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25-6735 May Chen v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia 2026-02-05 Pending IFP appellate-procedure default-judgment judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct procedural-rules writ-of-certiorari Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals judges violated judicial conduct rules by disobeying procedural rules in May Chen's multiple petitions
25-6506 John Wesley Patton v. Gary Westcott, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. Louisiana 2026-01-07 Pending Response WaivedIFP civil-rights district-court judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality procedural-fairness recusal Whether a Louisiana District Judge can be considered impartial when presiding over cases involving claims against himself and when district attorneys …
25-6139 Donovan G. Davis, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy-prosecution due-process judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-recusal reasonable-person-standard Would a reasonable person conclude that a judge could remain impartial during a conspiracy prosecution when the judge has already found others guilty …
25-5855 In Re Caleb McGillvary 2025-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 3rd-circuit conflict-of-interest habeas-corpus judicial-ethics judicial-recusal mandamus Whether a writ of mandamus should issue to require recusal of 3rd Circuit judges due to alleged conflicts of interest in a habeas corpus proceeding
25-5231 Joseph-Allen Davis v. OM SRP, LLC Ohio 2025-07-29 Denied IFP constitutional-violation disciplinary-counsel due-process ex-parte-communication judicial-ethics recusal-standard Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is violated when a state court judge, previously disciplined for ex parte communication, en…
24-7437 Kaveh L. Afrasiabi v. President and Fellows of Harvard College Massachusetts 2025-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest due-process harvard-university judicial-ethics judicial-recusal procedural-fairness Whether a presiding justice should have recused himself from a case involving Harvard University due to extensive connections and potential conflict o…
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…
24-944 Cellspin Soft, Inc. v. Fitbit LLC, et al. Federal Circuit 2025-03-04 Denied Relisted (2) conflict-of-interest due-process investment-disclosure judicial-ethics judicial-recusal statutory-interpretation Whether the failure to rule on judicial recusal under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) constitutes a due process violation when a judge's spouse has financial ties …
24-6580 Darrell Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-ethics judicial-recusal Whether a federal judge should have recused himself under 28 U.S.C. §455(b)(2) due to prior involvement in creating the financial problems underlying …
24-747 Erik Cooper v. Tennessee, et al. Tennessee 2025-01-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) agency-policy court-rules disciplinary-proceedings judicial-ethics legal-accountability procedural-integrity Whether the public can maintain trust or confidence in a state supreme court if the court ignores its own rules and its agency's own policies and rule…
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?
24A562 Ikechukwu Okorie v. University Mall, LLC Fifth Circuit 2024-12-09 Presumed Complete conflict-of-interest judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality mandamus-petition procedural-irregularity writ-of-possession Whether a federal district court judge's potential conflict of interest, arising from being a named defendant in a related lawsuit, requires mandatory…
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…
24-6012 Cyrus Hazari v. Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County, et al. California 2024-11-21 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights disability-discrimination due-process judicial-ethics judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct Whether judicial ethics can be restored when systemic discrimination against disabled litigants occurs despite judicial immunity and potential constit…
24-5873 In Re Dana Albrecht 2024-10-31 Denied IFP criminal-influence judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal mandamus official-communication Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald to disclose details of a conversation regarding Justice Anna Barbara …
24-431 Danny Ray Dunn v. Caryn Alissa Dunn Georgia 2024-10-17 Denied appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-ethics recusal-motion Whether the lack of an adequate recusal enforcement mechanism in Georgia state courts violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
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
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…
23-1313 Natin Paul v. The Roy F. and Joann Cole Mitte Foundation Texas 2024-06-18 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure criminal-contempt due-process due-process,criminal-contempt,sixth-amendment,stan habeas-corpus judicial-ethics sixth-amendment Whether a criminal-contempt prosecution by an interested private party violates the Due Process Clause
23-7758 In Re Janice Wolk Grenadier 2024-06-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP accountability judicial-accountability judicial-ethics judicial-integrity judicial-misconduct judicial-oversight judicial-transparency oversight public-trust transparency Question not identified.
23-7555 Rickey Lynch v. United States Second Circuit 2024-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appearance-of-impropriety civil-procedure due-process federal-defender judicial-ethics judicial-recusal procedural-review right-to-counsel standard-of-review Should a court of appeals review a judge's denial of a motion to recuse de novo or for an abuse of discretion?
