judicial-estoppel
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25-6795 | Norman Lee Scott, Sr. v. Whitney R. Bailey, et al. | Third Circuit | 2026-02-12 | Pending | Response RequestedIFP | bankruptcy-procedure civil-procedure court-discretion due-process fresh-start-policy judicial-estoppel | 1. Whether a federal court may apply judicial estoppel to dismiss a civil action when the debtor reopened the bankruptcy case, amended the schedules w… |
| 25-813 | Kim Bogardus v. City of Yakima, Washington | Washington | 2026-01-09 | Denied | Response Waived | americans-with-disabilities-act credibility-determination disability-claims judicial-estoppel social-security-disability summary-judgment | In Cleveland v. Policy Management Systems Corp., 526 U.S. 795 (1999), this Court held that a claim of total disability for Social Security Disability … |
| 25-601 | Ralston Brown v. Mellekas, Police Officer, et al. | Second Circuit | 2025-11-24 | Denied | Response Waived | constitutional-rights due-process judicial-estoppel megan's-law plea-agreement retroactive-statute | Weather the Respondent violated the Petitioner Constitutional Rights By acting under color of law? Whether the New York Court of Appeals, overlooked … |
| 25-5956 | In Re Santos Cuevas | 2025-10-24 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-remedy double-jeopardy judicial-estoppel post-conviction sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment | 1. May the Sixth Amendment in retroactive by the state allow remedy to initial and successive post-conviction proceedings, if so, may the right to ef… | |
| 25-448 | Michael Poffenbarger v. Troy E. Meink, Secretary of the Air Force, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2025-10-14 | Denied | Amici (1) | back-pay equitable-relief judicial-estoppel reinstatement religious-freedom-restoration-act retirement-points | The Religious Freedom Rest oration Act ("RFRA") permits courts to award " appropriate relief " against the government. 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb -1. This … |
| 25-446 | Hunter Doster, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated as a Class, et al. v. Troy E. Meink, Secretary of the Air Force, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2025-10-14 | Denied | back-pay equitable-relief judicial-estoppel reinstatement religious-freedom-restoration-act retirement-points | 1. Whether RFRA permits the equitable relief of reinstatement, to include back pay and retirement points. 2. Whether Respondents are judicially estop… | |
| 25A217 | Geronimo Velasco v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2025-08-22 | Denied | court-integrity due-process federal-rules judicial-estoppel phantom-hearing sanctions | 1. Whether a federal district judge commits judicial estoppel by issuing contradictory orders stating that a plaintiff both "failed to appear" at a he… | |
| 25-6 | Thomas Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Incorporated | Fifth Circuit | 2025-07-01 | Granted | Amici (6)Relisted (2) | bad-faith bankruptcy-law civil-claims judicial-estoppel judicial-integrity procedural-doctrine | Whether the doctrine of judicial estoppel can be invoked to bar a plaintiff who fails to disclose a civil claim in bankruptcy filings from pursuing th… |
| 24-878 | Rachel Breaux v. Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District, et al. | Louisiana | 2025-02-18 | Denied | Response Waived | abuse-of-discretion appellate-review bankruptcy-court equitable-factors fair-notice judicial-estoppel | 1. Where Petitioner's duty to report her claim to the bankruptcy court was unclear and unsettled, would application of judicial estoppel to her claims… |
| 24-135 | James G. Robinson, et al. v. Armin Azod, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-08-06 | Denied | arbitration-award civil-procedure contract federal-arbitration-act federal-courts forum-clause forum-selection-clause judicial-estoppel manifest-disregard venue venue-selection | This case presents two important federal questions arising from an arbitration award confirmed by the United States District Court for the Central Dis… | |
| 23A1153 | James G. Robinson, et al. v. Armin Azod, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-06-25 | Presumed Complete | arbitration attorneys-fees forum-non-conveniens judicial-estoppel manifest-disregard venue | Question not identified. | |
| 23-1208 | David Do v. County of Santa Clara, California | California | 2024-05-10 | Denied | administrative-regulations civil-procedure civil-rights contract-law due-process fraud judicial-estoppel labor-dispute labor-relations statutory-interpretation | Does rule of law exist in California, where the U.S. Constitution is just a piece of paper, statutes are ignored and MOU/CBA/contract is not contract,… | |
| 23-724 | WVSV Holdings, LLC v. 10K, LLC, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-01-04 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-jurisdiction chapter-11-plan judicial-estoppel new-hampshire-v-maine post-petition-claim postconfirmation-jurisdiction state-law-tort state-law-tort-claim | Whether a debtor's state law tort claim that only accrues following the bankruptcy petition date —indeed after confirmation of the bankruptcy plan —an… |
