights separation-of-powers state-statutes Can a retired judge preside over a case without an appointment required by a state statute?
23-828 Douglas B. Moylan, Attorney General of Guam v. Lourdes Leon Guerrero, Governor of Guam, et al. Guam 2024-02-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) advisory-opinion article-iv-court federal-courts guam judicial-authority justiciability organic-act separation-of-powers Whether the Supreme Court of Guam's advisory opinion constitutes a permissible exercise of the 'judicial authority' that Congress has vested in that c…
23-6299 Jovon Montell Hollowell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process indigenous-rights judicial-authority jurisdiction service-of-process subject-matter-jurisdiction tribal-courts tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether the District Court was obligated to prove its jurisdiction and proper service before proceeding, whether the court was required to allow the d…
23-620 Dominique Gerald Burns v. South Carolina Department of Social Services South Carolina 2023-12-08 Denied Response Waived administrative-agency administrative-law agency-authority civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process judicial-authority jurisdiction jurisdiction-challenge procedural-due-process standing state-agency Whether the court of appeals erred in its ruling when it failed to protect the appellant's procedural due process
23-5940 John Paul Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
23-5773 Adrian De La Torre v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
23-5738 Angela Cao v. BSI Financial Services, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process fair-procedure judicial-authority jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect procedural-fairness res-judicata rule-60b4 subject-matter-jurisdiction usurpation-of-power Whether factors of correct administration of the rules and fair procedure to allow a party an opportunity to litigate the question of jurisdiction mus…
23-279 Couy Griffin v. New Mexico, ex rel. Marco White, et al. New Mexico 2023-09-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 14th-amendment civil-rights congress congressional-power constitutional-interpretation due-process enforcement first-amendment fourteenth-amendment insurrection judicial-authority standing Whether Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment exclusively reserves the power to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment to Congress
23-263 Barry J. Smith, Sr. v. United States Congress, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-09-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-court-review civil-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-authority rule-60(b)(4) standing subject-matter-jurisdiction thirteenth-amendment void-judgment Is there a time limit to file a Rule 60(b)(4) motion to vacate a judgment order as void for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction
23-223 Charles J. Jenkins v. TriWest Healthcare Alliance, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-09-08 Denied Response Waived civil-rights court-procedure due-process federal-circuit federal-courts judicial-authority judicial-review rule-56 separation-of-powers stare-decisis sua-sponte whether-the-triumvirate-overstepped-their-authority
23-5503 Roman Alvarado, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority delegation-of-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
23-5354 D'Ann S. McCoy v. Boureima Ouedraogo Pennsylvania 2023-08-15 Denied IFP chief-clerk clerk-authority court-administration eastern-district-of-pennsylvania judicial-authority judicial-duties judicial-ethics legal-procedure procedural-irregularity separation-of-powers supreme-court Is it lawful for a chief clerk of the Supreme Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to act and perform judicial duties as a judge such as sign…
22-1081 Bruce J. Chasan v. Correale F. Stevens, et al. Pennsylvania 2023-05-05 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction credibility-determinations defamation excess-of-jurisdiction fact-finding judicial-authority judicial-immunity non-monetary-relief statutory-limitations usurpation-of-authority Where Superior Court judges in Pennsylvania are deprived by statute of jurisdiction to make findings of fact and credibility determinations as appella…
22-7375 R. J. Kulick v. United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-authority magistrate-judge pro-per-status procedural-fairness report-and-recommendations standing The USDC & USCA-9 denied Kulick's right to Due Process by NOT Addressing Clause '(5) Filing Of Magistrate -Judge's Report And Recommendations Before T…
22-6626 Jonathan Jefferson Ferris v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
22-6582 In Re Elaine Mickman 2023-01-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-support constitutional-rights due-process judicial-authority jurisdiction legal-procedure legislated-law state-constitution state-court-jurisdiction usurpation Whether the state Court violated due-process,constitutional-rights,jurisdiction,legislated-law,state-constitution,usurpation
22-6510 Daniel Marmolejo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-commission separation-of-powers supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
22-6246 Antonio Osorio-Mendez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority due-process federal-sentencing judicial-authority judicial-delegation probation-officer sentencing-commission separation-of-powers supervised-release Does Standard Condition 12 unconstitutionally delegate judicial authority to the probation officer?
