| 25A619 |
Jose M. Gonzalez v. Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-11-25 |
Application |
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circuit-court constitutional-rights district-court en-banc-review judicial-conflict petition-for-certiorari |
Whether a circuit court panel's decision that conflicts with a prior United States District Court ruling constitutes a violation of a petitioner's con… |
| 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… |
| 24-7225 |
Chad Cutler v. Anthony Wills |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-05-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies habeas-corpus judicial-conflict prison-reform section-2254 |
Whether the principle of administrative exhaustion applies to prison habeas petitions under 28 U.S.C. section 2254 to exhaust administrative remedies |
| 24-6512 |
In Re John David Stahlman |
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2025-02-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review circuit-split federal-statute judicial-conflict statutory-interpretation writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Court of Appeals created a circuit conflict regarding the elements of a federal statute requiring proof or pleading of specific elements |
| 24-533 |
Unknown Heirs, et al. v. Howard Reiner, as Permanent Dependent Administrator for the Estate of Beda Garcia Barnett, Deceased |
Texas |
2024-11-12 |
Denied |
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court-of-appeals federal-question judicial-conflict obergefell-precedent supervisory-power texas-appellate-law |
Did the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeal's decision grossly depart from Texas law or create a substantial conflict with federal court decisions in… |
| 24-454 |
Arthur Lopez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, et al. |
California |
2024-10-22 |
Denied |
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bankruptcy-court civil-procedure due-process emotional-distress judicial-conflict self-representation |
Whether a self-represented litigant's due process rights were violated in a civil case involving emotional distress claims, bankruptcy court proceedin… |
| 24-5297 |
Anthony Tawon Williams v. Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-08-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction equal-protection judicial-conflict legal-claim statutory-interpretation |
Whether state and federal courts can make conflicting rulings when a defendant raises the exact same legal claim |
| 23-5349 |
Elbert Johnson v. Florida |
Florida |
2023-08-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
conflict-of-interest due-process illegal-sentence judicial-bias judicial-conflict legal-error manifest-injustice sentencing trial-court witness-testimony |
Whether a circuit court judge's dual role as a witness and sentencer in the same case creates a conflict and reversible error when the judge imposes a… |
| 23-5241 |
Lenroy McLean v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-07-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment judicial-conflict legal-precedent standing |
Whether there is a conflict between Kimmelman v Morrison and Ex-Parte Milligan on the Fourth Amendment as a trial right in criminal prosecution |
| 22-6574 |
Eddie Turner v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-01-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-law fourteenth-amendment judicial-conflict standing statute-of-limitations void-judgment void-ruling |
Can a void ruling legally be challenged at any time and in any court? |
| 22-6223 |
Byron O. Woods Sr. v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2022-12-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure clearly-erroneous-standard conclusions-of-law court-of-appeals fact-finding federal-circuit judicial-conflict legal-findings pullman-standard rule-52(a) standard-of-review |
Whether the Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit entered a decision in conflict with the decision of another United States Court of Appeals on the sa… |
| 22-308 |
Ramin Seddiq v. Virginia Indigent Defense Commission, et al. |
Virginia |
2022-09-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights due-process due-process-clause fourteenth-amendment judicial-conflict liberty-interest statutory-disclosure statutory-entitlement virginia-freedom-of-information-act |
Does the Virginia Freedom of Information Act afford the citizens of Virginia with a statutorily created liberty interest for Fourteenth Amendment purp… |
| 21-7711 |
Brenda Joyce Haynes v. Leslie G. Foschio, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-04-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-conflict judicial-proceedings legal-interpretation standing statutory-construction supervisory-power |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has entered a decision in conflict with the decision of another United States Court … |
| 21-1052 |
United States, ex rel. Jesse Polansky, M.D., M.P.H. v. Executive Health Resources, Inc., et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-01-31 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (6)Relisted (3) |
civil-procedure false-claims-act federal-procedure government-dismissal judicial-conflict qui-tam standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the government has authority to dismiss an FCA suit after initially declining to proceed with the action, and what standard applies if the gov… |
| 21-6230 |
In Re Billy John Roberson |
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2021-11-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
2nd-amendment aggravated-assault conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency judicial-conflict jury-instructions penal-code texas-penal-code |
Whether the petitioner was wrongfully convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon despite not owning or having access to a firearm |
| 21-5587 |
Calvin Jarrod Hester v. Folashade Ituah |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 8th-amendment circuit-court-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-conflict motion-to-amend standing |