| 22-1231 | Laird J. Heal v. Wells Fargo, N.A., as Trustee for WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Services 2006-PR2 Trust, et al. | First Circuit | 2023-06-23 | Denied | Response Waived | circuit-split civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-estoppel motions-to-strike standard-of-review summary-judgment | Whether the motions to strike under Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c)(2) were decided correctly or if the First Circuit should apply a different legal standard as co… |
| 22-1184 | Robert Walker, et al. v. Barry S. Mittelberg, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-06-07 | Denied | 11th-circuit abuse-of-discretion appellate-review bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-rules civil-procedure due-process judicial-estoppel property-disclosure standing | Whether the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals exercised its discretion in err by not "safeguarding not only ongoing proceedings, but potential future proc… | |
| 22-520 | Temple University Hospital, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board | District of Columbia | 2022-12-05 | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-law circuit-court-review federal-labor-policy judicial-estoppel labor-law labor-relations nlrb-jurisdiction precedent subject-matter-jurisdiction | Whether the D.C. Circuit lawfully affirmed the National Labor Relations Board's new rule—categorically barring the application of judicial estoppel to… |
| 22-188 | Patrick J. O'Connell v. Jonna Z. Bianco | Kentucky | 2022-08-30 | Denied | 11-usc-362 11-usc-521 11-usc-541 28-usc-1334 28-usc-157 bankruptcy bankruptcy-jurisdiction constitutional-rights due-process federal-bankruptcy-code judicial-estoppel state-court-jurisdiction | Why is it not mandatory that Kentucky State Courts follow Federal Bankruptcy Laws? Clearly, under the United States Bankruptcy Code, the United State… | |
| 22-183 | Bryan Cowan, et al. v. Masa Nathaniel Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2022-08-29 | Denied | Response Waived | 1983-action civil-rights criminal-plea excessive-force heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey judicial-estoppel qualified-immunity section-1983 | 1. Plaintiff pled no contest to California Penal Code §69 prior to bringing this §1983 action against all three officers who were involved in his arre… |
| 22-55 | Leo Kramer, et ux. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-07-20 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights due-process evidence-fabrication fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-estoppel judicial-misconduct property-rights rule-60-motion standing | 1) Should Lawyers be allowed to commit fraud upon the court by intentionally and knowingly submitting false and fabricated documents as evidence in th… |
| 21-977 | Robert E. Kovacevich v. Gordon R. Finch, et al. | Washington | 2022-01-07 | Denied | case-settlement civil-contempt evidentiary-hearing judicial-estoppel judicial-procedure least-intrusive-remedy mootness supreme-court-precedent trial-court-discretion | The state courts have failed to dismiss a civil contempt that was decided during trial. The case was later settled. The failure conflicts with three d… | |
| 21-592 | Jeffrey Isaacs v. USC Keck School of Medicine, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-10-22 | Denied | Response Waived | contract-interpretation decade-and-a-half Gibson-Dunn inconsistent-positions judicial-estoppel legal-ethics medical-license oath settlement-agreement USC whistleblower-claims | Under the doctrine of judicial estoppel, should the lower courts have upheld the sanctity of the oath and estopped USC and Gibson Dunn from arguing in… |
| 21-307 | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. v. John J. Shufeldt | Sixth Circuit | 2021-08-31 | Denied | Response Waived | abuse-of-discretion circuit-split federal-common-law inconsistent-position judicial-estoppel preliminary-motion standard-of-review | 1. Whether a prior court's denial of a preliminary motion based on a litigant's prior inconsistent position constitutes judicial acceptance of that po… |
| 20-170 | Karen Chongah Han v. Hankook Tire Co., Ltd. | Sixth Circuit | 2020-08-17 | Denied | civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction federal-court-discretion federal-courts judicial-estoppel legal-standing procedural-dismissal standing subject-matter-jurisdiction | Whether the doctrine of judicial estoppel can be applied to defeat subject matter jurisdiction that otherwise exists—while it cannot be used to create… | |
| 19-1369 | TRUMPF, Inc. v. CSI Worldwide, Inc. | Seventh Circuit | 2020-06-12 | Denied | Response Waived | 11-usc-303 bankruptcy-law-11-usc-303 bankruptcy-standing congress-authority congressional-authority court-procedure involuntary-bankruptcy judicial-estoppel judicial-overreach judicial-usurpation jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements separation-of-powers standing standing-requirements | Whether it is unconstitutional and impermissible for a court to usurp Congress' authority by reducing the strict standing and jurisdictional requireme… |