22-5680 Wigberto Viera v. United States Second Circuit 2022-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP drug-sting due-process judicial-authority mandatory-minimum reverse-sting sentencing-manipulation separation-of-powers stash-house Whether the Court should recognize the defense of sentencing manipulation
22-199 Barry J. Smith v. Community Care Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-09-02 Denied Response Waived citizenship civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-authority standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Is the district court required to determine subject-matter jurisdiction before reaching the merits?
22-5156 Wilbert McKreith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release criminal-justice-reform criminal-sentencing district-court-authority first-step-act judicial-authority sentencing sentencing-commission statutory-interpretation Do district courts have authority to grant compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A)
22-11 SawStop Holding LLC v. United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. Federal Circuit 2022-07-05 Denied Response Waived 35-usc-101 35-usc-102 35-usc-103 judicial-authority non-statutory-double-patenting patent patent-eligibility patent-law statutory-interpretation ultra-vires Does the judiciary have the authority to require a patent applicant to meet a condition for patentability not required by the Patent Act?
22-5008 Anthony A. Patel v. Sonya Bhatia California 2022-06-30 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure court-authority due-process judicial-authority judicial-discretion martial-law settlement settlement-agreement sua-sponte-sanctions vexatious-litigant Whether courts can impose sua sponte punishments against litigants in cases already settled
21-8234 Bithomas Ceasar, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bureau-of-prisons commitment competency competency-hearing criminal-procedure district-court judicial-authority mental-health-commitment restoration statutory-interpretation Whether a district court lacks authority to order additional competency restoration commitment under 18 U.S.C. § 4241(d)(2)
21-1534 Rahila Tarverdiyeva v. Coinbase Global, Inc., aka Coinbase Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-07 Denied Response Waived 11th-circuit-court appeal arbitration arbitration-agreement breach-of-contract contract-defenses federal-arbitration-act fraud fraud-exception judicial-authority theft Whether the Judge exceeded her authority when she ruled only 'breach of contract' and granted compelling arbitration if the Petitioner's claim concern…
21-1477 Sylwia Ewelina Madej Manchanda, et vir v. Andrea Lewis, et al. Second Circuit 2022-05-24 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-authority judicial-bias judicial-proceedings organized-crime systemic-bias Does the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and Catherine O'Hagan Wolfe routinely and arbitrarily exercise authority beyond the proposed function and jur…
21-7937 Richard Rodrick MacDonald v. United States Federal Circuit 2022-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitration-act arbitration-award authority contract contract-enforcement dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act federal-claims-court federal-court judicial-authority parties Did the United States Court of Federal Claims lawfully invalidate this Arbitration Award?
21-7635 William F. Kaetz v. United States Third Circuit 2022-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-orders content-and-viewpoint-discrimination court-jurisdiction covid-19 covid-19-continuance due-process fraud-on-the-court judicial-authority public-debate unconstitutional viewpoint-discrimination Are the administrative internal court operation orders in response to the covid-19 pandemic an act that lacks authority, jurisdiction, due-process, a …
21-7382 Adolfo Huerta v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-ii constitutional-law due-process inpatient-treatment judicial-authority non-delegation probation-officer supervised-release treatment-program Does a supervised release condition imposing 'inpatient or outpatient' participation in a treatment program constitute an impermissible delegation of …
21-892 Micah James Patterson v. Virginia Virginia 2021-12-16 Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction constitution constitutional-amendment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury judicial-authority Does any court have the authority to amend the United States Constitution by fiat and extinguish a defendant's Fifth Amendment rights?
21-6525 George Patrick v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP class-of-felony criminal-procedure error-correction felony-classification judicial-authority revocation-hearing sentencing sentencing-correction statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether a district court has the authority to correct an error in its original determination of the class of felony at a revocation hearing
21-6365 Anthony A. Patel v. Patricia Miller, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights congress-executive congressional-oversight due-process executive-branch judicial-authority judicial-discretion separation-of-powers standing vexatious-litigants vexatious-litigation Does a judge have the authority to deem the interests of Congress and the Executive Branch to be vexatious?
