| 25-6795 |
Norman Lee Scott, Sr. v. Whitney R. Bailey, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2026-02-12 |
Pending |
IFP |
bankruptcy-procedure civil-procedure court-discretion due-process fresh-start-policy judicial-estoppel |
Whether a federal court may apply judicial estoppel to dismiss a civil action when the debtor reopened the bankruptcy case, amended the schedules with… |
| 25-813 |
Kim Bogardus v. City of Yakima, Washington |
Washington |
2026-01-09 |
Pending |
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americans-with-disabilities-act credibility-determination disability-claims judicial-estoppel social-security-disability summary-judgment |
Whether the 'sufficient explanation' requirement under Cleveland allows reconciliation through textual or contextual evidence in SSDI and ADA disabili… |
| 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 |
Whether the New York Court of Appeals erred in its conclusion regarding the retroactive application of Connecticut Megan's Law and its impact on Mr. B… |
| 25-5956 |
In Re Santos Cuevas |
|
2025-10-24 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
constitutional-remedy double-jeopardy judicial-estoppel post-conviction sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment |
Whether the Sixth Amendment may be retroactively applied by the state to allow remedy in initial and successive post-conviction proceedings, and wheth… |
| 25-448 |
Michael Poffenbarger v. Troy E. Meink, Secretary of the Air Force, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-10-14 |
Pending |
Amici (1) |
back-pay equitable-relief judicial-estoppel reinstatement religious-freedom-restoration-act retirement-points |
Whether RFRA permits the equitable relief of reinstatement, including back pay and retirement points, and whether Respondents are judicially estopped … |
| 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 |
Pending |
|
back-pay equitable-relief judicial-estoppel reinstatement religious-freedom-restoration-act retirement-points |
Whether RFRA permits the equitable relief of reinstatement, including back pay and retirement points, and whether Respondents are judicially estopped … |
| 25A217 |
Geronimo Velasco v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-08-22 |
Presumed Complete |
|
court-integrity due-process federal-rules judicial-estoppel phantom-hearing sanctions |
Whether a federal district judge may commit judicial estoppel by issuing contradictory orders and imposing sanctions based on a legally non-existent '… |
| 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 |
Whether application of judicial estoppel violates fundamental principles of fair notice when a petitioner's duty to report a claim to bankruptcy court… |
| 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 |
Whether a litigant's statement accepting 'venue' in a district court can judicially estop that litigant from later seeking to dismiss a new action in … |
| 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 |
Whether judicial estoppel can be applied to prevent a party from challenging venue or forum when the party previously made inconsistent procedural sta… |
| 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 US. 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 is property of the bankruptcy estate |
| 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 |
| 22-1184 |
Robert Walker, et al. v. Barry S. Mittelberg, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-06-07 |
Denied |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 22-188 |
Patrick J. O'Connell v. Jonna Z. Bianco |
Kentucky |
2022-08-30 |
Denied |
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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 |
Bankruptcy-jurisdiction-and-procedure |
| 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 |
Whether a §1983 claim is barred under Heck when the plaintiff must disprove part of the factual basis for his criminal conviction to succeed |
| 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 |
Should lawyers be allowed to commit fraud upon the court? |
| 21-977 |
Robert E. Kovacevich v. Gordon R. Finch, et al. |
Washington |
2022-01-07 |
Denied |
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case-settlement civil-contempt evidentiary-hearing judicial-estoppel judicial-procedure least-intrusive-remedy mootness supreme-court-precedent trial-court-discretion |
Whether the state courts failed to dismiss a civil contempt that was decided during trial, which conflicts with three decisions of the Supreme Court r… |
| 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 |
Whether a prior court's denial of a preliminary motion based on a litigant's prior inconsistent position constitutes judicial acceptance of that posit… |
| 20-170 |
Karen Chongah Han v. Hankook Tire Co., Ltd. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-08-17 |
Denied |
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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 |
| 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 |
Whether a debtor who has inadvertently failed to disclose the existence of a potential claim in a bankruptcy petition should be estopped from litigati… |
| 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 |
Whether a debtor who has inadvertently failed to disclose the existence of a potential claim in a bankruptcy petition should be estopped from litigati… |
| 19-388 |
Mimi Korman v. Julio Iglesias |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-09-24 |
Denied |
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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 due process of law guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment where a district court dismisses the action on … |
| 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 |
Whether Heck v. Humphrey bars a § 1983 claim when criminal charges were dismissed through a pretrial diversion program |
| 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 |
Can the district court violate the doctrine of judicial-estoppel |
| 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 |
Defamation lawsuit precluded by res judicata after dismissal of first lawsuit due to withholding of key information about additional, later, widesprea… |
| 18-909 |
Valarie Davis v. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles U.S., LLC |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-01-14 |
Denied |
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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—ev… |
| 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 estoppel claim exceeds the boundaries of judicial discretion when it dismisses plaintiff's 1… |
| 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 |
Whether the appeals court ruling conflicts with previous Supreme Court decisions on important matters and cannot survive application of the correct le… |