23-7101 Deborah A. Redman v. United States, et al. Third Circuit 2024-03-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process ethical-lapses free-speech judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation procedural-trap standing May federal judges reframe and distort Petitioner's arguments?
23-966 Oscar Amos Stilley v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure judicial-appointments judicial-assignment judicial-cross-designation judicial-ethics statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 13 consecutive cross-designations of Oklahoma district judges are 'temporary' under 28 U.S.C. 292(b)
23-823 Maurice J. Salem v. Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-01-30 Denied appellate-review civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process judicial-ethics judicial-recusal judicial-system public-confidence rule-12b sanctions standing whether-enforcing-28-usc-455(a)-will-restore-public-confidence
23-816 In Re Shiva Akula 2024-01-29 Denied Response Waived civil-rights conflict-of-interest district-court due-process financial-disclosure judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-recusal recusal standing venue Does district-court-judges have-to-disclose-financial-holdings
23-6284 David Pontier v. Joseph Dang, dba Law Office of Joseph Dang Ninth Circuit 2023-12-18 Denied IFP civil-procedure conflict-of-interest fdcpa federal-interpleader federal-jurisdiction interpleader judicial-ethics standing statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction Question not identified.
23-6209 Eddie Savage v. Supreme Court of Ohio Ohio 2023-12-08 Denied IFP due-process judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct Can a judge's failure to uphold the law during a trial demonstrate a spirit of ill-will or undue friendship, 'actual bias' or favoritism toward one of…
23-6027 Christy Kay Sweet v. Kathryn Sweet, et al. Nevada 2023-11-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP foreign-will inheritance-law judicial-ethics nrs-133 nrs-133a probate probate-law testamentary-intent will-contest will-requirements Can a foreign will be admitted under NRS 133 if it fails to comply with the requirements of a foreign will as set forth in NRS 133A?
23-469 Andrew P. Witt v. United States Armed Forces 2023-11-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fundamental-fairness judicial-ethics military-justice military-sentencing prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing Did the prosecutor's misconduct deprive Senior Airman Witt of due process protections and render the sentencing fundamentally unfair?
23-5774 Andres Fernando Cabezas v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-policy civil-rights due-process interlocutory-appeal judicial-ethics judicial-recusal mandamus-petition public-confidence standing Is the Eleventh Circuit's policy of refusing review of facially valid mandamus petitions for recusal causing irreparable harm to the public's percepti…
23-5651 Harry J. Williby v. Sergey Brin, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-09-26 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 28-U.S.C-455(a) district-court due-process judge judicial-ethics recusal section-455 sua-sponte Does a District Court Judge violate a litigant's right to Due Process, under the 14th Amendment, when the District Court Judge rules on a recusal moti…
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…
22-1214 Mohsin Mazhar Syed v. Texas Texas 2023-06-15 Denied campaign-contributions caperton-precedent caperton-v-a-t-massey-coal-co constitutional-conflict due-process impartial-judge judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality recusal recusal-standards Whether the due process clause requires recusal of a judge who has received substantial campaign contributions from a party or the party's attorney in…
22-7749 Alen Dean O'Bryant v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-06-09 Denied IFP conflict-of-interest due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-ethics prosecutor prosecutorial-misconduct recusal trial-judge Did former Judge Henderson's secret extramarital affair create an unconstitutional potential for bias?
22-7624 Gregory P. Smith v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-05-24 Denied IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-violation due-process fourteenth-amendment judge judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct penal-statute prosecuting-attorney sexual-relationship substantive-due-process When was Mr. Smith's substantive due process right(s) or XIV Amendment violated?
