| 25-6645 |
La'Shaun Clark v. New York City Housing Authority, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2026-01-22 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment collateral-estoppel due-process judicial-bias judicial-disqualification magistrate-assignment |
Whether magistrate judge shopping violates the 14th Amendment due process when district court judges with financial interests allow defendants to mani… |
| 25-6516 |
Auburn Calloway v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2026-01-07 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review due-process equal-protection judicial-disqualification mens-rea sentence-reduction |
Whether the district court's sentence reduction denial violated due process and equal protection rights due to judicial disqualification and misinterp… |
| 25-5574 |
In Re Paul Patrick Jolivette |
|
2025-09-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
conflict-of-interest constitutional-violation habeas-corpus judicial-disqualification jurisdictional-defect magistrate-judge-authority |
Did the United States Magistrate Judge Dennis M. Cota abuse and usurp his authority and jurisdiction when he denied Petitioner's Motion to Disqualify … |
| 24-7394 |
Edwin D. Calligan v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-06-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance judicial-disqualification procedural-grounds sixth-amendment |
Whether jurists of reason would find it debatable that a Certificate of Appealability (COA) should have been issued under Slack v. McDaniel after the … |
| 24-1191 |
Dennis D. Sadorra v. Starlight Dunes HOA, a California Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-05-22 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
28-usc-144 28-usc-1441 due-process federal-question-jurisdiction judicial-disqualification removal-procedure |
Whether the lower court erred in its ruling on removal procedure, federal question jurisdiction, and judicial disqualification |
| 24-6904 |
Ganiyu Ayinla Jaiyeola v. Garmin International, Inc. |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-04-01 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
due-process financial-conflict judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics pro-se-plaintiff rule-60-motion |
Whether the District Court in Kansas denied pro se Plaintiff due process by declining to file a Rule 60(b)(6) motion to vacate orders issued by Distri… |
| 24-6858 |
Deon D. Colvin v. Superior Court of the District of Columbia |
District of Columbia |
2025-03-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
intrajudicial-claims judicial-bias judicial-disqualification mandamus-relief objective-observer statutory-interpretation |
Whether the D.C. Court of Appeals applied an overly vague and undefined standard for determining judicial bias and mandamus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 4… |
| 24-6746 |
In Re Flora Hoi |
|
2025-03-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-material court-records due-process ethical-obligations judicial-disqualification judicial-misconduct |
What standard or procedure should the Supreme Court establish to ensure judicial compliance with Brady Rules material disclosure and prevent judicial … |
| 24A682 |
Deon D. Colvin v. Superior Court of the District of Columbia |
District of Columbia |
2025-01-13 |
Presumed Complete |
|
due-process judicial-bias judicial-disqualification mandamus pro-se-litigation section-455 |
Whether a trial judge's repeated denial of motions for disqualification under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) constitutes a due process violation warranting mandam… |
| 24-707 |
Lakshmi Arunachalam v. International Business Machines Corporation, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2025-01-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
conflict-of-interest due-process impartiality judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics right-to-appeal |
Can a judge with a financial conflict of interest issue a binding order in favor of the stock-issuing party? |
| 24-6042 |
David Leonard Wood v. Texas |
Texas |
2024-11-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
atkins-standard criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics |
Whether the Due Process Clause requires judicial disqualification when a judge presides over a case after publicly commenting on a prior ruling in the… |
| 24-5797 |
Deandre Arnold v. Tyarielle Patterson |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-10-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
child-custody-order diversity-jurisdiction domestic-relations-exception emotional-distress judicial-disqualification parental-interference |
Whether a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress concerning parental interference in a child custody dispute is barred under the Domes… |
| 24-324 |
Christina Paylan v. Florida |
Florida |
2024-09-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-procedure constitutional-infirmity due-process fair-trial judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics |
Whether Florida's lack of rules governing appellate judicial disqualification violates due process rights of litigants |
| 24-95 |
Jason Lou Peralta, et al. v. Worthington Industries, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-07-30 |
Denied |
|
28-usc-2072 28-usc-455 appellate-procedure certiorari court-of-appeals due-process judicial-disqualification judicial-misconduct recusal supervisory-powers |
Should-the-United-States-Supreme-Court-impose-a-requirement-of-mandatory-disqualification-of-Chief-Judges-of-the-Courts-of-Appeals |
| 23-1350 |