21-6269 Johnathan Dewayne Mitchell v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-11-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights competency criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process forcible-medication judicial-authority medical-intervention medication mental-health Whether district courts have authority to order forcible medication of competent defendants
21-6109 Jackie Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment judicial-authority probable-cause reasons-for-granting search-warrant statutory-interpretation waiver-of-rights when-lower-court-removes-waiver-and-assigns-counsel-for-appeal
21-5469 Ziahonna Teagan v. City of McDonough, Georgia Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process heck-doctrine judicial-authority judicial-power municipal-liability policy-practice-procedure-custom section-1983 state-law state-law-offense Can a Georgia Municipality be held liable for an official, agent, or entity actions that makes a deliberate choice to follow an internal official poli…
21-99 Hensley K. McCalla v. Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston, et al. Second Circuit 2021-07-23 Denied civil-procedure contract district-court enforcement federal-jurisdiction federal-law judicial-authority jurisdiction legal-enforcement settlement-agreement Did the District Court maintain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement agreement that defendant placed before it?
20-8432 Robert L. Garza v. Donald Kleine, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process judicial-authority judicial-discretion preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-standard sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment speedy-trial Does a judge exceed his legal authority by making factual findings by a preponderance of the evidence which expose a defendant to the elevated | upper…
20-1703 Martin Dekom v. Federal National Mortgage Association, et al. Second Circuit 2021-06-08 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure-procedure judicial-authority judicial-usurpation mortgage-fraud rooker-feldman-doctrine second-amendment standing Can courts alleviate their backlog by letting staffers usurp the authority of judges?
20-8210 Anthony A. Patel v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2021-06-03 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process executive-authority executive-power judicial-authority judicial-independence martial-law presidential-powers separation-of-powers supreme-court-justices Can the Executive Branch impose martial law on courts?
20-8193 Stanley Price v. Paulette Riley Irons, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitution due-process judicial-authority standing Whether a Federal Judge has power of authority or discretion to act contrary the United States Constitution?
20-1672 Joan Carol Lipin v. Wisehart Springs Inn, Inc., et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-06-02 Denied attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-estoppel due-process first-amendment fraud-on-the-court judicial-authority summary-judgment supreme-court-precedent trust-agreement Whether the sanctity of the express and unambiguous written intent, terms, and conditions of an Act of Congress are inviolate
20-8166 David B. Portee v. Craig Koenig, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-05-27 Denied IFP constitutional-violation false-arrest judicial-authority judicial-oath judicial-proceedings legal-validity oath-of-office state-court-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction waiver-of-jurisdiction Should each Justice or Judge of the United States take the Oath of office or affirmation before performing the duties of office?
20-7779 Thomas Creighton Shrader v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-U.S.C. civil-rights due-process federal-circuit-court federal-prisoner habeas-corpus judicial-authority prisoner-petition second-or-successive statutory-construction Did the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals err when it affirmed the District Court's construing of Petitioner's Motion as an unauthorized second or successi…
20-7639 Joseph A. Harris v. Michael Pacheco, Warden Tenth Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation corrections department-of-corrections due-process inmate-rights judicial-authority judicial-review sentencing sentencing-authority separation-of-powers Is the Department of Corrections above the Judicial Branch in such a way that it may increase a judicially given Maximum sentence without judicial ord…
20-1228 Chris Ann Jaye v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa Eighth Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 all-writs-act civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts judicial-authority judicial-immunity legal-remedies void-orders What legal authority did this Court have to impair the rights of the governed?
20-1135 Alex Emric Jones, et al. v. Erica Lafferty, et al. Connecticut 2021-02-19 Denied Response Waived civil-rights contempt due-process free-speech judicial-authority party-presentation Whether a litigant's extra-judicial statements can be sanctioned when the First Amendment otherwise protects his speech and where there was no order p…
20-680 Lee Wendell Loder v. Icemakers, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy-court-jurisdiction bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure debt-dischargeability federal-courts judicial-authority money-judgment nondischargeable-debt Whether a bankruptcy court has the jurisdictional authority to render a liquidated money judgment at the same time that it determines a debt to be non…
20-6235 Mario Montano v. Court of Appeals of Michigan Michigan 2020-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion access-to-courts court-sanctions due-process indigent-litigants indigent-rights judicial-abuse judicial-authority legal-merit procedural-fairness sanctions Did the Michigan Supreme Court abuse its authority by sanctioning the indigent Petitioner $1000 payable to the Clerk of the Court that it knew he coul…
19-8864 Calvin D. Williams v. Samson Resources Corporation Third Circuit 2020-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP bivens bivens-action civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-authority federal-procedure judicial-authority judicial-conduct procedural-due-process Are judges bound by ABA-Rule-2.15, Judicial-Canons-1-5, and FRCP-Rule-46 while under color-of-federal-authority?