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…
22-6997 John B. Freitas v. Noel Wise, Judge, Superior Court of California, Alameda County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-03-13 Denied IFP civil-rights conspiracy domestic-terrorism due-process first-amendment free-speech government-corruption judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct real-estate-fraud sedition Whether federal judges can be held accountable for misconduct and criminal acts
22-861 John F. Marchisotto v. Debra E. Canova, et al. New Jersey 2023-03-09 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process estate estate-trust judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct legal-procedure trust Whether the lower courts violated the petitioner's civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
22-6930 Robert Earl Hackney v. Michigan Michigan 2023-03-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct jury-trial standing writ-of-certiorari Whether a petitioner can pass through the Court's Writ of Certiorari gateway and argue the merits of an underlying constitutional claim when the petit…
22-782 Carol Pulliam v. University of Southern California California 2023-02-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-law due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-ethics recusal standing takings Do state court trial judges, court of appeal justices and supreme court justices 'war against the (United States) Constitution' by denying state litig…
22-6703 Earnest A. Davis v. Government Employees Insurance Company, et al. California 2023-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada-accommodation case-dismissal civil-proceedings court-procedure criminal-reporting due-process equal-protection judicial-ethics racial-bias Are judges required to report evidence of crimes?
22-6701 In Re Astarte Davis 2023-02-03 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion accountability civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights due-process judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct public-importance vexatious-litigant Whether the Respondents' decisions in Astarte's case is non-judicial conduct under color of law and constitution, failed in their judicial ethics, and…
22-6254 Aaron Michael Murray v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial impartiality-standard judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-recusal media-bias media-coverage recusal Whether a criminal defendant's due process right to a fair trial is violated when numerous media reports raise reasonable questions about a district c…
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…
22-5901 William Paul Burch v. Areya Holder Aurzada Fifth Circuit 2022-10-25 Dismissed IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-transparency corruption due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fraud judicial-ethics salaried-employees transparency Should a bankruptcy judge be obligated to grant due process to a debtor?
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)
22-169 Jay Lin, et ux. v. Hudson City Savings Bank, et al. Third Circuit 2022-08-24 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure debt-collection due-process fair-debt-collection-practices-act fdcpa federal-court-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-ethics procedural-rules recusal Whether the New Jersey District Court judge erred in circumventing his recusal by suspending FRCP R. 7.1
21-1575 Geoffrey M. Young v. Jeremy Mattox, Judge, Circuit Court of Kentucky, 14th Judicial Circuit Kentucky 2022-06-21 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion circuit-court civil-procedure clerk court-clerk judicial-discretion judicial-ethics mandamus ministerial-duties prohibition Does any circuit court judge have the authority or discretion to prevent the clerk of the circuit court from properly performing her ministerial dutie…
21-1424 Marjana Hoti v. City of Warren, Michigan Michigan 2022-05-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) due-process external-influence fair-trial judicial-ethics jury-misconduct jury-tampering prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-procedure Is it an external influence on the jury when the prosecutor and one of the sitting jurors had prior secret contacts before the trial starts?
21-7658 Mizell Campbell, Jr. v. The Florida Bar Florida 2022-04-19 Denied IFP 14th-amendment disbarment due-process fair-and-impartial-tribunal judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct professional-conduct racial-bias racial-discrimination Whether the Florida Supreme Court deprived an African-American lawyer of Due Process and a Fair and Impartial Tribunal under the 14th Amendment
21-1257 Brian K. Evans, as Administrator of the Estate of Helen Marie Bousquet v. Ronald A. Marvin, et al. Massachusetts 2022-03-16 Denied appearance-of-impropriety conflict-of-interest due-process interests-of-justice judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct medical-malpractice recusal Was the judge's failure to disclose his wife's connection to the hospital appropriate?