| 19-8517 | Edward F. Novotny, III v. Plexus Corporation, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2020-05-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bankruptcy civil-procedure claim-litigation debtor-disclosure disclosure estoppel intent intent-standard judicial-estoppel judicial-presumption third-party | Courts of appeals are divided on the question presented in this case and left open in New Hampshire v. Maine; whether a debtor who has inadvertently f… |
| 19-7421 | Lawyer J. Henderson v. Kevin Franklin, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-01-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abandoned-claim bankruptcy bankruptcy-petition chapter-7-trustee civil-rights claim-abandonment disclosure due-process inadvertent-disclosure intent-standard judicial-estoppel presumption-of-deceit pro-se-litigant standing | Courts of appeals are divided on the question presented in this case and left open in New Hampshire V. Maine; whether a debtor who has inadvertently f… |
| 19-388 | Mimi Korman v. Julio Iglesias | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-09-24 | Denied | where a district court dismisses the action on th civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment intent judicial-estoppel pleading-stage pleadings property-rights standing takings | Is a civil plaintiff deprived of property without the due process of law guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, where a district … | |
| 19-266 | Seantrey Morris v. Joseph Mekdessie, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2019-08-29 | Denied | Amici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (2) | civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-attack due-process heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey judicial-estoppel pretrial-diversion section-1983 | This Court held in Heck v. Humphrey that a plaintiff cannot bring a § 1983 claim based on "actions whose unlawfulness would render a [prior] convictio… |
| 18-1583 | Lewis F. Carter v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-06-26 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2) | 7th-amendment article-i-powers civil-procedure constitutional-taxing-power direct-tax due-process judicial-estoppel standing subject-matter-jurisdiction tax tax-enforcement tax-power | A. Can the district court violate the doctrine of judicial estoppel by improperly changing in the Final Order of the Court the claimed subject-matter … |
| 18-1563 | Ronald Bias v. Tangipahoa Parish School Board | Fifth Circuit | 2019-06-21 | Denied | Response Waived | bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law chapter-13 chapter-13-bankruptcy constitutional-amendments constitutional-rights debtor-standing disclosure-requirements due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-estoppel post-confirmation-claims standing | Does the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal's precedent that all Chapter 13 debtors have a continuing duty to disclose all post-confirmation claims offend … |
| 18-1155 | James Michael Murphy v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-03-06 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-procedure civil-rights claim-preclusion defamation discovery due-process first-amendment government-liability judicial-estoppel litigation-strategy res-judicata | Is a second defamation lawsuit precluded by res judicata after dismissal of the first lawsuit, where key information about additional, later, widespre… |
| 18-909 | Valarie Davis v. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles U.S., LLC | Sixth Circuit | 2019-01-14 | Denied | bad-faith bankruptcy bankruptcy-disclosure civil-claim civil-procedure civil-rights disclosure judicial-estoppel legal-doctrine procedural-bar standing takings | Whether a plaintiff who fails to disclose her civil claim in bankruptcy is barred, under the doctrine of judicial estoppel, from pursuing her claim —e… | |
| 18-6694 | Timothy Weakley v. Eagle Logistics, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-11-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review civil-procedure district-court-discretion due-process inconsistent-position inconsistent-positions judicial-discretion judicial-estoppel new-hampshire-v-maine standing v-amendment | Whether a district court within the context of a judicial estopple claim exceeds the boundaries of judicial discretion when it dismisses plaintiffs po… |
| 18-5920 | Ronnie R. Rolland v. Carnation Building Services, Inc. | Tenth Circuit | 2018-09-10 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | ada-accommodation civil-procedure civil-rights disability-rights discrimination due-process employment employment-discrimination judicial-estoppel misconduct-claims reasonable-accommodation retaliation standing subject-matter-jurisdiction termination | (I) .THE APPEALS COURT REFLECTS A RULING THAT IS NOT IN ACCORDING WITH PREVIOUS SUPREME! OTHER SUPREME COURT'S DECISIONS ON SAME IMPORTANT MATTERS, AN… |