Whether the lower court erred and abused its discretion in dismissing the deprivation of constitutional rights and civil rights violations claim |
| 21-174 |
David Louis Whitehead v. United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-08-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
amended-complaint civil-procedure constitutional-rights fraud fraud-on-court judicial-conflict mandamus pecuniary-interest recusal rule-15 rule-15a standing |
whether-writ-of-mandamus-should-have-been-granted |
| 21-5183 |
Robert McMillian v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2021-07-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-evidence california criminal-procedure district-of-columbia due-process evidence-suppression judicial-conflict prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court |
Whether the opinion of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals concerning the withholding of material Brady evidence is inconsistent with opinions f… |
| 20-7613 |
Carl Womack v. Merrimon Oxley |
North Carolina |
2021-03-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process gatekeeper-order judicial-conflict record-falsification standing supreme-court unconstitutional |
Is the gatekeeper order a matter of significance to the united states |
| 20-7599 |
Kevin L. Tucker v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Third Circuit |
2021-03-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-conflict legal-interpretation veterans-claims |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has entered a decision in conflict with the United States Court of Appeals for Vetera… |
| 20-2 |
Hector L. Valentin v. City of Rochester, New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-07-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
brady-rule civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-bias due-process judicial-conflict judicial-ethics pro-se-litigation suppression-of-evidence |
Should the Brady Rule apply to a presiding Federal Judge who suppresses exculpatory and damaging material from a Pro Se litigant's civil rights lawsui… |
| 19-7748 |
Kevin Souffrant v. Kevin Kauffman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review certiorari circuit-split civil-rights class-action due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction federal-question habeas-corpus judicial-conflict legal-standard standing supreme-court-review |
Whether petitioner should be granted certiorari, where his claim not only affects him, but also hundreds of others |
| 19-7345 |
Roberto Sanchez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-precedent civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process fifth-circuit immigration immigration-status judicial-conflict legal-interpretation precedent prejudice prejudicial-evidence procedural-review |
Did the Fifth Circuit's opinion conflict with its own precedent in Rojas v. Richardson regarding the prejudicial nature of a party's immigration statu… |
| 19-639 |
Linda Shao v. Tsan-Kuen Wang |
California |
2019-11-18 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
appellate-procedure california conflicts-of-interest court-disclosure due-process fraudulent-referencing incomplete-records judgment judicial-conflict judiciary-corruption oral-argument-waiver procedural-irregularity record-completeness sixth-district-court-of-appeal |
Does due process require reversal of California Sixth District Court of Appeal's Judgment of June 4, 2019 when the named Justice writing the Judgment … |
| 19-6002 |
Nicole Rena McCrea v. Mark S. Devan, et al. |
Maryland |
2019-09-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-conflict legal-sufficiency maryland-law maryland-rule standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Is the Maryland Court of Special Appeals' March 13, 2019 unpublished Opinion and Memorandum affirming the judgment of the Circuit Court of Charles Cou… |
| 19-323 |
Charles V. Schneider v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-09-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-court-ruling circuit-court-rulings circuit-split constitutional-authority constitutional-authority-of-courts federal-law inferior-courts judicial-conflict judicial-hierarchy judicial-review judicial-supremacy legal-precedent statutory-interpretation supervisory-power supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (or any other inferior court) has the Constitutional authority to rule in conflict with rulin… |
| 19-5707 |
Sidney Jack Narciso v. Sandra V. Narciso |
Alabama |
2019-08-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process indigent-rights judicial-conflict judicial-review legal-services legal-services-act mandamus-petition parental-rights standing |
How the Unified Judicial System including the Judicial Inquiry Commission can deny a citizen any and ALL review, appeal, and Extraordinary Petitions f… |
| 19-5142 |
Charles Anthony Ball v. Mike Slagle |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-07-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process federal-appeal federal-rule free-speech judicial-conflict meloy standing statutory-interpretation |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit err on an important federal question by entering its decision/judgment, which is in conf… |
| 18-489 |
Bradley Weston Taggart v. Shelley A. Lorenzen, Executor of the Estate of Stuart Brown, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-16 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (8) |
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-procedure civil-contempt creditor-good-faith creditor-rights debtor-rights discharge-injunction good-faith judicial-conflict |
Whether a creditor's good-faith belief that the discharge injunction does not apply precludes a finding of civil contempt |
| 18-5327 |
Adib Eddie Ramez Makdessi v. Lieutenant Fields, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference deliberate-misconduct due-process evidence-suppression excessive-force federal-courts fourth-circuit judicial-conflict retaliation standing takings witness-tampering |
Whether the Fourth Circuit's conflicting rulings overlooked key evidence and were in conflict with Supreme Court precedent in Farmer v. Brennan |