21-7304 Wilfredo Torres v. New York City Police Department, et al. Second Circuit 2022-03-08 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct presidential-power standing torture-allegations warrantless-search warrantless-surveillance Whether United States Judge Ronnie Abrams and United States Magistrate-Judge Kevin Nathaniel Fox violated rules of ethics and my right to due process …
21-1176 Alice Jin-Yue Guan v. Bing Ran Virginia 2022-02-25 Denied bribery civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-order due-process judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct jurisdiction standing Whether state court has lost its jurisdiction
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 …
21-1026 Camille A. Walters v. Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation, et al. Wisconsin 2022-01-21 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-tampering judicial-ethics procedural-irregularity prosecutor-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct recusal recusal-requirement standing Was it illegal that the Wisconsin Supreme Court disregarded their own rules of internal operating procedures
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
21-929 Marie Henry v. The Florida Bar, et al. Florida 2021-12-23 Denied Response Waived bar-membership civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process first-amendment free-speech integrated-bar judicial-ethics keller-v-state-bar-of-california standing Whether the Florida Bar's compulsory membership and dues violate the First Amendment right to refrain from subsidizing the organization's political or…
21-6608 Wilfredo Torres v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Second Circuit 2021-12-14 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights cointelpro domestic-assassinations domestic-surveillance due-process ethics judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct standing Whether U.S. Judge Edgardo Ramos and U.S. Magistrate-Judge Katharine Parker violated rules of ethics and my right to due process of law
21-859 The Montana State Legislature, et al. v. Beth McLaughlin Montana 2021-12-09 Denied Amici (1) conflict-of-interest due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-independence judicial-recusal legislative-investigation legislative-oversight recusal separation-of-powers Whether the refusal by the Justices of the Montana Supreme Court to recuse from a case in which they harbored direct, substantial, and admittedly disq…
21-6522 Mithun Banerjee v. Bank of America, N.A. Maryland 2021-12-06 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP conflict-of-interest due-process fair-trial judicial-corruption judicial-disclosure judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-independence judicial-recusal recusal Will the US Supreme Court provide a fair trial to the Plaintiff where the Circuit Court Judges have conflicts of interest?
21-784 In Re Melba L. Ford 2021-11-29 Denied Response Waived attorney-misconduct conscience-based-duty court-discretion due-process equitable-relief fraud fraud-allegations judicial-duty judicial-ethics petition-review standing Do Justices owe a mandatory, non-discretionary, equitable, conscience-based moral duty to entertain petitions relating to deliberately planned, carefu…
21-753 Trina L. Janura v. John J. Janura, Jr. West Virginia 2021-11-19 Denied 14th-amendment conflict-of-interest due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-conduct judicial-discipline judicial-ethics judicial-investigation judicial-misconduct recusal Did the non-disclosure and non-recusal from either the circuit court or the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals both violate the petitioner's right…
21-6084 Jacquelyne Jones v. Nicole Jobe Kansas 2021-10-27 Denied IFP canon-of-judicial-ethics civil-rights court-procedure due-process ex-parte ex-parte-proceeding judicial-canon judicial-conduct judicial-ethics procedural-rules state-courts supreme-court-precedent Did the Kansas Supreme Court fail to follow the law and rules of the judiciary in condoning a procedure of one of its state courts in violation of Kan…
21-5907 In Re Matthew James Leachman 2021-10-06 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights court-of-appeals discrimination due-process federal-courts fifth-circuit judicial-conduct judicial-ethics legal-review procedural-compliance Whether the Honorable Priscilla R. Owen, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, failed to comply with the mandatory …
21-5643 Kaon-Jabbar East El v. United Parcel Service, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2021-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination judicial-bias judicial-ethics race-classification religious-accommodation religious-discrimination standing title-vii Can an employer justify zero accountability for wrongful employee discrimination with a federal policy or statute, as a loophole to pressure an employ…
21-360 Joseph Constant v. DTE Electric Company, aka DTE Energy, aka Detroit Edison Company, aka DTE, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights contract-conspiracy fraud-on-the-court fraud-upon-court judicial-ethics judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct rico rico-act Did Judge Kumar and the Executives of the Judges' RICO Enterprise made frauds upon the court
21-5390 Jeanette S. R. Lipinski v. Yolanda Castaneda, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conflict-of-interest court-administration due-process federal-procedure judicial-bias judicial-conduct judicial-disability judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct recusal Judicial-misconduct
21-5254 Baboucar Taal v. St. Mary's Bank, et al. New Hampshire 2021-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fraud judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-recusal Whether a party is entitled to a new trial for violations of their 5th, 13th, and 14th Amendment rights when the state judge presiding over the case i…
21-8 Wilma M. Pennington-Thurman v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-07-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights creditor-rights due-process fraud-on-court judicial-ethics preclusion priority-rules standing Question not identified.