19-1355 Betzaida P. Jernigan v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2020-06-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) accredited-service-officer administrative-law advice-by-counsel agency-discretion civil-rights due-process false-evidence false-information government-misconduct judicial-authority judicial-review material-evidence omission-of-relevant-material-evidence presumption-of-withdrawal standing standing-contrary-to-petitioner's-claims willful-submission-of-false-information Is this a serious enough violation that merits judicial attention to remand in the interest of justice?
19-1343 In Re Edward Starling 2020-06-05 Rehearing Relisted (3) article-i article-i-court civil-procedure due-process income-tax-refund judicial-authority jurisdiction quasi-in-rem question-not-identified tax-court tax-court-jurisdiction title-26 Scope of United States Tax Court jurisdiction under Article I
19-1308 Bernard Morello, et al. v. Seaway Crude Pipeline Company, LLC Texas 2020-05-21 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-limitations contract contract-circumvention contract-clause due-process eminent-domain highest-and-best-use judicial-authority judicial-review just-compensation legislative-limitations property-rights takings Whether eminent domain can be used as mere pretext to rewrite the parties' own prior bargains, or otherwise circumvent existing obligations in a previ…
19-8474 Brittany Dawn Thomas v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(e) 18-USC-3553e criminal-procedure district-court judicial-authority mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-discretion separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Does a district court's inability to depart below a mandatory minimum under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e), for any factor other than defendant's substantial ass…
19-8441 Richard John Vieira v. California California 2020-05-12 Denied IFP attorney-general-duty constitution-violation constitutional-interpretation federal-law habeas-corpus judicial-authority judicial-misconduct judicial-oath legal-accountability oath-of-office prosecutorial-discretion state-law What statute or authority do California Supreme Court judges have to violate, ignore, and disobey the absolute commands in the state and U.S. constitu…
19-1236 Rachel Joanna Evens v. Timothy John Evens South Dakota 2020-04-20 Denied Response Waived terminating visitation without any consideration child-custody civil-procedure due-process evidence evidence-rules hearsay judicial-authority parental-rights parenting-coordinator sanctions What constitutes 'Due Process of Law? Can binding orders be implemented
19-7374 In Re John Wallace 2020-01-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion appeals civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-authority judicial-discretion mandamus procedural-error sanctions standing three-strikes three-strikes-law three-strikes-statute whether-magistrate-judge-exceeded-authority-in-issuing-strike
19-7009 Daniel Rosario-Gonzalez v. United States First Circuit 2019-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review case-disposition civil-procedure dismissal dismissal-with-prejudice district-court judicial-authority jurisdiction prejudice procedural-error standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a district court which had no jurisdiction over a case can dismiss it with prejudice
19-479 Carol M. Kam v. John B. Peyton, Jr. Fifth Circuit 2019-10-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) associate-judge judicial-authority judicial-misconduct probate-court probate-law rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-jurisdiction state-court-rulings state-law void-orders Does the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine apply to two Void 'proposed' State Court Rulings?