Robert Korman, et al. v. Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco, et al. |
California |
2024-06-27 |
Denied |
|
appellate-review civil-procedure court-order due-process extrajudicial-evidence judicial-bias judicial-bias-and-prejudice judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics legal-procedure recusal |
Whether proof of a judge's commission of bias and prejudice against a litigant in a case alone mandates his immediate disqualification and reversal of… |
| 23-7657 |
Leslie Willis v. PNC Financial Services Group Inc., et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-06-07 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
due-process due-process,14th-amendment,judicial-misconduct,bia equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-disqualification judicial-misconduct lgbtq-rights |
Ongoing violation of Fourteenth Amendment due process rights,judicial-misconduct,bias-and-prejudice,disqualification,perpetuation-of-evidence,trust-do… |
| 23-7188 |
Jacob Winding, et ux. v. Superior Court of California, San Joaquin County, et al. |
California |
2024-04-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-disqualification procedural-safeguards recusal-standards standing verified-statement |
Is a verified statement of disqualification required to meet the standards applied to a motion or Is a verified statement of disqualification a statem… |
| 23-1035 |
Angela W. DeBose v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-03-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights collateral-order-doctrine conflicts-of-interest due-process extrajudicial-conduct judicial-disqualification mandamus recusal standing |
Whether the district judge should be disqualified from presiding over a case based on bias or prejudicial, financial interest, or other impermissible … |
| 23-6168 |
Samreen Riaz v. Superior Court of California, Tulare County, et al. |
California |
2023-12-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-rights court-procedure due-process judicial-bias judicial-disqualification judicial-misconduct petition-for-review public-trust recusal standing |
Did the Supreme Court of California deny petition of review, leaving an unresolved conflict and matter of public importance? |
| 23-6140 |
In Re Yi Tai Shao |
|
2023-11-30 |
Pending |
IFP |
28-usc-636 civil-procedure due-process first-amendment judicial-conspiracy judicial-disqualification judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction magistrate-judge venue-change |
whether-district-court-dismissal-order-must-be-reversed |
| 23A395 |
Angela W. DeBose v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-11-01 |
Presumed Complete |
|
discretionary-review impartiality judicial-disqualification mandamus recusal statutory-standard |
Whether a federal district court judge must recuse himself under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) when a party alleges potential judicial bias or prejudice in a civ… |
| 23-220 |
Michael Parietti v. Ed Day, et al. |
New York |
2023-09-08 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
bias-standard first-amendment free-speech judicial-disqualification probability-of-bias public-hearing public-hearings redistricting speech-rights |
Did the New York Courts use the wrong standard for judicial disqualification? |
| 23-159 |
Antonio Perez v. City of Miami, Code Enforcement Board |
Florida |
2023-08-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (3) |
administrative-law appellate-review brady-standard civil-enforcement civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidentiary-standards judicial-disqualification judicial-review standing substantive-due-process |
Whether the 'appellate review model' is contrary to evidentiary standard protections |
| 22-1204 |
William Muhr v. Dawna Braswell |
Colorado |
2023-06-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
child-custody conflict-of-interest due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-assignment judicial-bias judicial-disqualification parental-rights |
Whether Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment rights to due-process,equal-protection were violated when Colorado allowed disqualified,prejudiced Chief Jud… |
| 22-7601 |
Daniel E. Hall v. Twitter, Inc. |
First Circuit |
2023-05-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure due-process impartiality-standard judicial-bias judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal procedural-due-process statutory-interpretation |
Was recusal mandatory under § 455(b)(1) and § 144 and § 455(a) where the trial judge's activities involved disputed evidentiary facts and a reasonable… |
| 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, … |
| 22-903 |
Jay Goodley v. Charles M. Greene |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-03-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights court-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-capacity judicial-conduct judicial-disqualification judicial-recusal recusal separation-of-powers |
Whether a judge can change the law while presiding over a case they were recused from |
| 22-458 |
TIG Insurance Company v. ExxonMobil Oil Corporation |
Second Circuit |
2022-11-15 |
Dismissed |
|
28-usc-455 appellate-review financial-conflict judicial-conflicts-of-interest judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-recusal legal-procedure liljeberg-test public-confidence-in-judiciary |
Whether a court must automatically decline to vacate a judgment rendered by a judge with a financial interest in the party in whose favor he ruled, in… |
| 22-246 |
Centripetal Networks, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-09-15 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