20-8423 Wilfredo Torres v. New York Legal Assistance Group, et al. Second Circuit 2021-06-28 Denied IFP civil-rights court-corruption due-process extrajudicial-activities judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct law-clinic pro-se-litigation recusal standing Whether Southern District of New York federal Judge Ronnie Abrams erred in starting a law clinic as an extrajudicial tool to help dismiss politically …
20-8249 Brittian Willie Young v. Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-06-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech judicial-ethics standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional and statutory rights were violated by the respondents' actions
20-1491 Wael Lasheen v. Supreme Court of Ohio Ohio 2021-04-26 Denied civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment judges-and-attorneys judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality organizational-conflict recusal recusal-standard standing state-supreme-court Is being a stakeholder in an organization which solicits donations and memberships from Judges and Attorneys a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment a…
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 …
20-1361 Regina B. Heisler, Individually and as the Executrix of the Succession of Frederick P. Heisler v. Girod LoanCo, LLC Louisiana 2021-03-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) caperton-standard civil-rights due-process judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct loan-enforcement standing supreme-court-review takings vulture-fund Whether the Louisiana Supreme Court erred in failing to enforce Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co. and Henson v. Santander Consumer USA
20-7354 In Re Michael Robinson 2021-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power access-to-courts civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct mandamus self-representation Question not identified
20-1011 Cyrus Mark Sanai v. D. Joshua Staub, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-27 Denied appellate-review circuit-conflict conflict-of-interest due-process judicial-disclosure judicial-ethics judicial-recusal whistleblower-protection younger-abstention Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in refusing to require federal judges to disclose information relevant to disqualification?
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 …
20-954 Ohio, ex rel. Thomas E. Brinkman, Jr. v. Maureen O’Connor, et al. Ohio 2021-01-14 Denied civil-procedure conflict-of-interest due-process judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-recusal panel-composition procedural-fairness recusal standing Whether a judicial panel's refusal to recuse themselves when they are named parties in the case constitutes a due-process-violation
20-6364 Donovan G. Davis, Jr. v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure due-process judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-recusal recusal standing statutory-compliance Whether a case must proceed to final judgment with a judge who harbors actual bias against a litigant in order to obtain appellate review of the judge…
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
20-5701 Prakash Narayan v. Rabindra Prasad California 2020-09-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP court-bias due-process judicial-accountability judicial-bias judicial-corruption judicial-discretion judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct judicial-transparency legal-procedure procedural-irregularity Why are judges corrupted in California?
20-165 Angela L. Carroll v. Timothy W. Miller Wisconsin 2020-08-14 Denied 14th-amendment due-process fourteenth-amendment impartiality judicial-ethics recusal social-media standing Was the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment violated by a judge and party being Facebook 'friends'?
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…
19-8785 Brandon Williams v. Roy Cooper, Governor of North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-06-23 Denied IFP bill-of-rights civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-ethics qualified-immunity standing Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit exceed its enumerated powers and violate basic principles of federalism
19-8708 Lakshmi Arunachalam v. Presidio Bank Federal Circuit 2020-06-15 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment brown-vs-board civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech judicial-ethics patent patent-rights stare-decisis supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court's duty to enforce its Governing Precedents
19-8496 C. K. J. v. M. J. T. Pennsylvania 2020-05-19 Denied IFP child-custody civil-rights domestic-relations due-process guardian-ad-litem judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal judicial-review standing Is it lawful for judges to evaluate a judge recusal on themselves?
19-1224 Jeremiah F. Manning v. Lucy J. Kim California 2020-04-16 Denied campaign-contribution campaign-contributions disclosure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-ethics recusal Whether Judge Greenberg's refusal to recuse herself and failure to timely and accurately disclose campaign contributions violated the Due Process and …
19-7541 Richard Hurles v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment capital-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-ethics recusal right-to-fair-trial Are the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments violated where a judge who has personally litigated against a defendant in the same case presides over his tr…
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…
19-7176 David P. Moran v. Florida Florida 2020-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion bias due-process judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct post-conviction-relief recusal trial-procedure Should recusal of a judge be allowed during the post conviction relief phase if the prejudice and bias of the trial judge is apparent on the face of t…
19-7172 Larry Antonio Simmons v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-judiciary first-step-act judicial-ethics political-bias sentencing sentencing-reduction standing statutory-interpretation trump Whether the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina violated the judicial code of ethics when they refused to recognize a Cong…
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
19-6974 Wilfredo Torres v. Bellevue South Associates LLP, et al. Second Circuit 2019-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest due-process federal-judiciary judicial-conflicts-of-interest judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-independence judicial-misconduct judicial-oversight judicial-recusal statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. Section 455(a) is unconstitutionally vague, ambiguous, arbitrary, capricious, and violates due process of law
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(…
19-6695 Ilana Rigwan v. Jordan Lee Neus Florida 2019-11-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP court-procedure court-records docket-alteration evidence-tampering judicial-accountability judicial-discipline judicial-ethics judicial-integrity judicial-misconduct judicial-oversight judicial-transparency legal-accountability public-trust Should Judges be allowed to alter dockets and go unpunished?