19-5903 Martin Ogden v. Digital Intelligence Systems Arizona 2019-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process federal-claims federal-law judicial-authority judicial-review nullity state-court state-court-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause Whether a state court's refusal to adjudicate a federal claim under federal law, while entertaining similar state law claims, violates the Supremacy C…
19-5531 Joseph Reinwand v. National Electrical Benefit Fund Seventh Circuit 2019-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP authority disability-benefits disability-pension disability-pension-plan erisa erisa-disability-benefits judicial-authority pension-plan seventh-circuit verbal-modification vested-participant vested-rights Whether and to what extent does the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit possess the Authority to permit a Disability Pension Plan u…
19-5396 Vincent Anzalone v. United States First Circuit 2019-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule federal-rule-of-criminal-procedure-41(b) federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure good-faith-exception government-policy judicial-authority jurisdiction procedural-violation warrant warrant-application Whether the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule is categorically applicable to a warrant issued in violation of Federal Rule of Criminal Pro…
19-5203 In Re Angel Ruiz-Rivera 2019-07-17 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-amendment debt-issuance due-process federal-law government-debt judicial-authority judicial-discretion legal-interpretation puerto-rico-government referendum standing statutory-interpretation takings Is Joint Resolution 87-121 of August 3, 1961 by the U.S. Congress and the amendment to the Constitution of P.R. approved therein and ratified by 82% o…
19-31 Carol M. Kam v. Dallas County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) associate-judge dallas-county judicial-authority judicial-misconduct probate-court probate-court-procedure rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court state-court-jurisdiction state-law void-judgment void-rulings Does the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine apply to two void 'proposed' State Court rulings produced by a former Associate Judge, employed solely by Dallas Coun…
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…
18-8787 Oliver Douce Al-Dey v. City of New York, New York New York 2019-04-11 Denied IFP article-iii-court article-iv-court civil-procedure constitution constitutional-limits courts due-process judicial-authority jurisdiction jurisdiction-boundaries standing Whether a court of general jurisdiction is authorized to extend its jurisdiction, beyond the boundaries fixed therefor by the Constitution, into geogr…
18-8771 Timothy Barr v. Rebecca Pearson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-circuit-review burden-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights due-process due-process-rights judicial-authority jury-trial prisoner-civil-rights prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation standing supreme-court-precedent Does the 8th circuit federal court of appeals have the authority to supersede the standards and precedent set by the United States Supreme Court in pr…
18-7852 Donald Hug v. T. J. Conley, Warden Georgia 2019-02-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-review freedom-of-religion freedom-of-speech habeas-corpus judicial-authority prison-policies prisoners-rights statute-of-limitations time-limits Whether prison officials have the authority to prevent (deny) pro se prisoners from getting their legal documents notarized until it is too late to fi…
18-7182 Roy Dean Gates v. Texas Texas 2018-12-27 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-authority jurisdiction texas-court-jurisdiction texas-court-of-criminal-appeals texas-supreme-court united-states-constitution-amendment-fourteen void-order Does the Texas court have authority to overrule a state supreme court order?
18-6799 Maurice R. Nash v. Wachovia Bank, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-law civil-rights color-of-state-law congress congress-authority constitutional-rights due-process judicial-authority legal-jurisdiction state-law Do the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Los Angeles, California 90012, Case Number LA02-30368TD, Acting under the Color of t…
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?
18-501 Alim Adburahman, et al. v. Hyundai Motor America, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response Waived amendment appellate-procedure case-dismissal civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction docket-management final-order frcp-15 judicial-authority jurisdiction multidistrict-litigation procedural-conflict Does a U.S. District Court have the power to dismiss cases previously transferred to a Multidistrict litigation, interfering with the adjudication of …
18-5771 Jim Walter Qualls, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-courts felony-case guilty-plea judicial-authority jurisdiction magistrate-judge magistrate-judges plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation Whether a United States Magistrate Judge has statutory authority to accept a guilty plea in a felony case and adjudge a defendant guilty
18-5586 William Knight v. Florida Florida 2018-08-15 Denied IFP abuse-of-authority appellate-procedure criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habitual-offender illegal-sentence judicial-abuse judicial-authority jurisdiction sentencing sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum Whether trial court abused their authority by allowing the state attorney office to impose a sentence contrary to the requirements of the law on doubl…
18-27 Estate of Juanita Jackson, et al. v. Rubin Schron Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied all-writs-act bankruptcy bankruptcy-jurisdiction consent injunctive-relief judicial-authority jurisdiction non-core-proceedings permanent-injunction state-law-claims Can bankruptcy courts use the All Writs Act to expand their jurisdiction and authority beyond the confines of the Bankruptcy Code? And if so, can they…