blind-trust financial-interest harmless-error judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-recusal liljeberg-v-health-services-acquisition-corp stock-divestment |
whether-placing-stock-in-a-blind-trust-satisfies-455(f) |
| 21-8005 |
Mark M. Lowe v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-05-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 8th-amendment access-to-courts amendment-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights department-of-corrections due-process human-needs judicial-disqualification pro-se-appellant standing |
Whether the denial of basic human needs violates individual rights under the 6th, 8th, and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution |
| 21-7193 |
Jose Yeyille v. Justin Cole Speigel |
Florida |
2022-02-25 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics privileges-and-immunities recusal |
Whether a state trial court judge should be disqualified on Fourteenth Amendment due process, equal protection, and privileges and immunities grounds … |
| 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 |
| 21-807 |
In Re Amelia Eng |
|
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
|
appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review civil-procedure court-jurisdiction disqualified-judge due-process judicial-disqualification judicial-procedure retroactive-disqualification standing writ-of-mandate |
Whether the California Supreme Court should be directed to order appellate review of Petitioner's appeal before a court of appeal having jurisdiction |
| 21-693 |
Nina Rae Ringgold v. United States District Court for the Central District of California |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-10 |
Denied |
|
administrative-agency civil-rights civil-rights-act discriminatory-retaliation due-process judicial-disqualification jurisdiction standing supremacy-clause voting-rights-act |
Whether a state administrative agency lacking federal jurisdiction can be assigned authority of a state court of record |
| 21-5951 |
Steven B. Baumgarten v. Erika Evans |
Washington |
2021-10-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process excessive-punishment judicial-disqualification mental-illness mental-illness-discrimination perjury-allegations stalking stalking-evidence standing |
Is the U.S. Constitution and federal case law violated when a trial court erred in finding substantial evidence of two or more distinct, individual, n… |
| 21-93 |
Lawyers' Committee for 9/11 Inquiry, Inc., et al. v. Christopher A. Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-07-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
9-11-transparency article-iii-standing attorney-general department-of-justice federal-judicial-disqualification-statute federal-procedure government-accountability judicial-disqualification legislative-history recusal supervisory-power |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings to such … |
| 20-7650 |
In Re Bo Zou |
|
2021-04-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion contempt copyright-infringement judicial-discretion judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct liljeberg-standard magistrate-disqualification perjury procedural-irregularity |
How did the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit disregard and ignore the facts and factual evidence, and prohibition criteria, which … |
| 20-1348 |
True Harmony, et al. v. United States District Court for the Central District of California |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-03-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
automatic-stay bankruptcy bankruptcy-stay civil-rights disqualification due-process federal-constitution federal-judge judicial-bias judicial-disqualification |
Whether a federal court judge should be disqualified for lack of impartiality due to prior violations of the automatic stay in bankruptcy and denial o… |
| 20-1320 |
Wael Lasheen v. Supreme Court of Ohio |
Ohio |
2021-03-23 |
Denied |
|
administrative-judge administrative-jurisdiction disqualification due-process judicial-disqualification judicial-procedure jurisdiction ohio-revised-code opportunity-to-be-heard state-court-review unconstitutional |
Can a case proceed if the petitioner argues that the administrative judge lacked jurisdiction? |
| 20-949 |
Angelica Christina Limcaco v. Wynn Las Vegas, LLC, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-01-14 |
Denied |
|
28-usc-455 court-impartiality court-payments extrajudicial-source judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics liljeberg-v-health-services liteky-v-us procedural-standards statutory-interpretation |
Whether the language 'might reasonably be questioned' under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) can be judicially restricted to require that a petitioner establish an … |
| 20-6114 |
Shong-Ching Tong v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. |
California |
2020-10-23 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
california-procedure civil-procedure court-of-appeal due-process judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct standing supreme-court-california |
Whether the Supreme Court of California, En Banc, abused its discretion in denying the petitioner's filing |
| 20-516 |
D'Ann S. McCoy v. Boureima Ouedraogo |
Pennsylvania |
2020-10-20 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ex-parte ex-parte-communication family-court judicial-disqualification judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction sua-sponte |
Has the Pennsylvania Court System violated the constitutional rights of the Appellant, D'Ann McCoy, through communication ex-parte in a matter without… |