19-5961 Mark Whitehead v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-due-process constitutional-law criminal-contempt due-process judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-recusal jury-trial recusal trial-procedure Whether a trial judge that has had a significant hand in the accusatory process of a criminal contempt jury trial should be recused from presiding ove…
19-212 Hanh Thai Williams v. Succession of Fred Langford Houston Louisiana 2019-08-19 Denied Response Waived attorney-witness campaign-contributions civil-procedure conflict-of-interest due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-conduct judicial-ethics procedural-fairness recusal standing Whether Armand Roos' participation as Plaintiff's attorney and primary witness was procedurally and evidentiary concern a violation of Due Process
18-9841 Charles Hines v. JTH Tax, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-oath due-process federal-courts judicial-accountability judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct judicial-oath justice-system legal-proceedings oath standing supreme-court Whether the district court and appeals court judges violated their oaths to support and defend the Constitution by denying the petitioner's constituti…
18-9669 Floyd M. Chodosh, et al. v. Palm Beach Park Association California 2019-06-14 Denied Relisted (2)IFP adr-employment appellate-procedure civil-procedure conflict-of-interest due-process judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-recusal recusal standing Whether the California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Div. 3 justices should have recused themselves from the appeal of a judgment against the peti…
18-9668 Miguel Angel Arias v. Ashley B. Moody, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fraud fraud-abuse government-immunity government-misconduct judicial-ethics official-immunity official-misconduct qualified-immunity takings Does a government official maintain immunity after using their position to commit fraud and enrich themselves?
18-8750 Alex A. Campbell v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Seventh Circuit 2019-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-144-455 conflict-of-interest constitutional-violation due-process ex-parte-communication fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct pro-se recusal Must a judge recuse himself after improper ex parte communication?
18-1216 R. C. "Rick" Lussy v. Florida Elections Commission, et al. Florida 2019-03-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) anti-trust civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process election-dispute elections emolument emolument-manipulation free-speech judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation property-appraisal standing stare-decisis Retaliation against pro se respondents, emolument manipulation, falsification of facts, lack of due process, election irregularities, anti-American bi…
18-1020 Veeramuthu P. Gounder v. Communicar, Inc., et al. New York 2019-02-06 Denied case-consolidation civil-procedure Conflict-of-interest consolidation Discovery due-process Examination-before-trial judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct judicial-review pro-se-litigation standing subpoena Subpoena-Duces-Tecum Whether consolidation of three separate cases without a motion and overriding by another judge is legal and ethical
18-7758 Mary Cummins v. Amanda Lollar Texas 2019-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure court-procedure due-process fair-trial impartial-tribunal judge-selection judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-selection texas-courts trial-fairness visiting-judge visiting-judges Is a trial by a visiting Judge according to Texas regulations a fair trial?