| 19-7424 |
Christine Ham v. Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County, et al. |
California |
2020-01-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
conflict-of-interest due-process fourteenth-amendment impartiality judicial-bias judicial-disclosure judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-independence judicial-recusal public-confidence |
Does an intolerable conflict exist when the Supreme Court of California and the Ninth Circuit squarely address whether the appearance of partiality su… |
| 19-822 |
Laurie A. White, Judge, Section A of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, et al. v. Alana Cain, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
conflict-of-interest constitutional-conflict criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction fines-and-fees judicial-disqualification judicial-impartiality state-court-funding state-court-jurisdiction |
Does the federal court have jurisdiction to disqualify state criminal court judges from adjudicating matters, over which they have exclusive jurisdict… |
| 19-6983 |
Kwasi Andrade McKinney v. Arkansas |
Arkansas |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-procedure de-novo-review discretionary-standard due-process hearing-requirement judicial-conduct judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics mandatory-recusal objective-standard standard-of-review |
Whether the trial court was required to hold a hearing on McKinney's motion to recuse |
| 19-681 |
Andrew W. Shalaby v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-11-26 |
Denied |
|
attorney-discipline bar-admission civil-procedure civil-rights disbarment due-process free-speech judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-recusal professional-conduct recusal standing |
Whether a Federal Court can deny an attorney admission to the bar for allegedly impugning the integrity of a judge in violation of ABA Model Rule 8.2(… |
| 19-291 |
Anne K. Block v. Washington State Bar Association, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bar-association civil-rights constitutional-rights disassociation due-process first-amendment janus-v-afscme judicial-bias judicial-bias-recusal judicial-disqualification motion-on-pleadings retaliation standing |
Did the trial court err when the district court judge and the reviewing judge refused to disqualify themselves due to their membership in the defendan… |
| 19-5765 |
Barbara E. Brown v. California Department of Motor Vehicles, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bias judicial-disqualification judicial-misconduct legal-proceeding recusal redress standing |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit erred |
| 19-5594 |
Tina Davis v. Texas Children's Hospital |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-procedure due-process eeoc-rights employment-discrimination employment-law judicial-disqualification recusal standing summary-judgment ten-amendment |
Whether the district court abused its discretion in granting summary judgment under Rule 60(b) and denying the appellant's motion for summary judgment… |
| 18-8240 |
Howard Anthony Moniz v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2019-03-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
conflict-of-interest due-process judicial-disqualification judicial-impartiality post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct recusal recusal-standard |
Should the State Circuit Court Judge be disqualified from ruling on a collateral appeal for relief from judgment where he personally opposed post-conv… |
| 18-8229 |
Sam Chinn, aka Sam Chinn, III v. Joseph Noeth, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
2019-03-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-455 28-usc-636 article-iii article-iii-section-2 article-iii-violation civil-procedure constitutional-claims due-process federal-rule-8 habeas-corpus judicial-disqualification magistrate-judge-process plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct rule-60b-motion |
Whether the denial of a Rule 60(b) motion was an abuse of discretion when the motion was about a judge violating 28 U.S.C. § 455 |
| 18-6507 |
Alice Brown v. Del Norte County, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-30 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-discrimination dereliction-of-duty due-process equal-protection fraudulent-concealment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment interlocutory-appeal judicial-disqualification jurisdiction magistrate-judge ninth-circuit |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit erred in dismissing the interlocutory appeal for lack of jurisdiction, thereby violat… |
| 18-5379 |
Marilyn Kaye Freeman v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-07-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-counsel california-supreme-court due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-disqualification precedent state-court-proceedings supreme-court-review trial-counsel |
Whether the reinstatement of a previously disqualified judge deprived the appellant of due process and a fair trial |
| 18-103 |
Nathalie Thuy Van v. Language Line LLC, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-07-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
court-impartiality disqualification-requirement due-process fraud fraud-upon-court fraudulent-court-records impartiality judicial-disqualification jurisdictional-fraud procedural-irregularities seventh-circuit supreme-court-review void-orders |
Whether the disqualification of a judge is required if an objective observer would entertain reasonable questions about the judge's impartiality, whet… |