18-7463 Sherwin V. Koyle v. Sand Canyon Corporation, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction fraud judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct newly-discovered-evidence perjury public-policy rule-of-law Whether a federal judge or justice condones fraudulent misrepresentation, perjury, disregard of the rule of law, denial of newly discovered evidence, …
18-800 Linda Shao v. McManis Faulkner, LLP California 2018-12-21 Denied Relisted (2) appeal appeal-dismissal california-rules-of-court conflict-of-interest court-procedure dismissal due-process fraud insufficient-records judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct notice procedural-deception Does due process require reversal of the dismissal of appeal based on the fact that the California 6th District Court of Appeal fraudulently dismissed…
18-7104 Axel Irizarry-Rosario v. United States First Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct government-obligation government-obligations judicial-ethics plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion sentencing sentencing-argument statutory-interpretation Whether the government may avoid its obligation to scrupulously observe the terms of a plea agreement by including in its sentencing argument informat…
18-7030 S. R. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, et al. West Virginia 2018-12-14 Denied IFP child-custody civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process family-law judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal procedural-fairness recusal standing Whether the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals erred in reversing the lower court's decision in favor of the petitioner
18-6643 Sobhy Fahmy Amin Iskander v. United States District Court for the Central District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-competence judicial-discretion judicial-ethics judicial-independence judicial-interpretation judicial-review legal-standards rule-of-law state-court-decision Whether the state court decision is contrary to federal law based on the principle of an independent, fair, and competent judiciary
18-577 David Netzer v. Shell Oil Co., et al. Federal Circuit 2018-11-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appearance-of-impropriety civil-procedure conflict-of-interest disclosure due-process judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality procedural-fairness recusal res-judicata Does the above scenario represent a violation of Rule 455(a), an appearance of impropriety and/or conflict of interests?
18-497 Jean Coulter v. Cathy Bissoon, Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct recusal rule-of-law separation-of-powers vexatious-litigant Have the courts' refusal to recuse and non-compliance with criminal/civil statutes, case law and their code of conduct and the rule of law resulted in…
18-6361 Bob Lee Jones v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fair-trial harmless-error hearsay hearsay-exception involuntary-intoxication judicial-bias judicial-ethics present-sense-impression specific-intent standard-of-review Whether the District Court's demonstration of bias against the defense impeded the defendant's right to a fair trial
18-372 Ryan Joe Coddington v. Nevada Nevada 2018-09-21 Denied Response Waived 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial impartial-tribunal judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality prosecutor-conflict prosecutorial-conflict prosecutorial-misconduct recusal Is a criminal defendant's constitutional right to a fair trial before a fair and impartial tribunal denied when the tribunal is linked by marriage to …
18-6031 Noah R. Robinson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review direct-appeal due-process evidence-misstatement evidence-of-record evidence-tampering judicial-animosity judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct supreme-court supreme-court-review supreme-court-vacated Whether former Circuit Court Chief Judge Richard A. Posner misstated the evidence of record in the Green remand opinion, as a means to the end of just…
18-6044 Richard James Beasley v. Ohio Ohio 2018-09-19 Denied IFP appellate-review attorney-general due-process familial-conflict fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-ethics recusal structural-error williams-v-pennsylvania Does the right to due process require a finding of structural error where one member of the reviewing court is the son of the elected attorney general…
18-344 Linda Shao v. McManis Faulkner, LLP California 2018-09-17 Denied Relisted (2) access-to-courts american-inns-of-court attorney-client-relationship civil-procedure conflict-of-interest conflicts-of-interest court-of-appeal due-process judge-disclosure judicial-ethics recusal right-to-appeal social-relationship Does due process require reversal of dismissals due to judge's failure to recuse or disclose conflicts of interest
18-5369 Baboucar B. Taal v. St. Mary's Bank, et al. First Circuit 2018-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-455 appeal conflict-of-interest conflicts-of-interest due-process equal-protection fair-adjudication federal-claims judicial-ethics judicial-recusal recusal May a party who is denied Fair and Impartial adjudication of his (federal) claims, deprived of his basic due process and equal protection rights, in a…
18-112 Vance D. Day, Judge, Circuit Court of Oregon, Third Judicial District v. Oregon Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability Oregon 2018-07-25 Denied Amici (2) 14th-amendment constitutional-defenses due-process first-amendment free-exercise free-speech judicial-ethics oregon-supreme-court original-jurisdiction procedural-due-process Whether it is a Due Process violation for a court of original jurisdiction to refuse to consider, or to reject without sufficient analysis, substantia…
23A1158 Rickey Lynch v. United States Second Circuit Presumed Complete canon-3e circuit-split due-process judicial-ethics judicial-recusal supreme-court-precedent Whether a district court judge's recusal order violates constitutional due process standards and binding judicial ethics guidelines